Jan 19, 2021 Board of Supervisors

[00:00:15]

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 19TH, 2020 21 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

[Call to Order ]

THIS ACTION IS TAKEN BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH EMERGENCY RESULTING FROM THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC MAKE AN ASSEMBLY OF BOARD STAFFS AND COMMISSIONS ON PUBLIC ONE PLACE UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS NATURE OF THE CORONA VIRUS.

PANDEMIC ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THE PUBLIC PORTIONS OF THIS MEETING AS WITH ALL LIVE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON WYC CG TV, COX CABLE, 46 HORIZON CHANNEL 38 AND LIVE STREAMING@YOURCOUNTY.GOV SLASH TV.

FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS TONIGHT ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS OR THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD MAY CALL THE PHONE NUMBERS THAT ARE LISTED ON TONIGHT'S MEETING AGENDA.

AND THEY'RE SHOWN ON THE TV CHANNEL RIGHT NOW.

COMMENTS WE'LL FOLLOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, RULE OF PROCEDURES, WHICH LIMIT COMMENTS TO ONE HER PUBLIC HEARING, OR NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

ALL TELEPHONE COMMENTS CALLED IN BETWEEN SIX AND THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT OF THE CLOSE OF THE SYSTEM'S COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE RECORDED FOR PLAYBACK PHONE LINES ARE NOW OPEN.

THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN.

I WILLIAM CHAD GREEN BOARD CHAIR, I'M SITTING HERE AT YOUR CALL, THE MOTHERSHIP OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATING, OR WALTER SEES THE RAINBOW PARTICIPATING FROM HIS HOME IN THE QUEEN'S LAKE SUBDIVISION OF YORK, SHEILA KNOLL, PARTICIPATING FROM HER HOME IN THE KILN CREEK SUBDIVISION, STEVEN ROME, PARTICIPATING FROM HIS HOME AND THE BRANDYWINE SUBDIVISION.

THOMAS G. SHEPPARD PARTICIPATING FROM HIS HOME IN THE OLD PORT COVE, SUBDIVISION, OTHER STAFF PRESENT OR PARTICIPATING OR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR NEIL MORGAN COUNTY ATTORNEY JAMES BARNETT AT OUR LOVELY LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT MS. HEATHER SHOT AND A SMALL NUMBER OF SENIOR COUNTY STAFF MEMBERS.

THIS TIME.

MS. SHOT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? YES, SIR.

MR. MR. GREEN, MR. RON, MR. RON, MR. SHEPHERD, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM, RIGHT? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON MS. SHOP FOR THE IMITATE INDICATION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

LET US PRAY, FATHER, AS WE, AS YOUR CHILDREN, WE HUMBLY APPROACH YOU THIS EVENING, SEEKING YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM.

AS WE CONTEMPLATE COUNTY BUSINESS, MAY WE ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS? WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITIZENRY, WHICH WE ARE SO BLESSED TO SERVE.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE AND DIRECT US EVERY ASPECT OF THIS MEETING.

AMEN.

NO, MA'AM AT THIS TIME, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND, UH, MR. SHEPHERD, IF YOU COULD LEAD US.

OKAY.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IN FOR

[A Years of Service Employee Recognition for Calendar Year 2020. Receive presentation from Neil Morgan, County Administrator. ]

AND MR. MORGAN, I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE OUR LONG TENURED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GIVEN A GREAT AND LENGTHY SERVICE TO THE ORGANIZATION.

AND THE PAST IS THE BOARD REMEMBERS WE HAVE INVITED

[00:05:01]

UH, SOMETIMES THEY CHOSE TO COME AND SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT.

UM, AND, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, AND THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVING RECOGNITION AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL AND RECEIVING THEIR SERVICE PINS.

UM, WE, UH, ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT, UH, WE SORT OF FELL BEHIND TO TRY A NEW APPROACH WHERE WE CAN COVER ALL EMPLOYEES WITH THE BOARD, SO THAT EVERYONE GETS A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TONIGHT IS GO OVER, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2020, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD HOPE TO SORT OF KEEP UP AND, UH, PERHAPS THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR, UH, GIVE A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS WITH A SHORTER NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH AND THEN PERHAPS AT THE END, UH, IF A BOARD ON SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THE BOARD'S GOING TO KNOW WELL, AND YOU MIGHT CHOOSE TO MAKE YOUR OWN COMMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, TIM, I THINK YOU'RE DRIVING.

SO FIRST WE WANT TO GO OVER THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THE LEVEL OF, UH, 20 YEARS OF RECOGNITION.

SO SHELLY ANDERSON, UH, STARTED IN YOUR COUNTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2000 AS A SECRETARY ONE.

AND SHE'S CURRENTLY SERVING AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

JOYCELYN CORBAN, UH, BEGAN WITH YOUR COUNTY IN 2000 AS A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

AND HER CURRENT TITLE IS SENIOR ZONING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ALSO WITH 20 YEARS, HIS DREAM OF CROFT.

UH, SHE BEGAN AS A LIBRARY CLERK AID, AND SHE CURRENTLY HOLDS THE TITLE OF SENIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANTS.

, UH, IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE, UH, SHERIFF DANNY DIGS CAME TO WORK FOR YOUR COUNTY, UH, VERY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 2000.

AND OF COURSE WE ALL RECOGNIZE HIM AS THE SHERIFF, THE SHERIFF OF THE YORK, BECAUSE IN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LISA HAKES ALSO STARTED IN 2000.

THAT WAS A BIG YEAR.

UM, SHE BEGAN AS A RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND HER TITLE IS NOW RECREATION SUPERVISOR TOO, AND PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, BRIAN HARMON, UH, AGAIN IN 2000, UH, AND BRIAN IS A VIDEO PRODUCTION SPECIALIST AND HELPS US WITH OUR TV PRODUCTION OPERATIONS.

