[0:00] We'll
call the uh
[0:04] meeting board supervisors to order.
>> Uh
[0:08] » yeah. U we do have a quorum. The only
>> the only only absence we have is uh our
[0:18] chair. So you'll have to listen to me
tonight.
[0:22] All right. First item, uh, we have with
us Pastor Jacob Van Vanover, Retreat
[0:29] Baptist Church. If you all stand and
we'll have him talk and then we'll have
[0:33] a pledge.
[0:36] Let us pray. Father, we thank you for
your grace, your goodness, your mercy.
[0:40] Lord, we rejoice in the love that you
have demonstrated through your son Jesus
[0:43] Christ. Lord, I thank you for this board
and the labor they put forth and the
[0:47] guidance of this county. Lord, I thank
you for these citizens who have come to
[0:50] exercise their liberty and rights. Lord,
we rejoice in have a country that is
[0:53] free as we are. Lord, we know it takes
great pains and great work to maintain
[0:57] such a thing. Lord, I pray that you'd
watch over us, Lord, in meetings like
[1:01] this all across our state, but
especially here and with county. Lord,
[1:04] that we would make decisions that are
wise and Lord, that would be
[1:06] circumspect. Lord, that we would not
walk in our understanding, but realize
[1:10] that we need you. We need your guidance.
We need your brilliance. Lord, you have
[1:14] seen every moment of every day while we
are walking in a new day, every moment.
[1:17] We trust in you, oh Lord. I pray that
you'd give wisdom and understanding and
[1:21] a peaceable meeting. I pray that your
blessings would rest upon each of these
[1:24] attend. And Lord, I pray that you'd
bless this county. And Lord, that you
[1:28] would allow your grace to be abounding,
your name to be magnified. And Lord,
[1:31] truly the freedom that we've enjoyed
these 250 years to continue on strong in
[1:36] this county and in our midst. And Lord,
that we will look at our decisions in a
[1:39] course and manner to which we will guide
this place to we can pass it on to the
[1:43] next generation that they too can enjoy
the splendor in which we have. We trust
[1:47] in you, oh Lord. We ask your grace to
rest upon us in Jesus name. Amen.
[1:52] » Amen.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[1:57] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[2:03] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[2:14] » All right. The uh first order of
business is the citizens time. First up,
[2:19] we have uh Mr. Joe Deour.
[2:32] [snorts]
[2:42] Good evening. My name is Joe Deort. I
live at 158 Widner Way, Roar Creek,
[2:48] Virginia.
I stand here tonight to discuss several
[2:52] issues with regard to the recreation
department.
[2:57] And we're going to start off with the
first big bang.
[3:01] I want lights on and speed. Period.
[3:07] There's no excuse for us not having
those lights on and speed.
[3:12] I'm going down to uh see the uh the uh
superintendent of schools. I stopped by
[3:19] his office today to have an audience
with him and we're going to get get this
[3:24] thing going. We're going to have those
lights on in the speed. You don't want
[3:28] to hear my chirping about that anymore.
So, we're going to work on that. Number
[3:33] two,
we have a
[3:37] opportunity to do some work at Ager
Park.
[3:41] the uh staff has worked up some fund fun
ideas for funding for that that park. I
[3:48] want that passed
in entirety. I want up up to snuff as
[3:53] far as as the bill that
was presented a couple meetings ago
[3:59] because we need to have that done.
The reason why I say that is because
[4:05] since I was on the recreation commission
back in the 90s, there has nothing been
[4:11] done out there at a park. It's time to
refurbish and fix those courts and
[4:18] everything. The next issue with regard
to that, we had a problem with a sign
[4:23] out there.
It had to do with the uh playground that
[4:28] people in Wville and W County put
together back in the 90s.
[4:33] The sign was in deterioration. We had a
problem about getting it removed from
[4:38] the property and I took care of that
myself.
[4:42] I will not have things like that happen
in our county. I'll do it myself. I have
[4:48] to. Okay. I also am involved with a
scout troop here in Westfield that is
[4:54] interested in putting in nature trails
out there. We want that done. We want
[5:00] people to be able to come in and public
private partnership to make things like
[5:06] that happen for our community. Our young
people need to know that they are
[5:10] responsible for the property thereof so
we'll have things for the future.
[5:16] Second, Roar Treat Lake.
That's a good one.
[5:23] Uh, with regard to the lake, I have
asked the staff to provide me with st
[5:29] with information with regard to all the
uh
[5:36] contracts and that sort of thing for
Roar Treat Lake. I'm going to study that
[5:41] and make recommendations to you in the
future. I'm going to go over but I'm
[5:46] going there's a reason for that.
[5:51] I am uh going to tell you that Saturday
night we are going to have a tractor
[5:57] pull at the Rory Treat Lake up there
sponsored by the antique tractor
[6:03] pullers.
We're also going to have another pro pro
[6:08] program in the uh next month with regard
to oldtime stuff going on out there, old
[6:16] oldtime uh uh
farming and and expo out there. There's
[6:23] going to be more activity out there and
we're going to be working for that.
[6:27] Number two, uh next next uh Tuesday
night there will be a meeting with
[6:32] regard to that group held out at uh
uh
[6:39] held held up here at uh um
Virginia Heights.
[6:46] There will be a meeting held the
following Thursday with regard to the
[6:51] Lions Club and they want to be a part of
this thing. So, we're trying to get
[6:54] people together in order to make things
happen for us here in W County.
[7:01] That's my scope. As soon as I get
through with this little deal right here
[7:05] tonight, I'm headed to Black Lick and
we're going to get together and have a
[7:10] opportunity to put a tractor together so
our young people will have be able to go
[7:15] up and participate in in that tractor
pulling operation. And I want to thank
[7:20] you very much. Have a great day.
Thank you, Mr. Board. Uh, next we have
[7:29] Donna.
[7:33] » What is it?
>> Nicar.
[7:38] » Okay, I'm sorry.
>> That's fine. That's fine. Yeah, Donna
[7:43] Nicker. Um, I was going to talk tonight.
Y'all have heard what I've had to say
[7:49] before.
[7:52] Um, but I saw something on the way here
that disturbed me. Um, earlier this
[8:00] week, past weekend, I think, um, I saw
some land that was being stripped and
[8:05] trees down um,
near exit 80 and for as well. And I
[8:12] realize it's commercial and I didn't get
on the GIS map to see who owns it. Um,
[8:19] so just a couple question. I can go on
and see who owns it. But if you have any
[8:23] information like
who is it? What are they doing? Do we
[8:27] know what they have planned? Because
that whole hillside when I came today
[8:33] was stripped even more more trees down.
Like how much further are they going to
[8:37] go? Um can we just know what's going on?
Um,
[8:42] I can email Chair Smith to find out
information, but if anybody has
[8:47] information
um during supervisor time.
[8:53] » Thanks.
[8:57] » Okay. U
Thank you. Um, next person we have on
[9:02] the list is Tracy Gardaki.
