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WELCOME EVERYBODY TO TONIGHT'S SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 1ST, 2021.
COCKREL GILLESPIE, BATON COUNCILMAN MAZZA MAPSON COUNCILMAN THOMAS.
UH, FIRSTLY, A POLLED HEARING AN ORDINANCE TO 72 SPECIAL EVENTS AND ITS ENTIRETY TO REFLECT NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, SPECIAL EVENTS, PERMIT COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN, SCOTT.
UM, READ THE SUMMARY FOR US, PLEASE.
COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO AMEND TOWN CODE CHAPTER 72, THE SPECIAL EVENT IN ITS ENTIRETY TO REFLECT NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK? YES SIR.
IT MIGHT BE SOME JASMINE WILLIAM HAWK, FOUR OR NINE EAST MAIN STREET, FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING AN AMENDMENT OUT OF ONE AND SETTING NEW GUIDELINES FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH EVENTS MOVING BOARD.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF EVENTS FOR SIX YEARS NOW, DOWN HERE THAT I'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LOT.
HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, PRIOR TO MY COMING TO FRONT ROYAL, WHAT ALL THE PROCEDURES WERE, BUT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH NUMEROUS CHANGES OVER THESE LAST SIX YEARS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT SOME TYPE OF TIMELINE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH NEW PROCEDURES.
I HAVE PEOPLE ASKING ME ON ALL THE EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS COMING IN AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THE STANDARD ANSWER RIGHT NOW IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE.
SO I'D LIKE SOME TYPE OF TIMELINE, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE.
SO WHEN WE CAN, BECAUSE CERTAIN EVENTS NEED TO BE PLANNED OUT SIX MONTHS, SOME EVENTS PLANNED OUT A YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE A PAVILION THAT, THAT, THAT CAN BE UTILIZED AND THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE BIG THINGS WITH THIS CHIT LIPSON SURVEY THAT WE DID AND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, BEFORE COVID HIT THE NUMBERS WERE SKEWED ON THAT.
IT SAID IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE AT 1500 PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE PARKING LOT DOWN AT THE GAZEBO AREA, WELL, YOU CAN'T GET 1500 PEOPLE IN THE GAZEBO AREA WITHOUT CLOSING THE PARKING LOT DOWN.
AND WE SHOWED THAT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH PROM, WE HAD ROUGHLY 350 400 KIDS DOWN THERE, PLUS A FEW ADULTS MOVING AROUND AND SPACED OUT, CLOSED DOWN.
IT WORKS BUT 1500 TO CLOSE IT DOWN.
SO I JUST NEED SOME GUIDELINES, SOME TIMEFRAMES ON WHEN WE CAN START PUTTING IN SOME PERMITS AND PLANNING SOME EVENTS THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
MAYOR COUNCIL, DO YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS THAT? UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING WENT OVER TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, RIGHT MAINLAND MARKET NOW THAT FOUR OH ONE EAST MAIN, UH, I WAS HOPING TO, I THOUGHT TONIGHT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT, UH, WHAT NEW ROLES WERE GOING TO BE ADOPTED, BUT UNDERSTAND NOW THAT TONIGHT MAY BE ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE OLD RULES BEFORE, CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE, WHAT NEW RULES PAID OFTEN.
SO I'LL JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERING ALL OF US BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET AND TRYING TO MAKE, UH, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON MAIN STREET, MORE AMENABLE TO THE, UH, THE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES THAT ENJOY COMING DOWN HERE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
UM, MY NAME IS MALCOLM BAR, UH, LIVE IN BROOKLYN AND, UH, I'M A MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE OF TWO THAT, UM, HAPPENS TO PUT ON THE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY YESTERDAY, UM, AT THE COUNTY, UH, COUNTY GROUNDS.
UM, NORMALLY WE, UH, UTILIZE THE, UH, GAZEBO AND THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS.