MICHAEL CATER, UH, BEGAN IN 2000 AS A GROUNDSKEEPER ONE IN MICHEAL, CURRENTLY AS A CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE WORKER.

TWO, ROB KRIEGER ALSO BEGAN IN 2000 AS THE CHIEF OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.

AND HE'S CURRENTLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

DAVE LAYMAN, UH, BEGAN AS A COORDINATOR OF INMATE WORKERS AND IS NOW THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND, UH, HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF RETIRING, SORRY, STEVEN MOORE, ALSO A 2000 ENTRANTS AND HE IS A FIREFIGHTER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY APPRENTICE PAGE BEGAN IN 2000 AS A PROGRAM SPECIALIST AND IS NOW A PROGRAM MANAGER, ONE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE JUVENILE SERVICES DIVISION, BRANDY PALS.

SHE STARTED AS A RESIDUE TECHNICIAN.

I BETTER STOP SAYING IN 2000, THAT'S GETTING A LITTLE REDUNDANT.

UH, AND SHE'S CURRENTLY THE CHIEF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE WORKING FOR MS. TOM MICHELLE RIVERA, UH, W BEGAN AS A REVENUE SPECIALIST AND SHE IS NOW THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM SPECIALIST AND DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THERE WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY.

SEAN ROBINSON BEGAN AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF DECEMBER OF 2000, AND HE CURRENTLY WORKS AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN THE COURTS DIVISION SHOT.

SEAN SCOTTON, UH, IS NOW A MASTER DEPUTY SHERIFF AFTER BEGINNING SERVICE AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN THE PATROL DIVISION MINI SCIPIO.

UH, MANY OF US KNOW, BUT BEGAN WORK FOR THE COUNTY AT THE END OF YEAR 2000.

AND SHE IS THE AGING HEALTH DISABILITY COORDINATOR, UH, WORKS OUT AT THE SENIOR

[00:10:01]

AND CHRIS WHITAKER, UH, BEGAN AS A FIREFIGHTER, UH, EARLY IN 2000 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS A FIRE LIEUTENANT IN FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY.

SO MOVING ON TO 25 YEARS, WE HAVE WAYNE BROWN JR.

HE BEGAN AS A FIREFIGHTER IN 1995 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS A FIRE LIEUTENANT.

ARTHUR CROXTON STARTED AS A TRADES HELPER WAY BACK IN 1995.

AND HE'S NOW ONE OF OUR CRITICAL PUMP STATION MECHANICS, UM, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, GREG FLEMMING, MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, UH, STARTED AS A PARAMEDIC DECEMBER OF 1995.

AND HE NOW SERVES AS A BATTALION CHIEF JONATHAN GAZELLE GAN WORK ALSO IN 1995 AS A PARAMEDIC.

AND HE CURRENTLY HOLDS THE TITLE OF MASTER FIREFIGHTER DAVID SMITH, JR.

BEGAN AS A FIREFIGHTER IN LATE 1995 IS CURRENTLY A SENIOR FIREFIGHTER IN FLS, TOM AS TOMMY WEST, UH, BEGAN AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN MARCH, 1995.

AND HE'S RETIRING AS A CAPTAIN OF THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, MOVING ON UP TO 30 YEARS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT THE BULK OF THEIR CAREER WITH US, BEGAN AS A FIREFIGHTER IN THE SUMMER OF 1990.

AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY.

ANDY ALSO BEGAN IN 1990 AS A FIREFIGHTER, AND HE'S CURRENTLY A BATTALION CHIEF WITH US, JAMES BARNETT, WHAT CAN I SAY, WHO IS THIS GUY IS A 30 YEAR MAN FOR YOU STARTED AS AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY AND HAS BEEN, IS NOW THE LONG-SERVING COUNTY ATTORNEY CHARLES LEFT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY A FIRE CAPTAIN.

HE BEGAN AS A FIREFIGHTER IN THE SUMMER OF 1990.

FRED SIMPSON ALSO BEGAN IN 1990 AS A FIREFIGHTER AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS A FIRE CAPTAIN.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND TOO MANY IN THIS CATEGORY.

40 YEARS OF SERVICE, PEGGY DILLARD PERMIT TECHNICIAN.

HER FIRST DAY WITH YOUR COUNTY WAS 1980.

A LOT OF PERMITS THERE.

MICHAEL DUNSTAN BEGAN AS A FIREFIGHTER ALSO IN 1980 AND AS A FIRE LIEUTENANT, SCOTT LANEY STARTED OUT AS A LABORER WAY BACK WHEN I WAS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HE'S THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, CHARLES RAINEY, SAME TIMEFRAME BEGAN AS A LABOR ONE AND IS NOW A CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE WORKER.

TWO IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 45.

YEAH.

IF HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS POSSIBLE.

NOW YOU DO, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY HERE, UH, RONALD, UH, GUMTREE, UH, MAJOR MONTGOMERY.

HE FIRST STARTED, UH, WITH YOUR COUNTY IN JANUARY OF 1975 AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

AND OF COURSE HE SERVES AS THE CHIEF DEPUTY IN THE MAJOR IN THE YORK BECAUSE IN SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LIST JUST TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND REFLECT ON ALL THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE IN THOSE WIDE RANGE OF OPERATIONS.

AND, AND I KNOW THE BOARD AGREES THAT WE ARE INDEED BLESSED WITH A LOYAL AND LONG SERVING STAFF, UH, THAT'S CONTRIBUTED AND CONTINUES TO CRIM TO CONTRIBUTE A GREAT DEAL TO THE ASSISTANCE OF YOUR COUNTY.

