Nov 25, 2024 Town Council

FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

NEXT IS OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AS MEERA INVITES STUDENTS FROM THE TOWN OF FRONT WORLD TO LEAD OUR COUNCIL IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND THIS MONTH WE WELCOME DOMINIC AND ISABELLA GSO.

GOT IT.

CAN YOU ? OKAY.

AS THEY'RE COMING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT DOMINIC AND ISABELLA ARE THE CHILDREN OF ALEX AND EDITH GSO.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING AND GETTING TO KNOW THESE CHILDREN AT RIVERTON CHURCH WHERE WE ALL ATTEND.

DOMINIC IS 14 YEARS OLD AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE EIGHTH GRADE.

HE LOVES STUDYING MATH AND READING.

HE ENJOYS WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIS DAD AS FIELD MANAGER OF UPWARD SPORTS CAMP AT RIVERTON CHURCH.

HE LIKES DRAWING, COLORING, PLAYING WITH LEGOS, AND EATING HIS SISTER'S BAKED GOODS.

HE ASPIRES TO WORK WITH HIS DAD FULL-TIME AT CHURCH WHEN HE GROWS UP.

ISABELLA IS 11 YEARS OLD AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE SIXTH GRADE.

HER FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT IS MATH.

SHE TAKES PIANO LESSONS, ENJOYS SINGING, AND IS A SELF-TAUGHT UKULELE PLAYER.

SHE CHEERED FOR THE UPWARD SPORTS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WANTS TO CONTINUE CHEERING NEXT SEASON.

HER FAVORITE HOBBY IS BAKING AND SHE HOPES TO OWN HER OWN BAKERY ONE DAY.

SO DOMINIC AND ISABELLA CHOSE, UM, THEIR GIFT CARDS FROM ME TO SPLUNKERS.

UM, THEY'RE ALSO RECEIVING CERTIFICATES FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FRONT ROW TOWN COUNCIL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024.

SO, IF EVERYBODY'S READY, PLEASE STAND.

I PLEDGE ANGEL TO BE FLAG.

AMERICA.

AND TO TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH.

SO YOU GUYS, WAIT ONE SECOND THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, MS. PRESLEY, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? MAYOR COCKRELL HERE.

[3. ROLL CALL ]

VICE MAYOR SELO.

HERE.

COUNCILMAN INGRAM? HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS HERE.

UM, FOR THE RECORD, THIS WILL BE MY LAST, UH, ROLL CALL AS COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS DUE TO A LIFE EVENT.

I GOT MARRIED THIS MONTH, SO I'LL TAKE MY NEXT ROLL.

CALL TINA AS OKAY.

COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT? HERE.

IT'S GONNA TAKE ME A WHILE TO GET USED TO THAT, SO I'M, BUT I'M,

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I'M GONNA DO IT.

SO, NEXT UP IS OUR, UM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR? I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPROVE THE 2024 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 28TH, SPECIAL CLOSED AND REGULAR MEETING, AND AT MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER 12TH.

WORK SESSION AS PRESENTED.

NOT AT THE, UH, NOVEMBER 12TH WORK SESSION.

OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL HAVE TO ABSTAIN AS I WAS

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ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, MS. PRESLEY, ROLL CALL.

VICE MAYOR SEA? YES.

COUNCILWOMAN DE DEMON PAYNE? YES.

COUNCILMAN WOOD ABSTAIN.

THANKS.

OKAY, SO MOTION

[5. ADDITION/DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA OR REVISION TO ORDER OF BUSINESS ]

PASSES.

SO, NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS OUR ADDITION OR DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA OR REVISION TO ORDER OF BUSINESS.

MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TWO ADDITIONS OF ITEMS TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE ADDING ITEM 11 B, THE AGENDA ITEM TO ACQUIRE A DEED OF EASEMENT FROM FRONT ROYAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP GRANTING AN EASEMENT TO THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL ACROSS TAX MAP NUMBERS 20 A 2 2 1 9, AND 20 A 2 21 11 IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PORTION OF THE ROUTE 5 22 NORTH CORRIDOR REDUNDANT WATERLINE PROJECT.

AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 C TO RECONSIDER AND AMEND THE MOTION RESOLUTION, INITIATING A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

UH, MS. PRESLEY , VICE MAYOR OTT? YES.

[6. RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS/PRESENTATIONS ]

NEXT UP IS, UM, OUR SECTION FOR RECOGNITIONS AWARDS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS.

AND SO, UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HOLLY RODIN.

RIGHT.

SO IF HOLLY'S GONNA COME FORWARD.

SO THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF SERVICE AND APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO HOLLY, UM, FOR HER TIME SPENT ON THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.

AND THAT WAS FROM AUGUST 23RD, 2021 TO NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024.

AND WE ARE RECOGNIZING HOLLY FOR OVER THREE YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION, ASSISTING AND ADVISING ON THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND SITES WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OVERLAY AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS FROM MYSELF, THE MAYOR, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL.

AND I'M GONNA COME DOWN THERE AND GIVE IT TO YOU.

AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN OR NOT, UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN, BUT I AM GONNA, OKAY.

I'LL BE, THERE WE GO.

CHIEF WHITE, COUNCILWOMAN HAW.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE Y'ALL THE TROUBLE UP AND DOWN AFTER NEXT WEEK.

YEAH.

MIGHT AFTER NEXT WEEK YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

RIGHT.

UM, SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY A PRESENTATION FROM CHIEF WHITEHEAD.

SO THAT'S INTERESTING.

THAT'S GOT ALL THESE NEW NAMES TONIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'M IN A HOT SEAT NOW, SO.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, WITH ME COMING IN THIS NEW CHIEF, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M DOING, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO BE PART OF THE, A GREAT TEAM THAT WE HAVE.

UM, BEING A POLICE CHIEF FOR LAST MONTH, UM, WITH EXCEPTIONAL MEN AND WOMEN THAT I'M WORKING WITH, UM, I CAN BE MORE PROUD OF WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD TWO RECRUITS, UM, THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY.

JUST COMPLETED 20 WEEKS OF TRAINING THROUGH SKYLINE REGIONAL.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, ON THEIR FTO TRAINING, UH, PRETTY SOON WILL BE RELEASED, NOT SOON, BUT IN A FEW MONTHS, UH, WE'LL GET THEM COMPLETED.

I'VE FILLED THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICERS

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POSITION, UM, WITH A, A SEASONED OFFICER THAT I THINK WAS GONNA DO WELL IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M BIG IN THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS AND INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WHEN I STARTED HERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING THE CHRISTMAS BEAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT STARTED BACK UNDER CHIEF OR C*****E.

UM, I'M GONNA BRING THAT BACK.

SO WITH OUR RESOURCE OFFICER, THEY'RE GONNA SPENDING TIME WITH THE BUSINESSES DOWN ON MAIN STREET AND THE BUSINESSES IN THE PLAZAS AND THROUGHOUT.

SO ONCE WE GET BACK UP THE STAFF AND I LIKE TO HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON TO DO THIS TO WHERE WE'RE DOING IT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER THANKSGIVING AND THEN WORKING IT THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, THROUGH CHRISTMAS.

SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ENVISION WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT JOB FAR AS A RESOURCE OFFICER AND GET BACK IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN DO A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS CURRENTLY, UH, ADDING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR CAPTAINS PROCESS, UH, JUST COMPLETED THAT HOPEFULLY, UM, NEXT MONTH I'LL BRING THAT PERSON AND MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.

BUT, UH, TONIGHT I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, ZACH KING.

UH, HE WAS OUR CAPTAIN WITH US.

UH, HE, I PROMOTED HIM TO MAJOR, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT ON HIM.

BRING HIM UP.

