oh we're on now Mr braiding would you
please repeat that please Madam chair
I'd like to make a motion we come out of
closed session I'll second it I have a
motion in a second to return to open
session
certification and closed session
pursuant to subsection 2.2 3712 D of the
code of Virginia 1950 as amended
each member of the board of supervisor
is up on road cost certifies that to
visit their knowledge only public
business matters lawfully Exempted from
the open meeting requirements under the
Virginia freedom of Immigration Act and
only such public business Mayors they
were identified in the Motions by which
the closed meeting was convened or heard
discussed or considered in the meeting
by the Board of Supervisors
any member of the borisu visors who
believes that there was departure from
the requirements shall stay so prior to
the vote indicating substance of that
departure in his or her in his or her
judgment has taken place are there any
supervisors who believe a departure has
taken place
being none if you agree that the matters
heard discussed or considered during the
closed meeting were pursuant only to the
Motions by which the closed meeting was
convened
please signify by saying yay or yes Tim
Lovelace yes Carl Ray yes David E yes
Steve Brady yes Rebecca dot yes voice
Christian yes Luanne Wallace yes ma'am
you have approval to return to regular
session thank you Mr Lester
um at this time we will have uh an
invocation and then please remain
standing for the Pledge of Allegiance
all right
our most kind and gracious Heavenly
Father
we forgive us of the places that we go
Australia
and we thank you so much for your son
Jesus and Lord tonight as we go about
business by everything that we
be acceptable in your sight and guide us
and give us wisdom in Jesus name amen
amen
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which it saves one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all
foreign
thank you
um at this time I'm going to need
approval of the agenda but I think we
have something we need to change yes
ma'am uh I'd like to make a motion if we
move under acknowledgment officer Noel
ball American Red Cross we need to move
him to a location between the
Constitutional officer's report in the
county attorney's report
okay I have an emotion to
to mend it
I'll second it okay any further
discussions for changing that all right
I'll take the vote all in favor any
opposed motion carries thank you Mr
speedy
so at this time our presentations
um we'll go to the number two place on
our agenda which is the older Americans
month which is May 2023 plot
Proclamation
Mr Leicester do we have someone that's
going to read that or you you madam
chair
oh you got me down to rethamp okay
whereas Russell County includes a
growing number of older Americans who
contribute their time and wisdom and
experience to our communities and
whereas Russell County benefits from
people of all ages and abilities and
backgrounds and have the opportunity to
participate and live independently and
whereas Russell County recognizes the
need to create a community that offers
the services and supports older adults
may need to make choices about how they
age and whereas Russell County can work
to build an even better Community for
our older residents by not limiting or
thinking about aging exploring and
combating stereotypes emphasizing the
many positive aspects of Aging inspiring
older adults to push past traditional
boundaries and embracing our community's
diversity now therefore we the Russell
County Board of Supervisors do hereby
Proclaim May 2023 to be older Americans
month we urge every resident to
celebrate our older citizens and help to
create an inclusive society and EXT and
accept the challenge of flexible
thinking around aging dated this day May
1 of 2023.
Madam chair I'd like to make a motion
that we approve this ordinance
considering that I am one of those older
Americans
I'm sorry I've got ordinance on the
brain I have a motion and a second to
accept the proclamation as read all in
favor
um any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you Mr Brady and Mr
Christian
now we're moving on to our public
hearing which is the Virginia Department
of Transportation the secondary six-year
plan for physical year 2023 and 24
through 28 and 29.
anybody that needs to speak to that
we're open to the public to speak to
this particular
secondary six-year plan
is it
John Doe if you want to come in and and
say some closing comments on on the six
year plan
I was asking he doesn't have anything
good enough it stands as he is I'll do a
second call for this before we close the
public hearing
hearing none I'm going to close the
public hearing for the v.6 year plan
thank you very much next we're having a
public hearing on the VDOT resolutions
which is abandonment of Route 871 and
Route 1211 and Route 19 58.
