Jan 19, 2021 Board of Supervisors

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.

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.

EMPLOYEES RECOGNITION FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.

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

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THEM TO MEETINGS.

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

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CENTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.

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.

OF THE NAMES OF THESE PEOPLE YOU JUST SHARED WITH US.

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

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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.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. ROME.

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.

THAT WAS FOR SHEPHERD.

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.

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.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG, AND YOU MAY SEE WILLIAM BILL ON, ON MUTE.

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,

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UH, THE PENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING, A WILLIAMSBURG AREA, TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND THE ARC OF GREAT, OF COURSE WE ARE, UH, WORKING WITH OTHER POTENTIAL PARTNERS TO EXPAND THAT, UH, THAT GROUP.

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

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BEGINNING TO SEE, AND WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND OUR EFFICIENCIES REPORT, DATA SCHEDULING, UH, WE'LL BUILD ON EXISTING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATION OF SERMONS, UH, PRODUCE TRANSPORTATION AS A BARRIER TO HEALTHCARE AND EMPLOYMENT.

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, MR. MASSEY, MISS NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

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.

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

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THEY NEED.

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.

INTO CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.

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.

SEE, WE HAVE NO COMMENTS GOING TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MOVING ON TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS, UH, MR. MORGAN, WELL, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I FEEL THE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COVID-19 A LITTLE BIT, UH, TWO THINGS, UH, WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF CASES, AND THEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF VACCINATIONS, IN TERMS OF CASES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE'S STATISTICS, UH, THERE'S A FEW HOPEFUL GLIMMERS, THE LAST

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.

[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS ]

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THREE OR FOUR DAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE STATEWIDE.

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

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SOME, UH, VACCINATION SITES THAT ARE OPEN TO AT LEAST SOME CATEGORIES OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

SYSTEM QUOTE, UNQUOTE, AS IT IS, GET BETTER, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES.

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

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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.

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SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, WHAT ARE YOU GET TO DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO? SO ANYWAY, NEIL, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SOLVE A SOLVE IT, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS A SCAM WE'RE PICKING AT.

AND, UH, IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET IT DONE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

HE WAS, UH, UH, ON DAY OFF WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS HAVING A DAY OFF, UH, HE WAS BEEN ELBOW TO ELBOW WORKING, TRYING TO GET THE, GET THIS COORDINATED, UH, UM, RESPONSE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK, NEIL.

INTO MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD.

AND MR. MORGAN, APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, CONTINUED WORK.

UH, JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHEN MR. SHEPHERD, MR. RON SAID, UH, MORE INFORMATION WE CAN PUT OUT THERE TO OUR CITIZENS, UH, THE BETTER, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT'S IN THE WORKS, BUT THE MORE SITES THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH RIVERSIDE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WHETHER THEY BE DRIVE IN OR WHETHER THEY BE IN THE SENIOR CENTER OR AT A FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WOULD BE GREAT.

WE NEED TO GET AS MANY DOSES IN PEOPLE'S ARMS AS POSSIBLE, UH, TO COMBAT THIS, UH, DISEASE.

AND, UH, MR. ZAREMBA, I'VE HAD, UH, TWO OF MY FRIENDS WHO, UH, WERE IN THEIR FORTIES AND MID FIFTIES, UH, SUCCUMB TO THIS DISEASE WHO WERE, UH, IN VARYING DEGREES OF HEALTH.

AND, UH, IT'S, UH, FOR REAL IT'S OUT THERE, UH, DON'T DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE THAT IT'S, UH, UH, NOT SERIOUS.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE

[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD]

AND I'VE ALREADY HAD MY SHOT AT THE APPLE.

SO, UH, MISS KNOLL.

FREEMAN FROM VIRGINIA BEACH.

LET ME READ YOU SOMETHING.

IF I CAN FIND IT HERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN GETTING SHOTS, AND I THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM.

AND THERE WAS A, IT'S HAD BEEN CHEEK, IF YOU WILL LET HER TO THE EDITOR THE OTHER DAY, AND I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.

CAUSE IT'S SHORT, THE HEADLINE OF COURSE IS GET THE SHOT AS A PRACTICING FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

I HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION EVERY DAY.

SHOULD I GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE? BASICALLY, IF YOU CHECK YOUR PULSE AND YOU HAVE ONE, YOU SHOULD GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE, WHICHEVER ONE YOU CAN, WHENEVER YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD DO IT FOR SOCIETY.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PULSE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS. AND IT WAS DR.

WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSING THEIR EYES TO THE PROBLEM AND SAYING, I DON'T NEED A SHOT AND THAT'S WRONG.

I THINK OUR CITIZENS REALLY HAVE TO CONCENTRATE AND THINK WHAT'S GOOD.

NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THE FAMILY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THEY INTERACT WITH.

UH, SO I'M URGING YOU ALL TO PLEASE GET A SHOT WHEN, AND IF, UH, IF AND WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

AND I'VE GOT TO SAY LEADERSHIP IS AT THE TOP.

AND I THINK THAT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO, AS SOON AS THIS BROKEN, AS LIKE, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A VACCINE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET UP.

AND I DON'T CARE WHETHER A COUNTY IS JUST AS ONE HOSPITAL AT ONE SCHOOL OR FIVE HOSPITALS, FIVE HOSPITALS, AND FIVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

IT, THE STATE SHOULD HAVE HANDLED THIS MUCH BETTER THAN THAT THEY'VE DONE.

AND I THINK NEIL, YOU'VE DONE A SUPERHUMAN JOB.

AND SO HAVE YOUR OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS HERE, YOU'VE PULLED TOGETHER TO DO IT.

WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAD TO, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CARRYING THE WEIGHT THAT THEY SHOULD BE CARRYING.

AND I'M VERY SORRY, BUT I DON'T LIKE A DAY HERE, THE ARGUMENT, BUT THERE IT IS.

AND I THINK NEXT TIME WE HAVE SOMETHING, AT LEAST YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PLANS AND YOU WOULD HOPE THAT WE BENEFIT BY THIS AND WE'D HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR THE FUTURE.

SORRY.

THANK YOU, MS. DOLL, GIVE ME ADMITTED TO REBUT MR. UH, SHEPHERD'S CUMMINS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIE ANNUALLY BY CANCER.

YOU MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CONVEY? I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT COVID-19 IS A DEADLY VIRUS I'M SIMPLY SAYING, OR I SIMPLY SAID WAS THAT THE NUMBERS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

RIGHT? AND MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 COMPARED TO OTHER MORE DEADLY DISEASES, IT DOESN'T COMPETE.

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AND THAT THING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS.

WE STILL HAVEN'T SOLVED THAT.

SO WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS RATE STRIDES IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S PFIZER, WHETHER IT'S MODERNA TO GET ON WITH BEING ABLE TO AT LEAST VACCINATE ALL OF US, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO BE VACCINATED.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE A DETERRENT FROM BEING DIAGNOSED AT SOME POINT IN TIME WITH THIS DEADLY DISEASE.

BUT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED, I'D LIKE, I'VE TOLD THEM, I'M GOING TO SEND YOU A, UM, A STUDY DONE BY A DOCTOR FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

AND HE'S ALSO A PHD WITH RESPECTED NUMBERS.

I READ IT WRONG.

I'VE GOT IT.

I'VE ALREADY READ IT.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19 WITH, I MEAN, THAT'S A TRAGEDY, AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY.

I DON'T THINK HUMPHREY OR THE MORE ONE IN TERMS OF THOUGH BEING ABLE TO GET ON WITH WHAT THE HECK WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY AGAIN.

UH, I DO CONSIDER COVID-19 TO BE DEADLY IT'S DEVASTATING ON FAMILIES WHOSE MEMBER IS IN FACT DIAGNOSED AND DIES FROM THE COVID-19 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS, THERE WAS AN UNDERLYING CAUSE SUCH AS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.

THANK YOU, MR. ZIMMERMAN, AROUND NOTHING NEW TO BRAIN BRAIN, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID ON OUR SITE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY TOO.

I DO AGREE WITH MS. MISNOMER THAT THE PLAN FOR A MINISTER AND THE VACCINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OUT AND PUT IN PLACE WELL IN ADVANCE OF A VACCINE BEING DEVELOPED, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND I KNOW THIS IS MY PERCEPTION, AND MAYBE I'M MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED.

AND THEN PEOPLE SAID, OKAY, NOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEPLOY IT? WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO DEPLOY IT.

THAT PLAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE A LONG TIME AGO.

SO THIS IS JUST ME BEING CRITICAL OF THE POWERS THAT BE, THAT SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO HERE ON THIS SIDE.

BUT SHE'S RIGHT.

THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE A LONG TIME AGO.

WELL, WHAT I WAS, WASN'T WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SO, I MEAN, I'M SORRY YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I, I JUST, I HEAR, UH, I SORT OF IN FACT AGREED WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BECAUSE I HEAR THESE NUMBERS EVERYWHERE.

AND SO I'VE WHAT I SAY IS BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED MOSTLY THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE JUST, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACT.