SO IT'S FINALLY MY DISTINCTIVE HONOR TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE ZACH KING TO MAJOR FORMER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, MAJOR ZACH KING IS INSTRUMENTAL ENSURING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT SUCCESS DURING THESE RECENT TRANSITIONS, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CAREER OF THE DEPARTMENT IN 2009, HE STARTED, UM, IN MANY CAPACITIES AS HE WAS THE DETECTIVE.

HE RAN OUR DE DETECTIVE DIVISION, PATROL SERGEANT, UM, AND THEY DID OUR LOGISTICS CAPTAIN STILL DOING THAT JOB TODAY UNTIL WE GET THAT FILLED.

SO THE, THE POSITION I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD WILL BE OUR OPERATIONS CAPTAIN.

UH, ANYWAY, HIS LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE MISSION TO MAKE IT INVALUABLE ASSET.

AND I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM BY MY SIDE, UM, AS OUR MAJOR.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

UM, MAJOR'S ZACH KING.

SO, SO NEXT UP WOULD NORMALLY BE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, IT'S A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE.

WE HAVE NONE.

SO, UH, YES, I'M AFRAID TO SAY THAT MEANS WE MIGHT BE EARLIER TONIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY, ASK IF YOU, SO, UM, YEP,

[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ]

YEP.

SO, UH, NEXT UP IS NUMBER EIGHT, AND THAT IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND I'M GONNA ASK MS. PRESLEY IF WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FIRST.

WE DO HAVE TWO.

ANY ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AFTER THE WARNING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

THEN I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ MY LITTLE SPIEL HERE.

WE NOW COME TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

IT IS THE DUTY OF THE MAYOR TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.

PERSONS ADDRESSING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE ASKED TO LIMIT THE REMARKS TO THOSE RELEVANT TO THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.

NO PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOICE REMARKS EXCEPT AS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OR THE CLERK OF COUNCIL.

UPON RECOGNITION BY THE MAYOR OR THE CLERK OF COUNCIL, THE SPEAKER SHALL STATE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND INDICATE IF THEY'RE A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL DIRECT.

THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHALL NOT ADDRESS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEING HELD DURING THE SAME MEETING.

STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

AFTER THAT TIME IS EXPIRED, THE MICROPHONE WILL BE CUT OFF, REFRAIN FROM WORDS OR STATEMENTS WHICH ARE DEFAMATORY TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS OR DISPLAY OTHER DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, INCLUDING OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE DETRIMENTAL TO OR DISTURBING.

THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL BE WORN TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH CONDUCT

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AND THE MAYOR WILL HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO ASK THE CHIEF, UH, TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP OR CLEARED THE ROOM.

SAID THAT THE COUNCIL CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN.

AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE GROUP ANYWAY TONIGHT.

SO, MS. PRESLEY, UM, CAN YOU CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER CARRIE BARNHART? OKAY, I'M GONNA TRY TO GO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

UM, CARRIE BARNHART, 1 22 TO 1 24 EAST MAIN STREET, 2 0 5 EAST MAIN STREET.

UM, I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.

I'M, I'M PRESIDENT OF VIBE PROPERTIES AND PRESIDENT OF VIBRA BEER, UH, MAYOR TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RECENT HANDLING OF THE COMMERCIAL TRASH SERVICES.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, A TRASH OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CHARGE CERTAIN CUSTOMERS ON MAIN STREET MORE THAN, UM, UH, OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN TOWN.

IN FACT, THESE INCREASES ARE ANYWHERE FROM 100% TO 16, 1500%, UM, MORE THAN THEY WERE PAYING BEFORE BASED ON A NEW COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

AS MY PREVIOUS LETTER TO YOU OUTLINED, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE BUSINESSES IN THIS PORTION OF MAIN STREET ARE SOMEHOW CREATING TWO TO 15 TIMES MORE TRASH THAN THEIR COMPETITORS IN OTHER PLACES IN TOWN.

I BELIEVE YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNT STRUCTURE IS LACKING.