[9:08] » Hello everybody. My name is Tracy
Gardaki. I live in Max Meadows in
[9:12] Carter's Park. I just have two
questions. As elected officials, how is
[9:16] it that the few of you sitting here get
to decide on things behind closed doors
[9:25] um for what is good for the citizens as
in regard to the data centers.
[9:31] The second question I has is who has the
power or who has given the permission to
[9:37] put up all of these flock cameras all
over the county and in in our towns.
[9:43] And that's all I have. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Uh last person we have is
[9:50] Andrew Russell.
[9:56] » Good evening. I passed around a map that
accompanies the points I'm going to make
[9:59] here. Um [clears throat] during the
summer of 1861 and the summer of 1862,
[10:05] the Union and Confederacy conducted a
pair of battles just outside Sudley
[10:10] Springs, Virginia. These two battles
together netted around 25,000
[10:15] casualties. Now, Suddley Springs may not
ring a bell, but the locations to the
[10:20] south are what it was eventually named
after. That's Manasses and Bull Run. The
[10:25] first battle of Manasses was conducted
nearer the Manasses National Battlefield
[10:29] Park label on the map. But during the
second battle a year later, the generals
[10:34] Stonewall Jackson, AP Hill, Jubel Early,
and James Long Street put up a stiff
[10:39] defense against a Union thrust at a
location called Stony Ridge, which is
[10:43] the chunk of woods just to the east,
northeast of the red spike, halfway up
[10:48] the east side of the red boundary where
it's kind of meeting the battlefield
[10:52] spot. I wanted to draw attention to this
proposed campus. I know it's in Prince
[10:56] William County with the maps being
circulated as a cautionary tale for the
[11:00] people of Southwest Virginia. I'm not
sure which is more insulting insulting
[11:05] that this plan to site 37 data centers
and 14 substations was drawn up with no
[11:10] awareness of the sanctity of this
location to the American Legacy or that
[11:14] they did know it and decided to follow
through with attempting to site it
[11:18] anyways in spite of the opinions of the
community. Evidently, there was at least
[11:23] one all-night listening session with
countless people opposing and yet their
[11:26] board still voted to move forward 4 to3.
We in W County stand at the threshold of
[11:32] all but handing the keys to the same
developers and I know Wick County
[11:36] citizens are not interested. This park
had been created, the battlefield park
[11:42] in 1940 when some Civil War veterans
were still alive and had been expanded
[11:47] due to the efforts of many groups to
preserve parts of the battlefield.
[11:52] We're talking about plans to improve and
widen access to the park that were
[11:55] several decades in the making, now being
held hostage by an industry that's
[12:00] either ignorant, indifferent, or
antagonistic to the will of the
[12:03] community, perhaps all three. If there's
one thing that binds all Virginiaians
[12:07] together, it's a deep understanding of
how the story of America had many of its
[12:12] key moments here and how it's our job to
protect it for the other 49 states to
[12:17] appreciate. In spite of this, as of the
summer of 2024, the American Battlefield
[12:22] Trust was aware of proposals on or
adjacent to five other battlefields of
[12:25] Northern Virginia, including the
Wilderness, Brandy Station, Deep Bottom,
[12:28] Glendale, and North Anna. I can assure
you that my time at these battlefields
[12:32] as a teenager with my boy scout troop
would have been severely disrupted by
[12:36] the humming of the data centers or the
noise of its construction. If the data
[12:40] center industry and their supporting
cast is this comfortable putting all of
[12:44] these locations at threat of
desecration, I shudder to think of the
[12:48] want and disregard they will have for
the modest but equally important
[12:52] historical sites in our corner of
Virginia of which we've been given the
[12:56] responsibility to protect the legacy.
One more sentence if I can. Earlier this
[13:01] year, that 2,000 acre Manasses data
center complex on the map was defeated
[13:06] due to a lawsuit from failing to
properly notify the public on the
[13:10] proposed site. This defeat occurred at
great private cost from the community to
[13:14] shoulder the legal fight to oppose it.
Do not let these sharks in the pool with
[13:18] us and give us the tools to keep them
out. Thank you.
[13:24] » All right. Thank you. Uh we have no more
no one else signed up for citizens time.
[13:30] So we'll close citizens time. Uh the
board has uh in their packet the uh
[13:36] invoices
uh for uh this month and uh are there
[13:43] any any invoices you want to
uh speak about or do you want to pull
[13:48] from the from the uh list?
>> Make a motion we approve the invoices.
[13:54] Second.
We have a motion and seconded to approve
[13:58] the invoices as presented. Um, we need
to do a roll call on this. All right,
[14:03] we'll start with Mr. Burn.
>> I
[14:06] » I
>> I
[14:08] » I
>> I
[14:09] » All right. Motion carries. Invoices are
approved.
[14:14] All right. [clears throat] You also have
uh the minutes of the previous meeting.
[14:19] If uh is there anything anybody wants to
pull out of those minutes or change?
[14:25] » Motion to approve the amendments.
>> Second.
[14:29] » We have a motion and seconded. Um
we don't need to voice on this one, do
[14:35] we?
>> No.
[14:37] » All those in favor say I. I
>> opposed. All state. Mr. Chairman, I was
[14:43] absent.
>> Okay. All right. Minutes previous
[14:47] meeting are approved.
Uh, next item on our [snorts] agenda is
[14:51] old business. Mr. Bear.
>> No old business for me, sir.
[14:58] » No, sir.
>> Okay. Being no old business, we'll move
[15:02] on to new business. The consent
calendar.
[15:05] » Make a motion to approve, sir.
>> Second.
[15:08] » We have a motion and a second.
[15:13] We need to do roll call on that.
>> Uh, yes.
[15:16] » Okay. I
>> I
[15:19] » I
>> I
[15:20] » I
>> I
[15:22] All right. Uh consent calendar is
approved.
[15:26] Uh next item is the extract of votes.
>> Uh Mr.
[15:34] um Counts is not here with us, but you
have the extract from the uh the
[15:39] primaries. Would recommend you all just
make a motion to accept the information
[15:45] from the registar. So moved.
>> Second.
[15:49] » Okay, we have a a motion and a second.
Uh
[15:53] we'll start out with Mr. Bernett.
>> I
[15:56] » I
>> I
[15:57] » I
>> I
[16:00] » Motion carries.
All right. Uh next item is our
[16:04] commissioner of revenue update. Mr.
Lincolnis is not here.
[16:08] » Mr. Link is not here. He emailed
everyone his comments uh with updates on
[16:12] uh where reassessment was and on the
tax. my understanding real estate was
[16:18] finished at his office and has gone over
to the treasur's office as of today I
[16:22] believe and they'll still bouncing back
and forth uh and they are trying to
[16:26] finish up personal property.
Okay,
[16:32] anybody have any questions, comments?
[16:36] Okay, uh next item is treasur update.
Mr. Lori Gwyn.