so we're open for public comment on
those
yes ma'am yes ma'am
Madam chairwoman and members of the
board my name is Shirley Brown and I own
property and a home which borders State
Route 871 in the sourwood mountain
section District 3 of Russell County
this road is the only access road to two
cemeteries the Fielding music cemetery
and the gilding of the Gilbert Cemetery
I came before the board in November of
2022 to voice my objection to the
proposal by VDOT to discontinue
maintenance of this road
this road was rerouted by VDOT in 1993
as an offshoot of Route 722 and that was
over the objections of the residents of
that area
assurances were made to the residents at
that time they State maintenance would
continue
I realized that the decision to
discontinue maintenance has already been
made over our objections
I am here today to speak for those who
have passed away and no longer have a
voice
to remind VDOT of that promise that was
made 30 years ago
I respectfully request that the board
support my efforts to keep this road in
the VDOT system
thank you
anybody else want to speak to this
good evening this is the ladies and me
and as a Board of Supervisors my name is
Irene Sproles in the living Castlewood
and they were saying and
for the people to exist the family
cemeteries the two family cemeteries
Gilbert's in the field of Music Cemetery
which we have profile well even filled
and easy Cemetery have over 25 people
buried in it and also the Gilbert
Cemetery have that many and uh in no
problem could carry a casket a half a
mile to the cemetery so it would make it
very hard to take see us and my
ancestors the spirit there and I believe
in honoring
like the Bible say you first honor your
father and your mother
you know so I feel like keeping that
tradition and also my grandparents
help settled Russell County and they
have fought in every war since the the
colonial days back to the 13 colonies in
fact my ancestors helped built to the
courthouses in them and down on top of
crew
so I have several people that have found
documents I'd like for y'all to look at
this year and funeral home people have
signed and wrote theater
so I appreciate it if
y'all would take in consideration if
there's our family for others our
ancestors that need to have the road and
there's been several people that's been
petting the cemetery in the last several
years in the last 10 years thanks and
Dave's business so
and like you said I could Miss Brown
said that he's been a promise that they
would keep the road open
the central code company had the state
to take it and reroute that road so
and to discontinue it it would make a
very bad hardship on
the people that want to go to the
cemetery you know even funerals you know
if you can well see some of the ones
that remaining is on Walters and
they couldn't walk that far
you know so
thank you thank you and
we appreciate you coming thank you
anyone else
I'm Daryl hambert I was born and raised
on that road
and uh last time I went there
it's a
gas wheel staked off
is a gas company pushed in the state to
turn over if they're getting impression
from the coal company
or a gas company to
you know turn the road back over what
Mr Hubbard we normally don't have
conversations but this came this request
is from Virginia Department of
Transportation
is he here can he reply on that today
yes I will ask John bowling with
Virginia Department of Transportation if
he would address some of these things
okay
thank you
anybody else
Mr bubbling I'm going to put you on the
hot seat
you're welcome oh
vdot's original tension intention here
was to discontinue it from State Mains
okay not to abandon it as a public road
so as to not make it available for
public cues
vdot's original tension was to stop
maintenance on the road because there
was no occupied homes or businesses
along the road okay it fell below the
standards to qualify
for continued State maintenance of
public expense
we did not our original intention was
not to abandon the road so
that a public road would not be
available there
okay
but we did intend to discontinue
maintaining corrupt
but not to abandon
it was subsequent to that in our
discussions
with County Mr
Lester here and my supervisors at work
that that
abandonment was maybe the better option
and we went from at that point it became
abandonment instead of discontent
and that's led us to the public hearing
here
yes thank you I appreciate your
explanation thank you
anybody else have anything to say
Miss froze you'll have to come to the
podium I hate to ask you to do that I
know you're
oops
if they don't want to abandon it they
don't want to work it I mean they don't
work it that much anyway
I mean
how can we have funerals and give our
business to even these local funeral
homes and uh if we pay our taxes too all
of these Generations all the way down to
history
and County tax and state taxes federal
taxes gasoline taxes and as you will see
it's a lot of people go to those
cemeteries and keep them up
so I think it's discrimination all the
way around for the state of Virginia to
try to do our families that away
thank you I appreciate you
let me ask John a question
I know my mom either Paul
have been here in 1993 with the same
incident was happening
and
I do believe that the road was saved
then I don't see why now the road is
being taken away if I my name is Peggy
McLaughlin
and I know if I had to go to the
cemetery or up on the property and it's
not maintained I would not be able to go
I would not be able to be buried there
or my generation won't be able to be
buried there until it needs to be
remained open please by God let it
remain open
thank you thank you Miss claughlin
anybody else
okay
my name is Christian organizer
um I'm probably one of the youngest
people from them that's related to some
of these older people
from what my grandmother just had Peggy
McLaughlin
it kind of broke my heart to see this
road get closed
where I have to maintain that graveyard
for this
I mean in the past couple of months I
haven't been able to because of some
personal matters but
I plan on going back up there and
maintaining this graveyard and it's
about it's not open
how am I going to get up there
that's all I wanted to say thanks thank
you very much
um
Mr breeding
okay at this time I'm going to close the
public hearing
without anybody else needs to say
anything
all right thank you all I appreciate it
hearing is closed we're going to ask Mr
bowling if he'll come back up sorry
about that thank you
thank you
that's my fault John
what uh
what happens under discontinuance did we
and we we've talked about that before I
think but I just need to confirm it the
difference between discontinuance and a
value
when a road is discontinued that's an
act by the Commonwealth Transportation
board that relieves feed out of the
maintenance responsibility for a road
okay
but the road Still Remains right-of-way
Still Remains open to public use under
the authority and jurisdiction of this