UM, UH, WE WENT TO THE, WE WENT DOWN TO THE ALTERNATE, UM, PLACE, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, ON MY SUGGESTION LAST YEAR OF THE DOWNTOWN TOWN MANAGER.
UM, WE PLAN TO GO BACK TO THE SINKING BOAT, BUT I LIKE THE OTHER GENTLEMEN,
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UM, CAME DOWN HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, UH, PROPOSING, UH, FOR THE SEA BOAT.UM, UH, I SHOULD PERHAPS REMIND, WELL, NOT REMIND BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL NEW PEOPLE.
UH, BUT, UH, THREE YEARS AGO THE TOWN COUNCIL SIGNED ON AS CO-SPONSORS OF THE, UM, MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY.
UH, I'VE BEEN DOING, I'VE BEEN DOING IT, UH, PRETTY MUCH SINGLE-HANDEDLY ALL THE MORE RECENTLY WITH A MARINE CORPS COLONEL, UH, NAMED, UH, ROBIN GOOGLE AND, UH, ROBIN, I RAN THE THING YESTERDAY AT THE, UH, THE COUNTY A COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
UH, SO, UH, REALLY, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT NEXT YEAR, UH, MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED IN, UH, FROM ROYAL AT THE SAME PLACE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO, UM, UH, NO MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, UM, UH, UP UNTIL, UH, WE, WE RE REDID IT AND, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S A, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING.
UM, UH, UM, WE, WE ENJOY DOING IT TOO UNTIL THAT MEMORIAL DAY SHOULD BE, UH, CONTINUED AND HOPE THAT WE CAN USE AGAIN, USE THE, UH,
UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I WAS JUST HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING TO DO, AND IF IT WOULD AFFECT US.
UM, I'VE BEEN GOING DOWN TO THE MEMORIAL DAY.
FIRSTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UM, REMEMBERING OUR PHONE NUMBER.
I APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AT THE COUNCIL, I GUESS.
CAN I JUST TALK TO A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OF TOWN CODE CHAPTER 72 SPECIAL EVENTS DISCUSSION? SO THIS HAS WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON.
LEARNING ON THIS HAS BEEN PUT OUT DISTRIBUTED, RIGHT.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO ASK, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THIS? UM, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HELPFUL.
IT'S JUST SHOWING WHAT WE'RE MARKING NOW.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY NEW STUFF.
SO IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE MATRIX OR ANY OF THAT STUFF ABOUT EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LONGSTANDING EVENTS THAT CAN BE EXCEPTIONS OR ANY OF THAT.
IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OR PUTTING IN A SEPARATE STEVEN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, A BRIEF RUNDOWN PLANNING.
WOULD SHE BE ABLE TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS TO MAYBE KIND OF CLARIFY IT FOR PEOPLE? SURE.
THE FIRST STEP WAS TO TAKE OUT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FROM THE TOWN CODE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, THOSE CAN BE MANAGED AT THE TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO EVERYTHING WAS, UH, REMOVED FROM THE TOWN COURT THAT IT NEEDS TO DO WITH POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO DEVELOP A POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR TOURISM EVENTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EVENTS.
AND THOSE EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE EACH HAVE SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR ENABLING THE CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET FOR THE LARGER EVENTS OR BEING ABLE TO RESERVE THE PAVILION OR THE DISEASE PROBLEM.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS THE TIME FRAME.
I HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO COUNCIL AGENDA AND THEN IT WILL BE VOTED ON, ON THE 28 REGULAR MEETING.
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THE MEANTIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT MEETS WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING.IN ADDITION, DURING THE WORK SESSION, UM, THOSE WHO HAVE INTERESTS THAT THEY NEED TO ATTEND THAT TOO, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR INPUT ANYBODY ELSE FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE WHO, WHO SPOKE, UM, AS THIS DISCUSSION WAS UNFOLDING.