[16:46] » Good evening. I'll um pick up at the tax
billing that Mr. Bayer had mentioned for
[16:51] Mr. Lincoln's report. Um real estate did
come over to us. Um actually
[16:58] today we are now in the process of
updating escrow codes which does take us
[17:02] a few days. We did um find an issue this
afternoon late that I called um the IT
[17:08] director about. Um, so he now has to
work with support to try to figure out
[17:14] how to fix that issue so that we can
move forward. But it does take us a few
[17:18] days to get those escrow codes in. So
once we do that, then um we'll shift the
[17:24] the tax billing back over to the
commissioner's office for them to um
[17:28] finish out some of their processes.
It'll come back to us and then we'll
[17:31] continue on with ours. So, um, at this
point, um, unless something major comes
[17:36] up going forward, I firmly believe tax
bills will be out in early October. It
[17:41] may not be October 1, but it will be
early October. Um, like I said, barring
[17:46] no major hiccups or anything like that.
So, it looks like real estate's going to
[17:49] move along fine. Um, personal property,
I honestly am not sure where personal
[17:53] properties at. I know commissioner's
office has still been working on that,
[17:56] so I can't really speak for an update on
that side of it. Um so staying with
[18:02] taxes
um
[18:07] with the uh June 30th fiscal year end
um which we'll we'll talk about the
[18:13] delinquent list that were sent to you
here in just a moment. But as of June
[18:17] 30th with the 2025 tax billing which we
um stayed at the December 5th due date
[18:23] which is our our regular supposed to be
normal due date that we were back at for
[18:28] 2025. We're um between real estate and
personal property collections, we were
[18:33] averaging uh are averaged at about 94%
collections um as to what we build. So
[18:39] the numbers that you see in the
financial report of what is budgeted. So
[18:43] keep in mind the amount that's budgeted
is different than what is actually build
[18:48] because we budget lower than what we
build. So collections are are standing
[18:52] pretty good at this point. Um moving on
the delinquent list that you have that
[18:57] um Mr. Mr. Bear, Miss Collins, somebody
had distributed. I think that had to go
[19:01] out through email because of the size um
in the packet, but you have both the
[19:05] real estate and personal property
personal property delinquent list as of
[19:10] June 30th. Um in the past, the board has
opted to publish those. Um state code
[19:17] says that you can publish it in a
newspaper general circulation in your
[19:21] area or it can be made available on a
website that is operated by the county.
[19:26] So, um, you as the board would need to
decide if you want to publish the, um,
[19:31] the real estate list, especially is
normally what is published in the paper,
[19:35] so to speak. If you want to publish that
locally, if you do, I would recommend
[19:39] Southwest Virginia Sun just because the
cost is much cheaper than what it is
[19:44] through the Wville Enterprise. Um, but
in addition to that, I would ask that
[19:48] you consider publishing the delinquent
personal property list on the county
[19:51] website. Um,
also in the past with these lists, those
[19:57] are the June 30th lists. We're now at
August the 24th, so a lot of folks have
[20:01] paid bills. Um, there have been times
you have opted to obtain an updated list
[20:07] from my office that you then publish.
So, I'm not sure if that would be in
[20:11] your desire tonight if you decide to
publish either one of those lists, but
[20:15] that would be direction that I would
need so that we can pull that and
[20:18] prepare those list to get those sent to
Miss Collins for those to be handled
[20:23] however you see fit.
[20:30] » Our website is obviously the cheapest um
to post them on there. Uh we have posted
[20:35] like she said in enterprise. We've not I
don't think we've done the sun before,
[20:39] but that is an option to do the sun. So,
um, and typically I like going ahead and
[20:44] doing the updated numbers in the
process, let her add anything that's
[20:48] been paid or whatever and pull a clean
list. So, if y'all would like for it to
[20:53] be on our website, that's we can follow
that. If y'all want to post it online
[20:58] with one of the newspapers, we can do
that.
[21:05] » Do we need to
I I would request a motion just to go to
[21:09] go ahead and post on the website.
>> Make a motion, Mr. Ch, we post that on
[21:13] the website
>> with the updated numbers
[21:14] » with updatedness.
>> As of what date?
[21:18] » As of today?
>> As of currently
[21:20] » end of business today. Okay.
>> All right. We have a motion.
[21:23] » Second.
>> All right. Um
[21:27] I guess we need to do a a voice vote on
that.
[21:30] » Mr.
I
[21:31] » I
>> I
[21:32] » I
>> uh
[21:35] » motion carries.
>> Okay.
[21:39] Anything else?
>> And Miss Collins, I'll send those to
[21:43] you. Um probably be tomorrow afternoon
before we can get those out. It may be
[21:48] Thursday morning, but we'll get the
numbers as of the end of today and get
[21:53] those to you.
[22:02] Okay. So, that's the end of the tax
information. So, moving on to audit and
[22:07] reconciliations. So, I was here um at
the end of May um I don't know the exact
[22:12] date, but your second May meeting and we
were discussing the uh bank
[22:16] reconciliations and Mr. Garcia was here
as well. So at that point in time, the
[22:22] um July and August uh reconciliations
had been completed and or it may have
[22:28] been in the vicinity of completing
August. I don't exactly remember where
[22:31] we were at. So my staff had started
September. Um we've run into
[22:36] um
qu run into things that we've had
[22:40] questions on. We're not sure that to be
very honest, the the spreadsheet is very
[22:45] complex. it um requires a lot that you
know we're we're doing a lot of jumping
[22:50] around and trying to figure out. So we
um are still behind on reconciliation.
[22:54] So that therefore has delayed um the
audit [clears throat]
[22:58] um which we're required to complete by
December 31st at this point in time. It
[23:03] doesn't look like we're going to meet
the December 31st deadline. Um we uh
[23:09] spoke with Mr. surveyor last week met
with him and u Miss Woods is now going
[23:13] to be um helping us with the
reconciliations. We've sent the
[23:18] information to her. I think she's trying
to get her head wrapped around it as
[23:22] well as we have been trying to do. Um so
uh she's working with my staff. U
[23:29] actually as of yesterday we're trying to
get worked through those. So as she has
[23:33] questions she's asking questions. We've
also had questions we've sent back to
[23:36] Mr. Garcia. that we are trying to get
through those. Um it's not a fast
[23:43] process, but um we're trying to get
through it. So, I'm hoping that Miss
[23:48] Woods will see something that we're not
seeing or haven't seen and will be able
[23:52] to help us get over the hump so that we
can move forward and be able to get
[23:56] those [clears throat] moving because
we're after September, we start getting
[24:00] into the the heavier transactions or
more transactions throughout the months.
[24:05] So, um, that is still a work in progress
at this point in time.
[24:11] » So, Miss Gwen, does that include the,
uh, bank files that that would be
[24:16] necessary to do the reconciliation in
Munis the way that we learned in
[24:20] Washington County?
>> Okay. I'm sorry. No, repeat your
[24:23] question. Does the information you've
given to Miss Woods, I haven't talked to
[24:26] her. Does that include the uh bank files
that are necessary uh to do the
[24:30] reconciliations the way we learned in
Washington files downloaded that yes, we
[24:34] can provide to her for her to be able to
use? Yes.
[24:36] » Great.
>> It's going to be a delay on our audit.
[24:41] Uh the um pre- auditor uh HBC, Mr.