UH, EVEN THE AGE OF THE DOCTORS ARE PROBABLY DOWN AS A, I THINK IT WAS A NEWS ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT JUST RECENTLY ABOUT DOWNPLAYING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE.

AND, UH, THE, THE VACCINE ESSENTIALLY IS A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVE.

SO THAT'S EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, I'M RECOMMENDING IT.

GET IT.

SO ANYWAY, UM, THE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, MY FAVORITE SUBJECT REAL QUICK.

UH, YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU GO DOWN ON THE, UH, THE, THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE CRANES ARE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE DIGGING AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THE WORK.

AND, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE DIGGING THE PIT AND THE PIT, JUST A BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND.

AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BORING MACHINE WHEN IT COMES IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO DROP IT IN THERE.

NOW THE MACHINE IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT IN, UM, IN GERMANY.

UM, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SHIP THAT OVER THERE, HOW THEY GET IT INTO THE HOLE FROM OFF THE SHIP.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK OUT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU OR TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE LOOK AT THE LOGISTICS YOU'RE HERE.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THIS HUGE MACHINE ON A SHIP.

NOW THE MACHINE ITSELF IS GOING TO BE TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS LONG.

SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A, BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A TRAIN.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET IN THERE, THEY'LL BE BORING IT DOWN INTO THE, UM, INTO THE TUNNEL.

AND THEY'LL TELL THE BOARD FROM ONE, FROM ONE ISLAND OVER TO THE NEXT TURNAROUND IN BOARD BACK.

SO THEY'LL END UP BUILDING THE TWO TUNNELS THAT WAY.

UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

THIS IS A CUSTOMIZED BUILT MACHINE JUST FOR HAMPTON ROADS TUNNEL.

UM, WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED WITH IT, I TOLD HIM, I SAID, MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU OUGHT TO GO PUT IT IN, UH, ON SOME PIECE OF LAND AND HAVE A MUSEUM.

IT OUGHT TO BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.

AND SOME TUNNELS, THEY HAVE LITERALLY BURIED THE MACHINE BELOW THE TUNNEL.

AND JUST LEFT IT THERE.

I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DID FOR THE CHANNEL.

UM, AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, THE OPERATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS NOW THAT THEY'RE LITERALLY BUILDING A HOLE TO DROP THE MACHINE INTO THE SO THEY CAN GET GOING WITH IT.

SO THAT WAS MY IDEA.

UH, MR. SHEPHERD, ARE THEY ON SCHEDULE AS FAR AS TIME? OH YEAH.

YEP.

THERE'S A BIG REWARD FOR, FOR GETTING THIS THING DONE ON TIME.

AND, UM, UH, AND AS PART OF THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST REAL QUICK, THE MACHINE BORING DEVICE IS BUILT TO ADDRESS THE TYPE OF SOIL THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WHY DON'T YOU SELL IT TO NEW YORK BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A BUNCH OF TUNNELS.

THEY GOTTA DIG UP THERE.

IT WON'T WORK FOR

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THE, THE TYPE OF SOIL.

THEY GOT A LOT OF GRANTED TYPE OF A ROCK, A BASE IN SOME SAND.

SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A ONE-TIME DEAL, BUT, UH, YEAH, THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE.

THIS THING'S GOING GREAT.

INTERESTING.

WE'VE RAN A LITTLE LONG.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE INTO OUR SEVEN O'CLOCK

[1 Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Development. Receive public comments on the development of the proposed FY2022 Budget. ]

HOUR.

AND AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PUBLIC FORUM TALKING ABOUT THE 2022 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON MR. MORGAN FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

SO I KNOW EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN COVID-19 MY NEXT FAVORITE SUBJECT, THE COUNTY'S FINANCES.

UM, UH, THIS, UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, THIS BOARD HAS ADVERTISED THE PUBLIC FORUM, UH, IN THE SECOND JANUARY MEETING, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE TO BASICALLY, UH, JUST SAY, HEY, REMEMBER EVERYBODY, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON THE BUDGET.

UM, AND, UM, IN MARCH, UH, I'LL BE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET.

IT'LL BE STUDIED, THERE'LL BE WORK SESSIONS.

THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO DISPOSE OF IT, UH, NO LATER THAN MAY.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SEE, UH, IF ANY CITIZENS AT THIS POINT, UH, HAVE ANY OPINIONS, ANY GUIDANCE, ANYTHING THEY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT, UH, BROAD BRUSH, AS I TOLD THE, UM, THIS BOARD AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IN DECEMBER, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS HOPEFULLY A BUDGET THAT MORE OR LESS RESTORES WHERE WE WERE AT, UH, AT THE, FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH LAST YEAR, UH, BEFORE WE CUT EVERYTHING AND FROZE EVERYTHING WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

UH, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, GETTING BACK ON TRACK WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTY, UM, AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES, UH, INCLUDING MOST OBVIOUSLY, UH, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT THAT GOES WITH A, UH, UH, A REASONABLE SCALE CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'LL HAVE A LOT OF GRANULAR A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW.

AND THE POINT OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO REALLY, UH, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR THE BOARD'S BENEFIT.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, START WITH MISS KNOLL, MR. RAMBO, MR. ROAN? NOPE.

NONE AT THIS TIME, MR. SHEPHERD AT THIS TIME.

PUBLIC FORUM AND AT THIS TIME, UH, MR. WYATT, DO WE HAVE ANY CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC, NO CALLS AT THIS TIME.

UH, LIKE TO OPEN THE

[PUBLIC FORUM]

INTO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS THE APPLICATION UPS NINE SIX ZERO DASH 20.

THIS TIME I LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM, PUBLIC FORUMS BEING CLOSED.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MOVE

[2 Application No. UP-960-20, Natasha McMurtrey. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R21-4 to authorize the establishment of a beauty salon as a home occupation with customer/client contact on property located at 608 Clements Mill Trace.]

I'M GOING TO CALL ON MS. PARKER FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION AS PARKER.

WONDERFUL.

A BACKDROP YOU HAVE.

IS JUST NOW, UM, GETTING FINISHED UP.

AND WE GO, OKAY, THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A HOME OCCUPATION.

UM, BEAUTY SALON.

IT IS A S THIS TITIAN'S STUDIO, WHICH, UM, FOR PURPOSES OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD BE A BEAUTY SALON AT, UH, SIX OH EIGHT CLEMENTS MILL TRACE IN THE WHITAKER'S MILT SUBDIVISION.

IT'S A VICINITY MAP.

UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY IS, UH, FILLED IN, IN RED, UM, BUSH INDUSTRIAL PARK, JUST TO THE NORTHEAST, UH, AND, UH, THE TOWNHOUSES, UH, JUST SOUTH OF THERE.

AND THEN 64 OVER TO THE WEST ZONING MAP.

UH, THE PROPERTY IS ZONE, UH, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESOURCE CONSERVATION.

RC IS THE NAVAL WEAPONS STATION SURROUNDING ZONING.

UH, EO IS, UH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, UH, LIMITED UP INDUSTRIAL, UM, FOR THE, UH, BUSH INDUSTRIAL PARK.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 64 IS A RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED, UH, FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY GOOGLE HAD A MORE UP-TO-DATE AREA OR THE PROPERTY THAN WE DID THIS SUBDIVISION

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UH, THE RED STAR YOU SEE ON THERE IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY IS SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, OF THE AREA, UM, WESTBOUND, CLEMENTS SMELL, TRACE, UH, AND A LOT OF THE VEHICLES YOU SEE ARE ACTUALLY CONTRACTORS.

AT THE TIME I WAS OUT THERE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OPPOSITE DIRECTION DOWN CLEMENTS MILL, AND, AND THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S HOME.

THE HOME OCCUPATION WOULD BE IN THE GROUND FLOOR ROOM.

THEY'RE JUST OFF THE PORCH AND NOTE, THERE IS A TWO CAR GARAGE, AS WELL AS PARKING FOR TWO CARS, THE BACKYARD, AND IT FRONTS UP TO A COMMON AREA, BELONGS TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET.

THE APPLICANT SKETCH PLAN, UM, THE PINK AREA, THERE IS THE, UH, PARKING, AND AS I NOTED, A TWO CAR GARAGE, THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA WOULD BE THE STUDIO THAT WOULD BE INSIDE THE HOUSE, HANG ON A MORPH DETAILED FLOOR PLAN.

UH, THE HOUSE ITSELF IS, UH, 2,466 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.

UH, ORDINANCE STANDARDS WOULD LIMIT THE FLOOR AREA FOR THE HOME OCCUPATION AT 25%.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS ONLY 121 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 5% OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA SUMMARY, 120 FOOT, 121 SQUARE FOOT BEAUTY SALON.

5% OF THE DWELLING AREA HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM ON SATURDAYS.

UH, NO MORE THAN TWO TO FOUR CUSTOMERS PER DAY, TWO TO FOUR HOURS PER APPOINTMENT.

