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CALL THIS, UH, APRIL 21ST, 2026.
[Call to Order ]
SUPERVISOR'S MEETING TO ORDER.MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
NEXT I'LL CALL ON, UH, REVEREND THOMAS HAYNES OF THE CHRIST OF KING EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOR THE INVOCATION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU GIVE US FOR MINISTRY.
WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US AS WE EXERCISE OUR GIFTS IN ALL THIS.
LORD, WE ASK YOU TO GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DISCERN YOUR WILL AND THE GRACE AND STRENGTH TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THIS EVENING.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAD PLANNED TO BE HERE AND ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WHO'S GONNA TAKE US THROUGH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, ELIZABETH CARTER, THOSE WHO CAN STAND.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR TO STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND IBLE WITH LI AND JUST ELIZABETH, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE STAGE, COULD I JUST ASK YOU TO NAME YOUR SCOUT TROOP, PLEASE? UH, TROOP 2 0 5.
[1. Service Recognition – 20 Years. Lieutenant Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Charville ]
HAVE, UH, PRESENTATIONS.WE'LL START WITH A SERVICE RECOGNITION.
SO SHERIFF MONTGOMERY, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND, AND THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE LIEUTENANT DEPUTY SHERIFF JEFFREY CHARVILLE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. BELLAMY.
TONIGHT IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU LIEUTENANT JEFFREY CHARVILLE OF THE YORK PERCUSSION SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
JEFF STARTED WITH THE YORK PERCUSSION SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN MARCH OF 2006.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS WITH THE NORFOLK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW NEWPORT NEWS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO HE WAS BLESSED IN 2006 TO BE HIRED BY THE ORIAN SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HE CAME TO US AS PATROL OFFICER.
IN 2011, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DEPUTY FIRST CLASS, AND HE WAS SENT TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER SCHOOL THERE.
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT, AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE WAS ALSO THE JV FOOTBALL COACH AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE.
AS I MAY ADD, IN JULY OF 2018, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT.
HE WAS IN, MADE THE SRO AT QUEENS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND IN 2019, HE RETURNED TO GRAFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE HE WAS, BECAME THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SROS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IN 2019, WHICH WAS THE SAME YEAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, WHEN HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT.
AT THAT TIME, HIS J HIS JOB CHANGED SOMEWHAT.
HE BECAME THE LIAISON TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR THE YORK SIAN SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HIS RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED OVERSEEING THE SCHOOL SECURITY DRILLS, WHICH HE'S DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB WITH.
HE SUPERVISED ALL THE SROS OF NINE AND INVOLVED WITH ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR ALL 19 SCHOOLS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT LIEUTENANT CHARL PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN, IN ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL SECURITY PLANS AND HELPING TO MAKE 'EM ALL UNIFORM AND AS EFFICIENT AS THEY ARE TODAY.
HE'S BEEN ON THE HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION TEAM FOR 10 YEARS AND EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
HIS HONORS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INCLUDE DEPUTY OF THE YEAR TWO SHERIFF'S OFFICE COMMENDATIONS.
HE'S ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE, CHRISTIANA.
AND THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, COURTNEY, LINDSAY, KAY, AND DYLAN, AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATING LIEUTENANT JEFF CHARVILLE ON 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HIS PIN DOWN FRONT, HIS WIFE HAS A REQUEST, MR. HALLOID, THAT SHE CAN BE IN THE PICTURE WITH YOU AND WITH HER HUSBAND.
IF I WAS GONNA BE COMING DOWN HERE, BECAUSE I, YOU CAN STEP UP THERE AND NOW ONE WITH YOU.
YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT WITH HER? HERS,
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THOSE ALWAYS GOES BETWEEN YOUR AMEN.I'M, UH, SHERIFF, YOU, UH, SHOULDN'T HAVE RUN AWAY SO QUICKLY 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOW GONNA TAKE US THROUGH
[2. York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office. Presentation by Sheriff Ron Montgomery ]
THE, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, UPDATE.AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA SPEAK ON MY VERY FAVORITE TOPIC, AND THAT IS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE YORK IAN SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I'M GONNA TAKE IT TO THE NEXT, THESE, UH, ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE ATTEND.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE YEAR 2025.
UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS VERY COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE LONG SINCE HAD A GREAT TRADITION OF HAVING AN OUTSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A SAYING IN THE YORK SIAN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE SMALL THINGS MATTER.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS WHEN I HIRE DEPUTIES, I TELL 'EM FROM TIME TO TIME, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR COUNTY BETTER TODAY? IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A FELONY ARREST OR WRITE SOMEONE A TICKET OR DO SOMETHING IN REALLY BRAVE.
IT MAY BE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE DEMONSTRATED HERE IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.
INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR KIDS, WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THE TOP RIGHT ONE IS WHERE WE ON A REGULAR BASIS, VISIT SOME OF THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES JUST TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT STAY THERE.
STARTING OFF WITH THE UNIFORM PATROL, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DIVISIONS.
THERE ARE FOUR PATROL SHIFTS CURRENTLY.
I'LL SAY THIS, THAT THROUGH WORKING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HERE AND YOUR GENEROSITY OF ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR A TWO BUDGET SERIES IN A ROW A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THAT WAS A MAJOR ROLE IN ME BEING ABLE TO CREATE A TRAFFIC UNIT.
AND I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THEM AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW TO MAKE HIGHWAY SAFETY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EFFICIENT IN YOUR COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A CANINE UNIT, SOME OF THE SPECIALTY UNITS OR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, A WARRANT SERVICE UNIT.
WE CREATED AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE CAME AND ASKED US TO TAKE OVER ALL THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS IN YORK COUNTY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF.
SO WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 800 AND 950 ACCIDENTS A YEAR SINCE WE DID THAT.
BUT THIS ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM IS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
AND IT'S NECESSARY WHEN WE'RE WORKING, UH, REALLY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, PARTICULARLY ACCIDENT FATALITIES.
AND WE NOW HAVE THE ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT, UH, UNDERNEATH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CANINES A MINUTE AGO.
THESE ARE STATISTICS FROM 2023.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE DOGS, TWO GERMAN SHEPHERDS, ONE BELGIAN MALIS, ONE GERMAN SHEPHERD, BELGIAN MALIS.
THAT IS, UM, A REPLACEMENT FOR SABER.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, SABER DIED TRAGICALLY AND A BLOODHOUND SINCE 2023.
UH, WE'VE HAD 569 TOTAL DEPLOYMENTS, BOTH CRIMINAL AND NON-CRIMINAL.
WHEN I SAY NON-CRIMINAL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR MISSING CHILDREN, SOMETIMES SENIOR ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S.
SO ACTUALLY THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE BLOODHOUND.
THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHAT SARGE IS TRAINED TO DO, IS TO FIND PEOPLE.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SARGE AND THE OTHERS WHEN HE FINDS THEM, IS USUALLY THE OTHERS.
IF THEY FIND THEM, THEY'RE TRAINED TO FIND THE BAD GUYS.
AND THE RESULT WOULD BE NOT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IF THEY FOUND THEM.
WHEREAS WITH SARGE, BASICALLY YOU'LL GET LICK TO DEATH IF HE FINDS YOU
SO WE HAD 441 TOTAL FINES WITH A 77% SUCCESS RATE, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE SUPERVISORS, UH, TELL ME THAT THAT'S WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND THERE WERE 229 TOTAL ARREST OF 51% ARREST RATE OF ALL THOSE 441 FINES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE INTERACTIONS WE DO.
THEY, THEY ARE A GREAT COMMUNITY RESOURCE AS WELL.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE GO OUT INTO COMMUNITY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THE KIDS FLOCK TO THESE DOGS.
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WHEN THEY SEE POLICE DOGS IN ACTION, THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS.
WELL, WHEN THEY'RE PUT TO WORK, THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT IN OTHERWISE, THEY'RE JUST VERY WELL TRAINED DOGS THAT LOVE THE ATTENTION, JUST LIKE YOUR PETS.
SO THEY'RE GREAT COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND GREAT AMBASSADORS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
UH, THEY'VE PROBABLY WORKED, UNFORTUNATELY, AT LEAST EIGHT TO 10 TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN YORK COUNTY SINCE
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THEY BECAME ON BOARD.AND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CASES WHERE THE WORK THAT THEY DID WAS CRITICAL TO PROSECUTIONS IN OUR COURT SYSTEM AND CONVICTIONS OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, WERE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
ALL OF THE DEPUTIES CARRY AEDS IN THEIR VEHICLES AND NARCAN ON THEIR PERSONS.
AND IN 2025, SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPLOYED AEDS FIVE TIMES AND NARCAN 13.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S FAIRLY UNIQUE TO THIS AREA IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE YORK COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FOR YEARS, WE BOTH HAD OBVIOUSLY AEDS, BUT WE HAD DIFFERENT BRANDS AND DIFFERENT MODELS.
THE ONES THAT GIVE YOU THE SHOCK.
SO TWO YEARS AGO, WHAT WE DID WHEN WE HAD TO REPLACE 'EM IS WE COORDINATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MADE CERTAIN, AND WE NOW HAVE THE EXACT SAME A ED THAT THEY CARRY SO THAT IF THEY SHOW UP AND THEY TAKE OVER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SWITCH THE AEDS.
THEY CAN JUST BE A CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO THE PATIENT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, THAT'S THE MAJOR CRIMES DIVISION.
WHEN I SAY MAJOR CRIMES, BURGLARIES, RAPE, ROBBERIES, MURDERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THAT'S THE AGENCY THAT HANDLES THOSE CRIMES.
NARCOTICS INVESTIGATIONS, SEX CRIMES.
WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE INTERNET CRIMES, INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN GROUP WHERE WE INVESTIGATE THOSE TYPES OF CRIMES.
WE HAVE DIGITAL FORENSICS WITHIN THAT DIVISION AS WELL.
WE CAN TAKE LAPTOPS, CELL PHONES AND THAT TYPE OF, AND GET DATA OFF OF THEM.
THAT HELPS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
AND WE HAVE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS.
WE HAVE GRADUATES, MULTIPLE GRADUATES IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION OF THE VIRGINIA FORENSIC SCIENCE ACADEMY, WHICH CERTIFIES THEM AS CRIME SCENE EXPERTS.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION, WHICH IS THE DIVISION THAT LIEUTENANT SVE IS PART OF, HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACETS.
THEY OVERSEE THE DARE PROGRAM.
DARE IS TAUGHT IN ALL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THEY HAVE THE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT.
AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THERE, OF ALL THE CRIME PREVENTION EVENTS THAT WE HAD DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
I CAN SAY WITH HONESTY, I DON'T KNOW OF A RO MORE ROBUST CRIME OR COMMUNITY SERVICES UNIT IN HAMPTON ROAD TO PUT ON THE PROGRAMS. AND THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT ON THERE ARE EIGHT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, FOUR IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND FOUR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTLY.
AND WE ARE AT ALL YORKTOWN WATERFRONT EVENTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM 2025.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE PUT ON, CRAZE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT ON NOW, WHICH IS CIVILIAN RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS.
WE TEACH IT TO CHURCHES, WE TEACH IT TO BUSINESSES.
WE'VE DONE IT WITH THE COUNTY AND ALL OF THE COUNTY BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF WHAT TO HAPPEN IF, GOD FORBID WE EVER CAUGHT OURSELVES IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT.
GUN SAFETY COURSES, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE LISTS OF 'EM UP THERE.
WE PUT ON THE SHERIFF'S CITIZENS ACADEMY, WHICH BECAUSE OF BEING IN A BIGGER FACILITY NOW WITH OUR NEW BUILDING, WE'RE AVERAGING MORE PEOPLE MORE LIKE 25 TO 30.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO STARTED THE SHERIFF'S BUSINESS ACADEMY.
WE'VE HAD TWO OF THOSE WHERE WE REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GO OVER TOPICS THAT ARE INTERESTED, THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IS HOW TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESSES MORE SECURE AND WORKING WITH US ON SOME OF THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT WE BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE.
UH, WE BECAME THE 13TH COMMUNITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
BECOME CERTIFIED, BECOME A CERTIFIED CRIME PREVENTION COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS HERE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT SIT ON THIS.
THERE WAS, LIEUTENANT CHARL WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS.
WHEN WE WERE CERTIFIED TWO YEARS AGO, THEY MADE A COMMENT THAT THAT WAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE THAT THEY HAD EVER RECEIVED AND ALL THE TIME THAT THEY'D BEEN DOING THIS.
AND AFTER SOME WORK WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND GETTING OUR PERMITS, YOU'LL SEE THE SIGN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF 'EM.
I THINK FOUR OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ENTERING YORK COUNTY.
THE FIFTH ONE IS UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE, WE ARE ANNOUNCING, WE'RE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE A CERTIFIED CRIME PREVENTION COMMUNITY.
WE ARE A STATE ACCREDITED AGENCY.
WE HAVE BEEN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
THE LAST TWO, THE ACCREDITATION OCCURS EVERY FOUR YEARS.
THERE'S OVER 200 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT A TEAM COMES IN AND ASSESSES US.
ON OUR LAST TWO STATE ACCREDITATIONS, WE HAD PERFECT SCORES OF 100.
LESS THAN THREE OF ALL OF THE 200 PLUS AGENCIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA HAVE EVER RECEIVED A PERFECT 100.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION THAT HOUSES OUR ROVER TEAM, WHICH IS THE DRONE TEAM, BASICALLY.
I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ON THAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
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WORK THE, THE, THE MOBILE COMMAND BUS AND THEY BRING IT TO THE SCENES FOR US.THEY'RE A PART OF OUR NETWORK.
IT PEOPLE, THEY'RE, UH, OVERSEE OUR TRAINING DIVISION, THE ACCREDITATION THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
THEY OVERSEE OUR SHOOTING RANGE OPERATIONS, THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE, UH, PORTION OF OUR BUILDING.
AND WE HAVE NOW HAVE, HAVE A STATE CERTIFIED CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT TEAM.
THAT'S IF WE GO OUT AND THE DEPUTIES SEE SOMETHING AWFUL THAT INVOLVES CHILDREN OR ADULTS IN TRAGIC SITUATIONS AND WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH THEIR PEERS AND TALK 'EM THROUGH IT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HELP RELIEVE THE STRESS OF IT.
GOING BACK TO THE ROVER TEAM WITH, WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT I'VE TALKED TO YOU IN THE PAST ABOUT, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF BALDWIN AND I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO LAUNCH DRONES FROM THE TOP OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND STATION FOUR IN YORKTOWN, UH, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO AS FIRST RESPONDERS SO THEY COULD BE THERE QUICKLY ON ACCIDENTS, MISSING PERSONS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE AND SOME OTHER DIVISIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE HELPED WITH THIS COUNTY.
IT, TIM WYATTS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS AND PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL, PLUS THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR ALLOWING US TO USE SOME OF THEIR BUILDINGS TO PLACE SOME OF THESE CELLULAR ANTENNAS THAT ARE CRITICAL OF FOR THE FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF THIS TO BE INVOLVED IN.
SO THIS IS TRULY A COUNTY-WIDE GOVERNMENTAL PROJECT THAT'S REALLY GONNA REAP BIG BENEFITS WHEN IT BECOMES ONLINE.
