Apr 19, 2022 Board of Supervisors

[Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE OCTOBER 19TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND I WILL ASK FOR THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.

MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE HERE.

MR. GREEN, MR. RON, MR. SHEPHERD.

YEAH, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU, DIANE.

FOR THE INDICATION TONIGHT, WE HAVE REVEREND DAVID MAGRUDER FROM THE ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

ETHAN, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS ADMINISTRATION.

I NOW INVITE US ALL TO TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER.

LET US PRAY, DEAR, ALL PRESENT AND ALL MERCIFUL GOD.

AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING IN THIS CHAMBER TO DISCUSS THE MATTERS BEFORE THIS GOVERNING BODY THAT WILL AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COUNTY.

WE COME TOGETHER IN THE MIDST OF NEW LIFE AND HAVE NEW HOPES, BLOSSOMING FLOWERS, AND BLOOMING TREES AND SHRUBS REVEAL THE WORK OF YOUR HAND AND CREATING NEWNESS OUT OF WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEMED TO VOID THE WARMER TEMPERATURE WHILE CONTINUING TO FLUCTUATE OR A REMINDER OF YOUR WARM SPIRIT.

THERE REMAINS WITH US AND IN US AGAIN, A SIGN OF NEWNESS.

AND ADDITIONALLY, WE RECOGNIZE NEW OPPORTUNITIES EVER BEFORE US AND THE WORK OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, AND THIS BOARD THROUGH THIS NEWNESS CREATES HOPE IN US ALL.

AND FOR THAT, WE GIVE YOU THINGS THIS EVENING.

WE BEGAN THIS GATHERING BY PRAISING YOU AND ASKING FOR YOUR MERCY TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR SHIELD AND OUR STRENGTH.

AND I PRAY THE LORD THAT YOU WILL BE WITH OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, AND OUR RESIDENTS THIS EVENING, AS THEY DISCUSS MATTERS, THAT WILL AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.

I ASK YOUR WISDOM AND STRENGTH TO BE WITH EACH OF THEM, LEAD THEM IN THEIR THOUGHT, GUIDE THEM IN THEIR DIALOGUE AND OFFER THEM UNDERSTANDING IN THEIR HEARTS AS THEY COME TO DECISIONS THROUGH THEIR DISCOURSE AND ALLOW IT ALL TO BE HELPFUL.

SO THIS COMMUNITY INTO YOUR KINGDOM, THIS WE PRAY IN YOUR HOLY NAME.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

TONIGHT, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COLLINS.

HAVE RAVEN TOOK 94 WHO IS WORKING ON A CITIZENSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY BADGE COLUMN.

WOULD YOU COME FORWARD PLACING WITH EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

THANK YOU, TOM.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION

[A. Virginia Court Clerk’s Association Presentation. Resolution of appreciation presented to thefamily of Lynn S. Mendibur by Kristen Nelson, York County Clerk of Court.]

DEBER KRISTEN NELSON, YOUR COUNTY CLERK OF COURT WILL NOW PRESENT THAT CHRISTIAN.

GOOD.

ANYTHING? I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I ASKED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING AND HONOR MY PREDECESSOR, LEN SCOTT AND .

IT IS TRADITION FOR THE VIRGINIA COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION TO HONOR CLERKS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY BY THE READING OF A RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION SPECIFIC TO EACH CLERK IN EACH JURISDICTION AT OUR ANNUAL CONVENTION, LEN PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 3RD, 2020.

UH, THE CLERK'S ASSOCIATION DID NOT HAVE THEIR 2020 CONVENTION.

SO WE WERE CATCHING UP ON 2021.

SO WE, UM, IT WAS READ AT THE 2021 CONVENTION.

AND SO IT'S WITH GREAT RESPECT THAT I'M ABLE TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FAMILY OF LEN WHO WERE SEATED TO THE RIGHT OF ME.

WOULD YOU ALL TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED, TONY AND FAMILY? I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH AND FOR LYNN FOR MANY YEARS.

AND I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO YOU TONIGHT BEFORE DOING SO.

I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND READ THE RESOLUTION.

OKAY.

VIRGINIA COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION, RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION FOR LYNN S MENOPUR, WHEREAS THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE LEN S MENOPUR ON APRIL 3RD, 2020, THE VIRGINIA COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION HAS SUFFERED THE LOSS OF A FRIEND AND DISTINGUISHED CLERK OF COURT.

WHEREAS LYNN IS PRE-DECEASED BY HER FATHER, HARRY T CONNICK JR.

AND SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, ANTONIO, AMANDA BURR, HER FOUR CHILDREN, DAVID

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LAURA AUGUST AND CATHERINE LYNN AND HER MOTHER MARCIA AND STEPFATHER DAVID BROWN.

WHEREAS LYNN MENDELLA WAS BORN IN NEW YORK ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 1961, AND LIVED IN YORK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE REST OF HER LIFE.

SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF ARTS FROM RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE IN 1983.

WHEREAS LYNN BEGAN WORKING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE DURING SUMMERS, WHILE IN COLLEGE AND CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE OFFICE THEREAFTER.

WHEREAS WAS ELECTED AS INTO OFFICE, AS CLERK IN 1999, WHERE SHE SERVED AS CLERK UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2014.