Garcia, they have reached out to
[24:47] Robinson Farmer Cox. Uh but Robin Farmer
Cox has emailed us back and said uh they
[24:52] will work on the schedule off of RFC or
off of HBC. Um I don't see any way that
[25:00] it's going to be done by the December
31st deadline. So we will just have to
[25:04] work through that. But um you know um we
will our office will provide the the
[25:10] assistance. If you recall it was Mr.
Garcia's recommendation back in in May.
[25:15] Uh so we are finally at that point. Um,
and you know, in two weeks we'll give
[25:19] you an update of of what progress we've
been able to make on it in that.
[25:24] » And when you're talking about July and
August, that's this
[25:27] » now it's July and August of 2025.
>> Last year,
[25:31] » we've completed the reconciliations off
of our old what is now our old
[25:36] worksheet. We've completed those for
every month going forward. We're going
[25:40] to say up to date on those. However, we
have not been able to fully reconcile
[25:46] everything out to where everything is
balancing. So, with that, um, and
[25:53] because that had kind of been an issue
because we're we're always off. One
[25:56] month we could be 30,000 off, the next
month 500,000 off, the next month 150.
[26:02] It fluctuates. So, what Mr. Garcia did
is he developed a new spreadsheet for us
[26:07] to use. And so that one um it it
requires a lot more more time and detail
[26:14] into it. So that is what we're currently
in the process of trying to um learn and
[26:21] get figured out and and Miss Woods has
now been pulled into the process. So,
[26:27] she's been reviewing the spreadsheets
yesterday afternoon or she sent those
[26:31] yesterday and today as her time allows
as well to see if she can help us figure
[26:36] out things because there's um there's
numbers you can change and the formulas
[26:41] will be thrown off completely all
through the spreadsheet. So, we're we're
[26:46] work in progress. I I don't know how
else to sum that up because we're we're
[26:50] trying to get all that figured out.
[26:54] What happens if we miss the 31st
deadline in December, Mr. B?
[27:00] » Oh, well, I mean it
the auditors will noted as such. Uh
[27:05] there's already a concern of possibly
having a qualified opinion in the
[27:10] process. Uh and then obviously it it can
impact you when you're looking at
[27:14] borrowing your funds and stuff like that
as to concerns of you know why are your
[27:19] audits not ready rule development and
all them want to see our audits done in
[27:23] the timely process. So I mean it's
>> and you're saying we won't have this
[27:29] done till December.
>> We we are are currently you know when
[27:34] you you schedule with the pre- auditor
to come in and they basically spend a
[27:37] week here working with us. They get
everything ready and then the auditors
[27:40] are scheduled to come in and I don't
remember they were coming in October.
[27:43] The pre- auditors were coming in
September 6. Um and the auditors were
[27:47] coming in mid October
>> like mid October.
[27:51] » Yeah. So now the pre- auditors can't
come in. So we got to get rescheduled on
[27:55] them. Well they they you know I won't
make up names but they're working with
[28:00] us June you September 6. They're going
to be working with another county the
[28:04] week after another county week after.
They got to work us into their schedule,
[28:07] but we can't have them come here until
we get 10 months
[28:12] caught up from the treasur's office of
the reconciliations. So, as we get those
[28:18] done, they'll be scheduling us to come
in and then we'll see when the auditors
[28:22] can come in. May still happen by
December 31st, but with everybody's
[28:27] schedule, if everybody's timing, I don't
know. I just want to give you a give you
[28:31] a heads up. The the school board has
submitted all of their information to
[28:35] the pre- auditors from what we
understands
[28:38] » and the DSS has submitted everything to
the pre- auditors. Our staff has
[28:42] everything to the pre- auditors. It's
just waiting
[28:44] » for the treasur's office to do their job
uh to get the information to you.
[28:50] » You know, I don't want to be mean, but
I've balanced my checkbook my entire
[28:55] life. I can't wrap my head around how
that's that difficult. You kind of just
[29:02] make me understand.
>> Come by and visit us tomorrow. I'll be
[29:06] glad to show you. We have multiple bank
accounts with the number of transactions
[29:10] that we have going in and out. We're
we're just not able to get it
[29:15] reconciled. And I don't we're we don't
know what it is. And that's what we're
[29:18] trying to figure out. That was part of
Mr. Garcia developing the new
[29:21] spreadsheet because he changed our
entire process of what we're doing. Um
[29:26] and bringing everything in. We're
actually downloading everything in from
[29:29] the bank, trying to match up
transactions, work through things.
[29:32] There's transactions that will hit the
um the uh general ledger that do not hit
[29:39] the bank within the same month or a
partial part of that transaction hits
[29:43] the bank. Not all of it hits the bank.
So figuring out what parts and pieces
[29:47] are actually clearing and what are not.
um or if there's things that haven't
[29:53] been entered that need to be entered,
that's where we're at on everything. So,
[29:58] we're printing those general ledger
reports out every month. We're comparing
[30:00] to the bank statements. We're trying to
go through and work all those
[30:03] transactions. But with everything
feeding in, it's it's not as simple as
[30:09] your personal checkbook.
It really isn't. But I would be glad to
[30:13] show you what we go through if you would
like to come by and visit. I'm I'm more
[30:17] than glad to show you um just so that
you can have an idea of what we do face.
[30:21] » But it did balance a year ago.
>> We have been out of balance um which has
[30:27] been going we've been out of balance
even prior to the the beginning of this
[30:31] or this past fiscal year. So that led us
also to this because we felt like there
[30:37] may be an issue with our spreadsheet
because that spreadsheet had been in use
[30:40] for a long time. So, we weren't sure if
some of our formulas had gotten messed
[30:44] up and we weren't getting everything
tied in. But now with this new version,
[30:50] the months that we've been working on
until we get them resolved, we're out of
[30:53] balance more than what we were on the
version that we were originally using.
[30:58] So, it's
it's a work in progress. I I just don't
[31:03] know what else to say about it because
we're trying to get it figured out.
[31:07] » How many years have you been out of
balance? How many
[31:10] » how many years have we been out of
balance?
[31:12] » How many years? Um that I do not know
the answer to. I'm sorry. But I I would
[31:17] say we've been out at least a year and a
half. Not significant amounts.
[31:22] » It was not I mean it was nothing that
was considered a material amount that
[31:25] caused any problem on the audit last
year. [clears throat]
[31:28] » Well, a clean audit. Yes. But I mean, if
I'm if I've been out for a year and a
[31:32] half, then that's 18 months that I've
got to try to consolidate and reconcile,
[31:39] » right? I mean, that's what I'm asking.
How many months do you have to reconcile
[31:44] to try to get this thing to balance?
>> We're not going back that far. We've
[31:47] gone back and picked up the balance as
of June 30th audit last year and picked
[31:52] that up starting with the July 1st
balance for last year and then we're
[31:57] coming forward with that. There has been
um entries that we've had to make, but I
[32:01] think in the end all of those are going
to flush out, but that
[32:06] we haven't had to go back through all of
those months, just back to July.