AND THEN THE 30, 30 MINUTES BETWEEN APPOINTMENTS PARKING, THERE ARE, AS I NOTED TO OFF STREET, PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED, UM, PER THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND THEY HAVE, UH, THEY HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING INFORMATION SUBMITTED WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT AT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THAT SUBDIVISION WOULD, ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE ABOUT 9.58 AVERAGE DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS THE HOME OCCUPATION WITH IT UP TO EIGHT ADDITIONAL DAILY TRIPS.

UH, THE ESTIMATED DAILY TRIPS FOR CLEMENTS MILL TREES TRACE FOR THAT ROAD IS 313.

SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE WOULD BE ANY TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. YEAH.

CONDITIONS WHO ARE RECOMMENDING THE FLOOR AREA, NOT EXCEED 121 SQUARE FEET WOULD BE OPERATED BY THE RESIDENTS ONLY CUSTOMERS BY APPOINTMENT, ONLY HOURS OF OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE TO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES FOR CUSTOMERS AND A FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE A ANNUAL INSPECTION AND ONSITE PIRATES IN WISHER.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT THERE HOME, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OUT THERE, UH, THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT A PARTY TO ENFORCEMENT OF ANY COVENANTS, BUT THE APPLICANT DID INCLUDE, UM, A SUPPORT LETTER FROM THE HOA FOR THIS APPLICATION CONCLUSION, THE OPERATION WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SIMILAR APPROVED HOME OCCUPATIONS FOR BEAUTY SALONS.

UH, WE WOULDN'T WITH THE, UH, CONDITIONS, NO ADVERSE IMPACTS EXPECTED ON THE SURROUNDING AREA.

UH, THE CONDITIONS WOULD LIMIT THE USE TO SMALL SALE SCALE OPERATION, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH FOUR.

AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.

AND I WOULD KNOW WE RECEIVED NO CALLS ARE INQUIRIES ABOUT THE APPLICATION.

OKAY, WELL, LET'S, UH, HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO GET HER NAME RIGHT MR. MRS. UH, MY KURT RAY PORTRAY MCMURTRY.

OKAY, COOL.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN AMY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PRESENTING MY CASE.

AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS SUPPORT ME.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL START WITH MISS KNOLL.

NO QUESTIONS.

RESIDENCE WAS THERE IS, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR STREET.

MR. JUST A COUPLE OF MS. PARKER.

UH, WHITAKER'S MILL IS A BRAND NEW SUBDIVISION AND YOU SHOWED US A COUPLE OF MAPS, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE APPLICANT'S HOME.

I HIGHLIGHTED RED.

UH, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW MUCH FILL

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IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT ARE THOSE HOUSES A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED, 80%, 60%? THERE'S BEEN NO PERIOD OF PUSHBACK, AS YOU MENTIONED, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT PEOPLE'S THOUGHT.

I KEEP ONE OF THOSE BRAND NEW HOUSES, WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE ANY COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT I, YOU KNOW, OBSERVED WHAT I WAS OUT IN THE FIELD, TAKING PICTURES THAT, THAT STRETCH STREET IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED AT THIS POINT.

THE COMMENT THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AS YOU WERE GIVING THE PRESENTATION WAS YOU MENTIONED THAT WHITAKER'S MILL WAS ZONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, NOW SURELY THAT INITIALLY CAME UP BEFORE THE, BUT WE MUST'VE CHANGED THAT IT'S NO LONGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I PRESUME.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE AREA FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

RESIDENTIAL.

MR. ROME, RIGHT.

GOING BACK TO THE STREET QUESTION, IS THAT, WAS THAT A DEAD END STREET OR WAS THAT A IT'S LOOP PART OF THE LOOP PASSWORD? OKAY.

UM, MS. MR. , UM, SAYS THAT IF THE APPLICATION IS FOR A BEAUTY SALON AND HOME BUDDHISTS LOAN, BUT READING THE NOTES, IT SAYS THAT, UM, YOU HAVE A SPECIALIZATION IN LAST ULTRA SHRI, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE YOUR SOLE FOCUS? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU GO TO PROVIDE GENERAL SERVICES AT YOUR NO, THAT'S GOING TO BE, MY SOLE FOCUS IS LASH ARTISTRY.

AND I SEE THAT YOU HAVE FOUR CERTIFICATES SPECIALIZED IN THAT.

AND I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS FOUR DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS, SO THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING.

SO YES, A LOT OF SCHOOLING, BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

UM, WELL READING THE, THE, UH, THE APPLICATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT STIPULATIONS ARE IN PLACE TO MINIMIZE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORS.

SO, UM, THAT'S THE LOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT MR. SHEPHERD, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS PER SE, BUT I DO HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I WANTED TO, UH, PASS ALONG TO MR. BURKEY.

UH, UM, IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON, ON GOING, GETTING, GETTING THE INFORMATION YOU'VE TALKED TO EVERYONE, YOU HAVEN'T, YOU'VE BEEN PRETTY OPEN ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, AND IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT, UM, AND OTHER OTHER HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, UH, TO DO WHAT YOU'VE JUST ASKED TO DO.

THEY'VE HAD NEIGHBORS UP IN ARMS OVER, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY AND GOING TO CAUSE ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC.

WE DO, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAS BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH.

WE KNOW WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT YOU'VE, UH, YOUR APPLICATION AND OTHERS HAVE HELPED ME, UH, REALLY KIND OF SIMPLIFY THE WHOLE PROCESS.

IF THE NEIGHBORS DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, OR HEY, DON'T ARGUE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD.

UH, MS. MS. MCCARTER, IF YOU WOULD, UH, ELABORATE ON YOUR, UH, CERTIFICATES AND QUALIFICATIONS PLEASE.

UM, SO I AM A LICENSED AESTHETICIAN CHRISTIAN.

UM, SO AS FAR AS THE LASH ARTISTRY GOES, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS.

THERE'S CLASSIC HYBRID AND VOLUME.

I HAVE TWO CLASSIC CERTIFICATIONS, ONE HYBRID, AND ONE VOLUME, MAYBE MR. SHEPHERD, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AROUND NEXT TIME, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH, UH, LASHES AND BEAUTIFUL SKIN WANDERING AROUND STILL AFTER SHE SAID IT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS.

SO I JUST THINK THAT THE SALON, I UNDERSTAND ANYWAY, UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MR. WHITE, DO WE HAVE ANY PHONE CALLS? NO PHONE CALLS.

AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, I WILL, UH, ASK WHAT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IS.

MISS KNOLL.

OH, MOVE OUR ONE 21 DASH FOUR, PLEASE.

NO.

UH, MATT MADAM CLERK, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MISS KNOLL TO MOVE.

YES, SIR.

UH, THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. SNOWLESS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 21 DASH FOUR, TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED MR. ZAREMBA.

AND I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG TO APPLICATION UPP NINE SIX ONE DASH 24 FIVE FIVE MAYOR MAG TRAIL.

[3 Application No. UP-961-20, 455 Merrimac Trail. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R21-5 to authorize the establishment of a machine shop located at 451 Merrimac Trail. ]

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AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON MR. ANDERSON FOR A PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A MACHINE SHOP AT FOUR 51 MERRIMACK TRAIL.

HERE WE GO.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY AND RED HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

THE MACHINE SHOP IS IN THAT AREA WHERE THE YELLOW IS THIS LITTLE L-SHAPE RIGHT HERE, A CORNER.

I HAD SOME PICTURES TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON IT, BUT THIS IS A GENERAL LOCATION IT'S LOCATED IN THE OLD FARM-FRESH SHOPPING CENTER OFF OF A MERRIMACK TRAIL, ONE 43, A THE CLOSED DOWN AND THE BOARD RECENTLY APPROVED.

AND IT'S ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, UM, AN EXTRA, UM, UH, EXTRA STORAGE SPACE, MINI WAREHOUSE, SURVEYOR.

UM, IT'S SURROUNDED BASICALLY BY EMPTY, UH, UNDEVELOPED LAND ON THE BACKSIDE.

UH, THERE'S A, UH, A RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THIS SHOPPING CENTER AND THE NEXT, WHERE THERE'S A SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AND OTHER SMALLER RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS ONE 43.

THERE'S A, HARDY'S A, UM, AUTO REPAIR, UM, UH, PARTS STORE AND THEN THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS THRIFT STORE WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER ITSELF.

UM, IT'S THE MINI STORAGE AREA AND THEN A DOMINO'S PIZZA AND THE JAZZERCISE PLACE.

AND, UM, UH, OTHER LITTLE RETAIL SHOPS IN THAT SPACE.

UM, THE, THIS AREA ALONG MERE MATERIAL IS ALL ZONE GENERAL BUSINESS.

AND, UH, THE SURROUNDING ZONING, UH, MATCHES THAT.

UH, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PICTURE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UM, IDEA OF WHERE IT IS.

THIS IS STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

THE MINI STORAGE IS OVER HERE ON THE FAR LEFT HAND SIDE IN THIS CORNER, RIGHT HERE IS THE, UM, BACKSPACE FOR THIS MACHINE SHOP.