boat okay if this board abandoned
abandonment is an action by this board
that eliminates it as a public road
altogether and it is no longer to open
to public use or there is and there's no
Public Access
I don't see how you can do that if
that's their only access into the
cemetery I mean that will they have
access into the cemetery off of another
road no way
no way not if it's abandoned no they
won't but isn't John during the
exemption that was the reason we chose
to discontinue to begin with and under
he so either way and of course you know
the county has no County Roads so if
VDOT discontinues it it will fall under
the purview of the Board of Supervisors
and we don't maintain County roads now
as far as these men are getting into
them they could use that as a
discontinuous but if abandonment it goes
back to the property owners but there's
also an exemption in the code to where
if there's a cemetery there they have
access to that Cemetery
I do believe there is yeah code where if
you private property owners have a legal
duty to allow people access to
cemeteries but either way if you do a
discontinuing state or abandonment B dot
either way will no longer maintain this
road I don't whichever you go whichever
understand that
but but I'm with him
but yeah but uh if if you discontinue
the road the right of ways go back to
the original I mean if you abandoned the
road the right of ways go back to the
end of it to the people who gave the
right ways right on a prescriptive right
away yes the road easements
automatically extinguishing it goes to
these aren't descriptive right away
right away that's my knowledge yes
so that would go back to the property
owners and they could pretty much will
do whatever they wanted to if they want
to do
Ze it over and killed the road
well I I personally think
that it's been thrown on the board to
make this decision and I will not vote
in favor of abandon the road myself and
to me it looks bad on the board on
behalf of three dog or whoever gives
y'all a little congratulations
you know to take that step and I don't
want to look bad on me especially the
best board members can speak for
themselves
abandonment is the board's Choice yeah
we could either abandon it or do some
continuance one of the others if we
abandon they lose access to the cemetery
if we discontinue looks like we're in
the road business
is it required that the county would
maintain those no it's not required so
if they maintain themselves in that way
they'll maintain be just like any other
account for anything they just
sprawls Miss Sproles
thank you
we discontinued it would be just like
all the other roads that we we don't
make that no one made I mean the people
that use them
maintain
which is probably on hers which is I
think all they're asking
but even if VDOT did choose to
discontinue the road which was our
original intention
we still look for the board's support
and so it's an action if the board does
not support that action
then we don't will drop the petition to
discontinence
but will you continue to maintain it
we will continue to maintain it to the
degree we have maintained it
for years
okay
very good thank you for that information
all right
does the board wish to take any action
at this time
or we're going to wait on first of all
man we need to back up on the six year
plan and improve the motion on it and if
it what on the Route 81 the 1211 and the
1958 those need to be taken singularly
as a voting an emotion you know to
abandon now
1958 is up for abandonment and so was 12
11 which needs to be done because that's
the town of Cleveland they want that
abandoned in the 1958 which is at the
corridor in hansonville that's asked for
abandonment too on in John right so but
Joe's discretion on 871
to approve the the VDOT secondary six
you're playing second in motion Motion
in a second
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor any opposed
motion carries thank you
next we'll take up the resolution of
Abandonment of 871 12 11 and 1958 we
have to do that separately so let's do
that in reverse order 1958 what's the
board's pleasure
foreign
that's at the hansonville intersection
I'll make that motion I'll second Tim's
motion okay I have a motion and a second
for abandonment all in favor all right
any opposed
motion carries next 12 11.
I'll entertain a motion for abandonment
of 12 11.
in a second for the abandonment of 1211
all in favor
any opposed in the abstentions motion
carries next I'm moving on to the
abandonment of route 871.
do I hear a motion of abandonment
or a separate motion
it's Carl's
do you hear a motion
give me a motion we'll vote it down I'll
make a motion
I have a motion not to abandon I'll say
871 and a second
any further discussion
all in favor
any opposed
any abstentions motion carries
next we're moving on to presentations
this is Mr Dan glass and Mr Passmore
so Mr glass Madam chair if you don't
mind just to clarify for the audience
what that motion means is that VDOT will
now maintain
to the extent that they have because I
didn't I didn't see nobody moving the
audience and I said okay let me explain
what this means
thank you
um
we are not to again ask for your support
in the resolution
first one
to over the age
of Junior Squad so thank you participate
in
uh
able transport
uh
it's something that
uh
you originally approved in October
and
uh
I would like for you to consider that
again
just give you an idea of what's going on
in the state got this state it's a
quarterly
magazine from the Virginia Association
at the
rescue College
the phone
third
having a
camp for kids
in that
it's for ages eight through 16.
the tag they're using
is
the answer the future
of a EMF
fire police
in our community
get them interested
older young
that's what we're
trying to do
but
if you would
finally
uh
percentages of support
in that
thank you Mr glass Mr Passmore
would you like to say something please
I'm primarily here in case you have
questions okay I don't advocate for
against um
we've certainly regulations currently
allow for the junior members to be a
part of a squad what regulation doesn't
allow us for anyone under the age of 16
to be exposed to body fluids Hazmat to
Patient Care they can't go on calls they
can be at the agency
thank you so rescue College rescue
college has programs for youth the
stadium Symposium we also do education
programs for use for youth but it's not
we don't the state law is very clear
there's no reason that they couldn't the
13 year olds couldn't be have training
in absolutely classes and whatever
inside the risky Squad building under
the rescue squats jurisdiction exactly
but I do certainly have issues with them
going on calls reading after reading the
regulations that we hadn't seen before
and uh I've got two 13 year old
grandchildren and I don't think I just
see a lot of potential problems not the
you know if they were out and something
happened to the members one of the
members or both maybe they had a wreck
and the child was there they could be
