Feb 06, 2024 BOS Regular Meeting 02-06-2024

ITEMS OR ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CHANGES IN THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION? UH, SEEING NONE, UH, I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.

UM, BOARD, UH, YOU HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU.

ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO POSTPONE AGENDA

[VI. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the Order of Presentation]

UH, CITIZENS HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK

[VII. Citizen Comment]

ON ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTY.

THEY'RE ASKED TO KEEP THEIR COMMENTS.

CIVIL AND NON-PERSONAL COMMENTS ARE, BE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD AND NOT THE AUDIENCE.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CITIZEN TO BE HEARD BY THE BOARD AND IS NOT A DIALOGUE WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE SPEAKING.

UH, THANK YOU, MS. HOLMES.

I DO.

UM, MY NAME IS LINDA MOORE.

I LIVE IN MANNEQUIN SABBATH.

THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE COUNTY SO THAT THEY GET THE FACTS.

, YOU'RE MAKING FACES AT ME.

NO, NO.

I, I SAID THIS HOLMES.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE RETREAT THAT YOU ALL HAD.

UM, MANY OF MY GROUP ENJOYED IT.

UM, AND THAT'S NOT THE USUAL RESPONSE I SOMETIMES GET, BUT THEY FELT THAT IT WAS WELL PRESENTED.

WE GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.

AND, UM, WE JUST APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL GIVING UP YOUR SATURDAY, UM, DAY, NOT JUST A FEW HOURS.

IT WAS AN ALL DAY AFFAIR.

UM, UH, UH, I'M GONNA SAY THAT JANUARY WAS A VERY, UH, BUSY MONTH FOR OUR GROUP, UM, WHO HAVE, UM, BEEN TRYING OUR BEST TO, UM, HELP OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND

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UM, AND YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE, UM, I'M, I'M NOT PUTTING ANYBODY DOWN AT ALL.

UH, I JUST AM SAYING THAT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF APPLICATIONS, UM, AND WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT GETS OUT IS ACCURATE AND THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT DISCORD, UM, WITH PEOPLE.

I WANTED TO THANK, UM, MR. VAERS FOR MEETING WITH US, UM, AND GETTING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, A A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GLAND, UM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS SOME OF US SAY LONG TIMERS.

UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE 45 YEARS, SO, SO, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OKAY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M BARELY THAT OLD NOW, BUT I MEAN, AND ANYWAYS, UM, I APPRECIATE IT, ALL THAT, THAT YOU'VE DONE.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU, MS. SMORE.

MY NAME IS DR.

MEDA POTS.

I'M A RESIDENT OF GLAND COUNTY.

I LIVE AT AVERY POINT IN DISTRICT FOUR.

WE WHO ARE PRIVILEGED TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENJOY MANY FREEDOMS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE FREEDOM TO ACCESS INFORMATION.

MOST PEOPLE TODAY USE THE INTERNET TO DO SO, BUT WE STILL WANT AND NEED THE OLD FASHIONED METHODS OF LOOKING UP INFORMATION IN BOOKS.

AND WE DESERVE AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT BY READING BOOKS.

LIBRARIES WERE CREATED TO GIVE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION.

THE FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENED IN 1833 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BEFORE THAT THOMAS BRA, A CLERGYMAN IN THE 16 HUNDREDS, ESTABLISHED THE FIRST FREE LIBRARY.

60 MEN FOUNDED THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY IN 1757, AND IT IS STILL IN OPERATION.

SIX TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN YEARS LATER, THEY ASSISTED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, WHO OPENED THE LIBRARY COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1731.

THOMAS JEFFERSON'S VAST COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON EVERY TOPIC WAS PURCHASED IN 1815 TO REBUILD THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AFTER THE BRITISH BURNED IT.

IN THE WAR OF 1812, CARNEGIE HELPED BUILD MORE THAN 1700 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES, BETWEEN 1881 AND 1919.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF LIBRARIES IS TO FOSTER CURIOSITY, CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVITY TO ALLOW EXPLORATION AND OF COURSE, TO FURTHER GOOD EDUCATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, TO FOSTER GOOD SENSE.

REMEMBER THAT BEN FRANKLIN SAID SENSE.

IT'S PREFERABLE TO SOUND.

WE PRESENT SEVERAL SIGNATURES FROM EDUCATED GLAND, COUNTY CITIZENS WHO INTEND TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST ATTACKS ON GOOD SENSE.

I HAVE SIGNED PETITIONS FROM SEVERAL PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS, PARTICULARLY GRANDPARENTS, WHO ARE RAISING THEIR VOICES AGAINST THE BANNING OF BOOKS AND THE CLOSING OF LIBRARIES.

AND FOR TRUTH AND THE AMERICAN WAY, WE INTEND TO SHARE THESE MESSAGES WITH NEWS OUTLETS AND OTHERS, AND WE PETITION YOU SUPERVISORS IN GLAND COUNTY TO COMMIT TO THE SUPPORT OF BOTH SCHOOL AND COUNTY LIBRARIES.

THANK YOU, MR. POND.

CHANGES TO THAT SYSTEM MUST BE MADE ONLY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND IT.

HI, MY NAME IS JEN STROGER.

I LIVE IN OILVILLE.

AND, UM, I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THE SUPERVISORS ON FEBRUARY 1ST, UM, ALSO ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

SO THIS IS A BIT OF A SUMMARY OF THAT.

UM, UH, SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR COUNTY IN COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN YOUR CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARD OF CONDUCT.

THE RESIDENTS OF GLAND HAVE ENJOYED THE SERVICES OF OUR LIBRARY SINCE WE ENTERED THE P**N REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.

IT FUNCTIONS WELL AND PROVIDES MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BUILDING FULL OF BOOKS.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS WITHIN THE BUILDING WALLS, AS WELL AS THOSE IN OTHER LIBRARIES, INTER-LIBRARY LOANS, PROGRAMS, MEETING ROOMS, THE INTERNET AND COMPUTERS.