IN OTHER WORDS, I BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT CHARGING FOR THE LARGE MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE USING TRASH SERVICES, UM, IN THE AREA AND DECIDED, UH, TO RAISE RATES OF THOSE WHO PAY TO COVER YOUR DEFICIT.

TAKE FOR INSTANCE, MY TENANTS.

I HAD ASKED EACH ONE OF THEM TO SET UP TRASH ACCOUNTS UPON SIGNING OF THEIR LEASE.

OUT OF MY 11 TENANTS, ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS PAYING TRASH AT THE GOING RATE.

UH, ONE OF THEM AT THE HALF GROWING RATE, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WAS POSSIBLE.

UM, AND THE OTHER NINE ARE NOT PAYING FOR TRASH AT ALL.

UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, UH, EVEN BY BRISA, BEER WAS NOT PAYING FOR TRASH.

AND I BELIEVE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS WE WERE PAYING FOR TRASH.

AND THEN I, UH, TALKED TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER AND FOUND OUT NO, WE WERE NOT PAYING FOR TRASH.

UM, I ASKED, UH, OTHER TENANTS IF THEY TRIED TO SET UP TRASH ACCOUNTS AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT.

BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE ACCOUNT SYSTEM.

UM, I AM ALL FOR PAYING FOR THE SERVICES WE GET.

HOWEVER, A 1500% INCREASE FOR LARGE BUSINESSES LIKE RESTAURANTS ON MAIN STREET IS INSANE.

ALSO, THE SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE ACCOUNT STRUCTURE CANNOT BE DEFINED BY ANY TRANSPARENT CRITERIA.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, UH, THAT WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER FOR YOUR WORK SESSION, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, THAT YOU CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING, ONE, AUDIT AGAINST BUSINESS LICENSES, NOT WATER ACCOUNTS.

AND SIGN UP FOR AS, SIGN UP AS MANY ACCOUNTS AS YOU CAN.

HAVE THEM PAY THE ORIGINAL $26 UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRUE DEFICIT IS WHEN YOU HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF THE USERS.

TWO, CLEARLY EXPLAIN THE CRITERIA OF THE SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE BUSINESS CATEGORIES.

WHEN I ASKED, NO ONE COULD EXPLAIN IT.

IS IT ON INDUSTRY CODE, TAX, REVENUE, SQUARE FOOTAGE, A COMBO OF ALL OR OTHER THINGS? THREE.

WHAT IS THE APPEAL PROCESS? MAKE IT TRANSPARENT VERSUS JUST CHANGING SOME RATES, UM, ON SOME ACCOUNTS, UH, IF THEY COMPLAIN.

ALSO, DON'T THREATEN TO TURN OFF ELECTRICITY DURING THE APPEALS PROCESS.

FOUR, IF THERE'S AN OPT-OUT PROVISION, CLEARLY EXPLAIN THIS.

DO NOT TELL CUSTOMERS THAT THEY NEED TO PAY REGARDLESS, AND THEIR MONEY WILL BE USED TO DONATE TO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF FRONT, THE FRONT ROYAL COMMITTEE.

FIVE, WHEN A CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE IS PUT IN PLACE.

I JUST DON'T, YEAH, I IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THAT TO US AS AN EMAIL.

AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'VE SENT US AN EMAIL, BUT IF YOU WANNA SEND THAT AGAIN, THAT WOULD PROBABLY THEN EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE, UM, HAVE THE INFORMATION.

MAY I NOT MAKE THESE THREE? JUST THESE THREE POINTS? I JUST HAVE THREE POINTS LEFT.

I'M GONNA SAY YES.

I, I'M TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB AT THIS, THIS AFTER WATCHING THE BOARD SUPERVISOR YOU A LIGHT NIGHT TONIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND.

I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT KEEP GOING.

GO AHEAD.

YOU GOT THREE MORE POINTS? YEAH, I THINK IT'S STRAIGHT HERE.

UM, WHEN A CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE IS PUT IN PLACE, SUPPLY IT TO ALL TRASH CUSTOMERS, NOT JUST TO, UH, HALF A MAIN STREET AND A QUARTER OF CHESTER STREET.

