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I got seven.

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» Welcome. It's September 8th, 700 p.m.
2026.

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This is called to order.
Good evening. I will now call the

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September 8, 2026 meeting of the board
of supervisors to order. This meeting

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will be conducted pursuant to bylaws of
Cland County, Virginia board supervisors

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to ensure a fair, orderly, and safe
meeting

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of the bylaws pertaining to public
conduct during the meeting have been

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posted. I'll sign up for your review.
And Miss Branch, please call the role.

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» Mr. Ham
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» Mr. Newman,
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» Mr. Simpson. Mr. Again,

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welcome and please join me in the pledge
of allegiance.

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» I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic

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for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Ladies and dication, please.
>> Sure. Heavenly Father, we come before

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you today with grateful hearts, thanking
you for the opportunity to serve our

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community and for the responsibility you
have entrusted to us. As we begin this

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meeting, we ask that you grant us
wisdom, discernment, and understanding.

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Guide our thoughts, our words, and our
decisions so that they may be rooted in

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what is right, fair, and beneficial to
all those we have been called to serve.

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Help us to listen with open minds, speak
with respect, and work together with

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integrity and compassion. When we
disagree, remind us that we can do so

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respectfully, keeping the needs of our
citizens and the well-being of our

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community at the center of our
deliberation. Give us the courage to

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make difficult decisions, the humility
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the wisdom to recognize the difference
between what we can do and what we

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should do. Bless our county, our
citizens, our schools, our businesses,

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our first responders, and and all who
work each day to make our community

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stronger. Bless our families. Give us
patience, strength, and renewed purpose

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as we carry out our responsibilities.
May everything we do and say today

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reflect good stewardship, responsible
leadership, and a continued commitment

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to leaving our county better than we
found it. We thank you in your name,

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precious name we do pray. Amen.

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» And next we have, [clears throat] excuse
me, county administrator Thomas.

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» Thank you. I'd like to start
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September employee of the month, Paul
Johnston, maintenance worker one. Paul

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is a dedicated member of our maintenance
team and works hard each day to keep our

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county grounds and facil facilities
looking their best. Much of his work

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happens behind the scenes and outdoors,
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We greatly appreciate Paul's strong work
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Cumberland County. So, congratulations,
Paul. Um, I wanted to remind everyone

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that the Cartersville Volunteer Fire
Department will be holding a ribbon

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cutting ceremony for its new meal this
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This is an exciting addition for the
community and an important resource for

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emergency response in that area of the
county. So, um, please come out to join

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that. And then I wanted to remind
everyone that county's tire will be held

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on October 8th from 9:00 a.m. to noon or
until the trailers are full. So, and

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that will be at the Cumberland County
Community Center. And we encourage

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residents to take advantage of this
opportunity to provide or properly

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dispose of unwleted tires. So,
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» Thank you.
>> Next to have approval of agenda. Do we

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have a motion to approve the agenda as
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» So move.
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» Mr. [clears throat] H.
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» Mr. Newman.
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» Mr. Ty. I
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» Hi.
>> Next. We have the public comment period.

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This is for agenda items only. Only
individuals signed up for the public

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comment period will be allowed to speak.
No call by the chairman. Members of the

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board of supervisors or county officials
will not respond [cough] to questions as

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during the public comment period.
Instead, answers will be directed

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through the county administrator at a
later date. Please provide contact

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information on the signup sheet for all
proper responses by the county

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administrator.
First, we have Betty Mars.

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» Good evening. My name is Betty Meyers. I
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Um, I'm going to talk about the
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attended the public hearing last Monday
night about that and for the life of me

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I can't hand I can't understand I hurry
up and wait I hurry up and then the

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other thing that comes to my mind is
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your words and I think that's a key
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happened with the landfill you sit up
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you come out and you that we come out
and we speak well we may as well speak

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to that
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to us. You we I've been to several. You
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really don't care because this is how
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not listening to us. I've been here
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solar box. I've been here through the
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I've been here for the public hearings
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the overwhelming thing is people are
speaking against it and yet the majority

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of the board of supervisors is going
ahead and voting for it. I don't

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understand this. Your actions in my
opinion are speaking much much louder

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than your words. Thank you.
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» Next is J Huffman.

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» Katie Hoffman, 188 Tricis Lake Road,
Columbia, District 1. Regarding

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[clears throat] the public hearing on
the gas plant last week, by our count,

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there were 20 citizens against the
plant, 10 in favor, and three on the

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fence. So, roughly 2/3 against, and
one/3 in favor. Miss Johnson's

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PowerPoint showed the same ratio. The
commission had previously received 36

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responses via email, 24 against and 12
in favor. That ratio, repeated twice,

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indicates that there is significant
public concern about Dominion's

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proposal. But the planning commission
did not even pretend to consider the

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many points of opposition presented
during the hearing, even those expressed

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by their own members. They took a vote
without engaging in any discussion,

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though you yourselves have given them
extra time to consider this issue and

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set a decision date for the end of
September. This is not how government of

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the people, by the people, and for the
people is supposed to work. Major

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questions about the gas plan still
remain. And here's one example I keep

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getting asked all the time about why. In
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the DPU director in Henriiko County.
When asked for the date when he thought

