are we on thank you all right
I need a motion to come out of executive
session please
so move Madam chair I'll second it have
a motion in a second
um any I'm assuming we're not discussing
anything so all in favor uh any opposed
any abstentions
motion carries
I am certification Plus
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 certifies
that to the best of their knowledge only
public business matters lawfully
Exempted from the open meeting
requirements under the Virginia freedom
information act and only public business
matters that were identified in emotions
if I wish the closed meeting was
convened were heard discussed or
considered in the meeting by the Board
of Supervisors
any member of the Board of Supervisors
that who believed that there were there
was a departure from the requirements
shall stay so prior to the vote
indicating the substance of that
departure in his or her judgment has
taken place are there any supervisors
who believe that departure has taken
place
being none if you agree that the matters
heard discussed or considered during the
closed meeting were pursuing only to the
Motions by which the closed meeting was
convened please signify by saying yay or
yes Tim Lovelace yes Carl Ray yes WD yes
Steve Brady yes Rebecca died yes of
course Chris yes Luanne walls yes ma'am
you have approval to turn to regular
session thank you Mr Lester at this time
I'll ask for our invocation please
remain
s
let us pray father God lord we love you
we thank you we praise you today Father
father forgive us for where we fail you
each and every day and thank you for
allowing us to be a part of our local
government father forgive us be with us
lead us guidance and direct us in
everything that we do in your name I
pray amen
congratulations
the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice forever
at this time we're moving forward in our
agenda so I will ask for an approval of
the agenda at this time do we have any
additions or subtractions to this today
and chair if there are no additions I'll
make a motion we approve the agenda is
presented my second thank you we have a
motion and a second
um any so we don't have any additions
okay all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries next we're moving on to the
presentation uh at this time uh Mr Ernie
McFadden Russell County Ida we're ready
right
thank you madam chair ladies and
gentlemen of the board appreciate you
give me some time to see that just to
give you an update of what we have going
on with Ida
um
just to give you a quick snapshot of
where we are right now we currently have
three properties under contract
we have five active prospects that we've
worked with
for several months several of them
we currently have three companies under
contract that's existing companies
we have three construction projects
ongoing right now four properties that
are under development
we have four small business loans that
we're managing
currently have five career path
development partners that we're working
with with our businesses
and we have 14 leased properties that
we're currently managing
on some of the
new business that's coming in
probably the most exciting one we have
right now is the property in St Paul
this property is currently under
contract with a large International
Company
they have projecting 170 jobs
with a little over 11 million dollars
investment
so pretty exciting contract and we
expect this will be finalized by the
middle of next month so it's very close
it's been a long time coming that one's
been uh been out of service for about 15
years
another property which is the old Acme
building is also under contract we have
an existing company that's expanding
into that property
they will be adding about 30 jobs there
and they
probably move in in the next two weeks
so it's about finished it's ready for
them to move in so there's two
properties that we've
filled up
this this next one is Russell place
which we've been working on for several
years now in in conjunction with vedp we
have a project it's named Little Dipper
they have 157 jobs projected average
salary of sixty seven thousand dollars
22 million investment
um it's a expansion of a local company
that's in Eastern Tennessee
um
that one's a few months out but it looks
very promising at the moment so we're
hopeful if that happens then that will
actually take and feel the last empty
building that we actually own
there's a couple sites that are within
the county that are privately owned the
one on the left is Norfolk Grumman I
want to write is the Bostic Ford
building which we don't own either one
of those are both privately owned uh
Norfolk Bremen is actually being
marketed by a company in Richmond jll is
marketing that property
and VDP is also trying to help Market it
but so far we've not had any good bites
on that property yet
the one on the right the old Bostic Ford
building is actually privately owned and
that company's using it for whatever
their purpose is but it's not for sale
as we've been told
a couple of other sites that we're
actually working on right now
we're in conversation with Alcoa and at
T about the purchase of these properties
if the other prospects were working on
now if all those complete as it looks
like they're going to
then we'll be out of inventory so we
need more buildings to offer and it's