WE ARE COMPETITORS OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN, AND YOUR STRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLE.

SIX, SECURE AND MONITOR THESE TRASH AREAS.

THESE DUMPSTERS IN YOUR OVERLAY DISTRICT ARE VERY EXPOSED PUBLIC AREAS.

DESPITE YOUR BRIGHT YELLOW NEON SIGNS, WE SEE CARS DRIVE UP AND DISPOSE OF TRASH AND OTHER LARGE ITEMS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

HAS ANYONE EVER BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS CRIME? SEVEN.

THE SAME ISSUE IS HAPPENING WITH PRIVATE RESIDENCES ALSO, UM, APPLY THE SAME LOGIC IN EIGHT.

PLEASE OUTLINE THE NEXT STEPS AND WHEN WE CAN JOIN A PUBLIC MEETING TO UNDERSTAND THE RESOLUTION OF THESE ISSUES.

WE HAD NOT HEARD, HEARD

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ANYTHING SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING ON NEXT STEPS OR TIMELINE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW ACCOUNT IDENTIFICATION PROCESS AND AN EQUITABLE RATE STRUCTURE THAT CAN WORK FOR ALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES WITHIN FRONT ROYAL.

BUT I, I, MAY I ASK THAT YOU STILL EITHER MAIL THAT TO US? YES.

JUST 'CAUSE THE ONE THROUGH EIGHT.

YEAH, I TRIED TO TAKE NOTES, BUT, AND I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU TOO IF YOU'D LIKE.

WHO, WHOM ELSE DO WE HAVE? SHANE BRIGGS.

SHANE BRIGGS.

HOW YOU GUYS DOING? MY NAME'S SHANE BRIGGS.

I OWN A STORE ON 2 0 5 EAST MAIN STREET.

I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN.

UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE TRASH FOR, FOR MY STORE.

UM, WHEN WE STARTED, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO OPTION FOR TRASH, WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY ACCUMULATE MUCH.

WE HAVE A BAG EVERY TWO WEEKS OR SO.

I JUST HAVE A SMALL GIFT SHOP, NO NEED REALLY TO USE ANYTHING.

I'VE NEVER USED, THE DUMPSTERS HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE.

I GOT A BILL LAST MONTH FOR $120 ONLINE WITH KIND OF JUST A RANDOM MIXTURE OF LETTERS AND I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS, SO I WENT DOWNTOWN.

THEN I ALSO SAW A MAILED PIECE OF PAPER THAT DID SAY IT WAS GARBAGE, WHICH I WAS INITIALLY TOLD I COULDN'T GET A GARBAGE ACCOUNT.

UM, IT'S $1,440 A MONTH FOR LIKE 24 BAGS OF TRASH.

I'D LOVE TO OPT OUT OF THAT.

I'D LOVE TO KNOW.

THERE'S NOT A PENALTY FOR OPTING OUT OF THAT.

UM, I JUST WOULD'VE LIKED IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, ASK US OR DO FIND OUT HOW MUCH TRASH WE NEED, WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE ARE ABOUT WITH OUR TRASH SITUATION, I GUESS.

UM, BUT UM, IT ALSO SAYS WE'RE A SMALL RESTAURANT OR A MEDIUM BUSINESS, WHICH, WHICH IS A TINY LITTLE GIFT SHOP THAT DOESN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE MUCH INSIDE.

BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE CAN'T REALLY AFFORD AND I'M HOPING THERE'S NO PENALTIES.

I'M HOPING THAT IT JUST GETS CLEARED UP AND DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM.

BUT THAT'S IT.

JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID 1,440, YOU MEANT YEARLY, RIGHT? YEARLY, YEAH.

FIRST WHEN YOU SAID THAT THOUGHT.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

YEAH.

THANK YOU GUYS.

YEP.

MS. PRESLEY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THERE'S NO ONE ELSE.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS?