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the water agreement with Cumberland
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quote, was, "I'm not optimistic that the
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with Cumberland." Wow. After years of
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an agreement. This is case in point of
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rushes and doesn't take time to make
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served. It is now entirely possible that
Cumberland will not receive all the

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promised benefits from the reservoir
project, including the use of our own

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water. Let's learn from this. If we
don't take time, history could repeat

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itself. with Dominion rushing a decision
that is even bigger and could

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potentially have even larger negative
impacts on those who live here. Not to

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mention the county's budget down the
road. Why would you not take time to

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confirm where Dominion will get their
water before giving them permission to

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build? You wouldn't let me build a house
like that. Why would you insist on not

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insist on knowing where the gas is going
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surely going to be needed through
private property to serve both of these

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basic needs. And why would Dominion not
have to clean up the underground

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pollution at the end of the project that
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That's where the biggest expenses are
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status is not enough. Think super fun
site. Citizens could end up paying a

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fortune for cleanup.
Opportunities for public to comment have

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been so close together and so hard to
find that it has been challenging for

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people to participate either in person
or via email. I tried via email and only

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one of you returned my email. I sent it
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Please pause this process. There is too
much at stake to approve Dominion's

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approval without further attention to
the many valid concerns your

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constituents have raised. Thank you.

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Next item is consent agenda and M.
Branch, can y'all please provide an

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overview of consent agenda?
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adjustment to what I said for tire date.
It's October 10th, not 8th. Sorry about

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that. Sorry.
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items on your agenda for consideration
on the consent agenda are your approval

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of bills as well as your approval of
your minutes from your office monthly

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meeting. With that, I'll take any
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Board members, do you have any questions
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» Do we have a motion to approve consent
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» Second,
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» Hi.
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» I Mr. Simpson. Mr. the songs.
>> Next are the state and local department

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agencies community service. Uh first one
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» Good evening and thank you for the
opportunity to share with you what's

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going on at the schools. Um our fall
sports have kicked off. Um football

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started the season with a solid win over
King and Queen. Unfortunately, we

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dropped uh to William Campbell this past
Friday night. Um but we're building a a

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team and they they understand the goal
in mind. This year, we did not have

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enough for a JV team, but what we did
was survey our our middle school

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students. So, we've been able to put
together a middle school team, which

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will carry that interest through into JV
and varsity sports coming in coming

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years. Um for the middle school team, we
do have five games scheduled. So to get

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such a late start, we've done a good job
of getting those five games on the

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books. Um this week we have the
following events. Tonight we have golf

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at Prince Edward and middle school
volleyball at Lunberg. Tomorrow we have

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middle school JV and varsity volleyball
all at Amelia Academy and cross country

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at home. Thursday we have golf at
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Palatan. And then Friday night our
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first month of school has been really
productive. We've had a great start to

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the year. Um, our teachers are there
ready to go every day. We've our

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enrollment is up by about 45 students, I
think, was the last help. Um, so we're

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we're gaining in school in in student
enrollment. Um, and we got some great

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news last week about our outcomes from
last year, 90th in the state, which

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sounds like, you know, like I want to be
number one, but it's been since 2010

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that we've been ranked higher than 100.
So we've made a lot of progress in the

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past year. Um 10 we're one of 10
divisions in the state that have had at

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least a fivepoint gain in math. So that
that gave us the ranking of an exemplar

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division. Um and we are top 10 overall
in growth points and in rank gains this

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year. So we've we've done a lot to get a
lot of places. Kudos to the educators

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that are working hard every day in the
buildings and the administrators that

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are leaving them. Um, I want to invite
you all to come Friday. We have our 911

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remembrance ceremony. It'll be on the
front field in front of the middle

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school. Um, and we're going to do a
recreation, a recreation of the first

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event where we did the human flag in
that front field. We're going to

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reposition it a little bit. Um, but we
are using our students, our elementary

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students as the white stripes, middle
school red stripes, and the high school

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students as the blue section along with
um stars that they'll be holding up. But

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we want to invite the community, first
responders, parents to join that um just

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to show some unity because in this in
this day and age it would be nice to see

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a little bit of that. So please come out
and join us. Um and we'll have a light

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reception afterwards. Um and I just want
to say this past week I got to spend a

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lot of time in the middle school and the
high school covering for for some of the

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teachers so they could go observe one
another. We're working really hard for

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the new teachers to be able to go see
veteran teachers and see what's working

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in their classrooms. Um, and our goal
really is for our um, teachers to see

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central office working in their
buildings and supporting them. Um, we

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would welcome any of you that would want
to come and spend a day in a school to

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come and spend a day in a school and see
what it's like and walk [clears throat]

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through those hallways with our kids and
our teachers. Um and finally, um

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Dominion Energy Solutions is working
with us to help create some more

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efficient, um use of our building space.
We are going to be putting some solar

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panels on top of some of our school
buildings to help us cut some of our

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energy costs and hopefully we'll see
significant um savings in our um energy

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bills in the future. So, we're really
excited about that. So, thank you all

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very much.
>> Thank you, Keith.

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And next is finance reports. It's
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» Good evening, members of the board. On
pages 13 through 21 of your board

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packet, you'll find the monthly budget
reports. This is for the month of July

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as well as the month of August. Um that
is for your information, but if there's

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any questions, I'll be glad to take
those.

