* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING, [Call to Order] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ON JANUARY 6TH FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UH, THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ESTABLISH THE RULES OF PROCEEDINGS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND ROLL. CALL. A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. I ALWAYS FORGET THAT ONE. MR. ROY? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MR. DREWRY? PRESENT. MR. RONE? HERE. MR. SHEPHERD. HERE. MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL GO TO THE ESTABLISHMENT [1. Establish Rules of Procedure. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R26-1 to establish the Board’s Rules of Procedure for 2026, 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. ] OF RULES OF PROCEDURE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE 2026 RULES OF PROCEDURE, UH, RELATED TO DATES AND SO FORTH. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. R 26 DASH ONE. SO MOVED. ROLL CALL PLEASE. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 26 DASH ONE TO ESTABLISH THE BOARD'S RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR 2026. MR. ROY? YES. MR. DREWRY? YES. MR. RONE? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE [A. Election of Chairman ] NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN FOR 2026. MADAM CHAIR, MR. SHEPHERD? YES. IT'S, UH, WITH, UH, A GREAT, UH, HONOR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, THE HONORABLE DOUG ROY AS THE, FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF NEXT YEAR. HE IS, UH, DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S THE BUDGET OR THE, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY OR BUILDING ROADS OR WORKING OUR TAXES AND ALL THAT. HE'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AND I THINK HE WOULD DO A GREAT JOB AS CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY MORE ATIONS? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND ROLL CALL PLEASE. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN. MR. DRURY? YES. MR. ROH? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MR. ROY? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MOTION CARRIED. CONGRATULATIONS. NO, NO. IT'S A ROLL CALL TO ELECT. NOW'S A ROLL CALL. YEAH. TO ELECT I CLOSE THE ROLL CALL FROM THE DEPUTY. ASK FOR WE DID SAY THAT. NO. OKAY. ASK FOR MOTION TO ELECT THE CHAIRMAN FOR 2026. GO AHEAD. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ELECT HONORABLE DOUGLAS HURO AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2026. MR. RONE? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MR. HURO? YES. MR. DRURY? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MOTION. CARRIE, IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT I'M REALLY PUSHING TO PASS ON THE THOU THIS, BUT I AM. THANK. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I HAVE THE GAVEL , [B. Election of Vice Chairman ] I'LL NOW OPEN THE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIRMAN FOR 2026. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT HERE, THE HONORABLE THOMAS SHEPHERD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE TO HELP US AND HELP YOU IN THE JOURNEY OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS VICE CHAIR. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. ASK FOR A ROLL CALL. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ROHN IS TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE CHAIRMAN, MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MRS. KNOLL? YES. MR. DREWRY? YES. MR. YES. MR. HORO? YES. MOTION CARRIED? NO. I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ELECT THE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR 2026. MOTION? NO? YES, MR. SHEPHERD. I MOVE. WE JUST BREAK RIGHT TO HEATHER. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. R IS TO ELECT THE HONORABLE THOMAS SHEPHERD AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2026. MRS. NOLL? YES. MR. DREWRY? YES. MR. RONE? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. NO. I NEED OR GOT IT. . OKAY. IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH YEAR WITH A STRANGE TEAM UP HERE. . WE NOW MOVE ON [OPEN DISCUSSION] TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS AND I'LL QUOTE, UM, MRS. NOEL IN SAYING THAT AS PRIVILEGE OF THE CHAIR. I WILL TAKE FIRST, UH, COMMENTS HERE. GO FOR IT. WE HAD A, UH, CEREMONY, UH, A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AGO TO, UH, RECOGNIZE MRS. NOLL. UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO, UH, TO HAVE, UH, SUCH A DYNAMIC LEADER, UH, IN YORK COUNTY. MRS. NOLL JUST COMPLETED 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WHEN SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BACK IN 96, REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO. NONE OF US COULD HAVE IMAGINED THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT SHE WOULD HAVE, NOT JUST HERE AT HOME, BUT ACROSS THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION. FOR 30 YEARS, SHEILA HAS [00:05:01] BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE FOR PROGRESS. SHE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SEVERAL TIMES, VICE CHAIR EVEN MORE TIMES, AND HER LEADERSHIP EXTENDS FAR BEYOND OUR BORDERS. CHAIRING THE HAMPTON ROADS, PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION, SUPPORTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND EVEN CHAMPIONING OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LANGLEY AIR AIR FORCE. UH, BASED CIVIC LEADERS ASSOCIATION. SHEILA HAS ALWAYS HAD A HEART FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE LIBRARIES, THE ARTS, AND PEOPLE WHO CALL YORK COUNTY HOME. SHE EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE YORK THE BEST COUNTY IN WHICH TO LIVE, PLAY, AND WORK. IN 2011, HER DEDICATION WAS RECOGNIZED STATEWIDE. WHEN GOVERNOR EX, UH, THEN GOVERNOR, UH, BOB MCDON MCDONNELL APPOINTED HER TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS VIRGINIA'S REPRESENTATIVE. AND THAT'S NO SMALL HONOR, BUT WHAT TRULY SETS SHEILA APART IS HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES OF YORK COUNTY. SHE'S BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE, AS A LEADER AND A HISTORY MAKER IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND EVERYONE THAT WAS GATHERED, WE ARE HERE TO THANK SHEILA FOR HER VISION, HER PASSION, AND 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND YORK COUNTY IS A BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU, AND WE CELEBRATE WITH GRATITUDE, PRIDE, AND, AND PRAISE. THANK YOU. DID YOU CARE YOUR COMMENT ? I I SAID TO SOMEBODY TODAY, TEMPEST FUT TIME PASSES SO QUICKLY AND YOU DON'T REALIZE IT. YOU GO DAY TO DAY. AND TO ME, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE OF MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO, BUT TO SERVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO LIVES IN YOUR COUNTY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND WE, WE TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AND THAT WE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS. I I AM OVERWHELMED BY A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TODAY. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. I STILL HAVE TWO YEARS MORE TO GO, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST SERVING THE NEW LEADERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE COMING YEARS. AND WE ALL ARE A TEAM, AND THE TEAM IS, HAS TO WORK AS A TEAM BECAUSE IF SOMEONE PULLS THE OTHER WAY, THE TEAM OF HORSES DIDN'T GO FORWARD. AT ANY RATE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND I'M TAKING THE PRIVILEGE SINCE I'VE GOT THE MICROPHONE. I, I, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S TODAY? TODAY IS JANUARY 6TH. MANY PEOPLE CELEBRATED IT AS THE EPIPHANY, THE TIME WHEN THE WISE MEN FOUND THE BABY JESUS AND, AND GAVE HIM GIFTS. AND WHEN WE WERE STATIONED IN SPAIN, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE REALLY KNEW WHAT THE EPIPHANY WAS ABOUT, BECAUSE TO THE PEOPLE, THE LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE SPANISH DESCENT, THE EPIPHANY IS THEIR CHRISTMAS. AND WE USED TO CALL IT LITTLE CHRISTMAS. AND CHRISTMAS DAY IS A VERY SOLEMN, SOLEMN DAY OF THANKSGIVING. AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS TODAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS. BUT NOW I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR THE NEW YEAR FOR THE BOARD AND ALL OUR PEOPLE, I'VE USED THIS PRAYER BEFORE, BUT I THINK THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A TIME TO REFLECT IN A TIME TO THINK TO THE FUTURE, LORD, IN THIS NEW YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE JUST BEGUN, MAY WE HAVE ENOUGH HAPPINESS TO KEEP US AGREEABLE ENOUGH TRIALS TO KEEP US STRONG ENOUGH SORROW TO KEEP US HUMAN ENOUGH, FREEDOM