the only person they could do it yet
it's just too much potential to cause a
lot of trauma in a child that's not
fully developed yet both mentally and
physically
so and to be clear what Mr glass is
asking for is an exemption to State
regulation and before the state can
begin to entertain that you have to be
supportive of that
because I can't Grant anything you're
not willing to support
but he doesn't need the exemption to
train the children that are 13 then he
needs the exemption for someone under 16
to go on College
everything else they're welcome to do
within regulation
thank you so much oh I'm sorry any
further questions from this board
thank you Mr pastor
moving along to new business
I need an approval of the minutes
which is the unapproved minutes of April
3rd and the unapproved minutes of April
11 I will consider those both at the
same time unless we need to do them
separately because of attendance
everybody was deserved okay I'll accept
them
I'll second I have a motion in a second
any further discussion
all in favor any opposed motion carries
also moving on to approval of
expenditures to consider the approval of
the expenditures presented that is in
your packet you should have already
looked at that I'll entertain emotions
so make motion we prove the expenditures
I have a motion thank you David all in
favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries
I'm looking for committee appointments
for board consideration
and that's uh we have a Yvonne diet for
the library board is coming up on June
30th you want to let that sit there or
do we have someone that's in our packet
I'd like to make a motion to reappoint
Yvonne
she doesn't want to serve yeah
can we wait till next oh yes
yes it comes at this time so um if board
members can continue to serve or
whatever at their pleasure thank you
we'll move along
now I'm coming to Citizens comment
period you have three minutes
um if you didn't sign up I'll give you
an opportunity of later on but I'm going
first
um Mr Hubbard Daryl Hubbard I think he's
yes ma'am
Irene Sproles
you've already spoke I'll give you
another chance
um Kelly McBride
dealt
good evening thank you for your time I
am here on behalf of the library board
to ask you to
um as I know you're still finagling a
little bit I assume on the budget and as
you act as the budget committee as a
whole if you would uh honor our request
the staff is totally excited about the
possibility of a raise
um but we did ask for additional money
to cover the raises and the
discrepancies that
um or adjustments that result from the
minimum wage increase which was nine
percent
you know that that was just a dollar
jump but it was nine percent and that
leaves the supervisors in the same
position of supervising people who are
basically making the same thing they are
um we also asked for some additional
funds for building and so forth when the
county rolled into
um
having us purchase and reflect in our
budget
um the I think of is the supplies that
aren't office supplies toilet paper
paper towels cleaning materials you know
that begins to add up and I don't want
to be in the position of having to cut
hours because we need to buy toilet
paper it's not a good look so just
reflecting a small additional into the
there's a second supply line that is for
supplies other than office supplies our
library state aid will pay for any sort
of office supplies that we need but
they're very clear that you know they
won't pay for phone service they won't
pay for
toilet paper and those kinds of flies
um and I have an updated sort of budget
draft request if you would like to have
a copy of what my man says but his math
is what counts so
we'll take yours all right
and I thank you very much
there's enough to go all the way
I appreciate you thank you for your time
thank you very much
next on the public comment list is
Shirley Brown
Miss Brown
okay thank you uh anyone else for public
comment that's the end of my list
all right
Mr Hughes I'll recognize you
my name is Larry Hughes um
Lebanon District here at Steve's
District I'm usually here complaining
asking if you saw me but I'm not a knife
I want to thank you for this
artists or this proposal to keep this
871 together I don't know anything about
it but it just sounds like you did the
right thing and I like to say thank you
for that I'm using complaining but not
tonight thank you
[Laughter]
thanks Mr Hughes
okay I'm going to close the um yes sir
see if Richard uh Burke is in all this
he called me this afternoon and want to
speak about his robe another Richard
Burke are you in the audience
Richard Burke
there's no Richard Burke here he was
going to try to make it so evidently he
did he'll be here next month we'll
listen to him
um thank you I'll close citizen comment
period at this time um next we have
constitutional officers reports and
requests none seeing those
the American Red Cross hero award
come on up
Southwest chapter of the American Red
Cross tonight we're here to recognize
Noah ball for his extreme efforts that
took place on February the 8th last year
uh normally the Red Cross we recognize
Heroes out in our communities once a
year and we had the privilege to do this
last month and Noah could not attend our
ceremony that we had up in Roanoke
Virginia so we are here tonight to
present Noah with an award for his
life-saving heroics as to saving a
resident in Russell County and I just
like to read a little bit about the fire
report so you get in better
understanding as to what took place that
morning when the residents was bearing
breakfast around 6 45 in the morning and
she was cooking bacon and if y'all know
how bacon can really burn and can cause
the fire pretty fast if you're not
watching it and so she had this Burning
fake chicken and she took it to the sink
and put water on it and just for y'all
to know please don't ever put water on
bacon if it's burning because that
grease does not yeah it goes like an
explosion and so she tried to extinguish
it that did not work and she caught
herself on fire
yes and so um the fire spread but she's
able to call 9-1-1 and get to a couch
and nobody here happened to be with the
first one on scene and I guess she heard
her calling and so he went in and he had
gotten the fire extinguisher from his
truck of his car and happened to see her
lying in the floor and so he was able to
get her out and save her life by doing
so but the knower has had some Burns
that he's had to overcome from going in
to save Miss Harrison's life and so we
like to commend him for doing that his
hair has grown back he looks pretty
sharp with his haircut and all and had
his ears burn and we know that's no easy
thing we never know what we're going to
face the Red Cross we don't know what
we're going to face when we go into
disasters and just like no it never
knows when he's going to go on a call
for he might face so we would like to
commend him for his heroics and we'd
like to present him with a celebration
or he hero award for his life-saving