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» All right. I do have one app preparation
request this evening that starts on page

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22 of your board packet. As the board is
aware, the stars program is slated to go

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live by the end of the calendar year.
The radios and other equipment have been

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delivered to Virginia State Police and
are being programmed prior to

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installation.
Per the agreement with Virginia State

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Police, they will install the equipment
and the vehicles for the sheriff's

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department. The county will be
responsible for the radio installation

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for the fire department and emergency
services vehicles. Darren Murley has

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obtained a quote from Virginia State
Police approved vendor radio

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communications of Virginia. The quote
totaled $74,427.

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However, this price included antennas,
cabling, and other miscellaneous

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equipment that we have determined is
included in the equipment purchase

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through the state police. Also, in order
to lower the price, the county was able

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to utilize the VA contract. The
combination of these savings reduced the

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final cost to $63,750.

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In addition to the installation, the
quoted price included the removal of the

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old radio equipment from the vehicles
and buildings as well as the contractor

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traveling to Cumberland to perform the
installs. This helps to keep emergency

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services vehicles in the county and
would not require volunteers to travel

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for the re for the installs. In
addition, Radio Communications of

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Virginia provided a quote for the
installation of the control stations in

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each of the three fire departments as
well as the rescue squad building for

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$14,665.16.

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However, state police has agreed to do
these particular installs, thereby

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increasing the county savings to
$25,342.

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It is my recommendation that the board
approves an appropriation of $63,750

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for radio communications of Virginia to
install the radio and necessary

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equipment for the emergency services
vehicles. The work is estimated to be

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completed in four to five weeks and if
approved will begin later this month.

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This will ensure that the departments
are equipped and ready to stars program

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is implemented for the county.

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So, Miss Cruz and this might be Mr.
Pearly. Um, just dependent on the tower

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being up and operational.
>> No, this can be done independent of that

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and state police has assured us that
stars will go live at the end of the

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year regardless of the tower situation.
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And the handhelds that have been
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returned within this time period.
>> It will be once stars goes live. Yes.

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And that equipment is utilized that we
purchased.

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» Any other questions from [clears throat]
the board members?

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» I'd like to make a motion that we
approve the appropriation as

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second.
>> Mr. Hamlet.

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» I. Mr. Newman.
>> Hi,

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» Mr. Ty.
>> Hi,

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» Mr. Simpson. Mr. Song.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> That's Miss Johnson with plan zone.

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» Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of
the board, county staff. This evening, I

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have for you the monthly planning
department report for the month of

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August. and this can be found on pages
22 through 27 of your packet. Um, we

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have currently three conditional use
permits that are pending and four

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reszoning permits. Uh, the Cumberland
Energy Center is one that is pending.

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Camp Parsons um, purchased a second
parcel of land adjacent to the one that

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they have currently. and then uh a new
one for a tiny house off of Rains Tavern

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Road. Those are our three conditional
use permits that are pending. For the

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reszonings, we have one for Mr. Johnston
off of Antil Road and Cartersville Road,

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request to reszone from R3 to A2. One
for Mr. Daniel Layman, a request to

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reszone two properties that he purchased
on Cumberland Road from B2 to A2. And

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then we do have a new application from
Rson Companies for the Dollar General

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that was previously submitted and then
pulled uh for the Blenham Road location.

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That company has found an alternative
site which was the direction of the

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board of supervisors. So they have
submitted their new application and

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staff is currently reviewing that as we
speak. The next resoning application is

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for a company called um Hoous. It is an
airplane part uh generating facility.

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It's for a parcel of land off of Route
45 Cumberland Road that has previously

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had multiple conditional use permits
issued for the property for similar

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uses. However, I recommended that they
reszone the parcel to bring it into

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compliance with the current code.
For the month of August, we issued a

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total of 11 residential primary permits
and 11 residential accessory permits,

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one commercial accessory and five farm
structure permits. There were a total of

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five approved subdivision surveys with
52 currently pending.

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There were eight surveyed existing
parcels and we currently have 44 that

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are pending.
There were a few commercial ENS permits

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that were actually closed. So, we only
have three currently that are active.

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That is for the two solar projects down
45 south on Cumberland Road and one for

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the um Arc Colola cell tower off of
Trenmill Road. Um I do anticipate that

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file to be closed next week as well.
There were a total of nine erosion and

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sediment control permits issued. And
then we do have a list of potential code

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amendments uh that may be forthcoming
very soon.

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I do also want to mention um as I
brought up the board of previous

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meetings um Cumberland is hosting the
Boom's visioning tour this coming

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Thursday the 10th at 6 PM right here on
we'll start on the courthouse lawn. We

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do have consultants um as well as uh
agency representatives from the

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Department of Housing and Community
Development. Um the Virginia Tobacco

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Commission and the Commonwealth Regional
Council who has been very helpful in

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coordinating this this study and this
tour. Um we're going to be visiting four

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or five different locations within the
courthouse complex here that are either

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vacant or underutilized. The consultants
will be providing free to our property

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owners some marketing data and research
for these properties in order to assist

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the property owners with um different
information if they were to uh see or

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want to have a change in use um and just
give them a little bit of additional

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information. Again, completely free of
charge. Um this program was grant funded

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through the Virginia Main Street
program. Um so I wanted to invite

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everybody out. Um the number to beat, I
want to meet that at least 26 people. Um

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Charlotte Courthouse had 25 people for
their [clears throat] visioning study.

