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meeting board supervisors to order.
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» yeah. U we do have a quorum. The only
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chair. So you'll have to listen to me
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All right. First item, uh, we have with
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Baptist Church. If you all stand and
we'll have him talk and then we'll have

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a pledge.

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Let us pray. Father, we thank you for
your grace, your goodness, your mercy.

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Lord, we rejoice in the love that you
have demonstrated through your son Jesus

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Christ. Lord, I thank you for this board
and the labor they put forth and the

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guidance of this county. Lord, I thank
you for these citizens who have come to

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exercise their liberty and rights. Lord,
we rejoice in have a country that is

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free as we are. Lord, we know it takes
great pains and great work to maintain

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such a thing. Lord, I pray that you'd
watch over us, Lord, in meetings like

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this all across our state, but
especially here and with county. Lord,

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that we would make decisions that are
wise and Lord, that would be

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circumspect. Lord, that we would not
walk in our understanding, but realize

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that we need you. We need your guidance.
We need your brilliance. Lord, you have

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seen every moment of every day while we
are walking in a new day, every moment.

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We trust in you, oh Lord. I pray that
you'd give wisdom and understanding and

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a peaceable meeting. I pray that your
blessings would rest upon each of these

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attend. And Lord, I pray that you'd
bless this county. And Lord, that you

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would allow your grace to be abounding,
your name to be magnified. And Lord,

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truly the freedom that we've enjoyed
these 250 years to continue on strong in

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this county and in our midst. And Lord,
that we will look at our decisions in a

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course and manner to which we will guide
this place to we can pass it on to the

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next generation that they too can enjoy
the splendor in which we have. We trust

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in you, oh Lord. We ask your grace to
rest upon us in Jesus name. Amen.

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» Amen.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» All right. The uh first order of
business is the citizens time. First up,

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we have uh Mr. Joe Deour.

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Good evening. My name is Joe Deort. I
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Virginia.
I stand here tonight to discuss several

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issues with regard to the recreation
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And we're going to start off with the
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I want lights on and speed. Period.

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There's no excuse for us not having
those lights on and speed.

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I'm going down to uh see the uh the uh
superintendent of schools. I stopped by

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his office today to have an audience
with him and we're going to get get this

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thing going. We're going to have those
lights on in the speed. You don't want

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to hear my chirping about that anymore.
So, we're going to work on that. Number

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two,
we have a

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opportunity to do some work at Ager
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the uh staff has worked up some fund fun
ideas for funding for that that park. I

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want that passed
in entirety. I want up up to snuff as

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far as as the bill that
was presented a couple meetings ago

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because we need to have that done.
The reason why I say that is because

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since I was on the recreation commission
back in the 90s, there has nothing been

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done out there at a park. It's time to
refurbish and fix those courts and

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everything. The next issue with regard
to that, we had a problem with a sign

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out there.
It had to do with the uh playground that

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people in Wville and W County put
together back in the 90s.

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The sign was in deterioration. We had a
problem about getting it removed from

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the property and I took care of that
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I will not have things like that happen
in our county. I'll do it myself. I have

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to. Okay. I also am involved with a
scout troop here in Westfield that is

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interested in putting in nature trails
out there. We want that done. We want

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people to be able to come in and public
private partnership to make things like

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that happen for our community. Our young
people need to know that they are

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responsible for the property thereof so
we'll have things for the future.

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Second, Roar Treat Lake.
That's a good one.

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Uh, with regard to the lake, I have
asked the staff to provide me with st

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with information with regard to all the
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contracts and that sort of thing for
Roar Treat Lake. I'm going to study that

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and make recommendations to you in the
future. I'm going to go over but I'm

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going there's a reason for that.

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I am uh going to tell you that Saturday
night we are going to have a tractor

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pull at the Rory Treat Lake up there
sponsored by the antique tractor

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pullers.
We're also going to have another pro pro

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program in the uh next month with regard
to oldtime stuff going on out there, old

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oldtime uh uh
farming and and expo out there. There's

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going to be more activity out there and
we're going to be working for that.

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Number two, uh next next uh Tuesday
night there will be a meeting with

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regard to that group held out at uh
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held held up here at uh um
Virginia Heights.

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There will be a meeting held the
following Thursday with regard to the

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Lions Club and they want to be a part of
this thing. So, we're trying to get

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people together in order to make things
happen for us here in W County.

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That's my scope. As soon as I get
through with this little deal right here

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tonight, I'm headed to Black Lick and
we're going to get together and have a

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opportunity to put a tractor together so
our young people will have be able to go

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up and participate in in that tractor
pulling operation. And I want to thank

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you very much. Have a great day.
Thank you, Mr. Board. Uh, next we have

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» What is it?
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» Okay, I'm sorry.
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Nicker. Um, I was going to talk tonight.
Y'all have heard what I've had to say

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before.

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Um, but I saw something on the way here
that disturbed me. Um, earlier this

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week, past weekend, I think, um, I saw
some land that was being stripped and

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trees down um,
near exit 80 and for as well. And I

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realize it's commercial and I didn't get
on the GIS map to see who owns it. Um,

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so just a couple question. I can go on
and see who owns it. But if you have any

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information like
who is it? What are they doing? Do we

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know what they have planned? Because
that whole hillside when I came today

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was stripped even more more trees down.
Like how much further are they going to

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go? Um can we just know what's going on?
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I can email Chair Smith to find out
information, but if anybody has

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information
um during supervisor time.

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» Okay. U
Thank you. Um, next person we have on

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the list is Tracy Gardaki.

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» Hello everybody. My name is Tracy
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Carter's Park. I just have two
questions. As elected officials, how is

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it that the few of you sitting here get
to decide on things behind closed doors

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um for what is good for the citizens as
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The second question I has is who has the
power or who has given the permission to

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put up all of these flock cameras all
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And that's all I have. Thank you.
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Andrew Russell.

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» Good evening. I passed around a map that
accompanies the points I'm going to make

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here. Um [clears throat] during the
summer of 1861 and the summer of 1862,

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the Union and Confederacy conducted a
pair of battles just outside Sudley

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Springs, Virginia. These two battles
together netted around 25,000

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casualties. Now, Suddley Springs may not
ring a bell, but the locations to the

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south are what it was eventually named
after. That's Manasses and Bull Run. The

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first battle of Manasses was conducted
nearer the Manasses National Battlefield

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Park label on the map. But during the
second battle a year later, the generals

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Stonewall Jackson, AP Hill, Jubel Early,
and James Long Street put up a stiff

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defense against a Union thrust at a
location called Stony Ridge, which is

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the chunk of woods just to the east,
northeast of the red spike, halfway up

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the east side of the red boundary where
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spot. I wanted to draw attention to this
proposed campus. I know it's in Prince

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William County with the maps being
circulated as a cautionary tale for the

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people of Southwest Virginia. I'm not
sure which is more insulting insulting

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that this plan to site 37 data centers
and 14 substations was drawn up with no

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awareness of the sanctity of this
location to the American Legacy or that

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they did know it and decided to follow
through with attempting to site it

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anyways in spite of the opinions of the
community. Evidently, there was at least

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one all-night listening session with
countless people opposing and yet their

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board still voted to move forward 4 to3.
We in W County stand at the threshold of

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all but handing the keys to the same
developers and I know Wick County

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citizens are not interested. This park
had been created, the battlefield park

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in 1940 when some Civil War veterans
were still alive and had been expanded

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due to the efforts of many groups to
preserve parts of the battlefield.

