[0:01] [clears throat]
[0:13] I was like, "Wait a minute. This is so
bad.
[0:19] [laughter]
[0:32] All right, I got seven.
[0:49] Let's call to order.
Good evening. Now will call the August
[0:53] 11th, 2026 meeting of the board of
supervisors to order.
[0:57] This meeting be conducted pursuant to
the bylaws of Cumberland County,
[1:01] Virginia Board of Supervisors to ensure
a fair, orderly, and safe meeting.
[1:06] Excerts from the bylaws pertaining to
the public conduct during the meeting
[1:10] have been posted outside for your
review. Miss Branch, please call the
[1:14] role.
>> Mr. Hamlet,
[1:15] » here.
>> Mr. Newman here.
[1:16] » Mr. Tyrie,
>> here.
[1:18] » Mr. Stenc
>> here.
[1:21] Thank you. Uh, welcome and please join
me in pledge of
[1:24] » allegiance
[1:30] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the [clears throat]
[1:34] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible with liberty and
[1:41] justice for all.
[1:48] May we please join me in the invitation.
[1:53] » Heavenly Father, as we gather together
this evening, we ask for your spirit of
[1:58] unity to be present among us. Help us to
put aside any personal agendas or
[2:04] differences and work together in harmony
towards our common goal.
[2:09] Remind us of the words in Psalm 133.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when
[2:15] brothers dwell in unity. Let this be our
desire as we engage in discussions and
[2:19] make decisions that impact others. We
trust that with your guidance and grace,
[2:24] we can achieve a sense of unity and work
together effectively. May our words be
[2:28] filled with love and respect for one
another. And may our actions reflect the
[2:33] unity we strive for in your holy name.
Amen. [clears throat]
[2:39] [laughter] And next we have
[2:43] Summer Mandina. This is her first board
meeting. Please welcome her to
[2:47] Cumberland County as she provides the
coming administrative comments.
[2:52] [applause]
[2:59] » So, thank you for the warm welcome. Um
before I get into my other comments, I
[3:03] just wanted to take a moment just to
thank the board, county staff, and
[3:07] everyone in the community um for such a
warm welcome. Um, last Monday was my
[3:11] first day, so um, just getting full into
the swing of it. And I just thank you
[3:16] for the warm welcome. Um, for those that
may not know me or haven't gotten the
[3:20] chance to meet me in person yet, um, I
grew up just next door um, in Palatine
[3:25] County on the western side um, on a
farm. Um, so very used to the rural
[3:30] lifestyle. Um, and I have a background
in local government administration and
[3:34] community development. Um, so I'm just
grateful for the opportunity to now
[3:38] serve in Forley County, um, and serve,
um, the community as county
[3:43] administrator. So, um, I'm excited to be
here and I look forward to working with
[3:47] the board, our staff, and the community.
So, thank you. Um,
[3:54] okay. Um, so I would like to
congratulate Sierra Morris, um, our
[3:58] chief deputy clerk of the circuit court,
on being our August employee of the
[4:03] month. Uh Sierra has served in the
clerk's office since 2021 and was
[4:08] promoted to chief deputy clerk in
December 2025. She is recognized for her
[4:15] strong work ethic, extensive knowledge,
and willingness to assist both her
[4:18] co-workers and the citizens of
Cumberland County. So, congratulations,
[4:22] Sierra, and thank you for all that you
do for Cumberland County. Um, next I
[4:28] have the Cumberland County uh animal
control team has received the Nokill
[4:32] Award from the Best Friends Animal
Society. This recognization reflects the
[4:38] dedication, compassion, and the tireless
work of our shelter staff, volunteers,
[4:42] and community partners that we have. um
receiving this designation and
[4:47] maintaining that no kill status means
that 90% or at least 90% of the animals
[4:53] entering the shelter are saved and
placed into loving homes. So great work
[4:58] to our animal control team and partners
on that. Um and the next update that I
[5:03] have is for the um stars project. I have
an update on that. So the Virginia State
[5:10] Police representatives met with county
staff to discuss the stars project. the
[5:15] radio communications tower um behind
dispatch is scheduled to be assembled
[5:20] next week. Um so st stood up with um the
VSSP installers on site and a crane
[5:28] arriving August 18th through the 19th.
They're just pinpointing that um
[5:31] specific date. So um you can expect to
see that tower going up. Um VSSP is
[5:36] hopeful that Cumberland County will be
fully transitioned to the system by the
[5:41] end of the calendar year. So that's
exciting news. Um over the coming n
[5:45] months we will be working with VSSP to
equip our vehicles and apparatuses as
[5:50] well as dispatch with any um necessary
radio equipment and training will also
[5:55] be provided during that um part of the
transition. So and then lastly um we
[6:00] have Darren Hurley our coordinator of
emergency services and he has an update
[6:04] on the Persville Fire Department he held
Darren come up.
[6:12] Thank you.
I just wanted to update the board real
[6:17] quick about the helipad location at
Carsville Volunteer Fire Station. You
[6:22] got a slide for me, please.
>> Oh, sorry.
[6:25] » Just to be mindful that September 12th
is the ribbon cutting ceremony for that.
[6:30] I feel like this is a um a milestone
achievement for Cumberland County having
[6:34] this as the first helipad location is
safe for medevac services to respond to
[6:39] the county. It's going to be stationed
right behind the Carsville Fire Station
[6:44] and um no taxpayer money was involved in
any of this project. It was all private
[6:48] donorship um from people participating
uh to coordinate all this. A lot of
[6:54] volunteer work. So I just had a couple
slides here real quick just to show you
[6:58] drone footage of what um it looks like
as you approach it. It's 50 by 50 cement
[7:04] pad. There'll be some markers for it.
the top right of the screen, the red top
[7:08] is the fire station. The road that you
see in the middle of the screen is route
[7:13] 45 cars road. And then you see the
cement pad there. So [clears throat]
[7:18] here's a zoomed in picture overhead.
[7:24] This is as of last week.
[7:30] And there will be also be some
approaches to it for our ambulances to
[7:34] pull up to offload the patient into the
helicopter. Then the helicopter leaves
[7:40] the scene. It'll be GPS marked so that
the helicopter knows where we're going
[7:45] ahead of time. And again, that's going
to be a ribbon cutting ceremony is going
[7:49] to be on September 12th at 11:00 a.m. We
would ask that as many of you could
[7:54] attend that. It'll be brief. There'll be
some late refreshments afterwards.
[7:59] If we're lucky, we can get the state
police helicopter to land there as a
[8:03] demo. I've already asked them to come,
provided that they're not going to be
[8:06] committed to another call. They have a
70 mile radius response based out of
[8:10] Chesfield County. Their plan will be in
there. That's pretty impressive to see
[8:15] that up close. That's all I had.
>> Thank you.
[8:18] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr.
[8:25] And
>> that was it for me. Thank you.
[8:29] » Thank you. Welcome to County
Administrator.
[8:32] » Next on the [clears throat] next is the
uh approval of the agenda.
[8:36] » Mr. Chairman, if I may,
>> if you may.
[8:40] » I would like to make a motion to amend
the agenda to include a resolution in
[8:45] relation to the proposed Dominion
Cumberland Energy Project.
[8:50] » Okay. A motion has been made. Do I have
a second?
[8:54] » Second.
>> Mr. Hamlet.
[8:56] » Hi.
>> Mr. Newman.
[8:57] » Hi.
>> Mr. Tyrie.
[8:59] » Hi.
>> Mr. Stson.
[9:00] » Hi.
>> Mr. S.
[9:01] » Hi.
>> Um, please know those branches be under
[9:06] new business item C.
>> Comprehensive plan resolution.
[9:13] And with that, do we have approval of
the revised agenda?
[9:18] Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[9:22] Mr. Hamlet.
>> Hi,
[9:23] » Mr. Newman.
>> Hi,
[9:25] » Mr. Ty.
>> Hi,
[9:26] » Mr. Simpson.
>> Hi,
[9:27] » Mr. Sers.
>> Hi.
[9:29] » Thank you.
>> Next is the public comment period. This
[9:33] is for agenda items only.
Only individuals who signed up for the
[9:38] public comment period would be allowed
to speak and call upon the chairman.
[9:42] Members of the board of [clears throat]
supervisors or county officials will not
[9:44] respond directly to questions asked
during the public comment period.
[9:48] Instead, answers will be directed
through the county administrator at a
[9:51] later date.
[clears throat]
[9:55] Excuse me. Please provide contact
information on the signup sheet for all
[9:59] proper responses by the county
administrator.
[10:02] And we had one sign up, but she has uh
start from that. So,
[10:08] we'll skip this particular agenda items.
Now, consent agenda branch.
[10:15] » Okay. Um members of the board, the items
up for consideration under your consent
[10:18] agenda are your approval of bills as
well as your approval of minutes from
[10:22] the July 14th and your July 29th um
meetings.
[10:28] A few minutes to look through
[10:55] We have a permission to approve the
consent agenda as present.
[10:58] [clears throat]
[11:00] » Second,
>> Mr. Hamlet.
[11:02] » I,
>> Mr. Newman. I
[11:04] » Miss Tyrie, I abstain because I was not
at the July 21.
[11:08] » Mr. Simpson, I
>> Mr. Song.
[11:13] Thank you. Next is state and local
department agencies community service
[11:18] provider reports starting with Dr.
Shores County Public Schools.
[11:27] » Good evening. Um thank you for the
opportunity to share what's been going
[11:31] on in the schools. Um the first slide I
have for you is band. So our band
[11:36] students came in for one week in that
awful heat. Um and from 9 9:00 am to
[11:42] 5:00 pm they worked every day getting
prepared for the upcoming school year.
[11:46] So band camp was a tremendous success
this year. Uh we are also excited to
[11:51] kick off fall sports. Um we have a new
coaching staff this year at the high
[11:54] school and the pictures you see there
are of the camp that they held for the
[11:58] Cumberland Youth League Association uh
football players. So that was a great
[12:03] time. But we have um football,
volleyball, cross country, golf, and
[12:07] cheerleading are all started right now.