IN ADDITION TO HER RESPONSIBILITIES, SHE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF THE YORK COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT OF THE GRAFTON QUANTIS CLUB, A MEMBER OF THE YORK VICTORY, YMCA MANAGEMENT BOARD, ANY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT WE PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION AS A FORMAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY OF YORK AND THE CITY OF POQUOSON, THE VIRGINIA COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION AND TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

AND IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION BE PROVIDED TO THE FAMILY AND GLEN ESSMAN NUMBER RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED KRISTEN AND NELSON CLERK, YOUR COUNTY BECAUSE THE CIRCUIT COURT, I WOULD BE REMISS IN SAYING, AND NOT SAYING THAT LYNN'S MOTHER MARCIA BROWN HAS PASSED AWAY SINCE THE PREPARATION OF THIS RESOLUTION.

HOWEVER, SHE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME WITH A LOT OF THE CONTENT OF IT.

SO, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT SHE CLEARLY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN DOING SO.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO YOU ALL.

AND ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE VIRGINIA COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION AND MYSELF AS THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK FOR YOUR COUNTY AND POST, MY CLIENT FOR WILLING TO SAY IS THAT SHE WAS A BREEDING MOWER WHEN THE CHILDREN AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE KNEW LYNN AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID FOR THE COUNTY.

WE ALSO DO WHERE AS A FRIEND AND WE MISSED HER AND WE'RE SORRY FOR THE PASSING OF BOTH LYNN AND HER MOTHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NAH.

NOW I'LL CALL

[B. Construction Update. Receive presentation from Mark Bellamy, Deputy County Administrator, on the various construction projects within the County.]

WHAT WELL GREETINGS FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY, I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED OUR, UH, GROUNDBREAKING OR OUTDOOR CEREMONY WE HAD.

THERE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE.

THE CHIEF INCLUDED ALL OF US IN IT.

IT WAS A GOOD TIME.

SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, MR. MORGAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR TONIGHT, AND WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE GIVEN TODAY'S ACTIVITIES AND, UH, SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

SO BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE POINTS.

WE DID NOTE THAT WE WOULD BE DOING THE GROUNDBREAKING TODAY.

AND SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IS, AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT, OUR FURNITURE AND FIXTURES FOR THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS ALSO ON OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND THEN THE BUDGET HEARING, WHICH YOU HAVE LATER, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MADE THE TIE FOR YOU AND ALL THAT.

SO THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE FIRE STATIONS, SEVEN THAT WE VISITED TODAY, UH, THE NEW YORK TOWN LIBRARY AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND HERE.

THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, UH, RECENTLY AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ARPA-E AND CARES AND WHERE DID ALL THAT MONEY GO? SO WHAT WE WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT IT'S YOUR

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JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXAMPLE ABOUT WHERE THE ARPA MONEY AND SOME OF THE CARES MONEY WENT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO PAY TOWARDS FIRESTATION SEVEN, A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION BY INTERCHANGING, THAT MONEY WITH MONEY THAT WE CAN REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR AND USE IT TOWARDS THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS ALSO ROUGHLY $2 MILLION OF ARPA MONEY THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING.

SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHERE SOME OF THAT MONEY HAS GONE.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, YOU'VE SEEN THIS PHOTO BEFORE THIS RENDERING, RATHER OF THE FRONT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING.

THIS IS NOEL.

DON'T YOU THINK ASHLEY DID A GREAT JOB ON THE LANDSCAPING? YES.

THANK YOU.

AND HERE'S THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

SO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS, UH, THE SITE WORK, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH, THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, DRONE TEAM WENT OUT AND DID A LITTLE VIDEO FOR US.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THAT BUILDING RELATES TO EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IT.

IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE VIPS PILES OF MULCH DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPE, A LANDFILL CAP THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSFER STATION OFF ON THE LEFT.

IF YOU COULD SEE TO THE RIGHT OF THE FRAME, YOU'D SEE PUBLIC WORKS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, COMING INTO THE SHOT NOW IS THE THAT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR THAT SITE.

SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL COME BACK AROUND AND WE'LL BE FACING WEST AND FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, 17, WE'LL BE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THIS IS GOOD WHEN KNACK ROAD ON YOUR LEFT DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

SO IN THE CENTER IS WHERE THE BUILDING WILL BE SITED TO THE BACK.

I'LL, UH, GO BACKWARDS HERE.

YEP.

WHEN THERE, SO TO THE BACK BEHIND THE BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE A PARKING LOT, A SECURED PARKING LOT, UH, AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER BUILDING, A STORAGE BUILDING FOR SPECIALTY VEHICLES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR IT.

OOPS.

SO THAT IS WHERE THAT SITS TODAY.

SO WHAT'S BEEN DONE OUT THERE.

THE SITE HAS BEEN PUT UP TO GRADE.

THE BNP HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH THE STORM WATER PIPING HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

THE SEWER LINES ARE INSTALLED AND THE WATER LINES ARE INSTALLED.

AND YOU SAW THE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN GRAVELED AS WELL.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO, UH, IS STILL TO BID THE BUILDING FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE THERE.

AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT READY IN MAY FOR AN AWARD SOMETIME, UH, LATE JUNE, EARLY JULY.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL OF THAT CONTRACT.

AND ASSUMING THAT YOU WERE TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT, THE BUILDING WOULD START SOMETIME SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER WOULD BE OUR HOPE.