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We're talking about plans to improve and
widen access to the park that were

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several decades in the making, now being
held hostage by an industry that's

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either ignorant, indifferent, or
antagonistic to the will of the

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community, perhaps all three. If there's
one thing that binds all Virginiaians

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together, it's a deep understanding of
how the story of America had many of its

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key moments here and how it's our job to
protect it for the other 49 states to

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appreciate. In spite of this, as of the
summer of 2024, the American Battlefield

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Trust was aware of proposals on or
adjacent to five other battlefields of

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Northern Virginia, including the
Wilderness, Brandy Station, Deep Bottom,

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Glendale, and North Anna. I can assure
you that my time at these battlefields

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as a teenager with my boy scout troop
would have been severely disrupted by

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the humming of the data centers or the
noise of its construction. If the data

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center industry and their supporting
cast is this comfortable putting all of

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these locations at threat of
desecration, I shudder to think of the

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want and disregard they will have for
the modest but equally important

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historical sites in our corner of
Virginia of which we've been given the

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responsibility to protect the legacy.
One more sentence if I can. Earlier this

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year, that 2,000 acre Manasses data
center complex on the map was defeated

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due to a lawsuit from failing to
properly notify the public on the

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proposed site. This defeat occurred at
great private cost from the community to

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shoulder the legal fight to oppose it.
Do not let these sharks in the pool with

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us and give us the tools to keep them
out. Thank you.

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» All right. Thank you. Uh we have no more
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So we'll close citizens time. Uh the
board has uh in their packet the uh

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invoices
uh for uh this month and uh are there

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any any invoices you want to
uh speak about or do you want to pull

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from the from the uh list?
>> Make a motion we approve the invoices.

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Second.
We have a motion and seconded to approve

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the invoices as presented. Um, we need
to do a roll call on this. All right,

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we'll start with Mr. Burn.
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» All right. Motion carries. Invoices are
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All right. [clears throat] You also have
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If uh is there anything anybody wants to
pull out of those minutes or change?

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» Motion to approve the amendments.
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» We have a motion and seconded. Um
we don't need to voice on this one, do

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we?
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» All those in favor say I. I
>> opposed. All state. Mr. Chairman, I was

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absent.
>> Okay. All right. Minutes previous

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meeting are approved.
Uh, next item on our [snorts] agenda is

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old business. Mr. Bear.
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» No, sir.
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on to new business. The consent
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» Make a motion to approve, sir.
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» We have a motion and a second.

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We need to do roll call on that.
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All right. Uh consent calendar is
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Uh next item is the extract of votes.
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um Counts is not here with us, but you
have the extract from the uh the

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primaries. Would recommend you all just
make a motion to accept the information

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from the registar. So moved.
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» Okay, we have a a motion and a second.
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we'll start out with Mr. Bernett.
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» Motion carries.
All right. Uh next item is our

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commissioner of revenue update. Mr.
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» Mr. Link is not here. He emailed
everyone his comments uh with updates on

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uh where reassessment was and on the
tax. my understanding real estate was

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finished at his office and has gone over
to the treasur's office as of today I

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believe and they'll still bouncing back
and forth uh and they are trying to

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finish up personal property.
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anybody have any questions, comments?

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Okay, uh next item is treasur update.
Mr. Lori Gwyn.

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» Good evening. I'll um pick up at the tax
billing that Mr. Bayer had mentioned for

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Mr. Lincoln's report. Um real estate did
come over to us. Um actually

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today we are now in the process of
updating escrow codes which does take us

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a few days. We did um find an issue this
afternoon late that I called um the IT

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director about. Um, so he now has to
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how to fix that issue so that we can
move forward. But it does take us a few

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days to get those escrow codes in. So
once we do that, then um we'll shift the

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the tax billing back over to the
commissioner's office for them to um

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finish out some of their processes.
It'll come back to us and then we'll

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continue on with ours. So, um, at this
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up going forward, I firmly believe tax
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may not be October 1, but it will be
early October. Um, like I said, barring

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no major hiccups or anything like that.
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move along fine. Um, personal property,
I honestly am not sure where personal

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properties at. I know commissioner's
office has still been working on that,

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so I can't really speak for an update on
that side of it. Um so staying with

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with the uh June 30th fiscal year end
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delinquent list that were sent to you
here in just a moment. But as of June

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30th with the 2025 tax billing which we
um stayed at the December 5th due date

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which is our our regular supposed to be
normal due date that we were back at for

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2025. We're um between real estate and
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averaging uh are averaged at about 94%
collections um as to what we build. So

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the numbers that you see in the
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keep in mind the amount that's budgeted
is different than what is actually build

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because we budget lower than what we
build. So collections are are standing

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pretty good at this point. Um moving on
the delinquent list that you have that

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um Mr. Mr. Bear, Miss Collins, somebody
had distributed. I think that had to go

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out through email because of the size um
in the packet, but you have both the

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real estate and personal property
personal property delinquent list as of

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June 30th. Um in the past, the board has
opted to publish those. Um state code

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says that you can publish it in a
newspaper general circulation in your

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area or it can be made available on a
website that is operated by the county.

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So, um, you as the board would need to
decide if you want to publish the, um,

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the real estate list, especially is
normally what is published in the paper,

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so to speak. If you want to publish that
locally, if you do, I would recommend

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Southwest Virginia Sun just because the
cost is much cheaper than what it is

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through the Wville Enterprise. Um, but
in addition to that, I would ask that

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you consider publishing the delinquent
personal property list on the county

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website. Um,
also in the past with these lists, those

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are the June 30th lists. We're now at
August the 24th, so a lot of folks have

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paid bills. Um, there have been times
you have opted to obtain an updated list

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from my office that you then publish.
So, I'm not sure if that would be in

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your desire tonight if you decide to
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that would be direction that I would
need so that we can pull that and

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prepare those list to get those sent to
Miss Collins for those to be handled

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however you see fit.

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» Our website is obviously the cheapest um
to post them on there. Uh we have posted

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like she said in enterprise. We've not I
don't think we've done the sun before,

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but that is an option to do the sun. So,
um, and typically I like going ahead and

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doing the updated numbers in the
process, let her add anything that's

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been paid or whatever and pull a clean
list. So, if y'all would like for it to

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be on our website, that's we can follow
that. If y'all want to post it online

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with one of the newspapers, we can do
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» Do we need to
I I would request a motion just to go to

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go ahead and post on the website.
>> Make a motion, Mr. Ch, we post that on

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the website
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» with updatedness.
>> As of what date?

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» As of today?
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» end of business today. Okay.
>> All right. We have a motion.

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» Second.
>> All right. Um

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I guess we need to do a a voice vote on
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» Mr.
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» I
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» motion carries.
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Anything else?
>> And Miss Collins, I'll send those to

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you. Um probably be tomorrow afternoon
before we can get those out. It may be

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Thursday morning, but we'll get the
numbers as of the end of today and get

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those to you.

