foreign
okay we have a motion and a second all
in favor
you'll have to read us coming out Mr
Lonzo Lester yes ma'am
certification in closation pursuant to
subsection
2.2-3712 D of the code of Virginia 1950
as amended each member of the Board of
Supervisors upon Road call surprise
to the best of their knowledge that only
public business matters lawfully
Exempted from the open meeting
requirements under the Virginia Freedom
of Information Act
and only such business mayors that were
identified in the Motions by which the
closed meeting was convened were heard
discussed or considered in the meeting
by the Board of Supervisors any member
of the board of both supervisors 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 of the board supervisors
who believe that the departure has taken
place
seeing none
if you agree that the matters heard
discussed or considered during the
closed meeting were pursuant only to the
Motions by which closed meeting was
convened please signify You by saying
yay or yes Tim Lovelace yes Carl Ray yes
David Eaton yes Steve breeding yes
Rebecca Dyer yes where's Christian yes
Luanne Wallace yes ma'am you have
approval to turn regular session thank
you Mr Lester at this time I'm going to
ask each one of you to please rise for
the invocation and remain standing for
the Pledge of Allegiance
let us pray father God lord we love you
we thank you we praise you today Father
father we thank you for the opportunity
to come out and be a part of our local
government father and father we ask that
you forgive us for where we fail you
each and every day be with us lead us
guide us and direct us in everything we
do in your name I pray amen
Amen
to the flag of the United States of
America and to the Republic for which it
stands one nation under God indivisible
with
thank you
and welcome tonight to the Board of
Supervisors meeting
I needed a motion to approve the agenda
as presented please
this Christian gave us a motion I need a
second second
thank you Mr reading um all in favor any
opposed motion carries thank you
uh moving on to our new business and
we'll need to approve the minutes from
the last month which seems like we had
several meetings so
um one at a time or as a group uh Miss
Patton
you can do it either
you can do it either way okay does this
suit the board to do it this way I'm
going to abstain on the one on the 15th
then we'll let's do it here let's just
do it individually okay just quickly
uh vote to approve the minutes from June
the 6th 2022 so move second
okay all in favor any opposed motion
carries uh approve the minutes for June
15 2022. so move
I'll second thank you all in favor
any opposed motion carries abstain thank
you Mr greeting I apologize I didn't
real realize that was yours okay
unapproved minutes for June 21 2022.
motion to approve second got a motion
and a second all in favor
and I will abstain I was not at that
meeting an abstention by Ms dye please
unapproved minutes for June 29 2022.
session
second I have a motion and a second
thank you both all in favor
any opposed or any abstentions thank you
very much
are you sure that's all of them
I've turned the page there's a lot of
public hearings
all right next we need to do the
approval of expenditures that is in your
packet I'll entertain a motion at your
pleasure
motion to prove the expenditures is
presented in the package thank you Mr
breeding I need a second
thank you okay all in favor uh any
opposed any abstentions motion carries
thank you very much okay now tonight we
have some committee appointments for
consideration and
um those are going to be the Department
of Social Services
and then the heart of Appalachia so
we'll take the Department of Social
Services first we have a retiring member
and then we have Mr Hensley and his
application was not in the packet so it
has arrived so it's on your desk so
anyway and we also have the three others
we had a
a resignation from that
and though we have three others to
consider I think you all have looked at
each one of those and we also heard from
uh social services that gave us
recommendations and how to do that so um
we these folks are qualified for this
I'll accept I'll entertain uh any
motions for these yeah Madam chair I'd
like to make a motion to reappoint
Andrew Hensley have a motion to
reappoint Andrew Hensley do I hear any
more
I have a motion for Margaret Lynn Ramsey
Margaret Lynn Ramsey
Anthony since you have to make him a
motion to approve a member I think you
should do them one at a time I'll take
that okay I apologize all right so we
have two seats
two seats all right I have a motion on
the floor for Andrew Hensley
all in favor
oh yeah I need a second I'll second it I
thought I had sorry about that got a
second all in favor raise your hands
opposed
all right Andrew's off the table
next
uh I'd like to nominate Margaret Lynn
Ramsey okay I have a motion for Margaret
Lynn Ramsey
I'll second that motion thank you Mr
Christian I have a second all in favor
let's do a hand vote
amoeva got four
okay
so it looks like Margaret Lynn Ramsay
has four votes
next I need to fill another seat I'd
like to nominate Cody Jackson
I have a motion and a second for Cody
Jackson all in favor
any opposed
okay
I have another uh we have to fill
another seat
and make a motor for Kathy yet
Kathy gent of Honaker David did you put
that one in
okay all right
okay
um anyway Kathy gin of Honaker I'll
second then
I got a second all in favor
we've got five
any opposed
two
looks like we're feeling the social
services board with Margaret Lynn Ramsey
and Kathy Gent ponaker
moving on heart of Appalachia tourism
Authority and this may be a tad
confusing here Mr Lester do you want to
take this one or you want me to do it
I can't Madam chair okay thank you
um currently right now we have a Miss
Victoria gent that sits on the heart of
Appalachia as the DMO that is we have
she's had children and families and
things that she's to do so the heart of
Appalachians as for a another appointee
to as the DMO especially with the casino
coming aboard and we're trying to get
all this done we need County
representation so I'm asked they're
asking for a replacement of Miss
Victoria gent let me ask you isn't head
or Paris still on that uh no sir the
head of power she represented from the
County's position as as County staff
there's two there's two dmos that are on
the heart of Appalachia the one have to
be County staff one has to be County
staff by by Statue and one has to be
border pointed yes well the county staff
would be shot over yes but a member of
shallow is in an intern capacity right
as an intern right now on socials who
else have we got
[Laughter]
don't get Lonzo another hat
well we're not disagreeing with that Mr
braiding but that's what we've got right
now we're working on it right well
currently right now I'm feeling as a DMO
interim now this is the Board of
Supervisors position that you're feeling
I'm feeling the County's current
position so as the DMO and I'm attending
the meeting so we basically need to
accept uh with regret the resignation of
Miss Victoria gent yes ma'am I'll
entertain a motion to accept that
resignation it's in your packet um and
and she has so moved
thank you Mr breeding I need a second
okay I have a second all in favor to
accept the resignation uh any opposed
any abstentions
thank you now at this time we need to
refill this seat