ANY

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NOT TO LIMIT ACCESS POLICE, ITS USE OR REDUCE SERVICES, OR INCREASE EXPENSES, WHICH SADLY SEEMS TO BE WHERE THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS MOVING.

AT THE LAST TRUSTEE MEETING, THERE WAS TALK OF SPENDING $200 PER EMPLOYEE FOR A 360 REVIEW.

THIS IS EXPENSIVE AND REDUNDANT AS THE EMPLOYEES ARE ALREADY REVIEWED.

THE TRUSTEE SPOKE OF DOUBLING THE WORKLOAD OF THE LIBRARIANS BY INSISTING THEY CONDUCT A STUDY AND WRITE UP THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

THIS IS TIME BETTER SPENT ENACTING THOSE POLICIES AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

THE TRUSTEES LIKEWISE, HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REVIEWING BOOK PROCUREMENT POLICIES.

AGAIN, NOT THEIR JOB, NOT THEIR DUTY, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO CHOOSE AND REJECT MATERIAL FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THERE IS NO PORNOGRAPHY IN OUR LIBRARIES THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW AND NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE TRAINING RECEIVED BY OUR LIBRARIANS.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COST PER CITIZEN MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD FOR GLAND TO BE IN THE PRL SYSTEM? IF WE LEFT THE SYSTEM, WHERE WOULD WE GET THE MONEY TO PROVIDE THE PRL SERVICES, COMPUTERS, INTERNET BOOKS, PROGRAMMING, INTER-LIBRARY LOANS, ET CETERA.

HOW DO WE JUSTIFY THE EXTRA TIME AND MONEY SPENT ON REDUNDANT ACTIONS THAT THE BOARD IS PROPOSING? HOW WILL YOU EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZENS OF GLAND WHY THEY CAN NO LONGER FIND THE BOOKS THEY WANT TO CHECK OUT? WHY THOSE BOOKS CAN NO LONGER BE BORROWED FROM OTHER LIBRARIES? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SERVICES THAT HELP THEM LOOK FOR A JOB, HELP THEIR CHILD WITH A PROJECT, LEARN A NEW SKILL? WHY SOMEONE OTHER THAN A PARENT OF A CHILD CAN DECIDE WHAT MATERIAL THAT CHILD CHECKS OUT OF A LIBRARY? WHAT IF PARENTAL RIGHTS, WHY THE COUNTY IS OPENING ITSELF UP TO A LAWSUIT BY RESTRICTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR FREE EXPRESSION IN THE NAME OF PROTECTING CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT BEING HARMED? AND WHY DID THE BOS APPOINT TRUSTEES TO A LIBRARY? WHO VILIFY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION? WHY WOULD A LIBRARY TRUSTEE VILIFY THE GREATEST ADVOCATES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES? FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOLS.

WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS IN THE PAST.

UM, THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF SERVICING OUR STUDENTS, AND I'M JUST, UM, HOPING YOU ALL WILL ACCEPT THE, UM, BUDGET FROM THE SCHOOLS, UM, SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.

THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.

TRY TO CONVINCE ANGELA ALLEN TO DROP HER LAWSUIT, BECAUSE THAT WILL ALSO BE EXPENSIVE.

UM, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON, UM, YOUR WITTING, YOUR SEATS.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MS. TROGER.

HI, UM, AMANDA KOWALSKI ON DISTRICT TWO.

I'M AT 1 5 4 7 ROCK CASTLE ROAD.

UM, I'M GONNA BE BRIEF.

I WAS GONNA BE BRIEFER, BUT THEN I WAS LIKE, NO, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, I HAVE TICKETS FOR ALL OF OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR OUR ANNUAL SPAGHETTI DINNER AND AUCTION, UM, FOR TROOP SEVEN 10 T BRADY SAUNDERS.

WE HAVE IT EVERY YEAR.

IT'S OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE WAS HERE DURING OUR DECEMBER MEETING, POSSIBLY WHEN WE, UM, RECOGNIZED A HUNDRED EAGLE SCOUTS IN GLAND COUNTY.

UM, WELL NOW WE'RE UP TO 102.

SO, UM, AFTER THAT RECOGNITION, UM, I SENT A MESSAGE TO ONE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS UP THERE, AND HE SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME.

AND HE SAID, THANK YOU FOR RAISING A CHILD THAT'S A CONTRIBUTOR TO SOCIETY AND NOT A CONSUMER.

AND THAT'S BIG NOW, RIGHT? LIKE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG THING.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR TROOP DOES HERE IN GLAND, WHETHER THAT'S SOCIALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, SPIRITUALLY.

SO PLEASE COME SUPPORT US.

IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

UM, COVID LOCKDOWNS REALLY HIT US HARD, UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ENGAGED.

WE'RE STILL TRYING, UM, TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING.

UH, MR. CHRISTIE, YOU SAID AT THE BOARD RETREAT, UM, LIN HAS A VERY ENGAGED CITIZENRY.

YES, WE DO, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING.

SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, TICKETS FOR YOU GUYS.

BRING A FRIEND, BRING A FAMILY MEMBER.

IT'S NOT AN ELECTION YEAR, BUT I HOPE EVERYBODY COMES.

UM, WE HAVE SOME GREAT AUCTION ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW, BUT I'LL BRING THIS UP TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

OF OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

THANK YOU, MS. KOWSKI.

HELLO, BOARD MEMBERS.

WELCOME TO THE, TO THE COUNTY BOARD.

I'M REALLY GLAD TO, UH, THAT YOU GUYS TOOK THE TIME AND THE, UH, MADE THE EFFORT TO BECOME SUPERVISORS.

I'M MANNY ALVAREZ, UH, 29 60 WHEEL OF TRACE LANE IN SANDY HOOK.

UM, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE, UH, IN DECEMBER WHEN YOU APPOINTED A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY

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UH, I AM, I WAS NAMED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS CHAIR OF THAT COMMISSION.

UH, WE HAVE, I WAS GONNA READ THE NUM NAMES OF THE MEMBERS, BUT I, I WON'T, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A DOCUMENT, EACH OF YOU A DOCUMENT.