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Okay. So, that's the end of the tax
information. So, moving on to audit and

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reconciliations. So, I was here um at
the end of May um I don't know the exact

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date, but your second May meeting and we
were discussing the uh bank

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reconciliations and Mr. Garcia was here
as well. So at that point in time, the

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um July and August uh reconciliations
had been completed and or it may have

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been in the vicinity of completing
August. I don't exactly remember where

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we were at. So my staff had started
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um
qu run into things that we've had

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questions on. We're not sure that to be
very honest, the the spreadsheet is very

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complex. it um requires a lot that you
know we're we're doing a lot of jumping

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around and trying to figure out. So we
um are still behind on reconciliation.

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So that therefore has delayed um the
audit [clears throat]

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um which we're required to complete by
December 31st at this point in time. It

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doesn't look like we're going to meet
the December 31st deadline. Um we uh

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spoke with Mr. surveyor last week met
with him and u Miss Woods is now going

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to be um helping us with the
reconciliations. We've sent the

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information to her. I think she's trying
to get her head wrapped around it as

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well as we have been trying to do. Um so
uh she's working with my staff. U

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actually as of yesterday we're trying to
get worked through those. So as she has

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questions she's asking questions. We've
also had questions we've sent back to

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Mr. Garcia. that we are trying to get
through those. Um it's not a fast

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process, but um we're trying to get
through it. So, I'm hoping that Miss

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Woods will see something that we're not
seeing or haven't seen and will be able

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to help us get over the hump so that we
can move forward and be able to get

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those [clears throat] moving because
we're after September, we start getting

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into the the heavier transactions or
more transactions throughout the months.

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So, um, that is still a work in progress
at this point in time.

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» So, Miss Gwen, does that include the,
uh, bank files that that would be

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necessary to do the reconciliation in
Munis the way that we learned in

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Washington County?
>> Okay. I'm sorry. No, repeat your

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question. Does the information you've
given to Miss Woods, I haven't talked to

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her. Does that include the uh bank files
that are necessary uh to do the

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reconciliations the way we learned in
Washington files downloaded that yes, we

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can provide to her for her to be able to
use? Yes.

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» Great.
>> It's going to be a delay on our audit.

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Uh the um pre- auditor uh HBC, Mr.
Garcia, they have reached out to

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Robinson Farmer Cox. Uh but Robin Farmer
Cox has emailed us back and said uh they

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will work on the schedule off of RFC or
off of HBC. Um I don't see any way that

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it's going to be done by the December
31st deadline. So we will just have to

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work through that. But um you know um we
will our office will provide the the

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assistance. If you recall it was Mr.
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Uh so we are finally at that point. Um,
and you know, in two weeks we'll give

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you an update of of what progress we've
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» And when you're talking about July and
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» now it's July and August of 2025.
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» we've completed the reconciliations off
of our old what is now our old

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worksheet. We've completed those for
every month going forward. We're going

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to say up to date on those. However, we
have not been able to fully reconcile

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everything out to where everything is
balancing. So, with that, um, and

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because that had kind of been an issue
because we're we're always off. One

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month we could be 30,000 off, the next
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It fluctuates. So, what Mr. Garcia did
is he developed a new spreadsheet for us

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to use. And so that one um it it
requires a lot more more time and detail

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into it. So that is what we're currently
in the process of trying to um learn and

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get figured out and and Miss Woods has
now been pulled into the process. So,

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she's been reviewing the spreadsheets
yesterday afternoon or she sent those

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yesterday and today as her time allows
as well to see if she can help us figure

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out things because there's um there's
numbers you can change and the formulas

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will be thrown off completely all
through the spreadsheet. So, we're we're

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work in progress. I I don't know how
else to sum that up because we're we're

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trying to get all that figured out.

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What happens if we miss the 31st
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» Oh, well, I mean it
the auditors will noted as such. Uh

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there's already a concern of possibly
having a qualified opinion in the

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process. Uh and then obviously it it can
impact you when you're looking at

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borrowing your funds and stuff like that
as to concerns of you know why are your

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audits not ready rule development and
all them want to see our audits done in

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the timely process. So I mean it's
>> and you're saying we won't have this

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done till December.
>> We we are are currently you know when

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you you schedule with the pre- auditor
to come in and they basically spend a

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week here working with us. They get
everything ready and then the auditors

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are scheduled to come in and I don't
remember they were coming in October.

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The pre- auditors were coming in
September 6. Um and the auditors were

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coming in mid October
>> like mid October.

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» Yeah. So now the pre- auditors can't
come in. So we got to get rescheduled on

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them. Well they they you know I won't
make up names but they're working with

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us June you September 6. They're going
to be working with another county the

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week after another county week after.
They got to work us into their schedule,

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but we can't have them come here until
we get 10 months

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caught up from the treasur's office of
the reconciliations. So, as we get those

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done, they'll be scheduling us to come
in and then we'll see when the auditors

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can come in. May still happen by
December 31st, but with everybody's

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schedule, if everybody's timing, I don't
know. I just want to give you a give you

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a heads up. The the school board has
submitted all of their information to

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the pre- auditors from what we
understands

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» and the DSS has submitted everything to
the pre- auditors. Our staff has

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everything to the pre- auditors. It's
just waiting

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» for the treasur's office to do their job
uh to get the information to you.

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» You know, I don't want to be mean, but
I've balanced my checkbook my entire

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life. I can't wrap my head around how
that's that difficult. You kind of just

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make me understand.
>> Come by and visit us tomorrow. I'll be

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glad to show you. We have multiple bank
accounts with the number of transactions

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that we have going in and out. We're
we're just not able to get it

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reconciled. And I don't we're we don't
know what it is. And that's what we're

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trying to figure out. That was part of
Mr. Garcia developing the new

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spreadsheet because he changed our
entire process of what we're doing. Um

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and bringing everything in. We're
actually downloading everything in from

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the bank, trying to match up
transactions, work through things.

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There's transactions that will hit the
um the uh general ledger that do not hit

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the bank within the same month or a
partial part of that transaction hits

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the bank. Not all of it hits the bank.
So figuring out what parts and pieces

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are actually clearing and what are not.
um or if there's things that haven't

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been entered that need to be entered,
that's where we're at on everything. So,

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we're printing those general ledger
reports out every month. We're comparing

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to the bank statements. We're trying to
go through and work all those

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transactions. But with everything
feeding in, it's it's not as simple as

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your personal checkbook.
It really isn't. But I would be glad to

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show you what we go through if you would
like to come by and visit. I'm I'm more

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than glad to show you um just so that
you can have an idea of what we do face.

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» But it did balance a year ago.
>> We have been out of balance um which has

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been going we've been out of balance
even prior to the the beginning of this

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or this past fiscal year. So that led us
also to this because we felt like there

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may be an issue with our spreadsheet
because that spreadsheet had been in use

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for a long time. So, we weren't sure if
some of our formulas had gotten messed

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up and we weren't getting everything
tied in. But now with this new version,

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the months that we've been working on
until we get them resolved, we're out of

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balance more than what we were on the
version that we were originally using.

