we're reappointing that was my
understanding thank you Mr Eaton I need
a second I got a second for Mr Brown to
be reappointed to
um that committee all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries moving to the drill Community
Center
uh can I do these as a slave yes
Madam chair I'd like to appoint this
slate to the drill Community Center
we have a slate of service volunteer
service folks for the drill Community
Center um foreign
we have a motion in a second right we
don't have a second but I'll make it
Steve I thought you made that second I
didn't but I will
further
okay all in favor uh any opposed
any abstentions motion carries moving
along to the heart of Appalachia um Ms
Gordon is up for a two-year term she's
just served she came off she served a
term for someone else I can't remember
exactly how that happened here I looked
down there and I are we still carrying
Heather on that
that's the latest slate that I saw no
right now and I am the acting DMO for it
and Shiloh just being appointed uh this
is the community that's what I was going
to say she probably should be the one
yes yes
I'm sitting on it for the DMO to we get
it transferred to her and
through the HOA so I'll entertain a
motion for Maddie Gordon I'll make it
thanks for eating thank you uh Mr Brady
all in favor in your post
motion carries citizen comment period
we've got three minutes anybody
Miss McBride I didn't come just to say
please give us money
um it is the season for giving I'll be
brief I have a present for you I love
maps and I found that although VDOT
keeps uh their own copies State Library
had a 1930s map of Russell County a VDOT
map of the roads uh the ones that are
improved the ones that are not improved
um ones that have hard surface and it's
not exactly accurate anyone that looks
at the road to date will go oh no that
Road's nowhere near that straight but I
have a present
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or if you want to you know frame it or
whatever but I was so intrigued I love
old mouse
that is very nice thank you
yeah I can use that
say look 1932.
thank you Kelly thank you and I will ask
that
um we somehow figure out how to frame
that little thing and hang it up yes
ma'am yes you brought it by the office
and I thought it was a great idea you
know and we took we took a brief look at
it and I'm going oh my God
it is right I'm anxious to look at that
thank you Miss McBride any more for
public comment
I'll close the public comment period or
citizens comment period constitutional
officers
all right next we've got the County
Attorney reports and requests
thank you madam chair the only thing
that I have is is what it is is a
revised moral obligation regarding the
Lebanon Inn and the Ida has requested
um it's it's
um a good thing
um it it changes the original moral
obligation
um that the county entered back in 2012
from um one million dollars to to lessen
the amount to 740 000 . so the agreement
that you have the moral obligation that
you have before you is verbatim
um what was approved back in 2012 with
the exception of um it didn't say
between the Board of Supervisors it just
said the county of Russell which is not
the correct legal entity name and I
updated the address from the PO Box to
the physical address but other than that
it's verbatim the same and Lonzo did
contact me
um this afternoon asking about maybe
putting some kind of term in there I
guess for how long it's applicable but
um that will be up to vsbfa they will
have to agree to approve it and right
now we have a moral obligation that is
um it is legal and enforce and effect so
my advice I don't mind to check on it
I've talked to Ernie and he said he he
gave me a contact that I could call but
I guess my advice to the board because I
know the Ida is requesting this to to
finalize
um some work they're doing on the
project
um to approve it subject to
um final approval legal counsel with the
understanding I can't make bsbfa agree
to anything but I'll try
okay I appreciate you reaching out for
that information I was inquisitive about
that and several more of us were I think
also so at this time I will accept a
motion to support the moral obligation
for the Russell County Ida motion
approved Madam chair pending
final review Council
second thank you I have a motion and a
second any further discussion from the
board
hearing none I'll call for the vote all
in favor
any opposed
any abstentions thank you very much
moving on to Mr Lester County
Administrator reports and requests
thank you madam chair
first on the County Administrator uh
reports is a course one of the big
topics that's going through the state
right now on uh that we're going to have
a lot of meetings on is the Virginia
opiate abatement Authority this is the
regulations to the opiate abatement
Authority that Senator billion sits on
and I in the board members package I put
a you know quite a lot of information
and and details and regulations and what
is going to be with the board but in my
report my request to the the uh the
Board of Supervisors chairperson I would
like to have two board supervisors
