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OF AN INCREASE IN THOSE ON[Town Council Work Session on March 13, 2023.]
THE HIGHER END OF THE PAY SCALE.1.7% HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE OF $28,000.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU GUYS.
UH, YEAH,
UH, SO DID, UH, AS DID WE, UM, THE, UM, UH, WE GOT THOSE FIGURES, UH, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UH, THAT IS, UH, UM, ONE OF THE BEST INCREASES THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN.
UM, THE, UH, ADMIN ASSISTANT, UH, DEPUTY CLERK COUNCIL FOR PARTIAL YEAR, $40,545.
UH, THE ADDITIONAL CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER, $68,910.
UH, CONVERSION OF THE PART-TIME, UH, WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT MAINTENANCE TECH.
UH, THAT'S, UM, WHAT THAT $52,000 REPRESENTS IS, IS THE INCREASE, UH, FROM WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED PREVIOUSLY FOR THE PART-TIME POSITION.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY, I THINK 70, $80,000, ALL COMFORT WITH, UH, INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING.
EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, $4,000 HOLIDAY LUNCHEON, $4,000, AND THEN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR 7,500.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS THERE? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BEFORE I MOVE ON? CAN YOU EXPAND ON, UH, THE 1% COLA? UH, LET ME, IT'S, UH, COST LIVING.
I, I, I JUST WANTED TO, SO, INFLATION LAST YEAR, WHERE, WHERE YOU CAME, WHERE YOU CAME UP? SO, INFLATION LAST YEAR WAS 6%, UH, FOR THE CPR.
UM, THE, UM, WE DID HAVE A COMPENSATION STUDY DONE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, PARTIAL WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
UH, SO BETWEEN THE COLA AND THE AVERAGE MAYOR, IT KIND OF MEETS IT IN THE MIDDLE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, HALF THE YEAR AND 6% FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, UM, IS THE BASIS.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, BETWEEN THE COLA AND THE AVERAGE MAYOR, IT GETS US HALFWAY THERE.
PLUS, PLUS ALSO INCORPORATING THE COMPENSATION STUDY.
UM, THAT'S GONNA ALSO, UH, INCREASE PEOPLE'S SALARIES AS WELL, SO, AND I, AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, AND MR. WALTZ HAS A COMPENSATION STUDY WITH ANYBODY LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM.
BUT YEAH, THE, UH, AND THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OUR PAY SCALE.
UM, NOT MOVING OUR PAY SCALE, YOU KNOW, CREATES PROBLEM FOR US.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, TO THE POINT OF GETTING BELOW MINIMUM WAGE AND MINIMUM WAGE WAS INCREASING.
UM, THE LAST PAY STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE, RECOMMENDED THAT WE, UM, INCREASE THE PAY SCALE, UM, ACCORDING TO A CERTAIN CPI EVERY YEAR.
UM, CPI BEING 6%, UM, YOU KNOW, HALFWAY DONE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE MOUNTED TO IT.
WHEN WAS THE LAST COMPENSATION SETTING? 20 16, 20 17.
AND WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED THE PAY SCALE SINCE THEN.
AND SO THIS COLA IS KIND OF OF AN INITIATIVE TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD SO WE DON'T GET BACK IN A PINCH FIVE YEARS LATER.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE COMPENSATION STUDY WAS DONE IN 2016, 2017, IT WAS PHASED IN OVER TIME.
AND SO I BELIEVE IT WASN'T UNTIL 2020 CORRECT.
THAT THE ACTUAL, UH, THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION STUDY WAS EACH OF THOSE LEVELS, THE REC WAS IMPLEMENTED.
SO WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME WE WERE, BY THE TIME WE GOT THE INFORMATION AND INCORPORATED IT, YEAH.
IT'S NOW, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS LATER WE NEED TO DO A NEW COMPENSATION STUDY.
THE 1.7% HEALTH INSURANCES THAT'S WITH THE CURRENT, IS THAT THROUGH? OH, IT'S, UH, WITH A LOCAL CHOICE.
OUR CURRENT PROVIDER IS ANTHEM.
UM, IT'S THROUGH MOST OF, UH, THE STATE ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCALITIES USING IN VIRGINIA, WHICH I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH.
I KNOW WHERE'RE ALL COMING FROM YEAH, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE CUZ UH, WE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ALSO OFFERS LOCAL CHOICE.
I BELIEVE A LOT OF PLACES OFFER LOCAL CHOICE, WHICH IS ANTHEM.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE PROBABLY IS A CONCERN FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS ANTHEM, UH, READING WHAT VALLEY HEALTH HAS BEEN SAYING.
THAT COULD POSSIBLY MEAN THAT IF YOU USE VALLEY HEALTH, UM, UH, PHYSICIANS, THAT WE COULD, IT COULD BE OUT OF NETWORK.
SO, UH, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT IT'S MESSED UP.
IF WE NEED TO REVIEW OTHER OPTIONS, WE CERTAINLY CAN.
WE WERE IN THIS POSITION A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE DID COME UP WITH OPTIONS TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR, GENERAL HIGHLIGHT GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE DRUG COURT IN THERE FOR $50,000.
THAT'S FOR THE, UH, GENERAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH THE TOWN.
UH, POLICE GIS MAINTENANCE, 24, UH, THOUSAND
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300.AND THEN, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS, OH, WE HAVE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE, $1,500, UH, FIREWORKS, 12,000, UH, FESTIVAL LEAVES 4,000, HALLOWEEN 4,000.
UM, AND THEN MOVING DOWN TO TOURISM, UH, THE $233,000 DOES REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, PREVIOUS MOU THAT WE HAD HAD.
UM, UH, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IS ONE LUMP SUM RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN ADJUST THAT AS, AS NECESSARY.
WHEN I SAY ADJUST IT, WE CAN TRANSFER FUNDS UP TO SALARIES, TO ADVERTISING, HOWEVER WE SEE FIT.
UM, BUT THAT IS JUST A, UH, A PLACEHOLDER RIGHT NOW FOR THAT.
WITH ALL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
WE'VE GOT 4,000 FOR FESTIVAL LEAGUES.
WE'VE GOT 4,000 FOR HALLOWEEN EVENT.
WHILE WE ONLY HAVE 1500 FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
WE GOT SPONSORS FROM THAT, DON'T WE?
PRETTY MUCH COVER EVERYTHING ELSE.
WELL, YEAH, WELL, THE FOUNDATION DID A BUNCH FOUNDATION.
I JUST LEFT THE FOUNDATION, SO I KNOW.
I THINK THE OTHER YEAR WE PUT OUT LIKE 20 SOME HUNDRED DOLLARS.
15 HUNDREDS ABOUT WHAT IT COST US LAST YEAR ALL IN.
SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE THINKING.
WE NEED TO, NO, CAUSE WE SPENT 2,800 FOR THE FOUNDATION.
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO UP THAT BUDGET A LITTLE BIT AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN TOURISM.
WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, PUT SOME MORE MON FUNDS TO IT IF NEED BE.
UM, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH.
WELL, AND ANOTHER PROBLEM, SAY ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, I DIDN'T THINK OF THIS WHEN I TALKED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY, SORRY, MET WITH BJ ABOUT BUDGET QUESTIONS.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE FESTIVAL LEAVES AND FIREWORKS, POSSIBLY BOTH OF THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS COULD, UH, COULD POSSIBLY FALL UNDER TOURISM AS WELL.