IT'S GOT A BARCODE, AND IF YOU SCAN THE BARCODE, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR WEBSITE WITHIN THE COUNTY WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT US THERE.

UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GONNA BE HOLDING ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE THE TWO 50TH.

OUR PLAN IS TO TRY TO HOLD THEM 250 YEARS.

WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY HAPPENED, UH, WE MISSED, UH, THE BOSTON TEA PARTY THAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER, AND WE WERE JUST GETTING ORGANIZED, SO WE DIDN'T QUITE, UH, GET IT, GET IT GOING, BUT, UH, WE MUST STILL SEND SOMETHING OUT.

WE, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING WHICH THINGS TO DO, YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN THE BOSTON TEA PARTY HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 16TH, 1974 OR 73, UM, 1773 , I NEED SOME OF MY HISTORIC FRIENDS BACK HERE, , UM, IN 1773.

UM, GLAND DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL LATE DECEMBER BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOGLE AND NEWSPAPERS AND SO ON, OR WE HAD NEWSPAPERS, BUT I THINK IN, IN VIRGINIA IT WAS THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE OUTTA WILLIAMSBURG.

SO WE ACTUALLY DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THE ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE PATRIOTS, UH, DUMPING THE TEA IN THE HARBOR.

ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING SOME EVENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING IS MAYBE A 5K TO RAISE FUNDS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT DO IS ALLOCATE ANY FUNDING TO US.

SO WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY DO A 5K AND MAYBE SOME OTHER EVENTS TO RAISE RAISE FUNDS.

WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF HELP FROM JESSICA KRONBERG AND SARAH WORLEY, UH, THE PINK OUT OF MY RIGHT HAND WOMEN.

AND, UM, I'M GONNA HAND THIS OUT TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH ME.

UM, AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THE 5K IN MAY.

THERE'S, I MET WITH ELK HILL ACADEMY THIS MORNING AND THE RICHMOND ROAD RUNNERS, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH TIME OR AN OPEN WINDOW, UH, FOR IT.

SO WE MAY DO IT IN THE FALL.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.

AND I DIDN'T MENTION, UH, MS. MCGEE, HAVE A COPY FOR YOU AND MS. PE.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. ERS, DYLAN.

I'M MIKE SLE.

I'M STILL FROM FIVE 80 VILLA PONTO LANE.

I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE BOOK ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IF YOU LOOK AT THESE BOOKS, AND I'VE LOOKED AT 'EM BECAUSE I'VE HEARD BEFORE, PEOPLE CLAIM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THEM, BUT YOU CAN WATCH ONE PERSON'S BODY PARTS INTERACTING WITH ANOTHER.

YOU CAN CALL THAT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.

I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.

WE HAVEN'T HAD IT IN LIBRARIES FOR THE FIRST 225 YEARS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT NOW.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA LOOK DOWN ON THE INTERNET, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU NOT TO.

DO IT AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE ELECTIONS.

BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THAT IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND AGAIN, I INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT IT FOR YOURSELF.

OKAY? UM, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND THING I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHEN WE HAVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, WHICH I THINK ARE THE BEST INDICATOR OF HOW THE COUNTRY FEELS, GENERALLY IT'S REAL CLOSE TO 50 50.

CERTAINLY WHO WINS IS A BIG DEAL, BUT IT'S USUALLY CLOSE TO 50 50.

SO I THINK IN OUR LIBRARIES, WE SHOULD HAVE BOOKS THAT REFLECT THAT BALANCE.

LET ME TELL YOU, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ISN'T REFLECTING THAT BALANCE.

THEY ARE NOTHING BUT ANOTHER WOKE CULTURAL GROUP THAT'S OUT THERE PUSHING THEIR AGENDA.

20 BOOKS FOR THEM, ONE BOOK FOR YOU.

AND, AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WE SHOULD HAVE BOOKS FROM ALL SIDES EQUALLY.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THEY DON'T WANT THAT.

AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT IN YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY.

OKAY? SO I THINK IF THEIR CENSORSHIP IS BEING DONE AGAINST PEOPLE LIKE ME, OKAY? SO THAT DOES BRING ME, OF COURSE, WHAT I USUALLY COME FOR.

AND I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING US SENATE ELECTION, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

FORTUNATELY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHO'S EVEN RUNNING THE SENATE ELECTION, SO I CAN TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT SOUNDING TOO PARTISAN.

BUT THE BIGGEST DAY IN THE UPCOMING SENATE ELECTION, PROVIDED IT'S A CLOSE ELECTION, PROVIDED YOU HAVE TWO QUALITY CANDIDATES, HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY.

THE ZUCKERBERG FOLKS, THE CTCL FOLKS, THEY GOT ALL THEIR DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS IN PLACES LIKE FAIRFAX, PHILADELPHIA, DETROIT, ATLANTA, THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES.

AND THEY BASICALLY SAYS, LOOK, YOU CAN GET HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.

SO YOU CAN HAVE 10 EARLY VOTING SITES FOR EVERY ONE.

THE OTHER GUY HAS, YOU CAN HAVE 46 DROP BOXES IN YOUR COUNTY, WHILE THE OTHER GUY HAS NONE.

YOU CAN HAVE MOBILE EARLY VOTING.

I COULD GO THROUGH A LONG LIST.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THEY'RE GONNA

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YOU SHOULD WIN.

AND I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

EVERYBODY EXPECTED ONE SIDE TO DO BETTER THAN THEY DID, AND THEY DIDN'T EXACTLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING OUT RESOURCED.

SO UNDER 7 0 2 OF THE ELECTION CODES, YOU GUYS DECIDE HOW MANY EARLY VOTING SITES THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE, AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT MONEY THE SAME WAY THEY'RE DOING IN THESE STRONGHOLDS DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS LIKE PHILADELPHIA, ATLANTA, FAIRFAX, ET CETERA.

SO I WISH ALL GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. SGA.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE COMMENTS.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING

[VIII. Approval of Action Minutes]

OF JANUARY 2ND, 2024.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR AMEND THOSE MINUTES? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, IN MY PACKET, PAGE FIVE, IT SHOWS MR. LUMPKINS CASTING A VOTE.

