Edition
Mr Leicester right got it thank you
this is certification closed session
pursuant to subsection 2.2 37d of the
code of Virginia in 1950 as amended
each member of the Board of Supervisors
upon roll call certifies that the best
of their knowledge only public business
matters
lawfully Exempted from the open meeting
requirements under the Virginia Freedom
of Information Act and only such public
business mayors that were identified in
the motion by which the closed meeting
was convened where heard discussed or
considered in the Board of Supervisors
any member of the board supervisors that
who believes that there was a departure
from the requirements shall state so
prior to the vote indicating the
substance of that departure in his or
her judgment has taken place
are there any supervisor who believes a
departure has taken place
since there is none if you agree to the
matters heard discussed or considered
during the closed meeting were pursuant
only to the Motions if I wish the closed
meeting was convened please signify by
saying yay or yes Tim Lovelace yes
Luanne Wallace yes
Carl Ray yes
Steve Brady yes David Eaton yes
freaking back Rebecca day is absent
and horse Christian yes
ma'am you have approval return to
regular session
thank you sir at this time I'm going to
ask that we
were the invocation and remain standing
for the Pledge of Allegiance
mercy and your blessings and your grace
and God as we come before you now Lord
we ask that you forgive us for we fail
you and Lord as we tend to your business
God may be pleasing in your sight please
give us Direction in everything that we
do and we praise you in Jesus name amen
amen
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all
thank you at this time I'm going to ask
for an approval of the agenda
Madam chair we have two changes to the
agenda
first is the change the Finney Community
Center to the drill Community Center
on the selection of committee members
and also at the request of the County
Attorney that we add in the advertising
of the the ordinance
and that's going to be at the County
Attorney reports and requests yes ma'am
number three yes ma'am thank you very
much
okay I'm going to ask for approval of
the amended agenda and chairman make a
motion we approve the agenda is amended
we have a motion I need a second
thank you Mr Christian I have a motion
and a second all in favor any opposed
any abstentions motion carries thank you
Mr Lester at this time I will turn it
over to you thank you madam chair
first is up is I want to open up the
floor for the nominations for the
Russell County Board of Supervisors
chairman
I'll take the first nominee I nominate
Luanne Wallace for chair
I nominate Steve breeding
is that a is that all the nominations
if that's all in the nominations I need
a motion to uh for the nominations to be
closed
I'll make that motion
second
thank you
we'll proceed to the vote in reverse
order
to vote on the motion to close the
nominations
did we you we didn't I'm sorry
go ahead and vote on close nomination
sorry about that ah uh uh
you know
David
yeah okay see Snow's nations are closed
we'll proceed to the voting reverse
order for the show of hands
Steve
show of hands first one Steve Brady show
of hands
Luanne Wallace
there is a tie
so when there is a time and legal
counsel can emphasize on this if she
needs to if there is a time
the current chair stays in place until
the next reconve next official meeting
so officially the motion fails so nobody
nobody passed so the chair would remain
in place until and this this can this
could not be brought up unless there was
a two-thirds vote to read to take up
this matter again
tonight
so with that being said since it is
tabled
at the at do we want to proceed with the
selection of the vice chair
we can go ahead and in the same process
Madam chair you're still the chairman of
the Russell County Board of Supervisors
you can proceed if you need with the
check Vice chair position
I'll proceed
yes ma'am we'll see how the vote lies
yes ma'am
I'll accept a motion for the vice chair
of the Russell County Board of
Supervisors for this organizational
meeting I'd like to nominate David Eaton
we have a motion for Mr Eaton on the
floor do I hear another emotion I'd like
to nominate Orris Christian we have a
motion for Oris Christian on the floor
do I hear a motion to close or do I have
further
um motions motion close Madam chair I
take that motion to close thank you all
in favor to close
now I'm going to take it in reverse
order I have Mr Orris Christian as
um
Vice chair of the Russell County Board
of Supervisors for the next year all in
favor oh I'm going to ask for a hand
raise your hands please for Oris
Christian
I got three votes for Orris Christian
I'll take Mr David Eaton
I have three votes for David Eaton we
have a tie
Madam attorney
yes ma'am that would
um
it just failed so you have to take it up
at the next meeting unless there's a
two-thirds vote to take up those
nominees again yes ma'am thank you so
much so moving on to the clerk so Mr
Christian will remain as our vice chair
until next meeting yes
Clerk of the board and Deputy Clerk
I'll entertain a motion for that
motion to point Lonzo Lester and Vicky
Porter
us
I have a motion for that any further
motions
I need a second I'll stay here I got a
second from Mr Christian I'm going to
call for the vote all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries adoption of Robert's Rules of
Order please I'll make that motion thank
you Mr Eaton thank you Mr breeding I