FESTIVAL LEAVE, ALL, ALL OF THESE ITEMS COULD FALL UNDER TOURISM.
SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE UNDER THE SPECIAL DENSE LINE ITEM.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON, IF WE DECIDE THAT THOSE ARE THINGS, THEN WE CAN, UH, WE CAN MOVE THOSE.
WE, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE TOWARDS THE END.
WELL, ALSO WE CAN POTENTIALLY, LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT FOR FIREWORKS, GETTING OUTSIDE SPONSORS TO GO IN ON THAT.
SO WE COULD REALLOCATE, DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT IF NEED BE FROM FIREWORKS TO NATIONAL.
THERE, THERE'S WAYS WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR ADDITIONAL.
I, I ASKED, AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR ANSWER.
UM, SOME OF THOSE COSTS ARE RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, WITH CROWD CONTROL.
THE, UH, SO YEAH, THE POLICING, THE CLEANUP, UM, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, THE EXPENSES ARE, ARE INCURRED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR BY OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT.
UM, UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE WINE ITEM FOR THOSE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT IN, IT'S NOT INCURRED TO TOURISM.
IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE MORE HEFTY THAN OTHERS.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO THE WINE FESTIVAL AND, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR THE FESTIVAL LEAVES.
UM, AND I KNOW WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON THAT YEARS AGO.
I DON'T ACCEPT HOW MUCH SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT, BUT THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT BEHIND THE SCENES, I GUESS DOWN HERE.
WELL, SOMEBODY JUST MENTIONED WHY THE TROLLEY WASN'T UNDER TOURISM AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL.
BUT TROLLEY, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION BECAUSE THAT'S PARTIALLY, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FALL UNDER TOURISM.
DIDN'T WE MOVE IT OUT OF TOURISM LAST YEAR? I'M HAPPY TO PUT IT WHEREVER WE YEAH.
I THINK SEVERAL OF THESE WERE MOVED OUT OF TOURISM.
I THINK WE MOVED THE TROLL OUT OF TOURISM.
WE'LL NEED THAT READS, WE SHOW IT UNDER, UNDER A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BOTTOM LINE OBVIOUSLY.
TROLLEY WAS DEFINITELY A HOT TOPIC LAST YEAR BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT FELT LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE SAYING TROLLEY, THAT'S NOT REALLY TOURISM BECAUSE THE TROLLEY REALLY SERVICES MORE OF OUR CITIZENS THAN A BIG T OR A LITTLE T.
BUT BJ'S AROUND, I THINK, I THINK IN THE END IT'S JUST WHEREVER IT IS, IT'S STILL 47,000 TOP MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
THEY PULLED IT OUT TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
THE HIKERS ARE USING IT NOW, RIGHT? LIKE THEY, I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT MAYBE, BUT IF THEY ARE, THEN MAYBE LIMITED AND, AND IT'S ALSO LIMITED IN TIME.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF IN TERMS OF WHAT BUCKET WE PUT IT IN.
AND I MEAN, WE CAN, IT CAN CERTAINLY GO UNDER A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT CHARLIE, $47,295 AND THAT IS THE TOWN'S PORTION.
GENERAL FUND CAPITAL AND DEBT EXPENDITURES.
UH, SO WE HAVE THE FLEET MAINTENANCE BUILDING.
WHEN I BUILT THE BUDGET, I PUT IN $230,635,000.
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UM, THAT IS, UH, THE, THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE ON THAT IS GOING TO BE AROUND $188,000.UM, THE, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THAT, UM, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO KEEP IT IN THERE SO WE CAN USE IT FOR THE CLOSING COSTS AND BOND COUNCIL FEES.
UM, THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE APPROXIMATELY $30,000 THEMSELVES.
BODY-WORN CAMERA LEASE FOR 32,440.
WE'RE ON YEAR FOUR FIVE OF THE LEASE.
I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ALREADY LOOKING IN TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE NEXT STEPS ON THAT.
UM, I'LL STOP YOU THERE BECAUSE TRIED THE, UM, BODY-WORN CAMERA GRANTS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
CHIEF, SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? GRANTS I TRIED.
THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR THE GRANTS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
THE LATEST ONE THAT JUST CAME OUT IS THE ARPA GRANT AND BODY-WORN CAMERAS IS NOT PERMITTED TO BE PURCHASED ON IT.
YEAH, THAT ONE CAME OUT AFTER WE'D ALREADY PURCHASED THE OH, OKAY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE INDEED LEASE.
WE HAVE THE RADIO SYSTEM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE ON YEAR FIVE OF 10 FOR THAT.
UH, THE CONSTRUCTION DEBT SERVICE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT DEBT SERVICE, UH, 358,700 HOURS, UH, ANNUALLY.
UH, THAT NOTE DOES END IN 2031.
UH, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY, UH, IS IT 6 MILLION TO REFINANCE IN 2031? UH, JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, BACK OF OUR HEAD.
UH, REPAYMENT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACCESS GRANT, UH, $216,000 $665, UH, YEAR TWO OF THREE.
UH, THAT IS FOR THE WEST MAIN CONNECTOR.
UH, SO WHEN WE, UH, BUILT THE WEST MAIN CONNECTOR, THERE WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE A, UH, HUGE CAPITAL OUTLAY, UM, UH, FROM A DEVELOPER THERE.
UM, AND THE, UH, GRANT WAS PROVIDED TO US BASED ON THAT, UH, CAPITAL OUTLAY.
CAPITAL OUTLAY IS, DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TAKING PLACE.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO REPAY THAT $650,000 GRANT HERE IN 20 25, 20 26.
SO WE ARE, UH, PREPARING TO REPAY THAT, UH, ACCESS GRANT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
UM, UH, CAUSE I HAD ASKED YOUJ TO MAKE SURE THAT HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN, UM, MORE IN DETAIL BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT, WHAT THAT INVOLVED.
SO WHEN THERE, THERE WAS THE PLAN THAT, UM, A T FEDERAL WAS GONNA COME AND, AND AS HE CALLED A CAPITAL OUTLAY, UH, THAT GRANT WAS RECEIVED WITH THE IDEA THAT THE WEST MAIN CONNECTOR AND WE WOULD'VE NOT PAID BACK.
WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THE $650,000 TOWARDS THAT.
BUT BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WE NOW HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.
AND SO THAT'S AN EXPENSE TO THE TOWN, $650,000.
SO, UM, SO LAST YEAR WE STARTED LIKE PUTTING MONEY WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S MAY NOT THERE LIKELY SLIM COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IS SLIM THAT WE STARTED PUTTING THE MONEY BACK SO THAT IN THREE YEARS WE WEREN'T TRYING TO COME UP WITH $650,000 IN A BUDGET.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND I CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC WAS AWARE, UM, THAT THE TOWN'S, UM, THE TOWN'S WE'RE JUST ANTICIPATING TO REPAY THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE GRANT FUNDS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE IT.
BUT WE ARE PREPARING, YEAH, SOMEBODY COMES IN AND SPENDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CAPITAL OUTLAID BEFORE THAT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP IT.
NEXT ON LIST IS, UH, WARREN COUNTY V BOND, $148,000.
UH, THAT IS FOR, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF LEECH FIRM PARKWAY, UH, THAT WE FINANCED.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME, UH, CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT THAT IS FOR THE, UH, THE BOND THAT, UH, THE TOWN ENDS OWES TO WARREN COUNTY STREET SWEEPER LOAN.