I'M HOPING WITHIN ABOUT 60 DAYS COURT SECURITY.
THAT'S THE DIVISION AT THE COURTHOUSE THAT YOU SEE THAT GREETS YOU AT THE FRONT DOOR AND RUNS THE COURTROOM SECURITY AND DOES OUR CIVIL PROCESS AS WELL.
THERE'S SOME STATISTICS UP THERE FROM 2025, THERE WERE 239 TOTAL COURT DAYS IN 2025.
WE'RE RUNNING DOUBLE COURTS NOW IN, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE TRIALS.
GENERAL DISTRICT COURT IS NOW SITTING THREE DAYS A WEEK AND THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
JUVENILE DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT ALREADY SITS FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND THE COLONIAL RECOVERY COURT IS SLATED FOR MID 2026.
THAT APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECENTLY SUBMITTED BY JUDGE RIZZI.
UH, THAT'S A FANCY WORD FOR WHAT WE WOULD BE CALLING THE DRUG COURT IN ADVANCE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA ADD SOME MORE COURT CASES AND MORE COURT DAYS TO THEIR, TO THEIR SYSTEM UP THERE.
CIVIL PROCESS, TOTAL PAPERS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN 2025 OR 19,364, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE ON THE TYPES OF PAPERS THE JURY SUMMONS IS, IS REALLY PROBABLY THE NUMBER THAT WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO.
'CAUSE THAT IN, THAT'S BASICALLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF JURY TRIALS THAT ARE OCCURRING.
AND THERE WERE 1,064 OF THOSE SUMMONSES IN 20 24 4.
AND IT JUMPED TO 1,933 IN 2025.
THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THE NUMBER OF JURY TRIALS IS INCREASING IN THE COURTHOUSE.
YOU SAID JUMP FROM ONE, WAS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? 1060 1065.
1 0 6 5 IN 2024 AND IT JUMPED TO 1933 AND 2025 WAS THERE A, SO 868 MORE JURY SUMMONSES WERE SERVED IN 2025 THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WAS THERE A SIMILAR JUMP ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAPERS? THE CIVIL PAPER STAYED FAIRLY, UH, STEADY FOR 2025.
THE BIGGEST JUMP WAS IN JURY SUMMONS.
NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE CRIME STATISTICS.
AND THIS IS AFTER I PRESENTED LAST YEAR TO YOU.
THIS IS EVEN FURTHER FROM 24 TO 25.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN ROBBERIES IN 2025.
WE HAD NINE IN 2024, WE HAD NINE IN 2025.
BUT EVEN THAT NUMBER IS INCREDIBLY LOW COMPARED TO OUR SURROUNDING LOCALITIES.
LARCENY FROM VEHICLES FOR 2025 WE'RE DOWN AN ADDITIONAL 54%.
I WOULD SAY THIS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY IN YOUR VEHICLES AND LOCK 'EM UP.
IN 2025, WE HAD 63 LARCENY FROM VEHICLES.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER IN THE LAST THAT I CAN THINK OF IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD LESS THAN 100 LARCENY FROM VEHICLES.
THAT'S BEEN OUR PROMINENT PRO PROPERTY CRIME.
SO THE COMMUNITY DESERVES KUDOS FOR THAT AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEY'RE LISTENING AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR VE THEIR PROPERTY OUTTA THEIR VEHICLES AND LOCKING 'EM UP.
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT IS DOWN 7.6%.
OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WAS DOWN 14.6% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFENSES DOWN 15.6.
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AND THE GROUP A CRIMES PER 100,000, WHICH ARE ARE MAJOR CRIMES, RAPE, ROBBERY, BURGLARIES, HOMICIDE.I'M PUTTING THIS UP HERE TO SHOW YOU HOW EFFICIENT, NOT ONLY WE ARE WITH PREVENTING CRIME, BUT WHEN IT DOES OCCUR, HOW QUICKLY WE TAKE CARE OF IT.
YOUR COUNTY AVERAGES 18.27 ARRESTS PER THOUSAND PEOPLE.
ANOTHER INTERESTING STATISTIC UP THERE IS THE 1,334, THAT'S TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS, BUT OVER 900 OF THOSE WERE THE GROUP A OFFENSES.
THE MAJOR CRIMES THAT'S 70, BASICALLY 76%.
WE ARE WAY HIGHER THAN THE THE ENTIRE STATE AVERAGE AND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND THAT IT SHOWS YOU HOW QUICKLY THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AND HOW EFFICIENTLY ARE THEY ARE IN CLEARING THESE CASES, WHICH LEADS TO LOWER NUMBERS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COMMITTING MULTIPLE CRIMES BECAUSE WE'RE CATCHING 'EM SO QUICKLY.
AND THIS COMPARES US TO SOME OF THE JU JURISDICTIONS AROUND US, JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE COMPARABLE SIZES AND EVEN AGENCIES THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN WE ARE, HOW EFFICIENT WE ARE AT ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR OFFENSES IN YORK COUNTY.
SO YOU SAID 77 I WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY.
YOU SAID 77 IN THE FRONT PART OF WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, I THINK THERE WAS A NUMBER.
76% OF THE TOTAL ARRESTS UP THERE.
76% WERE FOR GROUP A OFFENSES, WHICH ARE THE MAJOR CRIMES, WHICH IS A 76% ARREST RATE FOR GROUP A OFFENSES, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY HIGH.
IT'S WELL OVER THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
DUI ARRESTS IN YORK COUNTY WE'RE UP 11%.
THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF US BEING ABLE TO FORM THIS TRAFFIC UNIT, UH, WITH THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR US IN TWO CONSECUTIVE BUDGETS.
TRAFFIC SUMMONSES WERE UP 85%.
WE WROTE BASICALLY 3,800 SUMMONSES IN 2024.
WE WROTE OVER 6,500 TRAFFIC SUMMONSES IN 2025.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T HAVE UP THERE IS THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN YORK COUNTY WENT DOWN 152, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A DIRECT RELATION CORRELATION TO THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SUMMONS IS BECAUSE WE'VE BECOME MORE, MUCH MORE PROACTIVE.
AND NOW THE COUNTY'S STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND PEOPLE DRIVING ON OUR HIGHWAYS ARE STARTING TO LISTEN AND SLOW DOWN.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT A LOT OF DAYS, BUT THE NUMBERS TO ME SHOW THAT WHEN WE WRITE THAT MANY MORE SUMMONSES AND WE SEE 152 LESS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN ONE YEAR, DRUG ARRESTS ARE UP 43%, NOT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE DRUG ACTIVITY IN THE, IN THE COUNTY.
IT'S BECAUSE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE PROACTIVE WITH IT AND MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE AS FAR AS LOCATING THESE PEOPLE AND ARRESTING THEM FOR SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS IN NARCOTICS IN YORK COUNTY.
LARCENIES FROM VEHICLES, AS I TOLD YOU WAS DOWN LAST YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
AND I'M HAPPY TO, UH, REPORT TO YOU THAT WE'RE EVEN FURTHER DOWN.
WE'RE DOWN 44% FROM THE FIRST QUARTER LAST YEAR.
AND LARCENIES FROM VEHICLES, BURGLARIES ARE DOWN 72% THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
WEAPONS LAW VIOLATIONS ARE DOWN 54%.
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME AND SHOPLIFTING IS DOWN ANOTHER 14%.
SHOPLIFTING IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE CASES THAT HAS A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO USE DATA-DRIVEN INFORMATION RIGHT NOW TO BE AT PLACES LIKE WALMART, WHERE THE STATISTICS SHOW US THAT ON THESE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THESE HOURS OF THE DAY, IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT SOMEONE IS COMMITTING A SHOPLIFTING BASED ON THE INFORMATION.
SO THE DEPUTIES NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE THERE ON THOSE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND HOURS OF THE DAY TO SIMPLY EITHER BE IN THE PARKING LOT OR GET OUT AND WALK THROUGH THE STORE.
THEIR PRESENCE ALONE, WE BELIEVE DIRECTLY CORRELATES TO THE 14% DECREASE IN SHOPLIFTING.
OUR CLEARANCE RATE, AS YOU SEE THAT HAS IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 25%.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE WELL OVER DOUBLE THAT.
WHAT IS A CLEARANCE RATE? THE CLEARANCE RATE IS 58.6%.
THAT'S BASED ON CASES CLEARED BY ARREST OR PROSECUTION WAS DECLINED OR THE THE VICTIM, UH, REFUSED TO COOPERATE.
BUT THAT MEANS WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHO DID IT.
BUT YOU SAW IN THE ARREST NUMBERS HOW HIGH THAT IS.
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RATE IS 58.6%, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 25.THE CALLS FOR SERVICE DISPATCH DEPUTY INITIATED AND KEEP CHECKS.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT KEEP CHECKS FOR A MINUTE.
I TALKED TO YOU THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU.
HOW IMPORTANT KEEP CHECKS ARE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, THAT A DEPUTY CAN GET OUTTA THE CAR AND WALK THROUGH THE STORE, OR THEY CAN BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHTTIME THAT'S HAVING LARCENY FROM VEHICLES AND GET THAT FREES THEM UP TO BE IN THESE PLACES AND BE PRESENT AND BE A VISIBLE DETERRENT TO CRIME.
THEY JUMPED UP DRAMATICALLY, WELL, ABOUT A THOUSAND FROM 24 TO 25.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, AGAIN, OF THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE OUT ON THE STREET.
SO WE HAD 20,806 KEEP CHECKS OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER YOU SEE UP THERE IN 2024, 20,000 OF THEM WERE KEEP CHECKS.
SO WELL OVER RIGHT AT A THOUSAND ADDITIONAL KEEP CHECKS, WHICH TO ME ARE KEY TO CRIME PREVENTION, BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND BEING VISIBLE OVERALL.
OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE INCREASED BY 11.76% SCHOOL ZONE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.
94% REDUCTION IN VIOLATIONS FROM WHEN WE ORIGINALLY INITIATED THIS PROGRAM.
IT WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER OF SEP OF 2024.
WE ISSUED 5,349 SCHOOL ZONE VIOLATION CITATIONS IN 2025 IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
IT TOOK US LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED TO HAVE 'EM FULLY OPERATIONAL.
BUT FEBRUARY THE SECOND OF THIS YEAR, ALL FIVE SCHOOLS, OR EXCUSE ME, ALL SIX SCHOOLS WENT BACK ONLINE.
AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'VE WRITTEN FOUR.
WE'VE ISSUED 1,424 VIOLATIONS FROM FEBRUARY THE SECOND TILL APRIL THE 17TH OF THIS YEAR IN THE SCHOOL ZONES.
SO ALL, ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE BACK UP AND IN PLACE NOW.
FINALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU WAS ABOUT GRANTS.
THE WAY THAT WE TRY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS WITH SOME OF THE LARGER TICKET ITEMS THAT WE'VE PURCHASED.
UH, WE HAVE A HEAT GRANT, WHICH IS FOR, UH, VEHICLE THEFT OPERATION CEASEFIRE.
WE RECEIVED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS FOR AN INTERNET, UH, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN WORKSTATION BURLA.
AND TRUE NATRONA IS A DEVICE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
UH, IF YOU READ THESE STORIES THAT DEALING WITH FENTANYL AND SOME OF THESE OTHER DRUGS, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU OPEN THESE BAGS THAT YOU DON'T INHALE IT AND SUBJECT YOURSELF TO SOME OF THE, THE PROBLEMS. SO THIS IS A DEVICE THAT YOU SIMPLY, IT'S ALMOST PISTOL LIKE YOU POINTED AT THE BAG.
IT, IT SENDS A SERIES OF LIGHT AND COLORED LIGHTS THROUGH THE BAG AND IT ANALYZES THE DRUG WHILE IT'S STILL INSIDE THE PLASTIC BAG WHILE IT'S SEALED.
AND LETS US KNOW WHAT KIND OF DRUG THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH BURLA.
AND AS YOU SEE FURTHER DOWN, BOSCH ARE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE BOUGHT FOR THE TRAFFIC RECONSTRUCTION TEAM AND FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
YOUR VEHICLE HAS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME BLACK BOX IN IT THAT AN AIRPLANE HAS.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT ARE INVOLVED FATALITIES, THE DEPUTIES OR THE INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE TRAINED WITH THIS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RETRIEVE THAT DATA, DATA FROM THESE VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S BEEN CRITICAL IN A LOT OF THE PROSECUTIONS AND THE EVIDENCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SHOW HOW FAST THAT THEY WERE DRIVING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, HOW MANY TIMES THEY HIT THE BRAKES, ALL OF THESE THINGS, ALL OF THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE AND CAN BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN COURT.
THE PORT SECURITY GRANT IS THE ONE THAT YOU APPROVED LAST YEAR.
WE BOUGHT THE MARINE PATROL BOAT THAT'S BEEN ORDERED, AND IT'S GONNA BE A WHILE BEFORE IT'S DELIVERED, BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE A MARINE PATROL OUT THERE.
AND AGAIN, THE JAG GRANT WAS FOR THE BOSCH AND FOR THE TECH, UH, TECHNICAL PACKAGE FOR THE ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM.
SO I'VE, I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, THAT THE BUSINESSES AND THE CITIZENS IN YORK COUNTY LIVE IN THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT IN HAMPTON ROADS, ARGUABLY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
SO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE YORK COAST AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD SAY, IF YOU COMING TO YORK COUNTY AND YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE BEACHES AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESTAURANTS LOVE TO HAVE YOU IF YOU'RE COMING HERE TO COMMIT A CRIME NOT IN YOUR COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
I'M WELL WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
I'LL START WITH, UH, MRS. NOEL.
SHERIFF, I THINK ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT IS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I YOUR MONEY IS BEING WELL SPENT.
YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
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MR. SHEPHERD.I REALLY JUST, I WANT, NOT JUST TO YOU, BUT TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN HERE.
I I AM JUST EXTREMELY PROUD, UM, OF YOUR COUNTY AND IT'S A LOT TO DO WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE.
UM, I'VE BEEN INTO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, THROUGH MY CAREER, AND I'VE SEEN COMMUNITIES WHERE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT BASICALLY WASN'T TRUST, WASN'T TRUSTED.
UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE FEARED.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU, YOU, YOU, EVERYTHING YOU DO INDIVIDUALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A LITTLE DETAILS, BUT EVERYTHING YOU DO IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS.
AND, UM, AND JUST TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE AROUND TAKING CARE OF US, KEEPING US SAFE.
I MEAN, I I I JUST GO BACK TO THE ISSUE OF WHAT IS OUR, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU WHAT ARE, WHAT IS OUR MAJOR CRIME? AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY WITH YOUR WORST CRIME, OR NOT THE WORST CRIME, BUT THE, THE, THE MOST SERIOUS CRIMES CONSISTENTLY ARE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
YOU LIVE IN A PRETTY SAFE PLACE.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE VIOLENCE, THE HARDCORE VIOLENCE.
I KNOW WITH CITIZENS, WE'RE ALL PLAYING TOGETHER WITH THIS, BUT YOU GUYS ARE JUST AWESOME.
WELL, I KINDA ECHO TOM, UH, SHEPHERD.
UM, I'M, I'M PROUD TO CALL YORK COUNTY HOME FOR LOTS OF REASONS, BUT, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR YOU ARE AMAZING.