AND THEN EVERYBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW, WELL, WHEN WILL IT BE DONE? SO WHAT WE BELIEVE AT THIS TIME IS THIS ABOUT AN 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

SO WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT IF WE STARTED IN LATE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER IS A FEBRUARY 20, 24, MOVE IN TIME.

THE NEXT BUILDING WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WAS A YORKTOWN LIBRARY.

THIS IS A RENDERING THAT YOU'VE SEEN SOMETIME AGO.

HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

THE INSIDE HAS BEEN GUTTED AND YOU SEE THE STRUCTURE, UH, THE NEW STRUCTURE ADDED TO THE BUILDING THERE ON THE LEFT.

SO SOME OF THE MILESTONES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING IS OBVIOUSLY YOU SAW THE METAL STRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE.

THE ROOF IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PUT ON.

IT'S A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.

I BELIEVE THEY ARE WORKING ON ROUGH ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION.

AND THAT AIR CONDITIONING UNITS HAVE BEEN SET AS WELL.

WHAT YOU WOULD SEE NEXT, UH, IS THE BRICK FACADE COME TO THE BUILDING AND THEN THEY WOULD PUT THE GLASS WORK IN BECAUSE WHAT THEY TO DO IS GET THE BUILDING SEALED UP.

SO THEY CAN START DOING THAT SENSITIVE INTERIOR WORK, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HUMIDITY, WATER, MOISTURE,

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SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AS YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, WE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF CHALLENGES AND I'LL MENTION THIS AGAIN LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT STOREFRONT GLASS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO AN ISSUE.

SO WE'RE ABOUT TWO MONTHS OUT FROM SEEING THE GLASS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CREEPED UP ON US.

SO OCCASIONALLY WE DO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE TO START WITH, BUT WE'RE STILL HOPING FOR AN AUGUST COMPLETION.

SO I WON'T SPEAK FOR MR. SMITH, WHO I KNOW IS BEHIND ME THERE, BUT I KNOW HE'S ANXIOUS TO GET IN AND TRY TO BE THERE RIGHT AFTER FIRST OF THE YEAR.

AND SO THE REST OF THE INTERIOR WORK WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE DRY WALL, UH, ALL THE FINISHINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN A BUILDING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT ON YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR, YOU'LL SEE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES FOR THIS FACILITY, FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHERE WE WERE AT TODAY, UH, THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT EXISTS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT EXISTS, THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT, IT DOES NOT, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE A METAL BUILDING, THE ONE ON THE LEFT AND ALL THE PARTS AND PIECES ARE SITTING IN THAT PARKING LOT THERE ON THE RIGHT.

AND IT IS, UH, READY TO GET STARTED RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE PICTURE OF THAT.

SO YOU CAN, IF YOU WEREN'T THERE TODAY, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

DESIGN WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

AS I MENTIONED, THE STEEL BUILDING HAS ARRIVED AND WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING TODAY.

THE, UM, SITE WORK WOULD STILL NEED TO BE DONE.

THERE'S A BMP THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED THERE.

AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE METAL BUILDING THE BAY AREA AND IN A CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST WEEK WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WE DO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE FINISHED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND WE HOPE TO SEE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY MOVE IN, UH, DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

SO I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EARLIER.

THERE ARE A PLENTY OF CHALLENGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS RIGHT NOW.

I MENTIONED ABOUT THE STOREFRONT GLASS, UM, GENERATORS.

SO WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING, UH, WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ORDERED THE GENERATORS.

YOU SAW THEM ON A CONSENT CALENDAR, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, AND THOSE GENERATORS HAVE MORE THAN A 12 MONTH LEAD TIME.

IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG AGO.

YOU COULD GET A GENERATOR AND A COUPLE MONTHS.

SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THAT BUSINESS BAY DOORS.

UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE JUST RECENTLY BECOME AWARE OF BECAUSE OF FIRE STATION SEVEN, THAT SUBMIT ABOUT A SIX MONTH LEAD TIME TO GET BAY DOORS, ROLL UP GARAGE DOORS FOR THAT BUILDING.

SO WE ARE, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ALLEVIATE ALL THOSE PROBLEMS. IN SOME CASES WE CAN CHOOSE, UH, ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL GLASS BAY DOORS, MAYBE WE COULD ORDER METAL BAY DOORS WITH ONLY SOME GLASS IN IT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES THAT DON'T HOLD UP OUR PROJECTS AS BEST WE CAN.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUPPLIERS THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY DO BUSINESS WITH.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THOSE ITEMS THAT REQUIRE LONG LEAD TIMES LIKE THOSE GENERATORS AND ORDER THOSE THINGS FAR IN ADVANCE, SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING, DOES ANYBODY? YES.

SHE EVEN STEVEN I'D FALL IN HERE.

UM, LAST TIME I DROVE THAT GOODWIN NECK ROAD WAS AFTER THE BMP HAD BEEN INSTALLED.

AND I WAS SURPRISED HOW LARGE IT WAS.

IS THAT THE SPIRAL SIZE OR WAS THAT IS A LARGER MALE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

OKAY.

AND CROSS OUT LORDS OF BNP WAS I IS, SO IS THAT A SPINAL SIZE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP ALL KINDS OF SHRUBBERY AROUND.

OH, RIGHT.

THERE'S A LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THAT'S ONE OF THE NEXT ITEMS THAT THEY'LL START WORKING ON.