UH, $26,685, UH, YEAR SIX OF 10.
MOVING ON HERE, ELECTRIC EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, $50,000 ASSOCIATED WITH THE RATE STUDY, UH, FOR OUR ELECTRIC.
UH, LAST ONE WE DID WAS 2018, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO WE'RE COMING UP ON THE FIVE YEAR MARK WHERE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE DONE.
UH, HAPPY CREEK SUBSTATION EXPANSION, $200,000, YEAR TWO OF FIVE MANASSAS SUBSTATION, UH, $200,000 A YEAR.
TWO OF THREE TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION FOR $200,000.
AND THE AUTOMATED METER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 300,000.
UH, THE AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOME SEED MONEY.
UH, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA COST US AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE STEADILY PUTTING MONEY ASIDE SO WE CAN TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT LATER DOWN THE ROAD.
THAT ONE IS THE ONE THAT CARRIE CAME AND TALKED TO US ABOUT WHERE WE COULD POS RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE COULD, COULD POSSIBLY GET SOME GRANT MONEY.
UM, WE'D STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME OF OUR OWN MONEY MM-HMM.
BUT, BUT, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S ALSO GONNA SAVE THE TOWN A LOT OF MONEY,
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BUT HAVE AN AUTOMATED INFRASTRUCTURE.UH, SO WE HAVE CLEARWELL, UH, ONE AND TWO REPAIRS OF $50,000.
THAT'S ACTUALLY TO HOPEFULLY FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REPAIR THESE THINGS, UH, AND GET INTO IT.
HENDRICK TRAVELING SCREEN REPLACEMENTS, UH, $75,000 A YEAR.
1 0 2 REPAIR RAW WATER SETTLING BASIN, $75,000 A YEAR, 1 0 2.
UH, SOME FLOW METERS AT GUARD HILL PUMP STATION, $25,000.
UH, FOUR H WATER STATION UPGRADES.
UH, THE PLANT SECURITY UPGRADES FOR $25,000.
UH, REPLACEMENT OF JAMESTOWN, UH, PRESSURE REDUCING VAULT.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST ONE, RIGHT, ROBBIE? OKAY.
WE'VE BEEN REPLACING, UH, THE PRB VAULTER FOR A COUP A FEW YEARS.
AND I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST ONE.
SORRY, I GOT THAT ON THERE TWICE.
DOES THAT MEAN WE JUST FOUND $80,000
UH, THIS, UH, GOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRIMARY PAVING PLAN.
UH, SO WE KIND OF REALLY NEED TO GET THIS DONE.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE TEARING UP OUR PAVING AFTER WE DO IT.
UM, BUT THAT IS A, UH, A RATHER EXTENSIVE PROJECT.
ZERO EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT $25,000.
SO WHAT THAT IS, IT'S A, UM, UH, TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE COME IN HERE AND, UH, KIND OF TELL US WHEN WE NEED TO BE REPLACING OUR, UH, ASSETS FOR, UH, SEWER HERE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DONE IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR SOME GRANTS.
UH, THE CENTRIFUGE BEING ONE OF THE BIGGER GRANTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS, IS TO HAVE THAT ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, NUMBER TWO FINAL CLARIFIER DRIVE, $90,000 IS TO DO SOME REPAIRS ON THAT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE CLARIFIER THAT'S DOWN.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR CLARIFIERS TOTAL.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THOSE UP.
REPLACE THE MONITORING CABINET FOR $11,300.
AND THEN I, I ABATEMENT $200,000.
THIS I, I ABATEMENT, UH, IS, UH, OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS, UM, ROUGHLY 9 MILLION PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, KIND OF WORK THAT WE WOULD DO NORMAL ROUTINE WORK.
UM, IT'S OUTSIDE OF, UH, THIS, UH, THE MANHOLE REHABILITATION THAT WE'VE DONE.
THE, UM, WHAT ELSE HAVE WE DONE? MANHOLE REHABILITATION, THE OPEN CUT LININGS, THE OPEN CUT.
UM, HOPEFULLY ALL OF THAT WILL GET US OUT OF THE CONSENT ORDER.
BUT, UH, THIS WILL HELP US KEEP ON TASK FOR NOT GETTING BACK IN THE SITUATION.
DEBT SERVICE, WATER AND SEWER.
SO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN UPGRADE, UH, WE PAY 1.9 MILLION ON THAT ANNUALLY.
AND WE HAVE TWO WATER PLAN UPGRADES, UH, BONDS THAT WE, UH, HAVE.
THE $767,000 ONE ENDS IN 2026, UM, WHICH IS COMING UP HERE IN JUST A COUPLE YEARS.
AND THEN, UH, $204,000 ENDS IN 2034.
SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE BUDGET, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT BEING REPLACED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.
UM, WE HAVE BALANCED THIS BUDGET BASED ON OUR CURRENT RATES, UH, FOR SOLID WASTE.
UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS WE'RE GONNA BE SOLICITING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO HAVE A FIRM COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT OVERALL SOLID WASTE.
UM, SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR SOLID WASTE.
UH, REALLY GET SOMEONE TO HAND HERE AND DO A, A DEEP DIVE FOR US.
UM, AFTER WE GET THOSE, UH, WE, THE CONSULTANTS, UH, RESULTS WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, WITH PROPOSED OPTIONS AS WELL AS, UH, ANY KIND OF RATE INCREASES AND APPLICABLE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS OUR IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN AT THIS POINT.
ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEXT FIVE
SO WE HAVE A BRIDGE INSPECTION LOAD RATINGS OF $23,000.
THAT'S INCLUDED, UM, PROSPECT.
THIS IS THE PRIMARY PAVING PLAN THAT BEAT, UH, KIND OF REQUIRES US TO DO, UH, COMMERCE AVENUE.
WE'RE DOING FROM SECOND TO SIXTH STREET, $164,000 COMMERCE AVENUE, SIXTH STREET TO NORTH ROYAL, $136,000.
AND THEN, UM, THE ONE THAT GOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WATER LINE UPGRADE NORTH ROYAL AVENUE, UH, FROM COMMERCE TO SIXTH STREET OF 134,000.
UM, ALSO HAVE SHANDOO AVENUE STREET LIGHTS.
UH, WE NEED ADDITIONAL PROJECT FUNDING FOR THAT.
UH, YOU MAY REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE PUT SOME MONEY AWAY FOR THE SHANDOO AVENUE STREET LIGHTS TO HAVE THAT DONE.
UM, BEAT OUT REVENUE SHARING, UH, IS GOING TO PAY 50% OF THE PROJECT.
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INCREASED SINCE A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS.UH, KINDA WANTED TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR THE, UH, EIGHTH STREET BRIDGE.
UM, SO LOOKING FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED $60,000 ON THAT PROSPECT STREET BRIDGE REHABILITATION.
AGAIN, THAT PROJECT HAS INCREASED IN COST AS WELL.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS THING DONE.
WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, GET THIS INTO SOME REVENUE SHARING IF POSSIBLE, TRYING TO, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY TO GET THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, BUT, UH, THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP AT THIS POINT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SECONDARY ROADS? NO MONEY IN THERE SHORT.
UM, YEAH, IT'S REALLY ROUGH STREETS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, DID THE BEST WE COULD TO GET THIS THING BALANCED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF HIT THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
UM, HOPING I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS.