UM, WE ASKED THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, WHICH WAS, UH, WHY DO WE NEED TO CHANGE AT ALL? AND SOUND STAFF HAD COME BACK AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT REALLY, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING AND THAT'S, UM, FROM EVERYBODY.
AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE EVENTS DOWN THERE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WONDERFUL FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT, I WAS SOLD ON THE IDEA THAT THE FRAMEWORK, UM, WAS, WAS OBVIOUSLY NEEDED, UH, AN UPDATE WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY PUTTING QUITE A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL TO ALL, ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE CALCIFY MAKE THAT ABSENT COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.
COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A F Y 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $489,382 FOR THE HAPPY CREEK.
THEN I THINK I SAID THAT WRONG $489,382 FOR THE HAPPY CREEK SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS NEEDED TO UPDATE THE TALENT SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS A PORTION OF THE COMPLIANCE NEEDED FOR THE CONSENT ORDER ISSUED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WAS NO, SIR, THEY WOULD SIGN THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE UP 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND AMOUNT OF $489,382 FOR THAT THE GREEK SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THIS IS A COUNCIL.
UM, THIS PASSES, UM, UM, CONTINUES DOWN THE PATH OF, UM, OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR COMMITMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, I WANT A SECOND COSMIC LIST FEES, THOUGHTS MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE THINGS JUST, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO COULD SAY A WORD ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AS AN AMENDMENT? THANK YOU.
UM, IT WAS NOT PART OF OUR, UH, UM, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR NORMAL BUDGET.
UH, THIS IS PART OF THE DEQ COMPLIANCE, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY, UH, WHERE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, UM, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN BECOME COMPLIANT WITH THE D.
AND THEN IF WE WOULD LIKE TO, WHEN WE GET THE OUTLINE TEAR, I BELIEVE WE CAN THEN CHOOSE TO ADVANCE THE ANYBODY ELSE.
IT'S MERITOCRACY AND GILLESPIE.
COUNCILMAN IS COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.
THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING PERTAINS TO ME ALBANY.
SO I'M WANTING TO STEP ASIDE AND THIS OVER TO LAURIE AND WE'LL SETTLE HERE.
CAN YOU ASK FOR A MINUTE, UM, ASK PRESSLEY IF SHE CAN READ THE SUMMARY FOR US? OKAY.
IF YOU DO HAVE A REVISED COVER SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU, SO I'LL BE READING FROM THAT ONE.
COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONCERNS FROM THE HOTLINE TOTAL REQUESTS FROM CHRIS HOLLOWAY,
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LLC, TO VACATE AN UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF PARKER STREET.THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 165 FEET, FIVE INCHES BY 40 FEET LOCATED BETWEEN BEADON LANE AND STEEL AVENUE TO CREATE SIX PARCELS FACING SCOTT STREET.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK? AND I WENT AND SIGNED UP NOW, DID ANYBODY NICE SPEAK? SO THERE'S THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL.
I THERE'S A COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO REQUESTS FROM ALL THE CONSTRUCTION UNDERDEVELOPED PORTION OF QUARTER STREET IS APPROXIMATELY 60 DRIVE, FIVE INCHES, FIVE 48, BRADEN LANE AND STEEL AVENUE TO CREATE SIX PARCELS FACING SCOTT STREET.
I FURTHER MOVED TO DIRECT THE TOWN MANAGER AND TOWN ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS, TO FINALIZE THE VACATION.
DOES ANYBODY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A, YOU KNOW, JUST TO STATE THAT WE DIDN'T ASSESS THIS AND WE CAME, DO A AMENABLE DECISIONS IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, UM, WE D WE DEFINITELY, UM, THIS IS NOT, UH, ANY, ANYTHING STRANGE.
THIS IS A VERY NORMAL BUSINESS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE SAME LINES.
UM, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS KID, CHRIS WAS NOT PRESENT AND HE GOT THE SAME TREATMENT AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN TOWN.