OKAY.

AND THE FIRE STATION I MEANT TO ASK EARLIER, I'M ASSUMING THAT TWO BUILDERS WILL BE CONNECTED.

THEY WILL.

OKAY.

AND AS FAR AS SUPPLY GOES, WHAT ABOUT CONCRETE? I'VE HEARD FROM FRIENDS OR ON CONCRETE AND IT'S, THEY, THEY STRUGGLE TO GET IT TOO.

ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME STRUGGLE WE ARE.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT NOT ONLY ON OUR OWN PROJECTS, BUT OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

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UM, MARK, CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THESE CONTRACTS FOR BOTH THE FIRE STATION AND THE SHERIFF'S BUILDING ARE FIXED FEE CONTRACTS OR ARE THEY CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT BE FRAUGHT WITH CHANGE ORDERS? SO TYPICALLY, UH, THE WAY THOSE ARE DONE IS WE GET, WE HAVE A PRICE TO BUILD IT.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

IF, IF THERE'S A CHANGE ORDER, GENERALLY WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER WOULD ACCOMPLISH IS SOME CHANGE BY THE OWNER.

WE, THE COUNTY HAS DESIRED TO MAKE AFTER THE FACT, OR IF THERE'S SOME CONFLICT, UH, IN THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WHERE MAYBE A WATER PIPE CROSSES SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THEY'RE JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO DO THAT.

SO THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE ORDER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE FIXED FEES, BUT WE DO RUN INTO THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. YEAH.

IT'S SORT OF A GOVERNMENTAL MANDATE OF SORTS.

UH, SO VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, CONTRACT THAT, UH, THE SUBJECT, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE ESTIMATES, WE GET THE BIDS, WE MAKE A SELECTION.

UH, CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT SOME POINT IN TIME AFTER THE DRAWINGS ARE DONE.

AND, UH, THEN THE CONTRACTOR COMES BACK AND SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MATERIALS THAT USED TO BE $10, FOUR X ARE NOW $20 FOR X.

UH, AND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT, THE CONTRACT, IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN A ABSOLUTE, UH, OVERSIGHT IS TWICE WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY.

THAT THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON IN A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS.

BUT WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS, IS THAT, UH, MR. WOODWARD AND HIS ENGINEERING STAFF SPEND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THE DRAWINGS BEFORE THEY'RE PUT OUT TO BID TO LOOK FOR THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.

YEAH.

SO WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON QUALITY CONTROL ON THE, ON THE BID DOCUMENTS AND THE DRAWINGS THEMSELVES.

WELL, I'LL ASK YOU WHAT WHAT'S, THE COST IS GOING TO BE ON THE FRONT END.

AND WHEN IT'S ALL DONE AND SAID, WE'LL ASK YOU, WHAT DID IT REALLY COST US? I THINK WE'LL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. BELLAMY, UH, REAL QUICK, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING RIGHT THERE, THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GOODWIN NECK ROAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY WOKE UP AND HAD A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THEIR FRONT YARD.

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO DO TO MITIGATE NOISE, UH, RUNOFF, JUST OVERALL INCONVENIENCE, UH, TO THOSE NEIGHBORS.

AND I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS, BUT SHORT, AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT NOT ONLY STAFF FROM PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN OVER TO TALK WITH A FEW OF THE NEIGHBORS OVER THERE, BUT ALSO, UH, THE SHERIFF HAS ASKED SOME OF HIS STAFF TO GO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.

AND I THINK GENERALLY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SMOOTH THINGS OVER WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND WORK SCHEDULES.

GOOD.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE ARE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HONORABLE.

IT'S GREAT TO TALKING WITH YOU TODAY AND, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THIS IS A SIMPLE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR YOUR COUNTY AND A BUSINESS, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO YOUR COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GREATLY APPRECIATES THE SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY, BUT IN PERSON AT OUR EVENTS TO YORK COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE WHAT YOU PROVIDE US, HELP SUPPORT OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE ADVOCACY OF THE YORK COUNTY BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS OUR, SOME OF OUR EVENTS LIKE THE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS BUSINESS, BEFORE OURS, WHICH MOST OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED ON A REGULAR BASIS OVER THERE, AS WELL AS OUR SIGNATURE EVENT, THE OCTOBER FEST THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING ON OCTOBER 23RD.

UH, IN ADDITION, WE PLANNED THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE OTHER PLANS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND IN FACT, IN WHAT WE CALL THE HERO PROGRAM.

AND, UH, WE DID OUR FIRST HERO PROGRAM IS A PERSON THAT HAS DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND RESCUE TEACHERS AND MILITARY.

MOST OF YOU ATTENDED THE ONE THAT WE HAD OVER FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MARCH.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE ONE IN MAY WITH YOUR PR PLAN AND PRESENTING THE TEACHER AWARD.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE PLANNING A, WE HAVE A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON BOARD TO HELP NEW SMALL BUSINESSES BECOME EFFECTIVE AND OPERATE WITHIN NEW YORK COUNTY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK

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THANK YOU FOR COMING TO

[COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS]

NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS, NO PROTECT A PARTICULAR REPORT.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UH, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UM, UH, ADJOURNED ITS REGULAR SESSION WITH A LOT OF BILLS STILL UNADOPTED, UM, UH, AND, UH, UH, NO BUDGET.