WELL, I AM GONNA BE COMING BACK TO YOU GUYS, BUT THAT WAY, UM, HERE PROBABLY, UM, IN MAY, UH, REQUESTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, TO BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE.
MAYBE PUTTING IT TO THAT, UH, MAYBE PUTTING SOME MONEY TO TOWARD PAVING.
I'M HOPING FOR AROUND THE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR MARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW FAR WOULD THAT GET US IN PAVING? I DON'T KNOW.
AND JUST, I MEAN, JUST A LITTLE, WASN'T BEING HONEST, A LITTLE, UH, DEFENSE HERE IS THAT WE DID HAVE BUDGETED A MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR, BUT THE EIGHTH STREET BRIDGE, UM, WHEN THE STATE CAME BACK AND SAID, THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS MONEY NOW IS IF YOU PUT UP THIS MUCH.
SO WE LITERALLY HAD TO TAKE, YEAH, WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE ABLE TO, CUZ IT WAS LIKE, IF WE DIDN'T DO IT, WE WOULD LITERALLY BE LOSING MONEY.
LIKE WE'D BE GIVING AWAY MONEY THAT THEY WERE GONNA GIVE US TO DO IT.
SO WE TOOK MONEY AWAY FROM PAVING, WHICH WAS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ARMS BEHIND BACK.
WE HAD TO DO WHAT YOU HAD TO DO.
AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
AND WE JUST HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH THE ENGINEERS FOR THE EIGHTH STREET BRIDGE, JUST THE OTHER OH, GOOD.
THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD, UM, AS ANTICIPATED AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, WELL, AND ALONG THE SAME LINES WE'RE, I MEAN THIS IS HUGE STRIDES, THIS COUNCIL AND THE LAST COUNCIL THAT MADE THE BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR AND EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, BEFORE I WAS ON THERE.
I MEAN THERE, THIS IS A LOT OF CATCH UP FROM YEARS OF NEGLECT AND PATCHWORK BEING DONE.
SO THIS IS SIGNIFICANT IN MY OPINION.
SO, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT, I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW FOR SECONDARY PAVING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR COME BACK GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED, I WOULD CERTAINLY DO IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, BJ, THIS IS ALSO KIND OF A REFLECTION.
ALL THESE STREETS AND THE SECONDARIES NOT BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS BE ADDRESSED, AT LEAST AT THIS TIME AS WE SEE A LOT MORE FOLKS COMING INTO TOWN AND WE SEE A LOT MORE DAILY, UH, WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY STREETS STRESS ON ALL OF THIS.
SO THIS IS FOR MY FIRST BUDGET REVIEW MEETING.
THIS HAS REALLY GIVEN ME GOOD INSIGHTS AS IT IS TODAY.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, AREN'T WE? YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING
WOULDN'T THAT BE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE MOVING ON HERE? SO, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
UM, SO YOU'LL NEED NOTICE A KIND OF A PATTERN HERE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, KIND OF ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD ALREADY STARTED ACCRUING FOR, WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
UM, THE FLEET MAINTENANCE BUILDING OR FLEET MAINTENANCE BUILDING, I'M SORRY, UH, VEHICLE UP THERE.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE SHOP, UH, YOU KNOW, REPLACING, YOU KNOW, YEAR TWO OF THREE FOR $25,000 HORTICULTURE, UH, REPLACEMENTS, UH, UH, WITH THE CREW CAB DUMP TRUCK YEAR TWO OF THREE.
AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY NEW VEHICLES ON HERE.
UM, UH, THE, UH, REPLACED THREE OF THEIR, UH, FORD EXPLORERS.
ALL THOSE FORD EXPLORERS DO HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES.
AND WITH THAT I WILL ADD WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP.
YES, WE ARE INDEED PLAYING CATCH UP.
UM, LIKE I BELIEVE CHIEF SAID JUST NOT TOO LONG AGO, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE WE REPLACED ANY VEHICLES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF AFTER THIS THEY'LL BE STAGGERED AS JOE MENTIONED.
WELL, THIS IS KIND OF THE STAGGERING AS THREE.
I MEAN, UNLESS WE LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING DOWN THOSE ROAD.
JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY FOR MORE OF THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE TOO.
SO WE'RE SAYING THEY'RE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY CITIZENS THAT ARE SAYING, WELL, MY CAR HAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES
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SO JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IF IT READS THERE'S A CERTAIN MILES AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE VEHICLES.UH, WE DO SELL 'EM IN A ONE LINE AUCTION.
UM, AND, UM, UM, YEAH, WE DID, WE JUST SOLD THE REFUGE TRUCKS AND GOT A A, A GOOD AMOUNT FOR THOSE.
AND YEAH, WE WILL DO THE SAME WITH THE, WELL, I TAKE THAT BACK.
UH, WE WILL LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IN THE FLEET THAT'S MAYBE IF THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER CONDITION THAN SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FLEET, WE'LL REPLACE THAT.
AND SO WE'LL SELL THE, SELL THE HOLDERS ONE OR THE ONE IN, IN THE ROUGHEST SHAPE.
AND THAT GOES BACK ON THE LINE ITEM WITHIN, UH, OUR VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT.
THE REVENUE, THE REVENUE COMES INTO THE LINE, UH, SEPARATE LINE ITEM.
UM, IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND OR INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IT DOESN'T GO SPECIFICALLY BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT MAY BE THAT WE END UP SELLING A VEHICLE FROM PLANNING MAYBE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE PURCHASING VEHICLE OR, UM, AND THEY'RE TAKING ON ONE OF THE POLICE VEHICLES.
UM, YEAH, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, YES.
THE, THE, THE FORS FLOORS HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND ROAD MILES ON MM-HMM.
BUT THERE'S PROBABLY 250,000 MOTOR MILES ON 'EM CHIEF OR NO? OH YEAH.
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE, THEY EQUATE, THEY EQUATE AN HOUR OF ILE FOR EVERY HOUR OF BOTTLE TIMES THE EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 30 MILES OF DRIVING, SO.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE PARKING THEM OVER THE NIGHT.
AND IT'S NOT MEL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, WE'LL LIKE THAT.
AND JUST ANOTHER ADDITION TO THIS SAME CONVERSATION.
AGAIN, I KNOW I'M NOT CONVINCING ANY OF YOU ALL, YOU'RE ALREADY CONVINCED, I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS MORE FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLEET MAINTENANCE BUILDING BEFORE, I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT, THAT HOW MUCH OUR, LIKE DON AND HIS STAFF KEEP THESE VEHICLES MM-HMM.
NOT NECESSARILY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE OTHER VEHICLES TO STAY ON THE ROAD AS LONG AS THEY ARE, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT, YOU INVEST IN THAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, IT'S HELPING YOU WITH THIS.
I, I WANT TO THROW, UH, JUST A, A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE GUYS THAT MAINTAIN THESE VEHICLES.
POLICE DEPART, WHETHER IT BE SOME OF THESE BIG HYDRAULIC PIECES THAT, UH, WE RUN FOR GARBAGE.
THAT SAME GROUP OF GUYS WORKS ON A, UH, ON A FORD EXPLORER THAT WORKS ON THAT HUGE HYDRAULIC, KNOWS THOSE SYSTEMS AND IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING TO SEE, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE GUYS.
CUZ THEY'RE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT BREADTH OF, OF, UH, SKILL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPENSATION, YEAH.
IT GOES BACK TO OUR COMPENSATION STUDY.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB MAINTAINING OUR FLEET.