I'VE NOT MET ONE PERSON THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR.
AND THESE GENTLEMEN THAT ARE HERE EVERY WEEK WITH US AND ALL THOSE THAT I SEE ON THE STREET AND SEE AT THE BEACH AND AND SEE ON A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN COURTEOUS AND KIND.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
SO YOU HAVE EVERY, EVERY BIT OF SUPPORT THAT YOU CAN GET FROM ME.
AND, UH, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND I'M LIKE, TOM, I DON'T GO ANYWHERE IN YORK COUNTY.
AND, AND SEEING THESE NUMBERS DROPPING LIKE THIS, UH, I I BELIEVE WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, UH, TO BE SURE.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
A LOT OF FANTASTIC INFORMATION HERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYBODY THAT SERVES IN THAT DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO OUR STRATEGIC NUMBER ONE STRATEGIC PRIORITY, WHICH IS EXEMPLARY, UH, PUBLIC, PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE YEARS TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR PERSONNEL DEPUTIES AND SO FORTH ON THE, ON THE, UM, ON THE, UH, CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL AND THE, UM, AND THE, UM, AND THE C AND THE CAC AND I GOTTA KNOW, KNOW A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS PERSONALLY.
AND THIS IS A HIGH QUALITY GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S FANTASTIC TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN OUR DEPARTMENT WORKING AND SERVING THE PEOPLE OF, OF YORK COUNTY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ANY OF THE DEPUTIES THERE, WHEN YOU SEE 'EM OUT ON THE STREET AND YOU SEE 'EM IN, OUT, OUT AND ABOUT, STOP AND TALK TO 'EM AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME QUALITY THAT THAT I SEE AS WELL.
AND THERE'S A LOT, LOT OF FANTASTIC STUFF TO COVER IN HERE, BUT I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPRESSED I'M IN WITH I AM WITH THE CANINE UNIT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, I GOT A SOFT SPARK, SOFT PART IN MY HEART FOR DOGS, FOR DOGS BEGIN WITH.
BUT, UM, SEEING HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE, WHAT A FORCE MULTIPLIER THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY REALLY PUNCH ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN, IN THE COUNTY.
UH, APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AND GET IT AS AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT IS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY MY MOST POPULAR DEPUTIES.
I'VE BEEN SLOBBERED ON BY, UH, SARGE
WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE ZONES AROUND SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THE CAMERAS? ARE WE MEASURING, ARE WE CHECKING, ARE WE ISSUING VI UH, VIOLATIONS OR CITATIONS? ARE WE ENSURING THAT THE SAME PERFORMANCE IS BEING MET AT THOSE SCHOOLS? YES.
THE TRAFFIC UNIT IS OUT EVERY DAY AND GOING INTO DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE WERE INVOLVED WITH, UH, A PROGRAM LAST WEEK UP ON POCAHONTAS TRAIL.
WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF, UH, COMPLAINTS UP THERE ABOUT SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH JAMES CITY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AND HIT THAT AREA AND MERRIMACK TRAIL IN YORK COUNTY VERY HARD.
WE, THE YORK OCION SHERIFF'S OFFICE ISSUED ALMOST 300
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TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS UP THERE.WE INTEND TO DO SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONS IN SOME OF THE MORE, MORE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE RECEIVE THE MOST COMPLAINTS ON IN THE NOT TWO EDITION FUTURE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE USE IS CALLED URBAN SDK.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT TRACKS THE DATA FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS 13 MONTHS WORTH OF DATA.
SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN AND SAYS, I HAVE A SPEEDING PROBLEM, AND I BELIEVE I'VE EVEN USED THIS WITH SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHILE THEY WERE ON THE PHONE, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THIS UP AND THE TRAFFIC DIVISION DOES AS WELL, AND GO RIGHT TO THAT STREET AND HAVE 13 MONTHS WORTH OF DATA THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED, THE 50TH PERCENTILE SPEED HOURS OF THE DAY, DAYS OF THE WEEK.
SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT RIGHT AWAY.
AND WE'VE, WE ALSO HAVE IT PROGRAMMED THAT EVERY MONDAY MORNING, UH, THE LIEUTENANT WHO OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION WHO'S IN THE BACK, DAMON RADCLIFFE, HE GETS A REPORT EVERY MONDAY MORNING ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THAT TELLS HIM EVERY STREET IN YORK COUNTY THAT THE POSTED SPEED VIOLATED MORE THAN 11 MILES PER HOUR FOR THAT WEEK.
SO NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY WAIT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, HEY, I THINK I HAVE A SPEEDING PROBLEM ON MY STREET.
THIS PROGRAM EVERY MONDAY GIVES HIM THE ABILITY TO SAY, HEY, THESE STREETS RIGHT HERE ARE STARTING TO HAVE SPEEDING ISSUES ALREADY 11 MILES AN HOUR PER, OR LET'S GO ADDRESS IT NOW.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE NUMBER OF SUMMONSES GO UP AND THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS GO DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE BEING MUCH MORE PROACTIVE IN THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU GET TO VALIDATE IT TOO, BY, WITH YOUR CAMERAS AND STUFF.
SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, PAGE EIGHT ON THE CRIME STATISTICS.
YOU'RE DOWN ON EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY.
YOU'RE NOT HELPING US WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON COURT EXPANSION.
SO LET'S COME BACK TO THAT WHY I'M PROBABLY PART OF YOUR PROBLEM.
'CAUSE WE'RE ARRESTING PEOPLE AND PUTTING THEM INTO COURT SYSTEM
JUDGE RIZEK HAS, HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, UH, CONVINCING US THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, UH, AN EXPANSION OR A REPLACEMENT OF THE CURRENT COURTHOUSE.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT? WHAT'S YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SEE THESE, UH, RESULTS OF THE CRIME STATISTICS? IT KIND OF POINTS THE WRONG WAY.
IT SAYS YOU'RE, YOU'RE HAVING FEWER AND FEWER CASES BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGE.
BUT I, I KNOW THAT NOT TO BE TRUE.
WELL, I, THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING AROUND FOR A MINUTE IS I'VE SEEN THE PROGRESS OF THIS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COURTHOUSE IS EXTREMELY CRAMPED RIGHT NOW.
I, WHEN WE HAVE TRAFFIC COURT DAYS THERE, NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT IN THE HALLWAYS WAITING.
WE DON'T HAVE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH COURTROOMS IN THERE RIGHT NOW TO SATISFY ALL OF THE COURT.
THOSE COURT DAYS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE BASED ON 365 DAYS IN A YEAR AND YOU SUBTRACT HOLIDAYS AND 10 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE DAYS WHERE THERE MAY BE ONE COURT RUNNING OR TWO COURT RUNNING.
THEY'RE ALL BEING UTILIZED AT THIS POINT IN TIME RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO ADD THIS MUCH NEEDED DRUG COURT.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FIVE, THIS, THIS NEW COURTHOUSE OR A NEW COURTHOUSE IS MUCH NEEDED TO HANDLE WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
WE, AS EFFICIENT AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP THAT.
WE'RE ARRESTING MORE PEOPLE, WE'RE WRITING MORE TRAFFIC SUMMONS AS WE'RE MAKING NEW YORK COUNTY AS SAFE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT.
AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, NOT ONLY IS IT THE YORK POCS SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOING IT, BUT POCS AND THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT, YORK COUNTY WROTE MORE TRAFFIC TICKETS LAST NIGHT, LAST YEAR THAN THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS.
AND THEN YOU START TO ADD THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE INTERSTATES.
WE WORK MORE ACCIDENTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF US TAKING 'EM OVER THAN NEW YORK COUNTY.
BUT THOSE CASES ALL HAVE TO BE HEARD IN COURT AS WELL WHEN THEY BECOME TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
SO CRIMINAL COURT IN YORK COUNTY IS EXPLODING RIGHT NOW WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THERE.
JURY TRIALS ARE BECOMING MUCH MORE PREVALENT.
I THINK THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, WHICH TAKE MEANS LONGER DAYS WHERE THAT COURTROOM IS TIED UP FOR ONE SPECIFIC CASE, WHICH MEANS NOW YOU'VE GOTTA FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE FOR THESE OTHER COURT, THESE OTHER CASES TO BE HEARD, WHICH ARE CIVIL CASES AS WELL.
SO I WOULD AGREE WITH JUDGE RIZZI THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND IT, IT IS BECOMING AN ISSUE.
THANK YOU, UH, SHERIFF, THAT'S VERY THOROUGH ANSWER.
AND I WOULD ECHO WHAT THE OTHERS HAVE SET UP HERE.
WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DIVISION, UH, IN YORK COUNTY YORK PCOS, AND IT'S, IT IS JUST A, YOU KNOW, A FABULOUS, FABULOUS RESULT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE AMONGST THE COMMUNITY AND AMONGST OTHER COMMUNITIES.
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YOU'RE WELCOME.[3. Sail 250/Sail Yorktown Festival. Presentation by Kristi Olsen, Director, and Heidi Speece, Content Marketing Specialist from Economic Tourism & Development.]
NEXT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SALE TWO 50 AND THE SALE YORKTOWN FESTIVAL.I'LL CALL ON HEIDI SPIES TO, UH, OUR CONTENT MARKETING SPECIALIST COME FORWARD AND, UH, GIVE A REPORT ON THAT.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, UH, HORO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
ON OCTOBER 19TH, 1781, WHEN THE BRITISH WERE SURRENDERING AT YORKTOWN, THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIER ARMY SOLDIERS BEGAN TO CHEER.
AND GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON LOOKED AT THEM STERNLY AND SAID, LET HISTORY ZA.
FOR US TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO BOLDLY DECLARE THAT AFTER 250 YEARS, IT IS NOW TIME FOR YORKTOWN TO HAZAH AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SO IN A VERY SPECTACULAR WAY.
ON SET ON JUNE 12TH TO THE 14TH, THE SALE YORKTOWN FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE.
AND IT IS MY HONOR TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS TONIGHT.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON THE EVENT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS TO REPORT TO YOU THAT SAID, WE COULD NOT DO THIS ALONE.
AND JUST AS THE CONTINENTAL ARMY NEEDED THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH TO WIN THE WAR, WE NEED OUR PARTNERS.
AND WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF VERY STRONG ALLIANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
THE JAMESTOWN YORKTOWN FOUNDATION VISIT WILLIAMSBURG NUMEROUS YORK COUNTY AGENCIES SUCH AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, ESPECIALLY THE NAVY AND THE COAST GUARD, VA TWO 50 AND MANY OTHERS.
AND WITH THEIR SUPPORT, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL BE WELCOMING IN A FLOTILLA OF AMAZING TALL SHIPS, MILITARY VESSELS, AND OTHERS ON JUNE 12TH.
AND WE THINK WE'D MAKE THE COMP DEGRASS REALLY PROUD.
RIGHT NOW, SPECTATORS CAN WATCH THE ALYSSA, WHICH IS THE TALL SHIP OF TEXAS.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1877, ALONG WITH THE JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENTS, GODSPEED, THE COLONIAL SEAPORT FOUNDATION'S, LUNA, OUR HOME PORTED SCHOONER THE ALLIANCE TWO AND SERENITY AS THEY SAIL DOWN THE YORK RIVER.
ACCOMPANYING THEM WILL BE NUMEROUS MILITARY AND SEARCH AND RESCUE VESSELS AND A VERY BOISTEROUS FESTIVAL FLEET OF LOCAL, UH, PRIVATE BOATERS THAT WE HAVE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR THAT.
AMONG THE PARADE WILL ALSO BE A SHIP CALLED THE SOLACE.
AND THIS IS OPERATED BY THIS SAIL BEYOND CANCER NONPROFIT IN WHICH CANCER SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, RELAX THE BOARD FOR A FEW, FEW HOURS.
NOW, MOST OF THE SHIPS WILL BE OFFERING FREE DECK TOURISTS EACH DAY, AND THAT WILL BEGIN AT NOON ON FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO FIRST THOUGH, KICK THINGS OFF WITH A PARADE OF SAIL.
THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9:00 AM FOLLOWING.
THAT WILL BE AN OPENING CEREMONY AT THE RIVERWALK LANDING STAGE.
AND THIS WILL FEATURE THE FIFE AND DRUM OF YORKTOWN, THE THIRD US INFANTRY REGIMENT, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE OLD GUARD.
AND MISS VIRGINIA WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
NOW, IN ORDER TO PROPERLY ZA, WE DO NEED SOME MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.
AND OUR EVENTS TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT THREE, BUT FOUR SPECTACULAR DAYS OF MUSIC.
AND THIS IS ALL FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, WITH THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERT AND THAT WILL FEATURE WONDERLAND.
WE ACTUALLY, UH, RECEIVED NUMEROUS REQUESTS BY YORK COUNTY CITIZENS TO BRING THIS BAND BACK.
WE'RE DOING SO, AND THEY WILL BE PERFORMING FROM SIX 30 TO NINE ON THE RIVER WALK LANDING STAGE ON JUNE 12TH.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO GRAB THEIR FLIP FLOPS AND THEIR SHAKER OF SALT BECAUSE THE TIKI BAR BAND WILL BE PERFORMING.
THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR JIMMY BUFFET COVERS AND THEIR CARIBBEAN CLASSICS.
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, WE WILL HAVE TWO FREE CONCERTS.
THE FIRST ONE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE RIVERWALK LANDING STAGE, AND THIS WILL BE PERFORMED BY CARISSA ELLA.
SHE IS A NASHVILLE COUNTRY ARTIST WHO IS RECEIVING RECOGNITION FROM CMT AND A TASTE OF COUNTRY AS THE NEXT BIG THING.
SO IF YOU'RE INTO COUNTRY MUSIC, MAKE SURE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY ON DOWN THERE.
IF THAT ISN'T YOUR THING THOUGH, YOU
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CAN MAKE YOUR WAY ON UP TO THE VICTORY MONUMENT FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING OF PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION.AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE, UH, FIEND DRUM.
WE'LL BE PERFORMING AND WE JUST RECEIVED WORD AND CONFIRMATION.
SO YOU ALL ARE THE FIRST TO KNOW THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANY HAMILTON FANS HERE? THE BROADWAY MUSICAL HAMILTON? I SEE A FEW NODS.
WE JUST RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT BROADWAY STAR, LEXI LAWSON WILL BE JOINING US.
SHE STARRED AS ELIZA ON IN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL HAMILTON, AND SHE WILL BE PERFORMING A COUPLE OF SONGS FROM THE MUSICAL.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED AT SEVEN 30 BY THE A WONDERFUL AND MOVING PERFORMANCE BY THE WILLIAMSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
AT EIGHT 30, WE WILL PRESENT AMERICAN MOSAIC BY PETER BOYER.
THIS IS A BREATHTAKING MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION THAT FEATURES THE AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY OF, OF JOE.
SO LIVE ORAL MUSIC AND RECORDED VOICES IN A MOVING REFLECTION ON OUR NATION'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
AND THIS CONCERT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY VISIT WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA HUMANITIES AND THE VIRGINIA TOURISM COUNCIL.
THE FUN CONTINUES ON SUNDAY AT TWO O'CLOCK, AGAIN AT THE VICTORY MONUMENT, WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE WILLIAMSBURG CLASSIC SWING ORCHESTRA PERFORMING.