UM, THERE, THEY WERE GOVERNOR CALLED THEM BACK INTO SPECIAL SESSION.

UH, NOTHING HAPPENED THERE EITHER, UH, BUT WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES OPEN FOR A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, WHICH IS WHEN THE SCHEDULED, WHAT WE OFTEN CALL THE VETO SESSION, UM, UH, UH, CONVENES.

SO, UH, PRESUMABLY AT THAT POINT, WELL, HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT, A BUDGET WILL BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR, BUT IT'S AT THAT POINT ALSO WHERE WE'RE BILLS, THE GOVERNOR'S EITHER VETOED OR HAS, UH, RECOMMENDED CHANGES WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE HOUSE AND BY THE SENATE.

UM, AND, UH, WE'LL EITHER ACCEPT THEM OR, YOU KNOW, OR OVERRIDE HIS VETO ORDERS OR NOT AN ACCEPT HIS CHANGES OR NOT.

AND, UH, BUT WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND KEEP YOU INFORMED.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY BILLS, OBVIOUSLY AS ALWAYS, UH, CONTACT OUR OFFICE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'LL TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD HAVE ONE OVER HERE.

YES.

UM, JIM, YOU NEED TO REALLY KEEP AN EYE ON THIS, UH, TAX CUT, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE TAX.

I WANT TO TRY TO SAY GAS TAX CUT.

OKAY.

UH, KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AREAS THE MOST CONFUSING, UH, BACK AND FORTH.

I'VE, I'VE SEEN A BILL.

UM, IT APPEARS THAT MANY OF OUR DELEGATES DON'T THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT GAS TAX AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS DOWN HERE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A TOTAL LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AS SOME OF THEM I'VE TALKED TO.

UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY THINK WE MUST HAVE A MONEY TREE DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE THAT THIS MONEY COMES FROM AND THINK THESE THINGS ARE LIKE, UH, SOMETHING YOU CAN BUY AT FIVE AND DIME OR WHATEVER THESE BILLS, THESE, UH, THESE ROADS STRUCK THE ROAD, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE TUNNEL.

AND, UH, THEY'VE GOTTA BE FUNDED.

PEOPLE WANTED THIS, UH, VAST FOR IT, AND WE'VE GOT IT IN THE BILL.

SO NOW TO HAVE A, A BANDAID OVER IT WITHOUT A GOOD ARGUMENT, UH, IS A PROBLEM.

SO PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED.

WE'LL DO THAT.

AND THE OTHER ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IS THE GROCERY TAX BILL, SINCE IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, JIM.

THANKS.

[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS]

WELL, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MARK SAID, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL, UH, ATTENDING THE FIRE STATION SEVEN, UH, GROUNDBREAKING, UH, EXCITING DAY.

IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE, UH, UH, GOOD ATTENDANCE FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AND WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY COUNTY, UH, REALLY PROUD OF, UH, THE BOARD AND THE STAFF FOR PULLING THAT PROJECT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

WE USE THE DESIGN BUILD PROCEDURE, UH, WHICH ALLOWED US TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF SOME OF THOSE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT UH, MR. BELLAMY WAS TALKING ABOUT.

UM, AND NOW HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, GET THE PEOPLE IN THE EQUIPMENT TO, UH, OPERATE THE STATION.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK

[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD]

AT THIS POINT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, UH, JUST TO COMMENT.

AND IF I MAY, TWO DAYS AGO, OF COURSE WE CELEBRATED EASTER AND EVERY CHRISTIAN NATION ACROSS THE WORLD CELEBRATED EASTER.

I PERSONALLY HOPE THAT, UH, EVERY FAMILY, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, CREEK COUNTY STATE COUNTRY AND BEYOND HAD A WONDERFUL EASTER SUNDAY, UM, MY WIFE AND I ACTUALLY SPENT PART OF THE EIGHTH HOUSE.

AND, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NEWS, BUT SOMETHING CAUGHT OUR MIND AND WE SAID, MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

THE PASSION IS ON TODAY.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH THE PASSION, WHICH WAS THE LAST DAY OF CHRIST LIFE BEFORE HE WAS CRUCIFIED.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, UH, WHAT W YOU KNOW, THE ACTING WAS INCREDIBLE.

IT WAS ACTING, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET ANY MORE REALISTIC THAN WHAT MEL GIBSON AS THE PRODUCER DIRECTOR, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, PUT TOGETHER.

AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS THINGS ON TELEVISION, STAY ON TELEVISION FOREVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO WATCH THE PASSION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CHRISTIAN FACES A LITTLE BIT, CHRISTIAN FAITH IS A LITTLE BIT SHAKY, UH, BUT A WONDERFUL WHAT A PRESENTATION OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CHRIST, AT LEAST THE LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAD.

THREE WORDS, PIRATES, INVADE YORKTOWN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,

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BE THERE.

OUR FAMILY WILL BE THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT GREAT EVENT HERE IN YORKTOWN, KIND OF KICKING OFF THE TOURISM SEASON AND, UH, THE PIRATES WHO DOESN'T LIKE PIRATES.

SO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE THREE WORDS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, STEVEN.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO THIS EXCITING TIME IN THE COUNTY, BECAUSE A LOT OF BIG, IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAPPENING, MR. BELLINI WENT OVER THEM.

THIS EVEN WITH THE LIBRARY AND THE NEW FIRE STATION IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.