UM, UH, WHAT ARE SEWER LINE MAINTENANCE? UH, TRENCH BOXES.
SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE BUDGET, THERE'LL BE $15,000 UNDER THE SEWER LINE MAINTENANCE.
$15,000 UNDER WATER LINE MAINTENANCE.
THEY KIND OF SPLIT, UH, THOSE COSTS UP.
UM, THE, UH, THE UTILITY VAN FOR THEM, $50,000 A YEAR, TWO OF TWO.
UM, A DUMP TRUCK FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE.
UH, $80,000 A YEAR, TWO OF TWO.
UH, THE ASPHALT ROLLER DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT THERE.
UH, $30,000 A YEAR, FIVE OF FIVE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THESE.
SAME WITH THE RUBBER TIRE LOADER.
UM, SNOW PLOWER REPLACEMENTS, YEAR TWO OF FOUR FOR $20,000.
AND THEN A SALT BRINE MIXER THAT IS, UH, ACTUALLY A NEW EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR US, THE SALT BRINE MIXER.
BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THAT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK, UH, THEIR VEHICLES, EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'VE, UH, BEEN SETTING THE MONEY ASIDE FOR A FEW YEARS TRYING TO GET THESE THINGS, UH, PAID FOR.
ANY QUESTIONS HERE? SO BACK TO OUR NEXT STEPS, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, UH, WITH THE TAX RATES, I'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNSEL WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND HOW WE CAN HANDLE IT, UH, WITH THE ASSESSMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS BUDGET'S BUILT ON EQUALIZATION OF TAX RATES.
UM, I'LL COME WITH, UH, THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT 1 CENT WILL EQUAL.
IF WE WANTED TO DO SOME OTHER PROJECTS, UM, APRIL 5TH, WE WOULD HAVE OUR ADVERTISEMENT FOR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, APRIL 10TH, A WORK SESSION, UH, TO DISCUSS ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT, UH, MAY BE HAD.
AND THEN APRIL 24TH, UH, WOULD BE VOTING, UH, OR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNSEL WOULD VOTE ON THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE CIVIL ORDINANCE, JUST FOR COUNSEL'S KNOWLEDGE.
SO APRIL 5TH, WE HAVE TO KNOW BY THEN WHAT WE'RE ADVERTISING FOR, CORRECT? FOR THE APPROPRIATION.
WE JUST CAN'T GO UP, RIGHT? WELL, THAT YOU'RE NO, BY THEN THAT, THAT'S THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE HERE.
UM, TAX RATES, YOU CAN GO DOWN THE, UH, ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.
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WITHOUT, UM, UH, CHANGING.UM, BUT THE, UH, THE, THE REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ORDINANCES, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN'T GO UP, YOU CAN COME DOWN.
UM, AND, AND WHEN DO WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THOSE BY? I WANNA SAY IT WASN'T IN MARCH.
THE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN THE, UM,
UM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING ON IT, UH, UH, HERE AT THE END OF MARCH.
UH, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE DELAY IN THE ASSESSMENTS HAS CAUSED SOME HICCUPS.
UM, THE, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DELAY THE DUE DATE OF TAXES OR PENALTY INTEREST AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY NEED TO DIG INTO AND GET, UH, UH, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, SEE WHERE WE STAND.
AND, UM, I MAY REQUEST, UH, IF WE CAN DO A WORK SESSION AFTER, BEFORE OR AFTER THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, BUT I'LL BE GETTING BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, TO JOE BJ, THE STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED US A BUDGET THAT'S PRETTY STABLE.
AND I KNOW THAT WASN'T EASY FOR ANYBODY AND, AND ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATED, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE COMPENSATION STUDY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL TO, CUZ I KNOW THIS IS A LOT, UH, TO A LOT ON YOUR ALL'S PLATE.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, DEPARTMENT HEADS TOO.
MY HAT'S OFF TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THEY COME WITH A, UH, UM, BUDGET.
THEY'RE VERY UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE PRESS WITH.
BUT, UM, WE, I THINK WE'VE DONE A, A GOOD JOB BRINGING A BALANCED BUDGET TO YOU GUYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF BELLS AND WHISTLES IN HERE WHATSOEVER, UM, IN MY OPINION.
JUST SECOND THAT YOUR RECORD INFLATION, IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT COUNSEL AND OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH A BALANCED BUDGET BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE NEED IS ADDED EXPENSES OR MORE TAXES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB.
UM, FEEL FREE TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS WITH.
UM, I CAN TRY TO BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT, UH, I DO.
WHEN WAS THE, WHEN WAS THE LAST, UH, I'M GONNA CALL IT THE TRIFECTA STUDY DONE FOR WATER, TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSPORTATION.
YEAH, I HAVE, THERE WAS ONE DONE IN 2000.
AND, UH, UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BRUCE.
AND I'M, I'M SITTING HERE WONDERING WHO HAS THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
OUR TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE ADDRESS TOUCHED ON THIS.
WE ACTUALLY, WHEN I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR COMP PLAN PRESENTATION, I FOUND THE FORMER DIRECTOR HAS A TRANSPORTATION PLAN FROM 2015 MM-HMM.
I WAS JUST SAY I SEE THE 24 OR 2013 LEASE, BUT YEAH, SO THERE IS ONE IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, AND THEN AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2015, AND THAT'S THE MOST RECENT AND THE, BUT THE TRANSPORTATION HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED.
IT'S NOT AS OLD AS THE COMP LAMB THOUGH, FROM 19
THANKS AGAIN, BJ FOR YOUR NICE, BUT I'VE GOT VERY, VERY, VERY RARE QUESTIONS.
THEY COME UP NEXT TOO, RIGHT?
JUST, UH, JUST A REMINDER, IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, BJ'S GREAT.
ABOUT, AND, AND HE JUST, COUNCILMAN INGRAM WAS STALKING TO HIM.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE EMAIL QUESTIONS, SOME PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED TO SEE HIM.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HE'S MORE THAN WILLING TO ANSWER ANYTHING OR ANYONE.
AND IF IT'S A QUESTION THAT YOU THINK THAT OTHERS MIGHT HAVE, BY ALL MEANS EMAIL IT SO THAT WHEN HE RESPONDS, EVERYBODY GETS IT.
UM, HE RESPONDS TO EMAILS PRETTY QUICK TOO.
YES, HE DOES ALL, HE'S QUICK ON JOB.
THESE ARE THE ITEMS SLATED FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, FOR MARCH 27TH.
SO FIRST UP WE HAVE THE RIVERTON PUMP STATION, UH, RIVERTON PUMP STATION.
THIS IS FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES ON THE, UH, RIVERTON PUMP STATION, $162,900.
UH, WE DID PUT OUT AN RFP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, OOPS.
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LAST YEAR.
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WE, UH, UH, KIND OF ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE, UH, COUPLE OF FIRMS. UH, THIS ONE, UH, WOULD BE PATA, UH, ENGINEERING.UM, AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS FOR THEM TO, UH, GIVE US THE PLANS, UH, FOR THE RIVERTON PUMP STATION AND KEEP THE PUMPS TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERCHANGEABLE WITH OTHER, OTHER PUMPS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE TOWN.
UM, THESE WERE FROM THE LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES.
UM, SO, UH, JUST TRYING TO DO A LITTLE PREPARATION AND, AND BASIC FUNCTIONING.
BUT, UM, $162,900 IS JUST FOR THE ENGINEERING OF THESE.