AND THROUGHOUT THE HISTORIC AREA, WE WILL ALSO HAVE OTHER PERFORMANCES THAT WILL INCLUDE THE LIBERTY DOLLS.
ONE LOVE CARIBBEAN STEEL BAND COLONIAL SINGERS, A REALLY FUN REGGAE GROUP CALLED NATURE'S CHILD, THE TOM KATZ, DIXIELAND TRIO, AND MANY OTHERS.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING THE SYMPHONY, ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE HOPE THE COMMUNITY WILL GRAB YOUR LAWN CHAIRS AND YOUR PICNIC BLANKETS AND COME JOIN US.
NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES AS WELL THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT RIVERWALK LANDING, THE YORKTOWN BATTLEFIELD HISTORIC MAIN STREET AND THE BEACH PICNIC AREA.
AND THESE INCLUDE ON MAIN STREET, WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE REVOLUTION ON MAINE.
THIS WILL BE HOSTED BY THE COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, AND IT WILL FEATURE HANDS ACTIVITY STATIONS THAT INVITE GUESTS OF ALL AGES TO LEARN ABOUT YORKTOWN'S.
PAST THE PARK WILL ALSO BE OPENING UP MANY OF ITS HISTORIC HOMES, INCLUDING THE CEMETERY LODGE, THE PORT POTTER SITE, THE SWAN TAVERN, THE NELSON HOUSE.
AND THE ONE I'M MOST EXCITED FOR BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN INSIDE THE MOREHOUSE, WILL BE OPEN AS WELL.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE ARTILLERY AND MILITARY DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
A VENDOR VILLAGE AT THE YORKTOWN WATERFRONT, WHICH WILL F WHICH WILL FEATURE CUSTOMS SALE, YORKTOWN FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE, FOOD TRUCKS, AND MARITIME ARTISANS.
AND WE WILL HAVE NUMEROUS KIDS CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES.
A WASHINGTON SHOT BASKETBALL GAME, A TWO 50 SELFIE STATION, ROVING ENTERTAINMENT.
AND THE VA TWO 50 MOBILE MUSEUM WILL BE BACK AND IT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE VISITOR CENTER.
YOU SHOOTING THE CANYON PART OF THE HANDS-ON ACTIVITY, EXCUSE ME, YOU SHOOTING THE CANYON PART OF THE HANDS-ON ACTIVITY.
NOW, A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT AND PLANNING HAS GONE INTO THIS EVENT, AND, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE ALL OF THE LOGISTICS WITH YOU, UM, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, TWO THAT I THINK, UM, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN AND YOU AS WELL.
UH, ONE, SINCE WE WILL BE REACHING AREAS THAT THE TROLLEY DOESN'T NORMALLY SERVICE SUCH AS THE MOREHOUSE, WE WILL HAVE A MODIFIED TROLLEY ROUTE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON THE ETA SPOT APP, WHICH IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD ON YOUR PHONES.
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PARK YOUR CAR AND BOARD THE TROLLEY AND WE'LL TAKE YOU TO ALL OF THE FUN.
ALSO, WE HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE COLONIAL PARKWAY.
IT WILL TEMPORARILY OPEN FROM PENMAN ROAD
SO THAT WILL BE FROM PENMAN ROAD TO, UH, YORKTOWN FROM JUNE 10TH TO JULY 6TH.
AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE@ATVISITYORKTOWN.ORG SLASH SALE YORKTOWN FESTIVAL.
ALSO ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA VISIT YORKTOWN AT, UM, ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, AND TIKTOK.
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BUT THE CELEBRATION DOESN'T END THERE.WE ARE DRINKING A LOT OF COFFEE IN OUR OFFICE THESE DAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE MORE VA TWO 50 CELEBRATIONS COMING UP.
AND OF COURSE THE ENTIRE NATION WILL BE SAYING HAZAH ON JULY 4TH AS WE CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
ALONG WITH OUR TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKE THE HOT, HOT DUCK EATING CONTEST, THE PARADE AND THE BELL RINGING, WE ARE ADDING SOME ENHANCEMENTS THIS YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE A VERY SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT FOR THE FIFE AND DRUMS OF YORKTOWN, AND THEY WILL PERFORM AT THE VICTORY MONUMENT.
AND I'M TOLD THAT A NUMBER OF ALUMNI ARE COMING BACK TO JOIN THEM.
SO THAT WILL BE A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT BEFORE THE FIREWORKS.
WE'LL HAVE A FREE CONCERT BY GOOD SHOT, JUDY, AND THEN AT NINE 15 WE WILL HAVE AN ENHANCED FIREWORKS SHOW.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY FUN CELEBRATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END AND THE BRITISH ARE COMING BACK INTO TOWN, AND THAT WILL BE FROM SEPTEMBER 12TH THROUGH THE 13TH WITH BEFORE THE SIEGE.
WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE OCCUPATION OF YORKTOWN BY CORN WALLACE AND HIS TROOPS.
BUT SINCE THIS YEAR MARKS THE 245TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EXTENDED VICTORY WEEKEND THAT WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 16TH WITH AN ALL AMERICAN CONCERT.
THE FOLLOWING DAY ON THE 17TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR YORKTOWN MARKET DAYS VICTORY MARKET, AND THEN ON THE 19TH WE WILL CELEBRATE IN GRAND STYLE WITH THE YORK, WITH OUR YORKTOWN DAY CELEBRATIONS, AND THEN THE MARCH TO 2031 BEGINS.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THOSE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY ON THE YORKTOWN BATTLEFIELD.
SO IN HONOR OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE MEN WHO SO BADLY WANTED TO CHEER ON THAT OCTOBER DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO END WITH THREE WORDS.
AND ZA
HEIDI, YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF DATES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIMES, PARTICULARLY DURING THE SALE WEEKEND.
WHERE DO PEOPLE FIND THAT? YES, SO IF, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 11, IF THEY GO TO VISIT YORKTOWN.ORG/SALE YORKTOWN FESTIVAL, AND, UM, OR IF THEY JUST GO TO VISIT YORKTOWN UNDER EVENTS, WE HAVE A SPECIAL SALE YORKTOWN FESTIVAL, UH, PAGE, AND THEY CAN, WE HAVE THEIR DETAILED SCHEDULE THERE.
UH, WE'LL BE HAVING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SECTION THERE, THE SHIP'S INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONUMENT AND SO, OR EXCUSE ME, ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA AND THAT THERE'S THE PAGE RIGHT THERE.
OTHER QUESTIONS? I WAS GONNA SAY THANK YOU HEIDI.
THAT WAS QUITE A PRESENTATION AND THIS CHOCOLATE BLOCK FULL FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY SOMETHING OVER THAT WEEKEND.
YES, I, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS AND, UH, A LOT OF COFFEE
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
I THINK THE PUBLIC'S GONNA REALLY ENJOY THE WEEKEND, SO THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST SO BLOWN AWAY BY ALL THE INFORMATION.
MY GOSH, I KNOW YOU GUYS BEEN JUST REALLY SWEATING IT OUT, GETTING THIS STUFF DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A PLAN.
OKAY, I AM REALLY, THIS IS GONNA BE EXCITING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING ON.
WAIT, YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
A GREAT PRESENTATION AND, UM, I'M OVER OVERJOYED AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS YEAR BRINGS AT YORKTOWN.
AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF LONG, HARD, ARDUOUS HOURS OF PLANNING AND SCHEDULING AND GETTING ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY HERE AND OUR VICTORY.
THE PRESENTATION, ALL THE WORK BEHIND IT, MAKING IT, MAKING IT HAPPEN.
UM, AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES TO GET PLANNED FOR, UH, LOCATION APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES TOO.
REALLY, A LOT OF THAT REALLY FITS HERE AS WELL.
UM, BUT AFTER IT'S ALL DONE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA WANNA WAIT TWO IN THE 50 YEARS FOR ANOTHER BIG CELEBRATION,
I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT IS WHERE DO I SET UP MY TENT AND MY COT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST ONE EVENT AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER.
[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD ]
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NEXT I'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD AND, UM, AS, UM, AS, AS I WOULD NORMALLY START, UH, GOOD EVENING.BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS MEETING, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW OUR RULES AND EXPECTATION FOR, UH, PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY MATTERS WITHIN ITS PURVIEW.
PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOUR THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN.
AFTER YOUR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR REMARKS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE THROUGH THE CHAIR.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION OR DEBATE.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE DIRECT IT TO THE CHAIR.
I MAY AT MY DISCRETION ASK THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO FOLLOW UP OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD MEETING.
PLEASE AVOID REPETITIVE COMMENTS.
IF YOU AGREE WITH THE PRIOR SPEAKER, YOU MAY SIMPLY STATE YOUR NAME AND, AND POSITION TO WHICH YOU AGREE.
AND FINALLY, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE HELPING TO KEEP A RESPECTFUL AND ORDERLY MEETING.
PLEASE FOCUS YOUR COMMENTS ON THE ISSUES, SPEAK WITH COURTESY, AND ALLOW OTHERS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
BE RESPECTFUL AND MAINTAIN DECORUM.
WITH THAT, I WILL BEGIN CITIZEN COMMENTS.
I'M PAM POEO, 1 0 3, KIMBERLY COURT, 2 3 6 9 2.
DONALD TRUMP'S ENTIRE PRESIDENCY IS BASED ON THREATENING PEOPLE, INSTITUTIONS, AND COUNTRIES INTO DOING HIS BIDDING.
THESE THREATS HAVE INCLUDED FUNDING FREEZES, TERRORIST PRIMARY CHALLENGES, PROSECUTIONS, PERSECUTIONS, BLOCKING ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, REVOKING BROADCAST LICENSES, FIRINGS FEDERAL AGENTS SURGES, NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS AND MILITARY ACTIONS.
NO MATTER THE CONTENT OF THE THREAT, THE STRUCTURE IS ALWAYS THE SAME GIVEN TO TRUMP'S TERMS OR FACE HIS WRATH.
TRUMP SAID, IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIM, POPE LEO WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GOD'S CHOSEN POPE, FALSE PROPHET OR ANTICHRIST, WHO IS TRUMP.
HIS DEPICTION OF HIMSELF AS THE SON OF GOD WAS JUST HOW HE PICTURES HIMSELF EVERY MORNING WHEN HE ADMIRES HIS IMAGE IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR.
CHRISTIAN'S WORSHIP MUST BE SUBSERVIENT TO TRUMP AND HIS NARCISSISTIC EGO.
TRUMP IS ORGASMIC OVER HIS UNFETTERED POWER TO REPEATEDLY ORDER DEATH.
TRUMP IS THREATENING 100% TARIFFS ON PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES UNLESS THEY SUBMIT TO TRUMP'S DEALS.
WHEN DRUGS ARE NO LONGER AFFORDABLE, PEOPLE DIE.
TRUMP'S RISE AS THE MERCHANT OF DEATH BEGAN WITH THE ELIMINATION OF U-S-A-I-D CAUSING AN ESTIMATED 700,000 DEATHS FROM PREVENTABLE MEDICAL NEGLECT, DISEASE AND STARVATION.
NEXT CAME THE CONTINUING BOMBING OF BOATS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC, AS WELL AS MURDERING SURVIVORS OF THESE ACTIONS.
TRUMP DOES NOTHING TO STOP ICE AND BORDER PATROL FROM MURDERING IMMIGRANTS AND US CITIZENS WITHOUT COMMENT, CONSEQUENCES.
TRUMP IS BOMBED OR ATTACKED BY DRONES, NIGERIA, SOMALIA, IRAQ, YEMEN, SYRIA, VENEZUELA, AND IRAN.
TRUMP STARTED THE IRANIAN WAR BASED ON A FEELING EVEN THOUGH HIS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WAS OPPOSED, TRUMP SAID HE JUST WANTED TO KILL THE AYATOLLAH.
ON DAY ONE, WE KILLED 165 SCHOOL CHILDREN.
HIS LATER POST, HE LATER POSTED ON TRUE SOCIAL, A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT NEVER TO BE BROUGHT BACK AGAIN.
HIS URGE TO COMMIT GENOCIDE AS EVIDENT BY HIS DESIRE TO ERADICATE A NATION OF CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE.
HE CONTINUES TO THREATEN CUBA AND GREENLAND.
WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD GET APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS FOR THE ATTACK OF VENEZUELA, HE SAID HE DIDN'T NEED TO.
HE SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE JUST GOING TO KILL PEOPLE.
TRUMP TOLD A STORY ABOUT ASKING WHY THE NAVY DID NOT JUST CAPTURE IRANIAN SHIPS.
HE SAID HE WAS TOLD IT WAS MORE FUN TO SINK THEM.
TRUMP IS DESTABILIZING NATIONS AND BURNING ALLIANCES WITH GLEE.
COUNTRIES MAY FEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF TRUMP'S ERRATIC ACTIONS, BUT WE ARE STILL THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD FOR PUTTING A MAD MAN IN CHARGE OF A ONE'S GREAT NATION.
TRUMP SAYS HE LOVES THE POORLY EDUCATED WHY THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT A DICTATORSHIP AND NEVER QUESTION HIS LAWS.
IGNORANCE IS BLISS FOR TRUMP'S KINGDOM.
RED STATE'S RANK THE LOWEST IN EDUCATION, EXPENDITURES, COLLEGE GRADUATES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
IT IS A NEW RELIGION HIDING UNDER THE FALSE GODS OF CHRISTIANITY.
THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
HE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TRUMP.
NEXT UP I HAVE UH, MARK WILLIAMS. MARK WILLIAMS, FIVE 13 CHARLES ROAD.
I MISS YOU GUYS MY EVERYBODY'S HAD A LOVELY SPRING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK THANK
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YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.YOU SAW THE RESULTS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET A BUDGET PASSED.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I RETURN THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
THAT IS ALL THE PERSONNEL I HAVE, UH, SIGNED UP.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
[COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS ]
TURN TO, UM, COUNTY, UH, REPORTS.SO I'LL START WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. HILL.
UH, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES VETO SESSION IS TOMORROW.
UH, AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A LOT TO REPORT BACK FROM, FROM THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS ]
MR. BELLAMY.UM, I WANT TO TAKE A, JUST A QUICK MINUTE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE PUT IN ON THE BUDGET.
WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOME STRETCH HERE.
AND, UH, YOUR FIRST MEETING IN MAY, YOU'LL VOTE FOR THE BUDGET.
AND I WANNA TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DID.
THEY'VE PUT IN SOME LONG HOURS.
WE HAD EXTRA MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND, AND PUT IN A LOT OF WORK.
AND, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO TALK ABOUT 28
[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD ]
UH, MOVE ON TO MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD, MRS. NOLL.BEFORE I GO INTO A REPORT THAT I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED OUTSIDE THE POLLS TODAY AND ALL THE, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO I CONSIDER VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED INSIDE THE POLLS TODAY.
VOTING IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT, REGARDLESS WHAT SIDE YOU VOTE ON, YOU ARE EX EXERCISING YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND NOT ALL COUNTRIES HAVE THAT, RIGHT? AND SO I'M VERY THANKFUL WHEN I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE POLLS, BUT I'M EVEN MORE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THE POLLS SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE.