[32:10] » They basically have got to do September
through June. They've got 10 months to
[32:14] do of reconciliation. They've got the
August, Mr. Juan Garcia, when he was
[32:18] here, they've got the August um the July
and August uh reconciled uh at zero
[32:25] difference, I believe, in the process.
So though you did zero you you started
[32:30] at zero back
>> right they started clean on July 1st and
[32:34] then when he came in and worked with
them he did July with them he did August
[32:39] with them those reconciled those
balanced it's just all the months since
[32:43] then
>> and we're going back and forth with
[32:46] questions for him of you know where does
this come from where does that come from
[32:50] just trying to figure out how he has
that that spreadsheet configured
[32:55] So,
>> okay. Thank you.
[33:00] » And other than that, um the only other
thing that I have is I did want to thank
[33:05] you all for hosting the county picnic
for the employees. Again, uh my staff um
[33:09] enjoyed being able to attend. I got
there late um due to the unfortunate
[33:14] passing of our former treasur, Mr.
Crockett. I had attended his funeral and
[33:18] some fellow friends come into town, so I
had met with them, but do appreciate
[33:22] that. and on behalf of my employees as
well. I do appreciate the raises that
[33:26] were also given to the employees um
based on their salary. They do
[33:30] appreciate that and I do on their
behalf. So, thank you for that. So, and
[33:35] I don't have anything else unless
there's other questions.
[33:39] » No questions.
>> I do just out of curiosity, do you have
[33:44] a full staff?
>> No.
[33:46] » Okay.
>> I don't.
[33:47] » How many are you short? I have one
vacancy at this point that needs to be
[33:52] filled. Yes,
>> Miss Gwen, I will mention that it
[33:57] concerns me a little bit that we are up
here approving money to be spent on
[34:03] accounts that we don't know are 100%
accurate and and we're responsible to
[34:09] our citizens for for that that you're
elected as well as we are.
[34:15] And uh I've sat here since January and
listened to our citizens tell us how
[34:19] they don't trust us anymore and that
that we do things behind closed doors
[34:24] and u this certainly does not help. But
thank you.
[34:28] » Thank you.
>> Anything else?
[34:35] » Questions? Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[34:39] » Okay. Next item on our our agenda is
staff reports.
[34:46] Deputy County Administrator.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I I don't have
[34:51] a lot for you tonight. Um would point
out our regional improvement commission
[34:54] checks were issued last week. I'm the
chair of the commission this year, so I
[34:58] got to sign almost $17 million worth of
checks last week. Our share was 1.185
[35:03] million. So that has been deposited. uh
grateful to the uh the legislature for
[35:09] setting that up. It does all go toward
public safety for us. Um and uh did want
[35:15] to point out um
our public safety agency, our emergency
[35:20] services department is is a new agency
still. Um but last Friday we got a
[35:24] really nice um reminder of why we're
doing this. Uh we we had a seven vehicle
[35:31] motor vehicle collision on the
interstate. Um we had four patients who
[35:36] were injured, two of them critically
with enttrapment. Uh we threw every
[35:40] resource that we had uh available to it.
Still had enough to cover the town of
[35:44] Wol and the town of Row Retreat along
with the western end of the county and
[35:48] uh got all the patients to trauma
centers or to the appropriate hospitals
[35:53] um and got that accident cleared very
quickly. I do want to recognize our
[35:57] staff for a very good job in in getting
that done. Uh, standing out there on the
[36:01] rain in the interstate with all that
traffic going by next to you is a scary
[36:04] sort of thing. Driving 80 miles an hour
to the the closest trauma center is a a
[36:09] scary thing in the rain, but uh it it
delivered the level of care that that
[36:14] we've come to appreciate and expect from
our staff. So, we did want to recognize
[36:18] them for that. Um,
we do have our uh arena equipment. the
[36:24] um the cooling that the dehumidification
equipment has been operating uh much
[36:28] better since the uh uh manufacturer sent
someone in to to reune it, refire it up.
[36:33] Uh so we're happy with the progress that
we're making there. I did hear from uh
[36:38] Everything Ice today, the the folks that
put down the closed loop uh system in
[36:43] that floor. Uh they're going to be here
just to do some tuneups and uh some
[36:47] potentially some repairs um sometime in
the next two weeks uh before the hockey
[36:52] team is ready to put down ice uh for the
season so we can be ready for uh for the
[36:56] season. Um did want to point out too new
emergency services equipment that we uh
[37:02] have in place or or are expecting to be
delivered. Um we did pick up the new
[37:06] rescue boat in Pennsylvania uh few weeks
ago. Um it has been um uh put into
[37:13] service already. It's still got to get
some marking, but it it's ready to be be
[37:16] in service. The new Baron Springs Fire
engine um we're scheduled to go to um do
[37:22] inspections on that um in early October
uh to get that delivered either in late
[37:28] October or sometime in November, uh
depending on what what we find during
[37:31] the inspection. Um, we have a new
ambulance uh that we ordered last year
[37:36] that's on the way and should be
delivered in September or possibly early
[37:40] October. And the director's truck has
also been delivered as well. So, um,
[37:45] appreciate the, uh, the new emergency
services equipment. If any of you want
[37:48] to to see it or inspect it, um, we'll be
glad to to give you that opportunity.
[37:53] Um,
you ask the staffing question of, Miss
[37:57] Gwyn. Uh, I'm pleased to report that the
recreation department is up to full
[38:01] staff now. Uh we we had our our
recreation supervisor start on Monday of
[38:05] this week. Uh we are in football season.
Uh so it is one of their our very busy
[38:10] times of the year. Uh but we're glad to
see all of our staff be on board and uh
[38:15] making progress.
Uh I'll be glad to answer any questions
[38:18] you might have about other things on the
report or u in general.
[38:29] Okay. No questions.
Thank you. All right. Uh, county
[38:35] administrator,
>> good evening. Um, couple of, uh, things
[38:39] here. Number one, my my report is not in
the package. It, uh, it has been
[38:43] extremely busy over the last few weeks
as you all know. So, I do have some
[38:47] information. I do have a handout that
that provided there for you. Uh, but Mr.
[38:51] Chairman, I would like to um just
comment on a couple questions from
[38:55] citizens time if I could while we're
talking about it. Uh, Mr. Board's
[38:59] comment. Uh I have been in touch with
the school system talking about the
[39:02] speedable lights. They were doing some
checking on that. I'm glad you're going
[39:05] to meet with Dr. Street on that. So um
uh we we have we have asked them to look
[39:11] into that in the process. Um and on exit
80, uh there is grading going across
[39:17] there. I did confirm with the county
engineer earlier this week that is all
[39:20] agricultural grading. So they're on
agricultural clearing. So it does not
[39:24] follow any of our regulations, land use
control or anything else. So, uh that is
[39:29] what's what is going on there. Um so,
anyway, u just to go through that
[39:34] information, a couple things. Um Mr.