[9.A. Report of Town Manager]

NO.

REPORTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, REPORTS.

AND WE'RE GONNA START OFF FIRST WITH THE REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER.

YES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO START BY INFORMING THE BUSINESS OWNERS ON MAIN STREET THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND FEED STRUCTURE DURING OUR DECEMBER WORK SESSION, WHICH IS NEXT MONDAY.

THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STEP AS WE REVIEW THE NEXT STEPS FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICE ON MAIN STREET.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE WITH THANKSGIVING THIS WEEK.

OUR BUSINESS OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SO PLEASE NOTE IF YOU'RE TRASH COLLECTION IS USUALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 28TH.

IT WILL BE MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH.

AND FOR THOSE WITH A FRIDAY COLLECTION NOVEMBER 29TH, IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH.

AND DUE TO THE SHORTER WEEK, THERE WILL BE NO YARD WASTE COLLECTION THIS WEEK.

LASTLY, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TOWN EMPLOYEES, WE WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TONIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THE TRASH AND RECYCLING 'CAUSE IT ENDS TOMORROW.

[9.B. Report of Councilmembers]

UM, ALRIGHT.

ANYBODY WANNA GO FIRST? YEAH, I'LL GO.

ONLY THING I'VE GOT, I WANNA THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, I HAD, UH, WELL, I GUESS THIS MAJOR NOW.

I HAD THE MAJOR OUT WITH, UM, OFFICER MEADOWS, UH, WITH HER, UH, CANINE UNIT.

THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB AT IT, HERITAGE HALL NURSING HOME, UH, WORKING WITH THE, THE PATIENTS OUT THERE, SHOWING 'EM HOW THE DOGS WORK.

CHIEF, THANKS FOR LETTING THAT HAPPEN.

THAT'S ALL I GOT RIGHT NOW.

ON DOWN THERE TOO AS WELL.

ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? MADAM MAYOR? MM-HMM.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I WANT TO, UH, SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MR. SEA LOCK AND MS. DEMON, MONICA PAYNE ON YOUR ELECTION REELECTIONS.

UM, AND THANKS TO ALL THE VOTERS WHO CAME OUT AND VOTE AND USED YOUR RIGHT AND THAT WAS, UH, VERY FULFILLING TO SEE THAT.

AND I'M HUMBLED TO BE REELECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

UM, COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING MEAL'S GONNA BE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH THIS COMING WEDNESDAY FROM FOUR TO SIX,

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A COMMUNITY MEAL.

IT'S BEING SPONSORED BY THE SALVATION ARMY.

IT'S FREE TO ALL WHO WANT TO ATTEND.

UM, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR TRAYS OF FOOD, BUT, UM, THEY DO HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SHOW UP AND EAT, TELL A NEIGHBOR ABOUT IT AND THEY WILL DO TAKEOUT, BUT NOT UNTIL 6:00 PM.

ALSO, UM, WE'VE COLLECTED 160, UM, ANGEL TREES, UM, PARTICIPANTS.

THAT MEANS WE HAVE 160 CHILDREN WE'RE TRYING TO GET GIFTS FOR, FOR CHRISTMAS TIME.

SO IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE SALVATION ARMY AND BUY SOME PRESENCE FOR CHILDREN, UH, PLEASE STOP BY THE OFFICE ON CLOUD STREET, MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.

USUALLY FROM NINE TO FIVE.

AND THEY'RE CLOSED, I BELIEVE FROM 12 TO ONE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COCKRELL, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A VOICE.

YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE MY TIME ON COUNCIL THAT WE'RE GOING INTO A NEW YEAR WITH THE SAME COUNCIL, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL TO NOT HAVING TO BRING PEOPLE UP TO SPEED.

UM, AND I THINK IT'LL ALLOW US TO TRANSITION SEAMLESSLY INTO A PRODUCTIVE YEAR.

UM, POST RETREAT.

WE DO HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME ON THE COUNCIL, BUT ALL THE SAME PEOPLE.