much more cost effective for us to
purchase
existing buildings and put them back
into Houston to build new ones so
we have active companies that are
interested in both of these properties
so we're very hopeful that we'll be able
to get possession of these properties in
the near future
it's very short and sweet but
I want to thank the board for your
support and all that we do because we
could not do it without you it's a joint
ever on everybody's part and we're very
grateful for your support sounds like
good news yeah
thank you
thank you we appreciate you and Mr
chairman uh Lockridge coming thank you
for coming tonight and giving you a
report we appreciate that very much
great news
moving along to new business I do need
an approval of the minutes that's in
your packet
um so I'll I'll accept emotion on that
we'll make a motion to prove this minute
I have a motion to approve minutes I'll
take a second
thank you Mr Christian
um any discussion on those
I'll call for the vote all in favor any
opposed any abstentions motion carries
next we're moving on to the approval of
expenditures I need a motion in a second
please I got a motion I need a second I
got a second from Mr Eaton any
discussion at all
hearing that I'll call for the vote all
in favor any opposed any abstentions
thank you very much next moving on to
the community policy management team
that is Patrick brunty and Joni Lester
and I think that those folks are
required to be there they are required
Patrick serves with DSS and Joni is with
the family preservation and it is
required by our state statute that those
folks serve on those committees okay
particularly but their positions oh
their positions I see okay very good
we approved thank you Mr I'll need a
second I'll second thank you all in
favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries next we're coming to Citizens
comment period and we will limit to
three minutes do I have a sign up sheet
[Applause]
first I have on the list for public
comment Miss Sandy Hess from Swords
Creek Miss
yes
from Swords Creek I'm coming before the
board for a couple of reasons first is a
request but actually it's more of a
reminder in September of 2022 this board
voted on and approved a pro-life
resolution that was beautifully drafted
by Mr Steve reading
part of the original resolution was that
was approved was section three which
actually stated based upon the desire to
be recognized as a pro-life County the
Russell County Board of Supervisors
shall arrange for a placement of a
suitable commemorative plaque on the
grounds of the Russell County Government
Center
declaring Russell County to be a
pro-life County well here we are a year
later and we still haven't got a plaque
so we would like to see that because as
Steve mentioned in that meeting you know
we do have a tendency to pass ordinances
and resolutions and then they just sort
of file by the wayside and people don't
even remember them so
this is just a reminder that we would
like to see that happen
another issue that I'd like to address
with the board is concerning the
Parliamentary procedure that the board
meetings are conducted under
I understand that the meetings are ran
under the guidance of the Roberts Rules
of Order and that under the current
bylaws there's no question or answer
period for the citizens to get any
answers to their questions
uh for the past year and a half that
I've been coming to these meetings
um I've watched countless citizens
approach the board
with questions and concerns during
public comments and of course they never
get an answer to any of those I've heard
many residents state that they've tried
to contact board members personally and
never get a response
um many of the questions and concerns
that our address are of interest to many
of the citizens not just the ones that
ask the questions
so I think it would be a great service
to all the citizens if there was a
question and answer time to publicly
address the concerns of the citizens I
understand that most of the time legal
counsel has to be addressed before an
answer can be given but why not set a
time aside that citizens can ask
questions then if they have to contact
the attorney then maybe at the next
meeting those questions be answered
publicly
um honestly that's the biggest complaint
that I've heard about the board is that
nobody can get an answer to any
questions so uh if any issue is brought
up we the public never hear a resolution
if there's and if there is one that the
board comes to with somebody privately
we don't ever know about it so we hear
all these issues addressed with no no
resolution
so it would go a long way to instill
trust with the citizens uh in our public
officials if we saw resolutions to the
issues
so I'm requesting that this board
consider amending the bylaws according
to article 9 a with a majority vote and
provide the citizens a question and
answer segment at these meetings thank
you thank you Miss Hayes
next on our list is Ms Judy Hamilton
Sullivan
hello everyone I'm Judy Hamilton most of
you know me
I am requesting and I know this has been
talked about before a new dog pound
or at least some upgrades to this dog
pound we have it's in sad shape
it really is and if any of you have not
gone and looked at it took a tour of it
you really need to you really need to go
out there and look the building is