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So, it's
it's a work in progress. I I just don't

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know what else to say about it because
we're trying to get it figured out.

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» How many years have you been out of
balance? How many

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» how many years have we been out of
balance?

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» How many years? Um that I do not know
the answer to. I'm sorry. But I I would

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say we've been out at least a year and a
half. Not significant amounts.

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» It was not I mean it was nothing that
was considered a material amount that

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caused any problem on the audit last
year. [clears throat]

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» Well, a clean audit. Yes. But I mean, if
I'm if I've been out for a year and a

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half, then that's 18 months that I've
got to try to consolidate and reconcile,

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» right? I mean, that's what I'm asking.
How many months do you have to reconcile

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to try to get this thing to balance?
>> We're not going back that far. We've

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gone back and picked up the balance as
of June 30th audit last year and picked

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that up starting with the July 1st
balance for last year and then we're

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coming forward with that. There has been
um entries that we've had to make, but I

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think in the end all of those are going
to flush out, but that

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we haven't had to go back through all of
those months, just back to July.

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» They basically have got to do September
through June. They've got 10 months to

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do of reconciliation. They've got the
August, Mr. Juan Garcia, when he was

413
00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:27,519
here, they've got the August um the July
and August uh reconciled uh at zero

414
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:32,080
difference, I believe, in the process.
So though you did zero you you started

415
00:32:30,159 --> 00:32:36,720
at zero back
>> right they started clean on July 1st and

416
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:41,360
then when he came in and worked with
them he did July with them he did August

417
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:44,880
with them those reconciled those
balanced it's just all the months since

418
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:48,880
then
>> and we're going back and forth with

419
00:32:46,399 --> 00:32:52,480
questions for him of you know where does
this come from where does that come from

420
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:57,519
just trying to figure out how he has
that that spreadsheet configured

421
00:32:55,840 --> 00:33:03,200
So,
>> okay. Thank you.

422
00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:06,720
» And other than that, um the only other
thing that I have is I did want to thank

423
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:11,919
you all for hosting the county picnic
for the employees. Again, uh my staff um

424
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:16,399
enjoyed being able to attend. I got
there late um due to the unfortunate

425
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:20,480
passing of our former treasur, Mr.
Crockett. I had attended his funeral and

426
00:33:18,159 --> 00:33:24,799
some fellow friends come into town, so I
had met with them, but do appreciate

427
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:28,640
that. and on behalf of my employees as
well. I do appreciate the raises that

428
00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:31,760
were also given to the employees um
based on their salary. They do

429
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:36,480
appreciate that and I do on their
behalf. So, thank you for that. So, and

430
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:41,360
I don't have anything else unless
there's other questions.

431
00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:45,279
» No questions.
>> I do just out of curiosity, do you have

432
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,480
a full staff?
>> No.

433
00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:49,679
» Okay.
>> I don't.

434
00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:55,519
» How many are you short? I have one
vacancy at this point that needs to be

435
00:33:52,159 --> 00:34:00,159
filled. Yes,
>> Miss Gwen, I will mention that it

436
00:33:57,519 --> 00:34:06,480
concerns me a little bit that we are up
here approving money to be spent on

437
00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:12,560
accounts that we don't know are 100%
accurate and and we're responsible to

438
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:17,679
our citizens for for that that you're
elected as well as we are.

439
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:21,919
And uh I've sat here since January and
listened to our citizens tell us how

440
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:28,000
they don't trust us anymore and that
that we do things behind closed doors

441
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:31,839
and u this certainly does not help. But
thank you.

442
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:36,879
» Thank you.
>> Anything else?

443
00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:43,599
» Questions? Thank you.
>> Thank you.

444
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:49,679
» Okay. Next item on our our agenda is
staff reports.

445
00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:53,280
Deputy County Administrator.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I I don't have

446
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:56,960
a lot for you tonight. Um would point
out our regional improvement commission

447
00:34:54,960 --> 00:35:00,560
checks were issued last week. I'm the
chair of the commission this year, so I

448
00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:06,560
got to sign almost $17 million worth of
checks last week. Our share was 1.185

449
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:11,040
million. So that has been deposited. uh
grateful to the uh the legislature for

450
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:18,320
setting that up. It does all go toward
public safety for us. Um and uh did want

451
00:35:15,839 --> 00:35:22,480
to point out um
our public safety agency, our emergency

452
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:28,079
services department is is a new agency
still. Um but last Friday we got a

453
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:32,800
really nice um reminder of why we're
doing this. Uh we we had a seven vehicle

454
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:38,000
motor vehicle collision on the
interstate. Um we had four patients who

455
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:42,960
were injured, two of them critically
with enttrapment. Uh we threw every

456
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:46,880
resource that we had uh available to it.
Still had enough to cover the town of

457
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:50,720
Wol and the town of Row Retreat along
with the western end of the county and

458
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:55,359
uh got all the patients to trauma
centers or to the appropriate hospitals

459
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:59,359
um and got that accident cleared very
quickly. I do want to recognize our

460
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:02,800
staff for a very good job in in getting
that done. Uh, standing out there on the

461
00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:07,119
rain in the interstate with all that
traffic going by next to you is a scary

462
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:12,400
sort of thing. Driving 80 miles an hour
to the the closest trauma center is a a

463
00:36:09,839 --> 00:36:16,400
scary thing in the rain, but uh it it
delivered the level of care that that

464
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:21,520
we've come to appreciate and expect from
our staff. So, we did want to recognize

465
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:26,560
them for that. Um,
we do have our uh arena equipment. the

466
00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:31,359
um the cooling that the dehumidification
equipment has been operating uh much

467
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:36,160
better since the uh uh manufacturer sent
someone in to to reune it, refire it up.

468
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:40,480
Uh so we're happy with the progress that
we're making there. I did hear from uh

469
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:45,119
Everything Ice today, the the folks that
put down the closed loop uh system in

470
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:50,400
that floor. Uh they're going to be here
just to do some tuneups and uh some

471
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:54,480
potentially some repairs um sometime in
the next two weeks uh before the hockey

472
00:36:52,480 --> 00:37:00,079
team is ready to put down ice uh for the
season so we can be ready for uh for the

473
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:04,000
season. Um did want to point out too new
emergency services equipment that we uh

474
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:09,520
have in place or or are expecting to be
delivered. Um we did pick up the new

475
00:37:06,079 --> 00:37:15,040
rescue boat in Pennsylvania uh few weeks
ago. Um it has been um uh put into

476
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:19,040
service already. It's still got to get
some marking, but it it's ready to be be

477
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:26,079
in service. The new Baron Springs Fire
engine um we're scheduled to go to um do

478
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:30,079
inspections on that um in early October
uh to get that delivered either in late

479
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:34,000
October or sometime in November, uh
depending on what what we find during

480
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:38,000
the inspection. Um, we have a new
ambulance uh that we ordered last year

481
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:42,560
that's on the way and should be
delivered in September or possibly early

482
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:46,880
October. And the director's truck has
also been delivered as well. So, um,

483
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:51,040
appreciate the, uh, the new emergency
services equipment. If any of you want

484
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:55,760
to to see it or inspect it, um, we'll be
glad to to give you that opportunity.