SO I KNOW THEY CAN'T HEAR ME BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL, UH, THE POLLS HAVE JUST CLOSED, SO THEY WON'T BE HOME FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL TELL 'EM HOW MUCH THEIR TIME HAS BEEN APPRECIATED.
NOW, THE SECOND THING THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS I GOT A, A, A LETTER FROM THE YORK COUNTY CHURCH, WOMEN'S UNITED FOOD CLOSET.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, UH, MAKES CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS AND UNDER ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THAT HELPS THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, UH, THAT NEED IT.
AND THESE LADIES ARE REALLY VERY, VERY DEDICATED.
UH, THIS PAST YEAR THEY RAISED $196,717 AND 20 AND NO 27 CENTS.
AND THAT CAME FROM INDIVIDUALS CREDIT CARDS, GIFT CARDS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES.
BUT THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HELP OTHERS.
UM, AND THE OTHERS THAT THEY HELPED WERE THEY HAD 5,609 CLIENT VISITS.
THE AVERAGE CLIENT VISITS PER WEEK WERE 114 PEOPLE.
AND THE BUSIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR 205, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THESE WOMEN WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO HELPING THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.
AND WHAT THEY SAY HERE, AND I'M GONNA JUST READ IT FOR YOU, IS WE WHO VOLUNTEER AT THE FOOD CLOSET ARE ALWAYS IN AWE OF HOW OUR GOD CONTINUES TO BLESS THIS MINISTRY.
SO IF YOU EVER WANTED TO DONATE FOOD, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN TAKE IT, AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT WILL GET IT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I REALLY DON'T, UH, I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY WEEK.
I MEAN, I, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, IF I'M NOT DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION, I'M DEALING WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, UH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S OUR ROADS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS JOB IS THAT I GET MORE CALLS ON FOR THINGS I CAN'T HAVE POTHOLE ANY CONTROL OVER.
AND SO, LIKE POTHOLES, ROADS, PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE DON'T OWN ROADS IN YOUR COUNTY.
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ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE STATE.AND, UM, AND SO IT, IT PRESENTS SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
I KNOW THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO THANKS TO THE BOARD ALLOWS ME TO, UH, REPRESENT THE COUNTY AT SOME OF THE, THE, UH, BIGGER, UM, THE REGIONAL, UH, MEETINGS.
UH, ONE OF WHICH I'M THE FINANCE, UH, CHAIRMAN FOR THE, UM, HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION.
AND TODAY, I, UH, I GOT THIS, UH, APPROVE A TRANSFER OF $345 MILLION.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST TRANSFER I'VE DONE SO FAR TODAY.
AND THAT WAS A LOAN, UH, GU, A LOAN THAT WAS A GRANT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, SO WE CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND THEN INVEST, UH, INTO PAY OFF A BOND AND YET TAKE OUR MONEY AND THEN BUY, UH, BUY A GREATER RETURN.
SO IT'S INTERESTING WATCHING THE EXPERTS AS THEY HANDLE THE MONEY TO TRY TO GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, WHILE WE END UP IN THE SAME THE OTHER ONE HAND.
AND IN THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
UM, THE, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THROUGH THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL, JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE BORING MACHINE, UM, WAS ACTUALLY PULLED OUTTA THE GROUND.
WE, OVER THE YEARS, I, I WAS TOLD THAT WE ACTUALLY OWNED IT, BUT WE DON'T, UH, THAT WAS PART OF, UH, PART OF THE, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THEY'VE PULLED IT OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE GROUND, THEY'VE TAKEN IT APART, AND THEY'RE SENDING IT OVER TO EUROPE.
IT'S GONNA BE USED TO BUILD ANOTHER TUNNEL OVER THERE.
UM, THAT WAS JUST ALL PART OF THE CONTRACT.
UH, BUT, UH, IT DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND, AND THE TUNNEL'S COMING ALONG.
SO NEXT YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, THAT'S THE TUNNEL'S GONNA OPEN
SO, SO WE, UH, WE SHOULD, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, UH, SEEN THE WORK, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT WHAT OCTOBER ARE YOU WORKING FROM 20 NEXT YEAR, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT CALLED FOR, FOR, TO OPEN THIS THING UP.
SO, UH, WE'LL SEE, WE GOT A, WE GOT, AND WE GOT A TON OF OTHER PROJECTS, UH, GOING ON, UM, WITH THE EXPRESS LANE ON THAT SIDE NOW AND ON THIS SIDE TOO.
SO THEY'RE WORKING THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S A REALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT DRIVING OVER THERE.
IF SO, I WANT YOU TO BE, I, PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
THOSE ROADS ARE NOW WINDY AND BUMPY AND, AND, UH, AND THEY SEEM TO BE REAL CLOSE TOGETHER.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, UM, IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK, SO THANK YOU.
OKAY, LET ME GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON BUSINESSES AS I DO EACH TIME.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO TOUR THE CHICK-FIL-A, THE NEW CHICK-FIL-A UP HERE IN GRAFTON TODAY WITH, UH, THE OWNER OPERATOR, JOSH BARNETT.
JUST A SUPER, SUPER GUY, AND HE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING IT OPEN.
AND, UH, THEY'RE COMING ALONG.
UH, HE SAID THEY'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES ON, UM, SOME UTILITIES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.
SO I THINK THEY'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR MID-MAY RIGHT NOW IF ALL GOES WELL.
BUT, UH, THEY GOT A LOT OF STUFF IN PLACE.
GOT A LOT OF THE, THE DRIVE THROUGHS DONE FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, AND THE BACK PARKING LOT, THEY'VE GOTTA, THEY'VE GOTTA PUT ASPHALT ON THAT.
THEY'VE GOT THE CURB AND GUTTER IN.
THEY STILL HAVE TO BRING THE ROAD IN FROM 17 BACK TO CONSTITUTION DRIVE.
SO THERE'S STILL A LOT TO BE DONE, BUT HE'S HOPING THEY'LL GET IT DONE HERE SOON.
UM, COOKOUT, UH, IS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
I SEE THEY'RE STARTING ON THE TOP PART OF IT.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN BY THE BEACH LATELY, UH, THE STRUCTURE IS GOING UP FOR THE SEATING AREA BETWEEN THE PUB AND COASTAL THIRST.
UM, SO THAT'S KINDA ALONG REAL WELL.
UH, VIRGINIA BEER COMPANY STILL CONTINUES TO BE FULL.
UH, Q DADDIES, I THINK IS, UH, ABLE TO OPEN ON MONDAYS NOW.
UM, IT SLOWED DOWN JUST A HAIR FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE STILL PACKED IN THERE, SO WE'RE THRILLED TO DEATH FOR THAT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M REALLY EXCITED, AS I SAID ABOUT, UH, THE SALE TWO 50 COMING YORKTOWN, UH, 4TH OF JULY AND, AND YORKTOWN DAY IN OCTOBER.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A SPECTACULAR YEAR.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO BE THANKFUL FOR HERE IN THE STATE THAT WON OUR FREEDOM.
AND, UH, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU GOT OUT AND VOTED.
IF YOU DON'T, PLEASE DON'T COMPLAIN,
SO, UM, WE HAVE A VOICE, UH, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT WE DO, BUT WE STILL HAVE A VOICE AS LONG AS WE CAN VOTE.
SO I'M, I'M TRUSTING THAT EACH OF YOU OUT THERE GOT OUT AND VOTED TODAY.
I HAD ONE MORE FOR YOU, MR. UH, DREWRY.
UM, YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS BOARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW FOR A BUSINESS ADVOCATE, AND SINCE I GOT POSTED, I THINK IT'S YOUR HONOR TO SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE.
UM, YEAH, SO THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PUSHING.
I, I CAMPAIGNED ON IT AND, UH, I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A BUSINESS ADVOCATE.
UM, I'VE HAD WAY TOO MANY BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE WANTING TO COME TO YORK COUNTY THAT SAYS IT'S TOO HARD TO COME TO YORK COUNTY.
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THROUGH.WE'RE THE COUNTY OF NO, THAT'S WHAT I KEPT HEARING, HEARING, HEARING.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN PUSHING ON THIS BOARD, UH, EVER SINCE I GOT ON IT TO GET A BUSINESS ADVOCATE.
AND I, I GUESS WE WERE CALLING IT OMBUDSMAN.
I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT WE CALL IT.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE HAVE APPROVED THE HIRING OF THAT, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING APPLICATIONS.
UM, THIS PERSON WILL BE A DIRECT REPORT TO MR. BELLAMY, AND, UM, THIS PERSON WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WALK IN ANYONE'S OFFICE AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET, GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND WHERE THEIR ISSUES OR PROBLEMS, UH, THIS PERSON CAN WORK THROUGH THE PROCESSES TO GET THINGS MOVING, UH, AND NOT HELD UP IN BACK ROOMS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT.
UM, SO I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP, UH, BRING MORE GOOD BUSINESS TO YORK COUNTY.
AND I WANT TO BE THE COUNTY OF, YES, I WANT BUSINESS OWNERS TO, TO BE WELCOME TO COME TO OUR COUNTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I MET WITH, LIKE I SAID, I MET WITH THE, UH, CHICK-FIL-A OWNER TODAY, AND I ALSO MET WITH HIS PROJECT GUY, AND I WILL SAY HIS, HIS PROJECT GUY'S A VERY SWEET GUY.
AND, UH, HE SAID, YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE COUNTY.
SO I WILL SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH, UH, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AT A LATER DATE.
BUT, UH, WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME OF THESE ISSUES STRAIGHT, AND I THINK THIS PERSON WILL BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO, TO DO THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEK I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, FOLKS ALL AROUND THE COUNTY NOW THIS PAST SATURDAY AT THE, UH, YMC YMCA'S HEALTHY KIDS DAY.
UM, A NUMBER OF FOLKS ALL AFTERNOON AT, AT DELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TODAY, GOT TO MEET WITH THE, UM, UH, SOME OF THE YORK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING THE ANNUAL, UH, YORK STUDENT TOWN HALL, OR THE STUDENT TOWN HALL, AND AS WELL AS MEET WITH THE GOOD FOLKS WITH THE TON CLUB.
UM, WE GOT A BIG AGENDA AHEAD OF US STILL, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. FIRST ONE, I'M SURPRISED THAT SHEILA DIDN'T, UH, ALREADY MENTION WE HAD A WONDERFUL, UH, LETTER RECEIVED, UH, YESTERDAY FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN WHITMAN.
IT SAYS, DEAR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, I HAVE RECEIVED A FORMAL RESPONSE FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY REGARDING MY PROPOSAL TO NAME THE NEXT FORT CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER, CVN 84, THE USS YORKTOWN, IN HONOR OF AMERICAN'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
IN A RESPONSE TO A LETTER I SENT, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY CALLED THE PROPOSAL A PROFOUNDLY SYMBOLIC ACT THAT WOULD BRIDGE THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC WITH ITS FUTURE AND SERVE AS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE US NAVY.
SECRETARY ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN FORMALLY RECEIVED AND WILL BE GIVEN FULL AND EARNEST CONSIDERATION.
YORKTOWN REPRESENTS THE MOMENT OUR NATION SECURED ITS INDEPENDENCE AND THE LEGACY OF AMERICA'S STRENGTH THAT FOLLOWED.
I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THE NAVY RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL AS WE APPROACH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
I PREVIOUSLY URGED THAT CVN UH, 84 BE NAMED USS YORKTOWN, TO HONOR THE DECISIVE AMERICAN VICTORIES AT THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN AND THE STORIED SERVICES SERVICE OF, UH, PRIOR NAVY VESSELS BEARING THAT NAME, INCLUDING THOSE THAT SERVED WITH DISTINCTION DURING WORLD WAR II.
AS WE LOOK TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF NAVAL POWER, THERE IS NO MORE FITTING NAME TO CARRY FORWARD INTO AMERICA'S NEXT 250 YEARS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I READ THE LETTER AND I THOUGHT, HOW WONDERFUL THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WROTE THAT LETTER IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER THAT THE CONGRESSMAN ALSO WROTE TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND SYMBOLIC IT WOULD BE IF WE HAD ANOTHER USS YORKTOWN.
SO FEEL FREE TO WRITE WHOMEVER, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ABOUT THIS.
CAUSE YOU CAN, YOU CAN SWAP THEM WITH LETTERS AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND, AND, AND I'LL ADD TOO, I, I, I SAW CONGRESSMAN WHITMAN THIS PAST SUNDAY IN AN EVENT.
HE WAS VERY UPBEAT ABOUT, UH, OH YES.
ABOUT PROGRESS BEING MADE THERE, SO MM-HMM
I HAD ONE FINAL COMMENT BEFORE WE, UH, CLOSE FOR RECESS.
UM, OUR CONDOLENCES FROM THE BOARD TO, UH, TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. UH, BELLAMY ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER THIS PAST WEEKEND.
WITH THAT, UM, I'LL MOVE TO RECESS.
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WITH THE OTHER GUY.[4. Application No. UP-1065-26, TRC Williamsburg LLC. Consider approval of a resolution to authorize a farm equipment sales, rental, and service store at 118 Waller Mill Road (Route 713). ]
FOUR OR NUMBER FOUR, APPLICATION UP 10 65 DASH 26 FROM TRACTOR SUPPLY OF WILLIAMSBURG.UH, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT WE CONTINUE THE MEETING TO THE MAIN 19TH DATE, BUT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE, UH, NO, I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO MAY 19TH.
DO I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? I BELIEVE I DO.
REALLY? DO I NEED A VOTE? I DON'T KNOW.
HEY, WE NEED TO THE ATTORNEY SHAKE HIS HEAD.
THE MOTION MADE MADE BY MRS. NOLL IS TO CONTINUE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
R 26 DASH 47, TRACTOR SUPPLIED TO THE MAY 19TH, 2026 MEETING.
[5. Application No. ZT-219-26, York County Planning Commission. Consider approval of proposed Ordinance No. 26-10 amending the York County Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 24.1, Section 24.1-473 Standards for drive-in, fast food, and carry-out delivery restaurants, to update the performance standards for use access ]
CALL ON EARL ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR DISCUSSION.THIS IS APPLICATION ZT TWO 19 DASH 26 FROM, UH, YORK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, YOU ALL ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS APPLICATION.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT MR. SHEPHERD HAD BROUGHT UP WITH YOU, UH, SHORT TIME AGO.
UH, WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE REGULATIONS FOR DRIVE THROUGH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO ALLOW BASICALLY A USE THAT WOULD GO, UM, ACROSS FROM THE WALMART NEAR THE WAWA.
THIS KIND OF HELPS THEM GO INTO THIS SITE, BUT IT, UM, ADJUST THE ORDINANCE SOMEWHAT, UH, TO ALLOW, UH, A LESSER CLASSIFICATION OF STREET TO BE ACCESSED BY A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.
AND, UM, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF IT.
IT KIND OF MODERNIZES THE LANGUAGE, IMPROVES THE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW USES TO GO IN THERE.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW IT AND RECOMMENDED IT UNANIMOUSLY THAT NIGHT.
UM, AND THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS OH 26 10.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON IT.
DID DID ANYBODY RAISE ANY CONCERNS MAYBE WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT WITH, WITH THE CHANGES? NO.