THAT IS OUTSTANDING.

UH, MR. MORGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO WERE ON THAT PRESENTATION.

UH, THAT'S GREAT.

UH, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SERVICE, UH, 20 YEARS TO 45 YEARS.

UH, THAT'S QUITE SOMETHING, UH, ANY COMMENTS AND, UH, MISS KNOLL, ARE YOU A WITH US? OKAY, MR. ERM, ANY COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS? FIRSTLY IS MOST OF US ARE WELL AWARE THAT YOUR COUNTY IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES THIS UNITED STATES TO RAISE A FAMILY IN VERY LARGE COURT.

WHY THAT'S THE CASE IS BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONALISM ASSOCIATED WITH THE PICTURES

[00:15:01]

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THE PROFESSIONALISM IS OUTSTANDING ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE SECOND COMMENT HAS TO DO WITH MY CONCERN BECAUSE A LITTLE LATER ON THIS AGENDA, YOU'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE RETIRING.

I SURE HOPE NOT MANY, FRANKLY, QUITE, QUITE FRANKLY HOPE NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE LIST TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RETIRING.

LET'S SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

MR. ADMINISTRATOR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. ROME.

YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS STICKING AROUND SO LONG AND THAT TYPE OF CONTINUITY IS VERY HARD TO COME BY AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE AND THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE FOLKS HAVE TO PASS ON TO THEIR TEAM MEMBERS AND NEW NEW STAFF MEMBERS COMING IN TO THE COUNTY IS INVALUABLE.

AND I'M JUST SO GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US TEACHING AND MOVE, MOVE TO THE COUNTY FOR SO MUCH APPRECIATION.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS FOR SHEPHERD.

YEAH.

AND I SEE IN THE LIST, UH, YOU KNOW, AND AS IT, UH, AS THE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS RATTING UP, W THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND IS HOW FAST TIME FLIES.

YEAH.

YOU, UH, ONE DAY YOU START A NEW JOB, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS HAD PASSED AND YOU GETTING READY TO RETIRE, OR, OR YOU'VE BEEN THERE 45 YEARS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING, BUT THE, THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS, AND THEN THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY, UM, IT'S HARD TO, IT'S HARD TO EXPRESS THE VALUE THAT THAT MEANS TO, UH, TO US.

AND, AND I AGREE, UH, THAT, UH, THE REASON YOUR COUNTY IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE IS BECAUSE OF OUR TREMENDOUS WORKFORCE THAT WE HAVE AND, AND SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS.

SO, UH, I THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO MISS KNOLL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE UNMUTE, UNMUTE, UNMUTE COMMENTS ON WHAT THE 20, 20 TO 45 A YEAR EMPLOYEE.

OH, I THINK THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I LOOK AT THE ONES WHO WE'RE DOING RESOLUTIONS REC FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THEM WHEN THEY RETIRE.

AND YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S 165 YEARS WORTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT THE COUNTY HAS BENEFITED FROM.

IT'S AMAZING HOW LONG OUR EMPLOYEES STAY WITH US.

AND I, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GOOD LEADERSHIP THAT THEY GET FROM THEIR ADMINISTRATORS AND WHAT THEY GET FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AND I, I HOPE THAT AS THEY LEAVE THE COUNTY, BY THE EXAMPLE THAT THEY HAVE SAID OVER THESE YEARS, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.

AND I THINK THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.

AND AREN'T WE LUCKY TO HAVE OVER THESE PEOPLE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING.

THANKS MS. SNELL, AND JUST IN PASSING, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE OVER THE YEARS, UH, TO THE COUNTY AND MAKING YOUR COUNTY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

THANKS.

AND, UH, WITH THAT,

[B Access Williamsburg. Receive update from William S. Massey, Peninsula Agency on Aging, concerning Access Williamsburg which provides scheduling of transportation services to senior citizens over the age of 60 and individuals with disabilities.]

HEY, BILL UNMUTE IS MY PROBLEM.

THERE YOU GO.

THANKS SHAYLA, FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING THERE, IT WAS ALL SAID TO SHOW MY TECHNICAL CAPABILITY, BUT I GUESS I'M GOING TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON TELLING YOU ABOUT EXCESS WILLIAMSBURG.

I THINK I'LL HAVE BETTER LUCK WITH THAT.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE UP WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ITEM FOUR, THANK YOU AND NEIL MORGAN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND, UH, PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG INITIATIVE, UH, ACCESS WILLIAMS ARDEN BECAME OPERATIONAL IN AUGUST ON AUGUST 10TH AND 2020.

AND IT, UH, I HAVE TO SAY THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD THAT HAPPENED IN 2020.

I THINK MOST OF US WOULD AGREE, BUT THIS IS WHAT WHITE SPOTS, UH, IT'S THE ONE CALL TRANSPORTATION CENTER FOR THE GREATER WILLIAMSBURG AREA, UH, FOR SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP OF THREE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS,

[00:20:01]

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AT THE MENTAL AGENCY ON AGING HAS DOTTED STAYS GERALD PATRELL HE'S HE'S WITH US TONIGHT.

AND HE'S, UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS HE, UM, UH, ACCOMPLISHES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, RUNNING A MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM IN OUR GENERAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, GERALD TOOK ON THE, UM, THE DUTIES AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG.

AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE, BUT WE ARE NOW THAT WE'RE, AS I SAID, WE'RE OPERATIONAL AND VERY, VERY PLEASED.

UH, PAA IS THE FISCAL AGENT OR EXCESS WILLIAMSBURG.

AND, UH, TO DATE WE'VE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF A FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION.

THANK YOU, THREE 10 FUNDING, UH, OF A LITTLE OVER A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, TO HELP ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT A ONE CALL SYSTEM AND A GREATER WILLIAMSBURG AREA.