AND I'M GONNA ADD TO THAT, THAT, UM, THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WERE CONTACTED.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ELECTRICAL, AND ALSO, UM, THE VIEWING COMMITTEE, UM, AS PART OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL THREE SEPARATE CITIZENS.
UM, THERE WENT INTO THE VIEWING COMMITTEE AND, AND ALL OF WHICH SAID THAT, UM, THAT, THAT IT WOULD POSE NO HARM TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WERE GIVEN NOTICE ABOUT THIS TONIGHT AND COULD HAVE COME IN AND SPOKE IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
DINA, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, ICE MERRITT COME FROM YES.
ASK ME GILLESPIE, COUNCILMEN LLOYD THOMPSON.
COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A BID FROM SNYDER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE HAPPY CREEK SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF 400, ANY $9,382 CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE FYI 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND INTERFUND TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $489,382.
I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE BID FROM SNYDER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC FOR THE HAPPY CREEK SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $489,382 CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE FYI 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $489,382 FOR THE SECOND DISCUSSION.
I SMEAR COCKEREL, COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE, HOUSEMATE MCFADDEN, COUNSEL, MEZ, ABSTAIN, HOUSEMAN THOMPSON.
YEAH, PASSES BORDERLINE UPGRADES.
COUNSEL'S REQUEST IS FREE OF A BID FROM ARTHUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED FOR THE NORTH RAIL WATERLINE UPGRADE BETWEEN WEST 14TH STREET AND NORTH COMMERCE AVENUE.
UM, IT WAS THE COUNCIL APPROVE A BID FROM ARTHUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED, OR THE NORTH LOYAL WATERLINE UPGRADE BETWEEN WEST 14TH AND NORTH COMMERCE AVENUE IN THE MATTER OF 600, $20,375.
MAY I ASK, IS IT OR THE GETS WHEN I WAS READING IT OR, BUT, SO SHOULD I SAY IT AGAIN? ARE WE GOOD? IT SHOULD BE FOUR.
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LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND.ANY DISCUSSION? VERY NON I SMEAR COCKRELL.
COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE, COUNCILMAN LOYD, COUNSEL, MIAMI FED COUNSELING MESSES UP ST.
NICE TO RESOLUTION BUILDING CODE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION.
I THINK BROWN WILL HAVE A MOTION THAT WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION.
AND YOU CAN TELL THAT, I MEAN, THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOWN'S NEW BUILDING CODES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION.
UH, THIS IS A INITIATIVE THAT COUNCIL HAS ASKED THAT WE LOOK INTO TO CREATE A, MORE OF A STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS AND DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN THE TOWN, OR ALSO INVEST IN ANY TYPE OF A BUILDING OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BY CREATING A DIVISION THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP STREAMLINE AND HOPEFULLY CREATE A ONE STOP SHOP WHERE ANYONE COULD COME IN AND GET THEIR NECESSARY PERMITS TODAY.
NOW THIS WILL BE TAKEN THOSE SERVICES FROM WARREN COUNTY.
UM, WE WILL BE ABSORBING THIS, THE TIMEFRAME TO, BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY GET GOING.
IT'S PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT SIX MORE MONTHS, UH, HOPEFULLY BEFORE THEN, BUT IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE, UM, KNOWING THE BUILDING PERMITS INSPECTION, BUT ALSO ALL TOP OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AS WHEN IT COMES TO LAND DISTURBANCE, EROSION SEDIMENT CONTROL PERMITS AS WELL AS STORM WATER MANAGEMENT REVIEWS, AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER INSPECTIONS, THE PROCESS WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING OUT.
SO THIRD PARTY INSPECTIONS, THEY WOULD BE PERFORMING SOME OF THE INSPECTION, BOTH FOR ENS, AS WELL AS FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS, TALKING WITH DEVELOPERS AND CITIZENS AND STUFF.
UM, THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THOSE, UH, THOSE FIRMS, THOSE CONSULTANT FIRMS TO ACTUALLY THE SERVICES WE CURRENTLY ARE ALREADY USING A CONSULTANT TO DO SITE PLAN REVIEWS.
AND AGAIN, THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF TOO.
SO THE CONSULTANTS WILL BE DOING, UM, THE SITE PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL.
ONCE WE OFFICIALLY MOVED FORWARD WITH IT, UH, COUNCIL WILL NEED TO APPOINT ME AS THE BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL.
I MEET THE CRITERIA TO BE THE BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL TO WORK WITH, UM, THEIR PARTY OF CONSULTANTS.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY.
IT WAS MY, UH, COUNSEL, THE REASON WHY WE'RE PASSING A RESOLUTION IN LIEU OF ADOPTING THIS INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS OR FYI 22 IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THE CITIZENS AND EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL'S GIVEN TO MOVE THIS DIVISION FORWARD.
AND I'M WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY, UM, FOR HIS FITNESS, THEN THAT WOULD BE ASKING WHY WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S ALREADY, UM, A DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY, I WAS JUST, COULD WE TOUCH BASE ON WHAT WE'RE THINKING THIS WOULD, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE OUR, WHAT WOULD BE OUR ANSWER TO THEM WHILE WE, THE, THE ANSWER IS, UH, CURRENTLY WHEN, WHEN, UM, INDIVIDUALS COME AND THEY WANT A PERMIT OR WANT TO START SOMETHING, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO THEM WHERE THEY START AND HOW THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND SO WHEN THEY COME HERE, THERE'LL BE A CRADLE GRAVE TYPE OF CONCEPT.
WHILE THE COUNTY PROVIDES THAT SERVICE, THEY ALSO ARE COMPETING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT INSPECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE TOWN.
AND SO, BECAUSE OF THE WORKLOAD, THEY'RE HAVING CHALLENGES JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR INSPECTION.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO KIND OF ADDRESS THE CITIZEN'S CONCERN, HEAD ON.
UM, IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE CITIZENS WHO, WHO, WHO WANTED TO DO A BUSINESS HERE, AND I GET FRUSTRATED WITH THE MULTIPLE LAYERS AND PROCESSES TO, TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GROWING THIS DIVISION.
IT HAS TO PAY FOR ITSELF, BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND WE'LL GO ON TO UTILIZING THE CONSULTANTS.
AND WHEN I'VE ASKED INDIVIDUALS, UM, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO PAY MAYBE THE EXTRA, THEY NEED TO GET THE SERVICES YET HURTING WOULD SAY NO.
SO IT IS ONE OF THOSE SERVICES IT'LL PAY FOR ITSELF AND UNDER, UNDER THE LAW.
AND THEY'LL, YOU COULD PROBABLY ELABORATE IF YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, YOU CAN ONLY GENERATE ENOUGH OPERATION REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE DIVISION.
IT CAN NOT BE USED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
I MEAN, UM, AS A, AS A BUILDER, I KNOW WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT,
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YOU HAVE TO START WITH THE TOWN.ANYWAY, YOU HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS WITH THE TOWN AND YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY.
THEY, THEY, I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED AS IT TAKES, LIKE I BELIEVE UP TO THREE WEEKS TO GET A PERMIT.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN STREAMLINE EVERYTHING.
ONE STOP SHOP, UM, GET, UH, GET OUR CUSTOMERS OUT THE DOOR WITH THEIR PERMITS, UM, GET EVERYTHING REVIEWED A LITTLE, LITTLE QUICKER.
UM, INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 40 DAYS, WE BE BACK AND FORTH.
I MEAN, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S DEVELOPED A BUILDING HERE IN TOWN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS A VERY CONFUSING PROCESS, GOING TO THE TOWN THINKING I WAS DONE, AND THEN BEING TOLD NO, GO TO THE COUNTY COUNTY AND THEN REALIZING I WAS KIND OF HOPING FOR A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED.