I THINK THE L SHOULD BE LYLE, NOT BUMPKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. LYLE.

MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO THE BOARD, APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.

NOW MOVING ON TO REPORTS, UH, BOARD YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET.

THE

[IX. Reports]

REPORTS AS SUBMITTED, WILL NOW HEAR THE REPORT OF VDOT.

UH, MR. WYN,

[1. VDOT - January 2024]

MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MARSHALL WIND WITH VDOT.

UM, THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD 276 WORK ORDERS AND 287 WERE COMPLETED WITH EIGHT CALL OUTS DOING NORMAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, ASPHALT, PATCHING, SHOULDER REPAIR, DITCHING PIPE INSTALLATION AND REPAIR, UM, BRUSH AND TREE REMOVAL, AND CLEAN UP AND SIGN MAINTENANCE.

WE DID HAVE ONE LITTLE BLIP COME THROUGH EARLY JANUARY, LITTLE BIT OF SNOW.

UM, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET ANY MORE, BUT I THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON THAT FIRST ROUND.

I REMEMBER COMING DOWN TWO 50, ABOUT TWO 30 THAT AFTERNOON, AND TOLD THE GUYS, GET THE SALT GOING.

SO, AND I THINK OVERNIGHT, WE, WE MANAGED TO PLOW ALMOST EVERYTHING BY THE NEXT MORNING, SECONDARIES AND PRIMARIES INCLUDED.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

THANK YOU, MR. WINN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I'LL ASK, UH, MR. HELLER TO NOW SHARE WITH US THE NEW COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

UH, MR. HELLER IS HIMSELF A NEW EMPLOYEE, SO WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WITH THE, UH, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, STARTING WITH BJ MCGEE.

BOARD.

UM, LEMME GET MY LITTLE CLICKER GOING HERE.

UM, YES, WE HAD SIX NEW EMPLOYEES COME AND JOIN US.

THREE

[3. Introduction of New County Staff]

BJ, UM, IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF MARY WILLIAM MARY UNIVERSITY AND COMES TO US FROM THE HENRICO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE HE WAS SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY LISA PUCKETT.

UH, ALSO BEGAN WORKING FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON JANUARY 1ST, UH, AS A PARALEGAL.

SHE WAS MOSTLY MOST RECENTLY AT HENRICO COUNTY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE WAS ALSO A PARALEGAL.

SINCE 2016, STEPHANIE JACOBS JOINS US AS THE DIRECTOR OF VICTIM AND WITNESS AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024.

UM, SHE COMES TO US FROM HANOVER COUNTY COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE HELD THE SAME ROLE SINCE 2012.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR FIREFIGHTER EMS, UH, PEOPLE COULD NOT BE WITH US, BUT WE'LL START WITH JOSHUA THORN BLOOM.

HE STARTED ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023 AS WELL.

HE JOINS THE COUNTY, HAVING MOST RECENTLY BEEN AN AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIREFIGHTER WITH RICHMOND AIRPORT, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND, UM, HE IS REJOINING US AFTER HAVING GONE TO THERE AND SEEN THE BRIGHT SIDE AND COME BACK TO GUCCI COUNTY.

UH, OUR NEXT IS MORRIS MAURICE SNEAD.

HE JOINS US FROM BEING A VOLUNTEER AND HAS MOST RECENTLY ALSO WORKED FOR LOUISIANA COUNTY FIRE AND EMS. SO HE IS A LONG TIME, UH, FIREFIGHTER EMS, UH, EMPLOYEE.

AND THEN MYSELF, UH, MY NAME IS CLIFF HELLER.

I JOINED, UH, ALSO AROUND DECEMBER 18TH, WAS MY FIRST DAY I COME TO YOU GUYS FROM, UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHERE I WAS, UH, A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA FOR THREE YEARS.

PRIOR TO THAT, I WORKED FOR DILLARDS FOR 30 YEARS AS A EVERYTHING BUT MOSTLY GENERAL MANAGER AND TRAINER.

SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, JOIN US IN, UH, WELCOMING THESE NEW EMPLOYEES TO UCHIN COUNTY.

MR. HELLER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADDING THESE INDIVIDUALS.

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AND NOW, UH, THE FIRE, UH, THE FIRE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, AP AND BROADBAND

[2. Fire Rescue Report - February]

REPORTS ARE IN YOUR PACKETS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THEM? UH, SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO BOARD REPORTS.

UH, THESE REPORTS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM BOARD MEMBERS WHO

[7. Board Reports]

ARE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SERVE ON A REGIONAL BOARD.

ANY REPORTS , UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. LAU, UM, THE RICHMOND REGION TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION HAD ITS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1ST, UM, AND MR. JAMES HOLLAND FROM CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WAS ELECTED CHAIR, AND SEAN DAVIS FROM HANOVER COUNTY WAS, UH, ELECTED VICE CHAIR.

UH, THE RTPO DID APPROVE ROUND SIX MARCH SCALE REGIONAL PROJECT, PRE-APP APPLICATIONS.

I CANNOT REPEAT IT.

I HOPE YOU GOT IT THE FIRST TIME.

UH, THREE OF THOSE ARE IN CHESTERFIELD, THREE IN HENRICO, TWO IN RICHMOND, ONE IN NATIONAL, AND ONE IN PALATAN.

IN IT TOTALS ABOUT $641 MILLION.

UH, FOUR PROJECTS RECOMMENDED TO PLAN RVA DUE FROM CHESTERFIELD, AND TWO, WHICH WERE SHARED HENRICO RICHMOND PROJECTS.

AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT WOULD BE 256 MILLION.

UH, THE RTPO ALSO ADOPTED AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL MANDATE, UH, THE 2024 SAFETY TARGETS AS TO WHAT OUR ROAD SYSTEM WILL, UH, DO.

UM, AND, AND, UH, THOSE ARE BEEN ESTABLISHED AND WE ARE UNDER A REQUIREMENT THAT WE WORK TO LOWER THOSE SAFETY TARGETS.

IN OTHER WORDS, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS.