WE, WE LOOKED, UM, IN DIFFERENT AREAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WOULDN'T CAUSE ANY CONCERNS IN ANY PLACE.
AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY PLACE WHERE IT WOULD, WOULD CAUSE ANYTHING.
UH, WITH THE RESIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION IN THERE, IT KIND OF RESTRICTS IT TO, UH, IT'S ONLY CERTAIN AREAS, BUT IT DOES GIVE SOME FLEX MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO IF I GOT THIS CORRECT, WE NEED, UH, A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 26 DASH 10.
SO, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL TAKE THAT MOTION.
THE MODE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 10 AS SUBMITTED.
[6. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Public Hearing – Effective Tax Rate. Receive public comment on the real estate assessed values, which increased by more than one percent. ]
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE ALL RELATED TO BUDGET.UM, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR EACH SPECIFIC ONE.
SO I'LL CALL ON THERESA OWENS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO, UM, TAKE US THROUGH EACH OF THE SIX ITEMS, PLEASE.
UM, SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, UM, ON THE BUDGET.
BUT THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO GO OVER WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
SO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE'S BEEN, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK WITH THE BOARD.
WE BEGAN THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE PRELIMINARY CIP IN DECEMBER.
WE HELD A PUBLIC FORUM IN JANUARY ASKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE BUDGET.
UM, MR. BELLAMY PRESENTED THAT BUDGET IN MARCH, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD FIVE SPEC WORK SESSIONS, SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT THE BUDGET TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
AND WE'RE WRAPPING UP TONIGHT WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THERE ARE SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, THE FIRST THREE ARE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET AND THE
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PROPOSED CALENDAR YEAR TAX RATES.THE NEXT TWO ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO, UM, ADDRESS CHANGES IN FEES TO SOLID WASTE AND SEWER.
AND THE LAST ONE IS TO ADDRESS THE MEALS TAX RATE.
SO BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND ANY CHANGES THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN PLA TAKEN PLACE SINCE, UM, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR PRESENTED HIS RECOMMENDATION.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CHANGES ARE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SOME OF 'EM ARE CHANGES THAT RESULTED FROM ALL THOSE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS AND MEETINGS.
THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO IS JUST TO REMIND YOU, WHAT WOULD THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS ORIGINALLY $308 MILLION, UM, LESS TRANSFERS FOR ALL FUNDS.
SO THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET, UM, A MORE, A MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES, UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND WERE FOR SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO ESTIMATES IN THE REVENUES.
WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BUSINESS LICENSE.
UM, AND SO WE, WE ADJUSTED FOR THAT.
SINCE WE'VE, UM, PRESENTED THE BUDGET, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS PASSED, UM, THE ADMISSIONS TAX FOR, FOR, UH, YOUR COUNTY TO IMPOSE.
AND IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO DO THAT, WE JUST, WE, UM, IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE PUT IN THE BUDGET $200,000, UM, IN EMISSIONS TAX TO BE USED TOWARDS CASH CAPITAL.
UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE'RE INCLUDING THE COST OF THE BUSINESS ADVOCATE Y'ALL SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, AND SOME SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO EXPENDITURES DUE TO MORE ACCURATE ESTIMATES THAT CAME THROUGH OVER THE LAST MONTH OR TWO.
WE ARE ALSO CONVERTING TWO WORK IS REQUIRED.
UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE LONG-TERM RETIRED FOLKS THAT DECIDED TO FINALLY RETIRE FOR GOOD.
AND WE'RE GONNA FILL THOSE POSITIONS WITH FULL-TIME POSITIONS WITH NO EFFECT TO THE BUDGET AT ALL.
THERESA, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT SECTION YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE? ON THE FUND SIDE, THE GENERAL FUND, THESE ARE ALL GENERAL FUND CHANGES.
THE 400, THE ALL THE $467,000.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HERE IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
AND THAT IS, UM, REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN THE CAPITAL SPENDING DISCUSSED AT THE CIP WORK SESSION TO ACCELERATE THE YORKTOWN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL OTHER WERE JUST MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO VARIOUS FUNDS.
IT WAS REGARDING THE, UH, ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MM-HMM
IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER ANY SPECIFIC RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT, WE CAN HAVE THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ALL THAT STUFF LATER ON.
THANK YOU TO, TO, UM, WE ASSUME IT WOULDN'T GO IN EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.
SO WITH ALL THOSE CHANGES, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY IN SCHOOLS TOGETHER, AGAIN MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF, UM, THE BUDGET, 68% OF THAT BUDGET.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT REQUIRE, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE HELD ON THE EFFECTIVE REAL ESTATE RATE AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AS PROPOSED TAX RATE IS REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, UM, GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP THIS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR REVENUE AND IT'S THE ONLY REVENUE THAT YOU TRULY, UM, HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE.
SO 2026 IS A REASSESSMENT YEAR.
AND SO THE OVERALL INCREASE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WAS 11.4 WITH 9.4% ATTRIBUTABLE TO REASSESSMENT.
THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT RESULTS AND AN INCREASE OF 1% OR MORE IN THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX LE LEVIED.
AND THAT'S THE CASE THIS YEAR.
YORK COUNTY'S POLICY ALSO REQUIRES A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF ANY ORDINANCE.
SO THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, TAX RATES AND PERSONAL PROP, PROPERTY TAX RATE, OR A RESULT OF AN ORDINANCE.
SO THEREFORE WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT.
UH, A, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES NO CHANGES TO THE REAL ESTATE RATE OR THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE.
UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO THE MEALS, MEALS TAX OF 2% FROM FOUR TO SIX.
UM, THIS ALSO IS A YORK COUNTY CHANGE AND THEREFORE REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE WANTED, WE TALKED ABOUT DIVERSIFYING OUR REVENUE.
AND SO, UM, WITH THIS CHANGE WE'RE, WE'RE IN LINE OR LOWER THAN ALL OF OUR, THE REST OF OUR PEERS AROUND US WITH MEALS TAX.
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HOLD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE SOLID WASTE AND SEWER.AGAIN, THIS IS A YORK COUNTY CODE CHANGE AND REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THERE IS A PROPOSED CHANGE, SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE SOLID WASTE FEES TO COVER THEIR INCREASED COST.
WE HAVE ABOUT 68% OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE GARBAGE AND RECYCLING.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA RECEIVE ABOUT A DOLLAR A MONTH IN, IN INCREASE.
OUR SEWER RATES ARE ALSO INCREASED AND TO COVER THE INCREASE COST TO MAINTAIN THE SEWER SYSTEM.
UM, AND THIS WAS PARTLY BASED ON THE RESULT OF A SEWER RATE STUDY, UM, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN MARCH BY PFM.
UM, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THEIR FLAT, A FLAT RATE, UH, WHICH IS INCREASING IN ABOUT A DOLLAR 50.
AND THEN COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, UM, WILL RECEIVE A FIXED RATE AS WELL AS A VARIABLE RATE.
SO AGAIN, THERE WILL BE SIX, SIX SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT AT ALL ON ANY OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, ANY VOTE WILL BE TAKEN AT THE MAY 5TH MEETING.
UM, ON THE BUDGET, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO CHAIRMAN, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
CAN YOU, UH, TAKE US THROUGH EACH OF THE, UM, ITEMS THEN? THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE BEING THE FIRST ONE, THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE WILL BE YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING? YES, SIR.
AND THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE THAN A 1% INCREASE IN OUR TOTAL TAXES LEVIED.
I THINK YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE RATE WOULD BE BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT.
UM, THE RATE WAS 71 CENTS, I BELIEVE.
SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL ON ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP, UH, LESLIE SALES.
I'M TWO 15 TIGER RUN YORKTOWN.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING TO ATTENTION, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GRAPHS AND STUFF THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE ABOUT SINCE THE LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES.
UM, THE WAGE THEFT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY GENERATION.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, WE DON'T MIND PAYING TAXES.
YOU KNOW, THEY GO FOR OUR TEACHERS AND IMPORTANT THINGS.
UM, BUT SINCE I'VE MOVED HERE, I JOINED THE MILITARY AND SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE, THERE'S BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX AND IT'S AFFECTING EVERYTHING BECAUSE NOT ONLY THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR INSURANCE FOR CARS AND STUFF WENT UP LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO, IT LIKE DOUBLED.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UM, OPTIONS.
UM, LIKE CALIFORNIA DID A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO WHERE IT IS JUST TAXED ON WHEN YOU PURCHASE THE HOUSE, YOU, SO YOU CONTINUE TO PAY WHAT THAT IS INSTEAD OF THE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S, INSTEAD OF CHOOSING DEFLATION, THEY CHOSE INFLATION.
OUR HOUSES ARE MUCH OVERINFLATED RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT PARTLY BACK IN 2008 WHEN THE HOU THE FIRST, THE HOUSING CRASH HAPPENED, UM, A LOT OF COMPANIES WERE SAVED THAT ARE VULTURES AND THAT'S AFFECTING EVERYONE.
UM, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN GET INTO HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE SO OVERPRICED.
BUT THERE'S OPTIONS TO ONLY DO LAND TAX THAT SOME STATES DO THAT LAND TAX.
SHE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, THAT'S RIDICULOUS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE LAND TAX.
BUT I MEAN, IN THE LEAST, I THINK IT SHOULD BE, UM, THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE HOME.
IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD NOT BE INFLATED PAST.
I I'M NOT MAKING MONEY OFF OF MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW, GOING UP $75,000 IN 2024.
UM, AND I JUST DON'T THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF PEOPLE'S WAGES AREN'T INCREASING.
IF PEOPLE WANNA HAVE FAMILIES, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN LIKE ME, I MEAN, WORKING AND EVEN HAVING A DAYCARE IS IMPOSSIBLE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIME THEY GET KICKED OUTTA DAYCARES.
THERE'S NOT DAYCARES AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
SO YOU'RE EXPECTING FAMILIES TO, TO HAVE REVENUE THAT IT IS JUST NOT THERE.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR ASSESSING THE HOUSES.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE? I'LL START OVER HERE.
I, I'M, I'M ASKING ANY OTHER CITIZENS.
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STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.HI, CARLA MUON, 10 17 BAY TREE BEACH ROAD.
UM, ACTUALLY MINE IS JUST A QUESTION.
SO SINCE THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE RAISED SO HIGH BECAUSE OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF HOW THE MARKET HAS INCREASED THE VALUE OF ALL THE PROPERTIES IN YOUR COUNTY, HAS IT BEEN CONSIDERED TO ACTUALLY LOWER THE TAX RATE? I KNOW THAT SOMETIME IN THE PAST THE UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS TAKEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IN 2026, BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENTS RAISE SO HIGH, IF THAT WAS EVEN A CONSIDERATION.
MARK WILLIAMS, FIVE 13 CHARLES ROAD.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING INTO THE SAME THING THAT I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD HER SPEAK OF COVERING THE SIX POINTS OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR TAXES.
ARE WE CURRENTLY INTO THE, DID SHE TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE OF SALES TAX? ARE WE GOING UP 2% AND IS THAT BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW? OR SHOULD I HOLD OFF? YOU SHOULD HOLD OFF.
WHICH IS THE 71 CENTS OF THE TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS I HAVE, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THE VULTURE SHE WAS SPEAKING OF WAS THE, UH, STOCK HOUSES OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE RECOVERED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS.
SOME HAVE PAID IT BACK, SOME HAVE NOT.
UM, BUT IT DID KEEP OUR COUNTRY FROM GOING INTO INSOLVENCY.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING I'M ALWAYS POSITIVE LOOK AT, EVEN IN THE DARK CLOUD.
UM, AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE ASSESSED, CERTAINLY YOU GUYS DIDN'T CREATE THE RULES, YOU'RE WORKING WITHIN THEM.
UM, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT.
YOU GUYS ARE BETTER OFF THAN I THAN I AM.
WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL COME BACK TO SPEAK ON THE SALES TAX.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON SOMEBODY.
RAISE HIS HAND BEFORE YOU, SIR.
I HAVE SOME EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK ON THE BUDGET.
WE'RE GONNA STEP THROUGH EACH ONE.
SO ANYONE SPECIFIC, THAT'S WHEN YOUR, YOUR OPPORTUNITY NUMBER
[7. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Public Hearing – Calendar Year 2026 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Levy. Receive public comment on proposed Ordinance No. 26-9 to impose tax levies upon tangible personal property, machinery and tools, mobile homes, and real estate for the calendar year 2026 and to prorate taxes on mobile homes as authorized by § 58.1 3001 of the Code of Virginia.]
SEVEN IS REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR CAL YEAR 2026.UH, THERESA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? THIS IS THE PROPOSED RATE OF 78 CENTS AND THE $4 FOR THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, THAT ORDINANCE.
WHICH IS NO CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR.
SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
SEEING NO CITIZENS POPPING UP.
UH, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, MY RESIDENCE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS HAS BEEN ONE 15 TIDES RUN, UH, AS MR. ROH HAD INDICATED.
I GUESS, UH, YOU WANT COMMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE ORDINANCES AS THEY RELATE TO THAT ORDINANCE? SO, WITH RESPECT TO THE REAL ESTATE TAX, UM, I'M KIND OF IN A QUANDARY AS TO RECONCILING THE PROPOSED 15% INCREASE IN MY AND SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBOR'S REAL ESTATE CHA TAXES WHILE CHAIRMAN ROY'S PROPOSED TAX INCREASE IS 6%.
VICE CHAIRMAN SHEPHERD WINS THE LOTTERY WITH A PROPOSED 0.1% DECREASE BOARD MEMBER.
NOEL'S PROPOSED CHECK TAX INCREASE IS 5%.
BOARD MEMBER ROHS IS 10%, AND BOARD MEMBER JURIES IS AT 14.5%.
UM, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO INFORM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS TO WHY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS FAILED TO BRING NON-RESIDENTIAL GROWTH TO BRIDGE THE REVENUE NEEDS TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET WHEN THAT COMES UP.
MS. MS. CARLA? I GUESS MY QUESTION ACTUALLY COMES INTO THIS, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE IS A REQUEST
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TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER DECREASING FROM 78 CENTS, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S THE LOWEST THAT'S IN THE AREABUT WITH THE INCREASE IN THE ASSESSMENTS, IT WOULD GIVE SOME RELIEF FOR, UM, HOMEOWNERS ON THEIR, UM, THEIR REAL ESTATE TAXES.
ANY OTHERS? OKAY, I WILL CLOSE ITEM SEVEN AND WE
[8. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Public Hearing – Proposed Budget. Receive public comment on a proposed Resolution R26-48 to approve the budgets and appropriate funds for the County of York and the York County School Division for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027 ]
MOVE ON TO, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET NUMBER EIGHT.UH, BEFORE I, WE DON'T, WE, UH, VOTE ON THAT? THE TAX? NO, THERE'S NO VOTING.
WE'RE NOT, IT'S HEARING, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, IT COMES NEXT WEEK, NEXT TIME.
ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 315 H AND THE DECLARATION THAT I HAVE FILED WITH THE CLERK, I STATE THAT I HAVE AN INTEREST IN PROPOSED BLOCK GRANT FUNDING IN YORK COUNTY'S PROPOSED BUDGET OF SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING FISH INC.