have a motion and a second to adopt
Robert's Rules of Order for the um for
the Board of Supervisors
all in favor any opposed any abstentions
motion carries
also moving on to the adoption of the
county bylaws those are in your packet
um any additions or Corrections that you
would like to make at this time or I'll
entertain a motion to accept those
I just or those that seem there have
been no changes to the problems no okay
they actually require that you give
a second I got a motion and a second
um any discussion we had a little bit
there Mr breeding so um all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries
number six in the organizational meeting
the 2023 Board of Supervisors regular
scheduled meetings
those are in your packet they are
normally the first Monday of the month
which is normal for all of us we do have
exceptions for holidays but that is how
it is so I'll make a motion made of
chair to accept though thank you Mr
Eaton I have a motion I need a second
thank you
all in favor
motion carries
next we have
um number seven the 2023 Board of
Supervisors budget meeting schedule
now
this is a question for you miss attorney
um as chair acting chair today
do I still have the right to to put a
budget committee together
Mr Lester is shaking his head I mean as
as chair you do I mean I think that
would be you know up to the board how
you want to proceed given what happened
with the votes but as chair you have
that legal Authority all right I'm going
to ask tonight that this board will
accept
uh my nominees for the budget meeting
which is every one of us can you supply
some time for these budget meetings all
of us together to make this budget
happen for the next coming year
not just two members but all of us
yeah it will have to be advertised it
will be advertised and it'll be I'm
hearing nods we're happy and census yes
yes all right
I'm asking to do that so we're you're
going to move with that right Mr Lester
yes ma'am thank you
all right number eight oh gosh we
finished all right moving on to new
business
um I need approval of the minutes please
second I have an approval a motion for
approval of the minutes and I have a
second any uh discussions
all right all in favor
um any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you next is approval of
sorry
we approved the committee but you got to
prove the schedule too
we got to prove that budget schedule Oh
I said that was in there all right
I asked them to commit remember yes all
right your schedule is in there we need
an approval of the schedule please look
at the budget schedule this is um month
to month
to get us through to July one so move
thank you Mr Eaton I appreciate that I
need a second
I got several I'll take one of them
anyway
um
Mr Braden you've got some discussion
I've looked at it
okay
um all in favor any opposed
motion carries thank you
next we're going for the approval of
expenditures
we did that number one unapproved
minutes for December 5th
number two approval of expenditures I
make that motion
thank you Mr Christian I need a second
to pay the bills
second got a second all in favor all
right any opposed motion carries next
we're coming under new business to item
number three committee appointments for
board consideration
the budget and finance committee I've
already asked you about so we have
agreed on that
next we're coming to the drill Community
Center
yes ma'am um
I'd like to do can I do these as a slate
yes okay I'd like to make a motion to
reappoint these members back onto the
drill Community Center as a slate
I'm going to second that for you Mr
eight thank you okay I have a motion and
a second all in favor
any opposed motion carries
next we're coming to the Russell County
Industrial Development Authority the Ida
we regret that we have lost a member
during this season
um and so we have
um we're going to need to replace Mr
Roger's sword so
um
I'll entertain a motion for a new member
on the Russell County Ida and chair I'd
like to nominate Nate Kaiser
um okay we have a nomination for Nate
Kaiser I have I'd like to nominate Ron
Blankenship
and we have a nomination for Ron
Blankenship I will take it in reverse
order
all in favor for Ron Blankenship to be a
member of the Russell County Ida which
will fulfill Mr Rogers sword's term
assuming is that correct that is correct
thank you all for shaking your head okay
we have uh
Ron Blankenship I keep wanting to call
him Rob Ron Blankenship is up for the
term on the Russell County Ida all in
favor uh let's do a hand show hands
what do we got three
all right
all in favor for Nick Nate Kaiser
we've got three we have a tie
motion fails motion pills we'll set that
out till February
next we're moving on to the heart of
Appalachia remember is a two-year term
we have a new member uh Shiloh little
which will be our um DMO correct yes
ma'am and this is by law so we're
working under the standards of Virginia
General Assembly so I'll entertain a
motion for Shiloh little I'll make that
motion second
thank you gentlemen I appreciate that I
have a motion and a second for Shiloh uh
any more discussion
thank you I'll call for the vote all in
favor any opposed
motion carries
next we're moving on to the Cumberland
Mountain Services we put Mr Eric Brown
on there he said they sent a letter and
now Mr Brown has declined
I have a Aaron feaser which is the
pastor of the First Baptist Church in
Honaker
I I'm assuming that Mr feaser is user
can you spell that for us
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okay
