[0:04] I call to order the August 27th, 2026
Bainbridge Town Council regular meeting.
[0:12] Item one.
Item two is approval of electronic
[0:16] participation. I don't have anybody, I
believe, that wants to participate
[0:19] electronically, so we'll move it on.
Item three.
[0:23] Roll call.
Marjorie Austin.
[0:27] She's going to be absent. Barry Tuning.
>> Here.
[0:31] » Marty Courtney. Here.
[0:37] » Miss Love. Martha Love.
>> Here.
[0:40] » Bruce Murray.
>> Here.
[0:41] » Thank you all.
[0:46] All right. Pledge of Allegiance.
>> I pledge allegiance
[0:51] to the flag
of the United
[0:55] States of America. And to the republic
for which it stands, one nation
[1:01] under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[1:04] for all.
[1:09] » Thank you all.
All right. Next is review and adoption
[1:14] of the meeting agenda, which you will
find on page one.
[1:19] Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda
as presented?
[1:22] » Second.
[1:26] » All those in favor, say "Aye."
>> Aye.
[1:30] » All right.
Motion, I'm sorry.
[1:37] Then item six.
Approval of the minutes.
[1:41] You will see that it's a double set of
two weeks through the last work session
[1:45] that we had.
And then, in addition, we also have this
[1:49] special called meeting of the August
16th meeting.
[1:55] Do I have a motion to approve the
minutes as presented or discussing them?
[2:00] » Make the motion.
>> I approve.
[2:03] » I approve the minutes.
>> Second.
[2:04] » Second.
>> All those moved?
[2:09] I
>> I
[2:10] » I I I
>> Rock out loud to adopt.
[2:15] » I can hear you.
>> I can hear you. [laughter]
[2:17] » You say something before you finish.
>> All right. Moving on, agenda item number
[2:22] seven, we have public comment number
one.
[2:37] All right.
Up first is Mr. Kahn.
[2:57] » I'm Roy Kahn.
[3:00] 270B
Howard Street. I'm also the treasurer of
[3:04] the Ben and Jerry's store which is
a non-profit organization run by
[3:09] volunteers for
economic and community development here
[3:13] in the town.
On April 9th, 2026
[3:20] Turf Pack
of a consulting firm
[3:24] design and plan capital.
After signing of we believe
[3:31] design concepts except while I had some
reservations said she would go along
[3:36] with anybody if they like it. Larry
[3:42] Wait.
Mr. Chairman Um
[3:48] like this design because it evokes some
history and Beth even commented that she
[3:53] had seen one of her
students bring in one of the scotched
[3:59] shells when she saw that for the first
time.
[4:03] So,
as I said,
[4:06] we had that discussion,
and at the end of it, a resolution was
[4:10] passed for the town staff to develop a
memorandum of understanding for the way
[4:16] Perry sign project developed by
UMass and endorsed by town council.
[4:24] The U memorandum of understanding would
outline that the sign is given to the
[4:29] town.
But the
[4:32] UMass would be responsible
for the
[4:37] installation
and maintenance of the sign.
[4:41] At the time
[4:50] The The federal election
was the
[4:53] um
After 5 months, we have no MOU.
[4:59] One of these signs is to be a directory
of all businesses in our town.
[5:04] And at the request of
UBA,
[5:08] a list of all businesses in our town was
originally requested orally 2 months
[5:13] ago, but that was has not been produced.
I have an official
[5:18] uh foyer request that I'm going to
submit
[5:22] to get the signs.
We request that
[5:27] United Main
United Brewer Main Street be on the
[5:32] next town council agenda for discussion
of the items.
[5:38] If you review the tape
on April 9th,
[5:43] at the 25-minute mark, we start the
whole discussion.
[5:48] We have received a $50,000
grant from
[5:54] Virginia Main Street for this project.
The call for completion of the project
[5:58] by the end of
July 2026.
[6:02] We received an extension through
December 31st, 2026.
[6:09] Uh that was granted because of some of
the turmoil that we've had in town. The
[6:13] time is in the
paper.
[6:16] Please note the
payment that has been
[6:19] uh the town request
by the end of
[6:22] the 2020
tourist action plan.
[6:27] We have also
located and helped the town apply for a
[6:33] $75,000 grant for the town of Stuart
so
[6:38] Virginia to create a master plan for
redesign.
[6:43] If you want to kill this project, you
can do. Don't let the volunteers waste
[6:47] any more time and efforts on projects
that go nowhere and are a Christian
[6:52] nightmare.
And you and the town will probably have
[6:55] to return the grant money with over half
of it already being spent.
[7:00] Grant is not successfully completed, it
will negatively impact you and the
[7:07] town's and town's ability to secure
additional funding going forward. It
[7:11] certainly will
affect the $75,000
[7:15] grant and perhaps the $1.25
million that we really need.
[7:22] Uh we will be sending a letter to all
members of council and the mayor
[7:27] outlining the steps that we have taken
so that we can
[7:32] move this forward as necessary.
Thank you.
[7:37] » Thank you, Mr. Guy.
[7:43] I miss Mr. Hall.
>> I can use the microphone, please.
[7:53] Okay. Hi, everybody.
Uh my name is Megan Holl and I'm here on
[7:57] behalf of Urbana Main Street. And to
sort of piggyback on some things that
[8:02] Lloyd has said,
I just wanted to uh clear the air
[8:05] and talk about how important this
funding is for us.
