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[2:00] good evening it's a little after seven
o'clock we'll go ahead and start the
[2:06] public hearing for the budget and taxes
this time I'm going to ask a supervisor
[2:14] Baker who will do the invocation and let
us in the Pledge of Allegiance
[2:22] let us Style
our heavenly father would come to you
[2:26] today
find such a beautiful day in the spring
[2:31] gives us a sense of New Hope
everything
[2:35] growing those
Apollo College school we ask that you be
[2:40] with the people here tonight as well we
listen to what our constituents around
[2:44] for the Usos County allow us to do the
rest that you need with the people that
[2:51] have had some hardship here will be
tornadoes or other
[2:56] is a
hard hard time support we also come to
[3:02] you in a special season of the year for
years of your son has has crucified
[3:08] and came back and save us all for our
sins please be with us tonight and
[3:13] always have a safe trip on the SCD same
amen amen
[3:18] to the age of student flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic
[3:24] for which it stands one nation under God
the indivisible with liberty and justice
[3:30] for all
thank you
[3:35] thank you Mr Speaker
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[3:52] supervisors of Shenandoah County will
receive comments regarding the 2023 tax
[3:57] rates and a proposed budget for the
fiscal year beginning July 1st 2023 and
[4:02] ending June 30th 2024. the proposed
budget includes the general fund
[4:07] Shenandoah County Public Schools
operating in cafeteria funds Social
[4:11] Services operating from Children's
Services act operating from arts and
[4:16] Recreation special Revenue Department
Shenandoah County landfill fund
[4:20] Northwest wastewater treatment plant
fund Stoney Creek Sanitary District and
[4:25] Thomas Brook Maritime Sanitary District
is for informative and fiscal planning
[4:31] purposes only
the proposed budget also includes an
[4:34] award will consider the following tax
rate increases for 2023. ah for a real
[4:41] property including manufactured homes a
tax rate increase of two cents per
[4:45] hundred of assessed value
for personal property non-farm a tax
[4:50] rate increase of 25 cents per hundred of
assessed value added to period for
[4:56] transient occupancy a tax rate increase
to three percent of the total amount
[5:00] name for room or space rental
following tonight's hearing a budget
[5:04] deliberations will continue next week
with a work session on Tuesday April
[5:08] 11th at 1pm in the Board Room if needed
the budget is expected to be considered
[5:13] for adoption in a special meeting held
on April 18 2023
[5:18] at 4 pm at the 4 pm meeting of the board
please direct your commentary to the
[5:24] board comments are limited to three
minutes the timer will be founded at
[5:27] three minutes at which time we ask that
you conclude your comments
[5:31] but one other thing is to please be
conscious of speaking into the
[5:35] microphone so it will get picked up on
YouTube we'll now open the public
[5:39] hearings first
Marty helsley signed up to come and talk
[5:43] and then Cindy Walsh is the next one
[5:50] good evening
uh chairman and members of the federal
[5:55] County
County Board supervisors the road's a
[5:59] little reverse here
um I want to thank you for your free
[6:03] support
uh supporting the schools in
[6:08] 22-23 and I'm standing before you
representing 50 5300 students
[6:15] and over a thousand employees that are
doing an excellent job
[6:21] the school board initially uh planned
for a seven percent increase at the
[6:26] general assembly and the governor
supported by doing our discussion it
[6:32] started out as Amendment at five percent
by colleagues and we compromised with
[6:37] the sixth and that's what you all have
um
[6:42] the key thing about
this year we're operating with uh over
[6:48] 20 vacancies we couldn't feel
and as all of you know everything works
[6:54] by supplying to make it
and the demand of teachers now outweigh
[7:01] the supply
and a lot of that has to do with
[7:04] salaries not everything or whatever
so
[7:10] um we got a look at the surrounding
counties what they're giving
[7:14] and if a new teacher is coming from JMU
if Rockingham gives uh six percent or
[7:21] seven percent Frederick gives seven and
we only give six you can probably
[7:26] understand which
uh County that individual will select
[7:33] okay another thing I'd like to uh talk
about since unfortunately the the
[7:37] shooting in Nashville
uh since our share had a planning of all
[7:43] three campuses we're going to upgrade
the entrances in all three elementary
[7:48] schools and I think we're going to have
metal detectors in those three
[7:53] facilities once the renovation is up
those funds I think are going to be
[7:58] those projects are going to be funded by
the carers apps so we are taking steps
[8:04] to try to get security as our number one
safety our number one issue uh and last
[8:12] I'd like to close with
uh
[8:16] some positive things that's happening
I know you all hear about the negatives
[8:21] on Facebook we have problems
our Administration is addressing them
[8:27] but each week
our superintendent gives us some uh
[8:33] Friday notes
last week
[8:36] she gave us some things I want to
highlight some things that we're doing
[8:40] well
uh Mike Dorman the French for Mountain
[8:45] View
uh called Miss Shepherd they have a
[8:49] student Anita derlinger that got
accepted into four Ivy League schools
[8:55] the school at uh college at Michigan and
obviously UVA
[9:01] proud of that young lady
also uh Mr Morrison I attended a
[9:07] function at triplet
the more Trust Bank what I think Miss
[9:11] Walsh was there as well