UH, I'LL GO AROUND THE BUILDING HERE.

THIS IS THE BACKSPACE WHERE THE ENTRYWAY BE FOR THE, UH, MACHINE SHOP HERE.

UM, I WILL NOTE THERE IS A, UM, A WALL HERE WHERE THIS USED TO BE THE LOADING DOCK FOR THE FARM FRESH GROCERY STORE.

UH, THIS WALL IS PURPORTED TO BE REMOVED.

UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE THIS WALL, THEY, UH, THERE'S REALLY NO ACCESS RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT THE HOPE IS TO REMOVE THAT SO THAT THE APPLICANT CAN GET A TRUCK IN HERE UNTIL THAT TIME.

UH, THE NAPKIN IS PLANNING TO USE A FORKLIFT TO, UH, AND PARK THE TRUCK HERE AND USE THE FORKLIFT TO TRANSFER MATERIALS BACK AND FORTH.

UH, THE AFGHAN HAS PROPOSED, ISN'T PROPOSING TO DO A THREAD INSERT PAINTING MACHINE SHOP THERE, AND IT KIND OF FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY.

THESE ARE LIKE CYLINDRICAL SHAPED, UM, PIECES THAT FIT INTO EXISTING HOLES TO HELP WITH BOLTS AND SCREWS FASTENERS.

UH, BASICALLY THEY, THEY WON'T BE CREATING THESE, THERE'LL BE PAINTING THEM.

AND IT'S A PROCESS WHERE THEY DIP AND SPIN.

UM, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY THAN JUST SPRAY PAINTING THEM.

THIS IS THE APPLICANT SKETCH PLAN.

UM, THE AREA THAT THERE'LL BE IN AS SHOWN HERE IN RED, UH, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT SPACE.

THERE'LL BE ALONG THE BACKSIDE HERE, AND THIS IS A FLOOR PLAN OF THAT PROPERTY.

UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE ODDLY SHAPED, BUT THEY ARE PLANNING TO USE THE ENTIRE SPACE AND THEY WILL BASICALLY BE THE OWNER AND ONE OTHER EMPLOYEE.

SO TWO, TWO WORKERS TOTAL, AND THEY'LL OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM EIGHT TO 5:00 PM.

UH, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THESE KINDS OF USES, UM, ARE IN THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, LIMITED AND INDUSTRIAL SECTION.

UH, SOME OF THESE STANDARDS INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED EXTRA SCREENING WHEN YOU'RE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BAY DOORS, DON'T FACE THE ROADS RIGHT AWAY, UM, RESTRICTIONS ON OUTDOOR SPEAKER SYSTEMS AND LIGHTING.

UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE UP AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND FOR THIS USE, NONE OF THESE REALLY APPLY BECAUSE IT'S UP AGAINST GENERAL BUSINESS, UM, THROUGHOUT AND IT'S ORIENTED TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, THE, DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, ONE OF THE PIECES THAT THE APPLICANT STATED WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS AIR COMPRESSOR, WHICH HE USES IN THE SANDBLASTING PROCESS.

UH, HE'S GOING TO SAY THAT MIGHT COST SOME NOISE AND HE WAS UNSURE IF HE WOULD PUT IT IN THE BUILDING OR OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, BUT DURING THE MEETING, HE SAID, IF HE PUT IT OUTSIDE, HE WAS BE HAPPY TO PUT IT IN, UM, SOME KIND OF SOUND DAMPENING DEVICE.

SO WE WENT AHEAD BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOUR MEETING TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THAT AS A CONDITION THAT HE EITHER PUT THE AIR COMPRESSOR INSIDE, OR HE PUT IT IN SOME KIND OF SOUND DAMPENING BY DEVICE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

UH, SO WE

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FEEL, UM, AS THEY USE THIS MACHINE SHOP WILL NOT CAUSE ANY, UM, OFFENSIVE OR OBJECTIONAL, UM, PIECES AND WOULD BE A GOOD USE FOR IT.

UM, PARKING IS A LITTLE IFFY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE WAS GOING TO USE THE SPACE, BUT, UM, FOR THESE KINDS OF USES, IF YOU WERE TO KIND OF, IF WE WERE TO KIND OF PUT SOME ESTIMATES ON THERE, IF HE WAS TO USE ONE SPACE, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 350 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, 700 OR ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 700 SQUARE FEET OF PRODUCTION SPACE.

SO ABOUT TWO TO MAYBE THREE PARKING SPACES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE MACHINE SHOP.

IF THIS WERE TO BE A RETAIL SPACE DUE TO THE SIZE, IT WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT SIX PARKING SPACES I'LL KNOW THAT THIS PROPERTY USED TO BE A GROCERY STORE AND HAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SHOPPING, UM, PARKING, UM, EVEN WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF IT, IT'S STILL, UM, THE, THE PARKING NEEDS GREATLY NUMBER, BUT, UM, THE ACTUAL NEED WILL BE ON THE SITE.

THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THEIR PARKING WOULD BE HERE AT THE BACK.

UM, AND AS I TALKED PREVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD, UM, UNTIL THIS WALLER WAS REMOVED, THEY WOULD PULL THEIR TRUCKS UP TO THE BACK AREA HERE AND USE A FORKLIFT TO TRANSFER THE MATERIALS BACK AND FORTH.

TRAFFIC WOULD NOT BE, UM, VARIED MUCH WITH THIS.

THEY WOULD HAVE THE, JUST THE TWO EMPLOYEES AND INFREQUENT TRUCK TRAFFIC.

UH, THE PREVIOUS GROCERY STORE HAD NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS AT ALL ON TRAFFIC, ON MERRIMACK TRAIL.

AND THIS, IN ADDITION TO THE NEW MINI STORAGE USE IS, IS VERY MINIMAL.

UM, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY A NET REDUCTION IN THE TRAFFIC.

UM, BUT I WILL KNOW MERRIMACK TRAIL HANDLES ABOUT 9,400 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY.

UM, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THE TRAFFIC WOULD NOT INCREASE AT ALL WITH THIS NEW USE.

AND CONCLUSION STAFF BELIEVES THIS IS A LOW INTENSITY USE WITHIN THE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

AND AS MIKE DID NOT GENPACT ANY OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

UM, AND IF SO, WE HAVE CONDITIONS IN PLACE THAT WOULD HELP PROTECT THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT START TO SEE SOME OF THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS MORE FREQUENTLY, WHERE WE HAVE THESE EMPTY RETAIL SPACES AND THEM BEING FILLED WITH SOME UNOBJECTIONABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES LIKE BACK.

WE SEE TONIGHT WITH THIS MACHINE SHOP, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER, PC 21 DASH FIVE.

I WILL NOTE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND THIS UNANIMOUSLY FOR APPROVAL TO YOU, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

I SEE THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE.

UH, JANET MOORE, CAROL GREEN, AND CASEY LOWRY, IF THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN, I MIGHT ADD, UH, CAROL GREEN IS OF NO RELATION TO, UH, MYSELF.

MS. MS. MOORE, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? CAROL'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

UH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.

AND, AND, AND HONESTLY, THE REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENT.

SO MY QUESTION TO ERIN WHO IS ON THE LINE, ERIN GREEN, AARON AARON GREEN.

THIS WAS FOR, UH, MR. GREEN, UH, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO DOMINO'S PIZZA SHOP.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MACHINING, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAINTING OR USING SOME SORT OF COATINGS, UM, IS THE COATINGS OR THE NOXIOUS SMELLS, UH, FROM THESE COATINGS GOING TO PERMEATE THROUGH THE WALLS AROUND AND, UH, MAKE PIZZA PEOPLE'S PIZZA TASTES LIKE YOUR COATINGS.

AND THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR THE NIGHT.

OH, MR. GREEN.

UM, THE, UH, IT'S BASICALLY, UH, IN, UH, IN A CYLINDRICAL, UM, MACHINE.

AND, UH, IT BASICALLY, YOU PUT IT IN THIS BASKET AND THEN IT, UM, DIPS DOWN IN THE, UH, THE SOLUTION AND THEN IT COMES UP.

SO BASICALLY IT'S ALL ENCASED.

UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY VERY LITTLE ODOR THAT, THAT GETS PUT OFF BY THIS, BY THE PROCESS.

AND IT'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WELL VENTILATED, UH, TO HOW BIG THE SHOP IS.

AND THE MACHINE IS PRETTY SMALL.

I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A FOOT OR TWO CUBED.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A REALLY BIG PROCESS HERE.

UH, MS. KNOLL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUICK? YES.

I DO.

UH, I NOTICED YOU SAID THERE WERE THREE PARKING SPACES WOULD BE REQUIRED.

HOW MANY CLIENTS COME ACTUALLY TO THEIR BUSINESS OR IS IT ALL DONE BY COMPUTER AND SO FORTH? RIGHT.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS I UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING AS NO, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CLIENTS THAT COME THERE.

THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THERE.