pointed to a committee to review this to
be held to be allocated and expanded
that is part of what we call the gold
standards for best practices and that's
one of the requirements of the APA the
vouchers of Public Accounts
ma'am yes sir and I have taken your
request into consideration and my choice
for these committees will be Rebecca Da
and Steve breeding my reasoning is Miss
Darnell serves um of the county on the
um help me out Mr road to recovery
houses and Mr breeding is very familiar
with this program because he has been
The Upfront for uh recovery
in Lebanon and so um I'm sending you off
with all kinds of information it's more
information than I know what to do with
but the gold standard I have read on
that and uh I do expect us to have that
and take care of it I'm I'm sending you
all out with that challenge
I think it just makes sense to go ahead
and do it and you get a 15 an additional
15 comes directly yes from the OAA
you've read all that yeah two pots of
money
um
[Laughter]
all right so do you all accept my
challenge yes ma'am all right thank you
very much
thank you madam chairperson next on the
county Ministry request is of course the
VDOT Highway update and uh as in the
board members uh packet of course this
is the update on the court projects but
one of the ones I wanted to emphasize on
that will be publishing out is uh there
will be a bridge inspection over the
railroad of Route 661 on Ultra probe
will be closed on on December the 15th
between 9 A.M and 3 P.M for completion
of the inspection so that bridge will be
closed so I need to make note of that in
the minutes but also we'll we'll make
public notice
next on the County Administrator request
reports is of course the vaco local
government day this is the day that all
the board supervisors around the state
of Virginia attend to uh talk to vaco
and other County peers and uh concerning
the upcoming legislation but it's also a
time that we also go and ask for
additional funds and programs and Lobby
for the county to see what is up for the
next year so what I need from the uh
each board member is to give us notice
if you plan to attend so we can make the
reservations get everything scheduled if
you have any uh special meetings that
you want to attend or Commissioners you
want to talk to give us a little note I
will make the schedules uh we've got a
few that we've already started on
already so let me know and I will
schedule those I will be attending I
just want to listen and Steve okay and
thank you guys and if I may Mr Lester
point out the uh there's going to be an
opioid meeting January 19th in Richmond
and that's the that's the time that we
are up there for those meetings and
um I will be hosting
um some of these receptions as your
Virginia planning district president so
I will be there also Mr Lester and I've
already made my arrangements it's taken
care of thank you mention so uh with Mr
breeding and Miss dive being put on the
opiate committee
okay I want to go ahead and register you
then yes ma'am Mr Eaton don't forget
that anybody else is hello
he's shaking his do you want to come to
the opiate meeting too David
real caucus
we'll send out an email just confirmed
with you so I've got my itinerary and
anybody that wants to join me in any of
the meetings already have set up as well
okay send that to us David and we'll put
all that out thank you sir
next on the County Administrator is the
command County Ministry request is the
Russell County DSS CSA supplement
allocation that I had in the board
packet this is to uh supplement the
fostering program foster care program I
need a motion approval for the CSA
supplement application for FY 23. so
moved
okay I have a motion I need a second
okay I'll take one second Miss Vance
whoever you choose we had several up
here
um so anyway we have the for the request
for the Russell County DSS supplement
allocation for 2023 all in favor
um any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you thank you madam chair
next on the county Ministry request is
approval of the abstracts of votes off
the November the 8th to
2022 general election for the House of
Representative District 9 the mayor of
Cleveland
the mayor of Honaker and the member of
Town Council of levington and the Town
Council of Cleveland and the Town
Council of Honaker I need approval on
all of those
Madam chair I'll make a motion we
approve all those certify those election
results
thank you Mr breeding I need a second
we got several she can pick so okay all
in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you very much
next on the county Ministry request is
the Christmas holiday schedule this came
down from the Virginia Supreme Court
that was in the board's packet as y'all
can see that the
on the uh hang on just a second to
apologize
on the schedule for the 23rd that was an
additional day that was given I think it
was in the packet for the Virginia
Supreme Court and it's at the pleasure
of the board supervisors whether they
want to convey that same time to the
County Employees I will need a motion on
that what's the board's pleasure
we've always
saying holidays
that'll be the 22nd
yes or 23rd zones I'll make that motion
thank you Mr Ray I have a motion I need
a second
Boris thank you
all in favor or any discussion further
are we good I'm sorry I'm racing on okay
all in favor
any opposed any abstentions motion
carries thank you
now the next one is also an
authorization for holiday pay for
part-time employees
for uh
for any holiday pay that's incurred
during this time
working during the holidays I need
approval for that so move
second I have a motion in a second any
discussion
I'll call for the vote all in favor any
opposed any abstentions motion carries
ma'am before we end the county Minister
request of course just to make the board
aware the January 2nd 2023 board is on
that's the first Monday of for the
reorganization that is a holiday
so we will need to do a public notice
it is on the schedule for right now and
that is the first Monday
so we need to advertise for a date after
that holiday which is the 2nd of January
you've done on the following day what
about Tuesday that's the pleasure of the
board
it's such a pleasure I'll entertain a
motion for that Tuesday the third I'll
make a motion Tuesday the third I'll
second we have a motion in a second
have our next meeting January 3rd 2023
all in favor uh any opposed any
abstentions motion carries
thank you madam chair that concludes the
county Ministry reports and request map
and that looks like that takes care of
our packet tonight so with that
unders Mr Lovelace you got anything
um
just it was really good to see in the
VDOT report uh tombaz Hollow and Thomas
Warner projects are finished and Lance
Davis has been started so that's really
good to see that that stuff happening I
agree thank you Mr Ray yes Madam chair
I'd like to wish everybody a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year very good
Mr Eaton I've only got one thing made of
the chair I would like for the board to
consider sending out a letter of support
to keep the widthful
um
testing laboratory opened uh I went to a
meeting and it was packed out we had our
local veterinarians there uh
we had a lot of the Farm Bureau and a
lot of farmers and a lot of Agriculture
people there speaking in regards to the
county supporting uh keeping this lab
Lab opening because uh if we lose this
lab we're going to have to go all the
way to Virginia Tech for testing and
that's probably not going to be a good
thing one is you've got to have a
referral from a veterinarian to be able
to take your animal there and it's going
to be cost prohibited and also you're
talking about from Lee County and wise
haven't they they have a hard time
driving all red Whiffle can you imagine
having to drive all the way to Virginia
Tech so I would like to see the board
Madam chair uh send a letter of support
to our local legislators and also a
letter to the secretary of agriculture
to keep the wiffle laboratory open and I
don't know if I need to do that in a
motion man I know emotions probably not
at this time but can we do that we'll
make sure that um
that we are all the consensus here
we all agree
that we will support
that through a letter and remember to
reach out to your legislators
and when you're uh visiting with them or
calling them and let them know how you
feel about that so I appreciate it thank
you
miss Mr Eaton are you is this one the
meetings that you're having with with
vdac during the January yes sir yes
I'm hoping I've got a meeting scheduled
with the secretary bag I've done been in
contact with commissioner Al Pulaski
County he's coming down here
let me give you a little history this
laboratory is the only one that does
fish and we've got one of the largest
fish processing facilities going in up
here in Russell County I'm partnering
with the other counties so I'm really
concerned in regards to this they you
know we just need to make sure that we
don't lose this opportunity we don't we
want to make sure we don't lose anything
in Southwest Virginia so I just want to
make sure that we really push the
amvelop on this and especially if you're
in Richmond
uh be able to talk to them make sure
that this lab stays open
I know right now that uh just short and
sweet the our our animal shelter when we
test out skunks and raccoons and is this
is one of the facilities that we use too
it hit that and the co-op
does it utilizes this also so they have
put that on their radar too so I'll
draft up a letter of support it'll be a
financial hardship on all the counties
of southwest if we have to goodness
blanksburg
foreign
I really don't have anything other than
to wish everybody up
Merry Christmas and happy New Year thank
you Mr breeding Kudos on that
no I'll just ditto what Steve said I
hope everyone has a nice Christmas and
enjoys himself and relaxes
Mr Christian
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to
talk thank you sir and um same from your
chairperson here I appreciate your
support I appreciate everything that
this county is trying to do to move us
forward and I thank you for the
opportunity to serve so with that I will
adjourn this meeting and say