TO KEEP US HAPPY ENOUGH, FAILURE TO KEEP US HUMBLE ENOUGH SUCCESS TO KEEP US EAGER FOR THE NEXT SUCCESS. ENOUGH WEALTH TO MEET OUR NEEDS. ENOUGH FAITH TO BANISH DEPRESSION, ENOUGH HOPE TO LOOK FORWARD, ENOUGH LOVE TO GIVE US COMFORT AND ENOUGH DETERMINATION TO KEEP US GOING FORWARD AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT CELEBRATING THE EPIPHANY, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL CHEERING EVERYONE FOR THE HAPPY NEW YEAR, I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL, HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. DREWRY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, SHEILA, ON 30 YEARS, AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE COUNTY OVER ALL THOSE YEARS. UM, SO JUST A COUPLE UPDATES. I, UH, UH, WAS ABLE TO GO AND DO A TOUR OF, UH, THE NEW CUTE [00:10:01] ADDIES TODAY. OH, AND, UM, THEY'RE GETTING THERE. UM, THEY'RE AS YOU IF YOU'VE GONE BY THERE, THEY'RE DOING THE ASPHALT AND THEY'RE OUT PAINTING ON THE BUILDING TODAY. AND, UM, INSIDE IS, UM, SOME WORKER BEES IN THERE TRYING TO GET THINGS READY FOR OPENING DAY. SO THEY'RE PUSHING HARD TO GET IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND AS IF YOU'VE WROTE RIDDEN BY, UM, CHICK-FIL-A, UH, THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT, BUT, UH, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN OVER THERE ABOUT A MONTH AND THEY'RE ALREADY PUTTING CONCRETE IN THE GROUND. SO I THINK THEIR PROJECTION IS ABOUT APRIL. SO I, I THINK THAT'S A TALL ORDER, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. SO I THINK THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG ON COOKOUT, JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE. PUBLIX, I THINK HAS GOTTEN THEIR PERMITS READY TO GO OR CLOSE, AND, UH, SO THAT'S COMING. AND, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ALONG. WE'VE GOT PROGRESS. THERE'S OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, UH, I THINK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ARE GONNA HELP GENERATE SOME REVENUE FOR YORK COUNTY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR COMING. AND, UH, I ALWAYS WANT TO THANK OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY FOR ALL THE, THE DEDICATION AND TIME AND SERVICE THAT YOU PUT INTO YORK COUNTY ON OUR BEHALF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR ANOTHER TERM BEER. GRAND GRANDDAD, ALMOST GRANDDAD. MY DAUGHTER'S IN LABOR NOW, SO WE ARE OUR SECOND GRAND BOY. SO I SAID WAIT UNTIL THE SIX O'CLOCK MEETING'S OVER AND THEN, UH, I CAN, I CAN MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL. SO, MR. RONE. YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, SO HAPPEN NEW YEAR'S EVERYBODY. UM, SHEILA, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PICTURE BOOK THAT WAS PREPARED FOR YOU THAT SPAN. IT TOOK MOMENTS OF, UM, YOUR TIME OF THE PAST 30 YEARS AND THE NUMBER OF MAJOR MILESTONES WITH THE COUNTY THAT YOU'VE BEEN PART OF WAS REMARKABLE. AND THAT'S QUITE A LEGACY YOU GET TO LEAVE BEHIND A LOT. LOT, LOT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT TIME, AND I'M SURE IT PROBABLY FEELS LIKE IT WENT BY PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A LOT THAT HAPPENED OVER THAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON MEETING THIS MAJOR MILESTONE. AND NOW THAT WE'RE INTO 2026, I CAN REALLY START GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR. MR. JURY HIT ON UPON UPON A FEW THINGS, ESPECIALLY EATERIES IN, IN, IN THE DISTRICT. FOUR AREAS GONNA START POPPING UP. WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY OR SOME O OTHER RESTAURANT CHOICES COMING UP THERE, BUT THE BIG THING I'M FOCUSING IN ON FOR 2026 IS THE CELEBRATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE HERE IN YORK COUNTY, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE, UM, PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS IN JUNE. WE GOT SAIL FEST COMING HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REMARKABLE, UH, COLLECTION OF TALL SHIPS AND DIFFERENT SHIPS COME HERE TO THE AREA. SO GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR, GO TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. THERE'S A WHOLE AGENDA THERE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THAT. SO PLAN YOUR TIME FOR THAT. YOU DO NOT WANNA MISS THAT. AND OF COURSE, INDEPENDENCE DAY, WE'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT HERE. UM, FOR THE 250TH CELEBRATION, I REMEMBER