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So to me, that's the number to beat. Uh
I want to see at least 26 people out

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here on Thursday night again at 6 p.m.
And that is all I have for you this

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evening. So I'll be happy to answer any
questions that you have.

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[snorts]
>> Any questions?

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Thank you for that.
>> Thank you.

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» Next is Kipper Beasley with the County
Attorney's Report.

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» Mr. Chairman, a few updates for the
board this this month. Uh one, uh CCLA

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versus Tumbling Board of Supervisors. U
a lawsuit that was previously filed um

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objecting to the Green Ridge zoning
decision by the board of supervisors. Uh

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recently was dismissed by an opinion of
Judge Cellar for for lack of standing.

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Uh, also county leadership continues
evaluating next steps for the courthouse

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project and anticipates additional
meetings in the near future. In regards

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to that, um, also wanted to update the
board that there is a meeting scheduled

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within Reicho County later this week for
further discussion regarding Cumbland's

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water.
That's all for the board.

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» Thank any questions from the county
attorney.

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» Thanks, sir.
uh man their old business

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and new business is start with part of
Virginia Master Gardener 25 year

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resolution

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so part of Virginia Master Gardener's
25year resolution September 8th 2026

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whereas the heart of Virginia master
gardener association was organized in

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2001 to the Virginia Cooperative
Extensions Volunteer Educator

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organization providing horicultural
education in Buckingham, Cumberland, and

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Prince Edward counties. And whereas the
HOV MGA mission statement is to

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administer the Virginia Master Gardener
Program by providing communities with

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horicultural information on good
gardening practices, providing training

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and coordinating volunteer opportunities
to its members and assisting the

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Virginia Cooperative Extension Agents
with horicultural needs. And whereas

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HOVMGA
has provided science-based horicultural

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programs in a variety of ways including
public programs, garden and civic club

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programs, individual consultations,
demonstration gardens, radio spots,

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website articles, plant sales, and
whereas HOVMGA

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has contributed over 34,000 hours of
volunteer horicultural education in

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Buckingham, Cumberland, and Prince
Edward counties.

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Whereas on September 17th, 2026, HOVGA
will celebrate its 25th anniversary.

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Now, therefore, it be resolved that the
Buckingham Cumberland Prince Edward

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Board of Supervisors
the Cumberland Board of Supervisors

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recognize this and commends the Heart of
Virginia Master Master Gardener

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Association for its many accomplishments
and service [snorts] to the community.

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[applause]

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And we do have
is it both of y'all? Yes, both Mr. and

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Mrs. Schwarz here to get presented with
the resolution. So, you don't mind? I'm

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put you on the spot real quick.

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» Don't forget to vote on it.

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» Where would you like this to go?

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[clears throat]
>> I just have a quick question. Okay.

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Sure.
>> To adopt the resolution for any master

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gardeners as presented. So move
>> Mr. Hamlet.

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» Hi.
>> Mr. Newman.

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» Hi.
>> Mr. Ty.

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» Hi.
>> Mr. Simpson. Mr. S.

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» Hi. [clears throat]
[applause]

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» Right. Where are we going?

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» Thank you.

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» [snorts]

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» Can you see everyone?
>> I can see you. All right.

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[laughter]

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[applause]

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» Next item. request to set a public
hearing for prop 2603

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energy center.
>> Back again.

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» Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a
request for commission use permit

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application and a substantial
determination that was submitted to

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staff uh requesting approval to develop
and operate a dual fueled combined cycle

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power station on natural gas power plant
on eight parcels of land in the

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northwest portion of the county. For
ease of access and transparency, staff

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created a project page on the county
website for the application and all

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pertinent documents located at
cumberland

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county.girginia.gov/343land-energy-center-

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the application packet and contents and
all additional documentation related to

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the C is posted on the page. The
planning commission [snorts] held its

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public hearing of this request on August
31st and sends the C for Cumberland

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Energy Center to the board of
supervisors with the recommendation of

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approval by a vote of 5 to one. I just
want to say that um after the planning

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commission's public hearing, I was so
proud of Cumberland County. I was proud

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to be a part of the administrative staff
that had a hand in hosting that public

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hearing. I was proud of our residents
and how everyone conducted themselves.

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There was passion there and you could
tell that. But everybody was civil and

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respectful and that's not always the
case when you have um a controversial

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application. So I just want to thank
everybody including the deputies that

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were there, all of the public that were
there. Um I was very proud to say that,

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you know, it turned out as well as it
did. I would say that there was close to

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if not more than 300 people in
attendance and I will say since my time

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in this office that was the largest
public meeting that I've been a part of

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and it couldn't have gone any better. So
I just want to say that thank you to

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everybody that participated that came
out. Um and it was a job well done. So,

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um staff does respectfully request that
the board set this conditional use

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permit application for the Cumberland
Energy Center and request for

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substantial court determination for a
public hearing. Initially, this request

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was going to be uh for October 13th,
which is the regular board meeting for

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the month of October. However, we are
going to request that it be set for

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October 20th at the middle and high
school, the same location as the the

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planning commission public hearing. Um
that way if we do have a large crowd, we

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will make sure that we have enough room
for everybody to come out. Um, and also

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this way if there's any concerns with
the application or with the hearing to

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be held on, [cough]
then the board still has the meeting on

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the 13th to take any action, address any
concerns that anybody may have. So that

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is my official request of the board
respectfully to set this for hearing on

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October the 20th.
>> And what time?