we'll let him know
okay
all right we have a motion by Mr Eaton
for an Aaron Caesar I'll entertain
another motion and if you've got anybody
a commotion nomination cease we look
miss the Gentleman by acclimation Mr
feaser by acclimation all in favor uh
any opposed motion carries
all right next we're coming up on the
citizens comment period I'm going to
limit you to three minutes and
um
I have one
Carter McLaughlin
well it's been a minute since I've been
up here but anyways good to see y'all
again I hope you had a good Christmas
and stuff and holidays but I'm here with
the concern uh I was as you well know uh
in uh uh
foreign
November of 21 there were some charges I
was currently serving on the PSA of uh
of Russell County and there were some
charges that was instigated we offers by
the chairman of the PSA event at the
time but anyway uh it never went
anywhere and wants to Commonwealth
everybody looked at it while everything
was cleared with that but during that
time in uh
in January of 22 this board temporarily
suspended me from the PSA due to the
fact there was charges in July I always
charges were completely dismissed and
stuff and so I'm just requesting you
know you know to come back to my
position on the PSA as as the law states
it should be and if the Board of
Supervisors is first and then secondly
you go to the uh uh
you go to the uh Circuit Court Clerk at
the second that's the second line with
that so I just thought I would bring
that up you know and let you know about
that I have one other concern I came to
a uh
PSA meeting in December you know as a
citizen and the chairman of the PSA
refused to let me speak
okay and you know I just think that's
pretty serious you know that's pretty
serious I mean it's right there in his
public record refuse to let me speak at
the PSA so I have some concerns about
this you know the direction that we're
headed our PSA has been great for years
I've served on it from the time I was on
the Board of Supervisors you know with
their water projects and Mains and
everything's went very very good all
these years and all of a sudden you know
we're having this atomosity or whatever
and that's not the way it should be
that's not the way it should be you know
we just need to be here for the citizens
of Russell County and anyway I'll just
stop at that and I've got any
documentation or anything that you may
want to see or you know are here okay I
do appreciate your time thank you very
much thank you Mr McLaughlin we
appreciate you
um I will that's all that's on our list
to speak publicly if anyone else has
um anything that they'd like to say I'll
open the floor to the public if you'd
like to come up and say anything
uh comment time
Charlie yes East Lebanon District I
guess since everyone's on the budget
committee it's an open meeting to the
public
that is
today's Greg sir we welcome you
anyone else
complete transparency
thank you very much all right I'll close
public comments
now we're at the point we're at our
attorney County attorney reports and
request please
thank you madam chair the first item
that I have for the board is is a lease
for the Finney disposal site after the
board approved a couple of leases in
October
um some new Property Owners came forward
stating that they owned that property
and there it actually took a lot of
digging by the County Administrator to
pull up a survey but we were able to
verify that and work all that out so
I've provided an amended lease for for
one track for one of those leases and
it's ready for the board to approve
I like to make a motion to approve that
okay I have a motion from Mr Ray to
approve the new amended Finney disposal
site lease six awesome
thank you I have two seconds I
appreciate that
um all in any discount any further
discussions
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor uh any opposed any abstentions
motion carries on the new finny site
number two Russell County Ida Revenue
Bond moral obligation in your packet
thank you madam chair
um this this is more just an FYI for the
board at this point we um I told Lonzo
to go ahead and put it on the agenda in
case we had the information that we need
I do not have the proposed moral
obligation for the county to approve but
we hope to get that in February and so
I'll include that in the board's packet
if I have that after I'm to review it
but it's a request by the Ida for
um for one of their projects
okay thank you moving on to our amended
piece for you
thank you madam chair I was um it was
requested of me to review and provide my
thoughts or or changes to a proposed
ordinance that would deal with abortion
clinics I have drafted one that in my
opinion is legally sound and I give it
to the board for their consideration on
how to proceed
Katie do we need to advertise that is
that correct yes the code requires that
it be advertised for two weeks and the
second publication can't be sooner than
one week after the first publication so
typically when we do these ordinances we
just it's you you go ahead and advertise
it between now and the next meeting if
that's how the board wants to proceed
I'd like to make a motion that we go
ahead and advertise this ordinance I'll
second it I have a motion and a second
to advertise said ordinance
um any further discussion on this
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor any opposed
any abstentions motion carries
thank you
and I apologize to the board and to the
audience I skipped the Constitutional
officers reports and requests
and um do I have any of those here