AS A FISCAL AGENT, PAA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SERVES TO ENSURE THE CONTINUATION AND SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM, UM, AND ACCESS.

AND I'LL, I'LL GET TO THE ASK HERE.

THE ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG IS REQUESTING A MODEST CONTRIBUTION OF $3,000 EACH FROM YOUR COUNTY, JAMES CITY COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 2022.

AND THAT THAT REQUEST WAS INCLUDED, INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET, UM, UH, REQUEST BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN 2013, WILLIAM SPRING HEALTH FOUNDATION, A SPONSOR OF A TRANSPORTATION STUDY TITLED SENIOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN THE GREATER WILLIAMSBURG AREA, A REVIEW OF EXISTING AND PROJECTED CAPACITY AND NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG EVOLVED AS A RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STUDY.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE STUDIES THAT DIDN'T GET PUT ON THE SHELF AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT THOSE.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO GOOD THINGS AND, UM, MAJOR IMPETUS FOR THIS WORK CAME FROM THAT PARTICULAR STUDY.

THE STUDY RECOMMENDED ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

UH, THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE COORDINATED HUMAN SERVICE ABILITY PLAN, UH, FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION, WHICH NOTES, THE NEED TO EXPAND COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION AMONG THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS.

UM, THIS PROJECT IS THE RESULT OF SEVEN YEARS OF COLLABORATION.

UM, MANY OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN OVERCOME WITH THE HELP OF, UH, THE AUDIT AND WITH THE WILLIAMSBURG HEALTH FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP.

AND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE A SOFT LAUNCH.

AS I NOTED BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, TO THANK ALLISON BRODY, WHO'S REPRESENTING WILLIAMSBURG HEALTH FOUNDATION.

SHE IS WITH US.

AND I SO APPRECIATE THE, UH, PALACE A BIG WITH THOSE AND THE LONGSTANDING SUPPORT OF THE WILLIAMSBURG HEALTH FOUNDATION, OUR, UM, SERVICE AREA FOR, UH, ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG IS, UM, UH, WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY COUNTY, AND THE BRUTON DISTRICT OF YOUR COUNTY, UM, WAY THE, UM, THE SYSTEM OPERATES IN INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS.

THEY ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG.

WE HAVE A SINGLE PHONE NUMBER, THUS, UH, ONE CALL IS, UH, ANOTHER, UH, AND THAT, THAT, UH, FOLKS USED TO REFERENCE THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

AND SO WHEN THEY CALLED THE, THE, UH, ONE NUMBER SCHEDULER PUTS CLIENT DATA AND INFORMATION INTO SOUTH MATCH, WHICH IS OUR SCHEDULING SOFTWARE, AND THEN ASSIGNS THE RIDE TO THE APPROPRIATE PROVIDER BASED UPON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SYSTEM TAKES CARE OF, UM, OF THE, UH, THE EXTRA CALLS AND EXTRA WORK THAT HAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED RATHER THAN PUTTING THE ONUS ON THE INDIVIDUALS TO SEARCH AROUND AND TRY TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER, MULTIPLE CALLS.

AND THEN, UH, AS HAD BEEN THE STANDARD FOR MANY YEARS, BEING TOLD, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T, WE DON'T SERVE THIS PARTICULAR GROUP.

YOU NEED TO CALL THEN HERE'S THE NUMBER OF STUFF WE ARE ELIMINATING.

THOSE, UH, THOSE HAZARDS OF TRYING TO FIND THE TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT, UM, TRIP INFORMATION IS THEN SENT TO THE PROVIDER.

THEY CONTACT THE CLIENT, A CONFIRMED RIDE, COMPLETE THE TRIP AND ENTER COMPLETED TRIP VERIFICATION DATA INTO THE, THE ROUTE MATCH DATABASE.

UH, CURRENTLY WAS SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER AND SENIORS, 60 AND OLDER, UH, TODAY WE'VE PROVIDED 496 ONE-WAY TRIPS, UM, TO, UH, RESIDENTS OF YOUR COUNTY THROUGH THE, THE, UM, UH, EXCESS WILLIAM OR ONE CALL CENTER AND THE BENEFITS THAT WE ARE

[00:25:01]

AND WE ALL KNOW HOW VALUABLE THAT IS AND THE INITIATIVE WILL ALSO HELP US PREPARE FUTURE DEMAND.

UH, NOT ONLY IDENTIFYING GAPS IN SERVICES, BUT IDENTIFYING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE TOGETHER, WE BEGIN, UH, TO CONTINUE PROVIDE SERVICES, TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

UM, I'VE SAID I'D BE BRIEF.

SO I, I HAVE BEEN BRIEF.

WE, UM, PRETTY MUCH WE AT PAA PRETTY MUCH APPRECIATE ASK SUPPORT YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND, UM, THEY'LL FORGIVE ME, BUT AS YOU WERE, WE'RE GIVING THE, UM, THE SERVICE AWARDS.

UM, I KIND OF FELT BETWEEN THE 30 AND 40 YEAR GROUP.

UM, BUT I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN, UH, WITH PAA, BEEN FORTUNATE IN THIS POSITION FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OVER THOSE MANY YEARS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, THIS I THINK IS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT.

I WONDER ISSUE TO, UH, TO CONTINUES, TO SUPPORT US AND TO BUMP THE SUPPORT ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG AS WE SERVE RESIDENTS ON THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY, MISS NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BILL.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS FANTASTIC AND I THINK BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN NO LONGER DRIVE IS ESSENTIAL.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO THE LOWER PART OF THE PENINSULA TO PROVIDE THAT SAME TYPE OF SERVICE? WE SERVE RESIDENTS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, PRIMARILY OUT OF THE BIG OFFICE OPERATION OF WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY THAT, THAT MADE US CRITERIA ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG IS FOCUSED ON THAT PARTICULAR CATCHMENT AREA.