and what you have is you have in your
packet
that it comes from the tech the tourism
uh what is tourism Association committee
or authority committee tourism advisory
advisory okay thank you well anyway it
comes from that committee and we have
all placed people on that tourism
committee
okay and we're going to have to work on
refilling that by the way board members
we have some that have
that have resigned and left and so we're
we're behind the we're behind the uh
line here from that so I'll entertain a
motion um the heart of Appalachia cannot
give us
um make a recommendation to us but they
have kind of almost nearly made a
recommendation to us so we have
uh two
two applicants pardon me yeah you have
two applicants currently we have two
applicants and one of those is Ms Maddie
Gordon who runs clinch life Outfitters
and the other one is Jim little
yes ma'am is that going to create some
kind of small problem or are we okay
with that well with
you know the Shiloh little is currently
yes we do on this as the DMO yes because
was this advertised out to the you know
for other people to want to do this or
put in a DMO
this comes out of the TAC committee
you've got members on the tech committee
I understand that but I mean does the
tax committee put it out there for
consideration for the citizens of the
county they have talked to other people
trying to get them well they might have
talked two or three have they put it out
there to the citizens of the county to
see if they might have an interest in I
like to get your response back on that
one
okay so this has to come from the TAC
committee so you've only got one slot to
fill yes we only have one DMO slot to
fill because that gives us
representation on the heart of
Appalachia board
so you need a nomination from I need a
motion to um these two people yes
correct
well I'll nominate Maddie Gordon she
owns the Outfitters collection life
Outfitters and she's currently already
serving on several of their Tech
committees right she is on the tech
committee yes
all right
I have a motion I need a second
second
okay I have a second all in favor
um
any opposed
I'm gonna abstain okay for the fact that
it wasn't properly presented to
everybody we have an abstention okay
thank you Mr Eaton motion carries
and for discussion not to belabor this
but um
now that Miss Gordon is on that
committee
I'm going to need a representative on
the tech is that an is that clear yes
ma'am we and we have been discussing
with the TAC committee because she can't
sit on the tack and sit on the DMO it
would be no because you would be a
proven you got to have that separation
of Duty so right now I'm currently in
the next board meeting just to give you
a preview of uh David needs reposition
on Tac U-turn yes and Rebecca and yes
and now I have there's four texts that
needs to be appointed
let me ask you also I looked on that
sheet that you provided did you miss a
couple of appointments like PSA
they were listed in the sheet that you
gave us
two members
no we're going to take care of that next
month
yeah we got we got behind on the budget
we got a little bottleneck there like we
yeah and so those will be on the August
board Board of Supervisors and agenda
and Library board in the library
because I want to correct some issue on
that Library
okay so just to be thinking so everybody
is clear
you're going to need someone to
represent your community
on the tank
the tourism advisory committee
and then from that committee you can go
on to be on the heart of Appalachia as a
voting member per the statute
so we that's all in your packet and we
tried to make that clear so everybody
would see that I'm very sorry David that
we didn't get a chance to discuss that
okay let's move along
um two next is uh citizens comment and
Mr Lester if you don't care would you
make sure that Ms gent gets a letter
from us that I will man we appreciate it
she's your service thank you all right
citizens comment period if you signed up
to speak
first we have from Honaker Virginia Mike
Mr Mike dye
Mr da
please do sir
uh I might die from Barnacle Virginia
I've come here tonight to speak as a
Christian and as a pastor of Harmony
Community Church
also on behalf of unborn children on
behalf of the Russell County Coalition
of churches
I'd like to encourage and request that
the Board of Supervisors put on the
agenda for August of discussing and
voting to make our County a pro-life
sanctuary
um I think we need to get ahead of the
game I don't think we need to wait on a
delegate or a senator or our governor to
do anything I think when our surrounding
states begin to ban abortion and those
abortion clinics begin to shut down
they're going to look for somewhere to
relocate we don't need no abortion
clinics relocating to Virginia and
especially in our County
I know a few years ago when we had a we
had a Democrat Governor Democrat State
Senate controlled in the control of the
House of delegates that they put forth
several laws that we felt like infringed
on our Second Amendment rights and the
Board of Supervisors with the community
back in them came together and we voted
y'all voted seven to nothing to make
this County a second amendment sanctuary
and I really believe if we can do that
for the Second Amendment then we should
be able to do that for our unborn
children and make this County a pro-life
sanctuary and I don't think we I think
we need to be I think we need to be the
leader in this I think we've seen
Russell County take the lead in so many
things and hopefully the counties around
us we our coalitions reach out to
several counties other preachers other
pastors and I'll think if Russell County
will start this this surrounding
counties will go with it and Southwest
Virginia can send a message to Richmond
and politicians that we are pro-life
that we are pro-god we're pro-life we're
pro-guns and I think us doing this now
uh I think will uh help our help
hackworth I think it'll help uh Yankton
I think it'll help the surrounding
counties and I just ask that y'all uh
have this on the agenda and uh the
Russell County Coalition is talking
about getting petitions out to other
churches out to the community to try to
have several petitions several
signatures signed to show you that this
community will back you in that and that
the churches will support you in that
and thank you for your time tonight
thank you Mr guy
next on the list is Kelly McBride delt
hello I'm speaking as your public
librarian and I wanted to ask uh your
dispensation and if you would consider
adding a bill to those that people would
be paid I sent a message to Mr to Mr
Lester and to Ms Wallace we found out
um well to start with the library board
has approved all the allocations they
said you know spend the money on these
things we found out when we submitted
our documents for these Opera funds that
we were to we were actually allocated
six thousand dollars per building not
per Library System when I submitted my
documents in my budget and planned they
said so you don't want that other six
thousand and I was like excuse me no I
want my other six thousand
so
that's why it was so late getting
through the process
um and it is an unusual firm in that
they do not
take they do not invoice people
we filled out a credit application which
means that they will
we still have to pay 50 percent when we
place the order and 50 when they ship
they do the second 50 at net 30.