[8:10] But anytime on you know, social media or
you make your tour around town,
[8:15] uh people are raving about Warsaw and
Gloucester and Onancock and Tappahannock
[8:21] and how wonderful these towns have
become and how they've transformed over
[8:25] the years and how many great things
they've been able to do.
[8:28] There's something we're doing about all
of those towns.
[8:31] Uh Warsaw, Gloucester, Onancock,
Tappahannock, they all have Main Street
[8:37] programs.
Uh that is not a coincidence.
[8:41] These towns have accomplished great
things because their local governments
[8:45] and their Main Street organizations have
chosen to work together. The
[8:49] municipalities and private nonprofits,
side by side, leverage millions of
[8:54] dollars in grant funding for their
community.
[8:57] Grants that would not have been
available to them in any other way.
[9:02] Virginia Main Street funding expanded
considerably last year and it could even
[9:06] double next year. Um and we want Urbana
to be positioned to have access to all
[9:11] of those grant funds.
This spring, we can apply for a $25,000
[9:17] Main Street funding grant in addition to
the $75,000 grant that we've already
[9:22] applied for that is currently pending.
We're waiting to hear back from that.
[9:27] That is over $100,000 in potential
funding for a tiny town who doesn't have
[9:34] any other outside funding access.
And that's not including the 1.25
[9:39] million dollar grant that we will be
eligible for if we receive this $75,000
[9:45] grant.
Uh so, relying on
[9:48] taxes alone just cannot fund enough of
the progress that so many people are
[9:53] recognizing in these other towns.
Uh so, we just wanted to come up here
[9:58] and say we are ready to do the work and
we're asking for your support.
[10:04] Thank you.
>> Thank you, ma'am.
[10:06] » [clears throat]
[10:09] » Thank you, Mr. Mayo.
[10:16] I think it's William Mayo of 321
Route 17, Georgia.
[10:21] I got a little bit of a problem with the
Airbnb.
[10:24] They had advertised a balance golf cart
town.
[10:28] Last weekend, a couple weekends ago,
the old Pitts John John Pitts talking
[10:33] about it today.
They took golf carts coming in.
[10:36] They didn't have the stickers. They
didn't have the safety lights on.
[10:40] I saw many signs on our back. We do the
state law if you drive on the highway.
[10:44] And
as far as I'm concerned, these Airbnb
[10:47] officials should say
"You come in, you can ride your golf
[10:50] carts." They should have golf carts
ready and approved for them to ride.
[10:54] I just don't think it's right for all of
us
[10:56] to have to pay.
I didn't say anything to those people
[10:59] cuz cuz they didn't know.
But the people who own the Airbnb and
[11:02] about should know.
Thank you, Mr. Mayo.
[11:06] » Mr. Kelly, was this at Pitts Hill Town
the old Pitts Hill Town 10th Street?
[11:11] » Yeah. John Pitts is talking. That's
where it was.
[11:14] » The Chase Inn. That's right. I Okay.
>> I know what you mean. I was thinking you
[11:18] meant Jack Pitts's.
>> Yes. Yes, the Chase Inn.
[11:21] » Yeah, that's right.
[11:24] » All right, thank you, Mr. Mayo. Next up
is Mr. Wyman.
[11:34] » Good day everybody and welcome today to
all of you guys. Thanks for serving.
[11:38] It's hard and hard to find people who
are willing to do it, so it's great
[11:42] great to have people willing to step up.
I'm here to talk about the
[11:47] crossing down at the marina
stream crossing
[11:51] that I heard for a minute has been
thrown around.
[11:54] I put in a proposal to create a
temporary structure to go across there.
[12:00] I just want to let everybody know kind
of what the process we went through. I I
[12:04] gathered a group of people who are
Urbanna supporters, Oyster Festival
[12:09] supporters, and
you know, all of us came together,
[12:13] collaborated
we were able without you know, pulling
[12:16] the time to actually put together the
numbers that would take to do what needs
[12:21] to be done down
um
[12:24] what I'm trying to do is
Well, so I talked to Robbie when he
[12:28] first got here and said
I had talked to him way back
[12:33] he wasn't interested in trying to help
me out. When I served on town council in
[12:36] the
uh
[12:38] town creek the crossing was a problem. I
actually worked on it very intensively
[12:43] including looking at the culverts and
everything else that you would need. So,
[12:46] I'm very familiar with it.
So, I said that earlier and there was no
[12:50] interest. When Robbie came on I
re-mentioned it and he said yeah, I'd
[12:53] love to have any help. So, anyway we put
together a proposal
[12:56] to do something temporary. Um if we
don't do this, my plan is for Oyster
[13:01] Festival to put something temporary
which of course will be engineered and
[13:05] all that stuff that will just go down
for Oyster Festival and come right back
[13:07] up and it's it will only be there for
pedestrians and probably golf carts.
[13:12] Um so, we will do that on our own
to make sure that we can get you know,
[13:16] the what happened at Oyster Festival
have full access down there at least for
[13:20] golf carts and you know, emergency and
all that. So, I think the important
[13:24] thing that I'd I to say is you know, I
think all of us like recognize most
[13:28] everybody here.
Um you know, remember just 10 years ago
[13:32] what a what a boat fire looks like. And
um
[13:35] you know, it's it's not a good thing and
the idea that there's actually concrete
[13:39] barriers down there and I've heard well,
the fire department will just get
[13:43] through there.