485
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:59,280
Um,
you ask the staffing question of, Miss

486
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:03,440
Gwyn. Uh, I'm pleased to report that the
recreation department is up to full

487
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:08,079
staff now. Uh we we had our our
recreation supervisor start on Monday of

488
00:38:05,359 --> 00:38:12,800
this week. Uh we are in football season.
Uh so it is one of their our very busy

489
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:17,359
times of the year. Uh but we're glad to
see all of our staff be on board and uh

490
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:21,359
making progress.
Uh I'll be glad to answer any questions

491
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:25,800
you might have about other things on the
report or u in general.

492
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:37,200
Okay. No questions.
Thank you. All right. Uh, county

493
00:38:35,359 --> 00:38:42,160
administrator,
>> good evening. Um, couple of, uh, things

494
00:38:39,839 --> 00:38:46,320
here. Number one, my my report is not in
the package. It, uh, it has been

495
00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:49,200
extremely busy over the last few weeks
as you all know. So, I do have some

496
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:54,480
information. I do have a handout that
that provided there for you. Uh, but Mr.

497
00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:57,280
Chairman, I would like to um just
comment on a couple questions from

498
00:38:55,760 --> 00:39:01,280
citizens time if I could while we're
talking about it. Uh, Mr. Board's

499
00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:04,320
comment. Uh I have been in touch with
the school system talking about the

500
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:08,960
speedable lights. They were doing some
checking on that. I'm glad you're going

501
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:15,440
to meet with Dr. Street on that. So um
uh we we have we have asked them to look

502
00:39:11,359 --> 00:39:18,800
into that in the process. Um and on exit
80, uh there is grading going across

503
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:22,720
there. I did confirm with the county
engineer earlier this week that is all

504
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:27,040
agricultural grading. So they're on
agricultural clearing. So it does not

505
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:32,240
follow any of our regulations, land use
control or anything else. So, uh that is

506
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:38,079
what's what is going on there. Um so,
anyway, u just to go through that

507
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:42,720
information, a couple things. Um Mr.
Smith and

508
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:47,920
uh Chair Smith and Chair Vice Chair
Morgan and I attended uh Veo Summit in

509
00:39:45,839 --> 00:39:52,000
in Richmond last week. the governor
spoke and one of the things that that

510
00:39:49,359 --> 00:39:56,560
she spoke about there was apologizing to
the local governments for hers in the

511
00:39:54,800 --> 00:40:00,560
general assembly's last minute budget
that got passed and came to us and

512
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:06,000
talked about realizing the problems it
created for the local governments um

513
00:40:03,839 --> 00:40:09,040
which you know everybody was in
agreement that it it does create

514
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:12,400
problems and they they promise to do
better. We'll see what happens next

515
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:18,800
year. But one of the things out of that
is uh we do need to make a budget

516
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:23,599
amendment. Um the school board
uh has a um received basically a

517
00:40:21,599 --> 00:40:29,760
million41,136.
There's an attachment that shows it on

518
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:34,000
there with it uh of additional funds
that goes into their budget. These are

519
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:38,000
all state funds, not coming from us. We
will add this um later we'll be talking

520
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:42,720
about another budget amendment, but we
will add this to the notice for the

521
00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:45,680
September 8th, 2026 meeting for action
then. But just wanted to let you all

522
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:52,880
know about it.
um JPSSA update. Um we have a vacancy in

523
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:57,680
our operations manager. Uh an individual
has accepted that position and on

524
00:40:54,640 --> 00:41:00,960
September 2nd we should have a new JPSa
director. Uh our staff is committed to

525
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:05,920
working with them through the
transition. Uh the JA, as you know, the

526
00:41:04,319 --> 00:41:10,480
executive director left earlier this
year to go to the tobacco commission.

527
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:14,560
Uh Mr. Matthews has accepted a position
with the Virginia Tourism Corporation.

528
00:41:12,319 --> 00:41:20,480
This is his last week of employment.
They do meet Thursday uh and um we will

529
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:24,079
uh I'll provide information following up
with them on where they are with their

530
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:27,839
executive director search. I was advised
today they have sort of reworked some of

531
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:32,960
the job description and they are to send
that uh to me and I will share that with

532
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:37,280
you when I receive that. Uh once again
um staff is trying to make certain um

533
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:41,520
you know everything continues to move
forward there and I am trying to assist

534
00:41:39,119 --> 00:41:47,200
them with uh answering questions and
inquiries on on industries and items

535
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:53,200
like that. right now. Um, legislative
planning, uh, Vice Chair Morgan met with

536
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:57,839
me last night, um, and, uh, county
administrators and chairmans from our

537
00:41:55,119 --> 00:42:03,760
surrounding localities, uh, just to talk
about the upcoming, uh, legislative SL

538
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:08,319
session and any special items. Um was
any items in particular you know of? Uh

539
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:12,160
photo enforcement fund sheriff was one
of the things we talked about about the

540
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:17,200
restrictions on the revenues and uh what
can be done there. Fire EMS items. Uh

541
00:42:15,359 --> 00:42:21,440
just just several of those things out
there. Uh they did talk about if there

542
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:25,200
were modest budget amendments in the 50
to 100,000 for things that were

543
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:28,560
desperately needed or whatever, they
recommend we get those in. So be

544
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:35,280
thinking about that if there's things
that we we need toh to have or address

545
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:39,440
there. Um, and then lastly, uh, Matt's
Mr. Henkins has been talking about this,

546
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:43,520
but, uh, really want to kickstart our
capital improvement planning. Uh, you

547
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:47,680
know, we usually do that in the fall of
the year and get that voted on. Like to

548
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:51,520
get that vote on by before the end of
December this year just to update our

549
00:42:49,599 --> 00:42:58,160
capital improvement plan, show all of
our items into it. uh you know um the

550
00:42:56,079 --> 00:43:01,760
big the big hairy goals that are out
there, the small things are out there,

551
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:06,800
make sure they're all in there in the
process from schools to recreation to

552
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:11,839
fire to rescue to everything else in the
process. Uh we added a lot of items into

553
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:17,440
it last year to start preparing that. I
just need to continue to update that and

554
00:43:14,319 --> 00:43:20,720
be prepared. And other than that, that's
all the information that I have for you

555
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:25,680
today, sir.
>> Okay. Thank you. All right. And the next

556
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:29,359
item, oh, excuse me, county attorney.
I'm sorry.

557
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:33,839
» Thank you.
>> Okay.

558
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:39,680
Okay. Uh, next item of business is board
reports. First is economic development.

559
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:43,359
Uh, at its meeting on August 18th, the
economic development committee made the

560
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:48,000
following recommendations.
Solus ARX archipelago performance

561
00:43:46,319 --> 00:43:53,280
agreement.
Approve the Solus ARX archipelago

562
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:57,520
performance agreement amendment which
updates the name to Fluid Stack and

563
00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:03,440
revises the performance date for
certificate of occupancy.

564
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:09,280
Capital investments and dates for 250
million and 500 million do not change.

