Jan 07, 2025 Board of Supervisors

[Call to Order]

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU DUE TO THE JANUARY 7TH, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BEATON.

CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. ROY? PRESENT? MRS. NOLL? HERE.

MR. DRURY? PRESENT? MR. RONE? HERE.

MR. SHEPHERD? HERE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, FIRST

[1. Establish Rules of Procedure. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R25-1 to establish the Board’s Rules of Procedure for 2025, 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.]

THERE WERE SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE 2025 RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THIS YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON, ON THE, UH, RULES OF PROCEDURES? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.

R 25 DASH ONE.

SO MOVE.

THANK YOU.

AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLL IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 DASH ONE TO ESTABLISH THE BOARD'S RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR 2025.

MR. ROY? YES.

MRS. NOLL? YES.

MR. DREWRY? YES.

MR. SHEPHERD? YES.

MR. ROHN? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT ORDER

[A. Election of Chairman.]

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR FOR 2025.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, UH, NOMINATE THE HONORABLE, UH, MEMBER OF DISTRICT TWO, MRS. SHEILA NOEL AS CHAIRPERSON, UH, FOR THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2025.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, I WILL DECLARE A NOMINATIONS CLOSED.

HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE TO DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ROHN IS TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN.

MR. ROY? YES.

MRS. KNOLL? YES.

MR. DRURY? YES.

MR. SHEPHERD? YES.

MR. ROHN? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW I CAN ASK FOR A MOTION TO ELECT THE CHAIR FOR 2025.

SO MOVED.

THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD.

AND CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL FOR THE CHAIR ELECT ELECTION? THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ELECT SHEILA ESNO AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2025.

MRS. NOLL? YES.

MR. DREWRY? YES.

MR. SHEPHERD? YES.

MR. HORO? YES.

MR. ROH? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I WILL NOW HAND ALL PROCEDURES TO YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I SEE THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE GAVEL WENT BACK TO THE NORMAL.

IT WENT BACK TO THE NORMAL, BUT I DID LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU USED.

YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH IT THE WHOLE TIME THAT YOU HAD IT.

THANK YOU.

AND IT DIDN'T BREAK, SO I'M HAPPY.

THANK YOU.

UH,

[B. Election of Vice Chairman.]

DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN? MADAM CHAIRMAN TO NOMINATE, UH, DOUG ROY.

SO, VICE CHAIRMAN, ARE THERE ANY MORE? IF NOT, I DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED.

ROLL CALL TO DECLARE THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED, PLEASE.

THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. KNOLL IS TO CLOSE THE NOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN.

MR. DREWRY? YES.

MR. ROH? YES.

MR. SHEPHERD? YES.

MR. HORO? YES.

MRS. NOLL? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

UH, NOW WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL TO ELECT THE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR 2025.

MOTION.

ASK FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. R IS TO ELECT DOUGLAS HORO AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2025.

MR. R? YES.

MR. SHEPHERD? YES.

MR. HORO? YES.

MR. DREWRY? YES.

MRS. NOLL? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS YOURSELF.

AND

[OPEN DISCUSSION]

SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR.

YOU HAVE HAD SUCH A BUSY YEAR, YOU WORK FULL TIME.

YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

YOU HAVE A FAMILY YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ON WITH YOUR JOB.

AND YET YOU, AND YOU ARE MARVELOUS WITH OUR YOUTH COMMISSION.

AND I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP IS APPARENT AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DOING IT AGAIN.

YOU'VE BEEN SUPER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, THE DISCUSSION IS OPEN.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER REMARKS I'D HEAR TO MAKE MADAM CHAIR, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, REACH OUT TO THE, UH, COUNTY OF YORK, UH, THE RESIDENTS AND WISH THEM A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UM, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT A STRONG TEAM HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO DO, UM,

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THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, MR. SHEPHERD? YEAH.

IS, UM, SHEILA, IS THIS YOUR 30TH YEAR? I'M BEGINNING.

MY 30TH YEAR.

30TH YEAR.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU FIRST ELECTED WERE THAT WERE BORN NOW HAVE, UH, GONE TO HIGH SCHOOL, GONE TO COLLEGE, THEY'VE GOTTEN MARRIED, , AND THEY GOT MARRIED NOW HAD THEIR OWN KIDS BABIES.

I KNOW.

SO THERE'S A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE THOUGH.