bravery bravery and courage and
dedication to the residents of Russell
County
Jacob
yeah you gotta have a photo up here
squeeze yourself in again
yes
William Jacob
ready one two three
one two three
congratulations
thank you
nice presentation thank you all
Police Department
how nectar please
okay next we're moving on to the county
attorney reports and request Ms Patton
thank you madam chair and the first
matter that I have are the um Ida
polycap revenue bonds and the moral and
these bonds require the Board of
Supervisors to approve a moral
obligation in order to receive that
funding and I sent the um moral
obligation to the board
in my report and I did not have any
concerns however Lonzo has provided the
updated copy with
um with one small addition that he
wanted to to be made and I do not have a
problem with it and so that's ready for
the board to consider to approve
I'll make a motion we approve second
thank you um have a motion and a second
any further discuss
from this board
Mr Lester do you need to say anything
are you good
Madam chair I'm good with the terms and
conditions very good I'll call for the
vote all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries
thank you very much next moving on to
special counsel economic development
project at Moss three yes Madam chair
and the economic development project
Boss 3 is an unannounced industry
um that
um if um if pursued would require a
fairly complicated contract and so my
advice to the board was to work in
addition with myself and my Law Firm is
specifically Mr Campbell on working on
that contract and I would recommend to
the board I've I've reached out to
Gentry lock and I think Lonzo has
reached out as well the board has worked
well with them on Special Projects
before and I do think they have the
specific expertise that would be
necessary for this project if the board
so chooses to go in that direction
thank you Miss Pat and I'll entertain a
motion special counsel Madam chair I'd
like to make motion we allow the County
Administrator and the County Attorney to
secure a special Counsel on this project
and we proceed as soon as possible on
this item absolutely I have a motion and
a second from Mr Ray
any further discussion
I'll call for the vote all in favor any
opposed any abstentions motion carries
thank you madam chair the last item that
I have is a proposal for a
um an off-road recreational vehicles
ordinance or an ATV ordinance Lonzo had
reached out to me about drafting an
ordinance
um for this purpose and the ordinance
that I that he has provided I've I've
just um briefly had the chance to look
at it's um it's verbatim other than
um the language of Russell County what
Wise County has in place for their
off-roading vehicles um Buchanan County
um I'm aware has an ordinance as well
and I will say something I want to look
at and make sure I think this
to with their surrounding localities in
this to have as uniform standards as
possible that way there's no confusion
for people
using that so I do want to look and make
sure that hopefully that we can be I
don't know if Buchanan County copied
wise or wise copy Buchanan County I
don't know if you know that answer Lonzo
can you do that by the next meeting sure
I'm and what I was going to recommend if
you want to go ahead and advertise this
ordinance in its form
um to be considered at the June meeting
I'm okay with that I just want to look
at it and make sure and see what
Buchanan counties is and my
understanding is they're all the one the
the localities that have adopted this
surrounding us are all similar so
Madam chair if I made intervene thank
you
um
as well as under my agenda I believe we
are going to go back into you know
budget meeting so we're going to have to
reconvene and reconvene here over them
quite a few times over the next 60 days
so
if permission of the board I will go
ahead and advertise for the ordinance to
proceed immediately up on the date y'all
choose tonight for the next budget
meeting we'll reconvene with this agenda
that way we can put it and advertise it
and take it up for consideration
how's that
I'll make a motion that we go ahead and
advertise I got one question in
discussion if you can allow me to after
we vote certainly um we have a motion I
need a second now we're in discussion
thank you
um will the municipalities have to adopt
the same ordinance or similar ordinance
to this or will this cover the whole
blanket area of the county
um I mean it will cover the county but
but I would I would
I would suggest that municipalities go
ahead and adopt it that way there's no
confusion because you know we the for
instance the towns they control the
highways and enforce those laws and so I
I would think you would want that in to
be to be because I'm working on them
we're working on a very large project in
my district and uh I know the town has
already made a motion to make the town
ATV friendly but I just want to make
sure that we're on the same lines I
would I would recommend the I would
recommend the the towns located in
Russell County to adopt it as well thank
you
and just add on again on this ordinance
that we've got Buchanan County had a lot
of Termini determinizing there's on
trailheads which made it
future wise if you added it or took away
you had to be in here doing ordinances
and modifications to ordinance this is
one that we have chose the model that
we've got gives you the flexibility by
Premier to do if the town adopts to do
it through the Board of Supervisors and
change it as needed without having to
change the ordinances all
okay so I have a motion and a second to
to work on the off-road recreational
vehicles ordinance so we can have this
ordinance advertised
like starting tomorrow and be ready for
some of our next meeting
I would ask that of this board are you
guys okay and gals okay with that are
you going to put in the Bristol paper uh
no that's one of these things and
debates now I'm a public hearing Katie's
going to tell you microphone Mr
um
thank you man
on a public hearing we got to have two
weeks to advertise so for a public
hearing so
when you set your next budget meeting
set it in within that time frame that
way we can have it but the problem is
this Lebanon news only
advertises once a week so therefore for
a week behind immediately
by that way unless unless we go ahead
and advertise in another local paper
which we can put into Bristol Herald
immediately and get that date in too so
that's a little pricey sorry
so that's the choices I I mean we only
have the two so
okay while we're in this discussion I'm
helping you out with that I'm not trying
to twist or turn it but as soon as
possible without it costing us an arm
and a leg yes ma'am
is that good with the board
so if you want me to look at what the
earliest you could adopt it if we've
advertised in the living yes and yeah if
you don't mind and we'll set we'll set
our budget hearing to coincide with that
okay I'll be looking at that thank you