and
I'm asking you if you can pay that bill
are you asking for an application fee is
that what you're answering no I'm asking
you to pay 50 of the cost of the pods
they are privacy pods
um they effectively you can think of as
little mini meeting rooms Homemaker is
going to have a solo and that's really
helpful because one of the complaints
we've had in Honaker is
it's such a small place that you know if
we're talking in here those people in
there are not going to have a quiet room
it's not going to happen
sound carries too well especially on you
know in that building it bounces around
so they're going to get a solo pod and
that's useful for people that want to
conduct any sort of Private Business
using the internet one of the things
we've discovered is a lot of therapy
sessions now are being done virtually
so that's one of the other uses that we
look at
Lebanon it would be a dual Duo that
would fit two people because we've got
more room
and they don't
they don't do invoicing in the way that
most other places are
and that's all I can tell you it's just
it's amazing to me but I know there are
lots of things now that we call
what you're asking for is the six
thousand dollars per library is
reimbursed it's going to be reimbursed
back to the county yep so what you're
asking for us to do is pay the invoice
yeah on a two-phase
one's the net 30 and the other one's
half of it and then you're gonna and
then they kind of get reimbursed for
that it'll be reimbursed I mean it's
it's not County money it's yeah
I'm just for medically underserved areas
which kind of was a surprise to me
because I thought well we've at least
still got a hospital but we're still
considered medically underserved our
populations yes we are
but I would ask you that and
um we still have lots of summer reading
programs going on so I would also
encourage you all of you those of you in
TV Land and those of you in Internet
world and
anyone in the sound of my voice to think
about that we've got um adulting for
teens and young adults on Thursday and
Pokemon which was way more popular than
I anticipated
thank you thank you very much uh Mr
Lester you want to chime in on that one
we normally don't do this I'm going to
allow this because we've had
conversations so we will not be taking
public comments between the board
members and the public so we'll we'll
let that ride but since we've opened the
door Mr Lester thank you madam chair
in air defense it's hard to understand
what she was asking for I understand
right well
I did get the request this afternoon
from Kelly to do this and of course you
know uh one of the things that I'm going
to ask the board to do and I'll explain
to you why these this is our profunds
and one of the things that on federal
funding restricted is pre-paying that's
that's a very
slippery slope I've got to follow the
rules so what I'm going to ask the board
to do is to sit down with the vendors
and sit down with what Kelly is needing
on these privacy pods and let me make
sure that it meets the arbicos the
federal codes and just give me that
approval on it and if we do I'll proceed
to order within within federal
guidelines
yes ma'am thank you
Mr Brady I'm going to interrupt here you
want to make a motion so that Mr Lester
can take care of the vendors according
to arpa guidelines I'll make that motion
I'll second it thank you very much all
right all in favor
any opposed
thank you madam chair you're very
welcome
all right we'll continue with our public
comment period
um
Jim
I'm sorry Taylor Tabor
I apologize
I'm Jim Tatum I live at 141 Sportsman's
drive on Cedar Creek I'm hear about the
uh Planning Commission on the Cedars
subdivision
we didn't get word of this until
Saturday I guess they're going to change
the right away
and
um
I thought this was actually I talked to
Don Mclaughlin my lawyer and we thought
this should have been put in public
notice for two weeks
and I also thought everybody in the
subdivision should have been notified is
what he's telling me but I guess what
I'm asking we're not saying we're
against it but we would like to
run us through my lawyer our lawyer
and uh to make sure this is okay because
there's a campground trying to go across
the creek and we would like to check
this out before this goes through
okay thank you and I I will tell you
that coming up in our report tonight we
will be discussing that this has not
come before the Board of Supervisors at
this time okay so we would not have been
able to have given you any notice by law
okay thank you thank you
okay uh Mr Ronald Dotson
well you said it hadn't come up before
you before but my name is Ronald Dodson
I live at 36 Portsmouth Drive Cedars and
my concern is with the Transportation uh
of uh what they planned on doing as I've
been told and have found out
uh you know I got property that's
adjacent to
what has been brought up here
uh
also I don't have no intentions of
getting rid of that property
and I don't have no intentions if I can
possibly do it to see that there's no
Campground going in up there because we
are beginning to
uh come down with a problem just like I
saw what has been put on up there around
the uh
water treatment in the school bus garage
up there putting in for public access to
the Cedars
to Cedar Creek
I've noticed that there's been trash
already been left in those parking lots
up there and if we get a trailer park or
a small camp park over there across the
Cedars from where I'm at I'm afraid that
we'll have the same problem
uh and it only won't stop with the
with the campers coming in there
but I'm sure that that's out of that
mountain will be used for four wheelers
almost positive of that because once it
starts it keeps escalating
okay then you've got to consider your
erosion into Cedar Creek above your
water treatment plant
and all this I don't uh I don't see
the logic of this myself
and that is my concern I've realized
that it haven't been brought up as you
just said to you yet
so that is that is my concern is that we
not opposing yet but we'd like to have
time to study a little bit more on this
to see what is going to really come out
and be existing there
thank you
thank you so much next
is Annie Stevens
did I get that right
hello I'm Andrea Stevens everybody calls
me Annie I'm representing New Garden
Rescue Squad and our other agencies in
the area
um I'm requesting funding the county
gives us 2
614.51 cents that we're very thankful
for but we are getting the economic
slap right now
our fuel bill has went up over a
thousand dollars our call volumes are
down
our electric bills are up we are
experiencing power outages every day we
had to purchase a
Generac generator
that's another propane purchase for us
the cost is just
going up and we've asked for possible
help with funding
um have
you know we have new uh protocols and
policies that we have to follow we all
receive the cardiac monitors they're now
outdated there's no
parts to be purchased for those to be
repaired so we've all had to replace our
monitors those are about forty thousand
dollars most of our grants are 80 20. so
our part on that's about seventy two
hundred dollars
we did have to purchase some automatic
stretchers air Parts on those are four
thousand one hundred dollars
for the 80 20 Grant so I'm here asking
for additional funding
for agencies
thank you we'll we'll work through that
with the budget okay okay thank you very
much next on air list for public comment
is Daryl Johnson
Mr Johnson
Madam chairman
Board of Supervisors
my name is Daryl Johnson I'm from upper
Copper Creek
I'm here on behalf of Castlewood Fire
and Rescue
I spoke with you at the last meeting
about the radios
uh
the radios is a lifeline
to our people
and they're much needed
to get a hold of whoever to maybe save
somebody's life
and I would like to ask the board
to give us the other the Fireside the
other ten rate goes that everybody else
is given
and I'd like to read the eight what the
girl said
our fuel but you'll
and everything is is unreal
but thanks for your time run run that by
each other and see what you can do
thank you Mr Johnson we appreciate you
coming
one more time we'll hear you
um any more that's the end of the list
that I have does anyone else have
anything they want to do for public
comment
uh Nathan Kaiser on Green Valley Road
good afternoon
um
I just want to restate what Mr Pastor