Um they're not going to just get through
[13:45] there unless they hook a truck to a
concrete barrier and drag it out of the
[13:49] way, which is going to be time and all
that stuff. I think the town is, you
[13:53] know, subject to a great risk um because
of the lack of access down there from
[13:58] fire equipment. And you know, you're
releasing slips to people and renters
[14:03] and everything else and you just don't
have adequate um access. So, uh
[14:08] we we put together this proposal and
said if we're going to do it for the
[14:13] town, it needs to be capable of holding
fire trucks. And we've got it rated to
[14:17] hold any fire truck as to a VDOT
standard. It's not just the weight of or
[14:21] this fire truck, it's the weight of any
fire truck that has come across it. So,
[14:25] it's it's fully engineered, it's fully
designed and ready to go. So, I just
[14:28] wanted to say that um that's
the only reason I'm involved with this
[14:32] is because it's the town of Urbanna and
it's always your best interest. I
[14:36] wouldn't put a proposal like this to
VDOT, especially for these dollars,
[14:40] anywhere else. It would have a panic
reaction or not stand or kind of panic
[14:43] in those places.
So,
[14:46] you know, that's that's why I did what I
did. The people that have supported it
[14:50] and the people that have have supported
us already, Brian Fletcher with Delta
[14:53] Marine, the floating dock sign Marina is
for the Oyster Festivals that, you know,
[14:58] we leave there all year round for you
guys to use. He built that thing for us.
[15:02] We paid very little for it. You know, he
donated the rest. So, just a good team
[15:07] of supporters. The engineer is up in um
Wicomico Church. He's got a major
[15:11] engineering firm down in in Richmond.
He's got a side office here. I've worked
[15:15] with him for years on churches,
projects that are important. And uh so,
[15:20] anyway, just a good group of people and
that's how we got the proposal. And I
[15:23] just wanted to let everybody know and if
anybody has any questions about how we
[15:26] put this together
or what it is, you know, we'd be happy
[15:29] to answer. So that's that's what I got.
>> I I have a
[15:33] comment. I know for a couple of years
I've been really concerned with what
[15:36] you're talking about.
My own engine can't even get down there
[15:39] because of the barriers. I totally
agree. But also, we've had an issue with
[15:43] the Electric Bicycle Foundation and
we were glad
[15:46] they blocked off our road. There's no
way no way our own engine can't get down
[15:51] there because Erby's got 104th Road
completely shut off and then you all
[15:55] have it covered
>> [clears throat]
[15:57] » with Community Road and so there's no
way for them to get down there anyway.
[16:02] » Yeah. So that completely changed Yeah,
that's completely changed the last year
[16:06] but it all changed. I don't know if you
ever tried to get down
[16:08] » It has not changed.
>> No, no.
[16:10] » Not much.
>> Okay. So usually there's 30 vendors on
[16:13] that road and we always had an access
through Erby to come through with fire
[16:18] trucks. We always met with them and then
did it at the beginning before the
[16:21] festival and agreed that we could do
that. Erby allowed us to do it one or
[16:25] two years and then they just ended up
shutting off. When they did that, we
[16:28] went from 30
vendors along Community Road to 10.
[16:32] And we spread them out.
Three or four of them at the top, three
[16:35] or four of them at the very bottom and
then two or three in the middle. That's
[16:38] all there is. It's no problem to get a
fire truck down that road
[16:42] with what we have set up. And believe
me, we we meet with the fire department,
[16:45] we meet with the sheriff's office. We
are very aware and very conscientious of
[16:50] all of that. We used to run all of our
EMTs through the Erby line, you know, to
[16:56] get out. We had to change all that. That
changes the way we position EMTs and
[16:59] everything else. But I will tell you
that if you walked down there last year,
[17:03] sure there might be a lot of people on
the road, but people can move in order
[17:07] to get a fire truck down there.
>> The tents can't.
[17:09] » Yeah. So we have the tents
strategically located, but they don't
[17:13] block a fire truck.
>> I noticed just were fewer, but they were
[17:16] still there.
>> Oh yeah. Yeah, and we'll have them there
[17:18] again this year. But, if we meet our
pardon, they'll say we can get a fire
[17:23] truck in there.
And so, that's our goal. We want to make
[17:26] sure that's the case. When we had
Herbie, the old man, we could come
[17:30] through there and it was
we didn't have to worry about it. But
[17:33] now we do. So, we do. So, last year was
the first year that that came up and
[17:36] last year was the first year we did it.
And actually what happened with that,
[17:39] just so you know, is we basically told
about 10 or 12 nonprofits that they were
[17:45] no longer getting any space when we were
doing the annual festival.
[17:48] So, where we had 30, those people all
nonprofits or local small businesses
[17:52] that
that was created to not have to pay the
[17:55] fees, the real small businesses that
want to sell a few things. So, there's
[18:00] at least
10 or 12 or maybe 15 of those that can't
[18:04] come in the festival anymore, probably
close to our operation. We had no
[18:08] choice. We had to be able to keep that
little opening yet trust going there.
[18:11] » Okay.
>> So, how do you feel about that comment?
[18:15] Anybody else?
Okay.
[18:19] » Thank you, Joe.
[18:24] All right, moving on
to the item eight.
[18:41] » Couple reports here. The bill is down
tonight. It's a family event.
[18:46] Good work.
Treasurer's report.
[18:56] As you see, the updated numbers that
Michelle puts out every every month.
[19:02] The
biggest one off here was the metro
[19:05] contractors check. That was to open the
street up
[19:10] to get access to the water valve.
Looking better isolate the system in the
[19:14] event of a break.