AND MR. GREEN CAN

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CLARIFY.

WE'RE, WE'RE THE ONLY ONE.

UH, IT'LL BE ME AND ANOTHER GENTLEMEN, UH, ONE EMPLOYEE AND, UH, BASICALLY I DELIVER AND PICK UP ONCE A WEEK TO MY CUSTOMER.

AND THEN, UM, I WON'T HAVE ANY, UH, TRAFFIC AT ALL.

IT'LL JUST BE ME.

I WOULDN'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD, AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD BE CRACKING IN THE BACK.

WOULD YOU NOT? YEAH.

THE WHOLE THING IS WELL ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING FROM MY SH FROM THE SHOP WHATSOEVER.

SO I WAS BASICALLY LIKE CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE, UM, THE WHOLE SUBDIVISION OR THE, UH, YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY ONLY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE REAR.

SO THANK YOU, MR. RAMBO FROM THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION.

NO, I GOT NO COMMENTS.

I'M THE ONLY COMMENT I RECEIVED WAS FROM THE, UM, THE MANAGER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS THRIFT STORE.

UM, HE JUST WANTED, HE WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE USE WAS AND HE HAD NO, NO, NO, UH, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE YOUTH.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

POLITICALLY.

WE NEED MORE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA IN PARTICULAR.

UH, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THAT WALL AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THE WALL WHEN FOURTH GRESHAM'S THERE.

UH, IS THAT A USUAL, AN OLD WALL? AND WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE WALL? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE WALL WAS? SO THE WALL WAS THERE FOR THE LOADING DOCK AREA.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT NOW, IT'S KIND OF CUT OFF BECAUSE OF THE NEW MINI STORAGE BUILDINGS AND THE FENCE LINE FOR THAT NEW MINI STORAGE THAT'S IN THE REAR.

UM, SO THERE'S NO ACCESS TO IT BECAUSE THEY KIND OF CUT IT OFF, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE, THE TRUCKS WOULD BACK UP ALONG THAT WALL TO BACK UP TO THIS SPACE.

AND THEN THERE WAS AN ACCESS INTO WHERE THE MINI STORAGE STORAGE'S.

NOW THAT USED TO BE THE FARM-FRESH STORAGE AREA AT THE BACK OF THEIR STORE.

SO THAT WAS THE WOOL I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT AND GET A FEEL FOR WHERE IT WAS OUT THERE AT THE BAR BY BY IT.

BUT IT'S NOT A WALL THAT WAS DONE AT THE SEPARATE, ALL THE ACTIVITY OF THAT, THAT, UH, SUBJECT WAS NOT SOMETHING, BUT THE MARKETPLACE FROM THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE JUST BEYOND THE WOODED AREA THERE OFF OF COLONIAL DRIVE.

IT'S JUST, IT WAS JUST A WALL FOR THE TRUCKS.

IT WASN'T FOR ANY KIND OF STUFF.

SOUND BARRIER, A LOT OF SOUND BARRIER, ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

OH YEAH, NO, NO, NO.

IT WAS JUST FOR THE TRUCK LOADING AND UNLOADING.

WELCOME MR. RYAN.

SO I AM FAMILIAR WITH HILO CORE USAGE, UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING QUITE LIKE THE FEELING.

WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AND REALIZE YOU JUST BACKED THE THREADS OUT OF YOUR CYLINDER BLOCK, YOUR, YOUR, UH, ENGINE BLOCK.

UM, SO I'M GLAD THAT EXISTS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PAINT THEM WAS AN OPTION.

I'VE ONLY, I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THEM STAINLESS STEEL, BUT, UH, A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO FOCUS ON.

ONE IS THE COMPRESSOR HAD BIG AS AN AIR COMPRESSOR GOING TO BE, UH, IT'S, IT'S A SCREW COMPRESSOR, SO IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY QUIET.

UH, YEAH, SO THE, THE NEW SCREW COMPRESSORS ARE BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SILENT COMPARED TO THE OLD PISTON COMPRESSORS, THE V COMPRESSORS, UH, THE 20 HORSEPOWER COMPRESSOR.

UM, OKAY.

YEAH, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF POWER THERE, THERE, UH, WE'RE PUTTING IN THE PANELS FOR THE, OR, UH, I WAS TALKING TO THE LANDLORDS THAT WERE GOING TO DROP THE PANELS IN, UH, THERE'S PLENTY OF POWER FOR ALL THAT STUFF THERE.

UH, BUT YEAH, THE, THE NEW COMPRESSORS ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW ONE.

IT WAS A SCREW.

SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY QUIET.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY NOISE REALLY GENERATED FOR VERY LITTLE.

I NEEDED TO IS, UH, PUT IT IN A SEALED CONTAINER PROBABLY AT FIVE GALLON AND THEN JUST HAVE A, UH, HOLLER COME AND GET IT.

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

CAUSE WE GOTTA BE, WE GOTTA TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

I KNOW WHEN MY COMPRESSOR KICKS ON IN THE GARAGE, I CAN HEAR IT THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, BUT THOSE GREW COMPRESSORS, LIKE YOU SAID, IT SHOULD BE QUIETER.

SO I GUESS IT JUST NEEDS TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ASIDE, YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT IN A SAM SOUND DAMPENING DEVICE BOX.

THAT'S GREAT INSIDE.

YOU MIGHT END UP NEEDING TO DO THAT TOO.

SO JUST BE, YOU KNOW, OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AND SECOND OF ALL, UM, DISPOSAL OF THE PAINT, UM, IS, IS EVENTUALLY YOU'LL NEED TO RECYCLE THROUGH THAT.

WHAT ARE YOUR, IS WHAT'S THE PLANS FOR DISPOSING OF THE PAINT AND RECYCLE THAT? WELL, I, UM, YEAH, UH, EVENTUALLY WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF A LITTLE BIT OF, OF PAINT.

UM, UH, SO BASICALLY, UH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE REGS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF WASTE DISPOSAL.

UM, UH, I'VE WORKED IN A, UM, MACHINE SHOP IN A, UM, PAINTING SHOP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE, UM, REGS FOR D OR ANYTHING FOR DISPOSAL.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I, WHAT I FIGURED OUT THERE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD, UH, IF, UH, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE PRODUCT REALLY DOESN'T GO BAD.

UM, THIS NEEDS TO BE FILTERED.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WHAT I WOULD DO IF

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THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD AND MR. GREEN, UM, OFTEN THE SUPERVISORS, UH, LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT BUSINESSES BY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HEAR A TYPE OF BUSINESS OR SOMEBODY LOOK FOR BUSINESS.

WE GIVE A REFERENCE TO, UH, TO A BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTY AND YOUR TYPE OF BUSINESS.

UH, YOU MAY USE AN AGENT COMMENT, UH, IN ANSWERING ONE OF THE QUESTIONS TO KIND OF GOT MY ATTENTION.

YOU IMPLIED THAT YOU ONLY HAD ONE CUSTOMER.

UH I'VE I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS, BUT IT'LL BE, UM, D THAT'S JUST STARTING OUT UNTIL I CAN, YOU KNOW? UM, SO YEAH, AND JUST, JUST TO PUT ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

YEAH, YEAH.

I, YEAH, IT'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS.

AND THEN I PLAN ON, YOU KNOW, USING THE, THE, THE APPLICATION FOR SOME STUFF FOR MAYBE YORK BOLT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

DID, UH, SO YOUR PRODUCT, UM, D IS IT, YOU SEE IT BEING USED, UH, NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY? YEAH, IT'S THE, IT'S A DRY FILM LUBRICANT, AND, UH, BASICALLY IT'S ANTI GALLING, SO THAT, SO STAINLESS STEEL WITH A STAINLESS BOLT OR GALL, AND, UH, BASICALLY IT CREATES A, IT'S A DRY FILM.

LUBRICANT DID, UH, PREVENTS GALLING AND CORROSION PROTECTION.

UH, BUT YEAH, IT'S USED ALL OVER THE NATION, MAINLY IN AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE DOD, STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S FOR A DISTRIBUTOR IN NEWPORT NEWS OF HEALER COILS.

WELL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE YOUR COUNTY SOUNDS GREAT.

THAT'S THAT'S LUCKY IN BUSINESS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC, MR. WYATT, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, CALLS, NO CALLS.

SCENE, UH, WE HAVE NO CALLS.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, I WILL ASK, UH, WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? IS THOSE DISCUSSIONS AMONGST THE BOARD? I WILL MOVE A PROPOSED RESOLUTION OR 21 DASH FIVE.

MADAM SECRETARY, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR. ZAREMBA MOTION MADE BY MR. ZAREMBA AS TO ADOPT PROPOSE RESOLUTION NUMBER R 21 DASH FIVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED MRS. NOLE.

MR. ROAN.

MR. SHEPHERD, MR. ZAREMBA, MR. GREEN.

MOTION CARRIED MR. GREEN.

WELCOME TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVE TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE HAVE A, A LONG CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT.

UH, MOVING ON.