dye said about the pro-life Second
Amendment I think that's an excellent
idea I think we do need to take the lead
I know uh Travis hackworth is working on
a bill for uh from from conception
but the way we can help him do that is
to start this movement Here and Now
um and I think Russell County can be the
first and we'll see many many other
counties take that step as well to join
us just like we saw the Second Amendment
uh
Sanctuary to take off as well but the
biggest thing is you know making sure
that we're making a statement saying
that hey we don't want to have any
elective abortions in Russell County
we're not trying to stop you know women
from receiving health care but we just
don't want to have that as a service
that's provided in Russell County I
think there are ways to do that and I
hope that the county attorney and you
knew as the board can look into ways
that we can craft some sort of a
ordinance to prevent those organizations
from coming in because they are Mr dice
right as these states around us closed
down abortion clinics they're going to
be looking for a home
and we don't want that home to be
Russell County and I do I have heard
that there's already another one coming
into Bristol
already so you know they're already
looking at at coming into these areas so
I'd highly encourage you we we want to
send a message that we are pro-life
from conception not with exceptions
and I think I'll send a message not only
to Richmond but all the way up to the
governor's office and say hey we need to
start taking stronger stances on on
pro-life because a life at at 14 weeks
is just as valuable as a life at 16
weeks at 16 years and 100 years that
life is a life and is valuable and we
need to stand for that and I hope that
this board will take take action on that
thank you all
thank you Mr Kaiser anyone else
anyone else
uh thank you madam chair I'm Cody
Jackson I'm from uh Cleveland Virginia
area of the county
um I just wanted to get up and let y'all
know I am the co-coordinator for the
Russell County Coalition of churches and
we are a obviously our name kind of
tells it all we're a coalition of
several churches we have well over 100
members at present and are looking to
grow our goal is to get our churches
more involved as our pastor uh Mike I'd
already mentioned our community and our
churches and our members of our
congregation more involved in politics
the things that are going on that affect
our County that affect our region and
that affect our state you know the Bible
says that when the wicked ruled the
people mourn and we've we've kind of
seen that I think at the federal level
in different places so far you know a
lot of our members you've seen them come
through here they've come they've cycled
through they've spoke out on different
things but one thing we've seen that we
have failed to do as a constituency is
that we are not as involved as we should
be we wait until something makes us mad
and then we come and we talk to you all
about it and that's all that you hear
but that's not what we want to be about
we don't want to be just coming here to
to beat you over the head because we
don't like something that you're about
to do or planning to do that's not easy
for you all to have to put up with and
it's not easy for us to really have an
organized body so our goal is to make
sure that we're involved to work with
you to be a outlet for you guys to get
things out to the community and a way
for us to get information out to the
community and for us to be able to
support you and I think one of the
biggest things that can start that off
on the right foot is exactly what these
men have spoke about we're planning on
trying to get a petition going so we can
get as many signatures as we can so that
if you guys will be so gracious as to
put that on the docket for next month
and consider making our County a
pro-life Sanctuary that's going to be a
big step for us to be able to show you
guys that we want to support you that
when you stick up for the values of
Russell County you're not going to do it
as a seven member board alone you're
going to do it with the citizens who
voted you in we will definitely back you
every way that we possibly can to send
the right message to our state and to
the federal level so I appreciate your
time if you need me you can reach out I
know Peanut and and Carl both know how
to get up with me I think I sent emails
to y'all actually last month so feel
free to reach out if there's anything
that we need to be aware of in the
meantime in between board meetings but
we'll have Representatives at this board
meeting we'll have Representatives that
we actually have Representatives tonight
at the Town council meeting we'll have
Representatives at home acre Town
Castlewood St Paul well I don't think we
actually attended St Paul this time but
we're planning on being more involved so
we hope that like I said it'll be a
working relationship not just something
where you have to worry about us coming
and giving you a hard time that's not
what we want to be about so we
appreciate the work that y'all do and
and we'll be praying for you and we will
be better to back you when you continue
to support the values of our County
thank you
anyone else
All Hearts clear
okay
we have constitutional officers and
reports for this time do I have any
constitutional officer I don't think I
see any
County attorney reports and requests
a break for me tonight
pardon me you're taking a break so I
think you go get a break from me tonight
oh my gosh okay
we've already read your two-pager that
you sent it
all right next Mr Alonzo Lester County
Administrator reports and requests thank
you madam chair
first
let him that's on the county Ministry
reports for June 2022 of course is the
Virginia Association of counties
2022 annual conference there will be in
Richmond Convention Center from November
the 13th through the 15th of 22 and then
of course like everybody's saying here
if you want to get involved this is the
place to be for the Board of Supervisors
this is input for the General Sessions
that will be coming up in next year's
legislation so these General Sessions
feature you know the local elected
officials local leaders policy and
government experts that analyze what
laws will be coming in through the
January through next year's boards so
the second thing on the county
administrative reports is the Virginia
Association counties is coming to this
region so we have we are Russell County
will be hosting the Virginia Association
and counties at a res uh Russell County
Government Center on August the 23rd
they'll be here from 1 to 3 P.M to hear
issues that are important to districts
12 and 13 which is approximately 13
counties from you know Roanoke down they
will all be given the input what they
think is important for their local
legislators to take to Richmond during
that time frame
of course number three is and
everybody's been on Facebook in the news
of course I don't know why they called
it this but they did no disrespect the
Bristol transportation district Regional
Improvement commission well it's AKA
it's the casino board we said on the
casino board which represent of course
again 13 localities and one of the
things that the casino does is two
things one it it's it's uh
as the board we are to say it and I I
said on the board and I was going to
give I put the minutes and the brief
into the board packet is that Russell
County receives by legislation a certain
amount of revenues all 13 counties get a
share of this equally we get
approximately 18 percent of the total
taxation that is
that is uh per year that is divided out
between the 13 localities and that will
be dedicated to education and
transportation and Public Safety and
that's just to give an FYI we're in our
emphasis stages as far as the board and
we're working through with the local
legislators and we're working through
the bylaws to get this in and and it
will be a great benefit not just for the
of course the property and the tourism
that comes through but it'll also be
another base that we do not have to
raise taxes so I hope it I hope it does
well
now next on the county administrators is
the county Ministry request and I'd like
to turn over the proclamation uh to miss
uh Miss Wallace for the spinal muscular
Awareness Day proclamation of August the
22nd 2022.