Um and we're really excited about the
[12:11] upcoming season. There's a renewed
energy among our students. And then of
[12:15] course, first day of school, but leading
up to that, we had convocation on July
[12:19] 29th. Um this year's theme for our
school division is write your own story.
[12:24] It's a new chapter in Cumberland County
Public Schools. And for each of those
[12:28] students who are pursuing the skills
that they need to be successful, our
[12:32] convocation speaker this year was Mr.
Larry Pew from Newcastle, Pennsylvania.
[12:37] Um he shared his personal story. He
spoke about um his education and as he
[12:43] described it, he had five elementary
teachers who saved him. He is a third
[12:48] generation removed from slavery. He
moved to Pennsylvania as part of the
[12:52] great migration and would travel back to
Georgia every summer to visit his
[12:56] grandfather who was a sharecropper. So
it was a conversation about how
[13:01] education saved him from from the plight
that a lot of students faced at that
[13:06] time um and how they motivated him and
that's what I wanted the teachers to
[13:10] hear was how what we do impacts our
students every day. Um he's a 19 in
[13:17] addition to all of that so overcoming
everything in 1998 inductee into the
[13:21] college football hall of fame and was
drafted by the Cleveland Browns after an
[13:25] injury ended his football career um he
chose to pursue a career in education
[13:29] and did that for almost 30 years. So
it's a powerful reminder of the lasting
[13:34] impact that education can have on our
students whether it's directly or
[13:39] indirectly. So that was an important
thing and I've gotten a lot of positive
[13:42] feedback from the teachers. They said,
"Don't spend a lot of money on a
[13:45] motivational speaker. We'd rather hear
someone that keeps it real." And so,
[13:49] that's what we're going to take forward
from that. Um, we [snorts] had open
[13:53] house that Monday. Um, it went really
well. We had a lot of people show up,
[13:58] probably more than I've seen in the
past. Um, it was standing room only in
[14:02] the hallways in the parking lot of the
school. So, a lot of community
[14:06] outpouring and a lot of community
participation. And I just hit something.
[14:10] So, I don't know what I did. Go ahead
and fix that. Tiana, sorry.
[14:15] But the first day of school, um, we had
a real smooth transition. We are working
[14:19] on some traffic flow concerns down at
the elementary school. That just seems
[14:22] to always be a trouble spot, but we have
a lot of parents that drop off their
[14:25] kids the first day. Um, and at the end
of this school year, we're going to be
[14:29] looking at a potential solution to that
problem. I spoke with Sheriff Hodes the
[14:33] other day, and he gave me a couple of
suggestions we're going to look at. Um,
[14:37] we have some campus improvements going
on. um the elementary school roof. We
[14:42] are excited to say that the estimates
that we had been given of 450,000 or 1.4
[14:50] million to put metal on were inaccurate
or at least not even close to what it
[14:54] was going to cost. So the contractor
that won the bid said about 289,000 to
[15:00] reshingle the roof um to do metal was
625,000.
[15:05] um that we reached out to Miss Cruz and
of course the county budgeted 500,000
[15:09] for that um the school we are going to
work and rearrange our budget to put
[15:14] metal in that roof. It's an investment
in longevity and it will prolong the
[15:19] life of that building so that we are not
so close to having to replace a building
[15:24] as we would potentially be otherwise. So
um that is we're excited to have that
[15:29] start. Unfortunately, it will be taking
place during um instruction. And so
[15:34] we're going to phase it in a section of
the front at a time. So we'll start at
[15:37] the far end towards the practice
football field and as we complete one
[15:41] section move to the next. Um you know
and that is with replacing some damaged
[15:46] roofing material under those shingles
from the years that we've been waiting
[15:50] to replace that roof. Some of the the
materials under there had rotted. So so
[15:54] they're having to replace a lot of that
plywood stuff too. So but that will be
[15:58] starting in the near future. Um, also
we've put um some smaller bleacher
[16:05] sections over on the visiting side of
the football field because we've
[16:08] typically have to move them from
baseball, softball to football or back
[16:11] again. Um, and with that new track
surface, that's not good for that
[16:15] surface. So, we've purchased bleachers
to put on the visitor side of the
[16:18] football field. Um, our maintenance
staff is putting those together this
[16:22] week. um an exciting um well for me
exciting uh new program we're doing at
[16:29] the schools. I have asked our central
office staff to spend 20% of our time in
[16:34] schools. So um for instance today Dr.
Jameson went down and read to students
[16:39] at the elementary school. Um yesterday I
subbed in a classroom. Today I went in
[16:44] and helped administration with some
classroom observations. I know m Dr. Hoy
[16:48] is going to be going in and covering
some classes and doing some things. So,
[16:51] we're all going to spend some time and
support our staff and our students
[16:54] because if we're not their sleeves
rolled up and in the trenches with them,
[16:59] we're not relevant to what's happening
in our schools. So, that's a real big
[17:02] focus for us this year. Um, I have
monthly radio spots coming up. I just
[17:08] wanted to make you aware. Um, the third
Tuesday of every month at 9:00 a.m. I'll
[17:12] be on WBHL and the third Wednesday of
every month at 8 a.m. I'll be on WFO.
[17:17] So, just tune in and you can hear what's
going on in the schools. Um, we had our
[17:22] first meeting to plan our 911
remembrance ceremony. I think the
[17:25] meeting went really well. We're going to
revisit that about two weeks
[17:28] [clears throat] prior to that event. Um,
and Mr. Early has sent some information
[17:32] about, you know, maybe potential lineup
setup so that it can be um not only
[17:38] aesthetically pleasing for our drone
person that's going to take pictures,
[17:41] but also practical in case there's an
emergency and our our first responders
[17:45] need to need to get out of there. So, I
hope you all will mark your calendars
[17:49] and plan to attend. That'll start about
9:00 on the 11th of September. We'll see
[17:54] you there. Thank you all very much.
Thank you.
[18:00] Next is [cough] VA Mr. Brian.
[18:06] Good evening board administrator. I'm
Scott Frederick with Vita. Normally
[18:11] Brian would be here. He's uh doing an
acting role in Halifax. So he'll be back
[18:16] in about 90 days. So until that time,
you're stuck with me. Um but I'll try my
[18:22] best to take good care of you. Serve you
well. Um, I wanted to start off my
[18:28] presentation. Hopefully I hit the right
button. There we go.
[18:32] Uh, by saying thank you, uh, the
Cumberland County School Board. I don't
[18:36] know if they're still here. They
recognized our area headquarters in
[18:39] Cumberland this last week. Uh, with a
certificate of appreciation, I think you
[18:45] call it. U, they recognized the
headquarters. Uh, it said on the comm
[18:51] said on the certificate, I put it on the
screen here. uh for demonstrating
[18:56] commitment to safety by ensuring roads
remain clear and passive throughout the
[19:00] winter, enabling students and staff to
travel safely to and from school. Uh so
[19:05] that meant a lot to the area
headquarters. Last winter was a hard
[19:08] winter. Um and they did a great job
keeping the roads clear, but everybody
[19:12] was looking forward to spring. So
[laughter]
[19:15] uh but that meant a lot to them and and
us as well. Thank you to the school
[19:19] board and all our county partners for
for that.
[19:23] Um, as far as general maintenance goes,
uh, we've been focused on asphalt
[19:28] patching, uh, throughout the county. Um,
which I, to me, patching can I consider
[19:34] that filling with your average pothole,
but we did a lot of work with the PA
[19:38] specifically on route 600, 620, and 641,
which is River Road, Stone, and Point
[19:44] Mill Lanes, and then Sims Road. Put down
approximately 2,000 tons of asphalt on
[19:49] those three roads. Um, so that's kind of
in addition to our normal pothole
[19:54] patches. Um, we've been mowing
continuously. It seems like the rain and
[20:00] the sunshine has made the grass uh start
to take off and really thrive later in
[20:05] the year. This spring was pretty easy to
handle, but we had to just keep our
[20:08] mowers going to keep slight distance,
especially in the secondary. So, watch
[20:13] out for our mowers. Um, but then also
fallen trees. A lot of these storms have
[20:19] uh had a lot of straight line winds with
them this year. Um, just yesterday we
[20:24] had a pretty heavy storm come through
about 5:00 and the headquarters worked
[20:29] into the night. I have on here that they
handled three and it turns out that was
[20:33] three work orders, but our call center
actually got uh like kind of overwhelmed
[20:38] with calls. So, there was a lot more
than three trees that they took care of.
[20:41] So, I don't want to short change them by
saying that they just did three uh
[20:45] yesterday. As far as plan work goes, our
paving schedules, our surface treatment
[20:50] schedules wrapped up, but we still have
the plant mix resurfacing to do. Uh
[20:55] there's three sections on Route 45. One
of them down in the town of Farmville
[21:00] head north and then we got two more
sections on 45 uh between Route 60 and
[21:05] the roundabout. We're going to catch
some of those bad areas with the stream
[21:08] schedule work and then also some plant
mix resurfacing on Route 600 plank
[21:13] route.
to just as far as miscellaneous items
[21:18] goes, there's been some speed studies
requested in the county. One of them was
[21:23] Route 45 from [snorts] 4/10 of a mile
south of Morgan Road to about a/4 mile
[21:29] north of Perkins Road. Uh it was
requested by a citizen. Study is
[21:34] complete and traffic engineering did not
end up making any recommended changes to
[21:38] the speed limits there. Uh there's a
second study that's been requested um on
[21:44] 45 as well from Davenport to road to
Route 60. That one's still under review.
[21:49] I don't have that effect. So when it
comes back, I'll let you but I'll wrap
[21:53] up just by seeing if the board has any
questions.
[21:56] » I just have to comment and I was
fortunate to comment on your last study
[22:01] that you listed u there was an accident
with a death there within the last
[22:06] couple of weeks. Yeah, that one was very
tragic.
[22:11] I just know it's a timing issue when it
gets into your database, but very
[22:16] unfortunate.
>> Yes, sir.
[22:19] » Thank you very
board members. Thank you.
[22:24] » Thank you.
>> Just want to say you did a fine job
[22:26] filming for Oh, thank you. Appreciate
it.
[22:30] » I'm just leaving this here. I don't
>> And next is Virginia Department of
[22:36] Forestry.