UH, THE PROJECT WILL BE CONSIDERABLY AVAILABLE, MORE PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE 1 MILLION RANGE, AND ALSO THAN NONE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY.
MOVING ON TO B, PROFESSIONAL ANNUAL AUDITING SERVICE AUDITING SERVICES.
SO, JEFF MITCHELL, MITCHELL COMPANY, WHO'S BEEN OUR AUDITOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, RETIRED.
I BEGGED DEPLETED FOR HIM TO STAY ON
UM, THE TOWN HAS WON THE G F O A AWARD FOR FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE FOR, UM, 30 PLUS YEARS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE TWO RESPONDENTS.
WE INTERVIEWED BOTH RESPONDENTS FOR THIS SERVICES.
UM, OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE DID FEEL THAT, UH, UH, U H Y, UH, LL P, UH, WAS THE TOP RUNNER.
UM, THEY PRESENTED US WITH A, UH, PROPOSAL FOR, UM, A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS, UH, THERE, UM, PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL AUDIT, UH, THE TOWN'S FINANCIAL AUDIT, AS WELL AS THE SINGLE AUDIT, SINGLE AUDIT BEING FOR THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE FROM ARPO OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A SINGLE AUDIT.
AND IF ELECTED, UH, THERE IS A COOPERATIVE CONTRACTING CLAUSE IN THERE.
IF, UH, FRIDA, UH, WOULD LIKE TO USE THEM IN THE FUTURE, THEY COULD CERTAINLY, UH, PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
UM, BUT NEED TO GET AN AUDIT SERVICE, UH, IN LINE BECAUSE JUNE 30 IS COMING UP HERE QUICK.
UM, SO NOW I, I WAS, I THINK I SAW SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE.
ARE THEY ONLY DOING A FEW PROGRAMS? YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE WHOLE, THEY DO THE WHOLE GAMUT, YES.
BUT THEN THEY, WHAT WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT? THE EXTRA PROGRAMS THAT THEY WERE CHARGING FOR, WHAT WAS, IF WE HAD EXTRA, UH, FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED, THEY CAN DO THE EXTRA WORK FOR US.
UM, SOME OF THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE GET INTO REQUIRE SPECIAL AUDITS TO BE DONE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SINGLE PHASE ON TOP OF THE SINGLE AUDIT.
AND THEY'RE, UH, THEY CAN DO THAT.
UM, UH, A COUPLE OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE, UM, UH, THE, UH, THEY DO THE REVIEWS FOR THE G F O A AND THEY ALSO DO, UM, A 1 33 OR WHATEVER.
SO THAT'S CONTINGENT UPON IF WE GET MONEY, YES.
AND IF WE DON'T NEED IT, THEN THEY WOULD, WE WOULD ONLY PAY THEM THE MONEY IN THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT.
AND, UH, THEY WERE, UH, UM, UH, YES.
AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE WITH US FOR THE LONG TERM.
UM, THAT'S WHY, UH, YOU DON'T SEE A, A COST INCREASE FROM, UH, YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO.
YEAR ONE'S GONNA BE A LOT HARDER ON ME AND THEM JUST GETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WORK, HOW THEY WORK.
UM, AND THEN BY YEAR TWO, THEY'RE HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL STABILIZE AND LOT A GOOD UNDERSTANDING HOW WE WORK.
UM, BUT, UM, UH, BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.
ITEM C IS THE VARIOUS SINGLE PHASE PAD MOUNTED TRANSFORMER.
IT'S VARIOUS TRANSFORMERS THAT WE, UH, NEED TO GET AND KEEP ON HAND.
UM, WHERE WE'RE LUCKY TO GET THESE, I THINK WE PUT THIS OUT FOR BID TWICE, RIGHT, CARRIE
UM, DIDN'T GET A SINGLE BID THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
SO WE GOT, UH, BIDS ON THESE HERE AND, UH, LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO GET THESE THINGS, UH, HERE FOR US.
JUST, AND THESE ARE, I GUESS, MORE OR LESS BACKUP ONES, RIGHT? YEAH.
MY QUESTION WAS, I KNOW IF I NOTICED THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE IN COSTS BETWEEN THE, I'M, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH WESTGATE AND ANTER.
THINK ABOUT THE, UH, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THE, UH, SOME, UH, THEY WERE REFURBISHED.
ALTHOUGH, YEAH, WE WERE LOOKING TO GET WHATEVER WE COULD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE AT ALL THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
SO I MEAN, WE WERE TRYING TO GET, YEAH.
UM, THE, THE DEMAND FOR TRANSFORMERS IS UNPRECEDENTED.
WAS IT A 52 WEEK WAIT FOR STUFF THAT WE NEEDED LAST YEAR? THAT BID WE PUT OUT, I THINK FIVE TIMES BEFORE WE FINALLY GOT SOMETHING BACK.
TIME THAT'S, UM, LOOKS LIKE AIRPLANE ENGINE.
AND THEN, UH, KIND OF THE SAME THING WITH THE NEXT ONE LAST YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO D WHICH IS THE THREE PHASE PAD MOUNTED TRANSCRIPT.
THE, UH, THE SAME THING, BUT THIS ONE DOES HAVE A LEAD TIME OF THREE TO FIVE WEEKS.
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YEAH.UM, AND THIS ONE'S FOR A PARTICULAR BUSINESS, RIGHT? L K OKAY.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO ONLY HAVE A THREE TO FIVE WEEK TURNAROUND ON THIS ONE.
I BELIEVE THEY PUT IT IN A NEW, AND I USED ONE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
DO WE HAVE A SALES REP FOR THEM THAT YOU WORK WITH? UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T.
YEAH, HE PROBABLY HAVE IN, YEAH, IT'S PUBLIC POWER WRAPS UP.
WHAT'S UP FOR YOU, BJ? I DID HAVE A, WOW.
SO E IS A RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE TOWN'S PARTICIPATION NUMBER FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF OPIOID RELATED CLAIMS AGAINST PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS WITH SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO BE USED TO HELP REMEDIATE DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
IN 2021, COUNSEL PASSED A RESOLUTION, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, OPIOID SETTLEMENT AND ALSO APPROVED AN MOU AT THAT TIME.
SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, RECENTLY IS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL DEFENDANT, UM, I THINK IT'S FIVE NAME DEFENDANTS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST TO, UH, INCLUDE THOSE DEFENDANTS IN THE SETTLEMENT.
UH, DOES THE TOWN GET THE MONEY? NO, UH,
UH, THE MEAT OF THIS IS, UM, EXPLAINED, LET'S SEE, ABOUT THREE PAGES IN, AND IT STATES, IN ADDITION, SOME TOWNS ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENTS AND SUBMIT PARTICIPATION FORMS BECAUSE DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, TOWNS ABOVE A CERTAIN POPULATION THRESHOLD MUST APPROVE THE SETTLEMENTS AND SUBMIT PARTICIPATION FORMS IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE OVERALL RECOVERY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS.
PARTICIPATING TOWNS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE DIRECT SHARES FROM THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS.
HOWEVER, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR REQUEST OR RECEIVE FUNDS FOR OPIOID ABATEMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH THEIR COUNTIES.
PARTICIPATION BY THESE TOWNS WILL HELP MAXIMIZE THE RECOVERY FOR ALL OF VIRGINIA'S COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE COUNTIES IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED.