ACCEPTABLE DEATHS IN THE ROAD SYSTEM, OR AT LEAST TARGETED THAT WE DON'T WANT MORE THAN THIS AMOUNT OF TRAGEDY AND ACCIDENT TO OCCUR.

SO THOSE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ALSO, UM, AS IS MY POLICY, ALSO WILL GIVE YOU AN AGRICULTURAL UPDATE.

UH, ON JANUARY 11TH, MON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT DIRECTORS AND FRIENDS WERE AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSING BUDGET NEEDS AND STAFFING IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICTS.

UH, AND A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR UCHIN IS THAT DISTRICT OPERATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE FULLY FUNDED, AND THAT MEANS, UH, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE LESS DEMAND OR REQUEST FROM THE MONON DISTRICT.

FOR SUPPORT FROM PAAN AND UCHIN COUNTIES, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH SENATORS HASHMI MARSDEN MCGUIRE, AND DELEGATES WARE, GARRETT, DAVID OWEN, AND THE AG CHAIR FOR THIS SESSION, UH, DELEGATE LOPEZ.

UM, ON JANUARY 29TH, UH, THE GOLAND FARM BUREAU WAS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF AGRICULTURE CONCERN.

AND WE MET WITH DELEGATE SULLIVAN CHERRY EARLY WHERE OWEN AND, AND GARRETT AND SENATORS PEAK, MARSDEN HASHMI STIR, AND SENATOR MCGUIRE.

SPECIFICALLY, TWO BILLS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY ARE, UM, HOUSE BILL 6 36, AND THEN CENTER BILL 6 97.

BECAUSE BOTH BILLS ARE SPECIFIC, WILL, UH, USURP COUNTY AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PERMITTING AND LOCATION OF UTILITY SCALE SOLAR COLLECTION FACILITIES.

UH, THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, FURTHER THE TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEAR AGO, UH, POLICIES ENACTED THAT, UH, CLEAN ENERGY OR RENEWABLE ENERGY BE, UH, MANDATED FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

UH, SPECIFICALLY 6 36 WILL ALLOW APPLICANTS FOR SOLAR COLLECTION FACILITIES TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, WHO WOULD THEN DECIDE WHETHER A SOLAR COLLECTION FACILITY COULD BE CITED.

6 97 WOULD REQUIRE, UH, I SAY REQUIRE THAT SOLAR FACILITIES BE PERMITTED AS A SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO COUNTY ORDINANCES.

NO LIMITS WOULD BE ALLOWED ON FACILITY SIZE, SO FAR AS MEGAWATTS DENSITY, THAT IS THE NUMBER OF PANELS OR THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE FACILITIES.

SO IF WE WERE TO SAY WE WOULD NOT WANT MORE THAN A HUNDRED, WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP NUMBER 101.

I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL OR TOUR THE, UH, UH, CONTINUING OR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM FACILITIES WITH, UH, DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ELLEN ROBINSON AND MONICA, AND DIRECTOR OF KATE ANDERSON, BRUCE WATSON, AND DR.

GUYER.

UH, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ADDING A MIDDLE SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, CT N STRUCTURE, THAT THE AG CTE PROGRAM IS FULLY ENROLLED.

THERE ARE ZERO VACANCIES AVAILABLE.

UH, FINALLY, I ALSO WANNA MAKE MENTION AND CONGRATULATE THOMAS AND RAY CONTROL HENLEY.

IF ANYBODY SAW THE GLAND GAZETTE RECENTLY, THEY'RE ON THE FRONT PAGE, UH, NATIONALLY.

THEY TOOK THIRD PLACE IN THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU'S NATIONAL EX EXCELLENCE IN AGRICULTURAL WARD.

UH, THOMAS IS A GLAND FARM BUREAU DIRECTOR AND IS, UH, ACTIVE IN THE MANAGEMENT OPERATION OF ELVIS FARMS, PROBABLY THE LARGEST

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AGRICULTURAL OPERATOR HERE IN THE COUNTY.

AND RACHEL HENLEY HAS SERVED 13 YEARS AS GLAND AND PALATAN, UH, VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AGENT, UM, AND HAS RECENTLY TAKEN A POSITION WITH THE VIRGINIA, UH, FARM BUREAU.

UM, FINALLY, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT THE MONON DISTRICT DOES MEET NINE O'CLOCK FEBRUARY 12TH AT THE AG CENTER, AND THE GLAND FARM BUREAU WILL MEET AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FEBRUARY 19TH AT THE GLAND FARM BUREAU, SANDY HOOK ROAD OFFICES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL ASK MR. CARPENTER TO SUMMARIZE THE

[X. Consent Agenda]

ITEMS WHICH YOU HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO REVIEW IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

I'LL THEN ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THEM AS A WHOLE OR TO SEPARATE THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

UH, MR. CARPENTER, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DO YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THREE ITEMS TONIGHT? UH, ONE RESOLUTION 59 45, A RESOLUTION COMMITTEE TO FUND THE LOCALITY SHARE OF THE OILVILLE ROAD INTERCHANGE PROJECT.

UH, THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A REVENUE SHARE APPLICATION IN OCTOBER.

HOWEVER, THE RESOLUTION DID NOT CONTAIN A FUNDING COMMITMENT, NOR SIGNATURE AUTHORITY FOR PROJECT RELATED AGREEMENTS, WHICH VDOT REQUIRES.

SO THEY'VE ASKED US TO ADOPT THIS NEW RESOLUTION IN ADVANCE OF THE DEADLINE, THE FEBRUARY 23RD DEADLINE FOR THIS APPLICATION.

STAFF WILL BE SURE TO INCORPORATE THE REQUIRED LANGUAGE INTO FUTURE RES RESOLUTIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

FUNDS DO NOT HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATED AT THIS TIME.

APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS WILL REQUIRE FUTURE BOARD ACTION.

THE SECOND ITEM, RESOLUTION 59 39, CONFIRMING THE COUNTY SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPANDED RISE PROJECT IN THE 2024 VIRGINIA TELECOMMUNICATION INITIATIVE OR VATI BROADBAND GRANT.