Uh good evening. My name is Todd Sty. I
[22:41] work at Virginia Department of Forest
and I'm I'm the forest manager here at
[22:45] Conland State Forest and that's the
reason visit this evening. Uh I'll try
[22:49] to keep my comments fair and brief. U
the Cland State Forest is about 16,000
[22:55] acres. That's all of it except about 200
acres is located in Carlin County. And
[23:01] I'm sure you're aware being that it's
state land, we're not subject to real
[23:04] estate taxes. But the state code does
provide that 25% of the timber sales,
[23:11] the the money that we receive from
timber sales turn back to the county
[23:14] that the timber is growing in. There is
an exception with Buckingham Mathematics
[23:18] and Cumberland counties. There's an
agreement that 12% of that 25% would
[23:24] come back to the Department of Forestry
to be used for recreation purposes or
[23:29] those sports. Uh so the purpose of my
visit tonight is to give you the county
[23:34] uh check in the total of $24,46327
[23:39] for that 12.5% for fiscal year 2025
2026. So with that
[23:50] and if you have any questions I'll be
glad to answer those.
[23:54] Do
>> you have an update on uh swinging bridge
[23:57] when that might restart?
So yes, uh that's that's on Warner Road
[24:02] and we are in the process of going
through the approvals. Uh as far as we
[24:07] can tell, we have all the permits as you
can imagine fair commerce process to get
[24:11] all the permits and plans and so we hope
to have contractors working on that
[24:17] sometime this fall. So
>> Okay, good.
[24:19] » We're closer than what we were, but
still undetermined exactly when the
[24:23] finish line is is going to be passed.
>> Okay, good. Thank you.
[24:26] » We are working on it and it's and been
in talks with contract
[24:31] » board members.
>> Thank you very much.
[24:35] » Thank you, sir.
>> And right behind that, Fair Creek State
[24:40] Department
[24:43] remodel campsites. [clears throat]
That's on my list.
[24:47] » Good evening.
>> So, in front of you, I just uh gave you
[24:51] a park sheet. You want to give some some
rough numbers of what we do at the park.
[24:56] Um questions you have with those. But um
as a board member mentioned uh the last
[25:02] few years have been or you know with the
park has been construction and
[25:06] renovation. Um in the last five years
I'd estimate that um BCR has invested
[25:13] about $4 million into the park in
infrastructure improvements. Um starting
[25:18] with [snorts] you know Chestnut bath
house renovation
[25:21] was pretty old bath house. Um they
they've totally redone that. It's pretty
[25:25] nice. uh facility now and as you
mentioned last year our campground was
[25:30] closed. We had all the utilities in the
campground replaced and upgraded. Uh we
[25:34] had a old water system, an old
electrical system serving the
[25:37] campground. Now we have large RV utilize
50 amp service which prior to that we
[25:44] only had the 30 amps available for for
the bigger new and also a new dome
[25:49] station which we're pretty happy because
our old dome station was in a very bad
[25:53] spot right beside the contact station
and the smell of Sunday was uh very
[25:58] pungent check. So we're glad to have
that. Uh it's very nice facility and um
[26:04] should serve you know citizens and
guests coming very well. And recently
[26:09] we've repaved our campground roads.
Another great project. Uh those roads
[26:14] needed repaving a long time ago
and get that done. So and lastly we also
[26:20] had a bunch of cabin renovations. Uh new
flooring uh kitchen and countertops and
[26:25] sinks. We put marble on the kitchen
countertops and sinks. It really looks
[26:29] nice and should last a long time with,
you know, less maintenance costs.
[26:35] And next, uh, coming up, we're getting
ready to re remodel our other bath house
[26:40] in the campground uh over in Acorn Loop,
which is next to the office. Uh, so
[26:44] that'll be two two, you know, pretty
much brand new bath houses for our
[26:48] campground. And so, we're really looking
forward to that.
[26:53] That's all I had unless y'all have any
further questions.
[26:57] Are you still open to demon scout
projects in the park?
[27:00] » Yes. Yeah, we get those from time to
time. Um they can contact anybody at the
[27:05] park or or myself and um I'll put them
in contact with my ranger who handles
[27:09] those projects on a regular basis.
>> Thank you.
[27:12] » Yep.
>> Appreciate it. Good. Thank you.
[27:18] » Next, Miss Cruz with finance report.
>> Good evening, members of the board. Um
[27:22] starting on page 20 of your board
packet, you'll find the monthly budget
[27:26] report.
As you all recall, in July, the reports
[27:29] look quite different than they typically
do. Um, this is not a 12 month period,
[27:34] but it's actually a 13month period. So,
it includes FY26 plus one month with FY
[27:42] 27. That's just due to the transition in
budget years. So, next month in your
[27:48] budget, in your board packet, you will
see two reports um that will include um
[27:53] July and August, and they will be your
low numbers. But if you have any
[27:58] questions, I'm glad to answer those.
[28:04] » Any questions from board members?
>> Right. Do we have motion to appropriate
[28:09] your phones as presented?
>> So, second,
[28:14] » Mr. Hamlet.
>> I
[28:15] » Mr. Newman.
>> Hi,
[28:17] » Miss Ty.
>> Hi,
[28:18] » Mr. Stson.
>> Hi,
[28:19] » Mr. Sers.
>> Hi.
[28:21] » On page 30 of the report packet, you'll
find a request to great funds for FY27,
[28:28] Virginia Code section 15.2-2506
does require a local governing body to
[28:35] rate funds prior to any expenditures
being paid. At the April 21st Board of
[28:40] Supervisors meeting, the school for year
27 budget was adopted in the amount of
[28:45] 44,56,651.
[28:50] At the June 9th Board of Supervisors
meeting, the board approved the 2027
[28:54] appropriations totaling 42,851,658.
[clears throat]
[29:01] The governor's school fund budget for
FY27
[29:05] approved by the board totals $1,655,000.
[29:10] It is the balance of the county's FY27
appropriations.
[29:14] So in pursuant to Virginia Code section
15.2-2506,
[29:19] I am requesting the board of supervisors
appropriate funds stolen $1,655,000
[29:26] for the budget commencement July 1st,
2026.
[29:29] And this is only for the governor's
school budget that does not require a uh
[29:34] transfer from the general fund.
>> Okay, good. Thank you.
[29:38] » Sure.
>> Members, any questions?
[29:42] » We have a motion to appoint sorry to
appropriate funds for fiscal year 2026
[29:47] budget as presented. [clears throat] So
moved.
[29:51] » Second.
>> Mr. Hamlet.
[29:54] » Hi.
>> Mr. Newman.
[29:55] » Hi.
>> Mr. Tyrie.
[29:56] » Hi.
>> Mr. Stson.
[29:57] » Hi.
>> MS. And
[30:00] » the last one I have for you this
evening, start on page 32 of your board
[30:03] packet. As the county staff prepares for
finalizing the FY26 financial statements
[30:09] and closing out the year, the finance
department is requesting the board to
[30:13] approve the following budget transfers
and supplements for fiscal year ending
[30:17] June 30th, 2026. The budget transfers
total $103,224
[30:24] and the budget supplements total
$589,815.
[30:30] As you can see, we do have se several
departments that came in under budget
[30:35] such as social services. So, we were
able to use those uh funds and allocate
[30:40] those to other departments. We do have
some departments such as CSA that we do
[30:46] have revenue that will be coming in that
will reimburse the general fund for
[30:50] those funds. It's just the timing of
that revenue actually coming in. So
[30:54] you'll see those during the approval
process and then in the financial
[30:58] statements that Robinson farmer tax
presents to you uh in December.
[31:03] But if you have any questions I would
like to take those as well.
[31:08] » Members questions.
Okay. Do we have a motion to approve 6
[31:13] budget as presented?
>> So move.
[31:16] » Second.
>> Mr. Hamlet.
[31:18] » I
>> Mr. Newman.
[31:20] » Hi.
>> Mr. Tyrie.
[31:21] » Hi.
>> Mr. Simpson.
[31:22] » Hi.
>> Mr. Sers.
[31:24] » Hi.
>> Thank you, M. Chris. Next is planning
[31:29] and zoning report.
[31:33] » Stephanie. [clears throat]
[31:37] » Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of
the board. Stephanie Johnson, planning
[31:41] director, zoning administrator. This
evening, I have for you the department
[31:45] report for the month of July, which can
be found on pages 36 through 41 of your
[31:51] board packet.
I also provided a copy of the PowerPoint
[31:56] from the planning commission meeting
last night. It's just kind of a summary
[32:00] of the report that's in your packet. So,
for the planning department for July,
[32:05] there were four subdivisions approved
with 52 pending, six um plats that were
[32:11] approved with 47 pending, a total of 27
zoning permits that were approved, six
[32:18] residential land disturbance permits,
zero commercial ENS, and zero
[32:23] conditional use permits or resonings
that were approved. However, we do have
[32:28] a public hearing for you tonight for a
conditional use permit. So that will
[32:32] change next month.
On the back side of that, I do also
[32:36] provide the planning permission. Um so I
will provide that also for you guys. The
[32:40] copy of the building inspections
department monthly report. Um they
[32:45] approved, I'm sorry, permitted 16 new
homes, seven commercial permits, 94
[32:50] other permits, and issued six
certificates of occupancy. There were
[32:54] total fees collected over $19,000
with a total estimated value of the new
[33:00] construction of over $4 million.