565
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:12,480
I guess we need a
>> You have a motion from committee. So you

566
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:16,560
don't have a second. So you just need
discussion.

567
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:19,520
» Don't need second. Okay. Um, we'll start
with Mr. Terry.

568
00:44:18,319 --> 00:44:22,640
» I
>> I

569
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:26,720
» I
motion passes.

570
00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:31,520
Okay.
Uh, next is the budget committee.

571
00:44:29,359 --> 00:44:34,800
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Mayor, do I
need to do these amendments?

572
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:38,400
» I I would just recommend them in in
lumpsum unless anybody wants to pull any

573
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:44,240
of them out in individually. I would
just indicate it as on the report.

574
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:48,560
» All right. So, budget committee met on
August the 18, 2026 makes the following

575
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:52,319
recommendation. Budget amendments uh
amend and appropriate the following

576
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:58,240
request which Mr. Mayor said we don't
need to do unless you guys have any

577
00:44:53,680 --> 00:45:02,079
questions about any of those. Um
and there's a motion. We don't need a

578
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,720
» don't need a don't need a second coming
out of committee.

579
00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:06,400
» So, we'll start with Mr. Bernett.
>> I

580
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,480
» I
>> I

581
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:11,520
» I
>> I

582
00:45:09,599 --> 00:45:16,880
» motion carries.
>> All right. Second item, E Summons

583
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:19,920
maintenance contracts transfer $34,198
from the E Summons account to the

584
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:24,520
general fund and amend and appropriate
the same amount to account number

585
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,520
3102-44340.

586
00:45:25,599 --> 00:45:32,880
» Okay. Uh we don't need a second coming
out of committee. U we'll start with Mr.

587
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,240
Bernard. I
>> I

588
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,800
» I
>> I

589
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:41,520
» I
The third thing, the Ager Park project

590
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:47,599
amend and appropriate $150,000 to
9,47255

591
00:45:44,319 --> 00:45:52,720
and award the bid to G&H using $150,000
from photo speed enforcement proceeds

592
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:58,079
» coming out of committee. Doesn't need a
second. U we'll start with Mr. Chair.

593
00:45:56,720 --> 00:46:02,079
» Mr. Chairman, if I might before I would
just like to express appreciation to the

594
00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:06,720
sheriff before you all vote on this. Uh
he did um uh offer the funds from the

595
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:10,720
photo enforcement uh fines, the
unrestricted funds uh to help cover this

596
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:13,359
difference in our cost so we can move
forward with this project and get it

597
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,599
done.
>> Okay.

598
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:21,040
» Appreciate that, Sheriff.
>> Yes, sir. Sheriff.

599
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:22,079
» Okay, Mr. Terry. I
>> I

600
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,560
» I
>> I

601
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:29,200
» I
>> Fourth Island fiscal year 27 budget

602
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:33,760
amendment for lot 10 project set a
public hearing for September the 8th of

603
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:39,280
2026 to consider amending the fiscal
year 27 budget by $6 million for the lot

604
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:44,560
10 development project
>> coming out of committee doesn't need a

605
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:47,359
second u
we'll start with Mr.

606
00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:51,760
» If I'm right Mr. Chairman, I just like
to to to advise every once they

607
00:46:49,599 --> 00:46:57,520
understand what this is in the process.
We currently have $2 million in our

608
00:46:54,160 --> 00:47:03,440
budget for the county share of uh the
project. Uh the remaining the the

609
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:09,599
remaining money is coming from a a grant
that the JA has received for the um lot

610
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:15,119
10 grading project, which as you're
aware is the the project to uh grade the

611
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:22,000
lot next to the new industrial access
road. and um Elie Trinkle to create a 50

612
00:47:19,119 --> 00:47:28,000
acre graded pad just for purely for
marketing purposes just to to have a

613
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:32,000
graded lot out there. Um
they're ready to bid the project out.

614
00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:37,200
They would need to pay the contractor
once they're selected. The JA does not

615
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:41,760
have $6 million in their budget to float
and do that in the process. in lie of

616
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:48,160
them borrowing money and having to pay
interest on it in the process, we would

617
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:51,200
use our reserve funds that we have be
able to assist them in paying those

618
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:54,000
amounts and then get the reimbursements
back from the state which would come

619
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:57,920
back to the JA and then would come back
to us. So it is not local funds this

620
00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:02,160
comes I mean it's local funds to
initially pay it but basically within 30

621
00:47:59,839 --> 00:48:07,280
to 60 days of each pay pay application
we should be receiving funds back from

622
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:12,160
the state. So we cannot um make this
change today because it is such a large

623
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:17,040
amount. It requires a public hearing. So
your action tonight is just to set the

624
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:21,920
public hearing for the next meeting for
the uh board of supervisors to consider.

625
00:48:20,319 --> 00:48:26,240
I'll be glad to answer any questions if
I confuse that for anyone.

626
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:29,200
» What would be the date for the
>> September 8th is the next meeting I

627
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:32,880
believe. Miss Collins. Yep. September
8th.

628
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:35,760
» Okay. We need we need to make a motion.
>> Yeah. The the motion is there from the

629
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:39,920
committee. You just need to vote on it
now, sir.

630
00:48:36,319 --> 00:48:41,040
» Okay. Okay. Um, Mr. Bernett,
>> I

631
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,640
» I
>> I

632
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:45,280
» I
>> I

633
00:48:43,839 --> 00:48:48,079
» motion carries.
>> All right. The last item for budget

634
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:53,559
committee is the Southwest Virginia
strategic recovery planning program

635
00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:53,559
CDBG-drant

636
00:48:53,920 --> 00:49:00,160
award and authorize the county
administrator to sign the necessary

637
00:48:57,119 --> 00:49:04,240
necessary documentation.
>> All right. coming out of committee

638
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:08,000
doesn't require a second.
Uh we'll start with uh Mr. Terry.

639
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,000
» I
>> I

640
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:18,079
» I
>> I motion carries.

641
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:22,240
» That's all from budget committee, Mr.
Chair.

642
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:26,960
» Okay. Thank you. All right.
>> Uh we'll start uh we'll have the uh next

643
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:31,040
item on the agenda is board of
supervisors time. We'll start with Mr.

644
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:37,680
burn it.
>> Very good. I have actually a handful of

645
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:43,680
items. Try to do them quickly. Uh two
weeks ago

646
00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:49,920
I went to Henrio County to visit around
14 data centers. Uh we first uh met with

647
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:54,400
county staff in their economic
development. They had a list of

648
00:49:52,160 --> 00:50:00,800
questions that that was generated from
our citizens uh about the concerns of

649
00:49:57,359 --> 00:50:06,880
they first had a data center in the late
90s and u they are currently building up

650
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:13,839
to about 30 of them total when they get
done. And um so we we asked them

651
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:18,319
questions concerning water usage. We
asked them about electrical usage. We

652
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:24,319
asked them about noise. We asked them
about heat loading, island loading. We

653
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:29,440
asked them u about sewage disposal and
and any issues that they've had in the

654
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:35,280
almost 30 years that they've had data
centers. Uh we then loaded up and and

655
00:50:32,319 --> 00:50:39,359
went to visit 14 data centers. We could
not gain access, but we could drive

656
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:45,359
around the the perimeter all the way
around. We stopped and we listened. Uh

657
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:50,559
the building was very nice. Uh we we
checked the thermometer at when we got

658
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:55,440
into the van 15 miles away. We checked
the thermometer to there. There was no

659
00:50:52,720 --> 00:51:00,000
heat increase whatsoever. Uh I know
that's not very scientific, but that's

660
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:03,839
what we had. We listened for noise. The
road traffic noise was way louder. We

661
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:07,839
could not hear anything coming from the
centers themselves. And we checked

662
00:51:05,359 --> 00:51:13,680
several centers. They do use a
tremendous amount of electricity. They

663
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:19,440
told us that their water uses was 2% of
what Henrio County uses. And uh Mr.