all right I have a motion a second and
much discussion all in favor any opposed
I'm sorry Mr Christian would you like to
say something now my question was I have
been confirmed with a number of people
about this and my I ask them to people
that's got these vehicles they want to
use these trails
I'm for it as long as it don't override
the landowners popularize and they can
answer that question so I don't know is
that going to be involved that they can
override I know what's just right where
they want to no
um
pardon me this these ATV trails are
under State guidelines
they're not under if the landowner is
not agreeing with the state guidelines
through spearhead trails this is the
only way that you can ride except on
somebody's private property with
permission but you're not going to be
under the indemnification of the state
that's the only way is to be public with
a spearhead Trail
uh permit that's why we have to adopt
these ordinances for them to be able to
ride on public roads designated routes
that's correct for the county the county
and the municipalities are tasked with
the expense of putting signage up that
says yes you can go there and no you
can't go there and so um it's it's just
not the Wild Wild West it is under
strict guidelines these Riders must be
16 years of age they must have a
driver's license they must buy permit
and their machine must be in accordance
with the state of Virginia's rules and
regulations
all right we're in the middle of a vote
all in favor
any opposed motion carries thank you
all right next we're moving along to the
County Administrator reports and request
Mr Lester thank you Madam chair on
account administrator reports and
requests the first one of course is the
VDOT monthly Road system report uh of
course as you have seen in their May
first report on board action of course
we just repeated the six-year plan
on Route 871 VDOT will continue to
maintain it
we discontinued both uh 12 11 for the
town of Cleveland and in 1958 for the
economic development so the rest are
just regular maintenance activities of
what they have planned throughout the
month until the next report next on
account administrator reports and
request is just to highlight what the
Virginia Cooperative Extension Office a
lot of people you know they don't
understand that that that is under the
County's
umbrella and we work in conjunction we
partner with the co-op office of course
in some of the highlights of what they
do and what and how much they do for the
county I wanted to highlight especially
from the agricultural natural resources
component
you know the co-op they do educational
programs they help producers meet
necessary requirements to meet Virginia
quality standards but they also work
with our our farm owners on uh crops and
and uh and uh cattle for for sale
working with together with the Virginia
Co-op extension and the Board of
Supervisors working together with the
vqa program
beef producers in Russell County have
been able to Market 95 311 animals
that's amazing 95 311 an increase their
gross profit receipts by 9.2 million
dollars so that's a good partnership
that we have with them and they're down
at the end hallway they're they're a
silent partner and they don't get much
recognition and I wanted to bring them
on recognition that's getting into the
spring the crops are getting ready to
roll farmers are participating in these
programs and and if any farmer Outdoors
that is needing any education or looking
for a farm program to help
with their agriculture education or a
grant or proposal or environmental
issues please contact the Virginia
cooperation extension program
next uh also let me put in one more plug
for them they have secured over nine
hundred thousand dollars in external
funding just to help with those sales of
9.2 million dollars
next on the county Australia reports is
the
request from the Cumberland Plateau
Regional Housing Authority this is for a
funding request concerning Regional
Housing needs assessment the Cumberland
Plateau Regional Housing Authority has
reached out to the Board of Supervisors
in partnership with the Cumberland
Plateau for a commitment for a community
impact Grant from the Virginia Housing
to conduct a formal assessment of
housing throughout the Four County
region so that's coming from Buchanan
County Tazewell County Russell County
and Dixon so that's they're wanting to
do a housing assessment to see a request
the requesting the ten thousand dollars
in American relief funds from Russell
County which is an in-kind match for the
grant and all other counties are
participating uh they'll be looking at a
shortage of housing uh
people that are veterans that have no
housing people with no housing and what
we can do with our existing housing
assessments so I need I have a request
for ten thousand dollars in our funds to
come from Plateau planning district for
participation in the uh Regional Housing
Authority study they're they're looking
at housing in general throughout the
forecast yes
sir but you know and I'm very concerned
about that because right now there's
just no inventory now housing so I think
Mr Brady you want to offer that motion
don't make motion week contribute that
ten thousand dollars
thank you so much and I have a second
any further discussion
discussion all right I'll call for the
vote all in favor any opposed any
abstentions motion carries thank you
very much
next on account administrative reports
is uh the EMS resolution that was
presented by Mr passport from the
Emergency Management vdh on the date
rescue operational exemption of course
you have a resolution that's in for
support of you of the 13 years olds of
age
uh add to discretion of the Board of
Supervisors just hearing y'all's comment
ask for a modification to the existing
resolution for 16 years of age if Mr
Passmore is all right with the you know
we just move it back in
on your consideration to move this
forward just for the 16 year olds to be
able to participate in Squad operations
and trainings at that department but no
transports
at
that's not what I'm understanding
that's why I'm saying he's got it in the
current resolution his States 13. so I
was asking for a modification of the
resolution to just in support of it I
don't think we need a resolution
he can do anything as long as they don't
go on calls he can set his program up
under the existing I don't think we need
a resolution and the 16 year olds can go
on calls the 16 cans that's correct I
didn't know if the board wanted to
present at that as a resolution okay
I think that would confuse things okay
that's fine only if we're going to ask
for an example for an exemption on the
13 year olds and and um
I'm not hearing anything
y'all send you an email confirming that
so that's why I was trying to give you
something do you want to take a photo
I'll make a motion we reject the
proposal to
include the 13 year olds I have a motion
to reject the proposal and not not allow
it to go forward