Also
[33:04] wanted to let the board know that at the
July meeting um at the end of the
[33:11] meeting there was one resident who spoke
to the commission and suggested that the
[33:17] two minimum 2 acre minimum lot size in
the agricultural zoning district plays a
[33:23] large role in the overdevelopment of the
county. and one of the commissioners
[33:27] made a motion to make a recommendation
to the board that you consider
[33:32] increasing that minimum lot size in the
A2 zoning district from 2 acres to 5
[33:37] acres. Um I did miss the deadline to
include that memo in your packet this
[33:42] evening. So I did want to bring that up
to you and let you know that that will
[33:44] be forthcoming. I do plan to have a memo
in your packet next month. However, I
[33:50] did want to also suggest the potential
for a joint workshop between the board
[33:55] and the planning commission. That way,
we can all gather around and discuss
[33:59] this. I know that this topic has been
brought up um a few different times by a
[34:05] handful of people. Um so, I feel like a
workshop would be beneficial for
[34:10] everybody to get around the table,
[clears throat] discuss the concerns and
[34:14] the potential for ways to potentially
mitigate that. Um, as staff, my concern
[34:21] with that would be the issue of family
subdivisions and the ability of
[34:26] residents to be able to provide their
family members with land um at their
[34:32] homestead. Uh we do have a resoning
request that will be coming to the
[34:37] planning commission soon for a property
owner in Carterville who has just over 9
[34:41] acres and his property is zoned R3 where
the minimum lot size is 5 acres. And so
[34:48] currently he cannot give his grandchild
a 2acre tract of land. So he is
[34:53] requesting a reszoning from the RH
reszoning district 2A2 to allow him to
[34:59] give his family member 2 acres of land
to be stay close to home. So that is the
[35:04] concern that staff has with this
potential. I do feel like there may be a
[35:09] way to work through this together with
both groups and to find common ground,
[35:15] but I feel like that would be best
suited with a workshop. So, the planning
[35:20] commission does have a workshop schedule
for November 9th [clears throat]
[35:24] of this year. So, I'm hoping that maybe
we can work together and potentially
[35:29] have a joint workshop that day um to
discuss this potential um code amendment
[35:35] as well as any other items that may come
up.
[35:42] » That is all I have for you for the
monthly updates.
[35:46] » Two quick questions.
Yes.
[35:50] » Subdivision 2456.
>> Mhm.
[35:54] » Uh that's it's called back properties.
>> It's called which one?
[35:57] » Davenport.
>> It's on Davenport Road.
[36:01] » Yeah. So Davenport forms a line between
district three and four.
[36:05] » Do you know which side it's on?
>> I believe it's going to be I'm sorry.
[36:10] » I think it's three.
>> I believe that is correct. If I remember
[36:14] this, is this the nine lot subdivision?
Does it have
[36:18] » one's 10 one's 10 lots and the other
one's two lots.
[36:23] » So the nine lot subdivision I believe is
on the north side of Davenport Road
[36:29] which would be district three.
>> Okay. M you're familiar with that?
[36:34] » Okay. And then the other one um
is
[36:42] it's sub it's subdivision 2546. It's
broader
[36:47] » construction
>> and hang on.
[36:51] [cough]
[clears throat]
[36:53] Hang on just a second.
>> It is brought over. It's 2528.
[36:59] » Mhm.
>> Um which district is added? It just says
[37:03] uh new private growth list.
>> Does it have a total number of lots?
[37:08] » It's 25 lots.
>> Okay. So I believe that is district two.
[37:14] I'd have to look at the survey um and
look at the map to confirm that um that
[37:19] is
and I can't remember exactly if I looked
[37:23] at the map I could tell you but it's
where Deep Run comes off of 45 and
[37:26] before it intersects with that next
road. Does that make sense? Do you know
[37:32] where I'm talking now?
>> Talking about Carters area.
[37:35] » Yes. Deep district.
[clears throat]
[37:38] » So when Deep Room comes off of Route 45,
is that
[37:42] » district one? on the north side.
>> It is. It's on the east side of Deep Run
[37:47] Road.
[37:51] » I can Sorry. Yeah, it would all be and
it is in district because
[38:00] » actually
I have to look at a map to confirm
[38:04] because
>> we won't we won't
[38:08] » it is district one.
>> Is this deep here?
[38:14] » That's that's deep on this end.
>> This is deep run. Correct. Okay. So,
[38:19] it's actually in district two because it
would be on the right hand side.
[38:23] I don't think
>> I can look at the survey though and and
[38:26] confer.
>> Okay. Thanks.
[38:28] » Yes.
[38:32] » Do you have another item?
>> I do. Yes, sir.
[38:38] » Item F2, planning commission
appointments. So, in 2025, the planning
[38:42] commission was left with vacancy in
district 5. That term is set to expire
[38:47] August 31st. Mr. Kevin Meadows currently
uh serves the planning commission as an
[38:53] atlarge member, although he lives in
district 5. His term is set to expire
[38:59] the end of this calendar year. Staff is
requesting that the board appoint Mr.
[39:03] Meadows to a three-year term to the
commission as the district 5
[39:08] representative with a term commencing
September 1st and expiring August 31st.
[39:14] If the board does agree and appoint Mr.
Meadows as the district 5
[39:18] representative, then the vacancy on the
commission will now become an atlarge.
[39:23] Staff has received numerous volunteer
applications and the commission has
[39:27] vetted those applications.
Based on the feedback from the
[39:31] commission, staff recommends that the
boy board appoint Shawn Michael Reed to
[39:35] the commission to serve the unexpired
term of Mr. Meadows, which is set to
[39:40] expire December 31st of this year. And
staff will also request a reappoint of
[39:45] Mr. to read at the December 2026 meeting
of the board. So, it's two twoprong
[39:52] request. We do want to request that the
board appoint Mr. Meadows to a
[39:58] three-year term as the district 5
representative. And then, if that motion
[40:03] passes, then staff would request the
board appoint Mr. Michael Reed to the
[40:08] commission to serve the unexpired term
of Mr. Meadows, which would expire
[40:13] December 31st of this year.
[40:19] » Do we have a motion to appoint planning
commission members Kevin Meadows and Mr.
[40:27] » Second?
>> Mr. Hamlin.
[40:29] » I
>> Mr. Newman.
[40:30] » Hi.
>> M Ty.
[40:32] » Hi.
>> Mr. Simpson.
[40:33] » Hi.
>> Mr. Son.
[40:34] » Hi.
>> Thank you very much.
[40:40] Now on to the county attorney's report.
>> Mr. Chairman, it doesn't report this
[40:43] month.
>> Thanks, sir. I have no old business. So
[40:47] on the new business, that is the first
item is appointment of a DSS board
[40:51] member.
>> Yes. Um members of the board, uh the
[40:54] term for the our local Department of
Social Services District Representative
[40:59] Liz Dunn. Um her time her term has
expired end of June 2026. She has not
[41:05] expressed an interest in renewing that.
Um so I remember at our last month's
[41:10] meeting we were discussed that there was
a vacancy. So Mr. Simpson has since then
[41:14] recommended Miss Fed Honey who was in
the audience um to fill that spot for
[41:21] this done. So if you all agree to
appoint her term obviously begin August
[41:25] the 26th and will end July of 2030.
I'll take any questions.
[41:34] » Any questions before members? Any
comments?
[41:41] Do we have a motion to appoint Miss Fay?
[41:46] » Some moved.
>> Mr. Hamlet.
[41:50] » Hi.
>> Mr. Newman.
[41:51] » Hi.
>> Mr. Ty.
[41:52] » Hi.
>> Mr. Stson.
[41:53] » Hi.
>> Mr. Songs.
[41:54] » Hi.
[41:59] » Next item. M is the RFP for emergency
services staff and Miss M. Cruz.
[42:03] » Yes. So on March 20th, the board of
supervisors approved a short-term
[42:07] contract with Emergency Services
Solutions for staffing of their rescue
[42:11] supplies. This contract did allow staff
time to issue a request for proposals
[42:16] for long-term services. On June 9th, the
RFP was released. The solicitation
[42:22] required offerers to provide two
staffing scenarios. The first one was
[42:27] for one 24-hour crew that would be
staffed at station one along with one
[42:33] 12-hour crew that would rotate between
stations three and four. This scenario
[42:38] is our current staffing model as you all
know. Alternatively, the offer was to
[42:43] include staffing costs for two 24-hour
crews with one crew remaining at station
[42:48] one and the other 24-hour crew would
rotate between stations three and four.
[42:54] The proposals were due on July the 23rd
and there were two responsive proposals
[42:59] received. The first was from emergency
services solution. It's for scenario one
[43:05] which was the 24hour plus the 12-hour
crew. It was $1,182,600
[43:12] annually. For the two 24hour crews the
cost was $1,576,800.
[43:20] The second proposal for the 12-h hour
and the 24h hour was $1,419,120.
[43:29] For the two 24hour cruise, it was
$1,892,160.
[43:38] Emergency services solution also
provided an optional service pricing for
[43:43] their staff to assist Mr. Hurley with
managing the drug boxes. As previously
[43:48] discussed, the unfunded mandate for
requiring local governments to absorb
[43:53] the cost and responsibility of the drug
boxes has had a significant impact on
[43:58] staff time and budgets. ESS has priced
this service at $1,000 per month,
[44:05] $12,000 in
ESS has previously contracted with the
[44:11] county for emergency services staffing
and has been our contractor since March
[44:15] of this year. staff has been pleased
with their level of service. Therefore,
[44:20] Mr. Hurley and I recommend the board to
approve the contract with Emergency
[44:24] Services Solution for an annual amount
of 1,194,600.
[44:30] This would include the staffing of ASL
ALS providers for one 24-hour crew and
[44:37] one 12-hour crew, as well as the add-on
cost for the drug box management
[44:42] services. staff is working to provide
the board with the data support to
[44:47] 24-hour crews and the ability to offset
some of that expense with cost recovery
[44:53] measures. We will report back to the
board in the next few months with that
[44:57] information.
[45:00] I'll be glad to answer any questions
that you have. You do have a copy of
[45:05] that contract. There is one change under
the term of the contract and that's
[45:11] found um on page five um under term of
contract um and we have agreed along
[45:19] with ESS that that agreement will renew
automatically without an additional
[45:26] written agreement needed and that will
be at a max of 5 years. That will not
[45:31] change.
[45:34] Any
[45:41] questions, comments from board members?
[45:46] You could ask Mr. as well.
[45:53] Give you a few minutes.
[45:59] Excuse
[46:12] the only question I have is there's a
dollar amount difference the u
[46:20] scenario one 182600
and [snorts]
[46:26] the recommendation is for an amount 1
million 194.
[46:30] » Um, that will include the uh $12,000
annually for the drug box,
[46:37] but we are requesting the board to
approve.