Smith and
[39:40] uh Chair Smith and Chair Vice Chair
Morgan and I attended uh Veo Summit in
[39:45] in Richmond last week. the governor
spoke and one of the things that that
[39:49] she spoke about there was apologizing to
the local governments for hers in the
[39:54] general assembly's last minute budget
that got passed and came to us and
[39:58] talked about realizing the problems it
created for the local governments um
[40:03] which you know everybody was in
agreement that it it does create
[40:07] problems and they they promise to do
better. We'll see what happens next
[40:10] year. But one of the things out of that
is uh we do need to make a budget
[40:14] amendment. Um the school board
uh has a um received basically a
[40:21] million41,136.
There's an attachment that shows it on
[40:25] there with it uh of additional funds
that goes into their budget. These are
[40:31] all state funds, not coming from us. We
will add this um later we'll be talking
[40:36] about another budget amendment, but we
will add this to the notice for the
[40:39] September 8th, 2026 meeting for action
then. But just wanted to let you all
[40:44] know about it.
um JPSSA update. Um we have a vacancy in
[40:50] our operations manager. Uh an individual
has accepted that position and on
[40:54] September 2nd we should have a new JPSa
director. Uh our staff is committed to
[40:59] working with them through the
transition. Uh the JA, as you know, the
[41:04] executive director left earlier this
year to go to the tobacco commission.
[41:08] Uh Mr. Matthews has accepted a position
with the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
[41:12] This is his last week of employment.
They do meet Thursday uh and um we will
[41:18] uh I'll provide information following up
with them on where they are with their
[41:22] executive director search. I was advised
today they have sort of reworked some of
[41:26] the job description and they are to send
that uh to me and I will share that with
[41:29] you when I receive that. Uh once again
um staff is trying to make certain um
[41:35] you know everything continues to move
forward there and I am trying to assist
[41:39] them with uh answering questions and
inquiries on on industries and items
[41:44] like that. right now. Um, legislative
planning, uh, Vice Chair Morgan met with
[41:49] me last night, um, and, uh, county
administrators and chairmans from our
[41:55] surrounding localities, uh, just to talk
about the upcoming, uh, legislative SL
[42:00] session and any special items. Um was
any items in particular you know of? Uh
[42:06] photo enforcement fund sheriff was one
of the things we talked about about the
[42:09] restrictions on the revenues and uh what
can be done there. Fire EMS items. Uh
[42:15] just just several of those things out
there. Uh they did talk about if there
[42:19] were modest budget amendments in the 50
to 100,000 for things that were
[42:23] desperately needed or whatever, they
recommend we get those in. So be
[42:27] thinking about that if there's things
that we we need toh to have or address
[42:31] there. Um, and then lastly, uh, Matt's
Mr. Henkins has been talking about this,
[42:37] but, uh, really want to kickstart our
capital improvement planning. Uh, you
[42:41] know, we usually do that in the fall of
the year and get that voted on. Like to
[42:45] get that vote on by before the end of
December this year just to update our
[42:49] capital improvement plan, show all of
our items into it. uh you know um the
[42:56] big the big hairy goals that are out
there, the small things are out there,
[43:00] make sure they're all in there in the
process from schools to recreation to
[43:04] fire to rescue to everything else in the
process. Uh we added a lot of items into
[43:09] it last year to start preparing that. I
just need to continue to update that and
[43:14] be prepared. And other than that, that's
all the information that I have for you
[43:19] today, sir.
>> Okay. Thank you. All right. And the next
[43:22] item, oh, excuse me, county attorney.
I'm sorry.
[43:27] » Thank you.
>> Okay.
[43:31] Okay. Uh, next item of business is board
reports. First is economic development.
[43:36] Uh, at its meeting on August 18th, the
economic development committee made the
[43:41] following recommendations.
Solus ARX archipelago performance
[43:46] agreement.
Approve the Solus ARX archipelago
[43:51] performance agreement amendment which
updates the name to Fluid Stack and
[43:55] revises the performance date for
certificate of occupancy.
[43:59] Capital investments and dates for 250
million and 500 million do not change.
[44:07] I guess we need a
>> You have a motion from committee. So you
[44:11] don't have a second. So you just need
discussion.
[44:13] » Don't need second. Okay. Um, we'll start
with Mr. Terry.
[44:18] » I
>> I
[44:20] » I
motion passes.
[44:25] Okay.
Uh, next is the budget committee.
[44:29] » Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Mayor, do I
need to do these amendments?
[44:32] » I I would just recommend them in in
lumpsum unless anybody wants to pull any
[44:36] of them out in individually. I would
just indicate it as on the report.
[44:41] » All right. So, budget committee met on
August the 18, 2026 makes the following
[44:46] recommendation. Budget amendments uh
amend and appropriate the following
[44:50] request which Mr. Mayor said we don't
need to do unless you guys have any
[44:53] questions about any of those. Um
and there's a motion. We don't need a
[45:00] » don't need a don't need a second coming
out of committee.
[45:02] » So, we'll start with Mr. Bernett.
>> I
[45:05] » I
>> I
[45:08] » I
>> I
[45:09] » motion carries.
>> All right. Second item, E Summons
[45:13] maintenance contracts transfer $34,198
from the E Summons account to the
[45:18] general fund and amend and appropriate
the same amount to account number
[45:21] 3102-44340.
[45:25] » Okay. Uh we don't need a second coming
out of committee. U we'll start with Mr.
[45:31] Bernard. I
>> I
[45:33] » I
>> I
[45:35] » I
The third thing, the Ager Park project
[45:38] amend and appropriate $150,000 to
9,47255
[45:44] and award the bid to G&H using $150,000
from photo speed enforcement proceeds
[45:50] » coming out of committee. Doesn't need a
second. U we'll start with Mr. Chair.
[45:56] » Mr. Chairman, if I might before I would
just like to express appreciation to the
[45:59] sheriff before you all vote on this. Uh
he did um uh offer the funds from the
[46:04] photo enforcement uh fines, the
unrestricted funds uh to help cover this
[46:09] difference in our cost so we can move
forward with this project and get it
[46:12] done.
>> Okay.
[46:14] » Appreciate that, Sheriff.
>> Yes, sir. Sheriff.
[46:18] » Okay, Mr. Terry. I
>> I
[46:21] » I
>> I
[46:22] » I
>> Fourth Island fiscal year 27 budget
[46:26] amendment for lot 10 project set a
public hearing for September the 8th of
[46:31] 2026 to consider amending the fiscal
year 27 budget by $6 million for the lot
[46:36] 10 development project
>> coming out of committee doesn't need a
[46:41] second u
we'll start with Mr.
[46:45] » If I'm right Mr. Chairman, I just like
to to to advise every once they
[46:49] understand what this is in the process.
We currently have $2 million in our
[46:54] budget for the county share of uh the
project. Uh the remaining the the
[47:00] remaining money is coming from a a grant
that the JA has received for the um lot
[47:07] 10 grading project, which as you're
aware is the the project to uh grade the
[47:12] lot next to the new industrial access
road. and um Elie Trinkle to create a 50
[47:19] acre graded pad just for purely for
marketing purposes just to to have a
[47:23] graded lot out there. Um
they're ready to bid the project out.