I have a second further discussion
I'll call for the vote all in favor
any opposed
this motion carries that concludes the
exemption request that includes you I
see I was trying to give something to
him to close either move forward or
close it out
thank you Mr Cashmore yes thank you
thank you Mr Passmore
next on the county administratory
reports for the 24-25 community service
board performance contract as you've
seen through the 300 and some plus pages
that dealt with the community support
board to csb's operational plan so this
is approval for their performance career
event with their mental health and
programs I need a motion for approval
for the community service board
performance contract
well I'm going to call for a motion who
wants to give us that that took up about
half or three quarters of our board book
tonight hope you read it
anybody want to offer me a motion
for the community service board
performance contract
it is a normal contract right
this is yes
they'll meet
their program requirements their mental
health their Department of Behavioral
Health and who they partner with
and I'm going to give him a second to
move this forward
I'll see all right all in favor
any opposed
motion carries thank you very much thank
you madam chair next on account Ministry
request is
now we're at the County uh budget
meeting dates so if Katie's had time to
do the proposal where we can work easy
conjunctions so yes the earliest the the
earliest date that you could adopt it
would be Thursday May the 18th and that
would be with it at being advertised on
sorry May the 10th and May the 17th in
the Lebanon news
check your calendars for May 18th
it's okay
I'll just make it known I've got some
surgery scheduled on the 17th and I
probably won't be back in town and on
until late on the 18th
hopefully
I I also have obligations on that day on
the 18th
how's the 22nd look
it's reading you think yes yes ma'am I'm
good oh yeah no problem
so May 22nd May 22nd 6 p.m six o'clock
here in this room
budget meeting
so we're going to reconvene
we're going to adjourn to reconvene if
everybody will agree to that and we will
take up the ATV ordinance and anything
else that might come up
okay we'll go ahead and set that and
next at that board meeting you can set
the next budget meeting based off of
what we we go through yes sir yes ma'am
okay next on the county Ministry reports
and request is of course
um yeah it was a we have a surplus
vehicle there here that was uh requested
by the Cleveland fire department we have
a van that we had utilized and Mr
cartray he wanted to see when the
Cleveland fire department asked for it
we contacted the fire department for the
the type of utilization and what you're
going to be using it for and they're
going to be using it for the fire
department will be using it as a backup
for uh
there are other vehicles that they have
in
um to do calls like uh trees down
something that they don't have to bring
out their big equipment and that's also
what they I think Brett called it the
cooling down area he's going to retrofit
this van you know with air conditioning
if they have a search and rescue or a
fire it's a temporary holding
vehicle that will help maintain and
support the fire during major fires so
Mr Ray asked me to see if we could go
ahead and surplus this vehicle and we
have and I need a motion to transfer the
surplus vehicle van to the Cleveland
fire department
which one was the best I'll take a
motion from Mr Ray in a second from Mr
Christian is that okay
all right
any further discussion
I would like to say air CPW
Community work cwp sorry is in need of
an extra vehicle if you can ever
accommodate but anyway we're not on that
right now so let's move along all in
favor any opposed motion carries thank
you ma'am chair and it kind of leads
into the next topic thank you uh commute
to work program everyone knows how
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many bags or trash or how much they save
us on an annual basis but it's a between
our projects and especially one of the
projects they did do is is picking up
Community trash you'll see them alone
especially on 19 and 58 over and over I
don't know why people's doing their
trash but they're not throwing it out at
the house but the right way but but we
continuously pick up trash and one of
the things that has been proposed is
we've got communities almost like VDOT
has Adopt A Highway you know you see the
signs in various counties that you go in
and across the state this is an annual
community pickup if and we're already
doing it we want it recognized that you
have the opportunity to do it because
some communities know it if we drop a
50-yard container down there by the town
of Honaker is cleaning up which we have
done if we drop one in date that has
done done we have dropped them in
Cleveland that has been done so what I'm
my request to the board we have in the
budget built in in the disposal we're
purchasing five new containers we would
like to be able to utilize the old
containers to be able to at the request
of communities that plan to do it we
will set it in that community and they
can have a point to go and drunk their
trash and clean up their community so
for three those three that will be
rotating around if we do not have
someone in the community that is
utilizing these we will be leasing them
out in the meantime we will not let them
stand idle we do not let you know
anybody knows us on trash we will be
maintaining these at either a retail
commercial or at a donated place now in
a continuous basis so if that's okay
with the at the convenience of the board
I would like to put that into the
disposal operating plan to start moving
these cans in that direction on
community cleanups and permission from
that that way they're not just calling
me and I don't want I want the board to
wear of each Community they will be
participating in and what type of
community project it is so I'll ask for
a motion to be able to utilize County
Disposal units for community cleanup
I'll make that motion
there was one more I'm sorry okay thank
you let me and the Tipping fee I got
because once they clean up I gotta have
that's the real one that I gotta
conclude to it I gotta I gotta weigh the
Tipping fee instead of charging the
community now we're not going to waive
the Tipping fee on the commercial but we
will wave it on the community cleanup um
still make that motion to accept that
thank you thank you thank you I'll do it
a second okay I have a motion in a
second any further discussion yeah what
are you going to do what if you've got
all three of them out and somebody comes
in and wants to rent one of them
or something like that
well
okay run through the scenario again and
okay you've got three you've got three
that you want to use in that capacity
and we're in and currently written all
three out and the community wants to
borrow get one for a community cleanup
yeah well it'll be for his best fat
period of time not just yeah so we're