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» I believe 6 p.m. 6 p.m. for the 20th.
Yes, sir.

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[snorts]
>> So, do we have a motion to set the

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public hearing for CUP 2603 Cland
Community Center at on [clears throat]

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October 20th, 6 p.m. at
Cland County Middle School?

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» So, move.

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» Second,
>> Mr. Hamlet.

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» I
>> Mr. Newman.

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Um, I'm going to abstain. Uh,
>> want to make sure that um there conflict

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of interest. Okay.
>> M.

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» Yes,
>> Mr. Stson. Mr. S.

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» Thank you.
[clears throat]

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» There are no public hearings. We do have
additional information in the board

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package pages 30 through 40 including
treasures report DND reporting licenses.

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Finally, this is
item 14 is public comment period. Only

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individuals who signed up for the public
comment period would be allowed to speak

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when called upon by the chairman. Terms
of the board of supervisors or county

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officials will not respond directly to
questions asked during the public

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comment period. Instead, answers will be
directed through the county

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administrator as every day. Please
provide contact information on the sign

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for our proper responses from county
administrator. First up is April Morris.

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[snorts]

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Hello. Um, I have several things
tonight. Um, first on August 30th, we

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had the privilege of being asked to go
to the Bright Home Kitchen fundraiser.

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Um, we enjoyed meeting new people and
talking to folks from all over

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Cumberland, not just Carver. Um, we
discussed things with them about

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changing their smoke detectors because
they're only good for 10 years. their

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hands on. We asked each church to
discuss from their congregation if they

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needed anyone in their congregation that
needs a smoke detector to get with us,

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let us know. And we're going to work
with the Red Cross and get them smoke

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detectors. And if I have to, I'll go
climb a ladder and install it myself.

425
00:34:55,839 --> 00:35:07,440
So, um we are going to be at the
school's 911 event

426
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:11,359
on Friday to support the school. Um
yes, our helellipad ribbon cutting is

427
00:35:09,599 --> 00:35:15,599
Saturday and I hope to see all of you
there.

428
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:20,720
We will have um light refreshments
afterwards.

429
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:25,040
Um September 26th from 11 to 3, we have
our fall festival which will have all

430
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:29,280
kinds of games for the kids. And this is
a free event for the children. Um

431
00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:34,560
doesn't cost a thing. They still get to
come play, get prizes. Um our

432
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:39,599
fundraising part of that day is we will
be selling brunch with stew. Um that

433
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:44,240
will be $10 a pork. Or we're going to
sell bowls. Um while you're there, if

434
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:49,440
you'd like to have a bowl, it's $3.
We'll have tables set up. You can sit

435
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:54,800
and eat while your kids play, whatever.
Um October 3rd, we have our fall vendor

436
00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:58,800
event. We still have five space is left.
If you know of any crafters or

437
00:35:56,240 --> 00:36:04,320
businesses that want to come, it's $25 a
space. Um, Fat Belly Brothers will be

438
00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:09,839
our food truck that day.
The event is from 8 to 1.

439
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:16,160
We also in October have our trunk
retreat on the 31st. That's from 5 to 8.

440
00:36:13,839 --> 00:36:22,520
We have limited spaces available. If
anyone in the community wants to sign up

441
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:22,520
to come and set up, they can.

442
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:31,880
I'll add those next. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

443
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:31,880
Next is Cheryl Johnston.

444
00:36:39,515 --> 00:36:44,720
[snorts]
>> Good evening, members of the board.

445
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:49,359
Cheryl Johnston, 27 Cartersville Road,
Cartersville, Virginia, District 1. I'm

446
00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:53,280
here tonight to encourage you to oppose
the Cumberland Energy Center project

447
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:57,520
because Cumberland is being asked to
make a decision that could change the

448
00:36:54,960 --> 00:37:02,240
Sweet County for generations in many
ways.

449
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:06,240
Recent reports um say that this will be
the second largest natural gas power

450
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:10,320
plant in the nation, which is difficult
for me to comprehend and many of our

451
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:14,560
neighbors um as to why they're even
talking about putting it in rural

452
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:19,680
Carterville. As mentioned last week, the
smoke stacks themselves would reach over

453
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:25,680
300 feet, approximately the size of
Statue of Liberty from the torch to the

454
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:31,359
ground. It's not a small power plant
just tucked quietly into an industrial

455
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:37,200
park, but set among the rural community.
One of my biggest concerns is um what

456
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:42,960
the transmission infrastructure will be
required for this plant. a 30,00 me

457
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:46,720
megawatt I'm sorry I'm nervous
generating facility must connect that

458
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:50,960
enormous amount of electricity to a
regional grid and we don't even know

459
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:55,040
where the new transmission lines will be
where they're going to be required to be

460
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:59,119
placed what the voltage may be where
they're going to run how wide the rights

461
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:03,839
of way may be or whose property they
ultimately may affect Dominion has said

462
00:38:01,599 --> 00:38:08,560
that the PJM is still studying the
project to determine um what will be

463
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:12,640
necessary if this hasn't even been
determined determined yet. How can we

464
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:17,680
even fully understand the impact of this
plan and to us and to our neighbors?