UM, BUT SHE LIKE THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

WE WERE NOT NEGLECTING FOLKS, A LOT OF WORK THERE TO, UH, BOOST BIKES AND THE TRANSPORTATION FOR NON EMERGENCY JOBS.

THANKS BILL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MR. .

YEAH, JUST ONE QUESTION.

I'M GLAD SHEILA BUILT S THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PROGRAM PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ON THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY COUNTY, AND YOUR, YOU QUALIFIED THAT BY SAYING THE UPPER PART OF YORK, WHICH OF COURSE IS DISTRICT ONE.

UH, I KNOW AS I LOOK AT THE FACES OF MY PEERS ON THIS BOARD, THERE'S A CERTAIN DEGREE OF JEALOUSY IS MY GOD.

WHY IS THE ONLY DISTRICT ONE THAT'S GETTING THE SERVICE AND YOU QUALIFIED, AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT TO SHEILA, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE'D GET THE LOWER END OF THE STICK.

IT SOUNDED LIKE WE GOT THE UPPER INTO THE SICK THIS TIME AROUND.

SO WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, WAIT A MINUTE.

WELL, DO WE WANT TO GO TO BAT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE'LL LIST EVERYTHING A LITTLE BIT GOOD AS MY STATEMENT, LET ME FINISH MY STATEMENT.

OKAY.

DON'T FLOOD HIM WITH WHEN ANYBODY'S TALKING, BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST KIDDING, OBVIOUSLY.

SHE'LL AND SO TAKE IT EASY CHILL, BUT BILL, WE WANT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATIONS DO, AND THE COOPERATION YOU DO WITH YOUR, YOUR ORGANIZATIONS THANKS MUCH.

AND MR. ZAREMBA WILL ALSO TELL YOU HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT ONE, WHICH MEANS THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT.

SO, ANYWAY, MOVING ON, I APPRECIATE YOUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDING MOBILITY FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LOSING THEM, MOBILITY, GETTING THEM INTO THE PLACES OF SERVICE NEED TO GO TO QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS OF YOUR SERVICE? HAS IT BEEN STEADY? HAS IT PLATEAUED HOW'S GROWTH, LOOK FOR YOU? YES.

IT'S BEEN STEADY.

UM, ANY GROWTH, UM, A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT'S GROWN, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND AND, UM, OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM, UH, PARTICULARLY, AND THE MEALS ON WHEELS, UH, PROGRAM, UH, AS, AS LIFE EXPECTANCY CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND FOLKS, UH, UH, NEED MORE SUPPORTS, UH, AND I GUESS THE, THE, UH, THE MUCH LATER YEAR AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING SOME DEMAND THERE, BUT WE ALL, WE ALSO WORK WITH FOLKS.

WE, WE, UH, I HAVE A COMMITMENT, UH, UH, PREVENTION ALSO, AND WE, WE HAVE A FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM AND WE HELP FOLKS DEAL WITH, UH, UH, CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES.

AND SO THERE BEEN THINGS WE'RE DOING TO HELP FOLKS AGE, AGE, WELL, AGE, AGE GRACEFULLY, AND, AND PROVIDE THEM SUPPORTS

[00:30:01]

OKAY, GREAT.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD.

UH, THANKS FOR THE BREAKING BILL.

IT SAID, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

THANK YOU.

AND MR. MASSEY, JUST TO REITERATE, UH, THANKS.

AND, UH, YOU CAN EXPECT THE BOARD'S CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S MOVE

[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]

MR. WYATT, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WHO'VE CALLED IN NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

SO YOU

[COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS ]

MR. BARNETT, NO DETAILED REPORT.

I WILL NOTE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN IN SESSION FOR A WEEK.

I'VE BEEN TRACKING THE BILLS.

IT SEEMS THAT I THINK THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXHAUSTED THEMSELVES LAST YEAR WITH THE REGULAR SESSION AND THEN A VERY LENGTHY SPECIAL SESSION.

UH, SO I, I, I'M SEEING ONLY ABOUT HALF THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT, UH, AND NOTHING ALARMING FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE.

I'LL, I'LL KEEP MR. MORGAN INFORMED OF ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TRACKED.

UM, AND IF ANYTHING OF PARTICULAR INTEREST COMES UP, WE'LL CERTAINLY LET THE BOARD KNOW.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU'VE SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.

I'LL TRY TO ANSWER AS BEST I CAN, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARNETT, MR. ZAREMBA? YUP.

UH, JIM, I SIT ON A, UH, A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE THAT, UH, BEFORE THE LAST MEETING WAS OVER, THERE WAS THE MOTION MADE A VOTE TAKEN AND, UH, ALMOST UNANIMOUS, NOT QUITE UNANIMOUS.

UH, THE, THE MOTION HAD TO DO WITH DOING AWAY WITH THE DEATH PENALTY IN VIRGINIA.

UH, HAS THAT BEEN A BILL TO INTRODUCE THAT? AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT BILL, IF IN FACT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, IF YOU COULD SAY THAT AGAIN, THE ABOLITION OF THE, WHAT THE, BUT THAT'S PEDALING THE DEATH PENALTY.

I, I TAX BILL, I I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AN ESTATE TAX SITUATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE SEEN THAT.

THAT IS NOT THE KIND OF BILL THAT I WOULD NORMALLY TRACK FOR THE BOARD.

OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD WISHES ME TO, I WILL, UM, I HAVE HEARD ON, I HAVE HEARD NEWS THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE INTRODUCED.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A BILL YET, BUT I'LL, I'LL TAKE A SECOND LOOK FOR THAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PLEASE DO ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALL RIGHT.