SO JUST, UM, LITTLE I I FOR EVERYBODY, BECAUSE GEORGE MENTIONED THAT, UM, SO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, WHEN, OR WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO JOIN IN ON THIS SUIT, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN NOT EVEN LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE.
UM, AT THAT TIME, NOBODY WAS REALLY SURE HOW THE MONIES WERE, MONEY WAS GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED.
AND SO WE WERE THINKING WE WOULD GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, THE COUNTY WOULD GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THERE WAS TALK ABOUT USING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THE DRUG COURT.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE SINCE FOUND OUT IS, IS THAT, UM, THE MONEY WILL, ANY OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY IS GONNA GO TO THE COUNTY OKAY.
UM, AND, AND THE CAUSE I'M, I, I'M ON THE DRUG COURT COMMITTEE NOW FOR, FOR THE TOWN, UM, THAT IT CANNOT, OH, WHAT'S THE WORD? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD SHE USED, BUT IT CAN'T BE FOR OH, I KNOW.
CAN'T BE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED.
SO BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED $50,000 TOWARDS THE DRUG COURT AND IT'S ALREADY APPROPRIATED, MAYBE THAT'S THE WORD APP, IS THAT SOUND RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY APPROPRIATED, WE CAN'T USE THE MONEY FOR THAT.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE GONNA BE MANY OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND, UM, THINGS THAT ARE GONNA GO ALONG WITH, UH, THE DRUG COURT, OTHER SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT'LL BE NEEDED THAT THEY CAN USE THE MONEY FOR.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS, HONESTLY, I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST MORE OF A FORMALITY.
I DON'T THINK ANY TOWNS IN THE COMMONWEALTH, NO TOWN, NO TOWNS IN THE COMMONWEALTH WILL BE RECEIVING ANY, UH, OF THE OPIO OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY.
SO, UM, BUT AS JOR AS, AS MR. SONNET SAID, US JOINING IN ON THIS AND PASSING RESOLUTION ALLOWS THE COMMONWEALTH TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET MORE MONEY, WHICH IN TURN BENEFITS ALL THE CITIZENS AND BENEFITS OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS, UM, UH, THE DAMAGES BROUGHT ON FROM, UM, THE OP OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
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BUT IT DOES PROHIBIT US, THOUGH, IF THERE WAS A LAWSUIT LATER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LAWSUIT WE WOULD HAVE, BUT IT DOES PROHIBIT US FROM GOING AFTER ANY OF THESE GROUPS FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT THE TOWN MIGHT INCUR.BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'D PROVE A SPECIFIC DAMAGE IN THAT REGARD, BUT NOR WOULD THE TOWN HAVE THE RESOURCES TO TAKE TO PURSUE A LAWSUIT ITSELF.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? SO GEORGE WILL BE WRITING UP A RESOLUTION, RIGHT? I MEAN, WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THE RESOLUTION'S ALREADY IN HERE, AND SO I'LL FINALIZE IT.
AND THEN ON MARCH 27TH, THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST A, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD VOTE AS ONE WHOLE THING UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO PULL ANY OF IT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? NOPE.
SO NUMBER F UM, SO THIS WAS SOMETHING I ASKED TO, TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
I WAS ASKED, UM, BY SOME CITIZENS, UH, FOR THE TOWN TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE FRONT ROYAL KARATE CLUB'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
SO, UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD IT IN YOUR AGENDA, SO YOU'RE AWARE, BUT ON APRIL 7TH, THE FRONT ROW KARATE CLUB WILL BE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS, SAME LOCATION FOR ALL 50 YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, SINCE THEY, UH, DRAGO, UH, IT, IT TELLS YOU ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, 131 ADULTS.
WHEN THEY SAY 50,000 JUNIORS, THAT PROBABLY IS EVEN, I WOULD SAY, UH, NOT EVEN.
I JUST THINK THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE.
HE ALSO, UM, HE STILL TEACHES HIS OWN CLASS AND HE'S 82 YEARS OLD.
UH, SO HE STILL WORKS OUT WITH THE STUDENTS.
UM, AND SO COUNSEL, WE, WE JUST, UM, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE'VE RECOGNIZED, UM, A BUSINESS OR CITIZENS FOR THAT MATTER, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING I'M GONNA BE BRINGING TO YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE ABOUT SOME CITIZENS THAT ARE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? UM, I THINK THAT'S, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE IT'S LOCATED, RIGHT? YEAH.
I SAY THAT ALLEY, BUT IT USED TO SEEM LIKE IT WAS ALLEY QUITE.
I JUST THINK IT'S SO MARTY DOGO.
SO JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS AND ADULTS HAVE, UM, HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS OVER THE YEARS.
AND, UM, SO ANYWAY, BUT NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT'LL ALSO BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE I WILL PROBABLY BE ATTENDING THIS, A CELEBRATION FOR THAT.
AND SO NOW NUMBER FOUR WAS THE ITEM THAT WE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UM, IT WAS THE TEXT AMENDMENT.
TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE DISCUSSION OF BURIAL GROUNDS AT DYNAMIC OF LIFE.
SO, SO MADAM MAYOR, I ACTUALLY CALLED, UM, LAUREN TODAY IN ZONING, AND LAUREN IS PREPARED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THIS IS A TIME SENSITIVE MATTER AS I EXPRESSED TO EACH OF YOU TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING IT TO THE AGENDA.
IT WOULD BE, UM, LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE MISCELLANEOUS SECTION OF THE CODE 1 75 DASH 29.
UM, I KNOW COUNSEL HAD SOME QUESTIONS SURROUNDING IT.
LAUREN, IF YOU WOULD, UM, JUST, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ASK ME SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE IF NEED BE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO US HEARING THIS AND GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM LAUREN TONIGHT, THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT THIS HAS TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHY THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS ON IT.
PLANNING COMMISSION IS SCHEDULED TO MEET THIS WEDNESDAY FOR OUR WORK SESSION.
HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NEED TO HEAR THIS AT A REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THAT TO VOTE.
IT DOES HAVE TO BE ADVERTISED FOR 14 DAYS.
SO IF WE ADVERTISE IT TODAY, WHICH WE CAN'T BECAUSE IT HASN'T GONE BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE WE COULD VOTE ON THIS WOULD BE THE, THIS MARCH MEETING.
SO HEARING IT TONIGHT PUTS IT AT OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE END OF APRIL, UNLESS, UM, THERE'S WILLINGNESS, UM, FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I HAVE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT.
WE COULD ADD THIS TO ONE OF OUR WORK SESSIONS EARLIER IN APRIL AS A SPECIAL MEETING AND TAKE ACTION DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING TO KIND OF EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO WE WOULD NEED, WE WOULD NEED PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THE CHAIRMAN.
UM, IF, IF THEY CAN ADD THIS FOR A DISCUSSION, THEN THEY WOULD
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HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON IT.UM, AND THEN SEND US THE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND AS COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS STATED, EVEN THOUGH WE WOULDN'T BE MEETING AGAIN UNTIL, UM, THE 24TH OF APRIL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET IT ON THE MARCH 27TH AGENDA.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD, UM, I COULD CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AT THE END OF ONE OF OUR WORK SESSIONS AND WE CAN TAKE ACTION THAT WAY AS LONG AS WE, AS LONG AS WE GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHER PROPER CHANNELS AND ASSUMING EVERYBODY IS AMENABLE AND, AND IN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAUREN? YES, JOSH SESSION.