465
00:38:15,119 --> 00:38:22,640
It's a serious um issue that needs to be
addressed because it impro it impacts

466
00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:27,520
our property value, rightway, and
possibly imminent domain. Um these to me

467
00:38:25,839 --> 00:38:28,960
and to our community are no minor
detail.

468
00:38:28,901 --> 00:38:34,240
» [snorts]
>> What protections will be in place um if

469
00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:39,040
the noise, light, and air quality
impacts turn out to be actually greater

470
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:44,800
than Dominion has projected. What will
they do to remedy remedy this for our um

471
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:51,826
parters though? Um water was mentioned
tonight, 800,000 gallons of water per

472
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:56,800
day to be taken from the river and
[clears throat] the tops reservoir. Will

473
00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:02,240
the water even be able to, you know,
meet that demand? Before Cumberland

474
00:38:59,839 --> 00:39:06,480
possibly considers another very large
industrial water user, we need to look

475
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:11,200
at what will happen in drought
situations. We currently see that now as

476
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:16,000
I drive over the James River every day
this week, I can see the bottom of it.

477
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:21,839
Um what priority would the plant have if
regional water supplies become strained?

478
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:26,640
Um how will the wastewater be handled?
Um another issue is just the emergency

479
00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:30,720
response services itself. And while the
great men and women um who protect this

480
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:35,359
county have my utmost respect and the
respect of our neighbors, there are

481
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:39,520
concerns and questions that I have, a
facility of this size creates an

482
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:45,440
emergency response that we've never seen
before. What places what are we going to

483
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:51,200
put in place to help protect that? Um
what what will we look like in 10, 15,

484
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:55,920
20, 50 years from now? So, I'm asking
you before you make a decision that the

485
00:39:53,920 --> 00:40:01,119
Cumberland residents deserve to know all
the answers to all of these questions.

486
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:04,960
And um thank you again for your time and
thank you for those of you that have

487
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:11,737
responded to my emails. It's greatly
appreciated. Thank you.

488
00:40:08,079 --> 00:40:13,757
» Next is Kay Hoffman.
[snorts]

489
00:40:14,357 --> 00:40:16,377
[cough]

490
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:25,520
Kaufman
188 Tricis Lake Road. Y'all probably

491
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:33,839
know that address by now. Columbia
District 1. So I don't envy you.

492
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:38,720
I've been thinking about this a lot. I
stay up at night worrying about this a

493
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:43,040
lot. And I don't envy any of you on
board supervisors because no matter what

494
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:47,763
you decide,
somebody's going to be really angry with

495
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:50,560
you.
[snorts]

496
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:55,520
But even the people who agree with
whatever you decide are watching you,

497
00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:01,280
and I think it's important for me to
point out, and this is not a criticism,

498
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:07,119
this is just an observation from
somebody who's trying to get people to

499
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:11,119
speak up. And hearing them say to me,
why bother? They're just going to do

500
00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:16,000
what they want to anyway.
And they're basing that on the Green

501
00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:20,319
Ridge landfill. And they came to that
meeting. And you're right, Stephanie,

502
00:41:17,599 --> 00:41:26,240
everybody behaved really well at that
hearing,

503
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:31,599
but it was stone cold that that planning
commission didn't even have a discussion

504
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:38,640
when people got up and spoke so
passionately about something that

505
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:44,960
matters to them so much.
I called to thank Mr. Donahue

506
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:48,640
because he voted no.
And to me that signaled a lot of

507
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:54,079
integrity.
He and I disagree on the gas plan. I can

508
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:59,119
live with that.
But he voted no because he was paying

509
00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:04,640
attention to what was good for
Cumberland County.

510
00:42:01,359 --> 00:42:10,079
And he didn't even get
any response from his fellow commission

511
00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:15,534
members. So, I want to talk to you just
a little bit about responsiveness

512
00:42:12,914 --> 00:42:19,760
[snorts] because it upsets me
[clears throat] that I sent an email

513
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:24,640
twice
to this group of people and to the

514
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:28,960
planning commission
and I got two responses.

515
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:33,839
One from Mr. Don and you that was one
sentence and one from one of you that

516
00:42:31,359 --> 00:42:37,920
was pretty thoughtful.
We have a national problem of

517
00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:42,240
responsiveness and politicians right
now. We have a big problem with

518
00:42:40,079 --> 00:42:45,359
mistrust. But I don't really care what's
going on in the rest of the nation

519
00:42:43,839 --> 00:42:50,640
because that's not where I want to live
the rest of my life outside of here. I

520
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:56,480
want to come here and live here
and know that I'm safe and that the

521
00:42:54,240 --> 00:43:01,280
people who are supposed to represent me
actually listen to me.