UH, THE BOARD REQUESTED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING OUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FIREFLY FIBER BROADCAST, UH, EXPANDED REGIONAL INTERNET SERVICE EXPANSION PROJECT.

AND THE VADI BROADBAND GRANT OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENTED BY THE THOMAS JEFFERSON PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PROVIDING LOCAL MATCH FUNDING.

THESE FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED IN THE 20 24 20 25 BUDGET.

AND FINALLY, RESOLUTION 59 36, REQUEST TO AMEND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JULY 3RD, 2023 MINUTES IN ORDER TO COMPORT WITH THE BOARD'S MOTION IN RZ 2022 DASH 0 0 0 4, TUCKAHOE LANDS, LLC.

AT THAT MEETING, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOU APPROVED RZ 20 22 0 0 0 0 4, TUCKAHOE LANDS LLC IN A MOTION THAT CORRECTLY REFLECTED LAST MINUTE AMENDMENTS TO THE PROFFERS OFFERED BY THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT LATER PROVIDED, SIGNED UPDATED PROFFERS ON JULY 6TH.

SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE HEARING, THE SIGNED PROFFERS WERE INADVERTENTLY NOT UPDATED IN THE MINUTE TRACK SYSTEM USED TO GENERATE THE MINUTES.

THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE BOARD MINUTES TO REFLECT THE UPDATED PROFFERS, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT THE HEARING.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.

UH, THANK YOU MR. CARPENTER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.

UH, MR. SPOON OVER.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

CHRISTIE HESS, WILL PRESENT THAT TO US.

UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE'LL MOVE TO A VOICE VOTE DISCUSSION.

OH, JUST DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

I JUST WANNA MAKE, UM, A QUICK POINT.

THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE BODY GRANT.

AT FIRST, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, AND WE MET WITH THE CEO OF, OF, UH, FIREFLY.

AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT, UM, EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY HAS ACCESS TO BROADBAND, BUT WE'LL ALSO BRING, UM, COMPETITION AND CHOICE.

BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS GRANT IS, IS, IS BEING PRESENTED, IT WILL ALLOW, UM, FIREFLY TO OFFER SERVICES TO FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED BY POTENTIAL OTHER CUSTOMERS, OTHER PROVIDERS, THUS OFFERING OUR, OUR CITIZENS MORE CHOICE IN THEIR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER.

MR. CHAIR, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO A VOICE VOTE.

UH, MR. CHRISTIE? AYE.

YOU DO THAT, .

I'M STILL LEARNING PEOPLE.

MS. WATERS? AYE.

, THE I PASS? UH, MOVING ON.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS NEW BUSINESS.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2024

[XI. New Business]

REASSESSMENT REPORT.

OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ASSESSOR, MS.

[1. Presentation of 2022 Reassessment Report]

YES.

YOU'LL HAVE TO CLOSE THAT PRESENTATION.

I'M TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS STUFF.

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AND THEN DO I NEED TO DO NO, YOU GOOD? OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THAT'S CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE.

I AM KRISTY HESS, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ASSESSOR, AND I'M HERE TO, UH, PRESENT THE 2024 REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT REPORT.

SO THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE MADE JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.

WE MAILED OUR NOTICES ON JANUARY 12TH, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH TO APPEAL THEIR ASSESSMENTS.

AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST, WE RECEIVED 24 APPEALS, ZERO COMMERCIAL APPEALS, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, 114 APPEALS TOTAL.

SO OUR PROCESS IS, UH, PART OF THE REASSESSMENT PROCESS.

THE SALES ARE REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY BY RESEARCH, BY THE APPRAISERS AND FIELD INSPECTIONS, AND THEN WE SAMPLE THOSE FOR STATISTICAL STATISTICAL TESTING.

THE ASSESSMENTS TO SALES RATIO MEASURES VALUE LEVELS AND DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF THE REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE OR OUR REPORT CARD.

UH, THE COEFFICIENT OF DISPERSION MEASURES THE ASSESSMENT UNIFORMITY.

SO THE TIGHTER TO THAT CURVE, THE BETTER OUR NUMBERS ARE.

AND SO THEN I JUST PUT INFORMATION DOWN THERE.

IT'S THAT FROM THE IAAO, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSESSING OFFICERS.

THEIR TECHNICAL STANDARDS ARE, UH, FOR THE APPRAISAL SHOULD BE THE MEDIAN SHOULD BE BETWEEN 90% AND 110%.

AND THEN THE COEFFICIENT OF DISPERSION, A LEVEL BELOW 15% IS DESIRABLE.

HOWEVER, IT COULD GO AS HIGH AS 20% DEPENDING ON THE CLASS OF THE PROPERTY.

SO VIRGINIA LOCALITIES ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ASSESSMENT SALES RATIOS, NO LOWER THAN 70% OR HIGHER THAN 130% TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY MANDATES.

AND THAT'S THE, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU WHAT OUR CURRENT, UH, IT WOULD BE.

UM, THIS 2023 OR 20 20 24.

2024.

WHAT ARE OUR RATIOS ARE AT THIS POINT? RESIDENTIAL.

WE'RE AT 0.972 COMMERCIAL.

WE'RE AT 1.05.

UH, THE, THE BIG DIFFERENCE WHY THERE'S SUCH A DISPARITY BETWEEN THAT IS WE HAD 570 SALES OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

WE WERE LOOKING AT, WE HAD NINE SALES OF COMMERCIAL.

SO THAT KINDA GIVES YOU WHAT THAT IS.

OUR, UH, COD OR THE COEFFICIENT OF DISPERSION FOR RESIDENTIAL WAS 4.71%, WHICH IS WELL UNDER THE 15 AND 8.15 FOR COMMERCIAL.

SO OUR APPEAL PROCESS, UH, FIRST WE HAVE OUR INFORMAL APPEALS WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, CONTACT OUR OFFICE BETWEEN JANUARY 15TH AND FEBRUARY 15TH.

WE REVIEW THE CHARACTERISTICS WITH THEM.

UH, WE TYPICALLY WOULD LIKE TO CONDUCT AN INTERIOR FIELD INSPECTION REVIEW.