tonight all right thank you very much
moving on to the County Administrator
record reports and requests thank you
madam chair first on the county Ministry
reports of course is the uh the bako and
Rural Center conference the reception
that we will be uh in Richmond on
January the 18th that will be with the
Board of Supervisors from the 18th and
uh 17th 18th and 19th really uh this is
the during time legislation the Board of
Supervisors will be visiting certain
legislators for current laws that they
need we're trying to get in place and
grants and funding so this is our time
to advocate for Russell County like we
do every year as you see those grants
that come throughout the year uh in
various forms those are from these
meetings in the beginning so we're
getting at the pro front of the budget
cycle is what we're doing so we're
sitting advocating during that period
period for the Russell County budgets
and and what laws we were in place
second thing on County administrative
reports is uh it's that time of year
again the state and local economic
interest as and financial disclosure
that transparency part so as a reminder
I've got to have them all by the board
supervisors you know by February 1st
they could have these in
so if y'all need any of the rest you can
do them online if you need a hard copy
Loretta has those available to you too
Mr Lester may I interrupt you and ask a
question I have to I have to fill out
these for the state and so they go
online but normally I've been doing
these by paper can my state
um conflict of interest
do I have to do two maybe this is a
question from my attorney over here
yes you do yes you do
we'll
so he always accepts the one that I do
yes as long as we have access for
verification that is being completed
that's what the authors will review my
guess my guess would be as long as
everything's current thank you
I did one previously and something was
new or something
supplement
the information is the same I would
think it's
as long as it's on the state okay thank
you
the foia the ethics Council they're
trying to get to that to where it's just
one you know that way you ain't got
different versions and eventually
they'll get to that component
third thing on the county administrative
reports is of course the VDOT monthly
road report system and as you can see
this update right now VDOT is not
seeking any board action for any form of
very solution during this board but
there's but the residency intends to
publish the public notice for the
discontinuance of 871 that came before
the boat before and they wanted to know
what the uh
they're going to put out a public notice
this January unless the board would
prefer to abandon it so right now that's
that's the decision before the board so
uh how to proceed
uh my recommendation is County
Administrator I would recommend you have
with the public hearing get the public
input from it that way you can make a
sound decision that way VDOT can also
have that input into it and make a sound
decision for that route 871 so
this section of Road Rules concerns
about the accessibility that is correct
yes
so for my own before we call we need to
vote on this I'm assuming
okay so before we do that I'm gonna have
a my own little discussion here
the transportation board or VDOT says
they're calling it a band uh
discontinuance discontinuous that is
correct okay and so you're asking us if
we want to do discontinuance or
abandonment that is correct so the
choice between the board right now is
the two discontinuate means that b Dot
discontinues and the county maintains
now if you abandon it the properties
revert back to the original owners then
they maintain so that has been the true
form in the previous land because the
county does not owe in any County Roads
as you all know
that way they can upkeep it and maintain
it is to a cemetery and of course nature
conservancy's theirs and there's a few
uh just give you a brief summary because
it's been a few months ago there's also
whales that are there gas Wells so the
road they're maintaining the road
somewhat for them too because they need
access through the gas Wells and you
know the gas company coal companies
pretty good at maintained in these but
we'll have to make a decision between a
discontinuance or abandonment
no you have to do one we have one or the
other it's my understanding now so I
will go on to say that this would set a
precedence yes over what we've got we
own no we we maintain no roads
no then okay so we're having a
discussion here Mr breeding do you want
to put that out there and and call for
VDOT to bring it in as an abandonment as
a as opposed to discontinuance so we
have to decide tonight because that's
the way they have to publish it does
that make sense because yes sir because
if they publish it as a discontinuance
then the meeting will
yes and you'll have to consider during
the public hearing before I get this
continuance if you propose it as an
abandonment then that will be the vote
before the public hearing before the
abandonment
but currently again it as many residents
here we have
we do not maintain them for them so you
would be Pandora box up and you know
this land it would be fair to give it
back to the original landowners that's
what's happened in the past that's what
the boards having to produce past
they've done they get reversed back to
the original Mars I will make a motion
that we elect to abandon this so that
the property can revert back to the
original owners
okay I have a motion I need a second