A LOCAL NONPROFIT FOOD PANTRY LOCATED IN WILLIAMSBURG, WHICH SERVES RESIDENTS OF YORK COUNTY.
MY INTEREST IS BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT MY SPOUSE AS AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS A DIRECTOR OF FISH, WHICH BASED UPON COIA COUNSEL GUIDANCE, MEANS THAT I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE TRANSACTION.
NEVERTHELESS, MY INTEREST THEREIN MAKES ME A MEMBER OF A GROUP OF THE MEMBERS WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE TRANSACTION.
AND I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.23, 12 B ONE.
AND I STATE THAT I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
MADAM CLERK, YOU'VE GOT THAT DECLARATION ON FILE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.
SO I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS IS ITEM EIGHT AND I'LL START WITH THE, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR, UM, FOR SPEAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO I'LL START WITH, UH, MR. WILL LUGO.
HELLO, MY NAME'S WILLIAM LUGO.
UH, I REPRESENT THE FIREFIGHTERS PARAMEDIC AND DISPATCHERS IN YORK COUNTY, JAMES CITY, WILLIAMSBURG AND POCOS.
UH, WITH THAT TALKING ABOUT YORK COUNTY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR, UH, WORKING ON OUR PAY COMPENSATION STUDY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. BELLAMY FOR LEADING THAT UP.
ITS STAFF FOR HELPING WITH THAT.
UH, I'D LIKE JUST THE STAFF, THE YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THIS, THIS, UH, THIS INCREASE IS GONNA HELP US KEEP STAFFING HERE IN YORK COUNTY.
WE WON'T BE THE TRAINING GROUND THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, WE WERE KIND OF ON THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE LIST.
AND NOW, UH, WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERYONE LOCALLY HERE AND THAT HELPS OUT.
UH, IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO TRAIN OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR PARAMEDICS, AND OUR DISPATCHERS.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA SAVE THAT MONEY BY PAYING IT UP FRONT AND KEEPING, KEEPING STAFF HERE IN YORK COUNTY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UH, JUST TALK ABOUT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OUR BRAND NEW RECRUITS, UH, THIS PAST, UH, APRIL, UH, 14TH AND, UH, IN THAT MORNING AND JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS COMPENSATION STUDY MEANT FOR THEM AND THE INCREASE THAT THEY'RE GONNA SEE AS WELL AS THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM YOU GUYS DID, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
RAISING THAT, THAT RATE AS WELL.
UH, AND IT MAKES US COMPETE WITH ALL THESE JURISDICTIONS AROUND US, WHICH IS KEEPING OUR PARAMEDICS HERE, THAT WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO TRAIN AND THAT CAN GO OTHER PLACES.
UH, ONCE YOU GET YOUR PARAMEDIC, UH, IN OUR SERVICE, IT'S, IT'S PAPERWORK TO GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT AND GET HIRED VERY QUICKLY.
UH, SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT AND IT'S GONNA HELP US RETAIN OUR DISPATCHERS.
DISPATCHING IS A VERY HARD JOB, UH, AND IT KEEPS THEM HERE, HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UH, WHILE I WAS TALKING TO THEM, SAW A LOT OF LOOKS BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE CHANGED OUR, UH, OUR RE UH, RECRUIT CLASSES
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TO REGIONAL.SO, UH, THERE'S GUYS FROM HAMPTON SITTING IN THAT, UH, AUDIENCE.
THERE WAS GUYS FROM NEWPORT NEWS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE.
I MEAN, HAMPTON WILLIAMSBURG AND, UH, HAMPTON WILLIAMSBURG.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER, BUT, UH, THEY LOOKED AROUND AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, MAN, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO THERE.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO, GOLLY, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
UH, JUST REMEMBER THAT WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE DO JUST NEED TO WORK ON THE COMPENSATION PART, UH, WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE COMPRESSED, UH, WITH THIS PAY RAISE IF WE CAN LOOK AFTER THEM.
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THAT HOPEFULLY IF, UH, THE BUDGET GETS APPROVED AND FULLY FUNDED.
AND I HOPE IT DOES AND WE TAKE CARE OF, UH, THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.
I HAD MARK WILLIAMS. MARK WILLIAMS FIVE 13.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER NUMBER.
OKAY, NEXT I HAVE, UH, STEVEN ROMEO.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
STEVEN ROMEO ONE 15 TIDES RUN.
UM, AGAIN, I'M IN A QUANDARY AS TO UNDERSTANDING OR TRYING TO RECONCILE AN APPROXIMATE 18% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, MY RECOLLECTION IS LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS 261 MILLION.
THIS YEAR'S IS ABOUT 308 MILLION.
UM, INFLATION IS AT ABOUT 3.3%.
SO I THINK THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO IN GOOD FAITH IS TO LOOK AT A 4% INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.
UM, I ALSO REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER ADOPTING A PRACTICE OF MAKING MONTHLY REPORTING OF TAXPAYER FUNDS SPENT ALONG WITH A THREE MONTH PROJECTION OF EXPENDITURES OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.
UM, I HAVE A TERRIBLE TIME WITH THE COUNTY'S IDEA OF TRANSPARENCY, TRYING TO FIND STUFF ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S HUNT AND PECK GUESS CLICK.
UM, SO I ASK YOU TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH YOUR TRANSPARENCY.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER FORMING A CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO VET AND ENGAGE PUBLIC SER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO AUDIT THE COUNTY BOOKS THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO PUBLISHING THE NEXT PROPOSED BUDGET.
I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS ANALOGY OF FOOD AS IT RELATES TO FUNDS.
A STARVING PERSON THINKS OF NOTHING BUT FOOD AND A GLUTTON THINKS OF NOTHING BUT FOOD.
GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN HORO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. BELLAMY.
UM, BILL BOWEN RESIDE AT 32 CARRIAGE HILL DRIVE IN KOSIN.
UM, BUT I'M HERE THIS EVENING AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, PROUDLY SERVING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SHARING, UM, THAT DR. CARROLL REGRETS THAT HE COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND HE WISHED TO CONVEY HIS APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR THE BOARD TO THE BOARD.
ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND STAFF, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IS EVIDENT IN THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU MAKE DIRECTLY SUPPORT, UH, SAFE, MODERN, AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE REMAIN FULLY COMMITTED TO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY ACTIVELY PURSUING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THIS EFFORT CONTINUES TO BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
FROM 2021 TO 2026, THE STATE HAS SET ASIDE NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, UH, THROUGH A, THROUGH AN AGGRESSIVE, UM, AND RIGOROUS GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.
TO DATE, YCSD HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDING.
UH, WE ARE NOW PREPARING TO APPLY FOR THE FIFTH TIME WITH OUR APPLICATION DUE IN JUNE.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS EXPECTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.UH, WE ARE DETERMINED THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FUNDING EVENTUALLY FROM THIS, FROM THIS POOL OF MONEY.
JUST LAST WEEK, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY, OF A FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION GRANT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY DUE TO THE SHORT, UH, TURNAROUND TIME ON THE APPLICATION.
AND THE FACT THAT TAB HIGH SCHOOL AND BETHEL MANOR ELEMENTARY PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING AWARDS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS FALL.
AND WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY TO SUBMIT OUR APPLICATIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR PUBLIC BUDGET.
THIS PROCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE VALUE THE, UH, THE OPEN DIALOGUE THAT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND THE PRIORITIES AND INVESTMENTS THAT SHAPE OUR SCHOOLS.
AND FINALLY, JUST A MOMENT OF LEVITY WHERE WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND VISIBILITY PROVIDED BY OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND SUPERINTENDENT.
THEY'RE OUTSTANDING FOR SHAKING HANDS AND KISSING BABIES, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S THE FINANCE TEAMS THAT REALLY MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND.
SO, UH, WITH THROUGH CAREFUL ANALYSIS, THE SPREADSHEETS, THE LATE NIGHT REVISIONS, THE COUNTLESS QUESTIONS ANSWER BEHIND THE SCENES AND WHAT TURNS PRIORITIES INTO PLANS AND PLANS INTO REALITY.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SINCERE THANK YOU TO BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD FINANCE AND THE COUNTY FINANCE TEAMS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND THAT BRINGS US HERE THIS EVENING.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR SUPPORT, AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR SCHOOLS AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER CITIZEN WISHING TO SPEAK.
[9. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Public Hearing – Solid Waste Rates. Receive public comment on proposed Ordinance No. 26-7 to amend Chapter 19, “Solid Waste, Garbage and Weeds,” of the York County Code to change the fees for solid waste and recycling services]
UH, ITEM NINE.AND ONCE AGAIN, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE SOLID WASTE RATES? MM-HMM
SO MY 50 BUCKS, WHATEVER BILLING CYCLE IS GOES TO 55.
THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE, WELL, IT'S MORE THAN TRIPLE WHAT THE NATIONAL RATE OF INFLATION IS.
ANY OTHER WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SOLID WASTE.
[10. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Public Hearing – Sewer Rates. Receive public comment on proposed Ordinance No. 26-6 to amend Chapter 18.1 sections 18.1-28, 18.1-52, and 18.1-72 “Sewage Disposal and Sewers” of the Code of York County, Virginia, to increase sewer rates and to make administrative changes]
WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, SEWER.UH, SO FISCAL YEAR, UH, SEWER RATES, AGAIN, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I JUST SAY IT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK.
SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[11. Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Public Hearing – Tax on Prepared Food and Beverages. Receive public comment on proposed Ordinance No. 26-8 to amend Chapter 21 section 21-151 “Levy of Tax; Amount” of the York County Code to increase the rate of tax levied on prepared food and beverage from 4 percent to 6 percent, effective July 1, 2026 ]
NEXT ITEM IS ON TAX ON PREPARED FOOD AND BEVERAGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL ON ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
MR. WILLIAMS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MR. WILLIAMS FIVE 13 CHARLES ROAD.
MARK WILLIAMS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS.
UM, I WAS TRYING TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX EVER CAME INTO EFFECT IN THE ORIGINAL FORM.
MY GUESS IS IT CAME IN AT ONE OR 2% AND IT WAS JUST GONNA RAISE PENNIES TO HELP OUT THE LIBRARIES OR WHATEVER.
IT WAS PROPOSED WAY BACK WHEN, PROBABLY IN THE EIGHTIES, JUST LIKE WE HAD THE LOTTERY.
UM, WE HAD A TEACHER NAMED MR. ANDERSON THAT, THAT TAUGHT AT, UM, AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS A GOVERNMENT TEACHER, UM, TO SHANE.
THEY COULDN'T CLONE HIM 'CAUSE HE WAS AN AWESOME GOVERNMENT TEACHER THAT TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT THIS AND WHAT TO BE, UM, AWARE OF AS YOU'RE ENTER YOUR ADULT LIFE.
UM, I HAD A, THE LUXURY OF VISITING WILLIAMSBURG BECAUSE OF OUR COURTHOUSE.
I WAS IMPACTED BECAUSE WE HAD NEW ROOM OVER THERE.
BUT I HEAR IT'S BEING ADDRESSED.
THEIR, THEIR FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX I THINK IS NOW AT 11%, 13% BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL.
I CAN'T REALLY ADVISE TO GO TO WILLIAMSBURG TO HAVE A DINNER BECAUSE IT BECOMES A, UH, SECOND MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOUSE.
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THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I WOULD HAVE WITH THIS TAX IS THAT IT NOT JUST AFFECTS US ADULTS.THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, EVERYBODY HAS TO EAT.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR A CORNER MARKET, TAKE IT HOME AND PREPARE IT THEMSELVES.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON THE FLY AND ON THE GO SO MUCH THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
AND SO IT'S AN INDIRECT TAX TO THE CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME AND SPEAK AT THIS PODIUM.
HOW THAT'S IMPACTED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IS IT'S THE NICKELS AND DIMES COMPARED TO THE DOLLARS THAT WE GET FROM TAXES FROM HOMES AND CARS.
AND ANY, ANY OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE.
SO, UH, AT THIS POINT, WOULD THE BOARD, UH, LIKE TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I THANK YOU PEOPLE FOR SPEAKING.
MR. BELLAMY, WHAT WAS THE TAX INCREASE THIS YEAR? THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT IT WAS 18% AND THAT SEEMED HIGHER THAN I RECALL, THERESA.
BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE PERIOD THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE THERESA CAN TELL US COMPARISON AND I THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, THE SEVEN POINT COMPONENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
I CAN'T TELL WHAT CAN TELL US.
THE PASS THROUGH COMPONENT WAS LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE.
HOW MUCH, THAT'S NOT THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
I BELIEVE THE GENERAL FUND WENT UP 7.3%.
THE, WE'RE DOING THIS EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO THE PERCENTAGE IS, IT SEEMS HIGH.
WELL YOU'RE, YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSESSMENTS THOUGH, DIVIDE BY TWO FOR THE REAL ESTATE ASSETS.
BUT YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSESSMENTS THOUGH, TALKING ABOUT, WAS IT ASSESSMENT OR THE, I THOUGHT THE TOTAL BUDGET, IT WAS TOTAL BUDGET WAS NOT 18.
THAT'S THE NUMBER I REACTED TO.
SEE I THOUGHT THEY WERE, I THOUGHT WAS JUST REFERRING, WE WERE COMPARING THE PAST.
THE, UH, LAST YEAR WASN'T WAS TWO 60 SOMETHING.
IT WASN'T, THAT'S WHAT DROVE IT MADE IT SO MUCH HIGHER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
AND WE DON'T SO IS THE QUESTION ABOUT ALL FUNDS? ALL FUNDS ARE ABOUT 8% UP EIGHT.
INCLUDING ALL FUNDS LIST TRANSFERS? CORRECT.
AND WALLACE BOARD DID LOOK LONG AND HARD AT, UH, YOU KNOW, COST IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK WE LANDED ON A BUDGET THAT IS ABOUT AS MINIMAL AS WE CAN GET.
AND UM, THE BULK OF IT IS THE COMPENSATION INCREASE.
THAT WE FELT WAS NECESSARY TO RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF DEBATE ON US PROCEEDING WITH THAT.
UM, AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SET THE BOTTOM LIMIT OF TAX THAT WE COULD APPLY UNLESS YOU TOOK IT FROM OTHER POCKETS.
YOU COULD TAKE IT OUT OF, UH, PERSONAL PROPERTY INSTEAD OF PROPERTY.
BUT ULTIMATELY IT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE TAKE IT FROM COULD COLLECT.
AND, AND OUR COST PRESSURES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE, UM, THE, THE ANNUAL, UM, RATE, RATE OF INFLATION.
UM, WE GET DIFFERENT COST PRESSURE FROM STUFF THAT WE NEED TO DO INTERNALLY, UM, TO MEET SOME OF OUR SCHOOL NEEDS AS WELL AS SOME MANDATES WE GET FROM THE STATE AND, AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND IN FACT OF DOING THE MATH, THE EXTRA REVENUE THAT WE SAW FROM THE REASSESSMENT, UH, FELL SHORT, I WANNA SAY 9, 10, 11, 12, ABOUT ABOUT FOUR OR $5 MILLION SHORT OF THE EXPENSES THAT, THAT WE INCURRED WITH, WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO, UM, BUT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO HOLD THE TAX, THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE AT 78 CENTS RATHER THAN HAVING TO INCREASE IT TO MAKE UP THAT GAP.