664
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:24,240
Smith crunched some numbers and told me
that was about 35,000 gallons. I'm

665
00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:31,359
thinking he said day, but I don't want
to put what Mr. Smith said. So I'll wait

666
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:37,920
until he gets back on that. Um, so all
in all, uh, I think a lot of times what

667
00:51:35,119 --> 00:51:42,880
I'm finding out about data centers is
you have data centers that's built to a

668
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:48,079
certain standard and then you got others
that are just a free-for-all. and and I

669
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:54,640
think Enrico County said that for them
the importance was having covenants and

670
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:58,720
zoning to control how they was uh built
and they was needing to build be built

671
00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:04,079
to a certain
efficiency standard. Um and so that was

672
00:52:01,599 --> 00:52:11,920
my experience with the data centers was
very eye opening to me and and somewhat

673
00:52:07,599 --> 00:52:18,319
relieving of of what we've been told u
and that we have sent have passed on to

674
00:52:14,319 --> 00:52:23,839
our citizens that has been u
fairly accurate from what we've you know

675
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:28,800
we've been told. Uh then moving on in
front of all of our board members, uh

676
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:35,119
you'll see the paper with little writing
with the the highlighted. This is a copy

677
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:41,040
of our senior citizens tax relief. Uh
four years ago, we upped a little bit to

678
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:48,160
allow more senior citizens to be uh get
some tax relief. This is just a $250 per

679
00:52:44,559 --> 00:52:52,960
person uh benefit that is eligible. I
reached out to the commissioner and the

680
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:59,520
commissioner said that we have $244
applicants that is $58,000

681
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:05,680
dollars total of of the and my goal
would be to increase this by 40 people

682
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:10,319
to 280 some people. I'd like to refer
this back to our budget committee for

683
00:53:08,319 --> 00:53:15,839
them to look at to see how we can crunch
the numbers and just especially this

684
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:20,880
year with the t real estate assessments
going on. I think it wouldn't hurt, you

685
00:53:18,079 --> 00:53:26,000
know, 40 people is $10,000 in case you
was wondering, you know, and and so just

686
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:31,280
a little bit more for our senior
citizens and veterans. I I certainly

687
00:53:28,079 --> 00:53:36,880
appreciate it. Um the other thing that
that I've also asked was because our

688
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:41,520
citizens are saying they don't trust us
that much and we're not getting

689
00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:48,240
information out. I checked with Mr. Bear
and to add a newsletter to our water

690
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:52,480
bill. would cost about $350 a month. And
uh I'd like to have put that on the

691
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:57,760
agenda for our next meeting to discuss
to see if that would be the board's

692
00:53:54,079 --> 00:54:01,520
pleasure to do just 350 for a handful of
months, a bullet point of what the

693
00:53:59,839 --> 00:54:06,000
county's doing so that when the water I
know it don't reach everybody, but you

694
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:13,040
know, I'd like to just put that on the
agenda for next period. And then uh our

695
00:54:10,079 --> 00:54:17,119
1% sales tax, I support it. Uh I've had
a lot of people ask me what the state

696
00:54:14,559 --> 00:54:22,720
lottery does. I did research on my own.
State lottery covers operations of the

697
00:54:19,359 --> 00:54:27,359
schools. This 1% will cover construction
costs. So that would be the different

698
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:32,960
and u
and then this evening we met with a

699
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:37,520
company called DECA which is the one
developing the thousand acre data center

700
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:42,720
and they have expressed that they wanted
to come out to the communities and start

701
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:47,680
talking to our residents and they did
not want to do any NDA agreements. They

702
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:53,040
wanted to be to totally upfront. They
expressed their desire to pay their own

703
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:58,160
way and make sure that any
infrastructure is being built is paid by

704
00:54:55,599 --> 00:55:02,400
them. And so that's the least little bit
with that we've got and that's all I

705
00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:05,440
have chair.
>> Thank you.

706
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:09,280
» Okay, Mr. Crockett.
>> It's a hard act to follow.

707
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:13,240
» Yes, it is.
>> Nothing for me. Thank you.

708
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:20,160
» The only thing I have is an answer to
Mr. Board. We have spent a lot of money

709
00:55:17,359 --> 00:55:24,240
on Adri Park already and thanks the
sheriff we're going to spend the rest of

710
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:28,640
the money I guess to finish it out. Um
but we have you know it's not like we're

711
00:55:26,079 --> 00:55:34,079
ignoring things but it takes money to do
these things and people don't want taxes

712
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:39,839
raised and I said I wouldn't raise taxes
while I was on here and so far we've

713
00:55:36,319 --> 00:55:44,079
only dropped them and so I don't want to
raise I got one more year left and I

714
00:55:41,839 --> 00:55:49,520
don't want to raise them again or raise
them at all. So, some of these things

715
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:54,079
just have to wait. And you know,
unfortunately, uh, we've had the money

716
00:55:51,760 --> 00:56:00,240
for Ager and we, as far as Ral Retreat
Lake goes, we've sunk a lot of money

717
00:55:56,880 --> 00:56:03,520
into Rural Retreat Lake. A lot of money.
And you just can't have everything

718
00:56:01,599 --> 00:56:08,240
overnight. So, you either got to take
your time and let the money build or you

719
00:56:05,599 --> 00:56:13,200
got to raise taxes. And I don't know
anybody in here want me to try to make a

720
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:19,920
motion we raise taxes to I don't think
so. So that's where we stand on that.

721
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:23,200
We're trying.
That's all I got.

722
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:28,880
» Thank you.
>> I just want to say that we had I've got

723
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:35,440
to go along with Mr. Bernett and and
others on the trip to Henriko County. Um

724
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:41,599
got to say that I'm honestly I was
pleasantly surprised. I was figur was

725
00:56:38,079 --> 00:56:46,559
expecting to see a a monstrosity of a
fortress for a data center. Uh a very

726
00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:51,839
aesthetic
facility.

727
00:56:48,079 --> 00:56:58,640
Um the noise and the heat was not there
that we were kind of expecting and that

728
00:56:54,400 --> 00:57:06,000
we've been told about. Um,
no. I'm not excited about a yard full of

729
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:10,640
data centers, but
at least we did get to see and if the

730
00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:14,960
opportunity arises, I would be willing
to go look at some others. And that's

731
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:17,359
all I have. Thank you,
>> Mr. Terry.