when we get a second Mr Christian please
I'll give you a second
we have a motion in a second to
um abandon as opposed to discontinue
and um so we're in discussion at this
time Mr Christian I'll give you the
floor
station
um
because the ladies that came here and
talked to us a while back yes sir
and they will more or less want us to
more or less keep it up
that's my understanding yes sir
like I've said
who else has a family Cemetery Road that
is kept up by the county or the Vietnam
I
said I would go with not to abandon
if any if not if no action was taken
VDOT would have to continue to maintain
b-dot will not continue they're not
going to continue to maintain I my only
concern is
the older people that came and spoke
it's gonna be pretty hard on them to get
that part to the cemetery
I mean unless they have some sort of
I mean I have a lot of respect for these
cemeteries and I know we don't have the
capacitor capability to help
on some of the roads that go to some of
the cemeteries but some of these family
cemeteries are
pretty sacred I mean I just
I would have to abstain from taking any
action based on
uh my feelings in my heart toward them
being able to access this Cemetery
because I don't look for The Nature
Conservancy or anybody gas well people
don't
they don't keep them roads up not like
they should and you know I I understand
what you're saying but uh that's just my
feeling that's my personal feeling
toward it I just think it's going to be
a hardship on them I also uh I think
they go up there twice a year to do
either Sandy Ridge or Rabbit Ridge and
that's just just a little piece off
there and it's on these point zero three
nine tenths of a mile on that road
well see what as y'all have seen in the
literature that provided by the known by
VDOT the CTB board transportation board
does not consider this an exception uh
you know if there was an economic go to
the business there there was other
development Tire they were doing it but
they will discontinue it they will
discontinue it and what that means that
will fall into the
footprint of the Russell County Board
supervisors you either discontinue it
and take it or you abandon it so it's
one of the two choices so
I have sympathy for the property owners
too but
you know I just can't subject the county
to that kind of potential liability you
know I mean if you if you do for one
you're gonna have to do wrong I don't
want the county to take it I mean I
don't I'm against that if I just uh
let's see but I just have a lot of hard
heart and soul with them ladies that
came and spoke at night I mean they say
they've went through this once before
and it never happened
you know and I don't know if they just
it sounds like to me that we're getting
thrown under the bus to make the
decision We're not gonna do it anyway
uh well well what it's a mechanism
within the transportation board which
has that Authority I mean they won't
discontinue they're going to do it
anyway without more to prove why I mean
that's what I'm saying I mean they're
going to do it anyway without us
if they just discontinue then it's ours
is that their option they can do one or
the other we can do we can help decide
one or the other if we discontinue
itself if we don't do anything Let's see
we take no action they will they will
put it before the transportation board
and the transportation board the
authorities will end up maintaining them
yes you will let's give it to them yes
and and the property owners is there I
mean if you like Steve said if you've
maintained for one you've got to
maintain for all y'all have not done
this before this would be you know a
president's that y'all never said so I'm
with David I have filmed for the people
but still you know you gotta look beyond
that
I have I have a family Cemetery it's
terrible to get two but we have to
manage to get to it
I mean there's no formal Road up to the
cemetery out in Spring City
there's no other solution VDOT has us
and they're throwing it down to the
boards they do this all over the
Commonwealth so why do they do this why
if if they're going to do ultimately
whatever they're going to do anyway then
why are we even having why do we have to
because the decision is by the code that
Virginia is when they discontinue it it
becomes the responsibility of the local
governing board right but our stance on
that has always been since I've been on
this board that we don't maintain well
but that doesn't work so you either
discontinue or you abandoned
you just don't get a leave of that but
there's okay but there's lots of roads
that
discontinued by VDOT but we don't we
don't service those so I just don't I
don't know how there's only being one
before this board and that was a
discontinuance on the bridge that was in
the drill area
since I've been here so this is there's
a difference you gotta remember rest has
been abandoned when you hear that
terminology and that that bridge was
discontinued on the previous that it
would be used in an emergency if the
main Bridge had went out
that was a secondary route for the for
route for be able to get transport
through there it was not and that would
be in for the whole general public to be
able to use during an emergency it is
not a private Cemetery
that was that's why the B dot labor
discontinuates
okay we have a motion in a second we're
still in discussion do you all want to
remain there or do you want to call for
the vote for uh Virginia Department of
Transportation to do a public notice to
abandon
route um 871.