COMING OVER THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER FOR THE TWO OF THE CELEBRATION, 50 YEAR, 50 YEARS AGO. HARD TIME EVEN SAYING THAT . BUT, UM, UM, AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL THEN. IT'S GONNA BE A BIG DEAL NOW. SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ALSO, I WAS TALKING TO OUR SHERIFF EARLIER, HE WAS SHARING SOME OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE COMING OUTTA THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, SOME ADDITIONAL LIFE SAFETY FEATURES THAT WE GOT COMING OUT. SO IT'S GONNA BE A BIG YEAR IN YORK COUNTY FOR 2026, AND I DON'T THINK WE EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE FOR WHAT'S TO COME. SO BE EXCITED. BE READY. IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EVERYBODY'S CONFIDENCE THAT I CAN SUPPORT OUR, UH, CHAIRMAN AS HIS AND HIS LEADERSHIP. WE, IT'S, UH, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT, UM, YOU'LL FIND AS CHAIR YOUR, IF YOUR LIFE WASN'T BUSY, IT WAS GONNA BE REALLY BUSY NOW, UH, A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTINGS, THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING. AND, AND, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU AT MEETINGS AND WHATNOT, YOU HAVE TO ATTEND. UM, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A, THIS IS GONNA BE A KIND OF A, I THINK A, A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR THE COUNTY. OKAY. UM, THERE'S SOME MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOTTA DEAL WITH. AND THE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE, THAT WE DEAL WITH, THIS STARTING AND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY STARTED BEFORE, THIS IS THE BUDGET. AND, UH, WE WILL, BY THE TIME MAY ROLLS AROUND, WE'LL HAVE APPROVED THE BUDGET AND THAT WILL KIND OF DICTATE HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE COUNTY. THERE'S SOME, UH, MAJOR CHANGES, UH, THAT WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH NOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE END OF THE, THE BIENNIAL BUDGET CYCLE. AND WE, UH, THEN PROVE A, APPROVE A, UH, UH, A TAX RATE, AND WE'LL SEE HOW ALL THAT WORKS OUT. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH SPACE STUDY, WHICH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BUILD IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, AND THEN WITH THE BUDGET TOO, IT'S THE EFFECT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON OUR [00:15:01] EMPLOYEES, WHICH MAKE THE COUNTY WORK. UM, THE BOARD CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS AND SET POLICY, BUT IT'S OUR, OUR, OUR COUNTY, UH, UH, STAFF. AND I'LL INCLUDE, UH, SINCE, UH, WE HAVE OUR OUTSTANDING MEN IN, UH, KIND OF BLACK NOW, NOT MEN IN BLUE, BUT OUR, UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, FIRE LAW, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE, AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UM, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THESE ARE ALL, UH, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT JOBS, UH, TO, UH, GIVE US WHAT WE AS CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY DE UH, DEMAND. UH, WE DEMAND QUALITY LIFE. WE DEMAND SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. WE INCLUDE, UH, UH, TOP EDUCATION. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YORK COUNTY NOW HAS RANKED THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WHOLE STATE. UM, THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND IT DIDN'T GET THERE BY ACCIDENT. IT GOT THERE BY HARD WORK. AND, UH, SO PEOPLE LOVE TO COME TO YORK COUNTY. THEY WANNA LIVE HERE. UH, IT'S A, IT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE TO BE AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UH, WITH SPORTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST FINAL COMMENTS FROM ME. I'D, I'D LIKE TO, UH, WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF FOR, UH, THE TREMENDOUS YEAR THAT THEY'VE PUT IN TO GET US TO THIS POINT. I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WHAT'S AHEAD OF US, AND I THANK OUR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY AND, AND, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. WITH THAT, I'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD WILL BE, UH, 6:00 PM TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH. IN THE BOARDROOM IN YOUR CALL. ALRIGHT, CUT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.