WE REVIEW SALES AND EQUALIZATIONS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS SIMILAR PROPERTIES, AND THEN THEY'RE NOTIFIED OF OUR OUTCOME IN WRITING.

UH, THE SECOND APPEAL FROM THAT WOULD BE THE MORE FORMAL APPEAL.

IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH OUR OUTCOME, THEY HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THAT RESULTS LETTER TO CONTACT US FOR THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

UH, WE'VE MAILED THOSE FORMS OUT TO THEM.

THEY USUALLY MEET IN, UH, JUNE.

THE THIRD APPEAL IS THROUGH THE CIRCUIT COURT.

IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, THEY COULD FILE A CASE THROUGH THE CIRCUIT COURT.

SO THE SUMMARY OF THE 2024 VALUE CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR, THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE IS 9.9%.

THAT WAS NOT INCLUDING LAND USE AND NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THE, WE HAD 8.62 BILLION TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE.

392 MILLION IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS 5% OF THE OVERALL VALUE INCREASE.

NEW CONSTRUCTION ALSO CONSISTS OF 45% COMMERCIAL, 55% RESIDENTIAL.

AND THE TCSD FAIR MARKET VALUES ARE 2.46 BILLION.

LAND USE ASSESSMENTS ARE 791 MILLION.

SO THIS IS JUST A CHART SHOWING YOU THE TOTAL TAXABLE ASSESS VALUES IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE WE WERE AT.

UH, THIS SHOWS THE, UH, ASSESSED VALUE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN MILLIONS.

SO WE HAD THE REGULAR, UH, THE TCSD WAS 326 MILLION, AND THEN

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THE REST WAS FOR THE, THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

UH, THIS IS A, A CHART JUST SHOWING YOU, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT PART WAS COMMERCIAL, WHAT PART WAS RESIDENTIAL.

FOR THIS YEAR, WE'VE GOT 81.35% RESIDENTIAL.

18.65 WAS COMMERCIAL.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR LAST YEAR, THE 17.95 AND 82.05.

THIS IS THE SAME AS THAT LAST PIE CHART JUST SHOWS YOU BACK TO 2014.

THIS IS THE NUMBER, UH, THE VALUE FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WE PICKED UP.

UH, FOR 2023.

YOU CAN SEE THE RESIDENTIAL IS THE RED COMMERCIAL IS THE YELLOW.

UH, WE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL AND WE PICKED UP, UM, AVERY POINT AND BRISTOL APARTMENTS.

THE NUMBERS BACK FROM 2017 AND 18, WHY THE COMMERCIAL WAS SO HIGH WAS AGAIN, APARTMENTS.

AND, UH, THAT WE PICKED UP OVER IN WEST CREEK.

THIS IS THE TCSD SHOWS, THE AS ASSESSMENTS.

IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, 2.458 BILLION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THIS SHOWS A GROWTH OF 20.84%, WHICH INCLUDES 13.25% NEW CONSTRUCTION AND 7.59% FOR THE REASSESSMENT.

SO NEXT IS THE LAND USE.

I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE LAND USE.

UH, THESE VALUES ARE DETERMINED BY SLE A, WHICH IS THE STATE LAND EVALUATION AND ADVISORY COUNCIL.

ITS MEMBERS ARE THE TAX COMMISSIONER, THE DEAN OF VIRGINIA TECH, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, THE STATE FORESTER, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION.

SO THEY USE THE OLYMPIC AVERAGE BASED ON A FIVE YEAR CENSUS FROM NASS, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTIC SERVICE.

TIMBER DATA IS SUBMITTED FROM SAW MILLS.

SO OUR CHUCK WRIGHT AND, UH, THE ASSESSOR OF MRS. DAVIS CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE LAND USE VALUE COMMITTEE FOR THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF ASSESSING OFFICERS.

UH, IF YOU WERE INTERESTED, I DO HAVE THE, WHAT THE PER ACRE RATES ARE FOR, UH, LAND USE OF, UH, WE'VE GOT, FOR AGRICULTURE, IT'S $800 PER ACRE.

UH, LAST YEAR IT WAS SIX 70, SO THAT'S GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.

UH, HORTICULTURE IS 800 PER ACRE, AND THAT WAS SIX 80 LAST YEAR.

AND FORESTRY IS $583 PER ACRE.

IT WAS 5 82 LAST YEAR.

SO NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE FOR THAT.

DID I GO TOO FAR? OKAY.

SO THIS IS, UH, THE LAND USE THE DEFERRED AMOUNT IN MILLIONS.

SO WE'LL BE DEFERRING THIS YEAR, $791 MILLION.

AND THAT ACTUALLY THE IN VALUE, I'M SORRY, YEAH.

791 MILLION IN VALUE.

AND THAT WILL EQUATE TO 4.19 MILLION IN DEFERRED REVENUE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO THE SUMMARY IS, UH, FOR JANUARY, 2024, REASSESSMENT VALUE CHANGE OF 9.9% WAS IN LINE WITH OUR NOVEMBER, 2023 REVENUE FORECAST, WHICH WE WERE, WE'RE ASSUMING EIGHT TO 10%.

UH, THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO INCREASING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, LACK OF IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR SALE, MAKING THIS A SELLER'S MARKET.

AND OUR 2025 REVENUE PROJECTION ASSUMES AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE OF FOUR TO 5%.

AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. SUS.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. CHAIR? UM, MR. OIL, I DO NOT WANNA TRESPASS ON CHAIRMAN VADERS HAVING THE SHORTEST MEETING OF THE YEAR.

SO I WILL ASK IF I CAN COME BY YOUR OFFICE AND GET A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION ON THE 5% OVER OVERALL VALUE OF 3 92 AND HOW THAT RELATES BACK TO THE 9.9% TOTAL INCREASE.

AND IT'S JUST, I, I JUST WANNA GET COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THEN IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE I'VE BEEN IN A CLASSROOM, AND I AM HIGHLY ENAMORED OF THE DISPER, THIS COEFFICIENT OF DISPERSION .