UH, WE HAVE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

I'M GOING TO

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LET ME GO THROUGH THESE AND ANYONE WILL ANY REMOVED OR HAS ANY QUESTIONS CLARIFICATIONS, UH, PLEASE STATE THAT, UH, NUMBER FOUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

NUMBER FIVE, UH, COMMANDING AND RETIRE AND EMPLOY PAUL SEXTON.

NUMBER SIX, COMMANDING RETIRING EMPLOYEE, RONALD BLUE FORD, NUMBER SEVEN, COMMANDING RETIRE EMPLOY BARBARA TIO.

NUMBER EIGHT, COMMANDING RETIRING EMPLOYEE, JOANNE BAUER, NUMBER NINE, COMMANDING RETIRING EMPLOYEE, DARREN CLEGG, NUMBER 10, COMMANDING RETIRE AND EMPLOY CAPTAIN TROY LIONS.

NUMBER 11, AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE THE CISCO PHONE SYSTEM.

NUMBER 12 EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES, THE SEWER FORCE MAIN NUMBER 13 APPROVAL PERSONNEL, PROD POLICIES.

NUMBER 14, PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION OF HEALTH BENEFITS, CONSULTING SERVICE, NUMBER 15, PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, MEDICAL EXAMINATION, AND TESTING SERVICES.

NUMBER 16, PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION FOR MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT FOR ASPHALT AND PAVING RELATED SITE WORK.

NUMBER 17, PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SOFTWARE NUMBER 18, OR TO SUPERVISOR LIAISON APPOINTMENTS FOR TWO 2021, UH, WHICH JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS AT HOME, EACH OF US ARE APPOINTED TO THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, COMMITTEES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE SERVE ON IN ADDITION TO OUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO HAVING STATED GONE THROUGH THAT, UH, IS THERE ANY THAT WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR WOULD LIKE

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SOME CLARIFICATION ON MR. LET'S START WITH VISITORS RAMBO, WOULD YOU NUMBER OF 11 AND 12? I'VE GOT PUSH.

UH, MR. ROME, GO AHEAD AND TELL ME WHAT YOU, YEAH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOLLOW UP ON EIGHT 11 AND 13, PLEASE.

EIGHT IS THE, UH, RETIRING EMPLOYEE.

UM, THE, THIS, THIS, THE CISCO PHONE SYSTEM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS NUMBER EIGHT, BUT WHATEVER THAT ONE THAT IS 21 DASH EIGHT, RIGHT? 11, 11, AND 12, 11 AND 13 FOR ME TOO.

UH, THE, UH, THE ASPHALT PAVING AND THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, UM, UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT ARCHIVE, THE ASPHALT MANAGEMENT.

AND, UH, MR. SHEPHERD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON NOW? I'M GOOD.

UH, MS. NOVI, ANY QUESTIONS ON? ALL RIGHT.

AND I, AND I HAD ONE ON, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, MEDICAL EXAMINATION TESTING SERVICES.

SO, UM, WHEN WE GOT ON MY SHEET, WE'VE GOT 11, 12, AND 15 AND 16.

SO MR. MORGAN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE UP THOSE? I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS THERE.

I'M NOT SURE.

I GOT THEM ALL QUITE ROUGH.

THE CISCO, CISCO, CISCO, CISCO PHONE SYSTEM, SEWER FORCE MAIN, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TESTING SERVICE.

SO, UH, THE CISCO ONE IS THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST.

UM, BASICALLY WE HAD ORIGINALLY, UH, THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD DO THIS AS A CARER ZACK PROJECT.

UM, IN ADDITION TO UPDATING THE LAND PHONE LINE SYSTEM AMONG SOME OTHER THINGS IT DOES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS TIM COULD DESCRIBE IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

THE, THE MAIN THING THAT MOTIVATED US TO DO THIS, UH, IS THE ABILITY TO SYNC A CELL PHONE AND A LAND LINE.

SO IN A, YOU KNOW, DISTANT WORK, REMOTE WORK KIND OF SITUATION, IT ADDS A WHOLE LOT OF EFFICIENCY.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF YOU CALL MY LANDLINE, UH, IT'LL SYNC TO MY CELL PHONE AND, UH, THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.

UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S A COMBINATION OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'LL COST A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM ONCE WE BUY IT.

AND BECAUSE, UM, OF THE CARES ACT MONEY, WE WERE ABLE TO BUY A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY.

WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE PURCHASED FROM OUR INTERNAL SERVICE TECHNOLOGY FUND.

UH, WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THIS PURCHASE ENTIRELY OUT OF THE EXISTING INTERNAL SERVICE FUND.

MR. OWENS, IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? UH, SOME OF THEM, YEAH.

SO I GET, I GET THE BASIC GIST OF IT, LONE THE SITE BETWEEN LANDLINES AND CELL SET OF NUMBERS.

UM, SO TO ME THAT'S A MORE ELEGANT SOLUTION THAN SIMPLY SETTING UP CALL FORWARDING ON YOUR LANDLORD TO GO TO YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, CELL NUMBER, UM, THE COSTS WITH THIS FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND INSTALLATION.

THAT'S THE INITIAL FIRST TIME UPFRONT CALLS, CORRECT? UM, YES.

SO, UM, AS IT'S, AS IT'S SPELLED OUT HERE, IT'S ABOUT A TOTAL OF ABOUT 300,000, UM, 133 OF THAT'S FOR HARDWARE, 106 OF SOFTWARE, AND THEN THERE'S TECHNICAL CONSULTING WORK TO HELP THE STAFF GET IT ALL PUT TOGETHER, WHICH IS 58,000.

SO THEN ONCE IT'S ALL INSTALLED, UH, THERE'LL BE AN ONGOING OPERATING COST OF ABOUT 30,000 YEAR, BUT THERE'S AN ONGOING OPERATING COST TO THE CURRENT PHONE SYSTEM.

SO THAT KIND OF NETS OUT THE, THE, THE, ALL OF THE COSTS, ALL THE SIGNIFICANT COST IS A ONE TIME PURCHASE, SOME COMBINATION OF HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND CONSULTING SERVICES TO HELP US CENTER.

IS THAT ONGOING COST? DOES THAT COVER LICENSING AND SUPPORT WITH CISCO OR A-PLUS? WHOEVER WERE TO DO THAT WITH A YES.

UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT, DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT SUPPORT AGREEMENT LOOKS LIKE? IS THAT 24 BY SEVEN, ABOUT FOUR ARRANGEMENT, EIGHT BY FIVE SUPPORT.

AND IS IT E PLUS THAT PROVIDES THAT? OR DO WE GET THAT FROM CISCO DIRECTLY? DO YOU KNOW? UH, I DO NOT KNOW.

UH, I KNOW TIM'S LISTENING IN, ON THE CALL AND TIM YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT.

SUPPORT THROUGH CISCO, THEMSELVES, WHICH WE USE THEM FOR OUR SWITCHES, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY WE'VE HAD GREAT SUPPORT OVER MANY YEARS WITH.

UM, THE, THESE IT'S SMARTNET THROUGH CISCO.

SO THROUGH THE MANUFACTURER E PLUS IS ALSO VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

SO WE MAY LEVERAGE THEM FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THE

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AND DO WE, AND AGAIN, DO WE HAVE 24 BY SEVEN BY FOUR? OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE SPORT ARRANGER? I BELIEVE SO.

THAT'S OKAY.

AND, UH, WE GO TO DO, OR IS COUNTY STAFF GOING TO DO THE INSTALLATION, OR WE ASK AN PLUS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US.

SO WAS DOING MOST OF IT.

OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS TO BE SOME COLLABORATION SO THAT OUR STAFF GETS KNOWLEDGEABLE.

WE'LL BE WORKING RIGHT ALONGSIDE, BUT IT'S MOSTLY OUTSOURCING TO THEM WITH US BEING TRAINED AND GETTING YOUR HANDS IN.

SO YOU GOT, YOU'RE GOING TO SHADOW THEM ON THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY COACH YOU ALONG.

THEY DON'T JUST RUN AHEAD AND INSTALLED IT AND LEAVE YOU GUYS IN THE DARK, SO, YEP.

UH, THANKS.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR THAT.

YOU BETTER COMPETITIVE COMPETE CONTRACT.

UM, WITH MS. MS. , DID YOU HAVE LIKE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT UP INITIALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE HER SOME COSTS DOWN IN THE NEXT ONE, BUT THE BRANDS, YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT IN THE WRITING.

THAT'S NOT MY USUAL RELATION IS THIS, HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE DETERMINE DON'T REQUIRE? AND, UH, I SPENT 33 YEARS IN THE ARMY AND BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT BUILT THE NEW TANK, OR HOW MUCH THE RENEWED THIS OR NEW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF STUDY DONE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE REQUIREMENT WAS REAL OR NICE TO HAVE.

NOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK.

WE'RE ABOUT 26, 25 AND A HALF YEARS.

WE SPENT TONS AND TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF MONEY WITH RESPECT TO A, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR THAT PUT IN A NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM, UH, SERVERS AND SYSTEM, THEN THE LIGHT.