hearing no more I'm going to call for
the vote all in favor for abandonment
any opposed
any abstentions that's abstain I have to
stay
there's three three and three yeah
we're gonna have to we have three
abstentions
Morris did you have Stein
okay
we will take uh so uh you will
you will notify Virginia Department of
Transportation that we are nowhere on
this and they're going to proceed with
public hearing they will not proceed
until y'all make a decision so we can
hold them off yes you can thank you for
that information apparently we didn't
know that part did we I figured there
would be a tie box okay all right
we'll revisit this another time yes
ma'am fix the drainage and we'll talk
about it
next on the County Administrator request
is of course approval of the duq leader
leader prevention and recyclable program
19456 I need approval for appropriation
of 19450 so move second thank you guys
um any discussion on this
all right I'll call for the vote all in
favor
and you posed motion carries well and
thank you just to break it down Russell
County gives 13 000 456 the town of
Cleveland gets 15.95 the town of Honaker
gets 15.95 for this and the town 11 gets
2018. so it's a breakdown of the 19456.
next on the administrator request is uh
the 2023 this is an uh repetitive annual
thing like uh organizational meeting
approval for uh pre-authorization of
operational routine monthly payments a
delegated authority I need approval
SoMo I have a motion I need a second
thank you
um any discussion
did the calls come down when they let
Bristol
come in with the influx of prisoners
over there
or are we still I'm going back to it
I've got to go back to that
costs are going up aren't you yes yes
yeah the Southwest River Regional Jail
your Authority on the service agreement
this is the annual agreement that you're
referring to
um when of course when the jail came in
the cost went up that was one when all
the salaries of the doc especially
during the labor issues and the
shortages all the increase in salaries
that got included into our cost too so
Tim and and or sits on that board they
know we hear this every quarter over and
over and over so even though our inmates
are going down as y'all have give it in
part your report they went down for 160
where averaging around 120 now which is
a great thing and we we thought we would
you would assume and that's you know
what that means but that our costs
overall an annual base would go down but
with their costs going up us reducing
the inmates is not equating to our
savings
it's it's actually balancing out so
yeah it's balancing but I mean we got to
maintain we're how long we can maintain
the 120 we have not done that in the
eight years this board has been in place
so I was anticipated the increase
it's going to be part of I need approval
for the second amended service agreement
on the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail
Authority
you have a motion in a second we're in
discussion yes
okay is everybody okay with that I'll
call for the vote all in favor uh any
opposed any abstentions motion carries
thank you
next on account administrative request
is again the 2023 authorized payments a
list of operational routine monthly
payments of delegated authority I need
to prove on this one so moved second
thank you very much we have a motion and
a second and I don't think we need much
discussion to do this but anyway I'll
offer that any discussion
I'll call for the vote all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you man chair next on
Amanda County Administrator request is
the Glade Hollow ballpark deck repair
this just came before us as an issue it
was a safety issue that that came to her
attention from the Little League
um the deck during the pandemic over the
last two years it had deteriorated on
the front section and uh it needs
repairs so we uh Mr breeding and myself
and the county staff and the Little
League met out there on the on the deck
repair and part of the agreement is with
the little league to get this in because
it's a public safety issue uh because
right now in the deck cannot be walked
on and maintained specially with kids
around and we have legal issues
with the agreement between the county
and the little league is that the little
league was going to do the labor we will
do if we supplied the materials for it
which will be through our our discounts
through Lebanon block they will pull
that money and run on our accounts
during that time to be able to repair
that deck the estimate cost on that deck
repair
full complete front side and the back
side is what they've got is ten thousand
dollars and it's going to have to be
fixed I mean we had to
put the picnic tables over the holes
that day was there didn't we it it truly
is a safety issue and it's been that way
for a good while