AND I WAS TALKING TO MRS. SMITH, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE AT THE NEW, UM, THE NEW LIBRARY, NEW RESIDENTS, ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY, AND I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS.

UM, I THINK I MAY JUST NEED TO STEP MY GAME.

I PERSONALLY, AT HOME AND KINDA CATCH UP TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN PLACE THAT WERE VERY EXCITING TO SEE YOU SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION AND ACTUALLY PUT MY HANDS WITH SOME OF THAT STUFF WHEN THE TIME COMES.

WELL.

IT WAS ALSO NICE TO KNOW THERE ARE SOME, UH, QUALITY LIFE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE SEEING HAPPENING WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TOO.

UH, RECENTLY IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN, UH, OR ON, UM, 17 IN FRONT OF THE, UM, POST OFFICE, YOU'LL NOW SEE A SIGN THAT SAYS DAIRY QUEEN COMING SOMEWHERE AT 2022.

SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ANOTHER GREAT LITTLE RESTAURANT THEN, UM, AND TREAT PLACE, UH, FOR FOLKS.

AND I NOTICED TOO THAT SOME MORE ACTIVITY WITH BILL'S RESTAURANTS PAST DAY AND AT BIG CRANE OUT THERE MOVING STEEL AROUND.

SO ANOTHER RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITY, HOPEFULLY COMING UP SOON.

SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF INTEREST IN CONSTRUCTION STUFF HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ALL WRAP UP.

THANKS VERY MUCH, TOM.

I'M GOING TO KIND OF GET AHEAD A LITTLE BIT OF BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT.

SO I'LL TAKE MY TIME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, NEIL, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN GETTING SOME INPUT, NOT A GREAT DEAL INPUT.

PEOPLE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE COUNTY THAT I THINK THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE IS RUN.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE, TO BE HAPPY AND THANKFUL FOR, AND IT'S COUNTY.

IT'S NOT JUST THIS BOARD, BUT, UH, ALL THE PREVIOUS BOARDS BEFORE WE DIDN'T GET HERE BY ACCIDENT, WE GOT HERE BECAUSE OF DEDICATED, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, UNDERSTANDING, WORKING THE DETAILS, FIGHTING OVER THE, EVERY PENNY AND DIME WE'VE GOT.

AND WE END UP WITH, UH, WITH A COUNTY GOVERNMENT, UM, THAT, UH, IS VERY FRUGAL AND ITS OPERATION.

UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE MOST WEALTHY COUNTIES, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE, IN THE ALL OF HAMPTON ROADS, I THINK BECAUSE CITY BICOASTAL HAS GOT A HIGHER, HIGHER, UM, UH, PER CAPITAL INCOME THAN US, BUT BY ONLY MAYBE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE AND WHERE WE ARE MOST, AND THIS IS THE THING, MOST COUNTIES HAVE A HAVE A, UM, A PER CAPITA INCOME AROUND 36 TO MAYBE $40,000.

AND HERE WE ARE SITTING UP AT AN 89,000 AND $90,000 AS PER CAPITA.

SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING NOW, ALL THAT BEING SAID, PEOPLE STILL, AND WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

NOW.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS I GET OFTEN IS THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN COUNTIES AND CITIES ON TAX RATES.

YEP.

GREAT.

AND WE, AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES IN THE COUNTY YET OUR HOME VALUES SHOOT UP.

AND WHEN IT DOES, IS IT JUST, YOU END UP WITH A TAX INCREASE, SO WE TRY TO OFFSET IT WITH SOME SORT OF TAX REDUCTION.

UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT, HOW DO YOU COMPARE CITIES AND COUNTIES TOGETHER WITH COUNTY? THEY'RE EASY TO COMPARE, UH, CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT W W DOESN'T SOUND FAIR TO DO THAT.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT, UH, YEAH, WE, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE THE BIG DIFFERENCES, ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES, AND YOU CAN KIND OF PUT A SOCIAL, THE SOCIAL SIDE OF ISSUES, BUT WE, WE STILL, WE WORK LIKE WITH CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS AND WHATNOT ON HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES IS ROAD PROJECTS.

WE DON'T OWN ROADS AND YOUR COUNTY CITIES OWN ROADS.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE TO DO A COMPARISON, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD HAD, WE'VE DONE A STUDY SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT THIS.

AND SO FOR US TO TAKE OVER ROAD OWNERSHIP, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE AN EASY THING TO DO.

IN FACT, SOME ASPECTS OF IT, EVEN IF WE TOOK OVER PARTS OF IT WOULD BE VERY COMPLICATED AND BE VERY COSTLY, BUT IT WOULD JACK UP OUR TAX RATE AROUND 10 AND A HALF CENTS MORE.

OKAY.

BUT WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO OUR CURRENT TAX RATE, GUESS WHAT? YOU STILL SEE THAT OUR TAX RATES ARE LOWER THAN JURISDICTIONS AROUND US.

THE ONLY ONE IS THE SMALL, SMALL CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS.

OKAY.

SO IF YOU THINK OF IT, OUR COUNTY IS LIKE FOR WILLIAMSBURG OR FOR A CITY OF MOCASSINS.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT 70,000 PEOPLE IN HERE WHERE THE THIRD SMALLEST COUNTY IN THE, IN THE, OF THE 95

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OKAY.

UM, AND WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HERE.

THE DENSITY OF OUR POPULATIONS COMPLETELY IS DIFFERENT.