IT IS A IT IS A VERY WARM EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND, UH, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE GET TO, TO SEE HERE IS OVER TIME THE CHANGES IN THE COUNTY AND, UM, AND HOW WONDERFUL OUR, YOUR, OUR, YOUR COUNTY IS, UH, SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

UM, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US.

UM, AND IT IS JUST, UH, JUST, JUST A GREAT, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

AND, UH, THE BOARD, UH, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES AT TIME, BUT WE, WE GET THINGS DONE.

YES.

AND, UH, AND THE STAFF, THE COUNTY STAFF HAS, UH, BEEN TREMENDOUS.

I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE TREMENDOUS THIS NEXT YEAR.

IT'S ALWAYS COMING UP WITH, UH, THE FINANCES AND WHAT WE GOT A NEW ADMINISTRATION GOING IN AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE ARE, WE GOT THE NEW, UH, KIND OF CHANGE THING, CHANGE OF THINGS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO IT'LL BE A VERY EXCITING YEAR TO SEE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THIS NEXT, UH, THIS NEXT YEAR.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR, FOR A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF STUFF.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. JOY.

YES.

THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, UH, TO YOU AND MR. ROY.

THANK YOU.

UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE BOARD FOR THIS PAST YEAR.

BEING MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD, UM, I FELT VERY WELCOMED AND HEARD AND TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM.

AS TOM SAID, HE AND I NEVER AGREE ON ANYTHING MUCH.

BUT, UH, EVEN IF, EVEN IF WE DON'T AGREE, WE DO GET ALONG AND WE HAVE FUN.

UH, I WILL SAY THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT, UM, YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR FOR ME, UH, BEING A PART OF THIS BOARD.

UH, IT'S BEEN VERY FULFILLING AND, UH, I'VE ENJOYED THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, I THINK ARE REALLY GOOD FOR, UH, YORK COUNTY.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY EXCITING YEAR THIS YEAR COMING.

AND, UH, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SERVING ALONGSIDE OF EACH ONE OF YOU, UH, AND BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM AGAIN.

AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA KEEP BEATING AGAINST TOM ALL I CAN 'CAUSE HE'S RIGHT HERE TO MY LEFT.

BUT, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT.

AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF, OF SERVICE TO YORK COUNTY.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE OUR CONSTITUENTS SHOWING UP AND, AND LETTING THEIR VOICE BE HEARD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE COUNTIES.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS CONSTITUENTS WANT.

AND SO I APPLAUD THOSE THAT HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING, UH, PLEASE GET INVOLVED IN THE COUNTY POLITICS AND, AND, AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

AND SO WE KNOW EXACTLY THE DIRECTION THAT YORK COUNTY CONSTITUENTS WANT TO GO AND WE NEED TO HEAR THAT.

SO SIGN UP FOR THE FLASH VOTES AND THE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HELP US.

AND, UM, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANKS.

AND YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS BOTH Y'ALL.

UM, AND LIKE I SAID LAST TIME WAS, WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE AS CHAIR.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP CAPACITY AND THE, AND THE CHALLENGES HAD TO WORK WITH.

UM, I THINK WE HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A GREAT SOLID TEAM HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD COLLABORATION, NOT JUST, NOT JUST ACROSS THE BOARD MEMBERS, ALSO WITH COUNTY STAFF, COUNTY LEADERSHIP, A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS.

THERE ARE NO BARRIERS, THERE'S NO WALLS BUILT UP.

UH, WE CAN GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED.

WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR.

THERE'S A LOT ON THE DOCKET COMING UP FOR 2025.

MM-HMM .

AND, UM, I'M LOOKING LIKE, LIKE YOURSELF.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, THIS YEAR COMING UP.

SO, UM, SIGHTING THINGS ARE GONNA COME UP, GONNA HAPPEN AND I'M GLAD TO BE PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH Y'ALL AGAIN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE LETTING ME CHAIRMAN THIS YEAR.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HONOR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN 2025.

IT IS GONNA BE A BUSY YEAR.

AND WE'LL START OUT BY WISHING OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AND OUR STAFF A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

AND YES, EVERY DAY IS EXCITING.

SO ENJOY EACH AND EVERY DAY.

LIFE'S TOO SHORT NOT TO.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL MOVE FORWARD AND I, DOES STAFF HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO.

OKAY, THEN WE'LL ADJOURNED.

AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT SIX O'CLOCK TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST IN THE BOARDROOM IN YOUR CALL WITH THAT, THIS

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ALRIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

VERY GOOD.