thank you Mr Lester and I will read at
the request of the board the
proclamation
whereas spinal muscular atrophy is the
number one genetic cause of death for
infants under two and whereas spinal
muscular atrophy affects approximately
one in 11 000 babies regardless of their
race ethnicity or gender and one in 50
Americans is a genetic carrier of the
disease and whereas spinal muscular
atrophy robs people of physical strength
by damaging the motor nerve cells in the
spinal cord taking away the ability to
perform basic functions of life
including breathing and swallowing and
whereas there are now FDA approved
treatments for the spinal muscular
atrophy all of which need to be
administered as soon as possible to be
most effective and whereas screening
newborns for spinal muscular atrophy is
key to prevent
detrimental effects of the condition and
whereas while these treatments and
screenings are a breakthrough
there is a pressing need for continued
research to meet the changing needs of
the entire SMA patient population
especially during this time of pandemic
and to find a cure
then therefore be it resolved that we
the Board of Supervisors of Russell
County Virginia do hereby proclaim the
day of August 22nd 2022 as spinal
muscular atrophy Awareness Day
in this County of Russell County and a
witness thereof and I will sign this
Mr Lester thank you madam chair so I'm
going to need a motion to adopt the
resolution motion to adopt an authorize
signature with chairman second thank you
I have a motion and a second all in
favor
thank you very much
thank you madam chair thank you board
next on the county administrative
request is a VDOT resolution as this is
for the Virginia smart scale project
application for the county of Russell
this is for the U.S Route 58 alternate
to the Sundown Drive project for Russell
County
this is a letter of a a V Dot resolution
in support for this for the Virginia
smart scale project for the Sundown
Drive project I need a motion and
approval
I'll make that motion
thank you Mr Christian I need a second
I'll second that thank you Miss da uh
any discussion
all in favor
any opposed motion carries thank you Mr
Lester
vdot's line item this is the V Dot Depot
project renovation contract this is a I
need approval for Virginia Department of
Transportation has authorized to the
award the project to King construction
of course the Engineering Group this on
this on the renovation this project is
for Russell County has been elected to
accept a total uh VDOT Grant of 318 000
on the reference project and we know we
have gave a notice to proceed with the
Thompson Litton has already author rise
to proceed and we will soon be having
the pre-construction conference I need a
motion for approval for the 318 and the
notes to proceed on the depot renovation
project
I need a motion
I'll make that motion and I'm going to
Second it thank you very much all in
favor
any opposed
motion carries yippee thank you very
much board
all right moving along
um we're going to do the resolution for
the date steam building restoration
project yes
the next is Lair support for the Dane
steam building revitalization project
this is through the Department of
Housing Community Development dhcd this
is an industrial revitalization fund the
board of Russell County is
is strongly supports this resolution
support for the Dane steam building
revitalization project through the
Department of Housing and Community
Development in industrial vitalization
fund the Dane Community violation
revitalization master plan created in
partnership with the Dane Community
Association Russell County and Virginia
Tech Community design assistants and
many other the local and Regional
Partners the plan has identified
multiple Community assets in date that
are primed for redevelopment and
beneficial for reuse which includes the
Dane steam building the depot the Artie
Lee school and the trails and the museum
I need a motion for approval for letter
support for the Dank steam Bill and
revitalization project through dhcd
ma'am
I'll make that motion for you as well
thank you Mr I need a second
got a motion in a second
um any discussion
let's call for the vote
all in favor
any opposed any abstentions
thank you very much Workforce
Development is going to that building if
we can get her done right yes ma'am all
right next on the county administrative
request is another requirement of the
Electoral board so as a result of the 22
2022 General Session under code section
24.2-667.1 as amended to include an
on-demand ballot printing system now
requires localities report results by a
Precinct so the local Russell County
electoral board is asked for an
appropriation for the this software for
on ballot on-demand software and
Licensing of 3 785 dollars I need
approval for
37.85 for the software for them
the ballot on demand software license
take that motion for you I'll second it
okay we have a motion in a second for
the on-demand printing system all in any
discussion
I think Mr Lester gave it to us all in
favor
any opposed any abstentions thank you
very much
thank you ma'am chair next on the county
Ministry request is the American Rescue
plan Act of 2021 this is the second
payment to the county of our portion
based off the American Rescue plan I
need approval for two 2 million five
hundred and eighty two thousand and nine
dollars and fifty cents for
Appropriations and allocations to the
American Rescue plan Act
of 2021. I'll make that motion thank you
Miss Don I got a motion second got a
second from uh Mr Lovelace all in fact
oh any discussion yes ma'am okay can you
give the the public layout of what that
money can be used for
the it is is broke down into four major
components and it mostly relates to
infrastructure of course is broadband
sewer water storm water uh existing
Renovations facilities it can be used
for Revenue loss it can be used for EMS
services or Public Safety that's in in
the nutshell so one more question is any
of these Appropriations already
allocated to some of the local EMAs for
uh these fuel
problems and some of the things that
we've heard tonight in the meeting
currently right now the uh the arpa
board as we call it
is is is Miss die and Mr Lovelace and
they are they are considering some of
these issues that are before the
Emergency Management as the Emergency
Management director of course we know we
just appropriated funding for their
radios and we're trying to work out the
last part for Castlewood but we also I
had brought they brought this up during
our meetings for the assistants as well
as with that we have needed for fuel and
for proven our County budget they are
they are uh
there were in there were
they're addressing some of that same
issues that we are financially raised
fuel raised costs raise materials so
that uh I will be meeting with Mr
Lovelace and Miss dye you know for
consideration to go through each one of
the agencies to see how we can assist
with these these costs so and presenting
back to the board
I have been contacted by a new Garden
Rescue Squad in under a financial
situation and they were hoping that they
would get some kind of financial help
could this come from
yes sir yes sir that's what is specific
for is rescue
so
did we get a motion for approval I got
to get the money first take it
I can't spend it we're in discussion
sorry I'm sorry man that's right we're
in discussion so we've got this
discussed all in favor
any opposed any abstentions all right
are you good okay you've got money thank
you ma'am the treasury appreciate that
um next on the county
um uh administrative requested course is
the County Convenience Site schedule
that we had on the June 29th of 2022
along with the budget but during the
trying to get over thing all the numbers
to work down and everything to balance
in this budget and without raising taxes
by the way
we I we forget to do we miss the motion
on the set schedule for this and what
I'm proposing to the Board of
Supervisors is during this time this is
give us a August the first start date
that way I can have time to publicize
this schedule put it on Facebook put it
in the local papers and have a start
date I'm recommending August 1st if
y'all have another date that you would
like out or August 11 give it 30 days
that's up to y'all but that way we'll
give the general public and then we can
change the signs put in the paper and on
Facebook so I'm asking for approval that
on the schedule that was presented to
the Board of Supervisors
thank you man I'll make that motion for
the purpose of the discussion all right
I've got a motion I need a second
Mr Christian thank you for the second
discussion Mr Brady yeah now on this
schedule you've got
let's just make clarify this you've got