AND SO WE TALK ABOUT THESE COMPARISONS AND WE TRY TO GIVE IT A KNOWLEDGE TO PEOPLE IN OUR MUNICIPALITY.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR YOUR MONEY.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS A MAJOR DRIVER FOR WHY OUR HOUSE VALUES ARE SO HIGH, WHY OUR CRIME RATE IS SO LOW AND WHY WE HAVE SUCH GREAT QUALITY IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AND THE FUNDING OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO UNDERSTANDING THESE THINGS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT ANSWER THE MAIL AND EVERY CASE.

SO, UH, NEELA, YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, UNTIL WE GET THIS THING SQUARED AWAY, BUT WE MADE IT, YOU MADE A PROPOSAL AND YOU GAVE US SOME LOGIC, UH, TO WHY YOUR, YOUR PROPOSAL FOR YOUR BUDGET, UH, IS SUCH AS IT IS.

WELL, I WROTE DOWN A COUPLE NOTES.

UM, THE SERVICE CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT SERVICE CONTRACTS.

THAT'S A WAY WE CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY, STRATEGIC LOANING, OR LEARNING WHAT BORROWING, OKAY.

THAT GIVES, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT FOLKS I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS AT THE BILLION DOLLAR LEVEL, WITH THE HAMPTON ROADS, TACTICAL, UM, UH, TRANSPORTATION FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH I'M ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE WERE LOOKING AT A BILLION AND A HALF OKAY.

OF HOW TO STRATEGICALLY BORROW.

UH, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF DOING THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE DOING.

IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD OPERATION.

HOWEVER, IT'S EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND NOT EASY TO UNDERSTAND OUR CITIZENS.

SOMEHOW WE GOT TO COMMUNICATE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO PURCHASE NEW NEW VEHICLES, HOW'S PURCHASING NEW VEHICLES GOING TO SAVE US MONEY.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT CITIZENS STILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT, OR WE'VE GOT TO GO TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE.

OKAY.

RIGHT NOW THE PROPOSAL IS TO REDUCE IT, REDUCE OUR TAX RATE.

BUT THAT AGAIN DOES NOT LOWER OUR TAXES TO WHAT IT IS BEFORE THIS EIGHT.

NOW, WHAT ARE WE? EIGHT ELVIN STATE PERCENT OVER 8% AND INFLATION HAS TAKEN PLACE.

AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE LIVED THROUGH HIGH INFLATION, LEAVE ME, IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER.

IT GETS WORSE.

OKAY.

AND WITH SOME OF US HAVE SEEN WHERE THE INFLATION RATE WAS HIGH AS 18%.

OKAY.

AND THAT WASN'T TOO MANY YEARS AGO OR TOO MANY DECADES AGO.

SO THIS THING IS PRETTY COMPLICATED AND WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO OUR CITIZENS AS BEST WE CAN.

SO, BUT I, I JUST, I I'M FRUSTRATED.

I'M REALLY KIND OF FRUSTRATED.

AND, AND ONE ASPECT OF THIS FOR THE CITIZENS, I'M GONNA TRY TO EDUCATE YOU ON THIS VERY QUICKLY.

IF SOMEBODY TELLS YOU THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CUT TAXES AND INCREASED SERVICE, YOU BETTER PAY, BETTER PAY YOUR, YOUR RADAR BETTER GO UP AND YOU BETTER BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING MAKES NO SENSE.

EVERYTHING'S COSTING US.

THE CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES, STEEL, CONCRETE, ANYTHING WE BUY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS JUST LIKE ON THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THE PRICE IS GOING UP.

TRANSPORTATION, FUEL COSTS.

EVERYTHING IS GOING UP JUST LIKE, AS IT DOES FOR YOU AT HOME, IT GOES UP FOR OUR COUNTY.

AND WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO BALANCE THAT OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.

OKAY.

FROM, FROM THIS DISCUSSION, IF YOU WILL, THAT YOU'LL HAVE OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, IS THAT OUR BUDGET WAS NOT BUILT BY A BUNCH OF CLOWNS.

OUR BUDGET WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE THAT REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT IS BEING BOUGHT AND WHAT IS BEING NEEDED TO MEET THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT WE'VE SET.

SO IF WE TAKE MONEY FROM, FROM THESE PROGRAMS, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE A SERVICE AND MAY NOT BE IMPORTANT TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, BUT IT MAY BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.

AND WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS BALANCE IT OUT.

SO I WANT CITIZENS NEED TO, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE.

SOME OF IT MAKES NO SENSE, SOME OF IT'S FAULTS AND SOME OF IT'S TRUE, AND YOU NOW ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP AND FIGURE OUT WHICH IS WHICH, OKAY, THANK YOU.

WELL SAID, MR. SHEPHERD.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

NOW LET'S SEE.

WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES.

SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM.

NUMBER SEVEN IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

NUMBER EIGHT IS THE L STEADY NEWS AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

NINE REQUEST FOR REFUND OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES FROM MAINSTAY LLC.

ITEM NUMBER 10 IS PUBLIC SEWER EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH

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NUMBER 12 IS A PURCHASE RESOLUTION FOR THE, YOUR ACCOUNT LIBRARY FOR MACHINES.

NUMBER 13 IS A CONTRACT FOR WINTER ROAD, WHICH IS KING'S AVILA, SEWER, RELINING PROJECT.