crumbling
it just needs so much work and I know
there's been so much talk about new
pound which is just never appearing
my next issue is
we need another animal control officer
Wade and Chris do their best
but you really need one over here in the
home acre Lebanon area
you need one in the Dank Castlewood one
in the moccasin Lebanon area I mean
moccasin Castlewood it's just it's too
much for these two guys to Handle by
themselves you need to split this County
up give another animal control officer
out there
you just don't know the situations I've
seen animals in you don't know how much
I picked them up I went to the trash
cans this morning picked up a mom and
six cats
my myself have nine dogs
43 cats at the moment I'm flustered
which I'll never find homes for in five
pigs
people are setting animals out left and
right because the pound is too small to
accommodate but so many animals and now
seeing them on the side of the road
trash cans anywhere there's a new
dumping site in Honaker
this is ridiculous these guys need help
you need an extra control officer you
need to do something about this pound
go look at it
go take a peek at it see what you guys
think
really you just you really just don't
know some of these situations I've seen
other people and rescue have seen
hail panned out some dog food
give some money in a fund to help spay
and neuter anything do something
but most of all these two men need help
you need another officer
there's a lot of things that I know the
county needs but there's also a lot of
things that you could take that money
put towards a new officer
and a vehicle so there's one on each end
of the county and one in the center of
the county
now honestly if you guys have not gone
around and looked you really need to
I had a woman call me last week wanted
to know if I could take 50 plus cats
yeah that was what I said what am I
going to do with 50 plus cats that would
shoot me over a hundred
you just you don't know how bad it is
the new shelter needs to house cats we
need that new shelter you guys have
talked about it true
have any of you guys gone out and looked
at this old shelter
if nothing else take one of these empty
buildings in town
convert it to a temporary shelter
do something do anything because right
now you're not helping these animals
and a lot of these people out here
in the county
who have a Pet Companion it is the only
company they have
help them with a bag of dog food I get
donations every month from people
I'm running between Saint Paul
Castlewood Dayton Coburn Hidden Mountain
dog and cat food and cat litter
to keep people going until the first of
the month till they get their checks
because that cat or dog is the only
thing they have and some dates could be
the only thing you have
Health them help these animals provide
some help
thank you thank you Judy
next on the list is Randy Burke
first of all I would like to thank you
all for real support
for Mark marrow what you did is awesome
uh everything's going up to plan now
second thing is quick and easy uh I
think we need to be proactive instead of
reactive
they're getting ready to pass laws in
the real near future that that legalize
marijuana
do we want a bunch of dispensaries in
our County do we want a dispensary in
our County
we got to get these stopped before they
get started you see with the Suboxone
clinics ain't nothing you can do once
they get here their foot's in the door
but we can stop them ahead of time
so I'm just asking you to come up with
something
to stop this
dispensaries before they legalize
marijuana to get it in here I mean we we
don't need it
it's you know people said I ain't
gateway drug anything messes with your
mind is the gateway drug anything
I made a lot of bad choices when I was
doing things I know of this
so uh we but we need to get a stop to it
how we ended up with the other place and
I didn't know
that's the town the let's grow place but
everybody seem to go shocked because
they found pot there look at what
they're talking about
I mean it's it's what it's what they
so you know it's going to be there it's
like the places over in Avenues but we
was out of town this weekend I seen
dispensaries all over the place
we've got to stop them now we can't wait
till then we get one or two or whatever
stop them county-wise stop them at the
county lines say we don't want your
business
you know that ain't no jobs
that's not jobs for a county we don't
want that and if you do I mean I don't
think any of you do I just don't see
anybody I've heard it sits around and
you know
but please I'm begging stop it now
before it gets started
and I agree with Sandy 100 percent
we need that question we need to be able
to answer questions y'all said you know
you can't answer anything we talk about
up here you can't call me I don't want
to talk about which and sometimes it
does happen
depends on who it is sometimes you'll
get y'all will go back and it depends
sometimes you'll say shut up but beyond
that we need to be able to talk back
have a question and answer section
I mean it's
in the same Town Council I know but his
wife does an outstanding job in harmony
they get ready to talk about something
real serious or vote on something she
will turn around and say has anybody got
anything
and she gives everybody sitting there a
chance to say something
you know