AND I'M SAYING TO MYSELF, WELL, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY NICE THING TO HAVE.

DO WE NEED IT WITH ALL THE MONEY WE SPENT WITH MOTOROLA, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND SO I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY FOR A NICE THING.

WHEN THE SYSTEM WE HAVEN'T IN WAS WORKING JUST FINE.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THIS CONTRACT? WOULD IT BE COMPETITIVE OR JUST A SOLE PROPRIETOR? LIKE THE COMPANY THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE RITA HEAD? I THINK THERE'S A FIX, THERE'S A STATE LAW IF THE LAW, AND WE'RE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT SAYS YOU CAN HAVE A CONTRACT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON TECHNOLOGY.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT MORNINGS TO YOUR, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES TO YOUR QUESTION AND I'LL COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THEM, AND THEN MAYBE TIM CAN TAKE A COUPLE.

UM, SO, UM, IN ANY TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM, LIKE A PHONE SYSTEM, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT SORT OF THE RISK PROFILE OF THE SYSTEM YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW MUCH LONGER IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK.

AND, UM, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT FAILED AND FOR, UH, TWO OR THREE YEARS IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS, I'VE BEEN HEARING, UH, REPORTS ABOUT OUR CURRENT PHONE SYSTEM NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.

UM, AND WE HAVE PUT IT OFF FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE JUST MADE UP AND, UM, THE MOTOR ROLE OF SYSTEM, UH, IS UNRELATED TO THE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE LANDLINE SYSTEM COMING INTO ALL OF THE COUNTY OFFICES, WHEREAS THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE 800 MEGAHERTZ, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY SYSTEM THAT FUNNELS INTO THE NINE 11 SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BUY ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCALE THAN, UM, SO THE WAY THIS WAS PROCURED, WAS IT, UH, ADAM AND ADAM FRISCH.

AND I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY THE LEAD ON IT.

TIM WAS INVOLVED, UH, SCOPED WHAT WE NEEDED AND WORKED WITH OUR PURCHASING AGENT TO GET PROPOSALS, AS YOU WOULD TYPICALLY DO FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND, UM, SO IF YOUR QUESTION IS, COULD WE DO WITHOUT THIS, THE ANSWER IS NOTHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN TOMORROW.

UM, AT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THE, THE SOFTWARE START STOPS GETTING MAINTAINED, YOU KNOW, SET, START BREAKING, UM, CITIZENS WHO WERE SEEKING CUSTOMER SERVICE GET ANNOYED BECAUSE THINGS DON'T WORK RIGHT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CONSTANT JUDGMENT CALL ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

SO OBVIOUSLY I WOULDN'T HAVE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA IF I DIDN'T THINK IT HAD BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH AND PROPERLY STAFFED.

AND TIM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.

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UM, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL FAILURES OF THE SYSTEM WE CURRENTLY USE ON BIASES.

SOME WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND THROUGH SUPPORT MULTIPLE TIMES, THERE'S DEFINITELY INSTABILITY ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

THE OTHER THING WAS WE WERE KIND OF UNPLANNED.

WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE THOSE ISSUES STARTED HAPPENING.

AND ONCE COVID HIT AND WE HAD TO HAVE MOST OF OUR WORKFORCE OR A HUGE CHUNK OF IT START WORKER WORKING REMOTELY.

THE AVAYA APP ON THE CELL PHONES DOES NOT WORK FOR US.

UM, WE'VE BEEN MAKING IT WORK BY USING THE SOFT PHONE ON PCS WHEN THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOBILE.

THEY CAN'T USE THEIR CELL PHONE.

ONE OF THE BIG PLACES WHERE THAT BECOMES A BIG ISSUE IN SOCIAL SERVICES, WHERE THEY TRY AND CALL IT A CUSTOMER.

IF THEY DO IT NOW, THEIR PERSONAL DIRECT CELL PHONE NUMBERS EXPOSED WITH THIS NEW APPLICATION, WITH THE CISCO SOLUTION, IT WOULD SHOW THEIR COUNTY NUMBER.

THIS ISN'T CALLS THEM BACK.

IT WRAPS THROUGH THE SYSTEM PROPERLY.

IF THEY LEAVE A VOICEMAIL AND IT'S ON THE CABIN SYSTEM RECORDED, IT'S NOT ON A PERSONAL CELL PHONE.

UM, ONE OF THE BIG PUSHES FOR THIS WAS JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC.

EVEN ONCE THE PANDEMIC SCALES DOWN, WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE BACK.

THE WORKFORCE IS STILL EXPECTED TO WANT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THESE SERVICES.

STILL BE REMOTE, STILL BE FLEXIBLE.

UM, REALLY TAKES US UP TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

UH, MAYA'S ALSO HAD HISTORICAL ISSUES WITH, THEY HAD A FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURE BANKRUPTCY.

UM, CISCO IS THE INDUSTRY LEADER IN THIS MARKET.

UM, I REALLY FEEL ON MULTIPLE AVENUES.

THIS IS SOLVING A LOT OF ISSUES.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT, UH, UH, WE'VE DONE AN, OF SOME KIND, NOT JUST TO QUOTE THE ADMINISTRATOR.

I'VE BEEN HEARING COMMENTS ALONG THE MONTHS AND YEARS ABOUT THE SYSTEM SOUNDS IS LIKE BETWEEN YOU AND, UH, YOUR BOSS.

UH, THERE IS AN ANALYSIS OF SOURCE BEHIND IT AND IT, AT LEAST THAT THAT SATISFIES ME, BUT JUST GOING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, IN UPGRADING, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NICE WIDGET.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEW PHONE SYSTEMS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, SMART PHONES, JUST ANOTHER THOUSAND $2.

YOU'VE GOT ALL THE WHIZZBANG YOU WANT.

UH, I HOPE WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR WIZARD BANGS SO FORTH, BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS A SOLE SOURCE, NOT, NOT COMPETITIVE.

THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, UH, COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION YOU HAVE TO, FOR THIS TYPE OF THING, IT'S NOT JUST A, UM, WHO HAS THE CHEAPEST SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, SEND US A BID IT'S, UH, IT'S PROPOSALS FROM COMPANIES THAT RESPOND TO THE SCOPE THAT IT WRITES IN CONJUNCTION WITH PURCHASING.

AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT IT ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE YOU'VE MENTIONED, YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST CISCO OUT THERE, UH, STEPPING UP TO THE POINT THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENT AND SO FAST, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE ALSO A QUESTION ON NUMBER 12, EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES? I HAD A QUESTION IF NOBODY ELSE DOES IT SIMPLY, I GOT TO THINK ABOUT COMPETITION.

AND MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT GO, THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN TIDEWATER THAT DO THE SAME KINDS OF STUFF I BELIEVE.

AND WAS THIS COMPETITIVE? IT WAS JUST SOUL SOULS.

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY SOLE SOURCE.

UM, IT CAME TO PUBLIC WORKS ATTENTION, I THINK WAS ABOUT TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

IT WAS A MAJOR SEWER LEAK UNDER VICTORY BOULEVARD, THREATENING TO, YOU KNOW, DUMPING, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE AND THREATENING TO UNDERMINE VICTORY BOULEVARD.

AND, UM, PUBLIC WORKS WORKING WITH THE PURCHASING AGENT, UH, CALLED AROUND TO A FEW KNOWN CONTRACTORS THAT DO THIS KIND OF WORK.

UM, AND, UH, BRASKEM WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THAT WAS ABLE TO GO OUT THERE, SCOPE IT AND GIVE US A PROPOSAL, UH, AUTHORIZE IT AS AN EMERGENCY, UM, AS THE LAW ALLOWS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR A CONTRACTOR DURING THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS BREAK, UH, A NORMAL JOB OF THIS SCALE WOULD BE YOUR STANDARD, YOU KNOW, BID.

THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, YOU KNOW, ANALYZE THE BIDS, OPEN THE BIDS, GO WITH A LOW BIDDER.

UM, BUT THIS WAS BASICALLY, UH, THE COST OF NOT GETTING IT REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FAR GREATER.

AND SO WE DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE HAD AN OPTION.

AND I THINK MR IS A RUMBA HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE ASPHALT PAVING, A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT, UH, NUMBER 16 ON MY GO.

THAT, WASN'T MY QUESTION.

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I HAD THAT.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.

UM, TH THE, THE, THE CONTRACT IS FOR PAVING ON COUNTY OWN DRIVEWAYS, PARKING LOTS AT AIRPORTS, ANY PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE MOST COMMON USE WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SEWER REPAIR PROJECT WHERE, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'D, AREN'T TYPICALLY DOING THE ROADS.

UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PUT IN A PIECE OF SEWER LINE OR YOU, OR MORE LIKELY, IF YOU HAD LIKE AN EMERGENCY SEWER JOB AND YOU HAD TO PATCH THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY.