SEE, YOU SEE A NOD REAL QUICK.

SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

HOLD ON.

THIS BEING A SHORT SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION, THIS IS THIS, THIS IS A SHORT SESSION, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT, THAT I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, UM, AS TO EXACTLY WHEN THE, UH, HOW LONG THE SESSION WOULD CONTINUE.

THIS IS, THIS IS A YEAR IN WHICH NORMALLY IT WOULD BE A SHORT SESSION.

UM, BUT THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK, I DID NOT ACTUALLY SEE A FINAL SESSION CALENDAR POSTED.

SO, UM, ONCE PERHAPS ONE IS POSTED NOW, AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT OUGHT TO GO LONGER THAN THE NORMAL SHORT SESSION, WHICH IS SIX WEEKS.

OKAY.

HAVE THEY, HAD THEY SCHEDULED, UM, WHAT PAT HANDLED DAY AND WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? CROSSOVER DAY AGAIN, AS I SAY, I'VE NOT SEEN A SESSION, A SESSION CALENDAR POSTED YET.

PERHAPS IT IS BY NOW.

I DID LOOK LAST WEEK AND IT STILL HADN'T BEEN POSTED THEN.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

PRETTY SURE.

IT'S USUALLY THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY DECIDED ON AND IT'S POSTED ABOUT THE FIRST OR SECOND DAY OF THE SESSION, BUT MAYBE THERE'S MORE PROLONGED DISCUSSION ON IT, BUT CROSSOVER DAY IS WHAT THEY CALL THAT.

W WHEN YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT WHEN THE HOUSE FINISHES WORKING ON HOUSE BILLS, THE SENATE FINISHES ME ON, ON SENATE BILLS AND THOSE BILLS THEN SWITCH OVER EXCEPT FOR REVENUE AND BUDGET BILLS.

RIGHT.

THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THOUGH HOW LONG THE SESSION IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THAT.

BUT I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT MORE AS THEY GET THEIR SCHEDULE SETTLED.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

SEE, NONE.

UH, MR. BARNETT, I'D LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE YOU ON 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COUNTY.

30 YEARS IS QUITE COMMENDABLE.

SO

[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS ]

[00:35:01]

AND IN THE EASTERN REGION, PERHAPS THE HOLIDAY PEAK HAS PASSED.

UM, IT'S STILL A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF CASES COMPARED TO THE LAST 10 MONTHS, BUT DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

UH, SO IN TERMS OF YOUR COUNTY STAFF, UH, WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY CHALLENGING PERIOD SINCE CHRISTMAS.

WE'VE HAD, UH, EMPLOYEES TEST POSITIVE IN EIGHT DIFFERENT BUILDINGS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND, UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK, NONE THAT HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY ILL FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES, QUARANTINING PEOPLE, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO KEEP OUT WHEN THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEBODY THAT TESTS POSITIVE.

AND THAT'S, WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THAT IN THE VARIOUS ROUNDS SINCE LAST YEAR.

UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THREE WEEKS BEEN PRETTY TOUGH IN THAT REGARD.

SO HOPEFULLY THESE FAVORABLE SIGNS ON OVERALL CASES WILL CONTINUE.

AND WE'LL START TO EXPERIENCE IT HERE IN THE COUNTY.

UH, MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH CITIZENS AND OTHERS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH STATEWIDE VACCINATIONS.

I HAVE SHARED WITH SOME OF YOU ALL WHO HAVE CALLED ME SOME OF THE NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

UH, BUT I LIKE TO JUST MAKE A SORT OF A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON FOR, FOR EVERYONE WHO'S LISTENING, RIGHT BENEFIT.

UM, I THINK THIS BODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UH, POSSESSING THE VACCINE AND DISTRIBUTING AS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REGIONALLY THROUGH OUR PENINSULA, THE DISTRICT, WHICH, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES TO SIX LOCALITIES OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO PECOS AND NEWPORT NEWS AND HAMPTON JAMES CITY AND YOUR COUNTY, UM, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WEEKS, REALLY, SINCE THE HOLIDAYS THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THAT HEALTH DISTRICT HAVE, UM, STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS TO OFFER TO HELP.

WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE RESOURCES, WE HAVE SOME FACILITIES AND WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE MANAGING EMERGENCY.

AND JUST OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR, FOUR DAYS, I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE SEEN SOME POSITIVE MOVEMENT, UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH OUR LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT AND WITH THE, UM, THE SIX LOCALITIES WORKING TOGETHER.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CHANGED AND ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WE'VE HAD, UM, IN VIRGINIA IS THERE'S SOMEWHAT OF A MISMATCH SPINDLE SYSTEMS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT OUT THE VACCINES AND THEIR, UH, AUTHORITY AND SUPPLIES BEEN SOMEWHAT LIMITED.

WELL, THAT'S STARTING TO CHANGE.

AND I WANT TO PARTICULARLY TELL YOU ALL IN THE CITIZENS THAT RIVERSIDE HEALTH SYSTEMS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS JUST IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE BOTH TECHNICAL ADVICE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, AND SORT OF LEND THEIR SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

SO YOU'VE GOT SMALL AMOUNTS OF VACCINE COMING IN THROUGH THE PENINSULA HEALTH DISTRICT, UH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL PHARMACY CHAINS AND ALSO THROUGH THE HOSPITALS.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE STATE'S WEBSITE, UH, APPARENTLY ABOUT 1600 PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE VACCINATION.

UM, AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MEDICAL PROVIDERS.

UM, THERE IS STARTING TO BE SOME MOVEMENT INTO THE ONE, THE CRITICAL EMPLOYEE CATEGORIES.

UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND, UM, TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME, UH, SITES WHERE WE CAN SORT OF PRACTICE, UH, HELPING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, GET OUT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF VACCINES.

ALL DEPENDING ON THE DOSES AS OF YESTERDAY, UH, VIRGINIA WAS GETTING ABOUT 110,000 NEW DOSES A WEEK.

SO YOU CAN DO THE MATH, UH, WITH ABOUT 8 MILLION CITIZENS AND 110,000 DOSES TIMES TWO, UM, IN TERMS OF THAT RATE.

UH, BUT, UH, COMPARED TO A MONTH AGO, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET VACCINATED.

SOME OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS ARE STARTING TO HAVE PEOPLE BE VACCINATED.

UM, ALL OF OUR PARAMEDICS, UH, WHO HAVE DESIRED A VACCINE HAD BEEN VACCINATED.

UH, SOME SCHOOL NURSES, SOME SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, AND IT, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, IT'S GOING TO ACCELERATE.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT BY EARLY FEBRUARY AT THE LATEST, THE HEALTH DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE

[00:40:01]

UH, AND I WISH I COULD SAY MORE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT WE THINK AND THEN TURN AROUND AND TELL YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THEM.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MORGAN? THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MORGAN, MS. MOLT? NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

WELL, YEAH, I CAN GENERATE A QUESTION.

WE DID KEEP SAYING NUMBERS MEAL ALL OVER THE MAP.

I MEAN, ALL OVER AND EVERY DAY, THE DAILY PRESS AND LIST WILL OR MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR AREA IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSES AND THE NUMBER OF DEATHS YET.

I, YOU KNOW, I GO A LITTLE BEYOND THAT IN MY, MY READINGS AND SO FORTH.

AND I'VE TOLD THAT OF THE 100% OF THE PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 ALL OF 6% HAD NO SERIOUS UNDERLYING CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED ALL OF 6% HAD NO UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO DIED OF COVID, IT WAS A PILE ON, IN TERMS OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE FELT YOU'RE FAILING LIVER, KIDNEYS, YOU GET THE IDEA.

AND SO I WISH THE HECK THAT WE GET SOME CLEAR NUMBERS OUT OF THE GODS WHO WERE WITH GIVING US NUMBERS, BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, BUT YOU LEAVE THE NUMBERS AND IT JUST IN DEBIT, JUST LIKE DEPENDENT, JUST LIKE THE MEN THAT MAKE IT.

SO IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME REAL NUMBERS, UH, I, FOR SURE IT PROBABLY WOULD REFLECT IN THE REST OF THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S A BIG SCARE KIND OF THING.

I, YOU KNOW, I RUN ALL PRACTICE.

MANY OF MY CLIENTS ARE FEARFUL OR THEY NEVER TAKE THEIR MASK OFF WHEN THEY'RE IN THE OFFICE.

AND WE'RE 20 FEET APART FROM ONE ROUTER.

IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF, OF COURSE THE MEDIA NOT SET ON THAT.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WALTER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, MY AUNT DIED OF COVID TWO WEEKS AGO.

SHE HAD SOME OTHER COMORBIDITIES, BUT SHE STILL DIED BECAUSE OF COVID.

MY DAUGHTER IS AN ICU DOCTOR AND SIX PEOPLE THAT IN HER ICU ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

NOW HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.

I GOT A WONDERFUL CALL FROM SHEILA A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

UH, FEDERAL MIKE ME SHE'LL CALLS ME UP AND SAYS, BY THE WAY, I JUST CAME BACK FROM A PORTSMOUTH NAVAL HOSPITAL.

I GOT MY COVID-19 SHOT.

WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING? AND I SAID, FINE.

I'LL DO IT.

GO AHEAD.

HEY, I HATE THE IDEA OF GOING DOWN AT PORTSMOUTH BECAUSE OF THE HIGHWAY.

SO YESTERDAY HEATHER SENDS ME AN EMAIL.

OKAY.

WHOA, BY THE WAY, UH, RIVERSIDE IS READY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR FIRST COVID-19 SHOT.

SO I CALLED THEM UP TODAY.

THERE WAS A SERIES OF ROUTINE, UH, QUESTIONS AND I ON THE 11TH, 15, THIS FRIDAY, I'LL ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS, BUT AT 1115, THIS FRIDAY, I GET MY FIRST COVID-19 SHOT.

AS I LOOK AT SHEILA ON THE SCREEN, SHE'S HAD A SHOT.

SHE LOOKS PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND HAPPY.

AND SO I HAD NO ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO GETTING MY FIRST SHOT.

MR. JEREMY, YOU GOT CUT OFF.

CUT YOU OFF THERE.

OKAY.

MR. MR. RYAN, THANK YOU, MR. .

YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO SOME OF THE EMAILS I'M GETTING FROM RESIDENTS ASKING ABOUT THE FASCINATION, SHE'S LIKE, THERE'S AN IMPRESSION THAT YOUR COUNTY IS SOMEHOW LAGGING BEHIND OTHER LOCALITIES AND CITIES AND DISTRIBUTING IN THE VACCINATION TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.

I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE, BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT? HOW DO WE COMPARE AGAINST OTHER LOCALITIES IN THAT THIS IS FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, NOT FOR THE FRONTLINE WORKERS, SO FORTH, BUT RIGHT.

SO THE ONLY REAL DATABASE I'VE ACCESS TO IS THE VIRGINIA HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND THEY TRACK IT BY HEALTH DISTRICT.

AND SO SOME HEALTH DISTRICTS WERE REPORTED TO BE VACCINATING PEOPLE IN ONE B, AND AS OF TODAY, THE PENINSULA SHOWED IN ONE A, UH, SO CERTAINLY THERE ARE HEALTH DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA THAT ARE DOING BETTER THAN OUR HEALTH DISTRICT.