AND THIS IS JUST A GENERIC STUPID FROM YOU IS QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T WANNA ASK IT ANYWAYS.
SHOULD WE CALL 'EM GRAVEYARDS OR CEMETERIES? REASON? I'M ASKING BECAUSE CEMETERIES ARE NOT PART OF CHURCHES.
GRAVEYARDS ARE OWN CHURCHES BY DEFINITION.
OTHER LOCALITIES HAVE, IT WAS THE, OKAY.
BUT WE CAN DO IT AS GRAVEYARDS AT THAT POINT.
I WOULD SAY LET'S MAKE AN AMENDMENT IN CASE SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING.
WELL, ARIES BY DEFINITION ARE NOT USUALLY PART OF CHURCH PROPERTY.
WE CAN ADD, IF YOU'RE GOING TO AMEND 1 75 29, WE CAN AMEND 1 75 3, WHICH IS OUR DEFINITION SECTION ZONING BOARDMAN.
YOU CLARIFY GRAVEYARD VERSUS CEMETERIES.
THAT'S ONLY, I JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WATCH AND FROM HOME, CAUSE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT AND FOR COUNSEL AND THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, I TRIED TO CALL EVERYBODY TODAY BEFORE I ADDED DECISION TONIGHT, BUT THE AIM OF THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS TO, IS TO ALLOW FOR PASTOR W CARLTON ROGERS BODY TO BE BURIED ON THE PROPERTY OWNED BY DYNAMIC LIFE MINISTRIES.
AND ITS TAX MAP 28 228 WITH AN ADDRESS OF 1600 JOHN MARSHALL HIGHWAY FARMER, VIRGINIA 20 26 30.
UM, THERE'S MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE TOWN BY DOING THIS.
AND IT'S EXTREMELY COMMON FOR, UH, CHURCHES TO HAVE A CEMETERY ON SITE.
UH, THERE'S NO IMPACT TO ANY WATER OR SEWER SERVICES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I THINK MOST OF THIS COUNCIL KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR PROPERTY AND PAY THEIR TAXES TO DO AS THEY WISH WITH IT.
SO I BELIEVE PROPERTY, BUT NOT INTERFERE WITH THAT.
I WOULD ALSO, I WOULD SAY WE MAY WANT CONSIDER, UM, TYPICALLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE YOU HAVE 150 FOOT SETBACK FROM PROPERTY LINES FOR BURIAL.
UM, AND IF THERE'S RESIDENTIAL, THEN YOU INCREASE THAT TYPICALLY TO 200 YARDS, WHICH WON'T BE AN ISSUE EITHER.
BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD TAKE UP.
BUT YOU MAY WANNA INCLUDE THAT.
IS THERE RESIDENTIAL, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE SIDE OF WE RUN, BUT IS IT ON THE OTHER SIDE? ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY? HOW CLOSE ARE THE NEXT 17 ACRE PAR MIGHT, I THINK THERE IS THERE RESIDENTIAL NEXT TO IT, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S BARRING OUT THE WAY.
UM, SO IS IT, IS IT WHITE DOWN FROM THE CHURCH? I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE PICTURE.
I THINK IT'S NEAR THE PLAYGROUND AREA.
SO THERE IS A RESTRICTION ON, UH, THERE'S A RESTRICTION ON DISTANCE FROM THE CHURCH ITSELF FROM THE NO, I WOULD, YOU WOULD PUT THE RESTRICTION ON THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND THAT WAY IT ENSURES THAT THIS IS NOT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY CORNER.
COULD, IS THERE A RESTRICTION TO LOCATE, UH, THAT BURIAL SITE ANY DISTANCE FROM THE, THE CHURCH? NOT IN OUR, OKAY.
SO MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THEIR WANTING TO SELECT A SITE, AND I THINK THEY KIND OF DID.
UH, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW CLOSE IT WAS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE NO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
SO IT WOULD BE, LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.
AND THERE'S NO, NOTHING IN THE STATE CODE THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE SO, SO FAR AWAY FROM THE CHURCH SITE OR THINGS LIKE THAT'S WHAT GEORGE AT, GEORGE HAS RAISED HIS HAND, SO HE'S GOT SOMETHING.
JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS, AND I HAVEN'T, UM, REALLY DUG INTO THIS BECAUSE IT'S, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS, BUT ST.
LAW DOES HAVE A DEFINITION OF CEMETERY.
SEE MY NAME IS, UM, AND IT'S, UM, COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO, AND IT'S THE, IT'S THE MEANING OF CEMETERY FOR PURPOSES OF ZONING.
THE DEFINITION BEING, UM, ANY LANDER STRUCTURE USED FOR, USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE INTERNMENT OF HUMAN REMAINS.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN IS NOTICE TO, UM, NEIGHBORS, UM, WELL WITH THE,
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WHEN IT FALLS WITHIN THE LINE GUIDELINES, WHY DO THEY NEED TO BE NOTIFIED? THAT'S IN THE STATE CODE.WHAT IS THE STATE COMMISSIONS AS THE LOCATION OF CEMETERIES AND AS THE QUALITY OF LAND.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT UH, THAT, UH, IT'S 57 DASH 26 AND IT SAYS NOTICE TO, UM, PERMISSION, UM, UH, NO CEMETERY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN 250 YARDS OF ANY RESIDENCE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER OF THE LEGAL AND EQUITABLE TITLE OF THE RESIDENCE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE, FROM THE POINT OF THE SITE, IT'S 250 YARDS.
AGAIN, THAT'S A PRELIMINARY OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT PLANNING COMMISSION WILL WE INCORPORATE THAT AS A PERFORMANCE? THAT'S A LOT OF NOTICE, A LOT OF PERMISSION.
UH, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY ARE WITHIN THAT, IF IT APPLIES.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST CREATE A 1 75 29 1 0.1 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO LAUREN, MY REQUEST TO YOU WOULD BE, UM, THAT THE DIRECTION FOR PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE, TO PLEASE ADD THIS TO THEIR AGENDA FOR THEIR WORK SESSION WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
I KNOW THAT YOU WERE PREPARED FOR THAT.
I KNOW LORI WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE CHAIRMAN AFTER THIS TO DISCUSS PERHAPS A TIMELINE FOR A SPECIAL MEETING SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS TO A VOTE.
UM, BUT PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT.
IT HAS TO BE ADVERTISED FOR 14 DAYS, AND THEN IT COULD COME BACK TO COUNSEL, WHICH TIME WE COULD DECIDE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT SINCE IT IS TIME SENSITIVE, SO, ABSOLUTELY.
I, I CAN ASK, I CAN CLARIFY WITH GEORGE, TINA, SOMEBODY LATER, BUT, SO FROM THE TIME THAT PLANT PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HOLD, ASSUMING THEY'RE WILLING TO DO ALL THIS, UH, ONCE THEY WOULD HOLD THEIR MEETING TO TAKE ACTION, THEN WE WOULD NEED 14 DAYS FROM THAT TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE FOR OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
SO YOU NEED 14 DAYS FOR ADVERTISEMENT.
WE NEED 14 DAYS FOR ADVERTISEMENT.
THAT'S WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TAKES OR HAS A WORK SPECIAL LIST TOO LATE.
UM, THEY WOULD, IF YOU, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, YOU'D HAVE TO ADVERTISE, AND WE COULD, IN THEORY, TWO WEEKS FROM THE WORK SESSION, HOLD THE MEETING OR HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, POTENTIALLY