522
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:07,119
So, I urge you when people send you
emails, when people make phone calls,

523
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:13,280
when people offer to help do something
in this county, pay attention

524
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:18,640
because there are a lot of people out
there who tell me when I say, "No, but

525
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:22,640
we got to do this. Listen, they're
supposed to listen to us." No, they're

526
00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:26,560
not going to listen.
So, as far as opposition to this gas

527
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:30,560
plant goes, you're seeing the tip of the
iceberg.

528
00:43:28,319 --> 00:43:37,680
Let's be different. Let's make
Cumberland feel like a place where

529
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:41,640
everybody gets heard. Thank you.
Next up is Betty Mars.

530
00:43:44,615 --> 00:43:46,635
[snorts]

531
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:57,440
» Hi, I'm Betty Myers. I live at 577 Deep
Bunny Road, District 1.

532
00:43:54,800 --> 00:44:03,760
You know, I hear y'all saying sometimes
and quite frequently that y'all vote for

533
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:08,880
what's best for the county. Well, my
question is, how come district one and

534
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:13,359
district 2 is getting so hit so hard?
What about district three, four, and

535
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:18,319
five? We look at this power plant
wanting to come in and it's because the

536
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:22,079
location's close to the James River.
What about those areas down in district

537
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:26,319
five that's close to the Appamatics
River? Why don't we put some of this

538
00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:31,119
stuff down then?
Why is district one and district two

539
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:35,680
being hit so hard? What about district
three, four, and five? It's not fair.

540
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:40,880
They're supposed to be doing what's best
for the county as a whole and destroying

541
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:45,680
district one in particular is not doing
what's best for the county.

542
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:49,839
And the other thing is is I went up
recently on the website to get some

543
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:54,880
information
and it should be readily available

544
00:44:52,480 --> 00:45:00,800
because my understanding is all the
ordinances and things like that supposed

545
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:06,160
to be readily available. It wasn't.
And so we have to go back and we have to

546
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:10,560
bother the county employees in order to
get the information that we should be

547
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:15,280
able to walk on the website and get. And
I can cite for you another one of these.

548
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:20,400
It's the um
memorandum of understanding and

549
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:25,200
agreement that was signed back in 2011.
It used to be on the website. I went up

550
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:31,520
to get a copy of it a few months back
and the link was to Henriiko County

551
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:36,640
because the land belongs to Henriiko
County. Why why aren't why isn't that

552
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:40,800
information available to us on the
website?

553
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:45,839
It needs to have some improvement. We
need to make sure as far as the

554
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:52,960
reservoir goes. I went to plenty of
planning commission meetings and to here

555
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:57,599
and the one thing I heard over the years
it wasn't about what the board of

556
00:45:54,480 --> 00:46:03,520
supervisor was doing to ensure that you
were protecting our county. It was, "Oh,

557
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:08,720
look at how beautiful it is." Yeah, it's
beautiful. But what's it going to do for

558
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:14,560
the county? maybe nothing at this point
because once again the board of

559
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:22,472
supervisors step back and
enact. Thank you.

560
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:24,492
And last up, Mr. Tom Schwarz.
[clears throat]

561
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:37,280
Tom Schwarz with Amorei Cur. told you
guys last month if I came up here and we

562
00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:40,157
weren't open and being a dog house,
it's pretty crowded with three German

563
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:43,280
shepherds. [snorts]
[laughter]

564
00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:48,079
Um,
all we got left now is we got one room

565
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:54,000
to tile out.
We got five doors to set if they come in

566
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:58,480
and then uh some trim work outside.
We're done.

567
00:46:55,680 --> 00:47:04,400
So
I won't if I'm not here I won't be here

568
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:08,880
next month or not [laughter]
ground training radar somewhere in my

569
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:14,720
backyard. [laughter]
Um nurse practitioner has started seeing

570
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:18,160
patients at their home uh if they're
mobile challenged if they qualify

571
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:22,800
through their insurance companies or
cash pay. uh she is working with I don't

572
00:47:21,359 --> 00:47:28,160
know if you guys know that you have
midwife coming uh she's working with her

573
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:33,760
as well
uh with uh with her needs to her

574
00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:38,880
patients
and uh she did uh pass her medical exams

575
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:43,040
test
but as with everything it's been a

576
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:47,119
hurdle everything has not been it's been
one

577
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:54,640
hurdle after another so now the hurdle
is they can't verify by

578
00:47:51,280 --> 00:48:00,560
the address, but we can't get a human to
talk to us because everyone uses

579
00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:05,040
computers now, AI, that doesn't seem to
understand. So, at some point, we'll

580
00:48:03,359 --> 00:48:10,160
probably have to drive drive down there
and take care of that. But, it's just

581
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:14,800
been
I would say a nightmare, but I would

582
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:19,760
prefer a nightmare. [laughter] One thing
everybody asks me, oh with the county,

583
00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:26,160
with the county. I can tell you the
county has been absolutely fabulous. The

584
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:32,160
planning, zoning, inspector
on the ball now. Now, now, now, now. Not

585
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:37,520
an issue there. Now, contractors and
suppliers,

586
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:43,040
don't get me started on that one. So, uh
anyway, we will be open and uh

587
00:48:41,359 --> 00:48:48,400
working. We're going to be working with
uh Farm Mill Pharmacy to try to see what

588
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:51,440
we can do there.
Uh we've talked to the health

589
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:57,200
department. We'll be meeting with them.
See what we can do there as well. She

590
00:48:54,079 --> 00:49:01,119
has started a patient list. Well, you
guys are still going to be drastically

591
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:05,520
short of medical care. One of the
reasons she started this is she doesn't

592
00:49:03,119 --> 00:49:10,800
want to see 20, 30 patients a day. She
refuses to see that many patients a day.