YOU REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT YOUR COUNTY SEPARATELY THAN WILLIAMSBURG OR OR NEWPORT NEWS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SERVED BY THE SAME HEALTH DISTRICT AND EVERYONE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY DOES NOT POSSESS VACCINE.

UM, ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO HELP, UH, THE

[00:45:01]

BUT AS WALTER ALLUDED TO, THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT NOW, UH, TOWARD GETTING, UM, CRITICAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, UM, VACCINATED.

AND THAT'S JUST A DEVELOPMENT JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO I WOULD EXPECT ON THAT MAP, UH, FOR THE PENINSULA TO SHOW UP AS ONE B IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

UM, AND JUST ONE GENERALIZATION, UH, THAT I'VE SEEN IN TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE IS THE DISTRICTS WHO ARE TENDING TO DO BETTER, ARE THE ONES WHERE THE HEALTH DISTRICT, THE LOCALITY AND THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM ALL SHARE A COMMON BOUNDARY, UM, WHERE THEY'RE SORT OF ALL KNOW EACH OTHER AND ALL WORK TOGETHER.

AND THOSE LIKE OURS THAT HAVE THREE DIFFERENT HEALTH DISTRICTS OR THREE DIFFERENT HEALTH SYSTEMS, UH, SIX DIFFERENT LOCALITIES, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT SCHOOL SYSTEMS, UM, ARE MORE CHALLENGED.

OKAY, UNDERSTOOD.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART TO THAT, WHAT I'M GETTING FROM READING THE MESSAGES AND EMAILS IS THAT FOLKS JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION IS SCATTERED DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH OUR COVID-19 CONNECTION, PULLED ON A WEBPAGE WITH A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THERE.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUSH WITH MORE INFORMATION PERTINENT TO YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS AND TRYING TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE THE FA THIS WEEK, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN NEXT WEEK.

THIS IS, WE ANTICIPATE THIS IS HAPPENING JUST TO GET PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT THINGS ARE IN MOTION, THAT WE ARE PROGRESSING FORWARD.

AND HOPEFULLY SOON WE WILL HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE THAT PEOPLE CAN START SCHEDULING.

BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY JUST SEE GENERAL INFORMATION AS A FIELD THAT NOTHING'S HAPPENING.

AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO SHOW THAT INDEED, A LOT OF WORK IS HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND AND THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PUMP MORE INFORMATION TO THAT PORTAL, I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD SERVICE TO THE, TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, MR. RON, MR. SHEPHERD.

IT'S INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

UM, NEIL, AND, AND APPRECIATE THE UPDATES.

I MEAN, YOU HAD TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, BY TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING A NUMBERS GAME.

AND I WAS TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER ABOUT THAT AND SHE GOES, DAD, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.

JUST LOOK AT THE HOSPITAL.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE LA FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOSPITALS ARE FULL.

I THINK OF A CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER IN NEW YORK, 1200 BED HOSPITAL FULL AND ARE ALL COVID, THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN PUTTING HEART DISEASE PATIENTS OR KIDNEY DISEASE.

PATIENTS ARE LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE JUST ALL COVID.

SO IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S KIND OF WHATEVER THE NUMBERS ARE.

THE SITUATIONS ARE, ARE, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S THE HOSPITALS ARE WHAT HOSPITALS ARE.

UM, AND IF ANYBODY THINKS THAT THIS IS A SMOOTH OPERATION OR A SIMPLE OPERATION, I MEAN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR ACT TOGETHER FROM ONE END TO THE SYSTEM, TO THE END, IF YOU JUST HAVE PIECES OF IT, THEN, THEN IT'S IT.

DOESN'T ALL THE DOMINOES ON ALL FALL.

AND YOU END UP WITH A PROBLEM.

NOW I KNOW A WALL TO SEEN THIS.

I'VE SEEN IT IN THE MILITARY, BIG ALARM, GOURDS ORGANIZATIONS, THERE'S A LINK BREAKS AND EVERYTHING BECOMES A FOOD BAR.

IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT, IT'S JUST, IT'S A MESS.

SO, UM, AND ALSO ANOTHER NUMBER TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT AND THE INCOMING PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT HE'S WANTS TO HUNT.

HE WANTS A HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE DONE, UH, VACCINATED IN, UM, A HUNDRED DAYS.

THERE'S 300 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS OVER 300 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY DAYS IN A YEAR, OKAY, HOW MANY YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO, I HAVE TO VACCINATE A MILLION PEOPLE ALMOST A DAY IN THIS COUNTRY.

IS THAT HAPPENING? WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW LONG THIS THING, UNLESS IT ACCELERATES TO SOME PHENOMENAL AMOUNT, UH, THIS GUY TAKE A LONG TIME FOR, UM, THIS, UH, DISEASE TO BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.

SO THE BEST THING I THINK WE CAN DO IS RIGHT, LIKE STEVE SAID, LET'S HAVE THE INFORMATION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE, BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE.

BUT WE, AS EVERY CITIZEN HERE HAVE TO WEAR YOUR MASK AND DO THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP ME, THIS DISEASE.

SO, I MEAN, WE CAN SAY IT TALK ALL DAY LONG ABOUT IT, BUT IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE ALL GOING TO JUMP ON A PLANE AND ALL FLY SOMEWHERE, OR WE'RE GOING TO GATHER TOGETHER AND HAVE A BIG PARTY, OR I'M GONNA GO SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, LIKE THEY'RE DOING IN FLORIDA AND A FEW OTHER PLACES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISEASE RUNNING RAMPANT FOR AWHILE, AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GOING TO JUST SCREW UP THE ECONOMY SO PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING.