Dec 07, 2021 BOS Regular Meeting 12-7-21

BRIEF REPORT ON THE AWARDS RECOGNITION CEREMONY JUST HELD.

WE'RE GOING TO OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR A

[V. County Employee Service Awards Recognition]

AH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I DON'T SEE MANY OF THE FOLKS WE CELEBRATED TODAY, SO I WILL READ THEIR NAMES AND I WILL ASK TWO OF THEM OR ANY, ANY WHO ARE HERE.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY, BUT, UM, THOSE TWO THAT ARE HERE, I LIKE TO HAVE THEM COME UP TO THE FRONT AND HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN.

SO I'M GOING TO READ THEIR NAMES, ANDREW BEAGLE.

THESE ARE THE FIVE-YEAR AWARDS.

ANDREW BEAGLE, WILLIAM BITLY, STEWART, UH, BURDEN.

HE DRUG CALLED DOZIER JUSTIN CRUST.

CARLISA G LORENZO HILL BARBARA HORLOCKER DEBBIE HUGHES WITH MCCUNE, ROBIN LANCASTER, KIRSTEN MARTIN, AND TARA PROPHET, PAM RANDOLPH, HUNTER RITTER, LORENA SAWYER, AND KATHLEEN SMITH, ASHLEY THOMPSON AND JEFF VERLANDER.

UM, NONE OF YOU ARE HERE.

NO, IF YOU ARE STAND UP.

SO I'LL, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE 10 YEARS OF SERVICE THERE.

YEAH, THEY ALL WENT BACK TO WORK.

I THINK I SHAMED THEM INTO IT.

SO FROM, WITH A NICE LUNCH, WE HAD, UH, FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, MICHAEL JOHNATHON, DEPUTY SHERIFF, GARY FISHER, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL RIGHT HERE AND JESSE ROBERT WHITEHEAD AND NICHOLAS WOOD FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, I'LL START WITH PAUL DRUM RIDE AND ASKED HIM TO COME UP.

UH, CHRISTIE HAS KENDALL TANAKA AND JOSEPH WHITLOW.

UM, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IS LISA IS K WEEKS.

MY, MY RIGHT HAND PERSON.

AND, UM, TROY MAY FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, KIMBERLY ROBBINS, 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, LARRY HIGGS HERE, AND FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, CAROL JOHNSTON.

AND NONE OF THEM ARE HERE, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE CELEBRATE THEIR TIME WITH, WITH THE COUNTY AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, GO OVER THERE.

GOOD.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MIC ON.

CAN I JUST SAY THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT? NO CHAIRS, COMMENTS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

OH, OKAY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING RIGHT

[VI. Chair's Comments]

INTO YOUR ONE COMMENT.

MY WORK.

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WANTED TO DO A REPORT ON THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, WHICH I WILL START CALLING THE GOOCHLAND GRAND ELIMINATION.

SO I

[VII. County Administrator's Comments]

I MEAN, UM, THE, IN THE, THE PREVIOUS RECORD THAT WE HAD ESTIMATED OF ATTENDANCE WAS 800 THIS YEAR, WE ESTIMATE BASED ON, UH, THE INGREDIENTS USED.

AND SO ON THAT IT WAS 1200 PEOPLE.

IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED.

UM, AND I ACTUALLY, THE BEST PART WAS I HAD SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT COMPLIMENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC FOLKS, THE YMCAS, JEN, KENNY, FROM THE Y THE GOOCHLAND GIBSON, CHRISTMAS MOTHER, AND CASEY, THE PUNKY LIBRARY THAT WE'RE ALL PARTNERS IN THIS, UH, GENERAL SERVICES AND RECREATION, PARKS, AND RECREATION EMPLOYEES AND THEIR LEADERS, THE, THE GENERAL SERVICE FOLKS TO PUT UP THE TREE.

AND THE TREE LOOKED TERRIFIC AGAIN THIS YEAR.

UM, ALSO THE, THE GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TROOP WAS, UH, THEY WERE AMAZING, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT AS COLD AS IT'S BEEN IN YEARS PAST.

THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE, BUT IT WAS COLD ENOUGH.

UM, EVERYBODY WHO CAME THAT DONATED, UH, FOOD ITEMS TO GOOCHLAND CARES, I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

AND IN THE WORDS OF MY FOUR YEAR OLD GREAT-NEPHEW, UM, I AM SO EXCITED.

THIS IS A LOT MORE FUN THAN I EXPECTED.

SO IF HE LOVED IT, I THINK EVERYBODY LOVED IT.

IT WAS REALLY A GREAT, GREAT EVENT.

AND I THINK JESSICA PARKS AND REC AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTY, BY THE WAY WE DONATED THIS YEAR, WE RAISED AND DONATED, UH, 3090 $1, NO, $3,111 AND 50 CENTS TO THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER.

UM, AND THAT WAS AN EFFORT BY THE EMPLOYEES.

NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS WENT INTO THAT.

UM, JUST THE EMPLOYEES RACING, RACING FUNDS FOR, UH, FOR THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER.

SO I SAID, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, MR. ALVAREZ.

MEETING ON OUR AGENDA, UM, CONSULTING WITH, UH, TO BOARD TWO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

UH, ROLLING RIGHT ALONG, UH, JUST AN NOTICE TO THE BOARD THAT THERE'S AN APPLICANT.

UH, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A DEFERRAL, UH, ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, THE WHITTEN APPLICATION TO OUR JANUARY 4TH MEETING.

AND THERE'S ALSO A CLOSED

[VIII. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the]

THERE'S A NEED FOR A CLOSE MEETING.

SO, UM, IF, NO, WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL TAKE THAT OFF OF THE AGENDA.

AND OTHERWISE WE WILL DEAL WITH THE DEFERRAL WHEN WE GET TO THAT THIS EVENING, IT'S JUST MORE OF AN INFORMATION ITEM.

OTHERWISE I THINK WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE'LL ROLL ALONG.

SO, UH, LET'S MOVE TO A CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.

THIS IS, UH, WE HAVE THIS EARLY

[IX. Citizen Comment]

IN OUR MEETING, UH, THIS AFTERNOON AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD TONIGHT, BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO COME FORWARD WITH ANYTHING RELEVANT TO GOOCHLAND THAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT, UH, NOT FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT.

THERE'LL BE TIME TO SPEAK TO THOSE TONIGHT, BUT, UH, ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT THE PUBLIC WISHES TO BRING TO OUR ATTENTION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AND, UH, AFTER YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UM, LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, IF YOU WOULD, AND NOT SEEING ANYTHING.

OH, NO, WE'RE NOT THINKING GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MS. BEST K WIT.

UM, I CAN SAY YOUR LAST NAME.

UH, JONATHAN LAU, UH, 1521 MANNEQUIN ROAD, UH, MEMBER OF THE MONICA SOIL, WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND A FARM BUREAU DIRECTOR.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TO ALL THINGS, AGRICULTURE, MANY THINGS AGRICULTURE HERE IN THE COUNTY FROM THE FARM BUREAU, UH, STATE CONFERENCE THAT TOOK PLACE.

UH, THIS TIME LAST WEEK, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A DELEGATE.

AND, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF RESOLUTIONS IN MATTERS CONSIDERED BY, UH, FARM BUREAU, VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU IN, IN GOOCHLAND FARM BUREAU.

UH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THE SALIENT ONES DO INVOLVE, UH, SOLAR COLLECTION FACILITIES.

AND I WANT TO DISABUSE ANYBODY OF EVER CALLING THEM SOLAR FARMS. THEY DO NOT FARM ANYTHING.

THEY ARE COLLECTION FACILITIES IN OUR INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE.

AND THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE ARE INSTALLING THESE COLLECTION FACILITIES AND STILL QUALIFYING FOR LAND USE, UM, TAX RATES.

AND SO THERE IS A POSITION BY THE VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU THAT SOLAR FACILITIES, EVEN THOUGH CONSTRUCTED ON OPEN SPACE SHOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR LAND USE TAX RATES.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE SITUATION HERE IN GOOCHLAND, BUT

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WHEN PEOPLE START SAYING WHAT'S A SOLAR FARM AND WE SHOULD GET THE LAND USE RATES, UM, THAT'S DISINGENUOUS AT, AT, AT BEST.

UH, OTHER THINGS THAT CAME ABOUT THAT WOULD BE LAND USE NATURE WOULD BE, UH, UH, WETLANDS OFFSETS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DEVELOPING AND ENCROACHING UPON WETLANDS AND ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OFFSET TO THAT, THAT A PRIME AGRICULTURE LAND NOT BE UNDULY TARGETED OR ABSORBED AS AN OFFSET TO ANY KIND OF WETLANDS INFRINGEMENTS.

UH, I'VE MENTIONED THE SOLAR YEARS, UH, THERE IS A STRONG RECOMMENDATION OR POSITION THAT THE LAND USE TAX RATE, WHICH IS DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, BE, UM, UH, CONTINUED.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO HURRY ON THROUGH AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR.

RAILEY BECAUSE SOMETHING OF A VERY LOCAL ISSUE IS, UH, AGRICULTURAL CLASSES RECEIVING.

I'M NOT GOING TO CALL IT AP, BUT I WAITING THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO CONTINUE WITH AGRICULTURAL CLASSES SO THAT THEIR GRADE POINT AVERAGE IS NOT DIMINISHED BY TAKING A CLASS THAT CAN'T GET THEM A 5.0 VERSUS A 4.0 IN, IN DR.

RAILEY.

AND, AND, UH, THE FOLKS AT CTE HAVE BEEN, UM, CONSISTENT AND PERSISTENT.

WE'VE BEEN TRADING MESSAGES AND, UH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE BUSY, BUSY, AND THEN THE FINAL, BECAUSE THE RED LIGHT DID FLASH OR THE GREEN ONE YELLOW, IT FLASHED, BUT NOT SIGNING DI UH, THAT SCHOOL LUNCHES UTILIZE, UH, VIRGINIA PRODUCTS WERE AT ALL POSSIBLE LOCAL PRODUCTS AND SPECIFICALLY VIRGINIA DAIRY PRODUCTS.

UH, THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE A HUGE CONSUMER OF, UH, DAIRY.

AND IF IT CAN BE DONE WITH VIRGINIA DAIRY PRODUCTS, A FARM BUREAU WOULD BE ECSTATIC.

SO IT DID TURN RED.

MEETING OF THAT BEING IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN WE HAD A MOSTLY FINANCIAL SPECIAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 23RD WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE, I FORGET WHAT IT'S NOW CALLED, BUT ITS ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, WHICH WAS A GREAT REPORT TO RECEIVE FROM OUR AUDITOR, PB, PB, MAYORS.

THANK YOU, MR. LAL.

GOOD.

ALWAYS GOOD INFORMATION.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD MR. CHAIRMAN, I SAW YOUR STICKER AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO, UM, ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL CLOSE THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR OUR AFTERNOON SESSION.

AND, UH, FIRST ACTION ITEM IS APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR TWO NOVEMBER MEETINGS.

WE HAD A REGULAR

[X. Approval of Action Minutes]

UM, AND THEN DR.

PANDO FOR RENTALS ALSO, UH, SPOKE TO US, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S LEADING TO SOME EXCITING WORKING WITH, UH, RENTALS IN TERMS OF VISIONING.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR CAMPUS HERE AS I LOOK TO EXPAND IMPROVE.

SO THOSE MINUTES ARE IN THE PACKET, UH, IN, UH, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, I MOVE APPROVAL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 3RD, REGULAR MEETING 2021.

AND THE SPECIAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021 SECOND.

THANK YOU, MS. LAST GLEN, DID I HEAR A SECOND DOWN THAT THANK YOU.

NOW THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION LIGHTS ON? GREAT.

SO OUR MINUTES ARE APPROVED AND NOW WE GO TO REPORTS AND AS ALWAYS, WE START WITH VEDA, MR. WINDOWS HERE,

[XI. Reports]

[1. 5220: VDOT - November 2021]

UH, MARSHALL WENT WITH V DOT.

UH, THIS PAST MONTH WE RECEIVED 140 WORK ORDERS AND COMPLETED 157.

HE HAD THREE CALL-OUTS THIS MONTH, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MON IS COMPLETED.

UH, WE'LL PROBABLY PICK UP ANOTHER ONE IN MAY OF 22, UM, WORKING ON, UM, DITCHING POTHOLE PATCH IN LEMON.

UH, WE'LL BE CUTTING BACK INTERSECTIONS AND EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE WINTER TO OPEN UP SIGHT DISTANCE ALONG THE ROADS AND IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, UM, ALL SCHEDULED WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

YOU KNOW, THE SURFACE TREATMENT, UH, SLURRY PAYMENT SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

UM, UH, NOTE THAT ON THE REPORT, IT SHOWED BRIDGE REHAB ON 5 22 AND 6 0 5, ALL THAT'S COMPLETE.

SO THAT'LL BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST NEXT MONTH, UH, ROUNDABOUT PROJECT, UH, RIGHT HERE, FAIRGROUNDS AND UH, 5 22.

WE HAVE EARLY AID.

THEY GO AT, IT'S GOING TO BE ADVERTISED IN JANUARY OF 22 INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY.

SO IT'S AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

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AND THE RIGHT OF WAY IS RIGHT AWAY AS I'VE DONE IT, IT SAYS RIGHT AWAY ONGOING, BUT THAT'S DONE.

I THINK IT'S ALL FINISHED UP.

SPEED STUDY, UH, AT HAYNESVILLE FIFE THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK YET, SO THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE COMING SOON.

I'M SURE.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

UH, I DO KNOW THAT MR. SPOON HAUER ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT ACCIDENTS ON 64.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.

UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, RIGHT? IT'S A PRETTY DENSE REPORT THAT I HAVE.

I NEED SOME HELP DECIPHER SOME OF THE STUFF, BUT I JUST REACHED OUT BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL, UH, CLOSURES OF AND JUST TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY SORT OF TRENDS.

UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THAT WITH SOMEBODY MAYBE HELPED ME.

I MEAN, I, I KNOW IF I RAN A QUICK, I GOT WITH MY, UH, INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR AND IN 2019 WE HAD TWO TRIP CALLS.

A TRIP CALL IS A CALL THAT INVOLVES A HEAVY DUTY WRECKER OR A ROTATOR TO MOVE VEHICLES OUT OF THE ROAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, 2020, WE HAD FIVE TRIP CALLS AND THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD 12 SO FAR WITH ONE CANCEL THE ONES THIS YEAR.

I KNOW OF THREE THAT WERE EXTENSIVE.

UH, ONE WAS OVER 10 HOURS.

ANOTHER ONE WAS OVER EIGHT HOURS.

AND I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS CLOSER TO FIVE HOURS, THE 10 HOUR ONE INVOLVED A FROZEN FOOD VEHICLE THAT WE HAD TO OFFLOAD EVERYTHING.

THE SECOND INVOLVE A BIOHAZARD TRUCK THAT TURNED OVER, WHICH WE GOT DEQ INVOLVED IN TO CLEAN UP.

THAT'S WHY IT TOOK SO LONG.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS A RAMEN NOODLE TRUCK THAT TURNED OVER.

WE HAD TO OFFLOAD ALL OF THAT STUFF.

SO THEY'RE THE THREE BIG, BIG ONES THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR SO FAR.

AND HE MOSTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT, MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENED HAPPENING IN RUNOFF ROAD ACCIDENTS.

SO, AND FROM MY IMC, HE SAID, MOST OF THOSE INVOLVE PEOPLE FALLING ASLEEP AND RUNNING OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE HE GETS CALLED OUT TO THOSE TYPE OF THAT TYPE OF ACCIDENT.

SO, WOW.

SO I MEAN, IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER HELP, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GET WITH YOU, I'LL MEET YOU, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE, SO VERY APPRECIATED.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY GAVE ME? I WAS LOOKING AT THIS.

I WAS TRYING TO CHANGE IT UP FIRST, HER FIRST, FIRST, THIS LAST CLASS TOO SLOW WITH MY BUTTON.

UM, SO MR. WAYNE, I KNOW THAT W E UM, WE DID A SPEED STUDY THROUGH THE GEORGE'S TAVIN AREA, ROUTE SIX IN 2019.

UM, THE SHERIFF HAS DONE SOME SPEED WORK THERE WITH, UH, THE, UM, UM, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL MORE CITIZENS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND PROBABLY WILL BE MORE INFORMATION COMING TO YOU.

SO JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW ADVANCE.

THANK YOU, MR. MR. PETERSON.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, MS. BEN, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, 2 88 AND PATTERSON.

UM, JUST EAST THERE'S THE NEW CUT-THROUGH ROAD AND IT'S A NEW INTERSECTION.

YES, PAIGE.

BROOKE.

YES, JUST, JUST EAST OF PAIGE BROOK ACROSS FROM THE CEMETERY.

AND YOU KNOW WHERE I'M TALKING.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ORIENTED HERE.

UM, THAT'S WORK IN PROGRESS.

COULD YOU JUST KIND OF, I HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM CITIZENS THAT THE PATTERSON LANES SHIFT JUST A BIT THERE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH US.

AND THAT IN ONE CASE, THE INDIVIDUAL FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DIVIDER.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND MY QUESTION REALLY IS, UM, HAS THE, HAS THE FINAL SAFETY FEATURES BEEN INSTALLING? WHETHER IT BE A LIGHT THERE, WHETHER IT BE STRIPING, I MEAN, IS IT STILL WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT'S NOT, OH, TH THAT, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT RIGHT THERE, IT'S A DEVELOPER PROJECT, UH, WENT THROUGH PERMITS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY JUST COMPLETED ALL THE PAVEMENT MARKING YESTERDAY OUT THERE.

SO IT SHOULD BE FINE.

I WOULD THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE SINCE THEY PUT THE STRIPING DOWN.

I WENT THROUGH THERE YESTERDAY.

THEY WERE WORKING ON THE CROSSOVER RIGHT NEAR PAIGE BROOK, BUT IT WAS, AND THEY JUST HAD A LEFT LANE, CLOSED, EVERYTHING LOOKED LIKE IT, IT WOULD OPERATE FINE TO ME.

SO IT WASN'T A VIETNAM PROJECT, BUT YOU GUYS DEVELOPER, I WAS DEVELOPER PROBABLY WAS A PERMIT PROJECT FOR DEVELOPER, BUT YOU WERE INVOLVED AS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE PROPERLY, IS THAT YEAH.

THROUGH A PERMITS OFFICE THAT PERMITS OFFICE DOES THE INSPECTION ON IT.

WE HAD PERMITS INSPECTOR OUT THERE WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING THE PAVEMENT, MARKING DOWN,

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ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

IT WAS, IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING BECAUSE THEY PAVED IT OVER A MONTH AGO AND WE GOT ONE EXCUSE AFTER ANOTHER, THEY COULDN'T GET A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TO DO THE TRAFFIC CONTROL.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT A CONTRACT TO DO THE TRAFFIC CONTROL, THEY COULDN'T GET A PAYMENT MARK AND CREW OUT THERE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WHETHER EVENTUALLY BE A LIGHT THERE OR AN HOUR, WE DON'T KNOW.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

NO, NOT AT THAT INTERSECTION.

NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT YOU YET TO JUST PUT, PUNCH THE ROAD THROUGH, BUT WHEN IT'S FULLY DEVELOPED, UH, I STILL DON'T THINK THERE'D BE A NEED FOR ONE THERE.

IT MAY BE.

I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THAT PROJECT WAS BUILT BY PRUITT.

ONE OF THE PRUITT'S TOMMY PRUITT, PROBABLY.

I THINK THAT GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO A DOES THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED ANY, AND I KNOW THAT, SO, OKAY.

FAIR ENOUGH.

AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD MR. MCCORMICK HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE EASTERN END.

AND I KNOW THAT FOR THE SECONDARY ROADS AND THE TERTIARY ROADS, THERE'S, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THERE'S A, A NORMAL SCHEDULE FOR REVISITING THEM FOR REPAVING RESURFACING.

WHAT HAVE YOU? UM, AND MY, MY, MY, JUST THE ISSUE THAT I'M RAISING, I GUESS, IS THAT WITH HEAVY DUTY CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS, THEY TEND TO CHEW THOSE ROADS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE NORMAL, MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT HOCKETT ROAD.

HOCKETT HERMITAGE, COUPLE OF CROSSOVERS.

DO YOU REVISIT THOSE ROADS MORE FREQUENTLY IF THERE'S CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS IF WE JUST DO WITH A NORMAL CYCLE, THOSE ROADS MAY DETERIORATE MORE THAN THEY SHOULD OR WE'D WANT THEM TO BEFORE WE GET BACK.

I DO KNOW TACO CREEK PARKWAY IS ON NEXT YEAR'S PAVING SCHEDULE.

FROM HERMITAGE ALL THE WAY OVER TO 2 88, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT HOCKETT ROAD.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT SCHEDULE THAT'S ON.

THAT'S ON THEIR RADAR.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, YOU CAN JUST LET ME KNOW HOCKING IT AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT THE, UM, BRIDGE CREW IS WORKING ON A BIG STRUCTURE ON HOCKET.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT.

IT'S A QUAD LINE OF ARCH PIPE IN THE FIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S HUGE.

IT'S HUGE.

AND I WENT THROUGH THERE YESTERDAY AND THEY STARTED PUSHING THE PIPE THROUGH SO THAT THEY HAVE SECTIONS THAT ARE 10 FEET LONG.

THEY PUSH IT IN, THEY TIE THE OTHER ONE.

THEY WELL, THE OTHER ONE IN PUSH IT IN TILL THEY GET TO THE OTHER END.

AND THEN ONCE THEY GET EVERYTHING, ALL THE PIPE THROUGH THERE IT'S STEEL, STEEL PIPE IS PROBABLY AN INCH THICK THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.

THAT HELPS US WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO EXCAVATE THE ROAD AND CLOSE THE ROAD DOWN.

ONCE THEY GET EVERYTHING IN THEY'LL SEAL, BOTH ENDS AND PUMP FLOW BACKFILL AROUND EVERY PIPE THROUGH THAT AREA.

I JUST WANT TO RAISE THAT ISSUE THAT THERE'S MORE CONSTRUCTION.

MAYBE WE NEED TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS WE'RE AWARE OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMING.

ANYTHING THAT'S SIMILAR TO, OKAY.

UM, HERE AT DISTRICT THREE, UM, FAIRGROUNDS, YOU SAID, UH, MOVING THE ADVERTISEMENT UP A MONTH.

THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.

AND I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY ASKED THIS BEFORE THIS, THIS HAS BEEN A MOVING TARGET, BUT HOW LONG AFTER ADVERTISEMENT? PROBABLY TWO THINGS START TO DOMINATE.

OTHER DOMINOES START TO FALL PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS BEFORE STARTING CONSTRUCTION.

OH, OKAY.

SO IN THAT THREE MONTHS BID AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION, IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, EARLY TO LATE SPRING WOULD BE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER WHEN THEY START TO WORK.

THAT'S GOOD.

WHEN MR. PETERSON WAS TRYING TO ORIENT YOU IN HIS DISTRICT.

AND HE SAID 2 88 AND PATTERSON THAT MADE ME REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOTICED A LOT LATELY WHEN WE, SEVERAL OF US WERE AT THE TUCKAHOE PINES RIBBON CUTTING THAT INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY THERE.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS AND WE APPROVED THE RIGHT TURN ONLY OUT OF THERE.

UM, IF FROM THE FACILITY, RIGHT.

TURN ONTO PATTERSON.

AND THEN THAT WAS BEFORE THE LIGHT WAS AT HOPE CHURCH.

AND I REMEMBER ASKING YOU ALL, IS THERE GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, CLEAR U-TURN AT HOPE CHURCH AND THAT'S ALL GOOD.

SO PEOPLE SHOULD GO RIGHT OUT OF THERE IF THEY WANT TO HEAD EAST RIGHT.

WRITE DOWN AND TURN AROUND.

I, WHEN I WAS THERE THAT DAY, I SAW PEOPLE GOING OUT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO WIGGLE THROUGH THAT.

TURN ONLY, AND GOING DOWN ROUTE SIX IN THE MORNING.

SOMETIMES I JUST CHANGE IT UP AND GO THAT WAY.

AND SINCE 64, I SEE PEOPLE CUTTING ACROSS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING VIDOT OR IT'S STAFF IT'S CERTAINLY PROBABLY INVOLVES THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

PEOPLE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE SIGN RIGHT THERE.

BUT IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS AS AN ENFORCEMENT THING, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT CAN BE RECONFIGURED BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S KIND OF INVITING WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, I REALLY WANT TO GO LEFT AND YOU SEE, I CAN, I CAN MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, AND SQUEEZE THROUGH THAT LITTLE, I MEAN, A LOT THE CURB.

AND WHERE'S THAT FOR CELL? WHERE ARE YOU TELLING ME? WELL, IT'S NEAR IT, BUT IT'S WEST OF 2 88.

I'M SORRY.

NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S NEAR, IT'S

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NEAR THE COUNTY LINE.

IT'S ACTUALLY NEAR THE COUNTY LINE.

IS THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT ON THE LEFT GOING EASTBOUND? WELL, THE IS ACROSS, ALMOST ACROSS FROM RIVERGATE.

THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

IT'S KIND TO COME ACROSS FROM RIVERGATE.

SO IF YOU GO RIGHT ON PATTERSON AND YOU GO A LITTLE WAYS, A DECENT LITTLE WAYS TO GET THE HOPE TO ENTRANCE TO THE HOME SHIRTS.

SO IT'S, YEAH.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO THAT FIRST ENTRANCE IN WEST CREEK.

SO IT'S, IT'S EAST OF WEST CREEK AND JUST WEST OF THE COUNTY LINE, IT'S ON THE RIGHT.

AND MAYBE A QUARTER OF A MILE INTO THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S JUST, THE CURB IS NOT DESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE IT.

IN FACT, I, LIKE I SAID, I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST SAYING, I CAN, I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THERE.

AND THE, AND THE NOTE AND THE NO RIGHT.

TURNS OUT, I THINK IT BACKS OFF, YOU'RE SITTING THERE AT THE INTERSECTION LOOKING BOTH WAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T SEE THE SIGN AS I RECALL.

W WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN PUT SOME SAFE HIT TYPE THINGS.

THE BOTTOM.

IT'S KINDA, IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS TOO.

CAUSE PEOPLE DOING THAT, THEY'RE KIND OF PUTTING THEMSELVES INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE.

I GOT YOU.

UNDERSTOOD.

IT'S KIND OF ISN'T IT DOESN'T HAVE A LONG, UH, TURN, UH, CURB CURB.

SO IT'S KIND OF EASY TO GO AROUND THERE.

ONE OF THE FOLKS AT THE FACILITY COMPLAINED TO US ABOUT IT.

HE, HE WANTED TO ELIMINATE IT SO THEY CAN TURN THAT.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CONSIDERED WHEN WE APPROVED THAT PROJECT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT PERSON SAID, WELL, I SEE A LOT OF COUNTY DOING THAT.

AND AS I WAS LEAVING IN FRONT OF ME, IT WAS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE THAT MADE THAT TURN OUT.

SO HE'S, HE'S BEEN, HE'S HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH US STAFF AND EVERYTHING.

HE'S STAYING UP TO SCHOOL.

IN 1951 BY MEMBERS OF, UH, WHO HAD SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO.

AND ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. WAYNE? THANK YOU, SIR.

DEPUTY CHIEF WATKINS, UH, IS HERE FOR FIRE RESCUE REPORT.

YOU GOOD AFTERNOON.

HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. ALVAREZ, DEPUTY CHIEF MIKE WATKINS, FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF CHIEF FERGUSON.

CHIEF FERGUSON IS PRESIDING OVER THE FUNERAL, LONGTIME FIRE RESCUE MEMBER AND ASSET.

I READ SOME COMMENTS ON THE, UH, THE GENTLEMAN INTO THE RECORD.

FIRE RESCUE WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY RECOGNIZE LIFE MEMBERS, SAM SAMMY SMITH, JR.

FOR HIS SUR LIFETIME OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

SAM PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 26 AFTER COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.

SAM WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF COMPANY, THREE, BOTH FIRE AND RESCUE OVER TONY, 20, 25 YEARS.

JOINING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1965.

HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CENTERVILLE RESCUE SQUAD.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY.

HE SERVED IN MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITY DURING HIS TIME, INCLUDING AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SAM SMITH, WITH HIS LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE EAST END OF THE COUNTY DURING HIS ACTIVE FIRE RESCUE YEARS AND FREQUENTLY LEFT HIS HARDWARE STORE TO ANSWER NINE 11 CALLS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEEKDAY TIME HOURS, WHEN THERE WERE FEWER VOLUNTEER MEMBERS AVAILABLE, HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES.

MARINE CORPS WAS A MASTER MASON IN MEMBER OF DEWITT CLINTON LODGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOOCHLAND ROTARY CLUB FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE HAS MEMORIAL SERVICES TODAY.

AND WE PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY DURING THIS DIFFICULT AND SAD TIME YOU FERGUSON HAS HAD DON ARE PRESIDING OVER THAT AND ASKED ME TO PRESENT, UH, IN HIS STEAD.

HE DID SUBMIT A REPORT FOR YOUR REVIEW.

I DO HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY TO ADD IN, UM, FIRE RESCUE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, PEARL HARBOR.

UM, WITH THE SERVICE OF THAT GENERATION WAS THE FOUNDATION FOR A LOT OF THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TRULY A GOOD SOFAR RESCUE WAS STARTED

[2. 5213: Fire-Rescue 12.7.21]

AND THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THOSE MEN REMAIN.

WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY.

THERE'S CERTAIN KEY SAFETY NOTES, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR TREES AWAY FROM HEAT AND FLAMES.

WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO HIS HOUSE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOLIDAYS, BE CAUTIOUS WITH YOUR ELECTRICAL LIGHTS.

AGAIN, PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE, A LARGE FAMILY, UH, LIGHT SYSTEMS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD THOSE ELECTRICAL LINES AND CAUSE A FIRE, UH, BE CAUTIOUS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE BURNING.

A LOT OF LEAVES ARE ON THE GROUND.

AND YESTERDAY WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A HIGH WIND ENVIRONMENT WHERE DRY HUMIDITY CONTRIBUTED TO A COUPLE OF OUTDOOR FIRES FOR US, DO NOT LEAVE COOKING UNATTENDED, PARTICULARLY STOVES AND OVENS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ENSURE YOUR HOME AS A WORKING SMOKE ALARM SMOKE DETECTOR, DIESEL SMOKE ALARMS ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST, INCLUDING FREE INSTALLATION BY CONTACTING YOUR LOCAL FIRE RESCUE STATION OR WE'RE CALLING GUCCI COUNTY FIRE ADMINISTRATION AT 8 0 4 5 5 6 5 304.

WE ARE HAPPY TO COME AND ASSIST WITH A DETECTOR INSTALL AT ANY TIME.

THESE ARE NOT INCONVENIENCES.

PEOPLE ALWAYS COME AND SAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO INCONVENIENCE YOU GUYS WITH THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE FOR EVERY HOME THAT HAS A ONE FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE OR HEATER, AN ATTACHED GARAGE.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM.

AGAIN, AS WE GET INTO THE COLD SEASON IS ICE AND SNOW AND OTHER THINGS POTENTIALLY KNOCK OUT POWER.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, YOU'RE IF YOU HAVE A GENERATOR THAT IT'S SAFELY

[00:35:01]

KEPT AT A DISTANCE FROM YOUR OWN, THE GOODSON COUNTY FIRE RESCUE COMPANIES HAVE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND THE HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR COMPANY ONE, THEIR SANTA RUNS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, STARTING AT 4:00 PM WITH A RAIN DATE OF SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, WITH COMPANY FOUR, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUNTER'S LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 11TH.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PICKUP ONLY, BUT THERE'LL BE A HUNDRED LUNCH AVAILABLE AT COMPANY FOUR FROM 11 TO ABOUT ONE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON COMPANY FIVE WE'LL HAVE SANTA RUNS THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY ON DECEMBER 14TH, 15TH AND 16TH FROM 6:00 PM TO APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH BREAKFAST WITH ON DECEMBER 18TH AT 8:00 AM TO 10:00 AM, COMPANY SIX, ALSO A SANTA RUNS ON DECEMBER 14TH AND 16TH, STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM AND ALSO HAS A SANTA BREAKFAST ON DECEMBER 18TH FROM EIGHT TO 11 ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANY WEBSITES.

UM, A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING ON WITH FIRE RESCUE.

WE'VE COMPLETED TRAINING ON SEVERAL NEW UNITS TO INCLUDE THE LADDER TRUCK AND A NEW BOAT, UM, RESPONSES.

UM, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO I'LL BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT OUR RESPONSES OVERALL ARE, ARE 15% FROM 2019.

UM, IN 2019, WE RESPONDED TO 3000 CALLS IN THE ENTIRE YEAR.

UH, AS OF, UH, AS OF TODAY, WE'VE RESPONDED TO 3,540, UH, CALLS IN 2021, AS FAR AS TRANSPORTS IN 2019, WE HAD 1,761, 2020.

WE WERE DOWN FOR TRANSPORTS 1,707.

AND AS OF NOVEMBER 30TH, UH, THIS YEAR WE WERE AT 1,812, UM, AS OF NOVEMBER 30TH AND WE'VE, UH, WE'VE HAD ABOUT SEVEN TRANSPORTS ALREADY TODAY.

SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY.

UM, COVID TRANSPORTS ARE INCREASING.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT FROM NOVEMBER 23RD TIL TODAY, WE TRANSPORTED APPROXIMATELY 12, WHICH IS GREATER THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE MONTH, UH, IN 2021, EXCEPT JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.

SO WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO BE MINDFUL THAT IT'S BUSY.

UM, THE HOSPITALS ARE ALSO VERY BUSY IN THE RICHMOND AREA, SO WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH GETTING OUR UNITS RETURNED TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING AT HOSPITALS.

WE HAVE ONE IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT A HOSPITAL.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH, UH, WITH SOME SERVICE DELIVERY.

UM, AGAIN, THOSE ARE CHALLENGES, BUT, UH, WE'LL RE WE'RE EXCITED TO MEET THEM WHERE YOU'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, TO START AN EMT CLASS FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS IN JANUARY, INCREASING OUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE RECENTLY HAD A STRATEGIC RETREAT WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, FOR A RECRUITER AND VOLUNTEER.

WE ESTABLISHED A NEW PATCH, A NEW MISSION AND NEW NEW VISION AS WELL AS NEW VALUES THAT WE'LL PUBLISH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

I'M SORRY, CHIEF FERGUSON WE'LL HAVE THAT ONE WHEN WE HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS FINALIZED.

UM, AS ALWAYS, WE LOOKING FOR A MORE COMMUNITY MINDED VONDA VOLUNTEERS, IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT US AND FIRE RESCUE ADMINISTRATION AT 8 0 4 5 5 6 5 3 OR FOUR VISITS, VISIT THE FIRE RESCUE WEBSITE FOR ANY DETAILS.

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MR. PETERSON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, CHIEF.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, FOR THOSE SANTA RUNS OUT OF DISTRICT ONE OR COMPANY ONE.

UM, IF WE COULD JUST SHOOT A REMINDER TO THE HOS JUST TO REMIND THEM AND LET THEM KNOW, SIR, IT SERVES A COUPLE OF PURPOSES.

THAT'S THE PARENTS KNOW THAT THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE AN INCONVENIENCE IF THEY'RE IN A HURRY TO COME AND GO AND ALSO TO LET THE CHILDREN KNOW THAT THE OKAY.

I GET A CHANCE TO FULLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE WITH MS. LAST CLIENT? NO.

JUST THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THANK YOU.

HIRE STAFF.

YES MA'AM.

KEEP REAL QUICK COMMENT.

UM, YOU KIND OF WRAPPED UP TALKING TO HOW BUSY AND CALLS AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT I'M GONNA GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER IN CASE ANYBODY'S LISTENING TO THIS, OR MAYBE SANDY WARWICK IS LISTENING TO YOU.

YOU WERE SPEAKING FAST, BUT YOU EMPHASIZED THAT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A SMOKE DETECTOR AND NEEDS ANY HELP THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T CONVENIENCE AS YOU ALL, BUT NOT WITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE SUPER BUSY.

WE WILL, WE ARE WE'RE HERE FOR THAT.

WE'VE UH, IT'S KINDA, IT'S KIND OF A CHALLENGE OF TAKING SEVERAL CALLS WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIKE, I MUST SMOKE DETECTORS GOING OFF.

I DON'T WANT TO INCONVENIENCE YOU.

AND THEY'RE THERE.

THEIR NEXT PHRASE IS I DON'T WANT TO INCONVENIENCE YOU GUYS.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

WE WE'VE GOT THE RESOURCES TO HANDLE.

WE ARE BUSY, BUT WE WILL GET TO IT.

I PROMISE YOU, AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT SAVES PROPERTY DAMAGE LATER OR REDUCES IT.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT TO REST SMOKE DETECTOR AND PREVENTION IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE FIRE SERVICE.

UM, THIS TIME OF YEAR IS A, IS A BIG CHALLENGE STARTING WITH THANKSGIVING, ALL THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, UM, BETWEEN CHRISTMAS TREES, ELECTRICAL WORK, OUTSIDE FIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A HIGH FIRE TIME AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE.

UM, AND I OFTENTIMES OFTENTIMES SAY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR ALARM GOES OFF AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CALL US BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBARRASSED OR OTHERWISE WE'D RATHER COME AND CHECK IT OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY.

UH, PARTICULARLY EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A KITCHEN FIRE OR GREASE FIRE.

UM, THOSE THINGS CAN FLASH UP IN A HEARTBEAT AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS COMPLETELY

[00:40:01]

EXTINGUISHED.

IT HAS AN EXTENDED INTO YOUR, IN YOUR CABINETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THANK YOU, CHIEF AND SUSAN ALREADY SAID IT, BUT ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY SITTING UP HERE SAYING THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.

I APPRECIATE.

ON PAGE, UH, PACKET PAGE 52, UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.

NEXT ITEM IS, UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT.

THAT'S AN INFORMATION ITEM THAT STARTS

[3. 5198: Planning and Development Activity]

UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

AND OTHERWISE WE WILL, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT INFORMATION ITEM IN OUR PACKET.

THAT'S THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORT THAT IS

[4. 5217: Accounts Payable November 2021]

ON PAGE PACKET PAGE 55.

AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND WE'LL KEEP ROLLING THROUGH BOARD TO BOARD REPORTS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM ANY OF

[5. Board Reports]

ALL THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES WE SERVE ON MR. SPOON? OUR YES.

MR. CHAIRMAN ACTUALLY HAS SOME, UM, FAIRLY GOOD NEWS FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

UM, SO I SERVE ON THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T REMEMBER IN 2020, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALLOWED FOR A NEW TAX, WHEW.

UM, ON YOUR GAS AND GROCERIES, 50% OF THAT TAX COMES BACK TO GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

35% GOES INTO A REGIONAL POOL FOR REGIONAL PROJECTS AND 15% GOES TO GRTC.

UM, PRETTY MUCH THAT 50% THAT DOESN'T COME BACK HERE.

WE'VE PRETTY MUCH CONSIDERED OURSELVES A DONOR COUNTY SINCE WE GET ONE VOTE.

AND I THINK CHESTERFIELD HAS 12.

SO IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, THAT THE LOCAL LARGER LOCALITIES ARE, UH, HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR I AM PLEASED TO APPOINTED THAT THE SMALLER OF A COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND, NEW KENT PALATINE AND CHARLES CITY, UM, HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AND THE, IN THE SPIRIT OF REGIONAL COOPERATION, THE MONIES THAT WE'VE COMMITTED FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS ARE COMING BACK TO THE LOCALITIES.

UM, AND THE TUNE OF FOR GOOCHLAND, UH, $2.4 MILLION FOR A, UH, STUDY, UH, THE I'M SORRY, ON THE ENGINEERING FOR, UH, ASHLAND ROAD INTERCHANGE AND THEN 600,000 FOR THE OIL VILLE ROAD.

UM, THE REST OF THE LOCALITIES ARE INVESTING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MONEY INTO A FALL LINE TRAIL, WHICH WOULD BE A RECREATIONAL WALKING TRAIL FROM ASHLAND TO PETERSBURG, UH, TO THE TUNE OF, I WANT TO SAY 4 MILLION AND 104 JUST TO START.

UH, I WILL NOT EDITORIALIZE MY THOUGHTS ON, UH, THE TRAIL IS $5 MILLION A MILE FOR A WALKING TRAIL.

SO MY COMMENT IN THE MEETING WAS THAT ONE HELL OF A TRAIL.

UM, W WE DO HAVE, UH, THIS MONEY COMING BACK TO THAT AS GOOD, UH, APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE SMALLER LOCALITIES.

I APPRECIATE THE REGIONAL COOPERATION, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THIS TRAIL, AS MUCH AS THOSE LOOK, HOW YOU SORT OF GOT SOME OF THE MONEY COMING BACK.

I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THE FACT THAT WE DO GIVE 15%, UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, WE, WE CONTRIBUTE ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR, UH, IS WHAT OUR CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR CITIZENS IS.

UH, 50% OF THAT GOES TO, UH, GRTC ON, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY BUS STOPS IN, IN GOOCHLAND, UH, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE.

UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, GRTC IS DOING A MICRO TRANSIT STUDY.

SO IF YOU, IF OUR CITIZENS COULD GO TO THE GRTC, UH, TRANSIT FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE IS A SURVEY THERE.

UH, THIS IS VERY BIG.

UM, I SEE MS. GRAHAM IN THE AUDIENCE, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE GOOSEY CARES BUS.

UH, THEY DRIVE THE WHEELS OFF THAT THING, GETTING PEOPLE TO APPOINTMENTS.

THESE STUDIES CAN SHOW THE NEED THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET BUS SERVICE FROM GRTC, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME SORT OF ON-CALL SERVICE THAT OUR CITIZENS COULD UTILIZE.

SO THE MORE PARTICIPATION WE HAVE MORE LIKELY THAT WE GET SOME OF THAT 15% THAT WE'RE DONATING TO COME BACK TO US.

SO HELP US HELP YOU BY GOING, FILLING OUT THIS SURVEY AT THE GRTC TRANSIT FACEBOOK PAGE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THAT IS MY REPORT.

AND ARE YOU BACK MY TIME? IT'S A GOOD, GOOD REPORT.

UM, IF YOU MAY JUST CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS.

IT'S THE TAX SALES TAX COLLECTED IN GOOCHLAND 50% STAYS HERE FOR OUR, OUR LOCAL NEEDS THAT THE BOARD, THIS BOARD CAN UTILIZE FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

ONE FOR, SO WHEN YOU PUT OUT THAT NUMBER 2 MILLION, IS THAT THE, I THOUGHT YOU SAID 2 MILLION, IS THAT, IS THAT THE, UM, 30? IS THAT THE 35? 50%? THAT'S 50%.

30 F UH, 15% GOES TO GRTC GRTC.

AND SO THAT 35% NUMBER THAT YOU PUT OUT THAT IS COMING BACK TO THE TWO REGIONAL PROJECTS.

YOU JUST FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, YES.

OUR 35% IS COMING BACK TO THOSE TWO PROJECTS, BUT THE CVTE PICKED THOSE PROJECTS.

CORRECT.

AND THEY HAVE TO BE REGIONAL PROJECTS.

THEY ONLY APPROVED, WE SUBMITTED THEM AND THEY WERE APPROVED, UM, ALONG WITH A PROJECT FOR NEW KENT

[00:45:01]

THAT'S A GOOD REPORT.

THERE'S JUST A LOT PACKED IN THERE AND I WANTED TO UNPACK IT.

SO, UM, MOVING DOWN THE LINE, ANY, ANY REPORTS? UM, YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO I CAN GIVE A QUICK REPORT ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, THE RICHMOND REGION TRANSPORTATION, UM, FORUM WAS HELD.

IT WAS A REGIONAL IMPACT FORUM.

IT WAS HEADED BY DAVID WILLIAMS. WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THAT ORGANIZATION OUT OF POWER TAN.

AND THEY HAD THREE MAIN TOPICS, ORGANIZATIONAL COOPERATION, PROJECT COLLABORATION, AND BIG IDEAS.

UH, EVERYTHING HERE REVOLVED AROUND WORKING REGIONALLY.

WE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UM, FROM, UM, CTB, YES, CBT T C BTA.

UH, AND JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK REGIONALLY ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND THEY DID AS, UH, MR. SPOON SPOONFLOWER SAID APPROVE THAT FALL LINE PROJECT, WHICH IS AN ENORMOUS PROJECT AND HOW THEY THINK THAT'S GOING TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE REGION.

UH, WE'LL SEE.

BUT WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEIL'S GROUP HAS DONE IN GETTING SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK TO US IS JUST AN ENORMOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DID THERE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE MR. CHAIRMAN.

THE TPO DID NOT MEET IN DECEMBER.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT WAS OUR NOVEMBER POWER TAN HOSTED THAT EVENT.

UH, CORRECT.

THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT MORE REGIONAL CONTROL, UM, WHICH IS GOING ON, ANYTHING DOWN THIS WAY, MR. CHAIR.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, UM, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE GOT A CLEAN AUDIT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT FORM HAS BEEN FILED.

THE ANNUAL REPORT'S BEEN FILED, UM, THE REFERENDUM PASSED ON NOVEMBER ELECTION.

UH, BUT THAT WASN'T THE FINISH LINE.

THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SECOND PHASE WE HAD THE FIRST PHASE WAS TO GET A AAA CREDIT RATING FROM ALL THREE MAJOR AGENCIES DID THAT.

THE NEXT ONE WAS TO GET A REFERENDUM, UH, WHERE THE CITIZENS TELL US WHETHER THEY APPROVE US USING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

THEY DID THAT.

SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO, UM, CONSIDER STRUCTURING AND PRICING AND, UH, ISSUING THE BONDS, UH, UNDER THAT AUTHORIZATION.

WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UM, TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND A PROGRESS REPORT ON WHERE WE STAND WITH ISSUING THOSE BONDS SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE PROJECT STARTED, THAT THOSE ARE INTENDED TO FUND.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

WELL, PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU, MR. SHARP, YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WE HAD A MEETING, UH, THE CAPITAL REGION, WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND CLEO, WHICH IS THE CHIEF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS BOARD, WHICH IS PART OF THAT.

WE HAD A MEETING HERE WITH THE DIRECTOR, UH, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM MONKEY LIBRARY.

AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GOOCHLAND IS, UH, PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION SOME YEARS WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE PARTICIPATE SOME FIVE, MOSTLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD TO GO INTO DOWNTOWN RICHMOND TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE SERVICES THAT IS NOW.

UH, MOST OF IT IS BEING DONE ONLINE NOW RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO IN FOR APPOINTMENTS.

SO WE HAD A GOOD MEETING AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEMS. AND THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY HERE, ACCESS ALL THE INFORMATION.

UH, THEY CAN SPEAK WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BY PHONE AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER PARTICIPATION IN THAT.

THERE'S ALSO VERY, UH, GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOOCHLAND COMPANIES WHO ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND.

UH, THEY CAN GET A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE PAYROLL COVERED BY THE CAPITAL REGION, WORK CHART, FORCED PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO TRAIN PEOPLE FOR, UH, HIGHER JOBS AND ALSO TO BRING IN NEW PEOPLE AND TRAIN THEM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, UH, BETTER USE OF MAKE BETTER USE OF THAT BECAUSE

[00:50:01]

SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WORKED REAL HARD AND, UM, THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IS ALSO VERY KEEN ON, ON WORKING WITH US.

SO GOOD, GOOD REPORT.

APPRECIATE IT.

US THROUGH THE ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UH, ANY BOARD MEMBER WANTS US TO PULL OUT FOUR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? ALL RIGHT.

THAT TAKES US TO THE CON YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY A LOT GOING ON.

THAT TAKES US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS, UM, BEFORE I HAVE ALVAREZ WALK

[XII. Consent Agenda]

SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THEM AS A GROUP AND MR. ALVAREZ WILL WALK US THROUGH THE ITEMS, SIR.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. CHAIRMAN IS A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET

[1. 5207: Resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2022 Goochland County Budget by]

TO PROVIDE, UM, $1.2 MILLION FROM THE, IN THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND AND THE SCHOOL OPERATING FUND FOR ONE-TIME EMPLOYEE BONUSES.

UH, IT'S FIVE 50 FOR THE COUNTY, 700,000 FOR SCHOOL BONUSES.

THE SECOND ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET PROCESS CALENDAR.

AND IT'S THAT'S IN YOUR PACKETS.

UM, THE THIRD ITEM OR ITEM C IS A CERTAIN OFFICIALS, MOST APPOINTED TO BOARDS AND COMMITTEES HAVE TO SUBMIT CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOCUMENTATION.

EVERY YEAR.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A POLICY ADDRESSING THIS IN THE COUNTY.

AND SO THAT ITEM, UM, BASICALLY ESTABLISHED AS A POLICY, THE POLICY IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE WERE DOING ALREADY, BUT IT WASN'T STATED IN THE POLICY.

UH, AND THAT'S ABOUT TO COME.

I THINK WE RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION YESTERDAY.

UH, THE ITEM D IS A REQUEST TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY, UH, TO AMEND COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 14.

IT MOSTLY DOES REPEAL CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER ENFORCED OR ENFORCED BY A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.

AND AS WELL AS DUPLICATE SECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CODE, UH, FOR SOME TIME RELATED TO SEWER AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS, UH, ITEM E IT GETS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UH, AUTHORITY TO AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AN ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT, TO DESIGN THE HUGUENOT HILLS WATER AND SEWER PROJECT F PROVIDES THE, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS

[5. 5206: Authorization for County Administrator to execute an agreement with]

TO THE COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FUND.

THIS IS TO EXTEND

[6. 5199: Authorization for County Administrator to execute second amendments to]

THE EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH HOLLYWOOD PARK BREWERY FOR THEIR INVESTMENT.

UH, THIS IS THEIR SECOND AND LAST POSSIBLE EXTENSION, BUT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF THE, OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND ITEM G AUTHORIZED AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A THIRD AMENDMENT

[7. 5196: Authorization for County Administrator to Execute a Third Amendment to]

TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WASTE WATER AGREEMENT.

WHO DOES THAT TO KEEP US ON OUR TOES? YOU WERE READING A, B, C, D, AND WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

WELL, I WAS SOMEBODY THAT YOU WANT US ON OUR TOES, I GUESS YOU WERE LOOKING AT.

SO ITEM SEVEN IS OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'LL WALK US THROUGH IT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ANY, UM, MR. ALVAREZ ON THESE ITEMS, UM, AND MS. MOSQUITOES, CAN YOU PUT UP PACKET PAGE NUMBER 60? UM, THAT IT'S THE BUDGET, THAT'S THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET BUDGET CALENDAR.

ONCE WE SORTED OUT ONE AN A AND TWO AND B AND EVERYTHING, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ITEMS IT'S A LOT MORE THAN I SIGNED UP FOR IT.

I THINK IT'S 1.2, 5,700,000 FOR SCHOOLS AND THAT'S EARMARKED FOR SALARY SALARY, BUDGET SALARIES, UM, SALARY BONUSES ON BOTH SIDES.

AND THERE'S THE, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE BUDGET CALENDAR UP IN A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

START GETTING THESE THINGS ON OUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

IT WAS A VIDEO OR IT WAS, OH, OKAY.

OH, NO, NO, I'M SORRY.

I JUST NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.

UM, THANK YOU.

SO CHAIR WILL, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, JERRY WILL ENTER ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MR. CHAIR.

UH, I MOVE THAT.

WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? UH, SO I WAS SECOND, UH, ITEMS A THROUGH G AS PRESENTED.

[00:55:01]

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING.

ANY QUESTIONS NOW? THERE'S MOTION IN A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR 14 OR 14 ITEMS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

UNANIMOUS.

SO THAT TAKES US TO NEW BUSINESS AND WE'LL START OFF WITH MR. JEROME WRIGHT AND A PRESENTATION

[XIII. New Business]

ON VTI BP.

GOOD AFTERNOON, PAUL DRUMRIGHT, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER.

AND ACTUALLY, UH, I'M GOING TO TOSS THIS OVER IN A FEW MINUTES, UH, TO, UH, EVAN WIENER WITH PORT 80 INTERNET TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, VIRGINIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS THE BOARD IS WELL AWARE.

BROADBAND IS ONE OF THE, UH, MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNTY.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO ADDRESS BROADBAND EXPANSION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS IS PORT 80 INTERNET SERVICE SOLUTIONS.

WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ACTUALLY, UH, LAST YEAR TO, UH, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON TODAY.

UH, AND, UM, SO WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GET AWARDED THIS PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, MR. WIENER WAS HERE BACK IN TO GIVE A UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE ON THE PROJECT AND GETTING STARTED.

AND WE FIGURED ABOUT SIX MONTHS WAS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE HIM COME BACK AND GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THIS PROJECT.

GETTING BROADBAND OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EVAN WIENER.

WHO'S A MANAGING MEMBER OF PORT 80, AND WE'LL BE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. WIENER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. ALVAREZ.

UH, I WISH YOU'D HANG UP SOME PHOTOS ON THE WALL IN YOUR OFFICE.

STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

UH, SO A QUICK UPDATE.

UM, LIKE PAUL SAID, WE STARTED, UH, THIS PROCESS, UH, WELL OVER A YEAR AGO, UM, JUST TO RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.

WE, WE FIRST APPLIED LAST YEAR, THERE WERE A LOT OF DELAYS DUE TO THE, UH, FCC ART OFF AUCTION.

UM, WE HAD TO RE-SCOPE EVERYTHING AND WE'RE FORMALLY AWARDED BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

WE STARTED WORKING LATE JULY.

SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS.

YEAH, FOUR MONTHS OR SO.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BACKBONE AND WE'VE ACTIVATED SOME SUBSCRIBERS AS WELL.

UM, JUST TO DEMONSTRATE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UM, SO THIS IS THE MAP, UM, THAT, UH, JOHN WORLDLY PUT TOGETHER AS PART OF OUR GRANT PACKAGE, UM, JUST SHOWING, UH, THE ROADS THAT WE'RE SERVICING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PARCELS INVOLVED.

UM, SO IT'S BASICALLY MR. SHARP'S DISTRICT, UH, SOME, YOU KNOW, CHUNKS OF THAT, THAT WE WERE NOT ALREADY SERVING CARDWELL ROAD TAYLOR ROAD, COVINGTON GENITALS, SHALLOW WELL, AND STRAWBERRY RUN BEAVER DAM CREEK.

THEIR PROJECT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER $900,000.

SORRY, I'M JUST KINDA RUNNING THROUGH THE REVIEW STUFF.

UM, VELLUM WAS 19 MILES OF NEW BACKBONE, UM, OF WHICH TO DATE ALMOST 13 MILES ARE ALREADY COMPLETE.

UM, SO WE'VE BEEN MOVING SYDNEY SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED.

UM, YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE, PEOPLE NEED IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN CONTRACTORS BECAUSE WE SAID, OH, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET TWO A MONTH, YOU KNOW, TWO MILES A MONTH WHERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GOING BETTER THAN EXPECTED, UM, AND OF THE 200.

AND CAN YOU MAYBE DEFINE WHAT BACKBONE IS? YES.

THERE THAT THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS AND ARE ABLE TO GET SERVICE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN THE END THEN THAN WHAT WAS OFFICIALLY PART OF THE GRANT.

GREAT QUESTION.

SO, SO THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO REAL SECTIONS TO IT.

UM, THERE'S THE FIBER, THE BACKBONE THAT GOES DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN THE DROP THAT GOES FROM THE CITIZENS' HOME OR BUSINESS.

SO, UM, IN TERMS OF FOOTAGE WISE, WE LOOK AT THE TWO SEPARATELY, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE BUILD THEM SEPARATELY.

SO SOMETIMES WE COME IN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A ROLLING PROCESS.

AS WE FINISHED BACKBONE DOWN THE ROAD, WE'RE DOING DROPS AT THE SAME TIME.

SOMETIMES BE FOCUSED MORE ON GETTING BACKBONE DONE AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE CITIZEN, DROPS THE CONNECTION FROM THE ROAD TO A HOME OR BUSINESS AT THE END.

UM, AND ON THE TOPIC OF DROPS AND, AND CITIZENS, UH, OF THE 228 PASSINGS, UM, 188 ARE SERVICEABLE ALREADY.

AND SO THESE, UM, THESE COUNTS IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF PASSINGS ONLY INCLUDE PARCELS THAT ARE OFFICIALLY PART OF THE GRANT.

UM, THERE ARE SECTIONS OF CARDWELL ROAD, UM, GENITAL ROAD, SHALLOW WELL ROAD, WHERE, UH, DUE TO THE STATE'S RULES, THEY WOULD ONLY FUND ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT NOT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO RIGHT PAST, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOUSE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR, SORRY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SERVE YOU.

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IT'S JUST WHAT THE STATE WAS FUNDING.

SO WE'RE PICKING UP THE TAB FOR, FOR THE EXTRA PASSES ON TOP OF THAT.

SO, UM, STUFF DOWN IN BEAVER DAM CREEK STRAWBERRY RUN AREA, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.

AND THEN WHEN WE SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE ON THE BACKBONE, WE COME BACK AT THE END, UH, AND DO FINAL RESTORATION, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WE RESTORE THINGS TO BEAT OUT STANDARD.

AS WE'RE WORKING, FEED OUT, COMES OUT, THEY INSPECT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE ON PUBLIC ROADS, UM, ON PRIVATE ROADS, WE, UH, WE, WE PLACE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXISTING, UH, UTILITY EASEMENTS.

AND THEN WE STILL DO RESTORATION TO V DOT STANDARDS BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NO STANDARD FOR PRIVATE ROADS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT.

AND IF IT MEETS VIDOT STANDARDS, WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS A HIGH ENOUGH BAR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, UH, PRIVATE SUBDIVISIONS AS WELL.

UM, SO EVERYTHING, UH, OFF OF BEAVER DAM CREEK AND THAT AREA IS COMPLETE FROM A BACKBONE STANDPOINT AND IT'S READY TO SERVE SUBSCRIBERS, UH, CARDWELL ROAD, AREA, AND COVINGTON.

EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE UP THERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FAITH LANE, UM, AND OPERATIONAL.

UM, AND THERE ARE SUBSCRIBERS IN COVINGTON THAT ARE ACTIVE ALREADY WITH SERVICE, UH, ALMOST AT THE VERY END OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS BUILT.

SO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LEGEND THERE IS PURPLE, SORRY, SORRY.

PAUL ACTUALLY ASKED ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.

UM, SO, SO THE FUCHSIA COLOR IS COMPLETE.

UM, THE FUCHSIA COLOR IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DONE.

YELLOW IS PENDING.

AND THEN YOU SEE RIGHT HERE ON THE SHALLOW, WELL IN JANITOR ROAD AREAS, THERE'S ALSO AN ORANGE, UH, WHICH IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE CONDUIT IN PLACE ALREADY.

WE JUST HAVE TO PULL THE FIBER THROUGH.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE BULK OF THE WORK REMAINING IS, IS OFF OF, UH, AS OFF THE SHALLOW WELL ROAD.

AND, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FAITH LANE OFF CARDWELL.

SO, UM, THINGS ARE DEFINITELY MOVING A LOT FASTER THAN WE EXPECTED.

UH, THANKFULLY SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO STOCK UP ON MATERIAL ONCE THE STATE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, OTHERWISE, UH, WHO KNOWS WHERE WE WOULD BE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GET MATERIAL JUST TO GET GOING.

SO, YES, SIR.

UM, THE FUCHSIA READY TO SERVE CUSTOMERS READY TO HOOK UP, OR ARE THEY UP AND RUNNING? THEY, THAT THEY ARE READY TO HOOK UP.

UM, WE HAVE NOT ACTIVATED ANY CUSTOMERS IN THE, UM, IN THE SHALLOW WELL AND JANITOR ROAD AREAS YET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A CLEAR MISS UTILITY TICKET, WE COULD TURN SOMEONE ON TOMORROW OR THIS AFTERNOON.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING DAYLIGHT AT THIS POINT NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE RUN STUFF TO THE HOUSE WE HAD NOT, WE, WE DO ALL THAT AFTER THE BACKBONE IS COMPLETE.

SO, UM, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THE PROCESS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ACTUALLY.

SO, SO BASICALLY AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BACKBONE FIBER IS BEING INSTALLED AND COMPLETED.

UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AND ARE DOING THE, UM, THE SURVEYS AT THE END OF THE BACKBONE COMPLETION.

BUT, UH, TO YOUR POINT, MR. SHARP, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BURY THE FIBER FROM THE ROAD TO, TO THE CITIZEN'S HOME OR BUSINESS.

UM, AND THEN OUR CREWS COME BACK OUT AGAIN, SPLICE THE FIBER INTO OUR NETWORK, AND THEN WE SCHEDULE WITH THE HOMEOWNER TO COME OUT AND INSTALL.

SO, UM, AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE IS HERE LOCALLY, CITIZENS CAN CALL EMAIL OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR QUESTIONS.

SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY.

I WAS KINDA, I JUST KIND OF WRITE THROUGH IT.

WE'RE GOOD.

WE'LL STOP.

WE'LL STOP YOU IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, TH TH THAT THAT'S THE END OF IT.

SO SHORT, SHORT, SWEET TO THE POINT.

I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT MY COMPUTER SCREEN, MINE SWEEPER, CHECK ON YOU, I THINK, RIGHT.

HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY I, HOPEFULLY I'M CLEAN.

OTHERWISE, MR. EAST MAY HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN I WALK OUT THE DOOR AT A MOMENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

NO, THANK YOU.

UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS LAST TIME.

YES MA'AM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE REALLY, UH, VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THIS IS RUNNING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

THAT'S WHAT GOT, YOU KNOW, AND IT HAPPENS EVERY NOW AND THEN, I MEAN THAT THEY FLEE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.

UH, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SUPER WET, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPER WET FALL.

UM, SOME OTHERS MAY FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT, UH, IT, IT WORKS IN OUR FAVOR.

SO, AND THAT'S GOOD.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE SITUATIONS, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT IN GOODSON COUNTY.

YES MA'AM.

SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UH, YOU'VE SORT OF DIVIDED THIS INTO A COUPLE OF AREAS, IS THE DEEP BEAVER DAM CARDWELL ROAD AND SHALLOW WELL ROAD AREAS.

MA'AM, IT'S LIKE THREE SEPARATE PIECES.

THEY'RE ALL PART OF THE PROJECT.

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SO IN THESE PROJECTS, EACH OF THE THREE, HOW MANY YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE, DO YOU HAVE SOME FOLKS ACTUALLY? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, IN THE, IN THE CARBO ROAD SECTION, WE HAVE FOLKS CONNECTED AT THE END OF COVINGTON ROAD.

UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ACTIVE OFF OF BEAVER DAM CREEK ROAD OR STRAWBERRY RUN YET, BUT WE HAVE ACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT RUNS PAST THERE.

AND THAT WAS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO THIS PROJECT.

AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING CITIZENS IN RIVER CLIFF, UM, AND TIMBER RIDGE FOR, UH, WHAT, TWO YEARS NOW, I GUESS SINCE YEAR, TWO YEARS, SINCE SINCE RIVER RUN WAS APPROVED, THAT'S WHEN WE THAT'S, WHEN WE WENT DOWN THERE.

UM, SO WE HAD NOT ACTIVATE ANYBODY UP OFF BEAVERTON CREEK YET.

WE'LL START DOING THOSE PROBABLY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, I WOULD IMAGINE.

UM, AND OFF JANITOR ROAD, SAME THING FIRST A YEAR, START ACTIVATING CITIZENS OVER THERE.

SO YOU, SO ONCE THE BACKBONES IN THE NEXT STEP IS TO CONTACT THE CITIZENS, SAY, OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SAY, HEY, WE ARE START NEGOTIATING THEM AND FIGURE OUT THAT THE DISTANCE FROM, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY 1, 1, 1 SLIGHT CHANGE.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE W WE SAT, WE, WE STEPPED BACK AND LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THE GRANT WAS STRUCTURED AND THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE.

UM, THAT'S COVERED FOR, FOR THE CASHIER, FROM THE ROAD TO THE HOME THAT'S COVERED UNDER THE GRANT FUNDS.

AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE KIND OF DIVVY THAT UP AND SAID, OKAY, WE'LL USE THAT TO COVER THE FIRST, LET'S SAY A THOUSAND FEET FROM THE ROAD.

WE WE'VE KINDA, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THIS IS STRUCTURED A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, THAN PAST GRANTS THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF.

WE JUST SAID, OKAY, WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING USING THE GRANT UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF MONEY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'LL REVISIT HOW TO DEAL WITH ANY REMAINING CITIZENS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE GRANT ASSUMES ASSUMES AN 80% TAKE RATE.

SO IF MORE THAN 80% OF CITIZENS, UH, IN THE GRANT ONCE SERVICE, WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION AND, AND THE REVENUE IS JUSTIFYING US CONTRIBUTING MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD BUDGETED.

SO, UM, YES.

MA'AM.

SO, UM, SO YEAH, THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, MADE ME, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO, UM, SO YOU DON'T ENVISION A SITUATION WHERE ANY PROPERTY OWNER, HOMEOWNER, BUSINESS, WHATEVER, UM, THAT IS A THOUSAND FEET OR LESS FROM THE MAIN ROAD WOULD HAVE TO PAY.

I DON'T ENVISION THAT.

UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE COMMITTED TO THE STATE, UM, AT, AT THE 500 FOOT MARK.

UH, BUT I DON'T ENVISION A SCENARIO WHERE ANY CITIZEN OR BUSINESS IS PAYING ANYTHING, UM, REGARDLESS OF DISTANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE, IF SOMEONE HAS A MILE LONG DRIVEWAY THAT ONLY SERVES THEM AND WE'VE EXHAUSTED THE GRANT FUNDS, THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE HOMEOWNER AT THAT POINT.

UM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T ENVISION US GETTING TO THAT POINT.

UM, I, I JUST, IF OUR, OUR, OUR CALCULATIONS, UM, GOOCHLAND COUNTY HAS SOME GREAT GIS DATA, UM, AND GREAT STAFF THAT CAN PRODUCE PHENOMENAL REPORTS.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ACCOUNTED FOR DRIVEWAY LANES, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CALCULATED THE TOTAL FOOTAGE.

SO, UM, UM, I DON'T ENVISION A SCENARIO WHERE ANY CITIZEN IS GONNA NEED TO CHIP IN ANYTHING, UM, TOWARDS THEIR DROP, UM, LONG STORY SHORT.

AND I LIKE THAT ANSWER, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE, THE LENGTH OF ALL THE DRIVEWAYS WE HAVE, WHAT IS IN GIS, THAT'S PART OF THE GRANT.

IT'S GONNA BE FINISHED REALLY EARLY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO 18 MONTHS.

MA'AM, UH, YOU'RE PRETTY AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE ARE, AND, AND, AND ULTIMATELY, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK ILL OF ANYONE ELSE, BUT OUR, OUR, OUR CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR, FOR DROPS FROM THE ROAD TO A, TO A, TO A HOME ARE FIXED BY THE FOOT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO SEND SOMEONE OUT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DESIGN IT AND EVERYTHING, IF YOUR DRIVEWAY IS A THOUSAND FEET LONG, AND YOU WERE PAYING THE WHOLE COST OF IT, IT'S, IT'S FIXED COST.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE KNOW WHAT IT IS.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CALL HIM MR. DRUMRIGHT AND SAYING THIS PROVIDER, YOU KNOW, ONCE $45,000 TO COME UP MY QUARTER MILE DRIVEWAY, THAT WE, WE NEVER EVEN GET TO THAT POINT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, UM, AND CONSISTENT IF, IF NOTHING ELSE.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

GOT IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST LIKED THAT I'M PLEASED BECAUSE THIS STARTED IN JULY, I THINK THERE'S 18 MONTHS TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN.

SO THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING EXTREMELY WELL.

AND, UM, YOU NEVER SAY

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NO.

W W W WE DON'T FORESEE THAT EITHER.

AND I I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE BOTH HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

UM, YOU KNOW, MR. WYNN'S GONE ALREADY, BUT, YOU KNOW, VIETNAM IS A GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH.

UH, WE HAVE PHENOMENAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE INSPECTORS.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR CONTRACTORS TO REGULATORY AGENCIES ARE REALLY GOOD, SOLID PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE COULDN'T DO THINGS THE WAY WE DO THEM IN THE TIME WE DO THEM FOR THE COST THAT WE DO THEM FOR WITHOUT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT ALL US, IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER.

SO THAT'S A GOOD, IT'S GOING TO BE DONE EASILY AT A TIME.

SO, YEAH, I, I, YOU KNOW, IF THE WEATHER HOLDS, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD BE FINISHING THE BACKBONE WORK PROBABLY THE FIRST YEAR, UH, AND STARTING TO GET CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CITIZENS CONNECTED, UM, AT THE SAME TIME OR BEFORE.

SO, YEAH.

MR. JONES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I JUST LIKE TO ECHO WHAT EVAN SAID, HE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER ON, AND, UH, THE FOLKS HE'S WORKED WITH AND, UM, JUST GETTING AFTER IT AND GETTING THESE FOLKS HOOKED UP, UM, BEING THE FIRST BODY GRANT THAT THE COUNTY, WE WENT FOR TWO BODY GRANTS GOT ONE OF THEM, AND THAT WE'RE MOVING SO FAST ON THIS.

THIS IS A GREAT NEWS.

UH, WE, YOU KNOW, UM, CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE REST OF THE BROADBAND FOR THE COUNTY.

UM, BUT IT'S GLAD WE GOT THIS ON TRACK IN THE, UH, CROZIER AREA.

THANK YOU BOTH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

ABSOLUTELY.

ARE YOU IN CHARGE OF LAUNCHING THE NEXT? YES, SIR.

DO YOU FOLKS WANT TO TAKE A BREAK BOARD, WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK.

AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

LET'S LET'S, LET'S PAUSE.

AND WE'LL TAKE OVER TAKE A, NOT A PROBLEM.

IT'S ALMOST, IT'S LIKE 11 AFTER, SO, SO JUST, UH, LIKE MAYBE A LITTLE LET'S GET STARTED AS SOON AS WE CAN.

UH, 20 MINUTES AFTER THREE, WHEN THE BIG HAND IS ON THE FOURTH.

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THANKS EVERYBODY FOR GATHERING BACK.

UM, AFTER A SHORT BREAK, WE HAVE SEVERAL AGENCIES, ANIMALS, ANIMAL PROTECTION, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES, GOOCHLAND CARERS, OFFICE OF CHILDREN SERVICES, DSS, THE ADDITIONAL POWER TAN COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE LIBRARY,

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AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING IN THAT ORDER, SO I'LL JUST LET YOU ALL COME FORWARD.

DO I NEED, DO I NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT ORDER THEY'RE GOING? I THINK WE GOT IT HANDLED FOR YOU.

I'M TURNING IT OVER TO YOU THEN, AND, AND, UH, APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMING OUT TO GIVE US A REPORT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO, HE TURNED IT OVER TO ME NOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. ALVAREZ.

MY NAME IS MILLS JONES.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

AND THIS IS YOUR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

OOPS, HOLD ON, BACK UP.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

UH, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, FISCAL YEAR 21 FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OUTCOMES AND OUTLOOK.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE GOOCHLAND CARES.

UH, WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE CSB AND PUNKY REGIONAL LIBRARY, AND THE GOOCHLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, ALL IN THAT ORDER.

UH, SO WITH NO FURTHER DO I, SALLY GRAHAM FROM GOOCHLAND CARES TO COME UP.

THANK YOU, MILLS.

UH, IT WAS GOING TO SAY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, INCLUDING US AS ALWAYS.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE INCLUDED IN THE HUMAN SERVICES, UH, PRESENTATIONS FOR THE COUNTY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE.

I ASKED LISA TO DISTRIBUTE OUR IMPACT REPORT, SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY BORING.

I THOUGHT I'D JUST SORT OF HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF TRENDS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, AND I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THE FIRST SLIDE, IS IT? YUP.

UM, SO YEAH, AS I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THESE NUMBERS.

UM, AS FAR AS OUR FOOD PANTRY, UM, REALLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE IN A CALENDAR YEAR, YEAR IN A FISCAL YEAR.

SO ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UM, IS THAT WE TRANSITIONED BACK TO IN-PERSON SERVICES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD GONE TO CURBSIDE FOOD DELIVERY.

WE HAD GONE TO VIRTUAL VISITS FOR HEALTHCARE, THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, AND WE HAVE TRANSITIONED BACK.

WE NEVER CLOSED, BUT, UM, WE DID NOT HAVE VOLUNTEERS IN THE BUILDING, NOT HAVE PATIENTS COME IN FOR, UM, MEDICAL AND DENTAL.

UM, WE DID EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY AND THE SAME THING FOR FOOD, SO, AND CLOTHES, THE CLOTHES CLOSET FOR AWHILE.

SO WE'RE NOW BACK TO BACK UP AND RUNNING A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, VOLUNTEERS IN THE BUILDING, ALL OF MY STAFF ARE VACCINATED.

UM, ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE VACCINATED AND, UM, IF A CLIENT NEEDS TO COME IN THE BUILDING AND THEY'RE NOT VACCINATED, WE WILL TEST THEM.

SO WE'RE BEING REALLY CAREFUL.

WE'RE LUCKY WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OUTBREAKS, UM, WITH STAFF OR VOLUNTEERS OR, UM, CLIENTS.

UM, AS FAR AS THE FOOD PANTRY, WE ANTICIPATED THAT OUR DEMAND FOR FOOD WOULD GO WAY UP WITH THE PANDEMIC.

BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF SNAP BENEFITS INCREASING, AND THE, UM, SOME OF THE COVID FUNDS THAT THEY DIDN'T, UM, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW, WHEN SOME OF THAT SUPPORT IS GOING AWAY.

BUT AS I SAID, WE ARE CONTINUING CURBSIDE DELIVERY IF PEOPLE WANT IT.

UM, ONE OF THE BENEFITS WAS THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE NOW AND DO A LIST OF FOOD, JUST LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WENT ON KROGER'S THING AND YOU'VE FILLED OUT WHAT YOU WANTED AND YOU COULD COME BY AND GET IT, BUT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE PEOPLE BACK IN THE BUILDING, AS FAR AS, UM, HEALTHCARE, AGAIN, WE'RE BACK TO IN-PERSON.

WE HAD A BACKUP OF DENTAL PEOPLE WHO NEEDED DENTAL CARE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE DENTAL FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.

BUT, UM, WE ARE BACK TO THAT.

WE HAVE HIRED, HIRED A DENTIST.

NOW WE DID LOSE SOME DENTAL, UH, VOLUNTEERS, SOME DENTISTS WHO WERE GETTING OLDER AND WITH COVID JUST DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO BACK OUT.

UM, AND I WOULD SAY DENTAL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL SERVICES WE PERFORM.

CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET DENTAL.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY, YOU CAN GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM AND GET AND GET MEDICAL CARE, BUT YOU CAN'T GET DENTAL.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, I SHOULDN'T SAY WE'RE EXPLORING, IT SAYS WE'RE EXPLORING WE ARE GOING TO BECOME A MEDICAID DENTAL PROVIDER.

SO WE'LL PROBABLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY START BILLING MEDICAID FOR DENTAL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT 60% OF THE PATIENTS WE SEE IN DENTAL NOW HAVE MEDICAID, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND A PROVIDER.

ONE OF MY STAFF WENT TO EVERY DENTAL AND EVERY DENTIST, UM, IN THE COUNTY AND NONE OF THEM ARE TAKING MEDICAID PATIENTS.

SO WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT NEED.

AND, UM, AGAIN, OUR MISSION IS TO FILL THE GAPS AND THAT'S A BIG GAP.

SO WE'RE EXCITED

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ABOUT THAT.

UM, AS FAR AS OUR SEXUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES, ONE OF THE TRENDS WAS THAT AS SOON AS THINGS OPENED UP WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD ABOUT 200% INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AS SOON AS PEOPLE COULD GET OUT AND SEEK HELP, THEY DID.

UM, AND WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF THOSE SITUATIONS ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO HOUSE PEOPLE IN OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR DV, IF THEY NEED IT, NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR DV, BUT, UM, FOR DVF, THEY NEED IT AND TO PUT THEM INTO HOTELS, IF THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE, UM, LET'S SEE, OH, I FORGET I'M IN CHARGE HERE OF THE, OF THE SLIDES, UM, FOR HOUSING.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE IS OUR CRITICAL HOME REPAIR.

UM, AS I SAID FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING, WE'RE CONTINUING AGAIN, WE DIDN'T EVER CLOSE THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT TESTING PEOPLE, MAKING SURE THEY'RE, UM, VACCINATED, IF WE CAN AND, UH, SEGREGATING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ONE FAMILY ON EACH FLOOR, NOT, UH, SORT OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE STAY SAFE, UM, THE, UM, CRITICAL HOME REPAIR.

UM, WE'VE SEEN IT AGAIN IN AN INCREASE AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

I'M GOING TO TABLE THAT FOR A SECOND CLOSE CLOSETS OPEN AGAIN, CASE MANAGEMENT IS SUPER BUSY AGAIN WITH ALL THE, UM, I THINK PEOPLE COMING OUT OF COVID AND, UM, TRYING TO REESTABLISH THEIR LIVES AND OUR GED IS GOING STRONG.

THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH HENRICO COUNTY.

SO, UM, LET ME MOVE TO HOME REPAIR.

SO OUR CRITICAL HOME REPAIR IS ONE OF THE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNTY FUNDS AND, UM, THIS IS JUST A OVERVIEW OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

REALLY.

UM, LAST YEAR WE DECIDED TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE WENT FROM $120,000 OF DIRECT CLIENT SERVICE, UM, COSTS TO 350,000.

AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, WE EXPANDED OUR SERVICES TO INCLUDE HVAC WELL SEPTIC, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAD A CONVERSATION AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING WATER IS A BASIC HUMAN NEED AND THAT'S PART OF OUR MISSION.

SO WE, UM, INCREASED, UM, MY BOARD APPROVED THAT INCREASE AND, UM, WE STILL ARE ABOUT $60,000 OVER BUDGET, EVEN WITH THAT INCREASE, WHICH WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF.

UM, SO THIS COMING YEAR WE'VE INCREASED THE BUDGET TO $450,000.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY, BUT CERTAINLY ALIGNS WITH THE HOUSING GVA STUDY REPORT.

THAT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO INCREASE HOME REPAIR IN THE COUNTY.

UM, WE HAVE A MEETING, WE HAD A MEETING WITH HABITAT SOCIAL SERVICES AND, UM, ONE OTHER GROUP, UM, TO SEE HOW WE COULD PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO REALLY BUMP UP OUR HOME REPAIR AND THEN COVID HIT.

SO THAT MEETING IS NEXT WEEK FINALLY.

UM, AND, UM, JUST OUR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, UM, AGAIN, WORKING ON THE HOME REPAIR EXPANSION, MENTAL HEALTH, AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE JUST, JUST YESTERDAY HAD A MEETING WITH CSB AND WE'LL BE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH THEM AND THEN EXPANDING THE MEDICAID, UM, DENTAL PROGRAM.

SO, UM, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, OH, LET ME JUST SAY ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE HEALTH CARE WAS THAT WE DID, WE'VE DONE 16 VACCINE CLINICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE DID 12 INITIAL VACCINE CLINICS, AND THEN WE'VE DONE SEVERAL BOOSTER CLINICS.

SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, MS. GRAHAM, UH, MS. LASKO ED.

NO, THANK YOU.

WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT.

YOU'RE DOING COURSE.

I'VE JUST GOT A QUESTION.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ON SLIDE FIVE UNDER OTHER, YOU'RE SHOWING THE GED PROGRAM.

YOU SAID YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH HENRICO ON THAT.

WHY W WHY WOULD THAT BE? BECAUSE I, UH, IT'S HISTORICAL QUITE HONESTLY.

I THINK I SORT OF INHERITED THAT COMING OUT OF THERE.

UM, BECAUSE GOOCHLAND DOES, I THINK DAYTIME GED CLASSES, NO EVEN EVENING DATA, UH, CLASSES, AND THEY WANTED TO ALSO HAVE DAYTIME CLASSES IN THE COUNTY.

THESE ARE DURING THE DAY.

I SEE.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF TIMING OR, YEAH.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND TO FOLLOW UP ON MS. LASKA, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COUNTY CAN HELP DO IN TERMS OF FACILITATING, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE HOME REPAIRS, IF THERE'S INSPECTIONS OR SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE THAT, MAYBE IT'S SOFT DOLLAR, NOT HARD DOLLAR KIND OF THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH MORE THAN THAT AND WITH GOOCHLAND.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND I JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT YOU HELP EASE IN THIS COUNTY IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR.

IT'S JUST A HEARTWARMING, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

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JUST LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP WELL, THE COUNTY, I MEAN, WE REALLY HAVE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.

UM, JUST ONE OF OUR STORIES REAL QUICK IS THAT FIRE AND RESCUE OR THE COUNT, SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNTY CALLED US TO COME OUT TO A HOME OF A WOMAN WHO FIRE AND RESCUE HAD VISITED, HAD BEEN CALLED FOR BECAUSE HER LIVING ROOM CEILING HAD FALLEN DOWN.

IT WASN'T PUT UPRIGHT, SHE COULDN'T GET OUT OF HER HOUSE.

SO THEN THEY, THEY GOT HER OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEN THEY CALLED US.

AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAD THE CEILING FIXED.

AND I THINK ANOTHER CEILING THAT HADN'T BEEN INSTALLED CORRECTLY AND WAS A DANGER, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF SHE'D BEEN SITTING IN HER LIVING ROOM.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH IS JUST WONDERFUL.

AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE, UM, THE COUNTY SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE, UH, OFFSET CHILDREN'S SERVICES UPDATE, UH, FOR 21.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE MANAGES THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT PROGRAM, THE VIRGINIA JUVENILE COMMUNITY CRIME CONTROL ACT PROGRAM, AND ALSO REPRESENTS GOOCHLAND COUNTY ON STATE REGIONAL AND LOCAL TEAMS. UM, OUR BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR LOOKED REALLY GOOD.

WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, REDUCE SPENDING AND KEEP IT AT A LOW RATE WHILE STILL SERVING 22 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD FOUR OF OUR FOSTER CHILDREN RETURNED BACK TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL FAMILY.

WE HAD ONE YOUTH REACH, INDEPENDENT LIVING STATUS AND IS NOW LIVING ON THEIR OWN.

AND WE HAVE ONE YOUTH GRADUATE FROM A PRIVATE DAY SCHOOL, UH, WITH HER DIPLOMA.

UH, WE DID HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO TRANSFERRED BECAUSE THEIR FAMILIES MOVED OUT OF GOOCHLAND.

AND SO WE DISCONTINUED SERVICES WITH THOSE FAMILIES.

SO ALL IN ALL, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN, UH, OUTCOMES FOR, UH, THE FAMILIES THAT WE WERE SERVING.

UH, OUR JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL NUMBERS ARE LOWER THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH, I GUESS, PEOPLE BEING AT HOME AND NOT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE REFERRALS WERE DOWN.

UH, WE ALSO DID NOT HAVE AS MANY COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH.

SO THOSE WERE HANDLED IN ALTERNATIVE WAYS BY THE PROBATION OFFICERS.

UH, BUT OUR NUMBERS DO CONTINUE TO REMAIN STEADY THIS YEAR.

UM, OUR OUTLOOKS AND CHALLENGES ARE MENTAL HEALTH REFERRALS TO THE CSA PROGRAM ARE RISING.

UH, IN THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE HAD THREE NEW REFERRALS COME TO MY OFFICE.

TWO OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE GRANDPARENTS RAISING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH THE CHILDREN THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH, UH, WITH THE HELP OF THE CSB.

UM, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, MEDICAID IS NOW FUNDING TO EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS, ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN YOUTH AGE 11 TO 18.

UH, THOSE ARE FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY AND MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY, UH, THAT IS NEW TO THE COUNTY.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO SECURE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

IT'S A GREAT SERVICE IF WE CAN GET IT BECAUSE IT WILL PREVENT PROBLEMS FROM GETTING WORSE AND BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE RIGHT AT THE ENTRYWAY TO THOSE SERVICES.

UM, WHOOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

LET ME MAKE SURE I GOT EVERYTHING THERE.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT THOSE PROVIDERS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE IN THE AREA, BUT THEY AREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE IT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T SERVE AT THIS POINT.

UM, ANY QUICK QUESTIONS ON THAT? I KNOW I JUST RAN THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICK.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE WARD? I JUST HAD ONE REAL QUICK.

YOU MENTIONED VERY QUICKLY THERE WAS A SPIKE IN MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.

DID YOU SEE THAT GENERALLY DURING THE COVID WHERE FOLKS ARE CHANGING THEIR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT DRAMATICALLY? AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF REFERRALS DURING COVID.

IT JUST STARTED WHEN AND KIDS STARTED GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND PEOPLE STARTED TO GET OUT MORE.

WE STARTED TO SEE MORE REFERRALS.

IN FACT, OUR NUMBERS OVERALL WERE DOWN AND IN 2020, REALLY FROM, FROM 2019 QUITE A BIT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW THAT PANDEMIC MAY HAVE AFFECTED FOLKS, BUT, WELL, I THINK A LOT OF THE REFERRALS COME FROM SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND THINGS WITH KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL AND THEY'RE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.

GOTCHA.

UM, WHEN WE GET REFERRALS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE TRY TO ASSIST OUT EITHER WITH REFERRALS TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD OR WITH MEDICAID PROVIDERS IN HENRICO.

AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MS. JEFFERSON.

DON'T WAIT WHEN IT GOES FORWARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M KIMBERLY JEFFERSON.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN.

AND I'M GOING TO HOP ONTO WHAT MILLS WAS ENDING WITH.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, NOT JUST WITH OUR YOUTH, BUT WITH SOME OF OUR ADULTS AND OUR STAFF AS WELL WITH THIS COVID PANDEMIC.

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AND IF WE CAN'T FIND THOSE, THEN WE WILL ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE COSTS OF PAYING FOR SOME OF THOSE, UM, SERVICES.

SO WE ARE PUTTING MORE FUNDS TOWARDS OUR PREVENTION FUNDS.

UM, I COME TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON TO, SHE SAYS OUR TRENDS AS WELL AS OUR FUTURE.

UM, I'VE TALKED OVER THE SEVERAL PAST YEARS ABOUT OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND OUR FOSTER CARE SERVICES.

WE DO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR FAITH FAMILY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE HAD AN, A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN COMING INTO CARE.

UM, AS OF THIS MONTH, WE HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN IN CARE.

UM, MOST OF THOSE ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN OUR FOSTERING FUTURES PROGRAM, WHO ARE 18 AND ABOVE.

AND WE HAVE ONE TODDLER WHO WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FINALIZATION OF THE ADOPTION FOR THAT CHILD.

UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, MEDICAID EXPANSION, UM, HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS OF NOVEMBER, THE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

WE HAD 1,331 NEW RECIPIENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE EXPANDED MEDICAID AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING INCLUDES DIABETIC CARE, CANCER, HYPERTENSION CIPD, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.

UM, MEDICAID ALSO EXPANDED LOT OF THE FIRST TO, UM, EXPAND TO DENTAL SERVICES.

AND SALLY AND I HAVE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, GOOCHLAND CARES BECOMING A DENTAL PROVIDER.

AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THEM IS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLIENTS KNOW THAT THAT USUALLY CARES AS A DENTAL PROVIDER, AND THEY WILL PROBABLY GET EXCEPTIONAL.

NOT PROBABLY THEY WILL GET EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES FROM GOOCHLAND CARES.

SO WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

UH, WE STILL DO HAVE THE COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT AND THIS GRANT OFFERS, UM, JOB TRAINING.

UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM, AN INDIVID, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CERTIFIED DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING UP IN THE SPRING, WINTER, JANUARY FOR THE CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE ALSO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS FOR ELECTRIC RENT, MORTGAGE AND FOOD.

WE PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS, UM, TO MAKE THEIR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, A FULL DAY PROGRAM FROM A HALF DAY.

UM, THIS YEAR WE HAVE INCREASED THE AMOUNT FROM 50,055,000 TO 60,000 TO CONTINUE THOSE SERVICES.

AND WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH GOOCHLAND FREE.

THAT'S JUST A GOODLAND CARERS, UM, FOR THEIR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

UM, INSTEAD OF US DUPLICATING SERVICES, WE HAVE A PROVIDER HERE THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE AND WE WANTED TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

AND THIS YEAR WE'VE GRANTED THEM $50,000 FOR THAT PROGRAM.

WITH THE PAST.

WE'VE ALSO DONE A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL CHURCHES WHO PROVIDE BROWN BAGS, WHICH ARE FOOD, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD TO STUDENTS, UM, TO DO OVER THE WEEKENDS HERE, YOU HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE 20 20, 20, 21 PROGRAM YEAR.

UM, I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FOOD VOUCHER PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE A RESIDENT CAN GET A VOUCHER FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO TAKE TO THE FOOD LINE HERE IN THE COUNTY TO GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF HEALTHY, UM, NUTRITIONAL FOODS, UM, AT THE STORE.

AND THEY CAN RENEW THAT ONCE A MONTH SO THEY CAN GET 12 MONTHS OF, UM, A HUNDRED DOLLARS, 12 MONTHS OF VOUCHERS, UM, AND SPEND UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH TRIP, UM, FOR OUR TANA FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT.

WE, WE SPENT THE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE PRE-K PROGRAM.

WE ALSO ASSIST THE PARENTS WITH SUMMER CAMP AND AFTERCARE PROGRAMS, AND WE PROVIDED BOOKS FOR THE SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM.

SO WHEN THE SUNSHINE FEEDING BUS WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY WERE THEY SERVING NUTRITIOUS FOODS, BUT THEY WERE SERVED, UM, HANDING OUT BOOKS FOR THE YOUTH FROM PRE-K ALL THE WAY UP TO THE AGE OF 18 FOR THE YOUTH TO READ OVER THE SUMMER, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, CARES ACT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST WITH, UH, SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, FOR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOOD VOUCHERS ASSIST WITH UTILITIES AND WRITTEN MORTGAGE.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE AN UPTICK IN THE NEED FOR ELECTRIC BILLS SINCE THE ELECTRIC COMPANIES HAVE GIVEN THE DIRECTIVE THAT THEY WILL BE TERMINATING, UM, SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE, I BELIEVE IT'S 60 DAYS BEHIND.

AND WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2022 TO EXHAUST THESE FUNDS, UM, JUST LOOKING QUICKLY AT THE AMOUNT OF REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN.

WE DO THINK THAT THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE EXHAUSTED BY THE END OF JUNE, UM, FOR THAT PROGRAM.

NOW YOU'LL SEE OUR MEDICAID NUMBERS.

IF YOU NOTICE THE NUMBER FROM 2019 TO 2020 JUMPED UP QUITE A BIT.

UM, THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CLOSE ANY CASES UNLESS A RESIDENT PASSES AWAY, OR IF THEY MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY AND CONTACT

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US.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT US TO CLOSE CASES BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

UM, WE HAVE THIS DIRECTIVE UNTIL JANUARY OF 2022, UM, AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE US A 60 DAY NOTICE IF THAT DIRECTIVE CHANGES, BECAUSE THEN WE'LL HAVE TO START DOING THE RENEWALS.

UM, AT THAT TIME WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR OUR, UM, MEDICAID RENEWALS.

UM, WE HAVE A STAFFING PLAN WHERE WE HAVE PART-TIME STAFF.

WE WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY CAN WORK.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR OUR FULL-TIME STAFF, AND WE WILL POSSIBLY HIRE A TEMPORARY PERSON, UM, TO COME IN TO HELP THE BENEFIT PROGRAM SPECIALIST TO ADDRESS THESE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN OPENED SINCE PROBABLY MARCH OF 2020 WITH THE PANDEMIC.

UM, THE STATE HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH A T TO AGENCIES WITH THESE CASES, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOCALLY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE WHEN WE CAN ADDRESS THIS AND NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS.

UM, WELL NOT, YES.

UM, THESE ARE OUR SNAP CASE LOADS.

UM, THEY ARE GOING UP SLIGHTLY PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT ANYBODY WHO WAS DEEMED ABLE BODIED A PERSON WHO WAS ABLE TO WORK, THEY COULD ONLY RECEIVE BENEFITS FOR THREE MONTHS.

AND THEN IF THEY DIDN'T FIND A JOB, THEY WEREN'T ELIGIBLE.

UM, THE STATE, THE GOVERNMENT RELAXED, THOSE RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO, UM, THEY HAVEN'T GONE UP THAT MUCH FOR OUR COUNTY, BUT THEY ARE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, UM, ALLOWING VIRGINIA TO DO EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS ON THE FOOD SNAP BENEFITS.

AND SALLY HAD REFERENCED HOW THEY, WEREN'T SEEING A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR FOOD.

SO WE THINK WITH THE FOOD VOUCHERS, THE PANTRY THAT THEY HAVE, AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS ON THE SNAP BENEFITS, UM, IS WHY WE'RE NOT SEEING AN INCREASE IN APPLICATION AND THE DEMAND FOSTER CARE CASE LOADS.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EARLIER.

UM, WE HAVE SEVEN YOUTH AND CARE RIGHT NOW, UM, OF THOSE YOUTH.

WE HAVE ONE TODDLER, UM, AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION PAPERWORK TO COME THROUGH AT ANY TIME THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, RECENTLY THERE WAS A J LOCK REPORT THAT WAS DISCUSSING IMPROVE IN VIRGINIA'S ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORY SYSTEM.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS MOSTLY FOR PUBLIC GUARDIANS, UM, IF SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IT WILL REQUIRE MORE OF A WORKLOAD FOR MY STAFF, UM, TO INCLUDE TRAINING VISITS AND FOLLOW-UP WITH RESIDENTS, UM, TO CONFIRM THAT THE APPOINTED GUARDIANS ARE ACTUALLY GOING AND VISITING THE, UM, UH, CLIENT AS THEY HAVE WRITTEN ON THEIR REPORT THAT THEY'VE DONE.

UM, WE CONTINUE TO SEE FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UM, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES, TO SEEK, UM, ASSISTANCE AND CANCELING, UM, UNTIL TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEDICAID CASES AND HOW THE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT TO CLOSE THEM.

AND THAT'S THROUGH JANUARY OF 20, 22, AND THEN WE HAVE RETIREMENT.

I HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN RETIRE ANY DAY.

NOW I HAD ONE RETIREMENT THIS YEAR.

UM, I HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS 30, 31 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND I HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS 42 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE COUNTY.

UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON SUCCESSION PLANNING WITH OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, THE ACTION YOU TOOK EARLIER IN THE MEETING, UM, WITH THE BONUSES, UM, I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP MY STAFF MOTIVATED AND THE MORALE LIFTED AND THE AGENCY.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE THING THAT YOU WON'T DO.

YOU WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT IT, OUR AGENCY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THEY DON'T KNOW YET, BUT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEY WILL BE VERY EXCITED.

THANK YOU FOR THE SMART, WHERE YOU DO A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DO, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MR. SPOON OUT.

SALZBURG WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT SOME, UM, BECAUSE HIS ORGANIZATION DOES PROVIDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO ASK.

THIS QUESTION IS, SO YOU'RE HERE.

SO YOU HAVE TO, AND IT SEEMS SORT OF ON HERE, I HEAR A LOT FROM OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND FAMILIES IS BECOMING CRITICALLY, UH, IS HITTING CRITICAL LEVELS IN THEIR AREAS.

HOW HAS, HOW DOES GOOCHLAND MEASURE UP WHEN IT COMES TO, TO THAT SITUATION? YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE COUNTIES AROUND US THAT STRUGGLE GREATLY.

AND I JUST, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UM, HOW BIG IS THE NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSISTANCE? GOOCHLAND? I THINK THE NEED IS LARGE, BUT I THINK THE NEED FOR PROVIDERS IS LARGE.

AND I THINK LESS DR.

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UM, WHEN WE DEAL WITH OUR FAMILIES, WE DO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANCE, WHETHER IT'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR ILLEGAL DRUGS INVOLVED CAN GIVE YOU A PERCENT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HAVE NOT JUST FOSTER CARE, BUT PREVENTION, SERVICE HAVE SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.

UM, IN THE PAST WE HAVE, UM, TAKING BABIES FROM THE HOSPITAL WHO WERE EXPOSED, UM, THAT HAS DECREASED SOME NOW, BUT I THINK THERE IS A HIGH NEED FOR SERVICES IN THE COUNTY.

UM, AND I'M GLAD IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR THAT DR.

SALZBURG IS HERE, UM, AND HAS REVAMPED A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD DEPARTMENT.

SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT HE'S MAKING.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT WHEN HE COMES UP, YOU CAN ASK HIM MORE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS LAST ONE.

I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, UH, DRUG ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE HERE AND THE OPIOID.

AND THEN MAYBE AGAIN, I'M WITH MR. SPOONER, MAYBE TALKING TO THE WRONG PERSON, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPIOID LITIGATION, UH, GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

SO MAYBE THAT WILL BE A WAY WE CAN WORK TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, THROUGH, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL.

SO HOPEFULLY WITH THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME RELIEF THERE, AND THAT REMINDED ME.

WE ALSO STILL HAVE A FAMILY TREATMENT COURT HERE IN GOOCHLAND.

UM, THAT'S A COURT WHERE FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN, UM, CAN GO THROUGH THIS COURT.

IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABUSING THE SUBSTANCES, BUT THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY INTENSIVE PROGRAM.

UM, AND PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS WILLING TO HAVE THE MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE MEETINGS WERE COURT ONCE A WEEK.

SO THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US AS WELL.

I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD SO THAT, UM, DRUG, UM, ABUSE IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.

AND JUST BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S, IT'S NOT A YEAR.

BUT THANK YOU.

AND MR. JEFF, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. JEFFERSON.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AS WELL TO, TO, TO HELP THOSE IN GREATEST NEED IN THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, WHEN I THINK OF SOCIAL SERVICES, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF JOB TRAINING, BUT ON YOUR SECOND SLIDE COMMUNITY ACTION, THE FIRST BULLET SAID, UH, WE OFFER JOB TRAINING FOR CDL AND CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS.

UM, COULD YOU, COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? CAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND CDL WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, TRUCK DRIVERS, AND A MEDICAL ASSISTANT.

I THINK WE'RE SHORT ON BOTH OF THOSE.

SO ANYTHING YOU'RE DOING ON THAT FRONT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

SO IF YOU HAD JUST SO THE COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT OFFERS, UM, FUNDS FOR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

IT DOES NOT JUST HAVE TO BE FOR CDL OR CMS. THAT IS THE REQUESTS OF PEOPLE WHO CONTACT US.

UM, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE INCOME GUIDELINES, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO MR. SHARP, A FEW MINUTES ON THE BREAK.

UM, PEOPLE CAN COME IN IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO A WELDING PLUMBING PROGRAM.

UM, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO GOOCHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SEE WHAT TRAININGS THEY'RE SENIORS WANT TO CONTINUE ONCE THEY GRADUATE.

THEN THE CAVEAT THERE IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE 18, UM, FOR US TO PUT THEM IN THE TRAINING.

BUT WE HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND TO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED OR WE CAN GET HELP FOR THEM TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATION OR THEIR LICENSE.

UM, WE SENT OUT SOME SCHOLARSHIP FORMS TO STUDENTS LAST YEAR.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, ANY TO COME BACK RETURNED.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A COMMUNICATION THING, BUT THE FUNDS ARE THERE.

THIS WOULD BE WHERE, UM, YOU HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

WE DON'T OFFER THE TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY OF EACH OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO TRY TO HELP FOLKS THAT QUALIFY UNDER A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL AND AGE REQUIREMENTS.

WE WORK WITH THIRD PARTY, WE WORK WITH THIRD-PARTY BUSINESSES.

UM, AND IF SOMEONE COMES TO ME AND SAYS, I WANT TO GET TRAINING IN THIS, WE DO THE APPLICATION, QUALIFIED THEM, TALK TO THE THIRD PARTY.

AND WE, WE COVER THE COST OF THE CLASSES, THE CERTIFICATION, THE TEST, AND THE SUPPLY, GIVE HIM A LEG UP.

THAT'S THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT DETAIL.

I APPRECIATE, AND I, MR. SHARPEN ON DISCUSS, I WILL BE PARTICIPATING WHEN THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE

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DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS.

GREAT.

YOU WANT, YOU WANT, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT GO AHEAD.

I GOT, YEAH, I WAS WONDERING, I HAVE MS. JEFFERSON, HAVE YOU TALKED TO REYNOLDS TO THE COLLEGE AT ALL? BECAUSE THEY HAVE WELDING AND CDL.

I THINK THEY HAD TO CANCEL THE CDL PROGRAM IN GOOSENECK BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS.

AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT IF THEY DID OFFER ONE TRUCK DRIVING CLASS, THEY HAD ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS FOR THAT.

UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR SECOND CLASS.

SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THE CLASS AT THE CHESTER OR LOCATION.

AND WE WORK WITH, UM, CCW, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKFORCE ALLIANCE THAT WORKS WITH J SERGEANT REYNOLDS AND JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SO YES, I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.

WE JUST LISTENING TO THIS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO REYNOLDS AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AT THE TABLE AND GOOD TO WHEN YOU SAID THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS, YOU WEREN'T EXCLUDING LIKE, OH NO, DEFINITELY NOT.

DEFINITELY NOT.

MR. SPOONER BACK TO YOU.

UM, MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY ACTION SLIDE.

AS THE SCHOOLS LOOK AT CHANGING THEIR, UH, POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE CALENDARS, THAT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EVENT.

YOU'RE GONNA NEED PRESCHOOLS TO STAY UP IN HERE AND YOU NEED, ARE WE ENGAGED WITH THEM TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARE.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE INPUT IN THE I'M VERY ENGAGED BECAUSE I WANT IT FOR MY DAUGHTER.

SO I'M A LITTLE SELFISH WITH THAT, BUT YES, I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE CALLS, UM, AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND I'VE SHARED WITH DR.

RAILEY THAT WE ARE READY AND AVAILABLE TO PUT SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES AROUND THAT AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE, UM, WITH THIS COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT, WE ARE PAYING FOR AFTERCARE, UM, FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOW, UM, WE JUST NEED THE NEED THAT DEMAND.

WE'RE NOT HAVING THE APPLICATIONS.

SO WE SEND IT OUT TO ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT THREE PEOPLE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.

UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO ADJUST OUR, UM, GRANT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IF THEY, TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO GO.

UM, FULL-TIME AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE, THE SOCIAL SERVICES CHILDCARE FUNDS AS WELL, UM, TO MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE.

YEAH, WE WORK WELL WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE.

WE TRIED TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO DUPLICATE SERVICES WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE GOOD SERVICES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I QUESTIONS.

WHEN ON YOUR SUCCESS SLIDES, YOU HAD DENTAL SERVICES AND YOU DESCRIBED JUST THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DUCHENNE CARES AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME, I GUESS, ELIGIBLE CLIENTS DIRECT THEM, THAT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.

YOU'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SPENDING MORE MONEY ON DENTAL PROVIDING SERVICES OR WHAT NO.

SO WHEN, WHEN THE THING ABOUT THE MEDICAID EXPANSION IS THAT TOOK A LOT OF SERVICE, UM, THAT TOOK A LOT OF CLIENTS FROM GOOCHLAND CARES, RIGHT? UM, AND THEIR SERVICE PROGRAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO HENRICO FOR DENTAL SERVICES, BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS ONCE THEY BECOME A PROVIDER, WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO OUR CLIENTS AND LET THEM KNOW.

WE HAVE A DENTAL PROVIDER HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MANY OF THEM ARE PROBABLY ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THEM, AND THIS IS AN OPTION RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YOU TO UTILIZE.

SO IT MAY COST US A POSTAGE STAMP TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT FLYERS UP AND ON THE WEBSITE.

AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING DESCRIBING THAT, AND NOT ANOTHER, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, JUST SUPPORTING THAT ORGANIZATION.

SO THEY DON'T WANT TO COME TO GOOCHLAND AND SERVE FIVE FAMILIES WHEN THEY CAN BE IN OTHER LOCALITIES AND SERVE 50, 60 PLUS FAMILIES A DAY.

GOTCHA.

SO WHILE WE'RE ON DENTAL, UM, AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT WHEN YOU SAID MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD GO INTO HENRICO, I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHEN MS. GRAHAM WAS GETTING HER REPORT AND WE SAID, THERE ARE NO, NO MEDICAID, NO, NO DENTAL PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY EXCEPT MEDICAID.

I WAS WONDERING IF OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE THAT SAME CHALLENGE OR IS THAT UNIQUE TO GOOCHLAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK IT MAY BE, YOU NEED TO GO SHOW THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE VOLUME OF DENTIST WHO COULD PR WELL, WHO COULD PROBABLY HAVE A HUNDRED CLIENTS AND MAYBE TAKE 10, WHO ARE MEDICAID APPROVED.

GOTCHA.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.

SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT COME ALONG WITH ACCEPTING MEDICAID, SO YOU SAID, YOU SAID, YOU SAID IT WAS A CHALLENGE.

I'LL JUST COME UP IF YOU WANT TO COME UP OR I'LL REPEAT IT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE WITH A LOT OF OUR VENDORS.

THE VENDORS WILL COME HERE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME FOR, UM, MEDICAID, BUT WITH, UM, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES.

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AND THERE'S ALSO THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE, MISS LAST BULLET, THIS LAST GLINT, YOU HAVE QUESTION IT'S ALL WRONG, BUT I'M THINKING OF A DENTIST, A DENTAL OFFICE THAT SEES, UM, CLIENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, YOU KNOW, SELF PAYERS, INSURANCE, AND MEDICAID, RIGHT.

AND IT'S A DIFFERENT REIMBURSEMENT RATE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY DENTIST THAT ARE WILLING TO FOR FOUR OR FIVE CLIENTS WILLING TO TAKE A FEW CLIENTS LIKE THAT CLINIC DIRECTOR WENT PERSONALLY TO EVERY PRACTICE AND THEY ALL SAID THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTING NEW MEDICAID, DENTAL PATIENTS, THAT THE ISSUES WITH MEDICAID DENTAL IS, ARE A LOT OF NO SHOWS.

THIS IS WHY PROVIDERS SORT OF STAY AWAY FROM IT.

A LOT OF NO-SHOWS, YOU'VE GOT A POPULATION WHO HASN'T NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DENTAL CARE SYSTEM.

UM, SO THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE IT.

THEY ARE REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR.

AND SO, UM, PEOPLE ARE JUST AFRAID.

SO I'D SAY THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN GOOCHLAND WHO, UH, WHO HAVE MEDICAID, THEY'RE JUST NOT SEEING A DENTIST.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HENRICO AS MUCH AS THEY'RE JUST NOT SEEING ANYBODY BECAUSE UNTIL IT'S JUST CRITICAL.

RIGHT? YEAH.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THERE'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES AND THEN THERE ARE CULTURAL ISSUES TOO, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A KIND OF PAID ATTENTION TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IN SOME OF THESE GINORMOUS SPENDING BILLS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN CONGRESS, SOME OF THEM INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, ADDING DENTAL CARE TO MEDICARE, EITHER PART B OR WHOLE SEPARATE PART.

SO, AND TALKING TO PEOPLE LIKE IN THE VIRGINIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION THAT I BUMPED INTO, THEY SAY DENTAL CARE WOULD CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY IF THIS, IF THIS HAPPENS.

BUT I THINK WE'RE TALKING MAYBE A DIFFERENT POPULATION, THE MEDICARE VERSUS THE MEDICAID.

BUT I WOULD THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN EXPANDED, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A CHANGE IN REIMBURSEMENT.

IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETS PASSED AND A CHANGE IN DENTAL PRACTICES, I WOULD SAY SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MORE THAN TODAY.

WE HAVE JUST, YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE TO STAY TUNED TO CHANGE.

AND MAYBE AS THE COUNTY GROWS WITH MORE RESIDENTS MOVING INTO MORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS COME IN AND MAYBE WE WILL START TO SEE MORE DENTIST, UM, COMING INTO THE COUNTY.

JUST A THOUGHT.

SO, SO MY LAST QUESTION IS ON YOUR SLIDE 21, UM, JUST, AND AGAIN, MOST OF THIS STUFF, UH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE POINT, UM, SECTIONS? OKAY.

UM, NUMBER OTHERWISE, OTHERWISE I AM TRYING TO GO THE OTHER WAY, OTHER WAY, OTHER WAY.

YOU WANT TO ONE MEDICAID.

ALL TYPES.

AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS OF COURSE IS AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT IT IMPACTS US.

AND WHEN WE TALK TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ABOUT THINGS, IT'D BE GOOD TO, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, THIS CAN'T CLOSE CASES.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT STARTED ONLY IN THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT BEFORE YOU WERE CLOSING CASES, PANDEMIC KIDS, YOU DON'T CLOSE CASES.

DOES THAT EXPLAIN ALL OF THE INCREASE IN THE SPIKE IN SOMEWHERE NEW APPLICATIONS? SO SOME ARE NEW APPLICATIONS AND SOME ARE THAT WE CAN'T CLOSE.

THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

UM, THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WHEN WAS MEDICAID EXPANSION? WHEN IS THAT? 29TH? SO, SO THE 19, 19 IS THE EXPANSION OF 19, 19 IS MEDICAID EXPANSION 20.

MAYBE THAT RAISES IT IS ATTRIBUTED TO CAN'T CLOSE CASES.

RIGHT? OKAY.

HEAVIER, HEAVIER STAFFING NEEDS, OBVIOUSLY EXPANSION IMPACTED YOUR STAFFING NEEDS HAVE THE NOT CLOSE CASES IS THAT IMPACTING YOUR STAFFING NEEDS.

IT HAS AFFECTED IT IN THE OPPOSITE WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE FEWER APPLICATIONS COMING IN NEW APPLICATIONS THAN WE ARE CLOSING.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THEY'RE APPROVING A NEW CASES, BUT THE WORK ON THE BACK END WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE RECERTIFICATION IS NOT HAPPENING.

THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE ON THE BACKEND, RIGHT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE WORK TO BE DONE ON THE BACK END.

ONCE WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE FEDS THAT THESE, WE NOW HAVE TO CLEAR, ONCE I LET YOU START CLOSING CASES, THE WORKS IS GOING TO

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SPIKE UP.

THE WORK WILL HAVE TO SPIKE WORK WILL SPIKE UP.

AND THAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WHERE I HAVE PART-TIME STAFF, WHO WE REDUCED THEIR HOURS, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THE NEED FOR THEM TO DO.

THE RECERTIFICATIONS IS WHAT IT'S CALLED THERE.

WASN'T THE NEED FOR THEM TO DO THAT ON THE BACKEND.

SO WE REDUCED THEIR HOURS.

AND WHEN IT IS NOW DURING THE RECERTIFICATIONS, WE WILL BUMP THEM BACK UP TO THEIR HOURS.

UM, AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T THINK OF THIS YEARS AGO IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS WE WORK WITH WAYS OF ANOTHER FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT ANOTHER AGENCY WHO WORK PART-TIME FOR US.

SO THEY CAN WORK AT THEIR DESK, SIGNED TO GOOCHLAND W STATE WEBSITE, AND PROCESS THE APPLICATIONS FROM WHERE THEY ARE.

UM, NOW ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THAT IS THEY LIKE WORKING FOR US SO MUCH THAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES.

SO WE'VE HAD CALLS FROM EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES TO SAY, IF YOU ALL NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, I AM INTERESTED.

AND ONE OF THOSE WAS ACTUALLY A SUPERVISOR AT ANOTHER AGENCY.

SO WITH THE OVERTIME, MANDATORY OVERTIME FROM OUR STAFF, THE PART-TIME HOURS GOING UP AND POSSIBLY HOW OUR NEW TEMP WORKERS, WE DO THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, WE KNOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE, UM, THE INCREASE OF WORK.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

AND I'M GLAD WE JUST KIND OF STUMBLED ONTO YOU SHARING THAT.

CAUSE THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THAT THE WAY YOU'RE RUNNING YOUR OFFICE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

GOOD, GOOD STUFF.

AND ANY PROMPT, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST THE LAST THING YOU SAID THAT WAS, WAS IT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT MANDATED THAT THESE CASES NOT BE CLOSE TO THE STATE? SO IT'S A FEDERAL, CORRECT.

THANK YOU, MS. JEFFERSON.

TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO FIX THAT, BUT THAT I DON'T THINK IT REFLECTS GOING BACK TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION, THAT THERE'S NOT A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT, MR. JONES, WHO'S UP NEXT? GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M LES SALZBURG AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOOCHLAND POUCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

UH, JUST FOR BRIEF CONTEXT, I ACTUALLY CAME HERE TO GOOCHLAND IN APRIL AS THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND ROCKETED UP TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEPTEMBER 1ST.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PETER PRINCIPLE OR, OR WHAT IT IS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

SO, UH, BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT OUR AGENCY, SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CHANGING, BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE IN APRIL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CHANGED A FAIR AMOUNT OF THINGS.

UH, JUST TO BRIEF LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR.

AND GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION HEARD BEFORE ACTUALLY REQUESTS FOR SERVICES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

UH, WENT UP 22% DURING THE LAST YEAR DURING COVID.

UH, AND ACTUALLY WE SERVE ABOUT 1100 PEOPLE, A 17% INCREASE.

UM, LET ME JUST PAUSE YOU WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THESE, THESE ARE BOTH GOOCHLAND PALATAN COMBINED NUMBERS THEY'RE COMBINED.

YES, BUT THE, UH, THE INCREASE IS PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

UH, GOOCHLAND IS ABOUT 45% OF THE POPULATION, UH, POWELL 10, ABOUT 55 IN TERMS OF MEMBERS SERVE, BUT ON BOTH SIDES, IT WENT UP, UH, WE DID ABOUT 125 PRE SCREENINGS FOR HOSPITALIZATION, WHICH ACTUALLY DIDN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT FROM LAST YEAR.

UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WAIVERS, UH, ACTUALLY WENT UP 21% 82, AND THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE CASE MANAGE AND HELP CONNECT THEM TO SERVICES.

UH, WE DID, UH, TRAIN 40 INDIVIDUALS IN REVIVE REVIVE.

GOING BACK TO THE OPIATE IS NAR CAM.

IT'S USUALLY TRAINING FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, MAKING SURE THEY GET THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO IF SOMETIMES WITH THEIR LOVED ONES, UH, THEY AT LEAST HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

AND OUR PARENT INFANT PROGRAM, UH, SCREEN 70 CHILDREN, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS UNDER THREE.

SO IN SPITE OF COVID, IT WAS A VERY BUSY YEAR.

UH, JUST A QUICK GLANCE AT OUR SOURCE OF REVENUE.

ABOUT HALF OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM STATE FUNDING.

UH, ABOUT 28% IS FEES, PRIMARILY MEDICAID.

UH, THAT'S BOTH ON THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SIDE AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SIDE ABOUT 11% IS FEDERAL.

THAT'S ALMOST ALL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER FUNDS.

THAT'S WHERE WE GET MOST OF THOSE FUNDS.

UH, AND THEN 10% IS LOCAL.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE AN EXPENDITURES OR TWO BIG PROGRAMS ARE OBVIOUSLY OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM ABOUT A THIRD OF THE EXPENDITURES ON STAFF.

AND IT'S MOSTLY STAFF THAT THE IDD PROGRAM, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS ONLY 14%.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY UNDERSERVED THAT POPULATION.

I'M GOING TO

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UH, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEM, UH, OFTEN THAT PRESENTS, UH, AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.

AND WHEN YOU START ASKING MORE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE 15 BEERS THEY'RE DRINKING OR, YOU KNOW, UH, THE OPIATES THEY'RE USING, OBVIOUSLY CONTRIBUTING TO DEPRESSION AND OTHER ISSUES.

JUMP AHEAD AND JUST, UH, I DIDN'T SEE IT.

TELL THEM THE SIZE OF YOUR BUDGET.

I SAW THE PIE CHARTS.

I SEE THE PERCENTAGES.

I DIDN'T THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THERE A, UH, OUR BUDGET IS, UH, THIS PAST YEAR IS ABOUT $5.8 MILLION.

OKAY, GREAT.

OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES ATTRACTING, RETAINING, QUALIFIED STAFF.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND LOWEST IN THE STATE, UH, WHERE 39TH OUT OF THE 40 COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARDS POPULATION WISE, WE'RE 36.

SO, UH, IN SOME WAYS OUR SERVICES HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH WHAT WE'VE NEEDED TO DO.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS I MOVE AHEAD, SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING TO ADDRESS THEM.

SO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SOME OF THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE I CAME, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAD TO GO TO PRETTY MUCH VIRTUALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT TELEMEDICINE DURING THAT TIME.

UH, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, AND SERVE ACTUALLY MORE PEOPLE.

UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE BAD NEWS IS A LOT OF THE TELEMEDICINE BECAUSE OF BRAUN BAD ISSUES HERE WAS BY TELEPHONE AND TELEPHONE IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, BUT FOR MANY OF OUR SICKER CLIENTS, IT'S NOT REALLY THE GOAL TO DO IT BY TELEPHONE.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BEEF UP OUR ABILITY TO DO AUDIO VISUAL, WHERE WE CAN, AND STARTING IN JUNE, CLIENTS CAME BACK IN.

SO WE'RE SEEING PROBABLY ABOUT 50 TO 60% OF OUR CLIENTS FACE-TO-FACE NOW.

AND WE HAVE OUR DAY PROGRAMS RUNNING, UH, PRETTY MUCH FULLY, UH, BUT WE STILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE BY TELEPHONE THAN WE WOULD LIKE.

AND WE'RE HOPING BY THE NEW YEAR TO SWITCH OFF OF THAT, UH, WE DID, UH, MAKE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR GOOCHLAND BUILDING.

UH, MY WIFE ACTUALLY WORKED THERE 25 YEARS AGO AS A SOCIAL WORKER.

AND, UH, WHEN I CAME HOME AFTER MY FIRST DAY AND DESCRIBE THE BUILDING, SHE SAID, OH YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS WHEN I WORKED THERE, SAME CARPET, THE SAME PAIN.

UH, SO THE NICE PART IS IT REALLY IS AN INVITING PLACE.

NOW WE PUT IN NEW FLOORING, NEW PAINT, SOME NEW FURNITURE, UH, WAY OVERDUE, ANOTHER BIG CHANGE AS WE ADDED EVENING HOURS.

UH, THIS WAS REALLY, UH, AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS FIELD OVER 40 YEARS AND I'VE WORKED FOR SEVERAL OF THE CSPS IN THE STATE.

UH, I HAD NEVER SEEN A CSB WITHOUT EVENING HOURS IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

UH, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN SOMEONE TOLD ME THEY HAD JUST CHANGED TO THAT, I WAS KIND OF A BIT SHOCKED, BUT, UH, WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO INCREASE OUR EVENING HOURS AND AF LATE AFTERNOON HOURS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU SERVE KIDS AND FAMILIES WHO WORK AND YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THAT.

UH, WE, THIS PAST YEAR MADE SOME SALARY ADJUSTMENTS TO NARROW THE GAP WITH THE OTHER CSPS AND PRIVATE PROVIDERS.

WE WERE ABOUT, I'D SAY ON AVERAGE FOR OUR CLINICAL STAFF, ABOUT 25% BEHIND IN SALARIES THAN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES TALKING ABOUT HANOVER, HENRICO, CHESTERFIELD, OR BHA, WHICH IS A REAL PROBLEM TO ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN GOOD STAFF.

WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

AND WE ALSO HAD TO BRING UP OUR, UH, SALARIES ON THE LOWER END BECAUSE WE WERE, UH, PAYING $10 AN HOUR FOR SOME JOBS.

UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S PAYS $15 AN HOUR NOW.

SO, UH, WE MADE THAT IMPROVEMENT.

UH, WE'VE MADE BIG STRIDES, I BELIEVE, UH, AROUND COLLABORATION WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY FOCUSED ON WHEN I CAME WAS BUILDING BACK THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING MORE CLOSELY.

AND I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESSES, UH, WITH DOING THAT.

UH, I ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL OUTPATIENT CLINICIANS BECAUSE FRANKLY WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO SEE PEOPLE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A FEW MORE STAFF.

SO I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT CHANGE AND OUR PARENT INFANT PROGRAM, UH, THEY HAVE VERY STRONG MEASURES IN THAT PROGRAM THAT ARE STATEWIDE.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY COMPARE YOURSELF TO THE OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WE EXCEED THE EXCEEDED THE STATE AVERAGE ON FIVE OF THE SIX OF THE MEASURES.

SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL OF OUR, UH, PARENT INFANT PROGRAM.

SO OUR CHALLENGES,

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UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T KEEP PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO SERVE PEOPLE AND YOU LOSE ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU HAVE IN THE COUNTY.

SO ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS IS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE SALARY.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE, UH, EQUIVALENT TO HENRICO, UH, MAYBE NOT EVEN CHESTERFIELD, BUT WE HAVE TO GET CLOSER, UH, AND BE EQUIVALENT TO PLACES LIKE HANOVER AND THEN HAVE A CULTURE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK IN THAT REALLY SUPPORT THEM.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING IS A REAL CHALLENGE.

UH, THE CMS VACCINE VACCINE MANDATE, ALTHOUGH IT IS IN COURT NOW AND A LOT GOING ON, UH, WE DID HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAD A TWO WEEK WINDOW.

UH, SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ONLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO ASKED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO OUR STAFF IS VIRTUALLY ALL VACCINATED.

SO ESPECIALLY WE WORK SO CLOSELY WITH PEOPLE.

THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING IS, UH, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAM.

WE HAD, UH, SOME PEOPLE WHO SAW PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY WHO HAD SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, BUT THE BEST PRACTICE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS REALLY A GROUP-BASED PROGRAM.

SUBSTANCE ABUSERS DO MUCH BETTER WITHIN GROUP STRUCTURE WITH SUPPORTIVE INDIVIDUAL.

AND THE OTHER THING, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WHICH WE WILL BY FEBRUARY IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY FOR OPIATE DISORDERS, UH, SUBOXONE, WHERE THEY CAN COME IN THE OFFICE, GET IT, WHICH BLOCKS THE EFFECT OF OPIATES, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT TO GET PEOPLE STABLE.

WE'VE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY WHO'S GOING TO FIND US A NURSE PRACTITIONER.

UH, I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE THEM BY FEBRUARY.

AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE AT OUR CLINIC AND PRESCRIBE THE MEDICATION RATHER THAN SENDING THEM TO RICHMOND.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU SEND THEM TO RICHMOND, YOU LOSE HALF OF THEM.

THEY JUST DON'T EVER MAKE IT.

SO I THINK THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING IN THE SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAM, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF SERVING A LOT MORE PEOPLE AND IN A LOT BETTER WAY.

UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MANY PSYCHIATRIC PRACTITIONERS OUT HERE TO PRESCRIBE MEDICATION.

UH, YOU KNOW, SOME PCPS WILL PRESCRIBE BASIC STUFF, UH, BUT A LOT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

UH, SO WE HAD A POLICY WHEN I CAME THAT IN ORDER TO GET MEDICATION, YOU HAD TO COME TO SOME OTHER PROGRAMS, WHETHER YOU NEEDED THEM OR NOT.

UH, WE'VE CHANGED THAT.

AND WE HAVE A MEDICATION ONLY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE STABLE MEDICATION IS WHAT THEY NEED.

AND WE ACTUALLY MOVED ABOUT 60 PEOPLE INTO THAT, WHICH ALSO FREED UP RESOURCES FOR OUR COUNSELING PROGRAM, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, WE'RE BUILDING A CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, A CSB REALLY SHOULD SERVE CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER CHILDREN.

SO NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CLINICIANS WHO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT CAN SEE YOUNG CHILDREN CAN DO PLAY THERAPY, WE'VE GOTTEN THEM THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERING WITH CSA ON CASE SUPPORT FOR THEIR CASES.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE'VE REALLY BEEFED UP THAT, UH, HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE IS IMPROVING STAFF SUPERVISION.

THEY HAD KIND OF LET THAT SLIDE.

UH, WE HAVE SOME STAFF NOW REALLY CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF YOUNG CLINICIANS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE DON'T PAY ENOUGH.

SO IF YOU HIRE YOUNG CLINICIANS, YOU'VE GOT TO SUPERVISE AND TRAIN THEM AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REAL STRONG PROGRAM.

SO WE'VE INSTITUTED THAT THE OTHER CHALLENGE, WHICH HAS CHALLENGED FOR EVERYBODY, UH, STATE HOSPITALS ARE OVERCROWDED.

UH, THEY STOPPED TAKING ADMISSIONS IN A LOT OF CASES AND THE LOCAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE BED OF LAST RESORT PASSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE STATE HOSPITALS SUPPOSEDLY HAD TO TAKE PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT NOW, UH, THEY REALLY TURNED DOWN DIFFICULT INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE PEOPLE STUCK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM UNDER A TEMPORARY DETENTION ORDER FOR A WEEK, UH, INCLUDING CHILDREN.

UH, YEAH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING IT'S STATEWIDE.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE LESS OF AN ISSUE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE.

UH, BUT, UH, THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY TO DO IT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IS WE'RE REALLY UNDERGOING A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WHERE SHOULD WE BE GOING? WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON? WHERE'S OUR GREATER PARTNERSHIPS.

SO OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE REALLY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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THANK YOU, DR.

SALZBURG HEAD.

THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BETTER CSB PRESENTATIONS THAT I RECALL ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS MS. MS. LAST CLIP? YEAH.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS MR LUMPKIN SAID, I DO THINK THAT THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON HERE.

IT'S VERY POSITIVE.

UH, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS OCCURS TO ME IS WE HAVE SO MANY AGENCIES THAT OVERLAP EACH OTHER, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICES ARENA.

UM, SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT A STRATEGIC PLANNING, SEE WHERE YOU DO OVERLAP AND AS WAY TO SEPARATE SOME OF THAT.

AND SOME OF IT IS PARTNERSHIP.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.

ONE OF THE REALLY, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I'VE WORKED IN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL CSBS IN MY 40 YEARS.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT GOOCHLAND ESPECIALLY IS THE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE AGENCIES.

AND SO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS, A LOT OF SUPPORT AND WORKING TOGETHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WILL CONTINUE, BUT THAT URBAN AREAS YOU CAN GET AWAY WITHOUT DOING THAT.

I MEAN, YOU SHOULDN'T GET AWAY WITHOUT DOING IT, BUT YOU CAN, THESE KINDS OF COUNTIES, YOU HAVE TO WORK TIGHTLY TOGETHER.

AND I THINK PEOPLE HERE DO THAT WELL.

WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU INTRODUCE YOU, YOU'RE ON A ROCKET SHIP OF A CAREER LADDER.

SO WHEN I WAS LISTENING, I WAS REALLY ENGAGED.

I WAS LIKE, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT THE HOPE THAT ROCKET SHIP STILL, ISN'T GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE, RIGHT? NO, THIS, THIS IS, AS I TOLD YOU, THIS IS MY FINAL JOB.

UH, AND THEN I ACTUALLY NOT ONLY WORKED IN CSPS, BUT I CAME HERE, UH, LAST SIX AND A HALF YEARS.

I WAS AT ANTHEM AS THEIR DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR MEDICAID.

SO, UH, VERY FAMILIAR AND, UH, DECIDED I WANTED TO COME BACK TO MY ROOTS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I STARTED IN.

UH, NO, SO I'M I PLAN TO STAY.

THIS IS I WASN'T PLANNING TO BECOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, STACY WAS HERE BEFORE I ACTUALLY USED TO WORK FOR ME, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME OUT HERE.

CAUSE I KNEW I COULD DO WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.

SO NOW I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE AND LOOKING TO FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PARTNERS AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU, OKAY.

THERE ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAYBE COME AND VISIT WITH YOU AND TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO AND FOR DIVE AND VISIT THE FACILITY? ABSOLUTELY.

IT WOULD BE, UH, HAPPY TO WORK THAT OUT.

JUST TELL ME WHO I NEED TO DO IT BY LOVING YOU TO COME SEE AND, UH, TALK IN MORE DETAIL.

AS YOU CAN TELL A LITTLE BIT PASSIONATE OF THE HEALTH IS THE, SAY THE LEAST BRING GREAT EXPERIENCE AND GOOD PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS, THIS IS ENCOURAGING AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES, BUT TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE A ROLE IN FACILITATING THAT YOU ADDRESSING THEM.

I KNOW WE STAND READY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE PRESENTATIONS AFTERNOON WITH SHEPLEY FROM THE MONKEY REGIONAL LIBRARY NEXT AND THEN WRAPPING UP THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE WILL BE DR.

TOM FRANK.

AND HE'S ALSO GOING TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON COVID AT THE VERY END OF HIS PRESENTATION.

HELLO AGAIN.

AND HAS IT BEEN A YEAR, A VERY FAST YEAR, LIKE A PANDEMIC YEAR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

WHEN WE STARTED THE ATTLEE BRANCH, UM, HAD CLOSED.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UM, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND, UH, SHARE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

UM, UH, FIRST SLIDE JUST WANTED TO IGNORE BARB BARBARA YOUNG AND BARBARA , UM, MEMBERS OF THE PRL BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT ARE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

UM, THEY BOTH BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH AND, UH, I'M GUESS I SHOULD.

I'M TOM, SHAPLEY THE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY, KIND OF A SLACKER I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER, AFTER, UH, THE LAST PRESENTATION HERE.

SO, UM, A SLIDE WITH SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES.

UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS STILL SORT OF RECOVERING WITH THE PANDEMIC, UM, WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR, UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, REGIONAL, UM, UH, PARTNERS, I GUESS, OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE REGION, THERE WERE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING DOWN OR RE CLOSING DOWN AND PRL STAYED OPEN, UM, ALL OF FY 2021.

SO WE'RE KIND OF PROUD OF THAT.

UM, WE, UM, W WE WERE THE FIRST TO RETURN TO SERVICES.

WE STARTED WITH CURBSIDE SERVICES, UM, MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN THE REGIONAL FOLKS DID.

SO, UM, IN, UM, IN F Y 21,

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AND BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING THE NEW BUILDING THAT BECAME A MOVING, UM, PERIOD FOR US.

SO THEIR GRAND OPENING WAS IN AUGUST.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PERIOD WHERE THEY WERE CLOSED, BUT AS MUCH AS WE COULD BE, WE WERE OPEN.

UM, THE, UM, LIBRARY STAFF MADE A BIG EFFORT HELPING WITH CHICKAHOMINY HEALTH DISTRICT.

UM, I, I WORKED AT SEVERAL OF THE CLINICS.

I HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HELPED, UM, WITH THE CALL CENTER THAT HANOVER HOSTED FOR EVERYBODY.

UM, AND THEY USED A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND, AND STAFFING.

SO WE, WE DID WHAT WE COULD TO HELP WITH THAT.

UM, WE DID DO SORT OF A SLIDE HERE WITH REGULAR OUTCOMES, AND I WOULD PARTICULARLY POINT YOU TO THE LINE SECOND LINE WITH CIRCULATION.

WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ON STEPS WHERE WE HAVE HAD, UM, SORT OF EIGHT TO 10% INCREASES IN CIRCULATION.

AND WHEN WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN, UM, CLOSED THE BUILDINGS ENTIRELY, WE CERTAINLY TOOK A HIT FOR THAT IN FY 20, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'VE COME BACK AGAIN WITH A 10% CIRCULATION INCREASE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FY 19 NUMBER, UM, FOR THE FY 21, UM, PERFORMANCE.

THE OTHER NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ARE REALLY RELATED TO, IT'S BEEN TOUGH TO GET PEOPLE BACK.

UM, UM, THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO SPEND TIME IN OUR BUILDINGS, HAVE MEETINGS, USE THE COMPUTERS AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN HARD, BUT WE ARE STILL PROVIDING A LOT OF SERVICE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT WILL IMPROVE.

UM, WE'VE HAD TO NOT HAVE PROGRAMS. WE, WE REALLY CHOSE NOT TO HAVE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY WITH CHILDREN, UM, SUMMER READING AND INTO THE FALL STORYTIMES, AS THEY'VE HAD TO GO INSIDE IT HASN'T, IT HASN'T BEEN REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE THE CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO BE VACCINATED.

NOW, YOUNGER KIDS ARE STARTING TO GET VACCINATED.

STORYTIME OF COURSE, IS AN AGE GROUP THAT DOES NOT HAVE A VACCINATION FOR COVID.

SO THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER KIND OF FUNCTIONAL CHALLENGE FOR US, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REDO PROGRAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN BE LIKE A MAKE AND TAKE, WE DO THAT, UM, DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP THINGS, UM, WORKING AND, AND HAPPENING FOR THE CITIZENS.

UM, MR. LUMPKINS, MR. SHARP, BOTH MENTIONED THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNTY AND AS A PARTNER.

AND, UM, WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LENDING HOTSPOTS.

WE HAVE LOCKERS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A SERVICE SO THAT WE CAN DO LIKE A REDBOX PICKUP AFTER HOURS.

UM, YOU HAVE A, HAVE A CODE.

YOU CAN COME IN, UNLOCK THE LOCKER AND GET WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO BORROW FROM US.

UM, WE'VE BEEN LENDING HOTSPOTS.

THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US THIS YEAR, WHICH IS IT'S ONE OF THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS IT'S LIMITED IN ITS TIMEFRAME, BUT IT IS HELPING TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR US.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING 150 CHROMEBOOKS SYSTEM MIND.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE HOTSPOTS WITH THEM.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF THAT.

WE HAVE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 120, SO WE'LL GET AN ADDITIONAL 120 HOTSPOTS THAT WILL, WE WILL BE LANDING IN HOTSPOTS.

UM, I WAS GLAD TO SEE IF THE, UM, THE INTERNET PRESENTATION WHERE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE SERVICE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

OUR HOTSPOTS HAVE BEEN CHUCKED OUT BASICALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT.

THEY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RETURN THEM, THEY ARE GOING BACK OUT THE DOOR, EITHER ON HOLD, OR IF, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A HOLD, SOMEONE ELSE WILL BORROW IT BASICALLY IMMEDIATELY.

UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN A CHEAP PROGRAM.

IT'S ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.

UM, SORT OF, LUCKILY WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TO USE LOCAL MONEY FOR THAT.

SO FAR WE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT IN RFI 23 BUDGET, WE'LL SEE HOW ALL THAT GOES, BUT YEAH, NEEDED SERVICE.

IT'S EXPENSIVE.

I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

UM, OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THAT WE ARE DOING, UM, DR.

FRANK, WE'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS LATER.

WE ARE DISTRIBUTING COVID TESTS WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UM, I HAVE ONE HERE.

I LEFT, UM, A FEW BACK ON THE TABLE BY THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY SIGN, BUT, UM, STATEWIDE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE PARTNERING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS A, UH, REGULAR ABBOTT TEST IT.

YOU CAN DO IT WITH YOUR PHONE, UM, AND IT'S, UH, WHAT THEY CALL PROCTORED.

AND THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH DETAIL AS I'M GOING TO SAY, SINCE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB WITH THAT, BUT OUR ROLE IS TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE TO INDIVIDUALS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE STARTED THIS THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING,

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WE'VE GIVEN OUT ABOUT 350 OF THEM SO FAR.

UM, THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM MEANT TO GO THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE AS A REGULAR PROGRAM.

BASICALLY JANUARY 1ST, THE TEST THAT THEY'RE USING RIGHT NOW HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 40 LIBRARY SYSTEMS STATEWIDE THAT ARE DOING THAT.

SO, UM, WE, UM, ARE GOING, UM, OUTLOOK HERE, LOOKING AHEAD, UM, THE, THE, UM, CUSTOMER PATTERNS, UM, KIND OF RETURNING TO PRE PANDEMIC NORMS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.

UM, W WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THINGS.

UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE UNDERGOING THE BUDGET CUTS, WE HOPE THAT WE WOULD PICK HOURS, THAT PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO REACH US AND COME IN AND USE US.

AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND REALLY IN ALL OF THE LOCALITIES, WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THAT, IS IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DECIDE TO COME BACK AND FIT OTHER HOURS.

IF, IF, IF YOU CAME TO THE LIBRARY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS, BUT NOW WE'RE CLOSED, THEN IT WILL TAKE YOU A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIT THAT BACK INTO YOUR LIFE.

IT'S NOT A QUICK CHANGE.

THAT MIGHT BE WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, OR IT MIGHT JUST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, STAYING HOME.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW, UM, EXCUSE ME, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING FOLKS, UM, THE, THE BIGGEST PRIORITY FOR US RIGHT NOW, UM, AS, UH, AS FOR MANY OF THE AGENCIES, I'M SURE IS EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT.

UM, THE LIBRARY STAFF, UM, IS, UM, HAS ABOUT 130 PEOPLE AND A HUNDRED OF THEM ARE PART-TIME AND DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

THE JOBS ARE NOT TERRIBLY WELL PAYING AND, UM, SMALL IN THEIR SCOPE.

SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN'T REALLY MAKE IT ON 10 BUCKS AN HOUR FOR 12 HOURS A WEEK.

UM, WE HAVE ASKED, UM, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD TO, FOR HELP CHANGING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES.

UM, BUT, UM, WE ARE SEEING ISSUES WITH RECRUITING.

WE HAVE A BRANCH MANAGER POSITION THAT WE HAVE, HAVE FINALLY FILLED, BUT IT'S BEEN OPENED SINCE JULY ONE, AND WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE RECRUITMENTS TRYING TO FIND A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE.

UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROPOSED GO AHEAD ASK THAT QUESTION MANAGER POSITION THAT WAS IN HANOVER AT THE ATTLEE BRANCH, WHICH IS OUR, OUR FLAGSHIP BRANCH.

IF YOU WILL, IT'S A $10 MILLION BUILDING.

THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR 14, 15 MONTHS, BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH SALARIES.

WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE A PERSON WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE.

OUR STARTING SALARY FOR THAT POSITION IS 45,000 IN RICHMOND.

IT'S 57, IT'S 59 IN CHESTERFIELD AND 65 IN HENRICO, JUST AS A SINGLE EXAMPLE.

AND I DON'T REALLY WANT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT PROVES THE POINT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE THAT FAR APART ON ALL OF THEM, BUT IT MAKES IT, IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT.

UM, WE KNOW GOING INTO THE $12 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE, WE HAVE 54 OF OUR STAFF WHO ARE UNDER $12 AN HOUR.

SO OUT OF THE HUNDRED AND 54 OF THEM, SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AS WE GO UP TO THE, UM, THE NEXT STEPS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE.

IT'S THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT.

SO, UM, I, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, I THINK THAT I HAVE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SORTA FROM COUNTY STAFF HERE.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT SOME SOLUTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE'RE WORKING OBVIOUSLY WITH THE OTHER THREE LOCALITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH IT.

SOME OF IT'S STATUTORY, BUT YOU START MOVING PEOPLE UP AND THEN YOU HAVE COMPRESSION, ET CETERA.

SO, UM, REMIND JUST THE THREE JURISDICTIONS, KING, KING IT'S GOODLAND, HANOVER, KING, WILLIAM, AND, AND QUEEN.

SO, UM, AND THEY ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT KINDS OF SIZE OPERATIONS FOR THINGS.

SO, UM, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, UH, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS ON THE OUTLOOK HERE IS, UM, OUR OFFICE SPACE.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BRANCHES, UM, PRIMARILY WITHIN THE HANOVER BRANCHES, WE HAVE LEASED SPACE AND NOW IT'S BEEN RENOVATED, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR CENTRAL MANAGEMENT TEAM ALL TOGETHER.

UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, ON 360 IN HANOVER,

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IN AN OFFICE BUILDING.

UM, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE THERE TODAY.

WE DID BUY NEW FURNITURE AND, UH, IT HAS NOT ARRIVED YET.

AND WE'RE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE THERE STARTING IN JANUARY.

SO THAT'S BEEN A KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

AND WE'D HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE, UM, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WE ARE FUNDING THAT OUT OF THE LIBRARY'S RESERVE FUND.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S MOST OF WHAT I HAVE, UM, I GUESS LIKE EVERYONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE AS, AS OUR WORLD, UM, GETS TO A NEW NORMAL, BUT SO LET'S, WELL, LET'S, I'LL OPEN UP BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS.

SO THIS LAST CLIENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

I'VE GOT A HOST DON'T MIND, LET ME ROLL THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO MANDATES MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES, W W WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE LIBRARY? UM, WE, UM, DO NOT HAVE A VACCINATION MANDATE.

MANY OF OUR STAFF, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO BE VACCINATED EARLY ON, UM, SOME OF THE NEWER STAFF THAT WE HAVE HAD TO HIRE, UM, THEIR VACCINATION STATUS VARIES QUITE HONESTLY, BUT YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE NO MANDATES.

NOW HOW ABOUT THE PUBLIC ATTENDING OR VISITING THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, MANDATES NOTHING RELATED TO THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE OUR STAFF WEAR FACE COVERINGS ON THE FLOOR OF THE BRANCHES, MUCH LIKE YOU MIGHT SEE AT RESTAURANTS IF YOU'RE GOING OUT AND BEING SERVED, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE DURING THE DAY.

AND THAT HAS PROTECTED US A NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD STAFF THAT HAVE, UM, HAVE GOTTEN SICK FROM CONTACT OUTSIDE OF WORK, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THE WHOLE BRANCH IF THEY'D HAVE HAD THE CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

OKAY, WELL, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW MUCH MASS PROTECT YOU, BUT AT ANY RATE.

UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING, SO THE PUBLIC, THERE ARE NO MASS MANDATES, NO VACCINATION MANDATES.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, TODAY THAT TODAY OR YESTERDAY, MAYBE NOW, UM, THE VIRGINIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, THERE BE NO VACCINATION MANDATES FOR SCHOOLS, UH, BOTH TEACHERS AND THERE'S NOTHING FOR STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO YOU'RE NOT MANDATING OR DO ANYTHING WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN WHATSOEVER.

W WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY MANDATES.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER.

UM, THE LAST THING IS HOW DO YOU HANDLE CONTROVERSIAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS? IT MAKES THOSE DECISIONS, UH, LIBRARY STAFF MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT MATERIALS TO PURCHASE.

RIGHT? UM, WE PURCHASE A WIDE VARIETY OF MATERIALS TO REFLECT A WIDE VARIETY OF CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THE SERVICE AREA.

UM, WHAT ONE FAMILY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL TO ANOTHER.

UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE PLENTY OF READING CHOICES FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO DO YOU NOT DO ANY, UM, I GUESS, GUIDANCE ON SOME OF THESE CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE, UM, THAT MAKE THEM, THAT, THAT LIMIT THEM LIMIT THEIR ACCESS, UH, STUDENTS CHILDREN'S ACCESS, CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO THESE QUOTE CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

UM, THE LIBRARY HAS A LONG STANDING, UM, PROCEDURE OR POLICY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR YOUR LIBRARY CARD, YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE LIBRARY, AND WE EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF DECIDING WHAT YOUR CHILD READS MUCH LIKE THE, THERE IS NO MASS MANDATE FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY.

WE'RE NOT MANDATING THAT ANYONE READS ANYTHING, WE'RE NOT MANDATING THAT YOU TAKE THIS BOOK OFF THE SHELF.

WE PUT PARENTS IN CHARGE OF DECIDING WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS IN ITSELF CENSORSHIP.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M NOT FOR BOOK BURNING OR ANYTHING.

ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS SOME WHICH SO, SO A, A TEN-YEAR-OLD CAN WALK INTO THE, PICK UP A BOOK AND SIT THERE AND READ IT WITHOUT THEIR PARENTING, KNOWING IT RIGHT.

IF THEY CAN GET TO OUR BRANCH.

BUT IT, AGAIN, IT IS THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHERE THEIR CHILD IS AND WHAT THEIR CHILD IS DOING.

UM, UH, I GUESS, BETTER REACH ALL OF, ALL OF THE AREAS OF THE SERVICE AREA.

YUP.

ANYBODY ELSE? STRATEGIC PLAN, ARE YOU, ARE YOU ENTERING A FORMAL TIME OF DOING A STRATEGIC? UM, I WOULD SAY WE KIND OF HAVE AN INFORMAL PLAN.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WORKING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH IT AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO BETTER,

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ARE YOU, ARE YOU HIRING ANYBODY TO HELP WITH THAT OR IS THE, IS THE TRUSTEES, UM, KIND OF COORDINATING THAT OR EXCUSE ME, A LITTLE SENSE OF THINGS.

WE, WE HAVE A BUSINESS PARTNER THAT WE USE TO HELP US THAT, UM, HELPS US TO ANALYZE OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO WE'RE BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE USING OUR SERVICES.

AND MOST OF OUR CONVERSATIONS SO FAR HAVE BEEN WITH THEM.

THEY'RE A COMPANY THAT HAS, UM, I THINK 150 PUBLIC LIBRARIES KIND OF IN THE PORTFOLIO THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH.

AND THEY HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO REACH THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM JUST PRIMARILY.

IS THERE LIKE AN ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL LIBRARIES OR IS THERE AN ORGANIZATION WHERE YOU CAN TAP INTO SOME RESOURCES AND FIND OUT WHAT OTHER REGIONAL LIBRARIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE DOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES? I'M SURE.

UBIQUITOUS.

YEAH, WE, UM, I MEAN, WE, WE, AS COLLEAGUES, WE WORK TOGETHER ALL OF THE TIME.

ANYWAY.

UM, THERE IS A STATEWIDE LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

THERE'S NOT A SEPARATE ONE FOR THE REGIONALS BECAUSE THERE REALLY AREN'T THAT MANY OF US, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, DATA AND INFORMATION SHARING.

UM, IN VIRGINIA, WE HAVE A, UM, A STATEWIDE, IF YOU WILL, UM, STANDARDS APPROACH WHERE WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE STANDARDS FOR BASICALLY ALL OF THE AREAS OF SERVICE, TO HAVE SOME BETTER IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE? THE MOST COMMON ONE THAT I WOULD REFER TO IS ABOUT SPACE NEEDS.

UM, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, WE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH LIBRARY BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING BUILT AND HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THEY SERVING.

AND SO W W THE LOW LEVEL, UM, STANDARD, THE MINIMUM STANDARD FOR THAT IS TO HAVE SIX TENTHS OF A SQUARE FOOT OF PHYSICAL SPACE PER CAPITA FOR LIBRARY SERVICE, THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT REGION WIDE FOR US.

AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, NOT ONLY LIKE MEETING ROOM SPACE, BUT OFFICE SPACE, UM, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUR AREA? SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS LIKE THAT, THAT CAN GO INTO THIS AS WELL.

UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WE ARE SEEING HAD, UM, FUNDING, UM, PERSONNEL COSTS, IS IT GOING TO BE A SUPER PRIORITY FOR US, RIGHT? BUT THAT MEANS YOU MADE THAT CLEAR IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

I THINK ALL OF US, WE KNOW THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING THE SAME QUESTIONS AT ALL OF OUR AGENCIES, SO I'M GLAD YOU BRING IT FORWARD.

DON'T BE SHOCKED.

I MEAN, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

YOU HAVE TO ADJUST IT.

I WOULD JUST WRAP UP MY COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE, IF IT, IF IT MAKES SENSE, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT, I WOULD LIKE TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY TOO, TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN OUR EFFORTS TO DO A COMMUNITY STUDIES WE'RE DOING, WE'VE GOTTEN A GRANT FROM AN ARM OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO DO A PEDESTRIAN BIKE STUDY FOR OUR VILLAGES.

WHAT'S YOUR CENTERVILLE.

AND THEN RIGHT HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE.

AND THEN WE'RE DOING A COUNTY FUNDED STUDY FOR LAND USE.

AND SO I LOOK AT THE LIBRARY IS, IS ONE OF J SERGEANT REYNOLDS AND OTHERS.

THERE'S SEVERAL, UH, YOU KNOW, DESTINATION PLACES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTEGRAL, I THINK, TO A SUCCESSFUL VILLAGE PLAN.

AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THE LIBRARY, UM, TO, TO HAVE A SEAT AT THAT TABLE.

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THAT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE MEETING SPACE.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP DISTRIBUTE IF YOU'RE DISTRIBUTING SURVEYS OR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW PEOPLE NEED TO MAYBE LOG INTO THE SURVEY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT WE'D BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE WITH ALL OF THAT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO BALANCE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS WE HAVE TO KIND OF BALANCE WITH THE LOCALITIES THEMSELVES.

SO, UM, SURE.

BUT MAYBE I'M THINKING WHEN I SAW THAT I'D HAVE BEEN ON MY SENSE OF MOM AND I SAW THAT SHE STEPPED IN AN APPOINTMENT, I'VE MADE A PLAN.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO HER AND SEE HOW THE BOARD CAN COORDINATE WITH KING AND QUEEN KING WILLIAM, AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS A REGION.

AND CERTAINLY HANOVER, HANOVER'S A NEIGHBOR AND WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE REGIONAL SYSTEM.

SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.

SO ARE YOU, YOU'RE THE CONTACT PERSON? SHOULD I PUT, OR SHOULD I REACH OUT TO YOU OR HAVE OUR STAFF REACH OUT TO YOU IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE IT'S GOING TO START NEXT YEAR? YEAH, YEAH.

I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY EASIEST TO START WITH ME AND I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE CAN DELEGATE AND WORK THAT OUT AS WE GET TO MORE FUNCTIONAL PIECES, BUT YEAH.

HAPPY TO BE THE CONTACT.

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BOARD MEMBERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SHEPHERD? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU KEEP IN TOUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. ALVAREZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND A GOOD AVENUE TO LISA.

LISA.

HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? I CAN GO FAST.

I CAN'T CONTROL THE QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN CONTROL MY PERSPECTIVE.

WE HAVE SOME, ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

SO I WILL WRITE, I WILL BE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS MEETINGS, UH, DO CONTINUE THROUGH COVID THE, UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING IN PUBLIC HEALTH ARE THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM MULTIPLE, UH, LEADERS HERE TODAY.

I WILL BE EFFICIENT.

I CAN'T CONTROL THE QUESTIONS THOUGH.

SO HERE HERE'S SOME OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE, UH, THERE'S 22 OF OUR MORE MAJOR PROGRAMS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES HERE.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANKS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE JUST HOW, HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY DO.

UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS HERE THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE THAT WE DO ALL THESE THINGS, BUT SURE.

HERE'S SOME OF OUR SERVICE LEVELS HERE.

YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW OR ARE DUE TO COVID-19.

WE KNOW COVID HIT US UP IN MARCH 7TH IN VIRGINIA OF 2020, AND EVER SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH COVID CASES.

UH, WE INVESTIGATE EVERY SINGLE COVID CASE AND THESE ARE JUST FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

AND SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, UH, SINCE MARCH 7TH, WE STARTED DOING THAT.

WE SAW, UH, JUST ABOUT 200 CASES OF COVID TYPICALLY A TYPICAL YEAR FOR US IS 95 REPORTABLE DISEASES THAT WE INVESTIGATE.

AND, UH, THAT MIGHT BE SALMONELLA OR E COLI, OR, UH, MAYBE MEASLES.

NOW, WE'RE NOW WE'RE DOING COVID.

AND SO IN FISCAL YEAR, 2021, WE INVESTIGATED 1,320.

SOME OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY OUTBREAKS.

SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE CASES THROWN INTO ONE INVESTIGATION.

UM, IF YOU PULL OUT THE COVID OR THE NUMBERS HOLDING ABOUT THE SAME, SO THE NUMBERS ARE ABOUT THE SAME, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE PROTECTED WHEN THEY WERE WATCHING OUT FOR COVID.

SO THEY WERE WATCHING OUT FOR OTHER THINGS.

UM, SO TYPICALLY YEARS ABOUT 95 REPORTABLE DISEASES AND IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR FAMILY PLAN AND VISITS WENT DOWN.

UM, MOST EVERYTHING ELSE HAS HELD PRETTY STEADY.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE, WE STARTED COVID-19 VACCINATIONS IN, UH, ROUGHLY FEBRUARY HERE IN GOOCHLAND, FEBRUARY OF THIS CURRENT YEAR.

AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE 3,893.

THAT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I THINK.

UM, AND THAT'S OUT OF A 38,000 DOSES GIVEN IN GOOCHLAND.

SO THIS IS WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED WITH.

UH, NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS, IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE HERE, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE WHERE WE LOST TRACK OF DATA, BECAUSE WE WERE TRANSITIONING TO A NEW PROGRAM, A WHOLE NEW DATABASE, AND IT TOOK US, IT TOOK THEM OVER A YEAR TO GET THAT ALL STRAIGHTENED UP.

AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DATA.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, ONE THING YOU'LL NOTICE HERE, UM, WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE RESTAURANT AND RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS OR FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS, UH, WENT DOWN DURING COVID AND, UM, SEPTIC APPLICATIONS AND WELL APPLICATIONS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST, UH, OR IN 2021 FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND THEN I'VE THROWN IN A COUPLE OF NEW STATISTICS.

WE DIDN'T USE TO THROW IN THERE, LIKE POOL INSPECTION, THE SUMMER CAMP INSPECTIONS, UH, TOURIST, ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS, THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE DO IT IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES, UH, I WOULDN'T CALL THIS FIRST ONE ON ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT AN OUTCOME.

UM, THIS DATA IS A LITTLE BIT OLD AND, UH, I THINK I'VE UPDATED THE DATA AND THE METRICS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IF THERE'S ENOUGH TIME.

UH, BUT THE NEW DATA IS AS OF, AS OF YESTERDAY, 2,233 CASES OF COVID IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

UM, COVID COVID VACCINATIONS GIVEN IS NOW A 33,893 IS WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN.

UM, IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, THERE'VE BEEN 38,407 COVID VACCINES GIVEN TO GOODWILL UNDER THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS, UH, GOOCHLAND STILL DOING PRETTY WELL WHEN THAT NUMBER IS GREATER THAN THE POPULATION.

IS THAT, IS THAT BECAUSE THE DOSAGES ARE TRY? YES, YES, SIR.

EXACTLY.

CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED TWO DOSES AND SOME PEOPLE, EVEN THREE DOSES NOW, THE, UH, 2021 HEALTH, UH, RANKIN COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS, UH, CAME OUT AND THEY COME OUT OF BED EVERY MARCH OR APRIL GOOCHLAND IS NUMBER 16, OUT OF 133 JURISDICTIONS IN VIRGINIA, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

UH, A LOT OF YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT AND A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS BACK HERE, UH, WE'RE A PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, THAT, THAT IMPROVEMENT PLAN CONTINUES.

THE, UH, YOU'LL SEE A THREE, UM, THE THREE MAJOR PRIORITIES THAT WE CAME UP WITH ARE STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED.

AND, UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO A GUCCI ON THE

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UH, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS THE OTHER, THE OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT'S ACTUALLY STILL GOING ON IS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN OPIOIDS.

UH, BUT IT IS A TRUE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

UM, THE NUMBER OF OPIOID DEATHS, OPIOID RELATED DEATHS IS AT A RECORD ALL-TIME HIGH, UH, THIS PAST YEAR AS RECORDED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER.

UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THE, UH, I TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE CHIP THAT WE ALL WORKED ON TOGETHER, UH, THE THREE PRIORITIES ARE UP HERE, UH, IT'S IT'S HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND ACCESS TO CARE.

AND THAT INCLUDES BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE WHERE TO WHERE TO, UH, PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED UNDER ACCESS.

UM, SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC HEALTH ARE THE SAME ONES THAT EVERYBODY IN GOOCHLAND FACES, IT'S THE GROWTH IN POPULATION, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

UM, UH, CONTROLLED GROWTH IS A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S LEADING TO A LOT OF EXTRA WORK ON THE PART OF, ESPECIALLY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOLKS.

UH, WE HAVE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS HERE.

I SHOULD, WELL, TWO AND A HALF, UM, IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH ALL OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS COMING IN.

AND THEN OF COURSE, A COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THE DELTA VARIANT, THAT'S OVER 99% OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, THERE'S A UNKNOWN FUTURE WE'VE SEEN, UM, WE KNOW OMICRON IS COMING.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

IT, IT, IT WILL ARRIVE HERE IN VIRGINIA AND SOONER OR LATER, UH, PROBABLY WITHIN DAYS, UM, BOOSTS BOOSTERS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED AND ALL THREE VACCINES, PFIZER MADRONA AND J AND J BOOSTERS, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR, FOR A GOOD, UH, MONTH OR TWO NOW, UH, PFIZER GOT AUTHORIZED FOR THE CHILDREN, UH, AGE FIVE TO 11 VACCINE.

UM, COVID MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, WHERE WE'RE CONSTANTLY, UH, PLAYING, UH, AN EDUCATION BATTLE, TRYING TO JUST EDUCATE PEOPLE, UM, ON THE, ON THE FACTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE, JUST TRYING TO GET THE SCIENCE OUT THERE, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SCIENCE.

UM, IF THERE'S TIME, I'LL, I'LL GO OVER THE COVID METRICS WITH YOU THAT THIS IS THE LATEST AS OF YESTERDAY.

UM, HERE'S THE PANDEMIC CURVE.

THIS IS INTERESTING.

IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE NUMBER OF DAYS.

THESE ARE THE DAILY CASES THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY OF COVID-19 CASES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN SEE THAT ON YOUR SCREENS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE, THE, THE REAL PEAK OF THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC OCCURRED IN JANUARY OF 21.

AND THEN, AND IT WAS COMING DOWN AND I WAS LOOKING AT THINGS WERE LOOKING GREAT.

I WAS FEELING REALLY GOOD BACK, UH, AROUND JULY, UM, WHEN THE CASES REALLY TRICKLED OFF.

AND THEN, UH, AND THEN THE DELTA VARIANT HIT AND THE CASES HAVE BEEN GOING UP SINCE THEN.

YOU'LL SEE, WE PEAKED AGAIN AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND THEN IT STARTED TO COME DOWN.

I WAS FEELING GOOD AGAIN ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS, BUT HERE WE ARE, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AN UPTICK.

AND, UM, AND THEN WHO KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE, UH, ALMA CRON ESTABLISHES ITSELF, OMICRON IS, UH, EVEN MORE TRANSMISSIBLE THAN THE DELTA VARIANT.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS VIRGINIA KURT, THE EPICOR, WE CALL IT THE EPI CURVE, THE PANDEMIC CURVE.

UM, THIS IS VIRGINIA'S CURVE.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOOCHLAND CURVE.

SO THESE ARE DAILY, UH, DAILY CASES OF COVID-19.

UM, EVERY, EVERY ONE OF WHICH WE, UH, INVESTIGATE.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE A WEE BIT GOOCHLAND PEAKED IN JANUARY WITH, UH, 30, 34, I THINK, WAS THE MAX THAT WE SAW ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

THE CASE IS A POSITIVE TEST RESULT.

YEAH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE CASES CONFIRMED CASES.

UH, TYPICALLY IT'S A POSITIVE PCR RESULT.

SO THESE ARE PCR POSITIVE PCRS GOING AWAY.

ISN'T IT? UH, NO PCR PCR IS HERE TO STAY.

WE GET, WE HAVE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST, UH, BUT PCR IS REALLY THE GOLD STANDARD.

SO WE, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PCR TESTS BEING DONE EVERY DAY.

UM, SO THE, UH, THESE, THESE CASES, THESE ARE CONFIRMED CASES THOUGH.

THESE ARE NOT JUST SUSPECT CASES.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY CONFIRMED.

AND, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT PIQUED UP 34 BACK IN JANUARY, AND THEN IT KIND OF TRAILED DOWN, TRICKLED DOWN TO SOME DAYS WE HAD ZERO OR ONE OR TWO.

UH, BUT NOW YOU SEE WE'RE COMING BACK UP JUST LIKE IN VIRGINIA, WE KIND OF MIRROR VIRGINIA, MAYBE, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT WORSE IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, IT'S STARTING TO PICK UP AGAIN.

UM, YOU'LL SEE UP AT THE TOP, THAT'S THE, YESTERDAY, WHEN I DOWNLOADED THIS YESTERDAY, WE HAD FIVE, WE HAD FIVE NEW CASES REPORTED THAT DAY FROM THE PRE FROM THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS.

THE AVERAGE DAILY COUNT IS NINE.

WE'RE SEEING ON AVERAGE ABOUT NINE OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS.

AND IT'S CERTAINLY A TRICK, UH, STARTING TO TREND UP A LITTLE BIT.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE, UH, RATE PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND 37.5 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO THAT'S UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL COUNTS, IT'S ABOUT 512 OVER THE LAST

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TWO WEEKS.

UM, THIS, THIS GIVES YOU ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE OF COVID METRICS.

UM, HERE'S THE STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TOTAL CASES.

AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, I'VE TRIED TO SUPERIMPOSE GOOCHLAND COUNTY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN GOOCHLAND.

UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE STARTLING THINGS ABOUT THESE STATISTICS HERE ARE THE NUMBER OF DEATHS.

SO IT 14,771 DEATHS IN VIRGINIA AS OF YESTERDAY, UM, TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, UH, AT, UH, A TYPICAL YEAR WITH INFLUENZA WE'LL S IN VIRGINIA, WE'LL SEE ABOUT A THOUSAND DEATHS ON THE AVERAGE AND IN THE UNITED STATES, WE'LL SEE ABOUT 36,000 DEATHS TOTAL IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES ON A TYPICAL YEAR FROM INFLUENZA.

SO THIS IS FROM COVID ALONE.

SO IT JUST FAR OUTSTRIPS ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE WITH ANYTHING GIVEN US TOTAL, YOU'VE GIVEN US TOTAL DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS OVER THE TAB, HOW ARE THE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS TRENDING WITH THE, WITH THE TRENDS? CAUSE ISN'T THAT KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON? YES, SIR.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO WE FOLLOW A HOSPITALIZATION.

SO IF YOU SEE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THIS METRICS DASHBOARD AND YOU CAN CLICK ON CASES, OR YOU CAN CLICK ON HOSPITALIZATIONS THERE AND IT'LL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THE DEATHS.

SO THE TREND IS THE TREND IS, IS DOWN SINCE COVID VACCINATION STARTED.

AND, UM, AND WE KEEP TRACK OF, WE KEEP TRACK OF NUMBER OF CASES AND VACCINATED PEOPLE VERSUS UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.

YOU CAN GET THAT ONLINE ON THE SAME METRICS WE KEEP TRACK OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED, AND THEN DEATHS THE DEFINITION OF A VACCINATED PERSON, OR IS IT, IS IT TWO, TWO SHOTS? I MEAN, NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BOOSTERS ARE PEOPLE WITH TWO SHOTS AND DON'T GET A BOOSTER.

ARE THEY GOING TO DROP OFF THE BACKS? NATIVES? YEAH.

EXCELLENT QUESTION.

UH, VACCINATION MEANS YOU'RE FULLY VACCINATED MEANS YOU'VE HAD TWO DOSES OF MEDINA OR TWO DOSES OF PFIZER OR ONE DOSE OF J AND J RIGHT NOW IT MAY CHANGE.

AND THEN DOWN, YOU'LL SEE GOOCHLAND STATISTICS.

THERE ARE TOTAL TOTAL CASES IN GOOCHLAND.

UM, I THINK I REPORTED ALREADY A 2,283 TOTAL CASES AND THAT, AND OF COURSE THAT'S A POPULATION OF 23,000, ROUGHLY.

SO THAT'S ABOUT ONE IN ONE IN 10 GUCCI LENDERS ARE 10% OF GUCCI LENDERS HAVE HAD COVID AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THERE.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'VE BEEN, UH, 31 DEATHS AS OF YESTERDAY.

UM, HERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

UH, HERE BLUE IS GOOD.

YELLOW IS, IS A LITTLE, NOT, NOT AS GOOD.

ORANGE IS EVEN WORSE.

AND RED IS THE WORST.

YOU'LL SEE.

MOST OF VIRGINIA IS IN A REALLY HIGH, UH, HIGH TRANSMISSION LEVEL, MEANING MORE THAN GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT MEANS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO A HUNDRED CASES.

UM, OVER THE OVER SEVEN DAYS PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST MONTH, RIGHT? SO THIS MAP CHANGES EVERY DAY.

YEAH, THIS, THIS IS DEFINITELY GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.

UM, THEREFORE LOCALITY IS STILL IN THE YELLOW RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, GOOCHLAND UNFORTUNATELY IS LIKE MOST OF THE STATE WE'RE IN THE RED RIGHT NOW.

UM, IT ALSO COULD BE NOW A PERCENT POSITIVITY IS A 10 IS 10% IN GOOCHLAND.

SO THAT PLAYS A ROLE ON THIS MAP AS WELL.

SO HERE'S A LITTLE HERE'S GOOCHLAND.

SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE.

UM, REMEMBER RED IS BAD.

RED IS HIGH TRANSMISSION, UM, NUMBER OF CASES, 240 OVER THE LAST.

UM, THIS IS A SEVEN DAY.

THIS IS A SEVEN DAY CUMULATIVE RATE PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

IT'S ABOUT 240 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN GOOCHLAND OVER SEVEN DAYS.

THAT'S ABOUT 37.5 PER DAY PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.

UM, AND 10% POSITIVITY AS OF YESTERDAY.

UH, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS VACCINATIONS ARE GOING REALLY WELL, ESPECIALLY IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS IN THE STATISTICS ON THE LEFT ARE FOR VIRGINIA AND ON THE RIGHT ARE FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY, UM, IN GOOCHLAND, UH, JUST TO REPEAT IT, 38,000, OVER 38,000 DOSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN, UM, PEOPLE WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE 18,000 THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT NUMBERS OR THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

IT'S 70, OVER 70% AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S THE TOTAL POPULATION.

SO THAT INCLUDES NEWBORNS ALL THE WAY UP TO FIVE YEARS OLD AND FIVE TO 11 YEAR OLDS, 12 TO 115 YEAR OLDS DOES VACCINATION A SLOW TRANSMISSION.

BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME NEW VARIANTS COMING OUT AND THE VACCINATION DOESN'T CURB TRANSMISSION OF A NEW VARIANT, UH, VACCINATION, DOES IT D CURBS, TRANSMISSION, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED OR ARE LESS LIKELY TO TRANSMIT THE BUYERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.

IT DOES.

AND UM, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENT OF ADULT POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED, THAT'S ALMOST 80% SO THAT IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO VIRGINIA, SO TRANSMISSION TRANS TRANSMISSION INCREASING,

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AND THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO DIE.

THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOSPITALIZATION.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY'S SAYING THE CROWN IS COMING.

IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE AND I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE THAT VACCINATIONS ARE CURBING THE TRANSMISSIBILITY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE.

SO AT THE SAME TIME THAT'S HAPPENING WITH PEOPLE PEOPLE'S PEOPLE'S IMMUNITY ARE, ARE WEARING, ARE TRENDING DOWN OVER TIME.

AS WE KNOW, WITH, WITH MOST VACCINES, THE IMMUNITY WEARS OFF OVER TIME.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR BOOSTER IS BECAUSE OF WANING IMMUNITY OCCURRING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

AND I GUESS THE J AND J, WHICH IS, WHAT ABOUT ALL VECTOR? SORRY.

JJ, J AND J RECOMMENDATION IS TO TWO MONTHS.

IF IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO MONTHS, THEY RECOMMEND A BOOSTER DOSE.

UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE, SO, RIGHT.

THAT'S A GOOD UPDATE.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SPOONER? HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE CHICKEN? HOW MANY HEALTH DISTRICT, UM, AS THE LATEST CENSUS IS ABOUT 163,000.

AND I THINK THEY PUT GOOCHLAND AT JUST OVER 20, 23 TO 24, I THINK 24,000.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW NUMBERS WHEN THEY COME OUT WITH A NEW CENSUS, 25, ALMOST 25.

PERCENTAGE-WISE AND COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

SO IT'S A GOOCHLAND.

I HEARD GOODWIN WAS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING COUNTY.

THAT'S WHAT THE, THE CENSUS NUMBERS SHOW, UM, UM, HAPPY GROWING FASTER THAN I THINK WHEN THE NEXT CENSUS COMES OUT.

WE'LL SEE.

I'LL SHOW YOU THE ARTICLE THAT I'VE FOUND THAT IT WAS A YEAR OVER YEAR 2018 TO 2019 AS THICK AS WHAT THEY WERE QUOTING.

SO IT WAS JUST A SINGLE YEAR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DR.

FRANK, YOU GOT A LOT OF THINGS.

HOLD ON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE.

NOW I WAS THINKING WE WERE OKAY.

WE GOT ANIMAL PROTECTION THEN WE'RE THEN REDACTED.

THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR KEEPING US MOVING.

HAVE YOU HAD DOGS QUIT THE STATION? YES, THAT'S TRUE.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS JOE GREEN.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION FOR GOOCHLAND.

AND I'VE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE.

THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS AMAZING FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO, UM, I'VE SEEN IT BOTH WAYS WHERE IT'S NOT SO GREAT WHERE IT'S GREAT AND IT'S BEEN THE BEST I'VE SEEN.

ISN'T GO EACH ONE.

SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

A REALLY OUTSTANDING NUMBER OF THE STAFF BEFORE I GOT THERE.

SO BASICALLY THIS IS JUST OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL IS KIND OF SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN ONE DEPARTMENT.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS THE FIELD SERVICES, WHICH IS THE ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS THAT GO OUT AND ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE ACTUAL SHELTER ITSELF WAS WHERE THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS AFTER THEY'RE PICKED UP OR AN OWNER SURRENDERS THEM AND, UH, PROCESS THROUGH TO ADOPTION OR OTHER DISPOSITIONS.

UM, THIS IS JUST A DEPARTMENT BREAKDOWN, UM, NEW STAFF MEMBERS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.

THERE, WE HAVE A NEW ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICER, LETICIA ATKINS.

UH, WE HAVE A SHELTER ATTENDANT WHO RETURNED AFTER LEAVING STEPHANIE SANTA COLE AND JANINE LARSON DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, JUST ABOVE HER AS A NEW PART-TIME KENNEL PERSON.

WE HAVE FIVE ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS, UH, ONE FULL-TIME SHELTER ATTENDANT AND THREE PART-TIME SHELTER, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE AS WITH EVERYONE ELSE HERE.

THEY'RE GOING UP LITTLE BY LITTLE THERE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE CALLS PER ANIMAL CONTROL.

OFFICER HAVE GONE FROM 4 0 2 AND LAST YEAR UP TO 4 85 THIS YEAR, FISCAL YEAR ANIMAL INTAKE.

NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE YEAR TO DATE, CALENDAR YEAR.

WE DIDN'T DO FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES REGULATIONS.

SO THIS IS HOW WE TRACK OUR STATISTICS IS FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER 31ST, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE UP TO SIX 70 ALREADY.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR US PICKING UP A LOT OF HUNTING DOGS OUT THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND GETTING DROPPED OFF.

SO, UH, WE EXPECT THAT TO SPIKE WITH THIS LAST MONTH, UH, OUTCOMES.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GREAT.

UM, HERE, WE'VE DONE 383 ADOPTIONS ALREADY THIS YEAR.

THAT'S UP FROM 2 57 LAST YEAR, OUR LIVE EXIT RATE, WHICH IS ANIMALS LEAVING THROUGH EITHER A RESCUE ADOPTION OR BEING RECLAIMED BY THEIR OWNERS IS 95 AND A HALF PERCENT.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE US HAVING TO EUTHANIZE ANYTHING, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY

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AND CONTINUING HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

UM, THIS LITTLE GUY ON THE LEFT IS UP FOR ADOPTION AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

HE DOES, HE DOES NOT HAVE A RABIES VACCINATION, BUT HE DOES COME WITH RABIES AND, UM, CONTROL OFFICERS.

THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH WILDLIFE CALLS, JUST NUISANCE CALLS, A LOT OF PHONE CONVERSATIONS, UH, 31 CALLS INVOLVING WILDLIFE WITH RABIES LIKE SYMPTOMS. AND THAT WOULD BE LETHARGY FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.

JUST YOUR GENERAL, YOU KNOW, SYMPTOMS, 17 CALLS FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS THAT HAD CONTACT WITH A WILDLIFE, DISPLAYING, AN ACTIVE SYMPTOM, THE RABIES.

AND WITH THAT, WE WORK WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THAT ANIMAL HAS TO BE CONFINED FOR DEPENDING ON ITS VACCINATION STATUS, EITHER 45 DAYS UP TO 90 DAYS, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL ASSIST WITH INJURED WILDLIFE.

WE CAPTURE IT AND WE'LL TRANSPORT IT TO A LICENSED REHABILITATE OR, UM, DGF, UH, DEPARTMENT OF GAME.

AND INLAND FISHERIES DOES NOT ALLOW US, UH, TO TRAP AND RELOCATE WILDLIFE THAT'S THERE.

BALLYWICK UM, AND WE WILL RESPOND TO NUISANCE WILDLIFE COMPLAINTS IN ORDER TO EVALUATE PROPERTY AND LET CITIZENS GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION HOW THEY CAN KIND OF HELP THEMSELVES AND GET OUT A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE A GROUNDHOG UNDER THEIR PORCH OR WHATNOT.

UH, VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST VOLUNTEER PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE'VE SEEN A LARGE SPIKE IN THAT OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

UH, THEY PARTICIPATE IN LIKE A LOT OF FACETS OF THE OPERATION ON THE ANIMAL, ON THE ADOPTION CENTER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

UM, THEY'RE KIND OF LIMITED WHAT THEY CAN DO BACK IN THE INTAKE AND ANIMAL CONTROL SIDE OF THE BUILDING BEFORE THINGS BECOME AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, BUT ALL THE DOGS GET WALKED DAILY MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

SOME DAYS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN THE MORNING AND WALK THEM WHILE SHELTER STAFF CLEANS, OR THEY COME IN IN THE AFTERNOON AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER WALK.

WE HAVE THAT NICE TRAIL, HIDDEN ROCK PARK, RIGHT THERE.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WALK DOGS.

UM, WE HAVE DOG TRAINING TEAM MEMBERS NOW THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS.

AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD FORMALIZED DOG TRAINING AND THEY'RE TRAINING THE OTHER VOLUNTEER SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO ADOPT THE DOGS, AREN'T JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE, ACTING CRAZY BARKING.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO INCREASE.

ADOPTABILITY WHEN YOU HAVE DOGS, YOU KNOW, GOING WILD.

SO THE DOGS ARE LEARNING TO KEEP THEIR FOUR FEET ON THE GROUND CAUSE IT'S, UH, THEY'LL GET REWARDED IF THEIR FEET ARE ON THE GROUND, IF THEY'RE NOT BARKING.

SO THAT'S A GREAT WAY JUST TO INCREASE ADOPTABILITY FOR ANIMALS AND SHOWCASE THEM A LITTLE BIT, UM, GREETERS WORK IN THE FRONT DESK.

UH, AND SO SOME INQUIRIES AND ADOPTIONS THEY'RE HELPING WITH THAT ASSISTANT WITH THE GENERAL CLEANING LAUNDRY AND ADOPTION SPACES, WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE, UH, ASSISTING WITH BATHING AND GROOMING ADOPTION CENTER AND ENTERING LOSS PET REPORTS IN OUR DATABASE.

WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK THAT NOW ON THE COMPUTER, RATHER THAN, UH, JUST ON A MEMO PAD, UM, VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION.

YOU CAN SEE NOVEMBER, WE HAD 444 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION.

SO THAT'S A REALLY NICE NUMBER TO HAVE.

THAT'S OFFSITE, ADOPTION EVENTS.

AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOCHLAND PET LOVERS, THIS IS REALLY AN OUTSTANDING PARTNERSHIP.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM.

I'VE BEEN SUPER HAPPY WORKING WITH DR.

ELLIOT AND BOARD MEMBERS THERE.

UM, THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ALL OUR SPAY NEUTERS.

UM, THE EMERGENCY CARE FOR ANIMALS.

YOU CAN SEE PEARL THERE YOU'LL KNOW PEARL STORY ON THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? HER BILL WAS OVER 10 GRAND WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, AND THEY COVERED THE WHOLE THING.

UH, IF THEY NEED A SPECIALIST CONSULTATION, IF THEY NEED BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATION, THEY'LL HELP WITH THAT.

UH, ANY SPECIAL NEEDS, AS FAR AS LIKE SURGERIES, YOU SEE WITH PAROLE THERE, THEY COVER THAT.

UM, THEY MICROCHIP EVERY SINGLE ANIMAL SO WE CAN GET IT BACK TO AN OWNER.

IF IT'S PICKED UP, WE SCAN EVERY ANIMAL.

WHEN THEY ARE PICKED UP, THE OFFICERS ALL HAVE A SCANNER IN THEIR TRUCKS AND THEY CAN TAKE IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE PERSON'S HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING TO EVEN BRING IT TO THE SHELTER, IF THEY'RE MICROCHIPPED.

UH, AND WE PROVIDE AS THE COUNTY, WE PROVIDE ALL THE VACCINATIONS, THE WORMING.

AND, UM, ONE OTHER THING, WHEN DID WE PROVIDE AND ALL THE PRICES OF THOSE, OF COURSE, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE HAVE GONE UP.

UH, OH, AND THE, AND THE HEARTWORM TESTS AND THE FIV FELV, WHICH ARE AIDS AND LEUKEMIA TESTS FOR CATS.

THE COUNTY PROVIDES THOSE RIGHT NOW.

UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE ONSITE DOG TRAINING AND CAT TRAINING.

WE HAVE A CAT BEHAVIOR LIST AND A DOG BEHAVIOR LIST THAT COME IN TWICE A MONTH AND THEY TRAINED THE STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEERS JUST THE RIGHT WAY TO EVEN JUST GET A DOG OUT OF A KENNEL WITHOUT, UH, GETTING BIT.

SO, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST LIKE, THANKS, CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, ADOPTERS, VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT US.

UM, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN OUTSTANDING.

THAT'S A GROUP FROM THE TIMMINS, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM THAT CAME IN AND DID A WHOLE DAY JUST DOING WINDOWS, LAUNDRY, ALL THAT STUFF WE NEEDED HELP WITH.

UM, WE JUST GOT A GRANT FOR CAT LITTER FROM PURINA, UM, AND KING WILLIAM, WE GOT, GOTTA GO PICK IT UP AFTER TOMORROW, BUT IT WAS TWO TONS OF LITTER.

SO PRETTY BIG, OOPS, LET'S GET THAT.

AND, UM, FUTURE OUTLOOK, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OR ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS ARE LOOKING TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATION AS CONSERVATORS OF THE PIECE.

UM, LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR MANAGEMENT STAFF.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT.

WE WANT TO INCREASE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION, AND RECOGNITION.

UH, LOOK FOR WAYS TO PARTNER WITH CIVIC

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GROUPS AND BUSINESSES.

WE GOT A REQUEST TODAY FROM LICKING HOLE BREWERY.

THEY WANTED TO DO A PET FOOD DRIVE FOR US AND A ADOPTION EVENT THERE ON SITE.

UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EAGLE SCOUTS DOING PROJECTS FOR US, BUILDING DOG HOUSES TO REPLACE CITIZENS, MAYBE WHOEVER A DOG HOUSE THAT ISN'T QUITE IN REGULATION AND OR DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THOSE DOGHOUSES OUT TO THOSE CITIZENS AND HUMANE EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, GETTING THE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, TEACHING THEM RESPONSIBLE PET CARE AND LOOKING TO TREND, TO INCREASE CALLS FOR SERVICE TO CONTINUE INCREASE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS PICKED UP, AND WE ARE DEVELOPING A JOINT MISSION STATEMENT WITH GOOCHLAND PET LOVERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS MS. LAST? OKAY.

I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS ON FACEBOOK ON FRIDAY.

HE SAID I A LOT OF, YEAH, EXACTLY.

NOT SAYING IT.

UM, SO A LOT OF GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND EVERYBODY THERE.

UH, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED THE ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS, UH, DEALING WITH INJURED WILDLIFE.

AND I GUESS THIS IS WHERE I WAS MISTAKEN.

I THOUGHT WILDLIFE WAS HANDLED BY GAME WARDS, BUT WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT INJURED.

WELL THE GAME WARDEN WILL PICK UP SICK AND INJURED WILDLIFE TOO, BUT THEY'RE STRETCHED SO THIN THAT A LOT OF TIMES ANIMAL CONTROL HAS TO STEP IN OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE HOURS AND HOURS BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.

SO I THINK THERE'S ONE GAME WARDEN COVERING THREE COUNTIES, TIM AND GOODS ON SOUTH.

SO ALBEMARLE, LOUISA AND GOOSE LENDER COVERED BY ONE GAME OR OKAY.

BUT THAT'S ONLY IF IT'S THE WILD LIFE ANIMAL IS INJURED.

THAT'S NOT, I SEE A BEAR IN MY YARD, YOU KNOW, JUST BRING YOUR PETS IN AND STAY INSIDE UNTIL IT GOES AWAY.

WE'LL GIVE ADVICE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME OUT AND CHASE A BEAR.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? YOU SAID SOMETHING AT THE VERY END THAT JUST CAUGHT MY EAR.

YOU SAID, UH, WE'LL HELP PEOPLE IF THEIR DOGHOUSE DOESN'T MEET REGULATIONS, IS THERE AND REGULATION ON DOGHOUSE THERE? SURE.

ISN'T IT ACTUALLY HAS JUST CHANGED RECENTLY.

THERE'S A NEW LAW, UH, JANUARY OR JULY ONE, EXCUSE ME, WHERE YOU CAN'T TETHER AN ANIMAL WHEN IT'S ABOVE 85 DEGREES, WHICH IS TY OUT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES AND YOUR DOG HAS TO, HAS TO HAVE A WINDBREAK ON IT IN THE WINTER.

AND IT HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF BEDDING IN IT.

THOSE WERE NEVER REGULATIONS BEFORE.

BASICALLY IT WAS JUST A STANDARDIZED, HEY, YOU NEED TO HAVE A FLOOR AND THREE WALLS AND A ROOF ON IT.

SO THAT HAS CHANGED.

UM, WE CAN TAKE AN ANIMAL IF IT'S LIFE HEALTH OR SAFETY OR IN JEOPARDY SEES IT.

UM, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AN ANIMAL'S BEING PROPERLY CARED FOR.

SO IF SOMEBODY HAS JUST SOME PLYWOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, THAT'S GOING TO CUT IT.

SO THESE, WE COULD BRING THEM OUT AND KIND OF EDUCATE THEM.

HEY, YOU NEED TO PUT SOME SHAVINGS IN THERE, LIKE A BUILDING CODE, BUT IT'S OF NO, IT'S JUST KIND OF A STANDARD.

IT TAKES FOR PAUL TO GRACIOUSLY PULL IT UP FOR ME.

DOES IT DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO? RIGHT.

RIGHT ALONG GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD MEMBERS, TARA MCGEE, USUALLY COUNTY ATTORNEY.

I DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF, IT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, EIGHT SLIDES, AND I HOPE IT WON'T LAST MUCH LONGER THAN

[3. 5219: Election District Redistricting Process Update]

ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND THEN ONE IN THE WEST.

YOU KNOW, YOUR REDISTRICTING TEAM, THERE IS ONE NEW NAME ON HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW GIS ANALYST WHO'S JOINED US, BUT OTHERWISE THIS IS THE REDISTRICTING TEAM ON WHOSE BEHALF I'M PRESENTING TODAY.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AS I SHOWED YOU, UH, OUR PROCESS ON CREATING THAT PROPOSED MAP.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING WEEKLY.

UM, YOU NOTE HERE THAT WE HAVE A WEBSITE ADDRESS DEDICATED TO REDISTRICTING, AND THAT IS LIVE.

UM, WE PLAN TO HAVE THE PROPOSED MAP POSTED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE ON THIS WEBSITE, UM, BY MID DECEMBER, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY, WE HOPE TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

UM, AND HAVE THAT POSTED FOR REVIEW BY YOU AND OUR, UM, CITIZENS.

SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE END OF STEP ONE TO CREATE THE PROPOSED MAP THAT MEETS ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

STEP TWO IS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN THEN GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON THAT MAP.

AND POSTCARDS ARE BEING MAILED TO EVERY RESIDENCE IN GOOCHLAND, EVERY ADDRESS IN GOOCHLAND, EXCUSE ME, TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BECAUSE WE ENDED UP SCHEDULING FIVE OF THOSE AND THEY'RE IN JANUARY.

THESE ARE THE DATES WHICH YOU WILL SOON SEE, AND THAT GOOCHLAND IS AN AD.

ESSENTIALLY, WE START HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE WITH BOTH, EXCUSE ME, IN THIS BUILDING WITH A FOUR O'CLOCK MEETING FOR ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO JUST ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO BE OUT IN THE EVENING.

AND THEN ALSO ON JANUARY 5TH, HERE, WE HAVE A SIX 30 MEETING.

THEN WE HAVE MEETINGS, UM, ONE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND

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AND THIS JUST CAME UP WITH RESPECT TO WHERE PLACES ARE AVAILABLE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.

THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE EAST, WEST AND CENTRAL.

AND, UM, THESE DATES ARE AVAILABLE IN BOOKED, UM, AND ARE READY FOR HER.

AGAIN, THE AD IN THE GAZETTE.

HOWEVER, WE MAY STILL HAVE RESIDENTS, UM, DUE TO THE WEATHER, THE DARKNESS, OR ANYTHING ELSE WHO AREN'T COMFORTABLE COMING OUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

SO WE ARE OFFERING XU FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY.

SO THAT'S HOW WE HOPE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY, FROM OUR RESIDENTS AT ANY POINT, UM, IN THE PROCESS WHERE THE STATE LINES BECOME AVAILABLE, THE STAFF WOULD BEGIN TO SEE IF THAT REQUIRES US TO MAKE CHANGES.

THE SUPREME COURT ORDER APPOINTING THE TWO SPECIAL MASTERS SAID THAT THEY ARE TO HAVE THE MAPS TO THE SUPREME COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS, WHICH WOULD BE BY DECEMBER 19TH.

UM, SO THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS AND I WON'T GO ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.

HOWEVER, UM, WE THEN ARE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AGAIN, ON THE WEBSITE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONCE THE MAP HAS POSTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO LEAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT WEBSITE, VISIBLE TO EVERYONE.

WHEN WE, UM, GET TRANSCRIPTS OF THE STAT OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.

SO WE INTEND TO HAVE A GREAT TRANSPARENCY OF ALL COMMENTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO THINK THAT A SUMMARY OF THOSE COMMENTS AFTER THE END OF JANUARY, POTENTIALLY IN MID FEBRUARY, SHOULD COME TO THIS BOARD BY STAFF SORT OF GROUPING THEM, SHOWING YOU THE AREAS, SEEING IF THERE ARE DIRECTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE, TO THE MAP.

UM, BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT, THEN THAT HAS TO BE POSTED FOR AN, UH, 15 ADDITIONAL DAYS IT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE TO DO, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PORT WITH THAT.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING BEING THEN SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE YOU, IT COULD OCCUR IN MID MARCH, UM, OR PERHAPS EARLY APRIL, UM, FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND WHILE THAT SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, QUICK AND A RELATIVE SCALE YOU'LL HAVE HAD A FULL 45 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'LL HAVE HAD POSTINGS AND TIME TO REVIEW IT.

AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT UNLESS THE JOURNALISM ILIACS BALLOT START GETTING CAST, UM, MAY 6TH, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, DROP DEAD DATE FOR US RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN, GOT OUR MAP ADOPTED.

NOW WE ANTICIPATE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY EXTEND THAT, UH, JUNE PRIMARY TO LATER AND PUSH THAT BACK.

BUT WE'RE ON A SCHEDULE TO MEET WITH THE CURRENT SCHEDULE.

UM, IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO YOU PLAN TO UPDATE YOU IN FACT IN JANUARY, EVEN THOUGH THE MAP WILL HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE SINCE MID DECEMBER AT YOUR JANUARY MEETING, WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD DO A PRESENTATION OF THE MAP TO YOU ALL.

IT'LL BE THE DAY BEFORE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING.

SO Y'ALL CAN BE MY DRESS REHEARSAL, BUT SO THAT WE DO HAVE IT IN THE PUBLIC FEED AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD BE OUR PLAN.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. MCGEE.

THANK YOU, MR. MCGEE.

WE WILL.

UM, WE THERE'S NO NEED FOR, WE, WE TOOK THE CLOSED CLOSED MEETING OFF THE AGENDA.

SO WHERE AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF OF TODAY'S EVENTS, THE QUARTERS FIRST THREE QUARTERS.

DEFINITELY 1,000 GOOD EVENING.

SO WE'LL BREAK FOR DINNER.

SEE YOU BACK HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK THAT'S WHEN THE BIG HAND IS ON THE 12TH, MR. NOW FIRST THREE QUARTERS, 12 MICKEY'S BIG HAND OR SOMETHING.

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[XIV. Dinner Break]

SOLID.

WE'RE REALLY IN ORDER NOW

[XV. 6:00 PM - Chair Calls Meeting Back to Order]

WELCOME TO THE 6:00 PM SESSION OF THE HOUSTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, REGULAR MEETING FOR DECEMBER, 2021.

AND WE START THIS SESSION WITH CITIZEN COMMENT, PERIOD, ANYBODY HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, NOT ABOUT

[XVI. Citizen Comment]

THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, BUT ANY OTHER MATTER, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND TURNING THAT ON, IF YOU WOULD, MR. LAW, JUST A BUTTON UPSET.

THANK YOU, MAN.

I'M TRAINABLE JONATHAN LAO, 1521 MANNEQUIN ROAD.

UM, AND I AM GOING TO FINISH A LITTLE BIT OF AGRICULTURAL CONVERSATION, UH, FROM, UH, EARLIER TODAY.

AND THAT IS WITH MONICA.

AND AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, AT LEAST I TRIED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM, UH, DCR MILLION THREE.

UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, PUT ABOUT 25% OF THAT MONEY INTO CONVERSATION, CONVER CONSERVATION, NOT CONVERSATION, BUT CONSERVATION MONEY, DESKTOP, BUT, UM, CONSERVATION, UH, IN POLITICS ENGAGED.

AND WE HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT MAY ACTUALLY FIND US, UH, COMING VERY CLOSE TO PUTTING ALL OF THOSE FUNDS INTO CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

UH, AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE AS YOU MAY AGAIN, REMEMBER FROM MY COMMENTS IN 2025, UH, THE OUTGOING GOVERNOR HAD PUT IN PREVIOUSLY HAD PUT IN REQUIREMENTS THAT BY 2025, CERTAIN VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURE PRACTICES WOULD BECOME MANDATORY.

AND JUST SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AVERAGE FARMING GOES FROM BEING 185 ACRES.

AND YOUR AVERAGE CATTLE HERD BEING 18 TO 25 OR THEREABOUTS, THERE ARE FARMERS WHO ARE SAYING THOSE COSTS ARE NOT TENABLE, UM, OUT OF THE FARMING INDUSTRY.

AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO PRIME LAND IS THAT YOU FOLKS GET TO STAY HERE UNTIL THREE IN THE MORNING LOOKING AND LISTENING TO REZONING REQUESTS.

UM, SO THINGS ARE MOVING AHEAD IN A POSITIVE WAY.

SO FAR AS MONICA IS CONCERNED, WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.

UM, I'M NOT THROWING PALATINE UNDER THE BUS, BUT, UH, GOOCHLAND IS LIAISON SHOWS UP FAITHFULLY AT OUR MEETINGS AND WE BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THEIR INPUT AND THEIR ADVOCACY.

I THINK YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE INCLUDED US IN THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU AT LEVEL FUNDING.

AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT THE LIGHT JUST BLINKED.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING I, I OWN PROPERTY IN HENRICO DON'T HATE ME, BUT I DO.

AND THEY ALLOW YOU TO PAY YOUR REAL

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ESTATE TAX WITH THESE ARE MASTERCARD.

AND I THINK MR LUMPKINS IS SQUINTING, BUT I THINK HE CAN READ NO PROCESSING FEES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS UNDER THE PURVEY OF THE TREASURER OR SOMETHING THAT YOU FOLKS AND, UM, BEING A BRIDGEWATER GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS, I'VE LEARNED HOW TO WORK FLOAT.

AND SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO PAY A BILL TODAY AND THEN NOT REALLY PAY IT FOR ANOTHER 35 40 DAYS, THAT THAT SITS WELL WITH ME AS A CITIZEN.

I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE VERY LOW REAL ESTATE DELINQUENCY, WHETHER ACCEPTING PAYMENTS SUCH AS THAT WOULD ALLOW SOME, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT THE 2% PROCESSING FEE TO BRING THAT 3% REAL ESTATE DELINQUENCY RATE DOWN TO MAYBE 1% AND THE BALANCE WOULD, AND MR. PETERSON IS ALREADY DOING THE MATH IN HIS HEAD IS SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE GET OUT OF THAT THE LIGHT WENT RED, SO I WILL SIT DOWN, BUT I WILL SAY AT THE LECTERN TONIGHT, GO ARMY BEAT NAVY.

SO THERE YOU GO, MR. LAL ELSE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE EVENING AND MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE FIRST ONE.

[XVII. Public Hearings]

I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, UM, MOVE THAT WE DEFER, UM, SEE YOU

[1. 5202: District 4 - CU-2021-00011 Application by Glynn and Patricia Whitten]

20 21 0 0 11 APPLICATION BY THE WITNESS FOR A CUP THAT WE MOVE THAT TO OUR JANUARY 4TH, 2022 AGENDA.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION CAN I DO, UH, ROLL? UH, I, CAN I DO A VOICE VOTE ON THIS ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THE HOUSES CAN NOT BE RENTED SEPARATELY.

IT SOUNDED UNANIMOUS.

SO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, UH, MS. SHERRY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT IT.

IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION IN DISTRICT

[2. 5205: District 5 - CU-1979-00005B Application by Nicholas and Lucy Alburger]

FIVE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. ALVAREZ, I'M JAMIE SHERRY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

YES, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THAT I'LL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.

THE FIRST APPLICATION IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A T DETACHED ACCESSORY FAMILY HOUSING UNIT BY NICHOLAS AND LUCY, ALL BERGER.

UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY ON RIVER ROAD WEST.

THE ZONING MAP, UM, IDENTIFIES THE, UM, THE ZONING DISTRICT IS, ARE THREE.

UM, THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THERE'S A QUITE A BIT OF A VARIETY OF ZONING, UM, IN THE AREA AS WELL.

THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS FLEXIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL.

AND, UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER VARIETY OF, UH, DESIGNATIONS OF THE PURPLE IS LUXTON THAT MIGHT HELP YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF ORIENTATION.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, LUXTON IS, UH, SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST.

UM, A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA IS, UH, LARGE, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR FARMLAND.

UM, IN 1979, UH, THIS USE WAS APPROVED THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

UM, IT WAS RENEWED BACK IN 2010 WITH A 10 YEAR EXPIRATION DATE, UM, APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUED USE.

SO THE SITE SHARE PLAN SHOWS TWO EXISTING PARCELS ON THE PROPERTY.

THE PRIMARY DWELLING IS CIRCLED IN RED AND THE ACCESSORY HOUSING UNIT IS, UH, FAMILY HOUSING UNIT IS, UH, IDENTIFIED WITH THE BLUE SQUARE AROUND IT.

UM, THE PRIMARY DWELLING IS A TWO-STORY, UH, 2000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.

AND THE, UH, THE EXISTING ACCESSORY DWELLING IS EIGHT, UM, EXCUSE ME, 588 SQUARE FEET AND IS A SINGLE, UM, IT IS A SINGLE STORY.

UH, THE, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT DOES MEET THE SETBACKS, UH, FOR THE R THREE ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THEY PLAN TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SITE PLAN, THERE'S LIKE THE LITTLE YELLOW AREA THAT SHOWS THE BUILD-OUT.

THEY BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A 21 BY 24.

UM, ADDITION TO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING HELD BACK IN SEPTEMBER, NO CITIZENS ATTENDED THE MEETING AT THEIR, UM, NOVEMBER PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE FIVE VOTE.

NOBODY SPOKE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THE CONDITIONERS ARE OUR STANDARD CONDITION, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE USE, UM, DEVELOPMENT IN, UH, CON TO CONFORM WITH THE SITE PLAN.

UH, THE LIMITED USE IS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY, AND THAT

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A SMOKE DETECTOR AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED.

UM, EMERGENCY ACCESS WAS ALSO BEING MAINTAINED.

UH, THIS DOES HAVE A 20 YEAR, UM, EXPIRATION DATE.

AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST NUMBER EIGHT IS THE, UH, STANDARD TRANSFER AND OUR SHIP, UH, CONDITION THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE APPLICANTS HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

HEY, THIS TIME FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

BUT THE APPLICANT LIKED TO GIVE US A SUMMARY OR PRESENTATION, OR I WON'T DO NEAR AS GOOD A JOB.

SHE DID.

I'M CHRIS, ALL BURGER, I'M NICOLE BURGER AND LUCY, ALL BURGERS SON.

WE'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY SINCE 79.

UH, WE PRETTY MUCH, MY PARENTS RAISED EIGHT KIDS THERE.

UM, AND THEN MY SISTER'S HERE TOO.

I PLANNED TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING AND I'M GOING TO, WHEN I RENOVATED IT'S GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE, SO MY PARENTS CAN AGE IN PLACE AND WE CAN SWITCH.

CAUSE MY SISTERS BROTHERS WANT ME TO KIND OF CARRY ON THE TRADITION.

SO THE MAIN REASON I'M DOING IT IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY PLACE FOR MY PARENTS TO AGE ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SO THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE WILL, UH, OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS APPLICATION FOR AGAINST OR COMMENTS, JONATHAN LAO, 1521 MANNEQUIN ROAD.

UM, THEY'RE NEIGHBORS OF MINE, AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT NO ONE CAME TO THEIR PUBLIC HEARING AND NO ONE SPOKE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO I WANT TO BREAK THEIR STREAK HERE.

JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL, UH, UH, ENDORSE THIS.

AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT'S A 20 YEAR, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST THE 10, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKING AND WORKING WELL.

AND, UM, THE LESS PEOPLE HAVE TO COME BACK.

NOT THAT I DON'T ENJOY COMING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND ON THE SOME FREQUENCY.

THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON.

IT'S CALLED AN EYE ROLL AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE TO APPROVE.

ALLOW ANYBODY ELSE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ANY DISCUSSION MR. PETERSON MOTION? YEP.

UM, BECAUSE I HEARD THE CASE, THIS ORIGINALLY WAS APPROVED IN 79, SOME 40 YEARS AGO, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS, UM, FOR THIS USE.

AND, UH, I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE EXTENDING IT, UH, FOR A 20 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

AND I UNDERSTAND IT WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS YES, FIVE.

OH, AND I JUST HEARD THAT NO ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR UNTIL TONIGHT.

UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS SEEMS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND THE WAY YOU'VE DESCRIBED THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE.

SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, MR. CHAIR, I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GRANT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SEE YOU 1 9 7 9 0 0 0 0 5 BRAVO FOR A DETACHED ACCESSORY FAMILY HOUSING UNIT AT TWO 60 RIVER ROAD WEST SEPARATE TO THE IMPOSE CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON, MISS PASCOE.

ANY DISCUSSION ROLL CALL MR. ALVAREZ.

SO THANK YOU ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

MY PARENTS WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY TO DO IT.