thank you
foreign
good afternoon everyone we'd like to
welcome you to the Russell County Board
of Supervisors uh July the 10th at 6 pm
and the Russell County Government Center
again welcome and I'd like to start off
first with a uh call the order and roll
call
Tim Lovelace here Carl Ray here David
Eden here Steve Brady here Rebecca dye
here
horse Christian
Luanne Wallace here ma'am you have a
quarrel
thank you Mr Lester at this time I'm
going to call the meeting to order and
I'm going to ask that we have our
invocation I ask that you please rise
and remain standing for the Pledge of
Allegiance
let us pray
father God lord we love you we thank you
and we praise you today Father forgive
us for where we fail you each and every
day and Lord thank you for allowing us
to come out and be a part of our local
government lead God and direct us and
help us be more like you each and every
day in your name I pray amen amen
and
justice for all thank you
okay approve all the gender
this time I'm gonna ask for the approval
of the agenda and I think we have an
amendment we need to make to that yes
ma'am chair I think we need to add a
section under the attorney's report
that will address the vacancy that was
created in the sheriff's department
resignation Steve died
is that correct Katie yes we need the
retirement of Steve Dunn
Dunn he resigned early
okay we just need we need to put on
there for the agenda to about the Writ
the petition for the writ of election
so everyone add that underneath the
County Attorney reports
if there are no other additions I make a
motion we approve the agenda as I'm
ended
I have a motion I need a second I'll
second it I have a motion in a second
any further discussion I'll call for the
vote all in favor any opposed
any abstentions motion carries thank you
very much at this time
um this is a real special moment I think
in our County and we have a special lady
that we want to recognize tonight and
we're going to do that by proclamation
of the Board of Supervisors and so this
is in honor of Velma Mabry house day
which will be July the 12th
2023rd when she celebrates her 100th
birthday so miss Velma on July the 12th
we're wishing you a big happy birthday
but
before you applaud Miss Velma
there's more so we have a proclamation
and I'm going to ask I know that Miss
velma's in a wheelchair but I'm going to
ask that she get pushed up to the front
and I'm going to come down there and
we're going to read this so that
everybody's going to hear it and then
I'm going to ask that the entire family
come and have a photo op if you don't
mind so get prepared for that okay this
is special to all of us how many times
do we have the opportunity to say thank
you for all you've done and for living
such a wonderful life 100 years I'll be
right down
right here
oh
I wonder oh wow
so sorry
[Laughter]
so don't tell them that you don't have
any teeth and they'll never know it okay
all right so here we go Miss Velma
whereas Russell County Virginia Board of
County Supervisors are delighted to have
residents of Russell County in dank
Virginia with good morality and
citizenship and whereas Miss Velma Mabry
house was born on July 12
1923 in Spartanburg South Carolina to
the parents of Elizabeth and Emmanuel
Mabry and as a child relocating to
Russell County as a long-term resident
in 1930 and whereas after graduating
from Swift Memorial College in
Rogersville Tennessee and deeply
committed to educating others in
1941 started her professional teaching
career in which she taught for many
years in several schools in our county
Russell County including
Artie Lee High School in Sawmill holler
Lebanon and daint elementary schools
until her retirement in the early 1980s
and whereas Faithfully serving her
community in the Dank lives on board
presently serving as mother of First
Mount Calvary Baptist Church and well
Clinch River Missionary Baptist
Association and previously engaged with
various committees Mission boards and
most recently fulfilling
fully relinquishing her duties as the
church treasurer
and whereas as paraphrased by Miss Velma
Mabry house others
from Charles D miggs Lord help me live
from day to day others Lord yes others
let this my motto be for even when I
kneel to pray my thoughts will be of
others and whereas we come to this
momentous occasion to celebrate this
prestigious Centenary birth of Miss
Velma Mabry house reaching this super
major milestone in her life for the
wonderful age of 100 celebrating your
100th birthday now
therefore be it resolved that the
Russell County Board of Supervisors does
sheerbride proclaim July 12
2023 the first annual Velma Mabry house
day in Russell County Virginia and
invites all residents to observe and
commemorate throughout the week of a
life well lived
thank you Miss Velma
you want to say anything Miss Vilma
you want to say anything
no more than I want my tea
[Laughter]
Miss Vilma has lost her teeth but she
hasn't lost them she has really getting
them replaced
so she's embarrassed to be here but
anyway it's all good
all right family come and get your
picture made okay
[Music]
[Laughter]
thank you
[Music]
have you got them out Caleb
grandkids
are they all in there okay
thank you
we're all trying to get
it
thank you thank you
[Applause]
[Laughter]
the other day
[Laughter]
laughs
thank you
thank you everyone we appreciate
are you on TV maybe you're looking the
wrong way
dumb
all right
we forgot to tell them they might be on
TV
thank you all very much so uh moving on
from the proclamation to new business I
need to have an approval of the minutes
so we've got two sets
we've got two sets of approvals
um can I can't remember Katie can we do
these all at once
you can okay
I'm going to look to the board for
approval of the minutes
I think motion we approved the
unapproved minutes June 5th 2023 and
June 26 2023.
thank you Mr breeding I need a second
okay I'll take either second Miss Porter
okay any further discussion on the
minutes
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor any opposed any abstentions
motion carries next we need to um have
the approval of expenditures
they are presented in your board book so
moved Madam chair I have a motion from
Mr Eaton I need a second second I have a
second for Mr breeding any further
discussion on those
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries
next we're moving to item number three
of the new business committee
appointments for board consideration uh
first we have the library board
I'll make a motion to reappoint Susan
Brady
I have a motion for Susan breeding um
any further motions
okay
I need a second second
all right
any further discussion I'll call for the
vote all in favor for Susan breeding to
be reappointed to the Russell County
Library board
any opposed well it's one abstention any
abstentions we've got one
thank you and we also have that
unfulfilled seat so we don't have an
applicant for that in this time for Miss
yabonda okay
um next I'm moving on to the Russell
County Department of Social Service