Mundy
what is listed as Monday is like ten to
seven but you've got the error going
from Tuesday so you're what you're
proposing to do is on Monday
the errors will be seven to seven yes
sir exactly and then on Tuesday it'll be
ten to seven yes sir then Wednesday is
closed yes sir Thursday is seven to
seven yes sir Friday is ten to seven yes
sir and Saturday is seven to four yes
sir and then closed on Sunday yes sir
and and they'll be consistent throughout
the entire at all trash sites in the
county all all trash sites are on man
trash sites I'll I'll well the band
trash sites right now it's up to this
here is one of the things that we wanted
you're closed on Sunday so we have to
open early on Monday for the you know
and of course we're open for you know
for 12 hours so that will take care of
the and the same way we'd open back up
early on Thursday morning where we've
been closed so it's an alternate early
late early late early
and this is something that we've wanted
and I'm interrupting you but this has
been ongoing since I got here in 16 so
we've wanted this I know go ahead and
say it well we we have wanted consistent
hours and I'm all for that but at
Dogtown really all I'm going to be doing
is losing Wednesday
because other than that those hours
won't change I know so I'm losing that
one well we the last ones that we're
implementing we kind of snuck those
hours in to get this to where it wasn't
such a huge transition the hours pretty
well went that way so
because that was the choice of the board
supervisors y'all wanted consistent in
hours and if you'll look on the on the
Monday you're going from 12 to 12 hours
automatically so and again one of the
other things I want to ask the board
supervisor for consideration you know is
the summer versus you know this takes
cure the summer versus winter hours you
know in the in the winter at seven
o'clock on a Monday night at zero if
there's we don't have many and why did
we have to utilize our taxpayer money to
set just to keep the lights on per se
during that time if if we're not
utilizing these facilities so and we
would present that to the board at a
later time but right now to get
uniformity this is the schedule that's
been presented and of course this has
been presented in larger counties of
course Washington County has got it and
they've got 48 000 you know people that
come through so it can't handle the
volume and we did schedule it based off
of our Peak volume so we know when a car
comes through when the peak periods are
when the down periods are what time of
the days and what and what days of the
week so what you're saying is because I
think really got we got the cart before
the horse
because those numbers float all over the
place and that's reason I didn't vote
for it but I mean I felt like that there
needed to be a plan diagrammed out you
you made some comments that said well
we're going to shut this down we're
going to consolidate here we're going to
do all this but all we're doing really
is just
cutting off services to the citizens on
Wednesdays exactly that's all you're
doing and I don't see where you're
saving any kind of money I've run the
figures a hundred times and you get your
calculator must not work like mine
because I just can't figure it out I
mean I just don't see that it's going to
be a positive impact when we first took
over the garbage we did it saved 350 000
a year and what we want to do is extend
longer we've talked about that more for
the working people that get off and and
utilize these facilities and I think
we're attacking you're going to see
trash throw it over the hill you're
going to see it in all areas of this and
you're going to come up and say well
we're going to have to pay somebody to
pick all this garbage up I mean that's
what's going to happen I'll tell you
that's my opinion but everybody's got
their own but I'm just telling you I
don't think that you can the leader cut
services I don't think it's been well
thought out I think it's just a Band-Aid
when you need a tourniquet and I'll be
honest with you
well and that was one of the things that
way we looked at but you know if we come
in at the basic like I said during the
budget
we pay our site attendance 12 an hour
if we opened them Wednesday at each side
we have eight man sites simple
mathematics twelve dollars times 10 is
120 dollars per attendant
times eight that's forty six thousand
dollars a year period
give or take are you going to lose any
employees are you going to lose any
employees or have you done talk to them
are they going to take a we have talked
to them and they're all tickled to death
with this project I have not heard of
any issues
have and I hope the board hasn't have
you all heard of any issues in each of
the areas I think there is confused as I
am well one of the things that y'all
is to get to is as after we get through
the Honaker other than the Wednesday and
this will put uniformity on it you know
that way we know especially with the
fuel and it ain't even including the
cost that we could save in you know the
operational cost or the fuel cost this
is just straight labor time that's on
that's on Wednesdays and it also gives
them time to be able to control that the
truck operations into fuel additional if
the board supervisors if it doesn't work
later at the half if the January then
re-evaluate it let give us time we have
and and like David said people said it
didn't save okay no one said thought
that Dogtown would work no one thought
that Cleveland would work no one thought
that town 11 would work they've all
worked period now you have all worked
and the numbers have worked
so give us a chance to see if these work
give us six months you can make the
motion that way and then reevaluate it
I've just had a lot of people you know
they was wanting extended hours and now
we're cutting back more you know I've
even thought about maybe even just
taking my compactor out and putting me
three cans in and go back to seven days
a week but when when I'm going to
Cleveland and you know we run 14 tons a
month there you know when we had it at
carbo we were running multiple times a
week three loads a week now we're
running one one load a week that's how
that's how we're cutting the cost these
numbers are working
well if they're not open they can't take
their trash well it's only will close
one day
and I hope a new litter officer catch
them where they take it
yeah and that's my issues we're just
we're cutting services and
you know this is one thing that we offer
the people is
this is these convenience sites but if
we start closing them more it's they're
getting less and less convenient I
understand we first and first about the
compactors they've not even been
repaired we've got we're we're I mean
you could fix the compactors and haul a
lot more garbage if you compacted it but
how long has it been how long has it
been since compactors have been broke
down right now two years when uh we had
an issue with me four years it's working
right now it is working all of them yes
all of them's working that's fine no
problems radio station radio station
includes radio station both of them yep
all right that's what it is we had two
at Dogtown but when it moved now we've
got one so we I mean that site and it
had you know a more and you all worked
and it's it's better it's it is better
but the key word large items is
you know I say if anybody wants to put
an application in for stream sweepers
they better
get on get on a boat I don't like
cutting these
well the debate you can't close it on
Monday and you can't close it on Friday
and Saturday's definitely a No-No so
because everybody you know does their
work on the weekend most of the counties
that we looked at and you can go through
95 counties in the state of Virginia the
ones that close they close on Wednesdays
that's that's the midweek but again guys
this is up to the Board of Supervisors
if you want to continue it when we were
presented with the budget
because y'all did not raise any the tax
base at all everything's only because
the only way that we can do is save cost
I mean there is no additional Revenue
here that's it period this is the easy
equation so if you didn't raise taxes
you stayed within the budget it's it's
cut operations or cut costs so
it is what it is
okay we've got plenty of discussion and
we have a motion and a second on the
table
are we ready to call for the vote or do
you all have another idea you want to
throw out there you want to change that
to six months at least and reevaluate Mr
breeding
I think we'll have to evaluate as it
goes along and we'll just have this this
is going to be a lawful thing we're just
going to see how it's going to work okay