[46:40] » Okay.
>> And initially, we will try to cover that
[46:43] under the emergency services budget
without exportations.
[46:48] » Thank you so much.
[46:51] » Members, do we have a motion to approve
the emergency services
[46:56] » contract? So move.
Second,
[47:00] » Mr. [clears throat] Hamlet. Hi,
>> Mr. Newman. Hi,
[47:03] » Mr. Tyrese. Hi,
>> Mr. Simpson. Hi,
[47:05] » Mr. Songs. Hi,
[47:10] » Before we get to the public hearing on
Firefly point of event.
[47:16] We [clears throat] have added new
business item C, which is the
[47:18] comprehensive plan resolution.
And Mr.
[47:23] P.
>> Okay. Sure. Um, Mr. Chair, um, pursuant
[47:30] to Virginia Code 15.2-2232B,
[47:34] um, I move that we adopt the resolution
before us tonight, um, purely as a
[47:41] procedural
uh, move. Um,
[47:45] there is within the state code, and if I
may, I can I I'll read the code just so
[47:52] folks know what what we're talking to.
Uh, 15.2-2232 2-2232
[47:57] states, "Whenever a local planning
commission recommends a comprehensive
[48:01] plan or part thereof for the locality
and such plan has been approved and
[48:05] adopted by the governing body, it shall
control the general or approximate
[48:10] location, character, and extent of each
feature shown on the plan. Thereafter,
[48:16] unless a feature is already shown on the
adopted master plan or part thereof, or
[48:21] is deemed so under subsection D, no
street or connection to an existing
[48:26] street, park, or other public area,
public building, or public structure,
[48:30] public utility facility, or public
service corporation facility other than
[48:35] a railroad facility, or an underground
natural gas or underground electric
[48:38] distribution facility of a public
utility is defined in subsection B of
[48:43] 56-
265.1
[48:46] within its certified service territory
whether publicly or privately owned
[48:51] shall be constructed, established, or
authorized unless and until the general
[48:57] location or approximate location,
character and extent thereof has been
[49:01] submitted to and approved by the
commission as being substantially in
[49:05] accord with the adopted comprehensive
plan or part thereof. um part of the
[49:12] Dominion um
proposed Dominion uh Cumberland uh
[49:19] energy center project uh part of their
cup application um asked that the plan
[49:24] committ or that the county um basically
says that it's substantially in accord
[49:31] uh with that area when it comes to
comprehensive plans. So when they
[49:34] submitted their application um that gets
to part B and why I feel that we should
[49:40] adopt this resolution. Um they submitted
their application on uh I believe it was
[49:46] June 26th that we received the
application. Um staff reviewed it and
[49:52] deemed it complete on July 7th. Um but
the the verbiage in the code is a little
[49:59] am there's a little ambiguity there um
because it states in section B the
[50:05] commission shall communicate its
findings to the governing body
[50:08] indicating its approval or disapproval
with written reasons. Uh therefore the
[50:13] governing body may overrule the action
of the commission by a vote of majority
[50:17] of its membership. I'm sorry I read the
the wrong section. Um the the code
[50:22] states that that
um oh I'm sorry yes the governing body
[50:27] may overrule the action of the
commission by a vote of the majority of
[50:30] its membership. Failure of the
commission to act within 60 days of a
[50:34] submission unless the time is extended
by the governing body shall be deemed
[50:39] approval. So what's a little uh
ambiguous is
[50:45] when does the clock start? Does it start
the moment that they submit the
[50:49] application or does it start when the
county has deemed it a complete
[50:54] application and the code is not specific
in that regard. So I feel to be safe to
[50:59] allow uh the commission since they set
their public hearing for August 31st
[51:06] if you go about 60 days from the date of
the application being submitted that
[51:12] expires August 25th. So, the public
hearing would take place after the 60
[51:17] days if you weren't to interpret it that
way. And I just feel that uh to make
[51:22] sure there's there's uh no discrepancies
there and to safeguard the county to
[51:27] make sure that our planning commission
is actually um voting with substance and
[51:33] not a de facto approval because they
didn't act in time. There's a legal um
[51:40] loophole there or something. I feel that
we should adopt this resolution
[51:43] extending uh the commission's time which
the statute authorizes the local
[51:48] governing body to do until September
30th to give them time to have their
[51:52] public hearing. If they're uh need time
to set a a follow-up hearing or
[51:57] something, they they would still fall
within that September 30th deadline that
[52:00] we can set.
>> Okay.
[52:03] Um, District One supervisor, I'm going
to ask that you read the resolution
[52:09] and afterwards we'll open it up for
comments. Board members.
[52:14] » Okay. Resolution of the Cumberland
County Board of Supervisors. Resolution
[52:19] extending the review period under
Virginia Code 15.2-2232
[52:24] for the Cumberland Energy Center CUP
26-03.
[52:29] Whereas Virginia Electric and Power
Company doing business as Dominion
[52:33] Energy Virginia, the applicant has
submitted an application designated as
[52:38] CUP26-03
concerning the proposed Cumberland
[52:43] Energy Center, a proposed public utility
generating facility in Cumberland
[52:48] County, Virginia. And whereas Virginia
Code 15.2-2232 2-2232
[52:53] requires the construction or
establishment of public utility
[52:57] facilities or public service corporation
facilities to be submitted to the local
[53:01] planning commission for a determination
as to whether the general or approximate
[53:06] location character and extent of the
proposed facility are substantially in
[53:10] accord with locality's adopted
comprehensive plan. And whereas Virginia
[53:15] code 15.2-2232 2-2232
section B provides that the planning
[53:20] commission shall communicate its
findings to the governing body
[53:24] indicating its approval or disapproval
with written reasons therefore and
[53:29] further provides that failure of the
planning commission to act within 60
[53:33] days of a submission unless the time is
extended by the governing body shall be
[53:38] deemed approval. And whereas the
Cumberland County Planning Commission is
[53:42] presently scheduled to conduct a public
hearing concerning CUP 26-03
[53:48] and the associated review under Virginia
Code 15.2-2232
[53:54] on August 31st, 2026.
And whereas the board of supervisors
[53:59] believes that a project of the size,
scope, and potential impact upon
[54:03] Cumberland County should receive full
and deliberate consideration by the
[54:07] planning commission, and that the
commission's determination should be
[54:12] made affirmatively upon consideration of
the evidence and public input rather
[54:17] than be expedited by operation of a
statutory time period. And whereas the
[54:23] board desires to ensure that the
planning commission has sufficient time
[54:26] to conduct its public hearing, consider
information submitted by the applicant,
[54:31] county staff, consultants,
governmental agencies, and members of
[54:35] the public deliberate upon the matter
and make an affirmative determination
[54:40] pursuant to Virginia Code 15.2-2232.
And [clears throat] whereas by adopting
[54:46] this resolution, the board makes no
determination regarding the date upon
[54:51] which the application or or request for
review was legally submitted to the
[54:56] planning commission for purposes of
Virginia code 15.2-2232
[55:01] and expressly reserves all positions of
the county concerning the com
[55:05] commencement or calculation of any
statutory review period. Now therefore,
[55:11] be it resolved by the Board of
Supervisors of Cumberland County,
[55:14] Virginia, that pursuant to Virginia Code
15.2-2232B,
[55:19] the time within which the Cumberland
County Planning Commission may consider
[55:23] and act upon the substantial accord
termination associated with CUP 26-03,
[55:31] Cumberland Energy Center, is hereby
extended through September 30th, 2026.
[55:37] Be it further resolved that this
extension is procedural in nature and is
[55:42] intended solely to preserve adequate
time for the planning commission to
[55:46] conduct its review and make an
affirmative determination under Virginia
[55:50] code 15.2-2232.
Be it further resolved that nothing in
[55:55] this resolution shall be construed as a
determination that the 60-day period
[56:00] prescribed by Virginia Code 15.2-2232B
2-2232B
[56:04] has commenced or as an admission
regarding the date of submission or
[56:09] completeness of any application or re
request for review. The board expressly
[56:15] reserves the county's position that the
statutory review period does not
[56:19] commence until a submission sufficient
to permit the review required by 15.22
[56:25] 15.2-2232
has been made. Be it further resolved
[56:29] that nothing in this resolution shall
constitute approval or disapproval of
[56:33] CUP26-03,
constitute a determination that the
[56:38] proposed Cumberland Energy Center is or
is not substantially in accord with the
[56:43] Cumberland County uh comprehensive plan,
constitute approval or disapproval of a
[56:48] location, character, or extent of the
proposed Cland Energy Center. constitute
[56:54] a finding or admission regarding the
date on which the application or
[56:57] substantial accord request was legally
submitted to the planning commission or
[57:02] limit or prejudice the authority,
discretion, rights, arguments or
[57:07] positions of the Cumberland County
Planning Commission or Cumberland County
[57:10] Board of Supervisors in any subsequent
[clears throat] consideration of
[57:13] CUP26-03
or the proposed Cumberland Energy
[57:17] Center. Be it further resolved that
county staff and the county attorney are
[57:21] directed to provide a copy of this
resolution to the Cumberland County
[57:24] Planning Commission and to the applicant
and to take such administrative actions
[57:29] as are reasonably necessary to document
this extension in the [clears throat]
[57:33] official record pertaining to CP26-03
[57:40] adopted by
[57:45] board members questions or comments?
[57:52] further comments or
>> um
[57:56] no just again clarify it was in the
it was in the resolution itself.
[58:04] » Um well that was my motion Mr. Chair
that we adopt the resolution.
[58:09] » Yes sir.
>> Second
[58:12] » Mr. Hamlet.
>> Hi.
[58:13] » Mr. Newman.
>> Hi.
[58:14] » Mr. Ty.
>> Hi.
[58:15] » Mr. Stson. I
>> Mr. Sons.
[58:17] » All right. Thank you.
[58:22] Next on the agenda is public hearing.
Mr. Johnson, this is for
[58:28] 2602 Firefly Point Facility.
[58:34] Please come out in
[58:48] This evening we have conditional use
permit 2602 Firefly Point event
[58:54] facility.