That's an ongoing project to try to get
[19:18] more isolation in the system so that
when we do have a break, we have to shut
[19:22] something down and it's not
drastic.
[19:25] Admin has
and that'll be something that'll be
[19:27] ongoing for quite a while. It's a pretty
big project.
[19:30] Um
[19:33] Let's see.
The next page will be the meals and
[19:37] lodging tax.
Um
[19:41] I asked about the meals and lodging tax
jumps quite a bit.
[19:46] Um I I mean, summer time is obviously
our busy season here in town, but the
[19:50] other thing she told me is that
sometimes the way the collections fall,
[19:53] it tends to oscillate a little bit.
Is it all that often? I got to tell you
[19:58] that when I saw that, she was like,
"Calm down. It's kind of a normal FY."
[20:01] We had a meeting here in town.
Um
[20:06] And then next up is my report that I put
together for you all in case I had to
[20:10] have them in the works.
Um
[20:14] A couple of big items here.
The big one is is that we have been
[20:17] working really hard to try to get some
close in this temporary crossing. So,
[20:22] it was one of those. I appreciate Joe's
help on this. Um
[20:25] I wrote to Nat that I'll have a couple
of good options. Tonight we'll go into
[20:29] close session to discuss those.
Due to the contractual matter.
[20:34] » [clears throat]
>> Um I in the last couple of weeks have
[20:37] done a bunch of golf cart trips.
Um I received a visit from Congressman
[20:41] Wittman. I'm sure you all saw it in the
papers. Um came to update us that uh we
[20:45] were had been submitted in 4.4 million
dollars of CPS funding for the Marina
[20:50] Bridge project. That was done by Ted and
Ted is mayor. Um I appreciate their
[20:55] their effort. That may pay off.
This money though is not a done deal in
[20:59] any way.
Um it's
[21:02] It's any appropriations bill which has
It's been passed yet.
[21:07] Just decent chance and I'm not an
expert, so you might want to Google and
[21:12] make sure I'm right.
If they do a containment resolution, it
[21:16] may go away. It could be killed in the
house or the Senate.
[21:19] In addition, when I was talking to him,
um the money may come with some
[21:23] prerequisites things to it as to when we
get it, how fast we have to use it. I
[21:28] actually mentioned the timeline, but you
know, to get environmental law or
[21:31] permitting on a current bridge that's
through a number of 18 months, which I
[21:34] don't find that unrealistic.
And it sounds like we wouldn't even be
[21:39] able to keep it that long, but
those are my concerns. I don't have
[21:44] anything in writing yet, so take it with
a grain of salt.
[21:48] Um I met with Mr. Goodnight, uh our VDOT
residency administrator. We went over a
[21:54] couple of things that the Main Street
sign positioning. I showed him a bunch
[21:58] of couple of drainage issues.
Sidewalk repairs that need to be done.
[22:03] Um
I'll tell you that I'm trying to get the
[22:05] sidewalks
straight in the next couple months.
[22:09] Trying to get that stuff done. A long
lingering issue. Basically got the green
[22:12] light fix them.
Nobody's going to fuss at us to take
[22:16] care of it, so work on that.
Um and this is one to me I thought was
[22:20] humorous here, but not really. I drove
him up to the I drove him up to the
[22:25] the end of the note the golf cart zone
and I said, "Lee,
[22:29] I don't know if he took me seriously. I
hope he really didn't. I said, "Lee, I
[22:32] can throw a burrito from here and hit
the Mexican sign."
[22:36] What can we do to open up? And Mr.
Edwards was he's unfortunately had to be
[22:39] on all of my car trips and he thinks
that he's going to get talked about on
[22:43] our little golf cart, but
I drag him along. The answer to that is
[22:47] is that a speed study has to be done.
And basically that VDOT has to examine
[22:52] the driving public see if they're
comfortable with
[22:57] the speed limit on that section of road
and to determine if we can lower the
[23:01] speed limit. So, we have to get the
speed limit down to 25 to be able to
[23:05] change it.
So, honestly, I'm pretty bummed out. I
[23:09] don't think we're going to get to free
the tacos and
[23:13] I will continue to try, um,
but [clears throat] that's a side burner
[23:16] for
Um, Mr. Edward came on in mid-July to
[23:20] help with the town administration
um, search and also he's been a huge
[23:24] asset to me. His experience is really
valuable. I mean, I
[23:28] lets me sleep better at night. You can
ask me.
[23:30] Um,
the draft purchasing policy we went over
[23:33] in that worksheet. I got that together.
I bumped that off of tonight's agenda.
[23:36] I'll put that on the agenda sometime
though.
[23:38] We get that finished up.
Founders Day was a success. They set me
[23:41] up though. They gave me a a script to
read which mentioned Martha Washington's
[23:47] age and she did not take very kindly to
that.
[23:50] She berated me the whole time. It was
kind of fun.
[23:53] Um, we also got insurance for that if
somebody got burned in a fire or stabbed
[23:57] by them or something. They can do that
or whatever.
[24:01] Um, but it was a big turnout. I
completely packed the the Baptist Church
[24:05] and I honestly think that that shows how
much people dig the history of this
[24:10] town. I mean, it and I said it just off
the cuff, "Welcome to one of our newer
[24:15] buildings." And the Baptist Church was
built in the 1880s. I mean, that's true
[24:19] and we have a real asset here.
Um,
[24:23] we'll move on.
Uh, the Main Street group did bring to
[24:25] me this called the Squan to Sea Port
Foundation about a loan. I called and
[24:29] talked to them.