AND SO IF

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YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ME A TUTORING CLASS ON THAT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS A LITTLE BETTER.

SO IF, IF I CAN CONTACT YOUR OFFICE, SURE, THAT WOULD BE FINE.

COME VISIT.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT, MR. CARPENTER? YES, SIR.

I'M TRYING NOT TO GET STAFF OFF TASK.

NO, THAT'LL BE FINE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AS LONG AS YOU TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO , YOU'RE GETTING A TWOFER, MR. AUER.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I ACTUALLY KIND OF WANT TO BRING THAT UP.

SO MS. HAS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, AND THE WORK YOU DO THAT, UM, I, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I LEARNED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

YOU KNOW, WE GET CALLS FROM CITIZENS ALL THE TIME SAYING, I CAN'T SELL MY HOUSE FOR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S WORTH, AND THIS, THAT, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS IS, WE, WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE, AND THEN WE LOOK AT HOUSES THAT HAVE SOLD, AND WE SAY, ARE THEY CLOSE TO WHAT WE SAID THE ASSESSMENT WAS? AND ACCORDING TO THIS, WE ARE ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE UNDER ASSESSING BY ABOUT 2.8%.

YES.

SO WE ARE ACTUALLY ASSESSING, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE, THE, THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE MARKET IS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT SELLING, THEN IT'S NOT QUITE A GREAT THING.

BUT, UM, WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND, AND VERY CLOSE TO THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES, THE, THE STATE SAYS THAT WE ASSESS IT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE, IF WE WERE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THAT MEANS WE'RE OVER ON, ON HALF, UNDER HALF.

SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOOT FOR AS CLOSE AS WE CAN BE, BUT RIGHT.

WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GO OVER EITHER.

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS, THIS LAST THING, MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE WE STILL AT AROUND THE 50% OF LAND IN THE COUNTY IN LAND USE SOME FOREIGN LAND USE? YES.

MM-HMM? 50.

THANK YOU FOR THAT DETAIL, MR. AUER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MS. UH, CARLA CAVE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, SECOND QUARTER PROJECTIONS.

[2. FY2024 Second Quarter Projection]

ALL RIGHT.

TO HELP US LEARN, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL.

ALL RIGHT.

LISA'S GOT IT PULLED UP.

SO EACH QUARTER WE, UM, LOOK AT OUR ACTUALS, SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE COLLECTED, AND COMPARE THAT TO OUR BUDGET, AND TRY TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND AT JUNE 30.

SO YOU HAVE COME IN, IN FEBRUARY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT YEAR END, UM, PROJECTION AS OF WHERE WE WERE, DECEMBER 31ST, UM, WHICH IS AFTER OUR DECEMBER 5TH COLLECTION DATE OF OUR FIRST ROUND OF REAL ESTATE.

SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF IT.

UM, I'M PROJECTING HIGHER REVENUES THAN WE BUDGETED FOR ABOUT 2.4 MILLION, AND THAT'S MOSTLY DUE TO THE HIGHER INTEREST RATE THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.

UM, WE DID ACCOUNT FOR A HIGHER INTEREST RATE IN OUR BUDGET, BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN WE PREDICTED.

UM, SAME GOES FOR, UM, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.

WE HAD, IF ANYBODY RECALLS, WE HAD ESTIMATED A 20% DECLINE IN ASSESSED VALUES.

AND IT TURNS OUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT.

SO OUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE COMING IN PRETTY STRONG.

UM, AND WE'LL KNOW BETTER AFTER SECOND HALF COLLECTIONS, JUNE 5TH.

UM, SO LOOKING GOOD IN REVENUE.

UM, EXPENSES, THIS IS JUST A SHOT IN THE DARK HALFWAY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE YEAR.

UM, DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING ABOUT WHERE THEY TYPICALLY ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET.

UM, I'M PREDICTING A $1.7 MILLION RETURN ON OUR DEPARTMENT EXPENSES.

UM, SO OPERATING ONLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL WIND UP WITH A $12.7 MILLION SURPLUS.

HOWEVER, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW.

THANKS LISA.

OUR GENERAL FUND FULLY FUNDS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO AFTER THE TRANSFER OUT OF 11.2 MILLION, UM, FOR CIP, AND THEN WE ALSO FUND OUR CSA PROGRAM OF 600,000.

WE'RE THINKING WE WILL DUMP A LITTLE UNDER $900,000 BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE'LL RE RETURN AND WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR SURPLUS AT YEAR END.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THOSE.

THANK YOU, MS. KAY.

MM-HMM.

, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.

UM, SEEING NONE, UM, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS MONTH, SO THERE WILL BE NO 6:00 PM MEETING TONIGHT.

UH, WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

CAN I, WOULD YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, ALLOW ME A COUPLE MINUTES? SURE.

YES, MR. REALTOR.

UM, I, I JUST WANNA PUBLICLY THANK VIC CARPENTER AND HIS STAFF FOR HELPING THE THREE OF US ONBOARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, BUT PARTICULARLY IN MY CASE WITH LITTLE, LITTLE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT I, WHAT, WHAT WAS FACING ME, UH, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL ELABORATE, LENGTHY ONBOARDING SESSIONS COVERING ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND THE GOVERNMENT.

IT WAS SO GENUINELY PRESENTED TO US AND, AND WITH A CARING AND WANTING

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SO, THANK YOU.

UH, AND IT WAS, IT GAVE ME AND THE REST OF US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THE STAFF.

AND MY OBSERVATION IS, WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF HERE, .

I MEAN, WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF IT.

THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IS ON THE SEVEN, UH, YEAH, THE 17TH OF JANUARY, MY WIFE FELL ON ICE AND BROKE HER LEG WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF ME CALLING 9 1 1 THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS THERE.

UH, AGAIN, MOST CARING, GENUINE PEOPLE, VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

IT'S JUST WAS A GREAT FEELING.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS FIRSTHAND, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY A FIRSTHAND LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

AND, AND I THINK, UM, OUR CHIEF AND HIS STAFF, UH, AGAIN, UH, SOME OF THE MOST WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES THERE, THERE ARE JUST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.