This is a request by Andrew and Jamie
[58:58] Freriedman for a conditional use permit
at on Firefly Point which is just off of
[59:05] Columbia Road. The property is zoned A2.
use is currently residential, although
[59:12] it is zoned agricultural. Um, they have
three parcels that are on the property
[59:17] there. One has a house, one is a smaller
lot that is vacant, and then we have the
[59:23] subject parcel for this conditional use
permit application, which has an
[59:27] existing barn that is on the property.
Here we have the vicinity map showing by
[59:32] the red star where the approximate
property location is. We have the zoning
[59:38] map showing that it is zoned to A2
agricultural,
[59:44] the comprehensive plan map from the 2023
comp plan, and then here we have the
[59:50] zoomed in version of that map showing
the Cobs Creek Reservoir Village Center.
[59:56] And again, the property is designated by
the red star.
[1:00:01] Here we have an aerial map of their
three tracks. You see the long skinny
[1:00:06] parcel is the subject parcel for this
application. And we see the barn on the
[1:00:12] top left corner of the image here.
We do have a current survey that was
[1:00:18] done in February of 2024.
[1:00:23] And we also have the preliminary site
plan that was submitted with the
[1:00:27] application as well. The site plan does
um indicate potential parking areas as
[1:00:33] well as the existing barn and the water
water protection area for the Cops Creek
[1:00:42] Reservoir.
The owners purchased the property
[1:00:46] between Columbia Road and the reservoir
from Henriiko County in 2023.
[1:00:51] They have since renovated the existing
dwelling that's on the property and
[1:00:55] hosted family and friends. In 2024, the
Freedom subdivided tract into three
[1:01:01] separate parcels. The barn now sits on
its own tract of land with 14 acres and
[1:01:06] is surrounded on three sides by
reservoir.
[1:01:11] We have the current survey again here
and it shows the existing house is on
[1:01:17] the 6 and 12 acre track which is on the
south um sorry the bottom left hand
[1:01:22] portion of the map and then the 14 acre
lot which is on the top section of the
[1:01:28] map here and you can see the the
existing barn there on the top red star.
[1:01:35] The rural charm of the property along
with the gorgeous views of the reservoir
[1:01:39] do provide for a beautiful backdrop for
an event facility in this area and the
[1:01:43] Freriedins want to be able to share this
site with others by way of having
[1:01:47] smaller events there.
Here's a photo that was provided by the
[1:01:52] Freriedens. This shows um the barn in
the background there. So this is taken
[1:01:57] down at almost at the entrance of
Firefly Point in Columbia Road.
[1:02:04] And this photo, I believe, was taken
from the existing house looking over
[1:02:08] across the reservoir at where the barn
is located. Is that correct? Okay.
[1:02:15] And here we have a beautiful sunset
photo showing the farm property as well.
[1:02:21] And then this these two photos show the
renovations that were done to the
[1:02:25] existing barn where they will propose to
have this event facility here.
[1:02:32] I think I already showed that photo. So
for planning implications and
[1:02:37] consistency with the comprehensive plan,
objective 5.1 of the comp plan is to
[1:02:42] maintain the rural character of the
county through preservation of the
[1:02:46] scenic, agricultural, and natural
resources for the optimal benefit of
[1:02:51] current and future residents. and
approval of the CUP will preserve that
[1:02:56] rural character of that area of the
county while simultaneously permitting a
[1:03:00] new small business and that will welcome
visitors to the county and provide a
[1:03:05] positive economic benefit to existing
county uh businesses
[1:03:10] for consistency with the zoning
ordinance. Section 74-72
[1:03:15] provides for standards that shall be
considered by the planning commission
[1:03:18] and the board of supervisors as part of
reviewing any conditional use permit
[1:03:23] applications and all standards in this
code section have been addressed
[1:03:27] satisfactorily by the applicant.
[1:03:32] Public engagement uh the notice of this
public hearing was published in the
[1:03:36] Farmville Herald on July 29th and August
5th. Adjoining property owners were sent
[1:03:42] notice of this public hearing by first
class mail on July 20th. And the notice
[1:03:46] was also posted on the public hearings
web page of the county site and on the
[1:03:51] three bulletin boards in the county
administration building on July 20th as
[1:03:55] well.
Staff has received no comments for or
[1:04:00] against this application. The planning
commission held its public hearing on
[1:04:05] June 15th and sends this application to
the board. the unanimous recommendation
[1:04:10] of approval.
It is the opinion of staff that the
[1:04:14] request promotes good zoning practice
and that the location and intended use
[1:04:19] of the property are consistent with the
zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan.
[1:04:24] Therefore, staff recommends approval of
this conditional use permit with a few
[1:04:28] conditions.
[1:04:31] Most of these conditions are similar to
every other event facility that we have
[1:04:36] or that we have permitted so far. So,
I'll kind of just give a general
[1:04:39] overview. Number one, compliance with
the plan is required. Um, every
[1:04:44] conditional use permit is required to
submit a preliminary site plan. If this
[1:04:50] conditional use permit is approved, then
a final site plan will be required to be
[1:04:54] submitted, reviewed, and approved by the
office and that will um determine what
[1:05:00] exactly is to be located on the
property. Now, with this location um or
[1:05:07] with the property location being so
close to the reservoir, we do have a
[1:05:11] watershed protection ordinance and part
of this property is located in that
[1:05:16] area. So, there can be no development um
in that area of the property. The barn
[1:05:22] itself is located in that area. So,
there can be no outside uh remodeling of
[1:05:29] that structure, but they were permitted
to remodel obviously the inside. So the
[1:05:33] parking areas and any other um
structures or or anything that goes on
[1:05:40] on the property can only happen outside
of that watershed protection area which
[1:05:45] is um indicated on the site and the
survey itself.
[1:05:50] The vegetative buffer there should be a
natural vegetative buffer. What is there
[1:05:54] shall be maintained at all property
lines and they must comply with the
[1:05:58] class creek reservoir wershed protection
plan ordinance.
[1:06:04] septic water and electrical connections.
They shall comply with all federal,
[1:06:08] state, and local regulations regarding
the use of water, sewer, electricity.
[1:06:13] They will also provide notice or the
applicable permit from the health
[1:06:17] department indicating compliance with
their codes for the use.
[1:06:21] Refuge disposal. A container of adequate
size shall be provided for refuge
[1:06:26] disposal and emptied when full, but in
no event shall be it be emptied less
[1:06:31] than 48 hours after each event. And all
refues shall be screened from public
[1:06:36] view.
Hours of operation shall be limited
[1:06:39] between shall be limited to 8:00 a.m. to
11:00 p.m. daily.
[1:06:45] Noise shall be restricted between the
hours of [snorts] 11:00 p.m. and 7:00
[1:06:49] a.m. Monday through Friday and 11:00
p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and
[1:06:54] Sunday. The lighting shall not
constitute a nuisance and shall not
[1:06:58] produce glare or spillover.
Ingress and egress to the property. They
[1:07:04] do currently have a private road which
is Firefly Point that they use to access
[1:07:10] all three of their tracks of land from
Columbia Road. but they will also be
[1:07:15] required to provide a written statement
from VOTE indicating their compliance
[1:07:19] with uh the applicant's compliance with
VOTE's regulations. So even though there
[1:07:24] is an existing driveway there, if VOTE
looks at what they're planning to have
[1:07:29] there based on the number of people
they're planning to have, if says we
[1:07:33] need you to upgrade this entrance or
maybe there's a concern with um sight
[1:07:38] distance and they need to clear some
trees maybe at the road, then they would
[1:07:41] be required to do that.
[1:07:45] The next few are again general uh
template uh conditions that we have with
[1:07:50] every conditional use permit
application. The next is for community
[1:07:54] safety. If county or state law
enforcement is required to respond and
[1:07:58] restore order and violations are
confirmed or citations are issued more
[1:08:03] than twice in 30 days, the CV shall be
reviewed by the board and can be revoked
[1:08:08] at the board's discretion.
>> [snorts]
[1:08:10] » The applicant at all times shall comply
with applicable federal, state, and
[1:08:14] local statutes, codes, regulations, and
ordinance. confirmed violation at any
[1:08:20] time of any federal state code statute
code regulation ordinance shall
[1:08:26] constitute a violation of the CP and it
shall terminate immediately upon the
[1:08:31] violation subject to the conditions I'm
sorry the condition number 12 which is
[1:08:38] non-compliance it does give the
opportunity to the applicant to remedy
[1:08:43] the violation and if it is not remedied
then it goes to the board for
[1:08:47] consideration
[1:08:50] If any condition in the C is determined
to be invalid or uninforceable or
[1:08:54] unlawful would not affect the other
conditions and they will remain and
[1:08:58] continue in full force in effect. And
then there is a renewal clause here
[1:09:04] which means that the applicant is
required to request a renewal of staff
[1:09:08] who can approve that administratively
and that would be one year after
[1:09:12] approval, two years after the last
renewal, five years and then every 5
[1:09:17] years thereafter or if there's a change
in property ownership program provider
[1:09:23] licensing type or management. When it
comes to renewals, the applicant will
[1:09:28] can just submit an email, but they will
be required to submit some form of
[1:09:33] documentation from VOT, the health
department, and the sheriff's office.
[1:09:37] Sheriff's office can just state that
there have been no calls for service to
[1:09:41] that location. in that time frame that
they're requesting the renewal. Um,
[1:09:45] health department can provide some form
of written documentation that if there
[1:09:50] were if there was a well permit um,
issued for the property that it was
[1:09:55] installed adequately. Um, and then of
course VOTE would maybe give us a copy
[1:10:00] of the driveway entrance permit or any
kind of permit or approval that they had
[1:10:06] issued for the property and showing that
they were in compliance with that
[1:10:09] regulation.
And that is all that I have for you this
[1:10:13] evening. Um, the applicants are here, so
if you have any questions that I'm
[1:10:18] unable to answer or questions for them
directly, I'm sure they'd be happy to
[1:10:21] come up and speak.
>> Sure. I'll be asking if you stay at the
[1:10:24] phone.
>> Sure.
[1:10:25] » Thank you.
>> Um,
[1:10:29] okay. At this time, we will open the
public hearing
[1:10:33] simultaneously. With no citizens signed
up to speak, we will now close the
[1:10:36] public hearing, but we'll open the floor
for board discussions and questions.
[1:10:41] [clears throat]
[1:10:43] Got a couple questions, please.
>> Um, first off, um, I've seen the
[1:10:47] property is absolutely gorgeous. Um, you
know, with with the reservoir in the
[1:10:51] background. Um, I know there's these
events. I don't know if you specifically
[1:10:56] mentioned weddings. um and that see you
here or not. But um I can just picture
[1:11:01] you know even the wedding with the sun
set and it's just you know absolutely uh
[1:11:06] taking care uh did great job on
renovating that that bar and it looks
[1:11:11] absolutely phenomenal. Um my question
pertains to the existing um watershed
[1:11:17] ordinance protection ordinance. Um, I
notice there's not going to be any of
[1:11:22] these structures built because that's
part of the organs. That doesn't pertain
[1:11:26] to a temporary structure, does it? Like
for instance, you know, got chairs
[1:11:33] outside on the lawn. Um, a couple wants
a wooden cross in the background of
[1:11:40] their wedding, you know, a temporary
wooden cross or an archway uh to get
[1:11:45] married under. the the ordinance does
not forbid a temporary
[1:11:50] um structure to be put in place as long
as it's not a permanent structure. Am I
[1:11:54] correct?
>> Yes. I would however point out that some
[1:11:58] people consider like buggy top sheds and
barns to be temporary structures and
[1:12:03] those do require permit. So those would
not be permitted. But the suggestions or
[1:12:08] the options that you um made right now,
I would agree those would not I just
[1:12:13] want to make sure violations. We
wouldn't nitpick when, you know,
[1:12:16] [clears throat] they're having a an
event there and there's something
[1:12:20] temporary that's not going to be
permanent. That's that was just
[1:12:22] something I didn't clarify.
>> No, sir.
[1:12:24] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Um, and then would it be inappropriate
[1:12:29] to ask for [clears throat] weather
forecast if we weren't? [laughter]
[1:12:34] » Okay. All right. I won't ask that.
>> Actually, I got a first question. Um,
[1:12:40] and I noticed there there no comments
from any ads or anything else, but there
[1:12:45] is a Methodist church, I think it's
called Oakwood,
[1:12:49] » that's there just making sure that
everyone's on a friendly basis,
[1:12:52] conversations being had,
uh, that kind of thing. Just if if you
[1:12:57] have a wedding on a Sunday morning,
something like that could interfere with
[1:13:01] the church activities, maybe vice versa.
Um, but that's not going to uh change my
[1:13:09] vote, but just to point that out that
you do have a date with this
[1:13:13] long-standing church and if you need
referrals to want to talk to anyone from
[1:13:18] that organization, we can do that.
>> So, staff, sorry, staff did notify them.
[1:13:24] They were on the adjoining property
owners list. So, they did receive
[1:13:28] notification of both public hearings and
they have not reached out. I have not
[1:13:33] had any communication with anybody from
that percept
[1:13:37] I could see a scenario where if they
would be great partners you know the
[1:13:41] church might want to hold an event
there.
[1:13:44] So um definitely uh like to hear that
there weren't any
[1:13:50] objections from them.
>> Any other comments questions?
[1:13:56] » Okay there a motion to approve C 2602
Firefly Point event facility as consent.
[1:14:02] So move
[1:14:06] » second.
>> Mr. Hanley.
[1:14:08] » Hi.
>> Mr. Newman.
[1:14:09] » Hi.
>> Mr. Ty.
[1:14:10] » Hi.
>> Mr. Stson.
[1:14:11] » Hi.
>> Mr. Song.
[1:14:12] » Hi.
>> Thank you.
[1:14:17] » Finally. Public comment period.
All individuals signed up for the public
[1:14:22] comment period to be allowed to speak
upon chairman. Members of the board of
[1:14:27] supervisor and county officials will not
respond directly to questions asked
[1:14:30] during the public comment period.
Instead, answers will be directed
[1:14:33] through the county administrator at a
later date. Please provide contact
[1:14:37] information on the signup sheet. All
responses county administrative
[1:14:47] Bers.
[1:14:57] My name is Betty Myers. something at 577
deep run
[1:15:02] and I can keep a fairly close
I guess on a couple of different
[1:15:09] websites. One happens to be Cumberland
County and what the board is doing and
[1:15:14] another one happens to be premier
website they're doing and to best my
[1:15:21] recol recollection
I looked about what was going to happen
[1:15:25] on July 29th and July 31st and both of
those days were shown on the calendar
[1:15:31] for the county as the incite visits to
um energy to power plants There is no
[1:15:40] mention of having a special meeting of
the board of supervisors
[1:15:45] and I believe that is required by your
bylaws.
[1:15:50] I could be totally wrong but I don't
think I am because I do watch that
[1:15:54] pretty close.
So I feel that with this last minute
[1:15:58] adjustment to this agenda tonight is
again another one of your acts of
[1:16:03] non-transparency
not giving us sufficient time to look at
[1:16:07] things and review. I went to the
planning commission last night and I
[1:16:13] understand that this CU603
is still in negotiations.
[1:16:18] So how can the planning commission be
looking at something that is not
[1:16:23] complete? And then the question comes
up, how does this CU distribute it to
[1:16:30] the planning commission? By just saying
here it is, it's been posted on the
[1:16:34] website.
I don't think that's appropriate.
[1:16:38] Do you go up and pick up all your stuff
for your meeting through the website or
[1:16:43] is it mailed to you directly? Are you
expected to go up on the website and
[1:16:47] pick up your agenda? I don't think you
should expect that kind of thing from
[1:16:52] your planning commission people if
that's what's happening.
[1:16:56] I mean, we were told last night that
that CU 24 26-03
[1:17:02] is still in negotiations. How can that
committee being looked at by look how
[1:17:09] can that committee be considering
looking at something that's still in
[1:17:13] negotiations today less than two weeks
from now and say they have a complete
[1:17:18] document and have had time to be viewing
I just don't understand some things you
[1:17:24] all do. Thank you.
>> Thanks Mr. Wayne Flipping
[1:17:32] White.
>> Mr. Chairman, uh board members, my name
[1:17:37] is Wayne Flip. Um I am a member of the
planning commission and
[1:17:44] uh brought up the uh change from 2 acres
to 5 acres. And I think Miss Johnson's
[1:17:49] already pretty much covered what I had
to say, but I would encourage y'all to
[1:17:54] to work through this. I think with the
um workshop we can work something out.
[1:18:01] We have two things that through the
family division uh to work with local
[1:18:08] people that want um to divide their
their own uh property and also with the
[1:18:14] new u accessessorary
dwelling units uh that that the states
[1:18:22] are require as of July of 2027.
[clears throat]
[1:18:26] So, um, and the other point that when
talking to people about the solar farms
[1:18:33] or the, uh, power plant, if they're in
favor of it, they say, "Sure beats 100
[1:18:38] houses." And if they're opposed to it,
they say, "Well, I guess it's better
[1:18:43] than 100 houses." So, either way, I
think people want to kind of slow down
[1:18:48] the the growth and and preserve the
rural character of our town. Thank you.
[1:18:56] This is April Morris.
Car. [cough]
[1:19:05] [snorts]
[1:19:10] Um, did you send her her video?
>> No.
[1:19:15] » Okay, there is a video for you. uh your
your $20 was well spent. The right hand
[1:19:23] was done for you. Any video was done. Um
she will have to send it to you right
[1:19:29] now.
>> Um but yes, thank you for that.
[1:19:32] » And we would like to personally thank
Brian Hamlet for graciously spending all
[1:19:38] day in cold water on and off all day
getting dunked for us as well as Travis
[1:19:44] Pleasants and Darren Burley. Um, we were
able to have a very productive, fun day
[1:19:52] and the kids loved it and we are already
planning to do it again next year and
[1:19:57] make it even bigger and better. Um,
we also just had our pool Saturday. Um,
[1:20:06] went off without a hitch. Um,
no issues that I know of. I was up top.
[1:20:15] when everybody came in. So, I didn't
actually really get to see anything, but
[1:20:19] um they actually had little power
wheels, little kids in Power Wheels and
[1:20:23] stuff, too. So, um a lot of fun. So,
look forward to it again next year. Um
[1:20:31] the next thing we have is September
[clears throat] 26th, we're having our
[1:20:36] well before that we have ribbon cutting,
which Darren already talked about, which
[1:20:41] I hope all of you can attend. Um, then
we have the fall festival September 26th
[1:20:47] from 11 to 3. Um, that's going to be a
lot of the same activities
[1:20:52] [clears throat] that we had at the
carnival, not the don, but all the games
[1:20:57] for the kids. Um, and they'll still be
able to play those games and get prizes.
[1:21:05] The fall festival itself is free to the
public. We are doing a stew sale sale.
[1:21:13] of $10 a quarter. That's the fundraiser
for that event, but the kids can come
[1:21:17] and play, get prizes and stuff, and that
part is free. Um, that's just our way of
[1:21:23] giving back to the community. Let them
come and have fun, pick up some stew and
[1:21:29] take home dinner. Um,
and then
[1:21:36] what?
[1:21:42] » Oh, yeah. Huh? said they're no help.
>> They don't ever help me. [laughter] They
[1:21:48] never help me. They send me up here. Um,
we do, um, hope to see as many of you at
[1:21:55] the ribbon cutting as possible. It is a
huge deal for us. Um, we've worked
[1:22:01] really, really hard on this and we've
done our best to get all of the times,
[1:22:08] supplies,
everything that we could donated so that
[1:22:13] nobody had to come up with money and we
did have a dear family who donated for
[1:22:20] us. But, um, I hope to see y'all there.
And it is at 11 and we are going to have
[1:22:26] refreshments and a cake after. Thank
you.
[1:22:30] Thank
Tom Schwarz
[1:22:39] Schwarz with the Moria nurse
practitioners office right down the
[1:22:43] road. Give you an update. I just got the
inspection done today. Now all we have
[1:22:49] left is the final. Drywall is already
up. We're mudding, tiling, trimming, and
[1:22:55] we'll be open. And I was just told by
the boss that when you see me next
[1:22:58] month, it'll be we're open. And
[laughter] if we're not open and you
[1:23:02] don't see me, that means I'm building a
dog house.