the quicker we get to all man stations
the better off we're going to be great
so we can control these
uh the inflow of trash
evaluate it monthly let's do the six
months three months
well that I just played there he may
have to do it in three months Source you
know I don't I won't set a time limit on
it well we're completing out the sun
disposal site right now which we'll
probably we're putting the roof on the
building today this week and so as soon
as that one gets done and one of the
considerations for the home Acre Site
which we may you know that that will be
the last site Within
when that site gets in this was the
proposed you know plant disposal
strategic plan for the county
the there'll be a man disposal site
within 15 minute drive any location in
the county which the Honaker gets in so
so uh the South 71 well not that's it
you can't throw that in there I've
drugged that one off the county line a
couple times they wouldn't end up
scouting well well I guess my concern is
if uh if it's going to save us this kind
of money why haven't we already done it
because like I said they're in the
budget meeting one of the things that we
were doing we had proposed a disposal
fee and this was part of the proposal
that when we had the disposal fee we
were going to offer uniform hours this
is what the board wanted we were going
to offer uh you know better services and
more hours well I can't offer more hours
because then I'm going to 12 and 10
right now that's the max I mean that we
can go and save money again we're back
to the budget issue you know we're
trying to balance the books in 10 to 12
hours a day if it's taking care of
Washington County which has a population
of 49 000 we have a population a little
over 28. it should and we exceed their
number of sites by two so we should be
able to you know have time and
accommodate every resident period
yes yes sir yes sir
I just want to say one more time I'm not
opposed to you guys getting more
consistent hours
but
I'm losing hours I'm losing the whole
day
so well um Mr Lovelace needs a site we
all agree that we're determined and and
our District 3 and District Four
we need to work on that
well I think you know in all the
conversations we've had has there been
any negotiation with the property uh a
suitable site uh being able to do all
this because I like I said we're getting
the car before the horse all that should
have been rectified and took care of and
all this is a plan before you come in
here and want to cut services on a day
or whenever I just I mean somebody needs
to get out here in the field and have
these discussions conversations and nail
down the facts to bring to the board
that we have a site we can do this and
that and it'll it'll work for the
community instead of just shutting on a
Wednesday and then all of a sudden the
garbage goes over the hill and I mean
there's going to be a lot of upset
people I've done heard from them they
you know they're they're they'd already
like to have it and I'm a little
concerned about the employees or you
know how many hours does each employee
get in this in this new uh see based off
right now on anybody that's trying to
hire we have you know very few employees
it's hard to keep employees and the ones
that we have we pay them you know the
minimum wage which is you know eleven
dollars an hour so ones that we got are
very dedicated each one of y'all have
your own little track disposal site
they're not a little more dedicated
seriously they are and even though
Tim has standardized you know he has the
best set of hours at Dogtown because we
implemented those at last because he was
the last one in but if y'all look at
what you're doing at Blackford and at uh
Swords Creek this actually is more hours
this is actually more hours
yes and what about drill and a drill is
open
it's going to be open still seven days a
week where right now and you've got
your own manned that's another man's
side you're saying the gate ain't gonna
be shut it's going to be open well
that's one of the things I asked the
board to consider during that time that
would give Tim a relief at Dogtown if
you left the unmanned sites open during
that time that's 13 sides my gosh I mean
that takes care of what I hear that
I get calls all the time well I come by
there and again I drove all the way out
there five dollars a gallon gate shut I
can't throw my trash out
and uh I don't think there's a lot of
uniformity in that I mean either they're
open or you know it's either closed but
not
you know
and I think this will just make the make
it worse at moccasin because once
everything's closed on Wednesday
if they come to Dogtown it's closed they
can't go to Radio Hills they they can't
go anywhere but they can go to moccasin
hopefully it'll be open but it's going
to be full
oh yeah be overloaded yeah so I think
you're just going to create an issue out
there I don't know
okay
okay now last month we didn't we didn't
give a
we didn't give a motion and we didn't
take care of this we've got a motion and
a second on the table we've been in much
discussion much pleasure
go for it I'll call for the vote then
all right all in favor
aye
aye any opposed
no no we've got three no's and four
yeses okay we're going to work on this
man oh okay
thank you very much we are not
on my watch going to implement the
utilities fee at this time when
everybody is crippled with their
problems of paying their electric bill
which errors are exorbitant and I'm sure
everyone in this room has exorbitant
utilities
okay thank you madam chair next on the
county Ministry request is the Ross
County Planning Commission plan this
concern is in reference to the Cedars
subdivision Lot 19 the Sykes investment
it uh
I'll turn this one over consideration to
legal counsel so
yeah I'm throwing Katie on there you
thought it was going what's going on
didn't you miss Patton y'all like that
well I don't have a lot of facts about
this case about this this particular
issue but I was contacted by Don
Mclaughlin this afternoon regarding this
um I advise what his request was to me
was to ask this board to to postpone
approving this until next meeting so
that they could look at it he he did try
to explain a little bit to me sort of
what the individual stated but I have
not had time to address any of this I
don't represent the Planning Commission
that's Mr tiller I did attempt to call
him but he was busy I'm sure he'll
probably get up with me tomorrow
um so as far as from my perspective I
can't tell you I don't know if there are
any issues because I don't know what
action was taken so that's I did but we
did want the board to know that an
attorney did reach out to me about that
okay thank you and uh Mr Mark Mitchell
is in the audience he is the current
chair of the Russell County Planning
Commission I'm sorry Mark I didn't see
the reasoning behind the planning
commission's recommendation to the
Planning Commission recommends uh
approving this boundary adjustment
uh Mr rasnick has a house
built on the property that currently
would be owned by the psyches he thought
it was on his property it's not on his
properties it's on property owned by the
Sox's
the soxes of Mr Rising have come to an
agreement to do a swap there are .04
acres goes to the to the Sykes and 0.01
Acres goes to uh Mr raznik it simply put
puts Mr ragland's house back on his
property and that's the reason that the
Planning Commission is recommending the
approval of this boundary adjustment
uh
this is It's been described as a
right-of-way and it kind of is but it
may not be a right-of-way it may be a
portion of that 41.71 Acres
and you understand you understand the
distinction I'm making from the Planning
Commission standpoint is is even though
it may be a right-of-way but it may also
be a portion to that to that property
there too so as far as the Planning
Commission I don't want to pretend that
the Planning Commission doesn't know
about there's a potential for uh a uh
Campground there we we've been contacted
by citizens about that I don't want to
pretend that we don't know that but the
decision was made totally independent of
that the decision was made simply to
recommend to y'all to approve this
simply so Mr Reginald's house will be on
his property
any questions
no but I'm sure Mr Resnick would like
his property line to be definite Hope
For Heaven's Sake right I mean it could
be catastrophic for him not to be able
to get that done and the psyches in him
have entered into an agreement yes and
so this is an aside from what we heard
during public comment just so the public
understands that this is
kind of maybe nearly close to what the
public has been talking about but what
we need to do tonight is to satisfy this
boundary line correct all right