not going to leave them though forever
usually what we're doing is a three to
five day turnaround this is way we've
done right I'm just gonna make sure that
when the shortage for these people are
flipping the houses and such and see
just to add on some of the models on
what we've been doing and as David would
tell you then Homemaker uh they've done
a major cleanup down there but what we
do is is put the the container down in a
supposed container but we also see in
the community worker program in with
them so this is like it is an assistance
to help clean up too so we hit it not
just to help the community as a location
to throw their trash we also are
assisting on the right-of-way in the
help clean up that Community too
now we can't clean up private property
don't take that we we do right away
we have a motion in a second and I do
want to add to the discussion so this is
going to be uh like a yearly thing so a
community is not going to get this
container over and over and over it'll
be set and they will kind of pre-order
these and you can work that out right
what the way the communities do in the
certain areas they'll call and say okay
from May the 12th through the 15th we're
doing a cleanup they go to VDOT and
usually our community workers I think we
give 100 bags to the town of Honaker so
we kind of work in the Jones in
conjunction that way we got the
community workers scheduled and we have
the cans scheduled along with them in
that community and that Community
residence that wants to participate know
that schedule too so they all it's a
it's a three-part partnership from the
community the community work program and
Department disposal
very good thank you for the explanation
I'll call for the vote all in favor
any opposed thank you madam chair and
that concludes the County ministries
reporting Quest
very good um
move on to board
time Mr Lovelace
I think I'm good thank you Mr Ray yes
Madam chair I'd like to remind everybody
the Homemaker kids fishing day is this
Saturday May 6th at 9 00 a.m near the uh
New People's Bank in homemaker and also
uh the 29th annual Russell County kids
fishing day is May 20th starts at nine
o'clock down at the Pinnacle Park
cool
thank you Mr Eaton one thing uh since we
brought up uh Virginia Cooperative
Extension they do a wonderful job one of
the things that's been on my heart is to
have an education training facility for
our agriculture students and others at
our canneries
I would like to send a letter to the
Virginia Cooperative Extension and get
them heavily involved in that to be able
to utilize our canneries as educational
sites for them to be able to learn uh
more about canning food and and how to
prepare and and that but if that's okay
with the board
I think that that's a great idea and I
think they were they were working on
that while Mrs uh don Sproles was the
extension agent and I'm not real sure
where that went but she was doing a
whole lot of tanning things and she goes
around to uh
our local farmers markets and and she
was doing that also Katie Knuckles is
the
no you
it's a new one isn't it yes yes ma'am
and and I will I'll talk to the
extension office if they do have a
nutrition program
uh they are very involved with it they
do have a new member that took Donna's
place so I'll have her reach out to uh
the canneries to see how we can
partnership on that too well just going
through the Virginia Cooperative
Extension where they're actually tied
with the state too maybe help us to get
reduction on the price of cans and jars
and I mean if they've got Grand
opportunities to go through that route
that we don't have I just think it'd be
a good alignment or a good partnership
I'll I'll get the board to report on
that how's that thank you that's great
uh Mr Brady just one thing
Clint Town Cleveland's Park last time I
was down there I mean you know there's a
lot of old trees that wash down on the
water gets high you know I mean it's
kind of blocked the whole Shoreline off
is there any chance that Missy can take
some of the community Workforce people
down there or you could you need to work
for the town of Cleveland first of all
yeah to see if you can get that done but
but I mean you know they've got a nice
asset down there but it's it's
hindered right now well just get the
boarding update and I'm going I'm going
to I don't want to speak with the town
of Cleveland but titanically
yeah you got me hot yes
okay the Town take it down to Cleveland
is actually just ordered playground
equipment they have a grant uh they have
just got it in but they have also got a
grant from the nature conservancy and C
prop right now which you can miss
Wallace said on they are getting nature
conservancy is actually in the process
we are working with Army Corps of
Engineers currently to do a study on the
river because they're going to put a
boat launch in there
so they're putting the boats launching
and it's a
well that's part of it and Thompson
Litton did the study for it they've done
the drawings and we've got those so
nature conservancy is spearheading that
with the town of Cleveland yes yes sir
not tonight thank you Mr Christian
I want to bring attention of affinity
trash site we need to do something now
to get to Bill nerd get the fence up and
electricity yeah yeah
okay
I like pushing get moving on the Finish
light get the fence up to building up
for the ladies staying and also like
treasure so she can have a portable
heater
we actually had that conversation Brian
and I did this morning and the current
contractor that we had already awarded
to to put up the fence for the place we
actually have got a new quote for a
vendor he's running behind the first one
is running behind her in her schedule so
we got a new quote from a vendor
contractor today so we have that
scheduled along with the building
schedule to be able to get this thing
enclosed
know bother when they used past week and
I saw it you know yes it's it's causing
us to where where it's open all the time
we've had to go back in with Community
workers and clean it up so we're going
to be fencing it in it's it's worth
every ever centers
they don't put it in dumps we have
cleaned it up every week Miss Ray knows
we we send the community workers to
clean up weekly
where are we on the construction of the
other sites I know the one down in the
sun the sun site is we're putting the
lights bit of concrete in during the
last part of electrical probably within
the next two weeks we'll be done with
that
um then we're already looking in the
townhomeacre I've been working with the
town of Honaker already for their site
so they've got a lot of great ideals so
we're we're moving forward on the other
one too we didn't we didn't want to let
the surprise that was you know ribbon
cut into a trace that but we got one
okay that was going to be my question so
you guys thank you Mr breeding you have
helped me out so I have nothing else I
will adjourn this meeting to reconvene
on May 22nd here at six o'clock