[1:23:06] Other than that, she's just finished her
summer session for her doctoral program,
[1:23:12] getting ready to go into her another
semester. She's working on her medical
[1:23:17] exam certification,
and she's already seen a couple patients
[1:23:21] here in Cumberland. purchasing cash pay
and homebound patients right now.
[1:23:26] » Um, so we're hoping uh well not I'm
definitely hoping it's big time. I'm
[1:23:32] some serious trouble. But other than
that, my son got to make funny faces all
[1:23:38] all [clears throat] day after Duncan
district one. So it was a good time.
[1:23:44] Appreciate it. Thank you. Michael
Thomas. Next is Michael
[1:23:50] significant.
>> He left. I've got his information. He
[1:23:54] left.
>> Center point. Katy Hoffman.
[1:24:02] » Good evening. I'm Katie Hoffman,
District 1. Uh I'm really sorry that I
[1:24:07] couldn't dump Brian uh the other week.
I'll try to come to the ribbon cutting.
[1:24:13] I guess they're not dumping me that
week, right? Uh, and I'm really excited
[1:24:17] to learn about Firefly Point. They're
over there close to me in Tricus Lake.
[1:24:22] So, uh, hopefully I'll get a chance to
go over there and take a look at that.
[1:24:25] Sounds like there's some great things
happening around here. Um, I wanted to
[1:24:30] thank you for extending the for giving
the extension on the cup. Uh, one of my
[1:24:35] my concerns about the Dominion situation
has been that it feels to some of us in
[1:24:41] the public like there hasn't really been
a chance to kick the tires and look
[1:24:44] under the hood. Uh, because most of the
information that's been coming has been
[1:24:50] from Dominion. Uh and I want to invite
you uh board of supervisors members to
[1:24:57] please view last night's planning
commission meeting and uh listen to the
[1:25:04] friends of Chesterfield presentation.
They came last night uh to kind of in
[1:25:10] the spirit of being a neighboring county
uh to share their experience with
[1:25:15] Dominion which is
different from what Dominion
[1:25:21] uh is offering. Uh so I encourage you to
just view that part of of the meeting
[1:25:28] last night and take a listen to what
they said. I think it's important
[1:25:31] information for us to have as these
kinds of decisions move forward.
[1:25:36] and uh I appreciate being able to stand
up and talk to you and offer my
[1:25:42] thoughts. So, thank you very much.
[1:25:48] Uh Travis Plaz
[1:26:01] bear with me because I'm not a public
speaker. Um but I want to on behalf of
[1:26:06] all three fire departments in this
county, I want to thank those of y'all
[1:26:10] that passed the amendment last meeting
for uh additional funding to help the
[1:26:14] departments. it will go a long ways to
help in keeping the trucks maintained,
[1:26:19] us being able to continue to serve the
citizens of this county. Um, the other
[1:26:24] thing I have is
for years the departments have been left
[1:26:30] out of
when a project comes in this county
[1:26:35] having a voice in different things that
are needed. Um, and so far it's been no
[1:26:42] different with the Dominion project. Um,
we asked Mr. I'm sure it wasn't the J to
[1:26:50] arrange a meeting with the lawyers or
with y'all before this cup was approved
[1:26:58] so we could have a voice in getting site
tours and different things throughout
[1:27:04] the process
and it's gone ignored. Um so we would
[1:27:10] very the chiefs and all would very much
like to be heard um because we get left
[1:27:17] out very often.
Thanks.
[1:27:24] And last one of the list
[1:27:30] of continue department of health.
[1:27:38] Hey. Uh, I just wanted to give a quick
update on the health department. Um, we
[1:27:42] had some new, uh, came in last week. Um,
the building that we were looking at to
[1:27:50] lease has fallen through. Um, so we are
now back to square one. Um, so we are
[1:27:56] actively looking to work building again.
Just wanted to give you all an update.
[1:28:01] Um,
I think we've got a meeting with the
[1:28:06] Miss Medina soon. Uh, so hopefully we
can discuss some options. But, um, just
[1:28:11] [snorts] wanted to let y'all know we are
working on it. We're trying to find a
[1:28:14] place. Um, BDH or Department of Health
doesn't actually negotiate directly with
[1:28:21] the leases. We have to go through the
Department of General Services. Um,
[1:28:25] which can be difficult sometimes. Um cuz
a lot of times landlords will want to
[1:28:30] reach out directly to us and we have to
get them to go through DGS and um I'm
[1:28:35] not sure whether something got lost in
translation in there but um that's
[1:28:39] really all I had. I just wanted to give
an update and with the board
[1:28:45] » you have with you Miss Sanders still
>> I do. Um, she
[1:28:50] » I comes to the mic because she shared a
citizen issue and I think the public
[1:28:58] needs to be aware of how you all not
being in the county is affecting our
[1:29:05] citizens.
[1:29:10] » Excuse me. I hope I was not over.
[1:29:16] » Good evening. I'm sorry, Miss
[1:29:20] Go ahead. [laughter]
>> Good evening. Um, my name is Sandra
[1:29:24] Steel and I am the officer specialist
for Cumberland Health Department. Um, we
[1:29:30] are temporarily
located at Prince Edward Health
[1:29:34] Department, which we've been there for a
little over a year and it's a hardship
[1:29:41] on the
citizens of Cumberland. they're having
[1:29:46] to drive a distance to do health
department business.
[1:29:50] Um, I try to keep them from driving um,
do whatever they can do over the
[1:29:56] internet. Um, payments over the phone.
Some of the um, citizens do not desire
[1:30:03] to do that. So, they have to make a trip
to Farmville. Once they get to
[1:30:07] Farmville, they have to pay the park.
So, I had an elderly couple come in
[1:30:15] and Stephanie has been wonderful.
Stephanie works so wonderful with me. We
[1:30:20] work together to try to save the the um
citizens a trip from going back and
[1:30:26] forth county to county. Um the elderly
couple that came in, they did not have
[1:30:32] all the paperwork they needed. So, they
had drove to Prince Edward.
[1:30:38] I in turn had to send them back to
Cumberland.
[1:30:42] They came back to Cumberland and then
they had to drive back to Farmville.
[1:30:48] I completed their business with them.
They paid for their application.
[1:30:54] And as they were about to leave, the
elder gentleman said, "Here, here's
[1:30:58] this." And I said, "Well, what is this?"
And he says, "This is my parking
[1:31:02] ticket." And I I just felt so bad for
him. I said, "I'm sorry. I can't
[1:31:07] validate it. So, he not only had to
drive to the barn, he had to be. So,
[1:31:13] we're hoping that the board can get us
back in the county as quickly and
[1:31:19] promptly as possible.
Thank you.
[1:31:27] » And next is chairman and board member
comments. [snorts]
[1:31:39] I'll start.
Um, just want to start uh sound like a
[1:31:43] broken record, I know, but I just want
to thank each and every one of you for
[1:31:47] showing up tonight uh for taking part
this process, your meeting uh doing
[1:31:52] business on your behalf and being here
shows you care.
[1:31:57] I u I love those uh that attend. with
those that to make their voice heard and
[1:32:04] I love seeing each and every one of you
here. Um, I do want to address the dunk
[1:32:09] tank situation.
Um, yeah, it was uh it was funny because
[1:32:15] that Saturday was the coldest day this
summer. I think the good Lord might have
[1:32:19] been testing my perseverance, but um my
fingers did end up getting shriveled
[1:32:24] during that event. But, you know, just
reflecting on it, it was a day out of my
[1:32:30] schedule, a little inconvenience,
but to uh to to pay honor and and
[1:32:37] respect to what our volunteers do day in
and day out, and it was just, you know,
[1:32:43] the basically the least I could have
done was to help them raise the funds.
[1:32:48] Um, you know, I won't post and say I
raised the most funds in the tank, but
[1:32:52] uh I think that [clears throat] we had a
little side effect when that did happen.
[1:32:56] And you didn't mention uh April, I
think, uh the event in total, I want to
[1:33:01] say, brought in about $1,500 after
expenses were paid. Um is the number I
[1:33:06] heard uh for the bond for cars, the
volunteer fire department. So, it was a
[1:33:10] very successful day. I was glad to be a
part of it. Um likewise with this past
[1:33:15] Saturday uh being at the truck and
tractor pull the third annual one. I'm
[1:33:20] glad to to take my family and and show
our support uh for our volunteers. Um
[1:33:26] but um thank everyone for being here. Uh
please drive safe going home. God bless
[1:33:31] you and I hope to see you next time.
>> Thanks everyone for coming. appreciate
[1:33:37] your your
being an attentive,
[1:33:42] wellorganized
crowd. Um, and we so appreciate that as
[1:33:49] board members. Um,
that being said, it's we have a lot
[1:33:54] going on in the county right now. Um,
and over the next few months, we're
[1:34:00] going to be very, very busy. special
projects that we have. And we're going
[1:34:05] to do everything possible to make sure
that any proposed uh energy center,
[1:34:14] anything else in this county is vetted
as not only as well as we can, but also
[1:34:21] with outside consultants,
uh outside attorneys.
[1:34:26] No offense.
Um but we we will look at everything
[1:34:32] possible.
Uh uh three of the board members were
[1:34:37] able to go down and look at a very
similar facility in Brunswick County
[1:34:42] roughly about a week ago. Um that was a
good trip. I've never seen one myself
[1:34:48] and it was uh it it was amazing
technology. Just absolutely amazing.
[1:34:55] So that being said, uh good night, God
speed and safe.
[1:35:05] » Anybody else?
>> No, I just want to again thank everybody
[1:35:07] for coming out. I know that like
reiterate what John said.
[1:35:12] Be patient. We're just, you know, do
best for our community and people we
[1:35:16] represent.
[1:35:21] We have a
>> motion to return.
[1:35:23] So thank you
so
[1:35:28] » Newman. Hi
>> Mr. Ty.
[1:35:30] » Hi
>> Mr. Spencer.