We signed that letter so they are free
[24:32] to use that slip. Um, I'm hoping they
they come.
[24:35] It's kind of open to them. All they have
to do is let us know when they want the
[24:38] slip and it's theirs. Except for doing
the horse festival. I think they're
[24:41] going to be good this year anyway.
Um, pool season
[24:45] was successful. Um, they're here to talk
and I hope they'll back me up on that.
[24:50] Um, we did and I had some people accuse
probably had a um,
[24:54] water main break but we didn't. We now
have a 3/4 horsepower pool pump down
[24:59] there and they were pumped that is
spraying on these two flat nozzles our
[25:03] water up turn that pool over to try to
cool it down.
[25:07] I haven't heard any feedback yet from
the pool company and unfortunately it
[25:10] came in too late to help the pool
swim season now.
[25:13] But hopefully that'll pay dividends help
reduce our fresh water use cuz our
[25:16] previous policy has been to
they've been turning over the pool with
[25:20] fresh water. And the water usage down
there can be significant. And most of
[25:24] that's done built, but it's wasteful and
it isn't honestly doing the job. So I'm
[25:27] hoping this will help make good.
Um there's a vacancy vacancy on the BCA
[25:32] that's on tonight's agenda. I managed to
get someone that could apply and we have
[25:37] got a nominee.
Um
[25:40] working on zoning enforcement. We had
several grass and issues and we've had
[25:45] several STP applicants at this point up
in as
[25:49] uh and so that has been a great help to
me and that.
[25:52] I've been working with a lot of
volunteer groups around town.
[25:56] There's a lot of repair projects going
underway and the town has been trying to
[25:59] support them as best they can
financially.
[26:01] Um without our volunteers a lot of this
stuff would not get done.
[26:05] Um also I'm going to update the website.
It's relatively affordable. I think we
[26:09] can
get volunteer
[26:12] um
liability insurance. So previously
[26:16] volunteers were supposed to sign a form
saying if you got hurt on the job
[26:20] you know, you're on your own kind of
Yeah, I don't think that's cool. And it
[26:24] wasn't honestly getting done all the
time. So now we have insurance. So if
[26:27] you volunteer here in town
um you're covered. I'm going to update
[26:32] the website. Our attorney suggested that
we still get them sign form, but
[26:35] basically saying you do have
some coverage. [clears throat] This is
[26:38] where you go if you need
um
[26:41] I'm working on the town council
meetings, working on the way
[26:44] we handle the minutes. Um I said a new
audio system would be due soon, but as
[26:49] you can tell it's here tonight. Should
really improve the audio on our YouTube
[26:53] videos and really want to
um
[26:57] And here in the crowd, just let us know
what you think.
[27:00] Um
And also, we have updated um job
[27:05] descriptions for the docent and marina
dock hand. I've got two openings and
[27:09] we'll run those in sequence.
Anybody that wants a part-time job right
[27:12] now, please
give me a call.
[27:15] Um bad news department, we had a nurse
it from Wednesday night all the way
[27:20] through Sunday. Well six, the new well
pump has gone offline.
[27:25] It started to fail. Um
First, it wouldn't run in auto. You
[27:29] should run it manually, though.
Go up here, turn it on, let the tower
[27:32] fill up, turn it back off. Now, on
Sunday, it wouldn't run at all. So,
[27:36] we're on the the the other well, well
five, which was our main well until well
[27:39] six came online.
>> [clears throat]
[27:41] » I'm working with um
Sidner to get a quote on getting that
[27:45] repaired as soon as possible.
Um and one last item, it's not here on
[27:49] the
quarterly report, is that our audit
[27:52] scheduled today. The audit is complete.
We'll have a copy of it next week.
[27:56] So, that's very good news. We've been on
that quite a while.
[27:59] All right, next page. The town marina,
I've asked um if you have any questions
[28:03] about the marina finances of the marina.
So, I've asked Joyce to start producing
[28:09] the I report for us monthly.
Um
[28:13] It mostly speaks for itself there. You
see $4,000 a month in slip rental.
[28:18] Um
$450 extra amenities.
[28:22] So, the ice, I will say
ice is being hauled down there across
[28:26] that bridge by hands. It's a lot of
work.
[28:29] Thank you, Eric.
The snack machine, drink machine
[28:33] we we managed to purchase. Um
that's a surprising amount from that. Um
[28:38] Michelle was able to find a used one in
Gloucester Lodge in Gloucester and we
[28:41] got it from there, so
I got it
[28:44] up
the ramp at the uh office there, green
[28:49] office, and it's in the breezeway.
Um
[28:53] So, that's first floor entrance. That's
it. We just had made six of that number
[28:56] earlier.
>> Thank you, Mr.
[28:58] » Sure.
>> You can thank Eric.
[29:01] » I don't know if he wants to be waiting
[clears throat] it out, but he may be in
[29:03] the crowd.
>> Thank you, Eric.
[29:07] » Um
The docks down there did an amazing job.
[29:11] I know somebody named Well, I don't know
if he can point it out, but he does.
[29:13] [clears throat]
They're down there um
[29:16] We
Again, town's providing lumber.
[29:19] Volunteers are doing the hard hot work.
117 boards replaced, and that is looking
[29:24] a lot better. We also ordered new um
boxes for the fire extinguishers in
[29:28] there. Those are all cracked up in the
front seats.
[29:32] Uh that's what I have for those reports.
Next up is the Amanda and April swimming
[29:36] report. You want to come?