[47:30] They would need to pay the contractor
once they're selected. The JA does not
[47:34] have $6 million in their budget to float
and do that in the process. in lie of
[47:40] them borrowing money and having to pay
interest on it in the process, we would
[47:44] use our reserve funds that we have be
able to assist them in paying those
[47:49] amounts and then get the reimbursements
back from the state which would come
[47:52] back to the JA and then would come back
to us. So it is not local funds this
[47:56] comes I mean it's local funds to
initially pay it but basically within 30
[47:59] to 60 days of each pay pay application
we should be receiving funds back from
[48:03] the state. So we cannot um make this
change today because it is such a large
[48:09] amount. It requires a public hearing. So
your action tonight is just to set the
[48:14] public hearing for the next meeting for
the uh board of supervisors to consider.
[48:20] I'll be glad to answer any questions if
I confuse that for anyone.
[48:24] » What would be the date for the
>> September 8th is the next meeting I
[48:27] believe. Miss Collins. Yep. September
8th.
[48:30] » Okay. We need we need to make a motion.
>> Yeah. The the motion is there from the
[48:34] committee. You just need to vote on it
now, sir.
[48:36] » Okay. Okay. Um, Mr. Bernett,
>> I
[48:40] » I
>> I
[48:42] » I
>> I
[48:43] » motion carries.
>> All right. The last item for budget
[48:46] committee is the Southwest Virginia
strategic recovery planning program
[48:50] CDBG-drant
[48:53] award and authorize the county
administrator to sign the necessary
[48:57] necessary documentation.
>> All right. coming out of committee
[49:02] doesn't require a second.
Uh we'll start with uh Mr. Terry.
[49:07] » I
>> I
[49:11] » I
>> I motion carries.
[49:16] » That's all from budget committee, Mr.
Chair.
[49:18] » Okay. Thank you. All right.
>> Uh we'll start uh we'll have the uh next
[49:25] item on the agenda is board of
supervisors time. We'll start with Mr.
[49:29] burn it.
>> Very good. I have actually a handful of
[49:33] items. Try to do them quickly. Uh two
weeks ago
[49:39] I went to Henrio County to visit around
14 data centers. Uh we first uh met with
[49:48] county staff in their economic
development. They had a list of
[49:52] questions that that was generated from
our citizens uh about the concerns of
[49:57] they first had a data center in the late
90s and u they are currently building up
[50:04] to about 30 of them total when they get
done. And um so we we asked them
[50:10] questions concerning water usage. We
asked them about electrical usage. We
[50:16] asked them about noise. We asked them
about heat loading, island loading. We
[50:20] asked them u about sewage disposal and
and any issues that they've had in the
[50:26] almost 30 years that they've had data
centers. Uh we then loaded up and and
[50:32] went to visit 14 data centers. We could
not gain access, but we could drive
[50:37] around the the perimeter all the way
around. We stopped and we listened. Uh
[50:42] the building was very nice. Uh we we
checked the thermometer at when we got
[50:47] into the van 15 miles away. We checked
the thermometer to there. There was no
[50:52] heat increase whatsoever. Uh I know
that's not very scientific, but that's
[50:57] what we had. We listened for noise. The
road traffic noise was way louder. We
[51:02] could not hear anything coming from the
centers themselves. And we checked
[51:05] several centers. They do use a
tremendous amount of electricity. They
[51:10] told us that their water uses was 2% of
what Henrio County uses. And uh Mr.
[51:17] Smith crunched some numbers and told me
that was about 35,000 gallons. I'm
[51:22] thinking he said day, but I don't want
to put what Mr. Smith said. So I'll wait
[51:28] until he gets back on that. Um, so all
in all, uh, I think a lot of times what
[51:35] I'm finding out about data centers is
you have data centers that's built to a
[51:40] certain standard and then you got others
that are just a free-for-all. and and I
[51:45] think Enrico County said that for them
the importance was having covenants and
[51:50] zoning to control how they was uh built
and they was needing to build be built
[51:56] to a certain
efficiency standard. Um and so that was
[52:01] my experience with the data centers was
very eye opening to me and and somewhat
[52:07] relieving of of what we've been told u
and that we have sent have passed on to
[52:14] our citizens that has been u
fairly accurate from what we've you know
[52:20] we've been told. Uh then moving on in
front of all of our board members, uh
[52:26] you'll see the paper with little writing
with the the highlighted. This is a copy
[52:31] of our senior citizens tax relief. Uh
four years ago, we upped a little bit to
[52:37] allow more senior citizens to be uh get
some tax relief. This is just a $250 per
[52:44] person uh benefit that is eligible. I
reached out to the commissioner and the
[52:50] commissioner said that we have $244
applicants that is $58,000
[52:56] dollars total of of the and my goal
would be to increase this by 40 people
[53:02] to 280 some people. I'd like to refer
this back to our budget committee for
[53:08] them to look at to see how we can crunch
the numbers and just especially this
[53:12] year with the t real estate assessments
going on. I think it wouldn't hurt, you
[53:18] know, 40 people is $10,000 in case you
was wondering, you know, and and so just
[53:24] a little bit more for our senior
citizens and veterans. I I certainly
[53:28] appreciate it. Um the other thing that
that I've also asked was because our
[53:34] citizens are saying they don't trust us
that much and we're not getting
[53:38] information out. I checked with Mr. Bear
and to add a newsletter to our water
[53:43] bill. would cost about $350 a month. And
uh I'd like to have put that on the
[53:50] agenda for our next meeting to discuss
to see if that would be the board's
[53:54] pleasure to do just 350 for a handful of
months, a bullet point of what the
[53:59] county's doing so that when the water I
know it don't reach everybody, but you
[54:04] know, I'd like to just put that on the
agenda for next period. And then uh our
[54:10] 1% sales tax, I support it. Uh I've had
a lot of people ask me what the state
[54:14] lottery does. I did research on my own.
State lottery covers operations of the
[54:19] schools. This 1% will cover construction
costs. So that would be the different
[54:25] and u
and then this evening we met with a
[54:30] company called DECA which is the one
developing the thousand acre data center
[54:35] and they have expressed that they wanted
to come out to the communities and start
[54:39] talking to our residents and they did
not want to do any NDA agreements. They
[54:45] wanted to be to totally upfront. They
expressed their desire to pay their own
[54:51] way and make sure that any
infrastructure is being built is paid by
[54:55] them. And so that's the least little bit
with that we've got and that's all I
[54:59] have chair.
>> Thank you.
[55:04] » Okay, Mr. Crockett.
>> It's a hard act to follow.
[55:07] » Yes, it is.
>> Nothing for me. Thank you.
[55:13] » The only thing I have is an answer to
Mr. Board. We have spent a lot of money
[55:17] on Adri Park already and thanks the
sheriff we're going to spend the rest of
[55:21] the money I guess to finish it out. Um
but we have you know it's not like we're
[55:26] ignoring things but it takes money to do
these things and people don't want taxes
[55:31] raised and I said I wouldn't raise taxes
while I was on here and so far we've
[55:36] only dropped them and so I don't want to
raise I got one more year left and I
[55:41] don't want to raise them again or raise
them at all. So, some of these things
[55:46] just have to wait. And you know,
unfortunately, uh, we've had the money
[55:51] for Ager and we, as far as Ral Retreat
Lake goes, we've sunk a lot of money
[55:56] into Rural Retreat Lake. A lot of money.