their attorney's requests
that they have further information or is
this just simply that setting up
boundary for this property it's moving
that boundary and and it actually
shrinks that at the entrance it shrinks
that on at on the Sportsman Drive side
it shrinks the property at that point uh
but uh
it's just the boundary adjustment
because I mean from the planning
commission's perspective about a
about a campground we have no safes
simply there's no zoning we don't have
any indication we don't have anything to
do with that and there's never been a
presentation to us about a division of
property either so all we're talking
about is moving the line to give Mr
rasnick's property house back on his
property
that's the first I ever heard of
anything like that oh that's it happens
a bunch people you build on somebody
else's land we've got any of your back
you got any land available tomorrow I
mean you'd be surprised how much it
could happen we dealt with one last
month down there in Castlewood where
they were doing the uh sure the
releasing the land back to the state and
there was a there was a house that was
five foot on somebody else's property it
happens a lot
we know quite a few yeah
any other questions I'll be glad to
answer does the county have any
guidelines with respect to campgrounds
not to my knowledge and I mean you know
no I know I know no it would all it'd be
through the state wouldn't it it is
Virginia Department of Health is the one
that put mandates
Parks sanitary yes sir correct
absolutely yes well I have spoke to some
of the citizens and I told them I have
been to campgrounds
45 years ago my small kids
and drugs and people thinking they can
take over your pops and do anything they
want to these people would be in torment
in my opinion
as long as that Campground has gone the
Open Season part and everything that's
my opinion
okay we have uh we we would have all of
our questions answered on the boundary
adjustment that's all we're working on
right now is the boundary adjustment
okay I'll entertain a motion commissions
make a motion for that to accept the
boundary adjustment I need a second
so all right I have a second any
discussion further
let's please put his house back on his
boundary okay all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you madam chair nice item
on the county Ministry request is uh the
Russell County Hall and acre in
Castlewood canneries it's getting that
time of the year and it's going to be
very important this year with everybody
raising the garden everybody smart will
be raising the garden
um it will open up uh July the 19th 2022
I need a motion to open the home acre in
the Castlewood canneries for operation
I'll make that motion we'll be open at
that time
thank you Mr Christian I need a second I
will second it also include uh the
purchase of cans for the citizens
do we know what kind of cost we're going
to incur on those I'll get the
information and I'll get the information
from each one of the managers of the
canneries and see what they need ma'am
and I'll report that back to the board
okay very good all right we have a
motion in a second all in favor uh any
opposed motion carries
ma'am that concludes the county Ministry
reports and requests thank you
okay the next thing on the agenda looks
to me like it is board discussions and
reminders
um I will remind you guys that we will
not be taking any other motions or
anything because it's not on our agenda
for the evening but has everyone looked
at everything in the back of your agenda
Mr breeding we got school board stuff in
there also yeah very good
and our litter control officer has got a
report in there our tourism
representative has a report in there so
make sure you continue to look at that
um I will go down the line to we can
make a comment and I will start with Mr
Lovelace you got anything no ma'am
all right Carl oh no ma'am Mr Eaton yes
I've got one thing I just need to
address is to Lonzo I guess uh I had a
discussion with I guess her name is REI
Isa slos with the health department
through the pandemic and everything you
know we've we've worked out a situation
I guess where the health department to
move here in the government center and
we had told I guess them that we were
going to appropriate additional funding
based I guess on the rent rent cost and
stuff like that but now I think that's
been withdrew from my understanding and
now we're not going to appropriate those
funds after we told them we would we
didn't tell them where they would
that's incorrect number one number two
the board supervisors labeled All State
funding for All State agencies period
uh
the health department we do fund them
it's it's on the board we did increase
their uh their budgets by 20 some
thousand dollars last year and then this
year we froze again due to the inflation
and Etc we froze everything
um
the health department chose to come here
to appropriate money back would be
paying their rent so
yeah
you move here for the accommodations
this is a great facility
these facilities take care of it and
they have the services and they're in
conjunction with the DSs which was here
just a second ago and they'll tell you
how good they are
but we didn't give any break to the DSs
did we not so they are full state agency
Department of Health is so they I'm not
talking about the DSs I'm just asking
you did you have been uh in the
intermediate portion of this approved
that we would work this deal out with
them and the Ida and then now we've
reneged on it no no you didn't do it I'm
saying I did not I talked to this lady
personally
and she said you assured her that she
would not be level funded this year and
that's just exactly what she said we we
tried to not level fund anyone but you
see we had four budget meetings I I
understand and that was at the thing out
from the beginning
well
I think the videos will tell at all go
back and look level funding level
funding level funding ever I mean I'm
not talking about love and funding I'm
talking about what the I talked to this
lady I'm talking about what you told her
I know what I told her well I'd like to
have her here in August that's up to her
period
why would I why would we as the Board of
Supervisors
asked someone to come here and then pay
the rent it is level funding that would
be the board supervisors taking Russell
County taxpayers to pay for the rent on
the bigger facility
that doesn't that would have never came
out of my mouth period
okay thank you Mr Eaton MS
Mr will further that for next month or
maybe
um Mr breeding you got anything
other than that particular issue I don't
have any we all got the emails um
no thank you Mr Christian
yes I do um
the Department of Emergency Management
coordinator we suggest part and
um
he had been without assistant director
for a period of time we talked about
getting him on maybe I think David
thought means about us full-time then we
compromised went to two-point time he's
never got that
um
hey um been without anyone
helping Lonzo said he when he had his
PPE equipment to be loaded and unloaded
and uh delivered we'd had he'd have two
uh community service people
and most time he hasn't had that
and to me that department is in
desperate need of some of the things
that had been brought before us and made
some positive changes for that
department
I think we agree and Mr Leicester you do
have applications in hand that you're
going to pass over to Mr Powers we
have well how many do we say
we said yes we we sent two today and how
many last week four so yeah
before all together
thank you thank you Vicky okay four
applications have gone over to Mr Powers
for him to take care of his Deputy
coordinator so that we're not
overworking him we appreciate him so
very much
all right
um and the chair will take a few minutes
today we were able to do some things in
our community down in Castlewood and
this is a county thing this is not just
a Castlewood thing but uh there's a
little league player Senior League
players from all over the Commonwealth
plus other states I do think
and um they've hosted about 400 Folks at
the fairgrounds the other day feeding
them a meal and giving them a welcome
packet and I was approached today by a
woman who said that for me to pass this
along to this board and to this County
that she had never met such fun
young men and women who were hostessing
this and they were from Lebanon and
Honaker so I want you all to know that
your communities are shining in the
hospitality business because your youth
is being kind and courteous and showing
how they feel about playing ball in
Russell County so thank you very much
and at this time with all Hearts clear
I'm going to adjourn this meeting I'll
see you in August right