and I think as part of it they're going
to fix a guard rail or not a guard rail
but a handrail issue out there in the
bathroom yeah I'd like to make a motion
that we approve this
uh it's like the second okay very good I
have a motion and a second to do uh
Glade Hollow ballpark deck repair
all in favor
oh you want to discuss
I went out to Homemaker Little League
two and there's 22 boards it's in pretty
bad shape
that needs to be replaced can we include
the 22 boards
there since we're doing both jobs and
the volunteers out there can replace is
that is those on the benches out there
it's actually where uh the JV team
you're talking about seating and that
might be something that the school could
help us with you know if you'll contact
them I I'll just I'll take that out
until you contact the school to see if
uh okay
like use some of their okay some of
their money that well it's the it's
where they do the JV team Senior League
field I I know that Mr Bush is down
there working you know round through
there and he's getting right doing it we
uh and just to catch the board up too we
on the hone acre the Press Box we had to
put a new roof on which we they did
through the insurance the county done
I'll pay for that we had to do it
through the insurance when the storms
came through it collapsed them so we're
going to be able to fix those and we're
also going to be able to fix the inside
of the press boxes so in the bathrooms
because that was part of the damage so
that would be repaired we knew we looked
at the uh Carl knows that we did uh
there is some equipment down there that
is owned by the little league so we're
trying and it's it's it needs work too
so we're trying to work with little
league today okay all right well thank
you and I'll check with the school
thank you for the discussion but
remember we will help you take care of
of yours up there so Mr Lester make sure
that that gets uh taken care of or
looked at or put on our next agenda so I
have a motion in a second all in favor
um any opposed
any abstentions motion carries
Madam chair next on the county Ministry
request I'm going to introduce uh Shiloh
little our tourism coordinator and she's
going to give you a brief summary of the
Virginia American 250 Commission
hi y'all
um I'm happy to come before the board
today a
um
an opportunity for Russell County to get
some uh
with
um the VA 250 which is
um through the American Association for
state and local history along with the
Virginia tourism Corporation so
basically
um this will allow for what's before the
board is to approve a committee which
would be the VA 250 committee for the
county to
um also designated a liaison
um to work with the commission to serve
as the local contact
UM the state commission will provide
grant funding opportunities for events
and programs for the 250th anniversary
of the signing of Declaration of
Independence which will be coming up in
2026 which is only three years away
doesn't seem real
um but what's before the board is that
we cannot apply for the grants unless a
community is appointed by the board by
the governing board which will be the
Board of Supervisors so what's before
the board is for to approve a committee
which would be the VA 250 committee
along with a liaison most of the time it
is a tourism director or tourism
coordinator
um and I would be there to able to
communicate with the Board of
Supervisors
um through the committee and also be the
liaison between the state and the
committee as well so to get although
grant funding coming in the grants this
doesn't need to be approved today
because the grant closes in the January
so got to get the ball rolling on this
um but it would be a great opportunity
for events educational opportunities
um signage there's about a million
things on the grant list that it's
available for to have a big blowout for
the 250th anniversary so that's what's
before the board today thank you ma'am
chair I'll make a motion we'll now
shallow to go ahead arranged for this
community
to be set up
and would you add liaison from his
little to be the liaison please yes I
will I'll say Kentucky yeah all right
have we covered our bases here yes ma'am
this is an issue by Governor young and
uh he is proposing this one of the
things that will come out of this is
it's an opportunity to us to Showcase
things that we're doing in this County
uh if we can pinpoint a couple you may
just have the governor step in in that
event
so it it sounded like when we looked at
it we're going okay then the governor
started putting his push and seal on him
saying this is going to happen this if
you want to participate I will be there
so this is an opportunity to showcase a
little few things in the county and the
governor or one of his staff or the
governor's staff may just show up and
this