I talked to one of the students there in
[9:15] that program
since I got there early
[9:19] this young man I asked how school was
going and he made this and I will not
[9:24] forget this
this program saved me
[9:28] this program saved
[9:33] and then we had a teacher
uh Tiffany Roots at Honey Run
[9:41] got this email from a parent
and I'm going to read it verbato
[9:47] I've been meaning to message the message
you for both for a while and and life
[9:53] keeps interfering I want to show the
appreciation gratitude I have for Mrs
[9:57] Fraser this year she has had her hands
full with at least my child but I assume
[10:03] he more children as well
she has been an absolute
[10:07] blessing to us she's been going above
and beyond in my opinion to help Braylon
[10:13] not only him focus and understand and if
he's having a rough day
[10:19] continue updates and check-ins for us
for success
[10:23] extra help when needed and involving him
when he needed extra attention
[10:29] I feel that she is ensured he succeeds
this year and has been giving teaching
[10:36] and showing him vital tools for the
coming years he is no longer needs extra
[10:41] help with reading and still very much
enjoys coming to school
[10:46] we have one amazing teacher role model
mentoring her and I thought we would all
[10:52] like to know how thankful we are as a
whole family or to have her at Honey Run
[10:58] especially raelyn's teacher I strongly
believe she deserves to have it going
[11:03] above all her hard work dedication she
has put into the students and how the
[11:09] parents at least this set anyway feels
about her thank you for your time and
[11:15] for having incredible staff for your
children that is one teacher we got many
[11:20] that's making a difference second grade
teacher second grade teacher
[11:27] uh and then finally I want to conclude
um
[11:35] I was born and raised here I taught
school here in this building
[11:40] and I've been trying to thank the
superintendents I worked for
[11:45] and the two I've had since I've been on
the school board
[11:49] and they served their roles elderly
when they were superintendent
[11:54] but I'm challenged you now
you cannot find a better one than mailed
[12:00] a shepherd
and you need to do everything you can to
[12:04] keep her
and one of the ways that you can help
[12:09] her is to fund our budget at least six
percent
[12:13] thank you
[12:23] good evening my name is Cindy Walsh I
live at 211 Manor Drive in Edinburgh
[12:29] I've been up here I think this is my
eighth year I'm preparing with three
[12:33] children one in college one seventh
grader and one 10th grader
[12:38] I appreciate this Lord's past support of
the schools even in difficult times I
[12:43] know this is another challenging year
and I have to do my yearly disclaimer
[12:47] that my advocating for the schools does
not diminish in any way need for funding
[12:51] for other important Public Safety and
County positions
[12:55] because of the convoluted way that
schools are funded in Virginia so much
[12:59] of the budget process is out of the
school board's hands not knowing what
[13:03] the Commonwealth of Virginia is
ultimately going to fund also puts in us
[13:06] in a position of uncertainty
is the state going to have a local
[13:10] matching requirement for any staff
increases will that funding be
[13:15] accessible if we only match a portion of
what the state is providing to school
[13:18] divisions
we won't know those answers until the
[13:21] end of April at the earliest so any
request from the school board is really
[13:25] more of a placeholder until we have
those numbers
[13:28] Shepard presented a school presented a
school board with her proposed 23-24
[13:33] budget earlier this year
budget priorities focus on expanding
[13:37] learning opportunities for students
recruiting and retaining staff and
[13:41] maintaining our facilities
we know that Student Success and
[13:45] well-being is primarily influenced by
the quality of teaching that they
[13:48] receive
attracting and retaining highly
[13:51] qualified teachers and other Chef staff
should be the number one priority when
[13:55] we look at the budget
Miss Shepard proposed a seven percent
[13:59] salary increase plus a step
the board ultimately decided to send to
[14:04] you a six percent salary increase
I'm not sure whether it was intentional
[14:09] or not but that one person but that step
was left out that evening and I don't
[14:14] know if my fellow board members meant to
do that or if it was just because we
[14:17] were negotiating on the Fly
um that's probably something that we'll
[14:22] have to address as a school board but I
just wanted to let you know that the
[14:25] original request included a step and the
one that was sent to you did not
[14:30] I know that salary is not the only thing
but it is a very important thing to let
[14:35] our teachers and staff know their value
there are other ways to show our
[14:38] appreciation but all things being
considered salary is a real
[14:43] consideration for most teachers who are
thinking about coming to Shenandoah
[14:46] County
we lose newer teachers and Veteran
[14:49] teachers to other divisions that provide
better salaries and benefits
[14:53] experienced teachers have the skills
that are needed when dealing with
[14:56] students who are struggling academically
emotionally or behaviorally
[15:00] classroom management is a learning skill
and we need to keep our experienced
[15:04] teachers so that they can serve as
mentors and examples for our newer
[15:08] teachers I was cautioned never to say
that veteran teachers were better than
[15:12] newer teachers and I will tell you I
know that my kids have had a lot of new
[15:15] teachers and they bring a lot of values
to Shenandoah County