I'M HOPING THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT OTHER FOLKS DEVELOPING BUILDINGS OR DEVELOPERS WILL HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE.
ANYONE ELSE I'LL CALL PLEASE? NICE.
THAT'S MY MEDICINES APP SAYING COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.
NEXT A RESOLUTION ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY.
COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ADD GOOD FRIDAY AS AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY TO THE TOWN'S HOLIDAY CALENDAR.
MR. MAYOR COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD GOOD FRIDAY AS AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY TO THE TOWN'S HOLIDAY CALENDAR, ANY DISCUSSION.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
PATIENT PASSES NEXT, ANOTHER RESOLUTION FUNERAL VOLUNTEERS.
COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED TO PREMIER A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW FUNERAL AND VOLUNTARILY FOR TALIA EMPLOYEE.
I MEAN, THE COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION, THAT DISCUSSION, UM, TWO THINGS.
ONE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR ANYBODY.
SO THIS FUNERAL LEAVE IS NOT TAKEN FROM THEIR LEAD, CORRECT.
IN ADDITION, CAUSE LIKE NOT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHEN YOU TAKE IT FROM YOUR, IT COMES OUT OF YOUR SICK LEAVE, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE DAYS, BUT YOU LOSE THAT LEAVE.
THEY DON'T GIVE IT IN ADDITION.
SO THIS IS JUST GIVEN TO THEM, UM, 24 HOURS WITHIN.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THE RESOLUTION, UM, WHERE IT SAYS, WHEREAS TOWN COUNCIL ENCOURAGES EMPLOYEES TO HAVE EIGHT HOURS OF VOLUNTEER LEAVE TO CREATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NO, IT'S THE NEXT PAIR OF WHERE IT SAYS WILL ALSO ENRICH AND INSPIRE THE LIVES OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ADD IN THE COMMUNITY, CAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, NOT JUST FOR THE, UM, EMPLOYEES, BUT IT ACTUALLY, UM, ENRICHES OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE'D BE REMISSED TO NOT ADD THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HELPING, UM, HELPING OUR COMMUNITY ALONG WITH GIVING THAT, UH, APART TOWN EMPLOYEES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER.
WE'LL DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT.
ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE VOLUNTARILY IS ONLY TO BE USED WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS COMMUNITY.
IT'S WE, TO BE FOCUSED ON WE'RE GOING TO BACK TO THIS HOUSE.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA.
OF COURSE, THAT THE THREE DAYS BEING ROSY USUALLY IS TYPICAL, BUT THE VOLUNTEER LEAVE I THINK IS AWESOME.
AND IT GIVES THE EMPLOYEE THE CHANCE TO USE THEIR TALENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALL ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH, WELL, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THAT BECAUSE I'M WORKING OR THIS OR THAT.
AND THIS ALLOWS THEM SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
EVEN IF THEY COULD PROBABLY SPEAK THAT UP OFF, IF THEY NEEDED TO TAKE TWO HOURS HERE OR THERE THAT WHOLE DAY, THEY DIDN'T ACT LIKE DAY OF CARING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.
IT WAS SOME REALLY TALENTED AND SKILLED PEOPLE THAT WOULD.
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HAVE OUR CLOSED 2.2 DASH 37 11 OF THE TENDER VIRGINIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT PERFORMANCE, LOADED SALARIES, DISCIPLINE OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS.THESE ARE PUBLIC BODY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE.
THERE'S ANOTHER TOWN COUNCIL DOING THE CLUES, MAYBE PERSUADED TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2 DASH 37, 11.83 TO DISCUSS THE DISPOSITION OF FOLK LEGAL REAL PROPERTY OR THE TOWN WHERE DISCUSSION AND AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND ALSO IN CONNECTION FOR THE SAME MATTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL PERSUADE AT THE SECTION CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 37, 11.8 0.8.