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[Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS JANUARY THE THIRD, AND IT'S THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND I'D LIKE TO WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
[1 Establish Rules of Procedure. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R23-1 to establish the Board’s Rules of Procedure for 2023, which shall include the establishment of the term of office for the Chairman and Vice Chairman, and the establishment of the times, days, and location of the Regular Meetings of the Board of Supervisors.]
UH, TONIGHT, THE FIRST O ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ESTABLISH THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, THE RULES THAT GOVERN HOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OPERATES FOR THE NEXT YEAR.THERE WAS A FEW MINOR CHANGES I UNDERSTAND, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.
OH, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES WERE.
CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE 'EM LISTED.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES? THEY WERE IN THE BOARD INFORMATION FOLDER, UM, IN NOVEMBER.
I KNOW MR. HILL HAD A COPY OF THOSE EMAILED TO HIM EARLIER.
I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T CHANGE IT.
YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY.
I READ IT AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY CHANGES.
THERE WAS ONE THAT WE PROPOSED AND THERE WAS NO CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD.
THE PUBLIC HEARING START TIME.
SO SINCE THERE WAS NO CLEAR DIRECTION, WE DIDN'T OKAY.
IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 23 DASH ONE TO ESTABLISH THE BOARD'S RULES.
[A Election of Chairman]
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN, UH, FOR THE YEAR 2023.AND I WILL OPEN THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIRMAN.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? IF NOT, I'LL DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. GREEN IS TO, OR IS TO CLOSE THE NOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN.
AND I THINK AT THIS POINT I TURNED IT OVER TO YOU.
NO, I DO THE ROLL CALL FOR THE ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. GREEN IS TO ELECT MR. SHEPHERD AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2023.
[B Election of Vice Chairman]
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE VICE CHAIR AND I WILL MAKE THE NOMINATIONS OF STEVEN ROH FOR THE VICE CHAIRMAN.STEVEN HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COUNTY WELL BEFORE HE CAME ON THE BOARD, AND WE NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE COUNTY.
SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO NOMINATE YOU, SIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE AT DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE CHAIRMAN, MRS. NOEL.
WE'LL NOW HAVE ROLL CALL FOR THE ELECTION OF THE VICE CHAIR.
THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOEL IS TO ELECT G STEVEN ROONE AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2023.
[OPEN DISCUSSION]
NOW WE'LL HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION.I'LL START WITH MY RIGHT, STEVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH MR. SHEPHERD HERE AND LEARN LEARNING THE ROPES AND TEACH ME ALONG THE WAY HERE.
BUT, UH, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR WITH, WITH THE BOARD, WITH THE COUNTY, AND WITH ALL THE STAFF, EVERYBODY.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO IT, SIR.
UM, CHAD, UH, I SEE MR. UH, SHERIFF MONTGOMERY, UH, OUT IN THE BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND, UH, THANK HIM FOR, UH, STEPPING UP AND BEING OUR SHERIFF IN, UH, THESE TUMULTUOUS TIMES.
AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'LL BE DOING.
SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, SHERIFF MONTGOMERY.
MR. HOLT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ALL OF US IN THIS PAST YEAR, AND I HOPE YOU ALL ALSO, NOT JUST
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OUR CITIZENS, HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO, UH, LIVE THROUGH, AND IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IT IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, UH, IS THE COVID 19.
AND, UH, DURING THE TIME, UH, THIS LAST YEAR, WE, YOU KNOW, MS KNOWS LEADERSHIP.
WE HAD TO HAVE OUR RUN, OUR BOARD.
WE HAD TO STILL GO OUT AND DO THE, UH, UM, THE MEET AND GREETS AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DEAL WITH THE STAFF.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING.
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL LIFE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ELECTED.
UM, WE GOT A WHOPPING GREAT SALARY FOR IT, BUT WE REALLY, UH, UM, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE DO BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTY.
AND, UH, MS. NOEL, YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, DURING THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY TREMENDOUS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DID.
THANK YOU ALSO FOR SAYING THAT, UH, FOR THE FOLKS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A NEW YEAR COMING.
WE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS WE'VE STILL GOTTA WORK ON.
WE GOT, UH, UM, PROJECTS, UH, ROAD PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT, UH, SEWER PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT, UH, EVERY, EVERY KIND OF PROJECT YOU CAN THINK OF GOING ON NOW.
AND, UH, SO WHEN, UH, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING, THE STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN READY TO, UH, JUMP OUT THERE AND HELP US WHEN, UH, WHEN WE, WE, WE GOT QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN CALL THE SUPERVISORS, YOU CAN WRITE THE SUPERVISORS, YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SUPERVISORS ANY NUMBER AWAY.
EMAIL, UM, BOS, YOUR COUNTY.GOV BOARD OF SUPERVISORS YORK COUNTY.GOV IS A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH SUPERVISORS AND, UM, NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO, IS WORKING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO DO IN, UH, THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, THIS WILL BE AN ELECTION YEAR.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING THAT, UH, ALL THE SUPERVISORS ARE UP FOR ELECTION, ALL THE SCHOOL BOARDS UP FOR ELECTION, PROBABLY I THINK ALL THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS MAY BE THIS TIME UP FOR ELECTION.
UM, UM, SO THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE POLICIES IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE SUPPORTING YOU, THE TAXES AND ALL THESE ISSUES, UM, YOU GET A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM 'EM AND, UH, GET TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS, UH, AT A LATER DATE.
AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH WILL BE HELD, UH, AT 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 17TH, 2023.
WITH THAT, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.