we wouldn't be half as mad if we could
say something anytime
that's maybe sway one of you over but
didn't just royally upsets us when we
don't get to say nothing and then you
just smack us because that's what it
feels like we get smacked in the face
so give us a question and answer time
I don't like being mean and upset I know
I am a lot
but I don't like me being that way
thanks
thank you Mr Burke
um is there anybody else that would like
to make a public comment that did not
sign up I'm at the end of the sheet
if you do you have an opportunity
tonight
nope all right I'll close public comment
period
moving on on the agenda the
Constitutional officer reports and
requests I see none here Mr Lester do
you have anybody
okay
um County attorney reports and requests
I don't have anything Madam chair
thank you Miss Patton
moving on to the County Administrator
reports and requests Mr Lester thank you
madam chair
first on the cameraman County ministries
reports is the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality this is a uh
evaluation based off our landfill
in just a second this is uh a no
deficiency notification which
essentially essentially says that both
our our landfill is in compliance with
DEQ regulations with the Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality
which is a good passing grade which is
an annual inspection next on the County
Administrator uh reports is of course
the Virginia school energy performance
equipment tax credit that this board
implemented along with the school board
on energy performance conservation where
we changed out their hpec the windows
energy efficient water it was a loan
that was done that is 75 percent
subsidized by the U.S Department of
Taxation so from the treasury Department
and this year's refund back to the
county was 132
988
and 44 cents
so that will come back to the school as
an offset to the payments on on on this
energy performance contract
which actually you don't have but I was
looking has a very few years of life
left on it now we're coming we're
getting near maturity here which is a
good thing I mentioned animal shelters
uh one of the things that we did do and
you'll see on TV there's a lot of animal
shelters that's being promoted in
Tennessee and every animal shelter is
having issues right now and
a lot of the things like we are seeing
is during the covid period a lot of
people adopt because they were at home
and now they're bringing them back or
they're just letting them loose so we're
we're running them down and we're
bringing them in so one of the things
that they did do was extend the weekends
because we wanted to open up more hours
because people work through the week was
one to give them an opportunity we uh to
be able to do this on the weekends and
and bring their kids in and this weekend
we adopted out seven of the 22 that we
did that was that was pretty quick and
this was just in a few hours so we're
going to continue this till we transfer
out to adoptions or we're going to adopt
in-house and if you haven't looked go on
our Facebook they're gorgeous dogs I
mean you can tell they're well taken
care of adopt a few if you want uh uh
but
we will continue the adoption campaign
until we get all the numbers right now
we're not exceeding hours we just went
through a Statewide inspection with us
our shelter it is old just as it is and
we are looking at a new animal shelter
but it's it still meets state
requirements I mean we do you can tell
by looking at our dogs
it doesn't reflect what age of the
facility so that being said all right
next thing on the county Ministry
reports is the VDOT monthly road report
system that is you know the the paving
schedule the overlay schedules the more
supervisors has an opportunity to look
at that
um
that brings us back in through the uh
this year's Paving schedules there was
one line items on there that
um
we will will have to deal with
on uh
that is the co-road committee on the
thousand hundred thousand uh Tim and I
will have to go back and we'll pull up
that resolution have apple board
approval next time it's already been
built into the plan the numbers are very
being approved it's just more procedural
thing so
next on the County Administrator request
is the national opiate settlement we
also received another payment
for Russell County in the amount of
forty five thousand four hundred and
seventy dollars forty two cents I need a
motion to bring that money into the
opiate fund
on a second
thank you um looks like we're all for it
so all in favor
motion carries thank you
thank you madam chair next is another uh
it's a VDOT resolution this is a rural
rustic designation for various routes
you all got the long list of routes that
had not been designated as rural rustic
over the years
VDOT is cleaning houses per se with the
records and they're doing this under one
blanket as you can see in y'all's uh
explanation from VDOT to bring all these
into the real rustic so we can make sure
that we get uh funding for these and
being able to do it so I need a blanket
on the Virginia on the VDOT resolution
for rule Rustic Road designation for
various routes I need a motion and
approve I'll make a motion I have a
motion in a second to adopt the rural
Rustic Road designation any further
discussion
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries
next is another VDOT resolution
when they do work we do work don't we it
seems like uh highway system changes
this is on Project 652 uh this is
Puckett hole bridge this is a resolution
also that
on this bridge and I'm bringing up the
bridge on Puckett hole this is a project
adjustment on this bridge this is to
take out the old section versus you know
to get rid of the old section of the
bridge you did off their Assets in South
Cleveland as you can see this is the old
portion that went through here is the
new portion of the bridge so they got to
get that
off their inventory so
uh I need the approval for the VDOT
resolution for highway system changes on
Project 652 Puckett holbridge
I'll make that recipe I'll make that
motion for you oh second okay I have a
motion and a second to accept the B dot
resolution for the highway system
changes any further discussion
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor any opposed any abstentions
motion carries thank you very much next
on the county Ministry request is uh I'm
asking for approval to advertise for the
county building and grounds maintenance
position I had uh one position that uh
Dave uh
he had to leave due to health reasons so
I'm looking for a position in his
position so
so I'll make that motion I need a motion
Motion in a second to
do
RFP or RF
D just advertising just an advertisement
okay yes ma'am all right
have a motion in a second I'll call for
the vote any further discussions by the
way
by the way we're sad about Dave yeah he
was he was a master electrician yes
all in favor
opposed
extensions
mention of parliamentary issues uh the
September the fourth board meeting labor
is on Labor Day so parliamentary you're
going to have to choose another date at
the description of the Board of
Supervisors
can we do it the following day maybe
Tuesday that's up to the discretion of
y'all
I hate to put another week away because
it sort of message yet when you have one
long area between meetings one short and
I was also reminded that's the week of
the fair from the legal from the county
attorney
so I think how y'all be busy that week
August August the 8th is that what
you're suggesting oh no shoot
okay I'll make a motion we move our
board meeting the schedule board meeting
September 4th to the following day which
is Tuesday September the 5th
I'll second it
very good we have a motion and a second
to to uh move the board supervisors
September meeting one day ahead all in
favor
looks like we're going to do it any
opposed
any abstentions motion carries it is
September 5th September 5th thank you
madam chair thank you Steve
um next on the county Minister request
this is uh so a community event I have
the vet Fest Dora she's sorry thank you
um positively gymnastics and the day in
the Community Association at the will at
the Board of Supervisors for donations
for these community events so uh I'll
ask for a motion and amounts from each
one of them I I like to make a motion if
we
donate 500 to that fist and 300 to
positively gymnastics
or thing
festivals or reunions or whatever this
is a non-profit also uh it's in the 300
range all right okay I'll let I'll add
that into the motion
I don't know ask Carl Carl has a
question for this weekend to Cleveland
uh Community back to school bash or
anything
the Community Banks that's up to the
description of the Board of Supervisors
you'll have to change the agenda though
you have to modify it here
we're we've we've worked it out down
here sorry about that thank you Carl
yeah
all right so I have uh I have a motion
for positively gymnastics right
300 at this 500 and
300 to the DCA yeah yeah um
second thank you very much any
discussion
all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you Mr Lester Madam chair
that concludes can a Ministry reports
and requests
okay at this time I am moving on let me
change my agenda back to the beginning
hang on
um boards discussions and reminders so
um Mr Lovelace you got anything uh no
ma'am
Mr Ray I know me Mr Eaton no man Mr
Brady
nothing other than the sure Judy that we
are working on she left
well we we are in and we're waiting on
AEP right now to move we have already
put the work order in cut the trees AEP
is waiting to set the polls
so as soon as we get that done then
we're going to try to move as fast as we
can into this
that'll be awesome thank you Mr breeding
we have
worked on that
yes thank you for saying so Ms dye
no just want to say um thanks to uh PSA
they have resubmitted the
application for water for the house and
barn Mountain project so they're just
waiting on uh
see what they hear from the state and I
appreciate all their work
thank you Mr Christian you got anything
I have nothing at this time all right
thank you very much and your chair your
chairman tonight oh yes thank you
uh Russell County Fair that's what we
were just talking about so thank you Mr
Eaton September 1 through the 10th
attend and support it's been an
award-winning fair for many many years
so thank you very much at this time I'll
adjourn the September meeting of the
Board of Supervisors thank you for
coming on if you like one thing if you
like Beach Music Channel lebanon's
having a beach bash next Saturday the
12th I think it is at a community center
what they do is they have a band come in
and plays beach music and such
it's always pretty good