is for like the Fourth of July this
would be all year round for the whole
year of 2026. well I want to say
something too I think since Shiloh is
she's done a wonderful job she's our
tourism coordinator
I would like to see her go to Richmond
during the legislate it says she already
is she going
she's already working on the ground
thing all right hang around blue she
knew we have a motion we and we have a
second
um two for Ms little to take on the
liaison piece and to make sure you have
a committee we don't need to appoint one
that's your tourism you don't have to
appoint one just the approval of a
committee like to be made you have it so
uh I need emotion I mean I need a um a
vote thank you I'm excited for you all
right all in favor any opposed any
abstentions motion carries
congratulations
Madam chair thank you and that concludes
the county Ministry reports and requests
thank you very much the next thing on
our agenda is board discussions and
reminders
I will start with Mr Lovelace uh no man
Mr Brady
oh Mr Ray I'm looking at Mr Brady I have
nothing Madam chair thank you Mr Eaton
in our next meeting Madam chair I would
like to uh I'm gonna have to appoint a
board uh for the new commun community
center in Swords Creek
um I really appreciate the board and
their efforts uh I know the heating and
cooling unit's almost completed
um I want to have a community uh meeting
with uh all the people in that area to
come and look and see what we need to do
and and some of the activities but if if
anybody's out there that has an interest
in that area in my district I would
appreciate your input and so I just want
to have that put on the agenda the next
time if that's okay
that's great okay
Mr Lester you'll see to that request
all right thank you Mr Eaton that's all
I have Mr Brady as I understand it we're
Rebecca and I are supposed to attend an
opioid session when we're in Richmond
Thursday afternoon and Friday morning if
you've registered us yes yes
unfortunately thank you it is uh and
I'll talk to you about it briefly it
it's you it's one of the working you're
up there to work I mean it's listen you
sent me a link as well and I thought
there was a video that I was supposed to
be there he is and that's what I'll talk
to you about because I couldn't find it
in any of that literature
other than that I just want to tell
everybody I want you to notice this Dr
fauci I'm one that at a Chinese
Christmas thing and it's a pen holders
what it is
if you all been wondering and it's just
I promised the guy that gave it to me
that I didn't do that so
it's complete and I'm done
okay Mr breeding thank you very much for
that insightful information
um Mr Christian do you have anything
yes Connor McLaughlin spoke about him
being taken off of PSA and then the
charges were dropped uh was you not
designed to be put back on the corner
and should that not be something that
weighs the board would take up that's an
attorney
they have a special attorney
they're they have special counsel for
PSA I made that motion and motion stated
that he would be suspended be a
temporary suspension until the thing was
litigated
and then I think it's up to our attorney
to verify
that you know
you all had special counsel
VES we have special counselors
okay
well we need to get our Lonzo if you
take care of her special counsel and we
just need to
fairfowl in I think
before we could take any kind of action
yeah yes sir
Ms Christian you have anything else
okay thank you very much
um at this time I'm going to adjourn to
reconvene
in Richmond Virginia
on January and I don't know what the
date we're all going to be in that
majority is going up on the uh
the majority will be there on the 17th
well let's make sure
so we'll need a date for for reconvening
there because I think it's going to be
different different days
because some of y'all are going at
different times
that is correct and that's normally when
we reconvenes before the reception so
let's just make it that that's the
easiest way to do we're all at the Omni
of complements of Bako they said they
assisted us setting these up for us so
um uh we're at the Omni so to reconvene
on the 18th
foreign
the caucus on the 18th we got to be
there at 5 30. now the reception starts
from 5 30 to 8. so usually we do it a
half an hour before to reconvene and
then we all start off on our legislative
and grants and improvements and
networking what's the consensus of this
board are you guys okay with reconvening
at 5 30 on the 18th of January I will I
would do it at five four o'clock five
o'clock before the reception all right
yeah I'll give you 30 minutes to be able
to do whatever we need to do okay I need
a motion I'll make it I have a motion I
need a second I have a second all in
favor any
opposed motion carries all right at this
time uh we'll see you next month