SO WHAT WE LIKE TO HAVE IS WE LIKE TO HAVE A PAVING CONTRACTOR, UM, WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK IN PLACE.

UM, IF WE NEED THEM ON SHORT NOTICE, AND AS THE MEMO SAID, IF YOU HAD A BIG PROJECT, LIKE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, WE WERE REPAVING THE PARKING LOT AT THE COURTHOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UH, WE WOULD JUST BID THAT OUT FOR A LOW BID, BUT THIS IS SO PUBLIC WORKS AS PART OF THEIR NORMAL WORK, UM, TO FINISH A JOB CAN SORT OF COORDINATE THAT AND BRING SOMEBODY OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A $10,000 JOB, A $15,000 JOB.

AND IF YOU HAD TO BID EVERY ONE OF THOSE OUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SOME KIND OF 90 DAY PROCESS, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE THE WORK, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY UNWIELDY.

SO IT'S VERY COMMON PRACTICE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON STANDBY.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, RIGHT? SO PRIMARILY AD HOC PATCHING JOBS.

WHEN I SAY PATCHING, I MEAN, MORE THAN A POTHOLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIMITED, UH, AMOUNT OF PAVING.

AND MY QUESTION WAS, UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, MEDICAL EXAMINATION TESTING SERVICE.

SO, UM, UH, WE HAVE TO, UM, DO, UH, PHYSICALS FOR UNIFORM PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL FOR VARIOUS LEGAL REASONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH REASONS AND, UM, SOME LARGER LOCALITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, A DOCTOR OR, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR OWN STAFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS HANDLED IT IS WE BID IT OUT AS A SERVICE AND THE CONTRACT WAS UP.

AND SO IT WAS PUT OUT TO BID AND THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS, UM, EMPLOYING VELOCITY TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

IT'S A CONTRACT THAT CAN GO ON FOR THREE YEARS, UH, WITH A 3% MULTIPLIER OR AT OUR CONVENIENCE.

WE CAN CANCEL IT AFTER A YEAR IF WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YEAH.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE, PLEASE.

SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.

I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE MEMO, IF THIS IS INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE, OR IF IT'S SOFTWARE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE TRAINING COUNTY STAFF COMPLETES THE LADDER.

THIS IS JUST FOR TRACKING.

SO, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE NO COUNTY-WIDE SYSTEM FOR KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYBODY'S REQUIRED AND VOLUNTARY, UH, TRAINING.

IN SOME CASES IT'S REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN CREDENTIALS FOR CERTAIN JOBS.

IN SOME CASES IT'S PART OF A CAREER LADDER OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY IS JUST DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

SOME DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS, AND, UH, WHAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, HR HAS BEEN SORT OF WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, IS THERE WOULD BE A CENTRAL DATABASE IN HR WITH EVERY EMPLOYEE, UM, WITH THE EMPLOYEE COULD ACCESS THE RECORD AND MANAGEMENT COULD ACCESS THE RECORD AND KEEP TRACK.

SO IF WE SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN THESE FIVE CREDENTIALS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE HAS TO BE RENEWED NEXT YEAR.

UH, THE EMPLOYEE CAN CHECK ON IT AND MANAGEMENT CAN CHECK ON IT, AND IT GREATLY REDUCES THE RISK THAT, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES THAT BY LAW HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS WOULD, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THEIR, UM, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS TO LAPSE.

THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE.

IT HAS.

HR CAN TELL YOU SOME OTHER THINGS THAT IT DOES, BUT THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE.

SO SEE THE, SEE THE VALUE IN THE SOFTWARE, CREATING A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ME, KIND OF FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO TRACK THE TRAINING.

THE COST SEEMS A BIT STOUT THOUGH, JUST

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FOR A TRACKING SOFTWARE.

WHAT, WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL? I MEAN, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, RIGHT, THE FIRST THREE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO ADD UP A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THOSE SOFTWARE.

SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MAKES THIS SPECIAL TO COVER THAT COST? UM, I THINK AMY'S PROBABLY LISTENING ON THE CALL ARE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HR.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF SHE'S ABLE TO GET ON I'LL, UM, UH, FILIBUSTER FOR A MINUTE WHILE SHE'S GETTING ON.

OH, WELL, WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, MAY I ASK MY NEXT QUESTION THEN? UM, COST PER YEAR AFTER, AFTER YEAR THREE.

SO 60,000 A YEAR AS THE ONGOING COST, UM, AFTER THE, AFTER YEAR THREE, BUT NOT UNTIL YEAR FOUR.

SO YOU'RE A FOUR WOULD BE $60,000 A YEAR PER YEAR FOR INDEFINITELY, FOR AS LONG AS WE USE THE PRODUCT.

CORRECT.

HERE, IF I COULD ADD A FEW THINGS.

SO AMY, MAYBE YOU COULD ALL IN AMONG WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU ALL WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO END UP WITH THIS PRODUCT AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, YES, WE DID GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.

WE HAD 11 VENDORS RESPOND AND WE'RE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED THE SYSTEM THAT WE WENT WITH ACTUALLY TIES TO OUR CURRENT ONLINE APPLICATION AND ONLINE HIRING CENTER.

IT'S NEOCON IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AROUND PUBLIC SECTOR.

SO THE TRAINING COMPONENT THAT WE'RE GOING WITH WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND COURSES AVAILABLE TO THE EMPLOYEES.

IT WILL HELP US TO SUSTAIN THE COMPLIANCE TRAINING.

UM, IN ADDITION TO LEADERSHIP AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE AND LOAD OUR OWN COURSES AS WELL AS USE COURSES THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY PUT, UM, UP FOR CONTENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH SELF-ASSESSMENTS VIDEOS.

AND SO WE CAN USE IT TO DEAL WITH THE SUCCESSION PLANNING CHALLENGES THAT WE'LL HAVE AS PEOPLE RETIRE.

AND IT WILL HELP US KEEP UP WITH THE CAREER LADDER REQUIREMENTS.

AND AS MR. MORGAN MENTIONED, IT'LL GIVE US A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM.

SO WE CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL THE CREDENTIALING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR JOB POSITIONS.

AS PEOPLE ARE PROMOTED AND GAIN NEW OPPORTUNITIES, THEY'LL HAVE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED COURSES ADDED TO THEIR DASHBOARD AND THEIR SUPERVISOR, THEIR DIRECTOR, THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CAN ACCESS THE INFORMATION JUST AS READILY AS THEY CAN.

THERE'S EMAIL REMINDERS.

UM, IT HAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF FUNCTIONALITY AND YOGA WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST, UM, ROBUST PROGRAM, TIM, WHY? AND I WORKED TOGETHER ALONG WITH SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF HR, MR. HORWITZ WAS INVOLVED IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, AND THIS WAS THE BEST PRODUCT.

SO ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT THE PRICE LOOKS LIKE A LARGE PRICE TAG, UM, IN REALITY, IT'S BASICALLY A MIDDLE MANAGEMENT SALARY AND IT WILL MEAN THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE THE LATEST, GREATEST TRAINING AND OUR RECORDS WILL BE COMPLETELY UP-TO-DATE AND ACCESSIBLE.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

HOW, UM, HOW DID THE COST OF THIS PRODUCT COMPARE AGAINST ITS COMPETITORS IN THE PROPOSALS? UM, IT WAS MID RANGE.

THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT IS IT HAS A DOCUSIGN ELEMENT WITH E-FORMS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MISSING.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY WITH THAT THAT MAKES THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT STAND OUT.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU WERE TELLING ME A MINUTE AGO, TOO, IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP US WITH ALL THE COSTS OF EXTRA STAFF TO TRACK ALL THIS.

THE SOFTWARE IS GOING TO DO THAT FOR US.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO TRACK IT IN A MORE MANUAL MANNER.

IT WILL SAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ADMINISTRATIVELY AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

BUT WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IT ENGAGES THE EMPLOYEES THAT ONLY TAKE COURSES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THEM BASED OFF OF THEIR POSITIONS AND THE CORE COMPETENCIES THEY NEED TO MEET, BUT IT ALLOW THEM TO SELF RESEARCH, PREPARE FOR OTHER POSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE, PREPARE FOR PROMOTIONS.

UM, IT'S JUST A VERY EXTENSIVE CONTENT LIBRARY, AND I THINK IT WILL IMPROVE OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT OVERALL AT ALL LEVELS, WHETHER YOU'RE A SENIOR EMPLOYEE OR NEWLY BEGINNING WITH THE COUNTY.

SO THIS IS THE END-USER PRODUCT AS WELL.

SO THIS, THIS PROVIDES A CONDUIT FOR THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY LOOK FOR AND, UM, ASSIGNED THEMSELVES TO, TO COURSES AND THEN THEIR SUPERVISOR CAN ASSIGN COURSES AS WELL.

THANKS FOR ALL INFORMATION.

ANY MORE, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

UH, WHAT IS THE BOARD'S PLEASURE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MS. KNOLL, IF NOBODY HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND MADAM CLERK MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLE IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED MR. ROAN.