[29:41] » And I can't help but believe how
wonderful
[29:45] » He can't be
standing here.
[29:49] » I don't know if they better
>> Good evening, everyone. My name is
[29:52] Shannon Sears, and I am privileged to be
the coach of the Middlesex Makos swim
[29:57] team that um swims during the summer
here in Urbanna. I am joined by Bill
[30:02] Sears, who is um my right hand, left
hand, someday brain,
[30:08] um depending on um what we're doing. We
also are lucky enough to coach the high
[30:12] school swim team um during the cold
winter months at 4:30 in the morning. Um
[30:17] and I am joined by four of our swimmers.
Um the first young man right here is
[30:21] C.J. Sears. He is my oldest son, and he
just competed for his last
[30:28] um
season for summertime. He graduated last
[30:32] year and is joining the Coast Guard to
be a rescue swimmer.
[30:38] Then we have my middle or my youngest
child, Alan. He is a junior at Little
[30:42] Bet High School um and he is still
swimming for both summer time and high
[30:48] school. And then we have two of our
newer swimmers. This is Sawyer Edwards
[30:53] and her big sister Lacy Page Edwards and
they are quite a duo and quite a force.
[30:59] They um
are rising stars in the pool and I can't
[31:03] wait and hopefully we'll be around when
they hit high school so that they can
[31:07] swim for us right now.
Good.
[31:10] » [clears throat]
>> Um we just wanted to say thank you and
[31:12] give you kind of an update on our
season.
[31:15] Um we this was the second full season
here in Urbana
[31:19] um since COVID and the new pool was
built.
[31:22] Um we had 105 swimmers.
And they range from ages 4
[31:28] to 18.
Um they participate in four swim meets
[31:33] throughout the season.
Um unfortunately Mother Nature was not
[31:37] kind this year um so I think we got two
and a half in um and then we had champs
[31:43] and Urbana does host champs. Um we I
will explain the trophies first. Um we
[31:49] did bring the trophies back to Urbana
that had not been here since 2016
[31:55] um where we received the regular season
champs for going undefeated as well as
[31:59] winning at the actual championship meet
um which again was here in Urbana. So
[32:04] they brought those. We're happy to have
them back. Um
[32:12] Um among other things I just want to say
thank you so much for giving us the
[32:17] opportunity in an amazing pool.
Um
[32:21] Mr. Wilson is correct. The water had was
an issue for for several years. The
[32:26] temperatures were such that it made it
unsafe for us to compete in that pool
[32:31] due to um just safety. Um we we go by
the VHSL um high school guidelines and
[32:37] the temperature um in some instances
just was too um high in the pool. Um
[32:43] they worked really hard at the pool to
try and help us, but I am um I did a
[32:47] little Googling and Google is always
right. Um but I think that the pump that
[32:51] has been installed is going to be
amazing for us to turn it over. Um there
[32:55] are several other two other teams in the
league that cannot host me. So that
[32:59] means that we're hosting extra meets
throughout the year um and this will
[33:03] really give us an opportunity to um keep
that pool open and and just have to deal
[33:07] with thunder and lightning, which is
hard enough in Virginia in the summer,
[33:11] as everybody knows. Um but I just wanted
to say thank you. I did ask um Alan to
[33:16] say a few words as to how this impacts
because the program that is provided
[33:21] here in this county gives kids an
opportunity to not only learn
[33:25] fundamental skills, um but to also get
their confidence in the pool, um which
[33:30] transfers into confidence in the river.
Um and I as I always told my children
[33:35] when they started swimming at 4, you
know, we may never own a boat, but you
[33:38] may have a friend that owns a boat. So I
want you to be able to go out there and
[33:42] know, you know, if something were to
happen that you have the skills to
[33:45] survive. Um and that's very important.
So Alan, do you want to speak?
[33:54] » Hello. I just want to um
I just want to extend my sincere
[33:58] gratitude towards this pool and as a
tri- tri-sport athlete, I can really say
[34:03] that this pool has both helped me with
my swimming and my community that it has
[34:10] built in Urbana.
[34:16] » And then one other thing that I think
sometimes gets lost is this group of
[34:19] kids, um they all come from different
walks of life. We are Middlesex Makos
[34:24] and not the Urbana Makos or or
Barracudas as we were. So we're drawing
[34:28] kids that don't have the opportunity to
swim during the summer from Mathews,
[34:32] Gloucester, the other end of the county,
both ends really. And these kids, they
[34:37] have a safe,
fun environment to come through the
[34:42] summer where they're bonding
friendships, they're learning
[34:45] sportsmanship, they're learning to help
others. I know that um Sawyer and and
[34:50] Lacy Page, they get help from the bigger
kids and they join in. Sometimes I have
[34:54] to have them watch my boys. So, I mean,
they they are all growing together and
[34:59] it's the bond that I know will carry
them through in other aspects of life.
[35:04] Um and and I just want to give you you
guys my gratitude because that is an
[35:08] amazing pool
um and what it does for the community
[35:11] and the kids in the community is huge.
Um and and sometimes kids get overlooked
[35:17] as we all know, but the ability to to
bring my kids and know
[35:23] going up to the pool and know you'll be
safe, I know you'll be cared for, you'll
[35:25] get a little something to eat is
something really nice. Um and not every
[35:29] community has that, especially one
that's centrally located where so many
[35:33] can walk in and provide that safe
environment.
[35:37] » Did you want to say
[35:42] » So, thank you. Um
a little bit about that machine. So, um
[35:48] we are unable to swim um you can play in
water no matter what the temperature is,
[35:56] but as far as exerting physical
exercise or competing at the level that
[36:02] they do and practice, they swim a couple
thousand yards a night,
[36:08] that's not conducive and it is at a
dangerous level, especially for little
[36:12] people for heatstroke.
Um also, the chemicals in the pools um
[36:16] dissipate quickly when um the sun shines
on it all day long and the water
[36:22] evaporation, that combination is just um
super unhealthy for swimming, not for
[36:29] your average cannonballers. That's fine.
If they're getting out and getting back
[36:33] in, all that's fine, but they're not.
They are
[36:36] repeatedly swimming, you know, lap after
lap. So, thank you for doing that. That
[36:42] is That's going to be huge. Um also,
just my personal um
[36:49] the reason I do this,
um
[36:52] » [clears throat]
[36:56] » my daughter started swimming in the
Urbana pool. The aquatic center when she
[36:59] was five. And she um they didn't have a
high school team,
[37:04] and she went all the way to to Division
1
[37:08] swimming. Um
um she ended with um Olympic trial cut,
[37:12] but it all started in that Urbana pool.
So,
[37:16] it's a big deal. So, thank you for
everything.
[37:22] » So, what about the press?
>> Yeah, I'll go over that.
[37:28] » And you're all awesome.
>> Thank you very much.
[37:31] » Thank you so much.
>> Thank
[37:35] » All right.
>> Thank you.
[37:47] » All right, moving on. Finance.
>> Thank you, Eric.
[37:54] » [laughter]
[37:56] » Bad administrator recruitment
discussion. Mr. Edwards.
[38:04] » Nowhere near as exciting.
[38:14] Evening, folks.
[38:17] I want to talk about a couple of
documents that I've put in your package.
[38:20] As you know, we've advertised for
the open position. Um Today, I think we
[38:25] have seven applicants.
[38:29] I'm still working through those. As
those applications come in,
[38:33] on page 25 of your package,
we have in here
[38:38] sort of a screening sheet that I've put
together that I'm reviewing each of the
[38:41] applications by that screening sheet.
And once we get all together,
[38:46] and we
get together to review those, we'll have
[38:49] that screening sheet to kind of go by
then.
[38:52] Quick reference of what everybody's got
for qualifications compared to
[38:56] the application. As you recall,
discussion of all the applications will
[39:01] come to town council.
The mayor and I will review the
[39:04] screening sheets, make sure I got them
right, didn't miss anything, and we'll
[39:08] provide those along with all the
applications to the mayor and to the
[39:11] town council members.
Also in your package, beginning on page
[39:16] 23, is a proposed schedule.
[39:21] What we've got here is a proposal that
probably going to take about 6 weeks
[39:27] to
review the applications, schedule the
[39:31] first round of interviews, get those
folks to come in, and have you all hold
[39:35] those interviews,
and then
[39:38] make a decision about who you think
should come back for a second round of
[39:42] interviews, and hopefully by the middle
of late October,
[39:46] we'll be in a position to offer somebody
a job.
[39:50] I want you to take this draft home with
you. I want you to look through it. If
[39:54] you got any thoughts or questions about
changes to that, you approach the mayor,
[39:58] and I will put it in.
Our hope is
[40:02] the application deadline is September
the 8th. You have a town council meeting
[40:06] on the 10th.
We hope to have them all reviewed
[40:11] all the packages put together, and
distributed to you to start that
[40:14] discussion that day.
After you all interview,
[40:21] Any questions?
[40:29] » Have you basically
reviewed
[40:32] any of the
what you call some of the applications?
[40:35] » I have.
>> Uh-huh.
[40:36] » Some are qualified.
Some are not.
[40:39] » [laughter]
[40:42] » Hopefully more than not they are but
Well,
[40:47] that's to be expected.
That's to be expected.
[40:49] » Uh-huh.
Thank you.
[40:53] » John.
>> All right, moving on to Eric.
[40:55] » Okay.
[40:58] » I got to grab this email too, though.
[41:04] » All right, moving on.
There you go.
[41:09] All right, item 9B new business. Um,
this is pretty straightforward. We had a
[41:14] vacancy there on the Board of Zoning
Appeals as you all know.
[41:18] Uh, with Ms. Clark, Ms. Lowe.
Who was appointed to Town Council.
[41:24] Leaving a vacancy. That That term
expired August 31st, so it's about to
[41:28] expire. Uh, we advertised like we have
been publicly.
[41:32] And we had Ms. Pierce register.
Um,
[41:36] she was the only applicant. I appreciate
her stepping forward.
[41:40] So, you'll see here on the next pages
her copy of her application.
[41:45] And then a resolution
of
[41:50] to appoint her
recommend her to the Circuit Court cuz
[41:54] the way this works is that we
have to send a recommendation up to the
[41:57] court and then they approve it.
So, with her that
[42:04] there's going to be a motion to
>> Who is it again?
[42:07] » It's Ms. Um, Lucy K. Pierce.
>> Is she here?
[42:13] » I can about this for a little while if
you
[42:14] » [laughter]
>> Is that your wife?
[42:17] I didn't hear a word he said for a
minute.
[42:19] » I'll be out in just a minute.
>> Yeah, I'm going to talk to you.
[42:24] Thank you, Lauren.
>> I know I'm a little off topic, but yes,
[42:26] she still got some. I'll hold me against
her or anything.
[42:29] » [laughter]
>> Well, I'll make the motion.