And you just can't have everything
[56:01] overnight. So, you either got to take
your time and let the money build or you
[56:05] got to raise taxes. And I don't know
anybody in here want me to try to make a
[56:10] motion we raise taxes to I don't think
so. So that's where we stand on that.
[56:16] We're trying.
That's all I got.
[56:21] » Thank you.
>> I just want to say that we had I've got
[56:25] to go along with Mr. Bernett and and
others on the trip to Henriko County. Um
[56:33] got to say that I'm honestly I was
pleasantly surprised. I was figur was
[56:38] expecting to see a a monstrosity of a
fortress for a data center. Uh a very
[56:44] aesthetic
facility.
[56:48] Um the noise and the heat was not there
that we were kind of expecting and that
[56:54] we've been told about. Um,
no. I'm not excited about a yard full of
[57:02] data centers, but
at least we did get to see and if the
[57:08] opportunity arises, I would be willing
to go look at some others. And that's
[57:12] all I have. Thank you,
>> Mr. Terry.
[57:16] » I don't have anything at this time, Mr.
Chairman, but thank you.
[57:18] » Okay. Uh, I've got a couple things. I
want to reiterate what some of them said
[57:23] about our trip to the data centers. Uh I
was I was surprised myself uh how uh the
[57:31] ones that were finished how neat and
orderly it was. Uh and again we couldn't
[57:38] hear I couldn't we we were right outside
the gate of one of them. You couldn't
[57:41] hear a thing.
Um so
[57:46] I want to encourage everyone to come to
our community meeting on
[57:51] September 3rd. Is that right?
>> Yeah.
[57:54] » Yeah.
uh at 6 o'clock. Uh George High School.
[57:59] Is that right?
>> Scott,
[58:01] » huh?
>> Scott Middle School. Scott Middle
[58:04] School. Okay.
Okay. Uh
[58:09] also, I want to talk about the the
legislative session that Mr. Barry and I
[58:15] attended last night.
uh
[58:19] opened my eyes to a couple of things,
but the surrounding counties are having
[58:23] the same problems we are
in some cases. Um probably worse than we
[58:31] are. Um so
we don't don't want to feel alone. So
[58:38] we've got company.
Um
[58:41] also the capital improvements. We're
beginning to look at the capital
[58:45] improvements for the coming I guess the
coming years and we'd like to have a lot
[58:52] of input on that. Uh whether it be
schools, roads,
[58:57] whatever, age or park, whatever.
[clears throat] Okay. Uh
[59:09] I guess that's all I have.
Okay. Anybody
[59:15] else got anything to say?
>> I do have one more thing to say.
[59:19] » All right.
>> The trash pickup point out on 52 as she
[59:22] come going out of town there. The old
man that works there, um, you know, I
[59:28] just had the surgery. My wife loaded a
bunch of trash in the back of my truck
[59:32] and she was going to take it and I
decided I'd take it, but I got out there
[59:35] and it was a little more than 10 pounds.
I ain't supposed to lift it. He came out
[59:40] and unloaded my truck. So, I mean, and
he doesn't know me from Adam. He doesn't
[59:46] know I'm on the board of supervisor. So,
I would assume he would do that for
[59:49] anybody. And I just want to say since
the new company has taken over, I've had
[59:54] nothing but compliments from that place.
>> Thank you. I'll pass that along.
[59:59] » You can pass that on. I'd appreciate it.
>> Certainly.
[1:00:03] » Okay.
[1:00:06] Anything else? All right. We'll move on.
Our next item for business is a closed
[1:00:11] meeting
uh code of Virginia 2.2-3711.8.3
[1:00:19] acquisition disposition of real property
for chisel district apex holding lease.
[1:00:25] » There should be one additional one on
our 30. You have
[1:00:28] » and code of Virginia 2.2-3711.8.8
[1:00:32] Eight for consultation with legal
council bid review Jackson waterwork
[1:00:38] wastewater project.
>> Make a motion for
[1:00:42] second.
>> Okay. I have I have a motion and a
[1:00:46] second
need to do a roll call.
[1:00:51] » Okay, Mr. Terry.
>> I
[1:00:54] » I
>> I
[1:00:55] » I
>> I
[1:00:57] » Okay, motion carries. We are
in closed meeting.
[1:01:08] » All right, Mr. Chairman, I'll read the
certification. Whereas the with county
[1:01:12] board of supervisors has convened a
closed meeting on the state pursuant to
[1:01:15] a department of recorded vote and in
accordance with provision of the
[1:01:18] Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Whereas section 2.2-3712, 2-3712 of the
[1:01:22] code of Virginia requires a
certification of the W County Board of
[1:01:25] Supervisors that such a opinion was
conducted in Virginia law. [snorts]
[1:01:29] Now there now therefore be resolved that
the Wil County Board of Supervisors
[1:01:34] hereby certifies it each member's
knowledge
[1:01:38] excuse [clears throat] me on the public
business matters
[1:01:41] lawfully exempted from this meeting
requirements of Virginia law discussing
[1:01:45] this meeting to which the certification
resolution apply since public business
[1:01:50] matters as we identified in the motion
to be meeting this closed meeting would
[1:01:53] be heard discussed and or considered by
the county board supervisors and I'll
[1:01:57] make that motion Mr.
So move I mean second.
[1:02:02] » All right. Is this got to be a voice? Uh
okay. Roll call. Uh Mr. Bernett.
[1:02:07] » I
>> I
[1:02:08] » I
>> motion carries. We are
[1:02:13] in open session.
And
[1:02:20] » Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion for
the to reject all bids for the Jackson
[1:02:27] Elementary
lift station project
[1:02:31] due to informalities and over budget and
authorize staff to rebid the project.
[1:02:37] Second.
>> Okay. Um, we have a motion and a second.
[1:02:44] U,
>> we'll have a roll call vote. Mr.
[1:02:48] I
>> I
[1:02:49] » I
>> I
[1:02:50] » I motion carries.
>> Okay. Is there anything else come before
[1:02:56] the board?
>> No, sir.
[1:03:00] » No, sir.
>> Any other members?
[1:03:03] » No, sir.
>> Martha.
[1:03:05] » No, sir. Thank you.
>> Okay. Oh,
[1:03:08] I messed that up. Just as a reminder,
Martha's got it on here. uh joint
[1:03:13] governing bodies meeting is next Monday
night at the Wville meeting center at
[1:03:18] six o'clock. Uh just make sure you get
that on agenda. Then September 3rd is
[1:03:23] our community meeting. September 8th
will be our regular meeting here and
[1:03:27] we'll have a reminder on it that the
Monday following that September 14th is
[1:03:32] our meeting with the JA.
So
[1:03:35] » keeping you in meetings we realize that.
>> Thank you sir.
[1:03:40] » All right. Anything else?
Okay, we will stand adjourned.