SO, UM, AND THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX STAY, STAY, STAY THE SAME AS AS WELL.
SO, UM, IN, IN, THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOWER THE, THOSE RATES AS TAX, AS UM, THE ASSESSMENTS GONE UP.
BUT THIS YEAR WAS NOT, THERE WAS NOT, NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE COST PROCESS THAT WE HAD COME IN THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS SOME OF WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT HERE.
SO, UM, UH, I'M PRETTY HAPPY WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD THE LINE ON THE, UH, EXISTING TAX RATE FROM, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND CONTINUE THAT GOING FORWARD.
UM, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD, UH, LOWER, LOWER THE TAX RATES EVEN WITH THE INCREASED ASSESSMENTS BECAUSE INCREASED ASSESSMENTS DIDN'T COVER ALL THE BILLS.
AND WHERE DID THAT, UH, SO YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 214 MILLION AND IT WAS
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ABOUT 200 MILLION PREVIOUS YEAR.AND THEN, UH, THEY FOUND THE $467,000, WHICH IS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVEN HALF A CENT, BUT WHERE WHERE DID, WHERE, WHERE DID THE 467,000 GO? YEAH, WHERE'S IT GOING? SO 200 OF THAT IS THE ADMISSIONS TAX THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND WE'RE GONNA PUTTING THAT TO ONE POUND MONEY AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA GO GET THE YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA GO GET IT.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA BE.
WE DIDN'T USE THAT FOR ANY OPERATIONS.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND? THE OTHER COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND? WE HAD AN INCREASE IN PERSONAL PROPERTY, A BUSINESS LICENSE, WHICH USUALLY DOESN'T COME IN UNTIL MARCH 1ST.
SO WE USUALLY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THAT IS.
THAT CAME IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN I EXPECTED.
WELL WE BUT YOU, SO YOU, BUT YOU'RE PROJECTING AN EXTRA COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WHERE IS THAT GOING? IS THAT JUST GOING, IT'S GOING TO YOUR BUSINESS ADVOCATE.
THAT'S GONNA HIRE THE BUSINESS BUSINESS ADVOCATE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DO THAT ANYWAY.
WE FOUND THE MONEY TO DO IT WITH IT WAS WHAT WE HAD THE MONIES.
I MEAN MY UNDERSTANDING WE WERE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.
YEAH, WE DID IT WITH SOME, BUT NOW WE GOT 267,000.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT EXTRA $400,467,000 WAS GOING, TWO HUNDRED'S GOING TO CAPITAL AND TWO HUNDRED'S GONNA BE USED FOR THE BUSINESS ADVOCATE AND SOME OTHER MINOR CHANGES THAT CAME UP.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT 467,000, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HIRED A BUSINESS ADVOCATE.
UM, PROBABLY WE WOULD PROBABLY, I THINK THAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE 'CAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I MEAN IT'S NOT, WE'RE TALKING A QUARTER, MAYBE A QUARTER OF A, IT'S THAT MUCH OF A TAX RATE.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING.
IT WAS EXTRA, BASICALLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE IT WENT.
YEAH, THE TA A PENNY IS ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IF ON REAL, ON THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE ON THE REAL ESTATE EVEN LESS.
AND THAT'S ABOUT TWO EIGHTS, MAYBE AN EIGHT OR SOMETHING.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD BUDGET OVERALL.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE US TO LOWER IT AND I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR WANTING US TO LOWER IT, BUT THERE ARE EXPENSES THAT THE COUNTY HAS AND THE EXPENSES ARE NOT STAGNANT.
THE EXPENSES CONTINUE TO GO UP AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB MASSAGING EVERY SINGLE NUMBER IN THE BOOK TO COME UP WITH WHAT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I FOR ONE, HAVE TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR WHEN YOU PUT A BUDGET TOGETHER.
GOT, I GOT, I WAS JUST GONNA WRAP UP WITH THE SAME COMMENTS.
UM, YEAH, I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UM, FIRST THE MEAL TAX, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY PLACE WE RAISED TAXES THIS YEAR WAS TO 2% FROM FOUR TO SIX.
UH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT WE'RE WE WERE THE LOWEST MEAL TAX AROUND AND NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND IF YOU GO TO WILLIAMSBURG OR UH, NEW NEWPORT NEWS OR HAMPTON AND YOU EAT THERE, YOU'RE PAYING THEIR TAXES.
I'M ENCOURAGING PEOPLE IN YORK COUNTY TO COME TO YORK COUNTY AND EAT AND PUT THE TAX BASE BACK IN THEIR POCKET.
NOT NEW NEWPORT NEWS, NOT HAMPTON, NOT WILLIAMSBURG.
YOU KNOW, IT FRUSTRATES ME THAT WE, WE GO TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND WE, AND I GO THERE, BUT I'M NOT FUSSING ABOUT A 2% INCREASE ON MY MEAL TAX, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE QUICK TO GO TO BECAUSE THE CHICK-FIL-A'S NOT IN YORK COUNTY ON THIS SIDE, WE'D BE QUICK TO GO TO YORK COUNTY SOME OTHER JURISDICTION AND AND PAY A 7.5%.
SO IT FRUSTRATES ME ABOUT THAT.
UH, I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB OF HOLDING THE PROPERTY TAXES DOWN, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES DOWN.
AND WE ONLY RAISED A BUDGET THIS YEAR BY 2% IN A MEALS TAX THAT A LOT OF THAT'S GONNA BE COMING FROM TOURISM.
SO PEOPLE THAT COME INTO YORK COUNTY ARE GONNA BE PAYING THAT MEAL TAX, BUT I'M SAYING GO OUT AND EAT IN YORK COUNTY SO YOUR TAXES ARE BEING PAID TO SUPPLY THE BUDGET.
THE OTHER THING IS WE, UH, ALMOST 70% OF OUR BUDGET IS FOR FIRE LIFE SAFETY.
OUR DEPUTIES, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, THAT LEAVES ABOUT 30% FOR US TO GO LOOKING FOR MONEY.
LIKE IF WE WIPED OUT THE TOP 10 POSITIONS IN OUR, IN IN THE, IN THE PEOPLE HERE AT YORK COUNTY, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT $2 MILLION.
THAT'S, THAT'S A A CENT AND A HALF OF OUR TAX.
I MEAN WE, WE POURED THROUGH THIS BUDGET THIS YEAR.
I MEAN WE POURED THROUGH THIS BUDGET AND WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD CUT.
I'M NOT WILLING TO CUT THESE GUYS SITTING BACK HERE.
I'M NOT WILLING TO CUT OUR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY.
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I'M NOT WILLING TO CUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.I'M JUST NOT, I'M WILLING TO LIVE IN YORK COUNTY AND MY PROPERTY GOES UP 14%.
I'M GONNA BE WILLING TO PAY IT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE BEST COUNTY IN VIRGINIA AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU FOR ONE, I'M ON THIS BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS TWICE.
WE COMB THIS BUDGET LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS YEAR AND WE TRY TO CUT OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD USE OR DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE OR THERE ARE THERE SOME SMALL THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY COULD CHANGE? YEAH, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING A COUPLE, TWO OR $300,000.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE AT A 300 TH $300 MILLION BUDGET.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT $200,000.
BUT WE GOTTA REALIZE WE LIVE IN THE BEST, THE BEST PLACE THAT ANYBODY COULD LIVE AROUND HERE AND THAT COMES WITH A COST.
AND THE LAST, THE LAST COMMENT, UH, I WANT TO ADDRESS IS, I THINK MR. ROMEO BROUGHT UP THAT HE HADN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT EDA WAS DOING TO BRING IN REVENUE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WROTE UP DOWN YORK, UH, UH, ROUTE 17 LATELY.
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN WORK.
THIS IS NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
THESE EDA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF TO BRING GOOD BUSINESS TO YORK COUNTY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE GUYS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO TRY TO BRING GOOD BUSINESS TO YORK COUNTY.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE NEW, OH, SORRY.
IT'S NOT, NOT YOUR TIME TO, FROM THE STAFF, PLEASE.
IT'S NOT YOUR TIME TO TALK, IT'S OUR TIME TO IT'S NOT YOUR TIME TO TALK MAKE, SO THAT'S ENOUGH.
NO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
ANYWAY, MY, MY THING IS WE ARE BRINGING AS MUCH GOOD BUSINESS TO YORK COUNTY AS WE CAN.
WE'RE TRYING HARD AND I THINK THE EDA IS DOING A FABULOUS JOB OF BRINGING GOOD BUSINESS TO YORK COUNTY.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THAT ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, NUMBER
[12. Easement Conveyance to Dominion Energy for IT Building Renovation / Addition CIP Project. Consider approval of proposed Resolution R26-60 authorizing the County Administrator to execute documents granting a permanent easement in favor of Dominion Energy across and through the County-owned parcel located at 103 Service Drive, Yorktown, Virginia, for the purpose of providing utility service to public structures located thereon]
12.I'LL CALL ON ROB KREGER FOR DISCUSSION ON, UH, CONVEYANCE OF AN EASEMENT TO DOMINION ENERGY.
HELLO, CHAIRMAN ROY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO CONVEY A PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR, UH, VIRGINIA POWER.
IT'S OFF THE GOODWIN NET CAMPUS.
UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, MONEY HAS MOVED FORWARD IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN, IN FORMER, UH, SPACE STUDIES.
AND EVEN THE BERKELEY GROUP TOUCHED ON IT, UH, TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING BUILDING THERE.
UH, EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 3,200, UH, SQUARE FEET.
IT WOULD BE ADDING, UH, 10 OFFICES AND APPROXIMATELY 2,700 MORE SQUARE FEET TO HOUSE, UH, IT TO SUPPORT SOFTWARE AND, UM, HARDWARE REPLACEMENTS.
THE PROBLEM AT THE LOCATION IS, IS UH, THE 2,700 SQUARE FOOT, UH, ADDITION IS ON TOP OF THE EXISTING LOCATION OF THE POWER.
UH, SO I'M COMING TO ASK YOU TO CONVEY THAT PERMANENT EASEMENT SO WE CAN GET IT MOVED.
AND THEN SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, YOU WILL SEE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR THE COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADDITION FOR THE IT BILL.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.
FOR THIS IS OUR PROPERTY THAT WE WANT TO CONVEY.
WHERE I'M LOOKING ON THE MAP, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE THAT EASEMENT.
SO IT'S RIGHT OFF OF UH, GOODWIN NECK ROAD, RIGHT OFF GOODWIN NECK ROAD.
UH, RIGHT, RIGHT PAST THE LANDFILL.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL TAKE A LEFT ON SERVICE DRIVE.
THAT BUILDING WAS, UH, FORMALLY CODES, WHICH WE DID A EXPANSION IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, IT'LL ENABLE US TO TAKE IT THAT'S SPRINKLED ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND, AND PUT THEM IN THAT CENTRAL HUB.
BUT IT'S, IT'S THE EASEMENT ON OFF GOODWIN.
AND WE WILL PROB WE'RE GONNA WRAP THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MOVE VIRGINIA POWER'S PROPERTY.
THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO MOVE IT AND WE WILL WRAP IT INTO THE, THE PROJECT.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MM-HMM.
I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ROHN IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26 DASH 60 AS SUBMITTED.
[CONSENT CALENDAR ]
TO, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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IS THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR 2026.NUMBER 14 IS THE SPRINGFIELD ROAD SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION.
ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO HAVE EITHER OF THESE ITEMS PULLED OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I DO HAVE A JUST ONE YOU A QUESTION, COMMENT.
JUST, I JUST HAD TO CHECK TO MY NOTES.
SO IF WE WOULD CALL, THIS WAS THE ROAD DEPTH IN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT WENT ON, UH, A LOT OF COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT, UM, THE, THE CITIZENS THERE WERE REALLY UPSET ABOUT, UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THE ACCESS THAT THE ROAD THEY GOT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISTURBANCE, UH, TRUCK TRAFFIC TO A TRANQUILITY PROJECT.
AND WHICH IS A BIG, WHICH IS A BIG PROJECT.
AND I MEAN IT WAS, UH, IF I RECALL IT WAS A LOT OF CONSTERNATION.
PEOPLE WERE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, I THINK JUST TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
IT WAS JUST A LOT OF GRANDSTANDING ON PROPOSED ROADS THAT WE COULD HAVE CREATED AND AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WOULD'VE HAD TO INVEST.
AND WE, WE DID, THE STAFF DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THAT.
THIS PROJECT, WHAT WE DID ON THIS ROAD, ON THAT, WE, WE, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE SEWER PROJECT THAT WENT DOWN THROUGH THERE, UH, THEY, THEY WERE DUMPING ACTUALLY RAW SEWAGE RIGHT INTO THE, UH, RIGHT INTO THE CREEK.
UM, PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WAS THAT WE WOULD COME IN AND FIX THE ROAD.
AND PART OF THAT ALSO PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS WE'RE GONNA BLOCK OFF THE ROAD ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S THE PROJECT'S DONE DOWN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE BUILDING.
UH, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S STILL SOME, UH, WORK GOING ON, BUT THE TRAFFIC, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THE, UH, THE, THE TIMESHARE DEPARTMENT OR AREAS THERE.
HENDERSON AND RYAN ARE ON PHASE THREE NOW.
SHOULD COMPLETE LATER THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S ALL COMING TO FRUITION.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE FOR THIS ROAD, IF I SEE THIS NUMBER SEWER, THE CONSTRUCTION SEWER NOT ROAD, IS THIS THE SEWER? OKAY, I'M SORRY.
SO THE SEWER, SO WE ARE, WE ARE PUTTING IN THAT SEWER DOWN THERE FOR ONE 1.6 OVER $1.6 MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT THIS SAYS.
SO THE CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY AND THAT GOT ACCELERATED.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN APPRECIATE ALL THE CONSTERNATION AND INVOLVEMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WHAT WE PROMISED.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE PROMISED THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY.
AND WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'VE ACCELERATED THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PROJECT.
NOW, WHEN WE FINISH, I GUESS THEY'LL PUT IT IN.
THEY HAVEN'T PUT IT IN A NEW ROAD YET, HAVE THEY? UH, THE ROAD IS REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPER.
FOR THAT ROAD, THEY'RE GONNA PUT THAT ROAD IN.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, BUT I JUST ABOUT, IT'S ALMOST $1.7 MILLION.
THAT'S A PROMISE FROM YOUR COUNTY THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT DONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT WE DID, WE DID STICK WITH WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO.
WILL YOU GO TO REMOVE IT? I DID.
THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLL IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED.
[CLOSED MEETING]
CLOSED MEETING.MR. SHEPHERD, COULD YOU TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION AND MR. CHAIRMAN IN COURTS WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A SIX, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS THE INVESTING OF PUBLIC FUNDS WHERE COMPETITION OR BARGAINING IS INVOLVED.
ALSO, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11, UH, A SEVEN, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE ENCLOS MEETING TWO.
CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON A SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTER REQUIRING PROVISIONS OF LEGAL ADVICE BY COUNSEL.
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I'LL ANNOUNCE THE NEXT MEETING OF YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, IN THE EAST ROOM OF YOUR CALL.