[42:34] » 400 ft
Yes, I schedule to do the church for
[42:37] children.
[42:39] So, is that motion sufficient?
>> A second.
[42:44] » All right. You want that?
>> [clears throat]
[42:46] » I was going to say I just want to say
yes.
[42:48] » All in favor say yes.
>> I didn't hear a thing.
[42:50] » All in favor.
>> All in favor of the motion.
[42:52] » You need a roll call.
>> I'm sorry. You got to read them all out
[42:54] now.
>> All right.
[42:56] » I'll put this in the correct
>> Yes.
[43:02] » I'll call everyone's name out and mark
them present.
[43:06] » Mr. Tunney.
>> Yes.
[43:08] » Mr. Courtney.
>> Yes.
[43:10] » Mr. Wilson.
>> Yes.
[43:12] » Mr. Johnson.
>> Yes.
[43:13] » Mr. Lowe.
>> Yes.
[43:15] » Mr. Manalo present.
>> Yes.
[43:17] » Mr. Murray.
>> Mr. Murray.
[43:19] » Yes.
[43:22] » Does she carry a seat?
>> Hey, Maribel's the best. She's going to
[43:26] win. She did a fantastic job.
>> Yeah, thank you, Maribel.
[43:30] » I appreciate all the time.
>> She can do it.
[43:32] Thank you, Maribel.
>> All right. Next up, we will say
[43:36] business. I have a resolution I have to
sign to see your resolution for Cherry
[43:41] Reyes.
Town employee. You all know her from the
[43:44] PD department for 10 years.
This resolution
[43:49] recognizes her contributions and also
her passing. And the plan here is if we
[43:54] approve this,
we plan on having a little ceremony at
[43:57] the town museum coming up soon to
present to the family.
[44:03] With that, you'll see a copy of the
resolution.
[44:06] Any questions?
Okay. With that, you see a copy of the
[44:09] resolution.
2020-15.
[44:13] And um
I have a motion.
[44:19] Second.
>> Second.
[44:23] » Mr. Upton.
>> Yes.
[44:24] » Mr. Cole.
>> Mr. Cole, that's correct.
[44:27] » Mr. Cole.
>> Yes.
[44:28] » Mr. Harrington.
>> Yes.
[44:30] » And Mr. Courtney.
>> Yes.
[44:32] » Mr. Jackson.
>> Yes.
[44:34] » Mr. Logan.
>> Yes.
[44:35] » Mr. Murray.
>> Yes.
[44:36] » Mr. Logan.
>> Yes.
[44:38] » [clears throat]
[44:40] » All right. I am 10.
So, this
[44:44] are I'm requesting that we go give
motion to go into closed meeting. You
[44:49] are welcome to stay here. We'll go the
other way
[44:52] to discuss the contracts that we have
available to us proposals on a temporary
[44:56] bridge for the town community.
Okay.
[44:59] » That's a motion to go into closed
meeting pursuant to Virginia Code
[45:03] Section 2.2
-3711A29
[45:08] for discussion of contracts related to
the bridge because the discussion in the
[45:13] open meeting would be adverse um to the
council
[45:19] bargaining position or negotiating
strategy.
[45:23] » I second the motion.
>> Second.
[45:28] » All in favor?
>> Aye.
[45:32] » [laughter]
>> Ah, I can't get it right.
[45:35] » [clears throat]
>> How you learn by doing?
[45:36] » Mr. Harrington.
>> Yes.
[45:38] » Mr. Courtney.
>> Yes.
[45:39] » Mr. Jackson.
>> Yes.
[45:41] » Yes.
>> Mr. Murray.
[45:42] » Yes.
Yes.
[45:45] » We'll be right back.
[46:05] » In the motion to go into executive
session, I certify that only the matters
[46:08] identified in the motion to go into
closed meeting were heard, discussed, or
[46:11] considered.
So moved.
[46:16] » Okay.
>> And if I may have you call the roll and
[46:20] council members if you would
individually respond.
[46:24] » Mr. Tuning?
>> Yes.
[46:26] » I certify.
>> I certify.
[46:31] » Ms. Johnson? I also certify.
>> Ms. Lowe?
[46:33] » I certify.
>> Mr. Murray?
[46:35] » I certify.
>> And Mr. Wilson?
[46:37] » I certify.
[46:41] » All right.
>> Mr. Chairman, can we go?
[46:44] » All right, with that we have gone into
closed session to discuss the contract
[46:48] before us for temporary bridge.
[46:52] With that, we have decided to accept
proposal from
[46:57] Falconer Construction last minute
engineer.
[47:01] Um they are proposing a
wooden cream at bridge. It's um
[47:08] 24 ft long
and
[47:12] 15 ft wide. It'll have 4 ft walking
lanes on each side of the bridge.
[47:18] Um
it's wooden with a steel plate on it
[47:20] which
we'll be able to install relatively
[47:23] quickly. They're saying that they have a
installation date of September 8th
[47:28] through the 11th. So we should get it
which is perfect. Um it'll have ramping
[47:33] up to it. Uh
it'll be gravel and they'll put they'll
[47:37] take those um
concrete blocks in it as a barrier and
[47:40] put those to protect the ends of this
bridge in case some crazy person decides
[47:44] to run across that thing at night
at high speed.
[47:47] Um
I would like to
[47:51] thank everybody that helped me with this
project. I have a really long list that
[47:55] I won't
mention. But is one of those. Joe, I
[47:58] appreciate it.
Um
[48:01] and with that, we hope that we get this
marina up and