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          Y, AND I COULD CALL THE, 
          [Town Council Special Meeting on June 13, 2022.]
UH, FRONT ON TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO ORDER FOR MONDAY, JUNE 13TH. 
          UM, EXPRESS, WE CAN GET A ROLL CALL AND ARE HOLLOWAY ABSENT BY TAMIR COCHRAN HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE, COUNCILOR JACKSON, ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS HERE, COUNCILWOMAN THOMPSON PREGNANT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, COUNSEL AND THOMPSON IS PARTICIPATING VIA REMOTE. 
          UM, SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL TONIGHT AND I JUST LIKE TO ASK, COULD WE ADD, UM, AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA? IT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR GERTRUDE LOUISE JOHNSON. 
          NEWMAN. 
          WE SEE HIS HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY, ANYBODY LIKE THAT? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO INCLUDING THAT TO THE AGENDA? WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL. 
          VICE MAYOR COCKROACH, COUNCILMAN GLASBY, JACKSON, ABSENT COUNCILOR MORRIS. 
          YES. 
          COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, IS THE FYI 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PAYMENT FOR LEGAL FEES RELATED TO LITIGATION. 
          UM, MR. MOSLEY, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE SUMMARY. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNSEL WILL BE REQUESTED YOUR PROVEN FYI 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 TO USE GENERAL FUND RESERVES AND TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO VIRGINIA RISK SHARING ASSOCIATION VERSA FOR LEGAL FEES RELATED TO LITIGATION. 
          UM, I, WELL, LET ME MOVE. 
          I KNEW THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AND FYI 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 150,000 GS GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO AUTHORIZED FOR PAYMENT TO VIRGINIA RISK SHARING ASSOCIATION BURSTS THAT ARE LEGAL FEES RELATED TO LITIGATION. 
          HEY, I'LL GET A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          MS. PRESSLEY, CAN WE DO A VOTE? YES, WE ARE NOT WRONG. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S MY GILLESPIE JACKSON ABSENT ON THOMPSON. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          UM, THE NEXT ITEM UP ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          UM, THAT RECEIVED A REQUEST ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH FROM PAULINE SCOTT AND HER FRIEND, CHARLOTTE ADAMS ASKING THE TOWN COUNCIL PRIMA PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE HUNDRED BIRTHDAY, A LONG TIME. 
          RESIDENT GERTRUDE, ELOISE JOHNSON, NEWMAN WEEZY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2022. 
          RIGHT HERE. 
          A MOTION. 
          NICE MARY. 
          I MOVED THE COUNCIL, APPROVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY OF LONG TIME. 
          RESIDENT GERTRUDE ELOUISE JOHNSON NEWMAN WEEZY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2020 KEY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          DO WE NEED A ROLL? WE NEED A ROLL CALL. 
          NO WE DON'T. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LISTEN TO HER PARENTS. 
          100. 
          DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE OR SHOULD THERE BE FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH. 
          ARE WE SUPPOSED, AM I SUPPOSED TO BE READING? UM, WE'RE GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT'S UP TO YOU. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO READ IT AND DO IT NOW BEFORE THE CALL BEFORE THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD. 
          IF YOU'VE LIVED A HUNDRED YEARS, YOU DESERVE A LITTLE TIME, RIGHT? SO HAPPY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY, GERTRUDE LVS, JONATHAN NEWMAN, WEEZY. 
          WHEREAS GERTRUDE HALLOWEEN JOHNSON, NEWMAN MEDIA IS BEING HONORED ON THE OCCASION OF HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2022. 
          AND WHEREAS SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED ON FOX CROP IN MIDDLEBURG, VIRGINIA, WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, THEN COOK AND SHOW HER THOMAS EUGENE NEWMAN FROM THIS UNION OR CHILDREN WERE BORN. 
          HOWEVER, HAVING A HEART FOR THOSE IN NEED. 
          SHE AND TOMMY WERE MOM AND DAD. 
          SHE'S 17 FOSTER CHILDREN WHO WERE NURTURED IN HER HOUSEHOLD UNTIL GROWN AND ARE STILL CONNECTED TO HER TODAY. 
          AND WHEREAS AS A TEAM GERTRUDE LEFT FOX TO WORK IN GEORGETOWN, IN WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE SHE SERVED ROYALTY AND PRESIDENT IN TIMES OF THE WELL-TO-DO, SHE ALSO LIVED FOR A TIME IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. 
          HER AND CHILDREN WERE RAISED IN THE HISTORIC TOWN OF DEL PLAIN VIRGINIA 
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IN THE HISTORIC ADD IN HOUSE, ON THE HILL, A HOUSE THEY SHARED FOR SEVERAL FOLKLORE DOWN APART, DAVENPORT FILMS. SHE IS AN, A LOVED AND RESPECT A MEMBER OF THE FRONT ROW COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. 
          AND WHEREAS SHE TREASURES HER EMILY AND HER FAMILY'S HISTORY. 
          AND IT HAS BEEN A CAREFUL AND METICULOUS RECORD KEEPER OF FAMILY DOCUMENTS, HER LONG LIFE, AND VERY GENEALOGY IS CHRONICLED IN SEVERAL TO BE PUBLISHED BOOKS ALONG WITH HER 200 YEAR OLD FAMILY BIBLE WITH ENTRIES DATING BACK TO HER ENSLAVED FAMILY MEMBERS, HER LOVE OF HER LORD, HER CHURCH AND HER COMMUNITY HAVE ENDEARED HER TO A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE. 
          AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW, VIRGINIA. 
          WE WISH GERTRUDE ELOUISE JOHNSON, NEWMAN WHEEZY, AND VERY HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 17 AND FOR BEING A MEMBER OF COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. 
          YEP. 
          LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 
          COUNSELING JACKSON COUNSELING, ABSENT COUNCILMAN MORRIS THOMPSON. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS FOR THIS SPECIAL CALL MEETING, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
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