593
00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:15,040
can't provide the medical care that they
should get for that. So, this is like a

594
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:20,480
band-aid
on gaping wound. So, you do need to look

595
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:25,280
into how you're going to attract other
providers into the area because you guys

596
00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:29,240
are extremely short here. Thank you very
much. Thank you.

597
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:37,440
And last, before we adjourn, chairman
and board member comments, um I guess I

598
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:41,119
would like to start because I've been
sitting here looking at individuals the

599
00:49:39,359 --> 00:49:45,359
whole time.
Kim who's the manager of Cumberland

600
00:49:43,119 --> 00:49:49,454
Library and Rick who's the director of
Central Virginia

601
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:53,200
uh library
[clears throat]

602
00:49:50,559 --> 00:49:56,880
and you know something's transpired over
the last couple of weeks where we we've

603
00:49:55,359 --> 00:50:03,520
lost
I think a valuable

604
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:08,960
member of these great United States and
that was Dolly Parton. And

605
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:13,200
how does that tie to the library? Well,
we had Imagination Library when we were

606
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:16,800
a small
um

607
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:24,720
let's just say we had a hard time making
ends and meets and you know that was a

608
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:29,440
very very popular program uh for that
library at that time but now we're a big

609
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:33,040
library well we're a big community
library I think is a better way of

610
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:39,280
putting it and I just want to thank you
both of you for everything that you've

611
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:47,119
done uh the changes to the library that
is called remodeling and and the

612
00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:52,400
transforming than to uh something more
more acceptable in today's times for

613
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:58,240
people that need any anything from
electronic services to to still have the

614
00:50:55,599 --> 00:51:03,119
books on the shelf and periodicals.
Um all [clears throat] things we were

615
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:08,559
running out of. So again, thank you for
for being here. Thank you for supporting

616
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:13,240
the community and uh in some way, shape
or form, God bless Doll Valley Park.

617
00:51:14,319 --> 00:51:19,200
» Sure.
>> Um

618
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:24,160
yeah,
want to kind of reiterate what you said

619
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:29,440
about the passing of Dolly Barton. What
an incredible human being. What what a

620
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:33,520
great American. um someone coming from
such humble beginnings to achieve what

621
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:40,960
she achieved and to touch as many people
as she's touched uh over the course of

622
00:51:36,319 --> 00:51:46,960
her limited time on this earth. Um I I
will say that I felt led to do a tribute

623
00:51:44,559 --> 00:51:51,680
to Dolly Parton uh at karaoke night at
Spruce Berry Farm. There might be some

624
00:51:49,119 --> 00:51:56,880
videos floating around. I I've begged
not to watch them. Um but I I did try to

625
00:51:54,800 --> 00:52:02,240
uh attempt to sing a Dolly Parton song.
It's a big tribute to her. But um yeah,

626
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:10,720
such an incredible human being and a and
a great boss. What she did with um you

627
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:16,079
know, how many books did she give out um
providing hundreds of thousands if not

628
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:21,520
millions of books that
literacy and other programs. Um but I

629
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:26,000
want to I want to go back to my original
spiel about thanking everybody for

630
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:29,599
coming out tonight. Um, I've been a miss
every time I thank everyone for coming

631
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out. I don't think everyone who might be
watching from home or watching this uh

632
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:39,839
video sometime in this in the future on
on the web. Um, but thank you for tuning

633
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:43,440
in. Thank you for being a part of this
process.

634
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We do business on your behalf up here
and I love seeing people get [snorts]

635
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involved. Um, I did want to um give some
words of encouragement to Mr. reports

636
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and say, uh, you know, if that dog house
gets too crowded, we have very limited

637
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space at the animal shelter. So,
[laughter] you're going to have to find

638
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somewhere else
or, you know, or maybe uh swap you out

639
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with an adoption or something transfer.
>> Awesome.

640
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» Um, y'all y'all been doing um great
work. I've been watching the progress

641
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over there. I understand about
contractors and suppliers and um and you

642
00:53:19,359 --> 00:53:25,040
know suppliers suppliers. A lot of times
it's not the supplier you're dealing

643
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:29,599
with, it's uh further up the chain that
that has the issues. Um but thank you

644
00:53:27,599 --> 00:53:33,520
for for all y'all are doing to to get
that facility up and running. And

645
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everybody, please drive safe tonight.
God bless you and I hope to see you

646
00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:39,319
again better next week.

647
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» I would like to thank everybody for
coming on. That's good.

648
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» That last one I move to agenda.
[clears throat] There's a motion to

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adjourn.
>> So move.

650
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» Second.
>> Mr. Hamley. Hi.

651
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» Mr. News.

652
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Seven