AND, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ONE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS 11 AND 12? I SEE A DIRECTOR SMITH HERE.

13 ABOUT THE YOU WEREN'T THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANT 11 AND 12.

AND DID I HEAR 13? YES.

OKAY.

APRIL, WE GET A CHANCE, WHICH ONE? EIGHT, EIGHT.

WELL, WE'LL START WITH EIGHT SINCE THAT'S ON THE LIST.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE THIS AGAIN, THIS YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UM, IN THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH YOUTH AWARDS.

UM, AND I I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD THAT LONG.

SO I REALLY CAN'T COMPARE YEARS PAST, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THE BINDER THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR, IT WAS VERY THICK, UH, VERY, UH, QUALIFIED, UM, YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT, THAT DESERVE A HARD LOOK AT, AND IT WAS, IT WAS AGAIN, A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE FOR US MAKING THE DECISIONS ON WHICH IS THE BEST CANDIDATE AND CANDIDATE AGAINST THE FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO CHOOSE FROM.

BUT THE BIG TAKEAWAY FOR ME WAS JUST TO SEE SUCH LARGE QUALITY OF STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTY.

AND IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF HOPE FOR, YOU KNOW, LEADERS LATER ON IN LIFE, GOING INTO SCHOOL, THE ONE, THE PROFIT SECTOR, MAYBE COMING BACK INTO YOUR COUNTY TO KNOW, TO PROVIDE THAT LEADERSHIP TO US AS WELL.

SO GREAT CANDIDATES THERE.

I'M VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AGAIN, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AS THEY MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE.

SO, SO THANK YOU STEVEN.

EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THIS AND IT'S, IT AMAZES ME THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS AND APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THEM.

THANK YOU.

UH, NUMBER 11 IS THE PURCHASE RESOLUTION FOR THE LIBRARY, KEVIN SMITH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE? WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, NO BOARD MEMBERS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU FACE TO FACE.

THERE'S THIS REALLY NICE.

YEAH.

THAT IT HAS.

IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, UH, EXPAND ON THE PURCHASE OF THE AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND ALSO YOU CAN, UH, WRAP IT UP WITH THE FURNITURE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

FOR, FOR THE AAV, UM, EQUIPMENT, UM, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO THAT NEW BUILDING, ONE, ONE OF THE BIG COMPONENTS IN THAT BUILDING ARE, WE'VE GONE FROM ONE MEETING ROOM TO NINE MEETING SPACES IN THERE.

SO WE'RE PUTTING, WE'RE BUYING THE AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT THAT WILL GO INTO ALL NINE OF THOSE MEETING SPACES.

ONE IS A GIANT AUDITORIUM THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE SPLIT INTO TWO SMALLER ROOMS. AND BOTH SIDES OF THAT ROOM WILL NEED TELECOM AND AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

AND WE'RE TALKING PROJECTORS AND SCREENS AND THE SOUND SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE WANT THAT MAIN ROOM.

IT'S A REALLY AN AUDITORIUM, ALMOST THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM HERE, THAT WE CAN HAVE CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, THE OTHER ARE, UM, PLACES FOR STUDENTS AND, AND CITIZENS IN GENERAL TO COME AND MEET.

AND THE, THE TELECOM CAPABILITIES IN THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOFTWARE ALSO THAT WE WANT IT TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, A USER-FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS CITIZENS AND IN PARTICULAR, OUR BUSINESS, UM, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THE LIBRARY, THIS PANDEMIC, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN, GOTTEN RID OF THEIR OFFICES AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE BUILDING TO THE LIBRARIES TO, TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS AND TO, TO WORK USING ALL OF THE WIFI NETWORKS WE HAVE.

SO, UM, THE NEW BUILDING WILL HAVE MULTIPLE WIFI CAPABILITY, VERY ROBUST SYSTEM.

AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN WITH WHATEVER IT DOES.

I SAY, HAVE LAPTOP, TABLET, OR PHONE, AND BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, UM, WHAT DID WE CALL IT? UM, WEBCAST.

SO THEY CAN USE ONE OF OUR MEETING ROOMS. THEY DON'T NEED TO ASK US FOR VARIOUS CORDS AND PLUGS AND WHATEVER THEY CAN GO IN AND LOG IN AND BE ABLE TO, TO TELECONFERENCE OR TO DO WHATEVER BUSINESS THEY NEED TO DO.

SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

IF I MAY, MS. JONES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID MR. SMITH IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES.

OH, A LOT OF BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR BRICKS AND BORDER OFFICES DOWN AND MOVING THEIR BUSINESS DE FACTO TO THE LIBRARY, CONDUCTING THEIR BUSINESS, THE LIBRARY.

I DON'T THINK HE MEANT TO SAY THAT, RIGHT? NO, THEY'RE NOT CONDUCTING THEIR BUSINESS.

I'M SAYING THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE USING OUR FACILITY TO DO THEIR WORK BUILDING.

IF I SET THAT DOWN, MOVE INTO MS. MS. KNOWLES LIBRARY, THAT WOULD BE KOSHER WITH IT.

NO, SIR.

NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE LIBRARIES ARE A PLACE FOR NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS, BUT FOR CITIZENS IN GENERAL.

AND WE WANT IT TO BE A NICE, AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS PERSON OR A CITIZEN, YOU CAN WALK IN AND HAVE