[15:19] for our administrators must also be a
priority school principals and assistant
[15:23] principals are 12-month employees
they're on call 24 hours a day seven
[15:27] days a week there are instructional
leaders retaining highly qualified
[15:31] administrators is extremely important
for Student Success and well-being Marty
[15:36] shared with you some of the positives so
I'm not going to do that because I'm out
[15:39] of time but most of our students are
doing well
[15:43] there's always room for improvement
please be sure to consider that as you
[15:47] work through the budget thank you
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that's all I have on the list is there
[15:57] anyone out there Street Food
[16:03] start the clock now
[16:08] where did you get the the average home
value
[16:11] before so how did you calculate that to
Commissioner Revenue
[16:15] okay so she's good I should go to
capitalize okay thank you that's all I
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[16:32] I'm Susie glitter
11371 back road district five more Town
[16:38] Dennis Morris I wasn't planning on
speaking otherwise I would dress better
[16:42] I really think you need to find your
schools
[16:45] you are losing teachers left and right
Frederick Loudon and Prince William
[16:51] I moved down here in December 2005 I
continued to commute to Loudoun County
[16:56] for 10 years I work for them one day a
week and you have no idea how much money
[16:59] I make you need your veteran teachers
they're not as tech savvy as the new
[17:04] people that's great but we can handle
discipline we have seen so many styles
[17:09] of teaching we can apply this this this
this and you want to keep the older
[17:13] teachers like the senior citizens I mean
but we know what we're doing
[17:18] my principal on Friday he's so happy to
see me because he gives me all the
[17:23] discipline problems because he knows I
can look at those children and the last
[17:27] thing they want to do is deal with me I
don't even have to raise my voice they
[17:31] go can I go see Mr Robinson I go
[17:36] so I really am into finding your
teachers salaries
[17:39] I am into school safety
um I'm amazed here because if this were
[17:45] a budget meeting in Loudoun County we'd
all be behind bulletproof glass
[17:49] but safety is a big thing and like I
said you really want to keep new
[17:54] teachers are wonderful but you need your
veteran teachers to show them the ropes
[17:59] and that's all I have to say because
you'll be seeing me Tuesday
[18:03] thank you you're welcome
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David Ferguson
[18:21] 489 good side record
just a couple things one
[18:27] apologies for working on the budget to
this point and the cuts that you've
[18:32] already made
that you've done as far as personnel and
[18:37] adding additional personnel and
additional operating expenses to the
[18:42] county budget that's that's commendable
on your part
[18:46] I would only have a couple things one is
the personal problem
[18:54] Vehicles during
covet and
[18:58] a lack of chips and all the things that
drove
[19:02] vehicles to go really hot
and we had a personal property tax on it
[19:07] so guess what we we
citizen Shannon County paid more
[19:12] because of that and we didn't get the
benefit of what it used to be now the
[19:18] vehicles are falling back down
and as they fall down boy wouldn't it be
[19:24] nice
if the citizens got the benefit
[19:28] of the change in pricing of these
vehicles back to a normal
[19:33] market value price I think it would be
uh
[19:40] appropriate if
any way you could possibly find in your
[19:45] budget to leave the personal property
way it is and let those
[19:50] citizens have
that
[19:54] benefit of return to true value of their
vehicles that's that's one second only a
[20:01] second point I'd like to say is uh
you're two percent
[20:09] I don't know where we are in this world
today
[20:12] in fact I don't even like to watch the
news anymore I don't know where we stand
[20:16] with Russia I don't know where we're
staying with China I don't know where we
[20:19] stand uh with our economy I don't know
where we stand with inflation geez don't
[20:25] ask me where I stand with my 401k
because it is volatile everything about
[20:31] what's going on right now is negative
impact on the citizens Nationwide not
[20:38] just here so if I was to say what's it
going to be like
[20:43] six months from now I don't doubt
anybody can really tell me I know my
[20:48] financial advisor can't tell me uh
so if there's any time
[20:55] that you could keep the race what they
are
[21:00] by finding something that you can cut
the million four million three that's
[21:05] there that's going to generate the two
cent increase I would just ask that you
[21:11] try to do it I know how hard it is and
you've done a great job so far boy you
[21:17] could pull that other two cents
someplace
[21:21] during this time of uncertainty it would
be good thank you
[21:26] thank you
[21:38] good evening Florida supervisors
chairman thank you allowing me to speak
[21:43] tonight
all I want to say is that we we don't
[21:46] get some type of industry in here to get
the tax base up then you're not going
[21:51] we're not going to have anything we go
through well too many times it's going
[21:54] to be dry and I think that's what's
getting ready to happen just my opinion
[21:59] like could you could you see Charles
Street that's the one who liked it
[22:09] is there anything else you would like to
speak
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[22:20] uh here no one else here wishes to speak
we were going to close this public here
[22:25] and thank you all for coming up
appreciate it very much
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