732
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:21,440
» I don't have anything at this time, Mr.
Chairman, but thank you.

733
00:57:18,559 --> 00:57:26,559
» Okay. Uh, I've got a couple things. I
want to reiterate what some of them said

734
00:57:23,119 --> 00:57:34,079
about our trip to the data centers. Uh I
was I was surprised myself uh how uh the

735
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:40,640
ones that were finished how neat and
orderly it was. Uh and again we couldn't

736
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:43,920
hear I couldn't we we were right outside
the gate of one of them. You couldn't

737
00:57:41,839 --> 00:57:48,400
hear a thing.
Um so

738
00:57:46,559 --> 00:57:53,520
I want to encourage everyone to come to
our community meeting on

739
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:55,359
September 3rd. Is that right?
>> Yeah.

740
00:57:54,160 --> 00:58:00,400
» Yeah.
uh at 6 o'clock. Uh George High School.

741
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:01,599
Is that right?
>> Scott,

742
00:58:01,119 --> 00:58:06,640
» huh?
>> Scott Middle School. Scott Middle

743
00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:11,920
School. Okay.
Okay. Uh

744
00:58:09,599 --> 00:58:17,680
also, I want to talk about the the
legislative session that Mr. Barry and I

745
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:21,119
attended last night.
uh

746
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:25,839
opened my eyes to a couple of things,
but the surrounding counties are having

747
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:35,680
the same problems we are
in some cases. Um probably worse than we

748
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:40,319
are. Um so
we don't don't want to feel alone. So

749
00:58:38,079 --> 00:58:44,000
we've got company.
Um

750
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:48,799
also the capital improvements. We're
beginning to look at the capital

751
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:55,119
improvements for the coming I guess the
coming years and we'd like to have a lot

752
00:58:52,319 --> 00:59:01,625
of input on that. Uh whether it be
schools, roads,

753
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:05,960
whatever, age or park, whatever.
[clears throat] Okay. Uh

754
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:17,200
I guess that's all I have.
Okay. Anybody

755
00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:19,839
else got anything to say?
>> I do have one more thing to say.

756
00:59:19,119 --> 00:59:24,960
» All right.
>> The trash pickup point out on 52 as she

757
00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:30,079
come going out of town there. The old
man that works there, um, you know, I

758
00:59:28,079 --> 00:59:33,599
just had the surgery. My wife loaded a
bunch of trash in the back of my truck

759
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:37,599
and she was going to take it and I
decided I'd take it, but I got out there

760
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:44,319
and it was a little more than 10 pounds.
I ain't supposed to lift it. He came out

761
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:48,000
and unloaded my truck. So, I mean, and
he doesn't know me from Adam. He doesn't

762
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:52,160
know I'm on the board of supervisor. So,
I would assume he would do that for

763
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:57,599
anybody. And I just want to say since
the new company has taken over, I've had

764
00:59:54,720 --> 01:00:00,960
nothing but compliments from that place.
>> Thank you. I'll pass that along.

765
00:59:59,119 --> 01:00:06,040
» You can pass that on. I'd appreciate it.
>> Certainly.

766
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:06,040
» Okay.

767
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:13,680
Anything else? All right. We'll move on.
Our next item for business is a closed

768
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:18,839
meeting
uh code of Virginia 2.2-3711.8.3

769
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:26,960
acquisition disposition of real property
for chisel district apex holding lease.

770
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:32,440
» There should be one additional one on
our 30. You have

771
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:32,440
» and code of Virginia 2.2-3711.8.8

772
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:39,920
Eight for consultation with legal
council bid review Jackson waterwork

773
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:43,680
wastewater project.
>> Make a motion for

774
01:00:42,079 --> 01:00:48,640
second.
>> Okay. I have I have a motion and a

775
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:53,520
second
need to do a roll call.

776
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:54,559
» Okay, Mr. Terry.
>> I

777
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,160
» I
>> I

778
01:00:55,680 --> 01:01:02,240
» I
>> I

779
01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:05,799
» Okay, motion carries. We are
in closed meeting.

780
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:13,839
» All right, Mr. Chairman, I'll read the
certification. Whereas the with county

781
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:17,200
board of supervisors has convened a
closed meeting on the state pursuant to

782
01:01:15,359 --> 01:01:20,559
a department of recorded vote and in
accordance with provision of the

783
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:24,480
Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Whereas section 2.2-3712, 2-3712 of the

784
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:27,359
code of Virginia requires a
certification of the W County Board of

785
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:32,559
Supervisors that such a opinion was
conducted in Virginia law. [snorts]

786
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:36,319
Now there now therefore be resolved that
the Wil County Board of Supervisors

787
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:39,520
hereby certifies it each member's
knowledge

788
01:01:38,079 --> 01:01:44,000
excuse [clears throat] me on the public
business matters

789
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:48,079
lawfully exempted from this meeting
requirements of Virginia law discussing

790
01:01:45,839 --> 01:01:52,400
this meeting to which the certification
resolution apply since public business

791
01:01:50,559 --> 01:01:55,119
matters as we identified in the motion
to be meeting this closed meeting would

792
01:01:53,599 --> 01:01:59,200
be heard discussed and or considered by
the county board supervisors and I'll

793
01:01:57,200 --> 01:02:04,960
make that motion Mr.
So move I mean second.

794
01:02:02,319 --> 01:02:08,480
» All right. Is this got to be a voice? Uh
okay. Roll call. Uh Mr. Bernett.

795
01:02:07,359 --> 01:02:10,799
» I
>> I

796
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:16,960
» I
>> motion carries. We are

797
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:19,960
in open session.
And

798
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:29,040
» Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion for
the to reject all bids for the Jackson

799
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:34,960
Elementary
lift station project

800
01:02:31,359 --> 01:02:40,720
due to informalities and over budget and
authorize staff to rebid the project.

801
01:02:37,839 --> 01:02:46,160
Second.
>> Okay. Um, we have a motion and a second.

802
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:48,640
U,
>> we'll have a roll call vote. Mr.

803
01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:50,079
I
>> I

804
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:54,000
» I
>> I

805
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:57,599
» I motion carries.
>> Okay. Is there anything else come before

806
01:02:56,799 --> 01:03:01,839
the board?
>> No, sir.

807
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:04,000
» No, sir.
>> Any other members?

808
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:06,079
» No, sir.
>> Martha.

809
01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:11,520
» No, sir. Thank you.
>> Okay. Oh,

810
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:15,839
I messed that up. Just as a reminder,
Martha's got it on here. uh joint

811
01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:21,280
governing bodies meeting is next Monday
night at the Wville meeting center at

812
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:26,559
six o'clock. Uh just make sure you get
that on agenda. Then September 3rd is

813
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:29,760
our community meeting. September 8th
will be our regular meeting here and

814
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:35,200
we'll have a reminder on it that the
Monday following that September 14th is

815
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:39,280
our meeting with the JA.
So

816
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:43,680
» keeping you in meetings we realize that.
>> Thank you sir.

817
01:03:40,559 --> 01:03:47,760
» All right. Anything else?
Okay, we will stand adjourned.