I .

YOU READY? OH, GO AHEAD.

OH, DO YOU WANT ANYBODY? UM, MINE IS PRETTY QUICK TOO.

I WANTED TO, UM, THANK EVERY EVERYONE WHO VOTED AND CAME OUT, AND WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR ME OR NOT, I'M HERE FOR YOU.

HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE SENDING ME YOUR FEEDBACK.

IT'S, UM, I PREFER EMAIL FIRST AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION JUST BECAUSE THEN I HAVE A DATA TIME AND I CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORY TOO, SO THAT I, UH, IF I HAVE IT IN WRITING, I CAN REFER BACK TO IT.

BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UM, AGAIN, GIVING YOUR VOTE OUT AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY WILL AM HERE FOR ALL.

UH, BUT I AM ALSO THANKFUL THAT THE ELECTION SEASON IS OVER.

UM, AND, UM, I, I DID ATTEND THE, UM, A FEW SELF FLORIST, UH, REOPENING OR, UM, RIBBON CUTTING.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN A TRIED AND TRUE BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE VARIOUS, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, THINGS THAT THIS GROUP DOES.

I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THEIR PRIVATE BUSINESS, BUT THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY ALSO PARTNER WITH OTHER BUSINESSES.

AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES COME TOGETHER.

UM, AS WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

I, UM, HOPE THAT YOU ALL, IF YOU, UH, I KNOW THE ECONOMY IS STILL BAD.

I KNOW THAT YOU GOT YOUR TAX NOTICES, UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE, WHETHER IT'S TIME OR MONEY OR ANYTHING, UM, CERTAINLY TRY TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PERHAPS LESS.

BUT SALVATION ARMY HAS BELL RINGING THAT HAS STARTED AGAIN.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SIGN UP AND IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO AND, AND FUN, AND YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, AND, UM, GET TO CONTRIBUTE VERY EASILY TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO CONSIDER THAT, IF YOU WILL.

AND I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, THANK MAYOR COCKRELL.

I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE OUR TOUCHY FEELY PART OF THE MEETING.

AND, UM, FOLKS SAY, GOSH, WHY DO YOU DO THAT? YOU KNOW? BUT TO ME IT KIND OF HOLDS ME ACCOUNTABLE, YOU KNOW? BUT WHEN I GET TO THIS PART, I LIKE TO LOOK DOWN AT MY PAPER AND SEE THAT I'VE DONE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING OR THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT KEEPS ME ON TRACK.

AND IT ALSO HELPS ME, UM, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO DO OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, AND I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO I, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I WANNA CONTINUE THAT.

AND I, AND MAYOR COWELL ALWAYS HAS A LONG LIST AND, UM, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR MAYOR IS, IS OUT THERE AND DOING THINGS, UM, ALL THE TIME.

SO, I, AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU.

YEP.

I'LL TAKE A SHOT AT IT, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MAYOR, UH, ON WYNN AS WELL AS, UH, COUNCILMAN WOOD LOC AND DEMON.

I RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN, THANK YOU.

UM, I ALSO, UH, I CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, DEMON PAYNE TO THE FU CELL FLOORS EVENT.

I MISSED THE RIVER RIBBON CUTTING.

BUT, UM, I DID TALK WITH THE PROPRIETOR THERE, AND, UH, SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND, UM, GOSH, THEY HAD GOOD FOOD GOING

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MM-HMM, .

UH, AND THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, CARTER FUSEL IS, UH, A NAME THAT I REMEMBER FROM THE PAST.

UM, SECONDLY, UH, EVEN THOUGH, UH, THEY'RE A NON-PROFIT, UH, THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE, UH, MUCH TO DO WITH IT.

BUT, UH, I ATTENDED THE ST.

MEYER, UH, STUDENT UNION, UH, EVENT.

UH, AGAIN, I MISSED THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT, UH, I DID, UH, UH, SHOW UP AND, UM, UH, LOOK, THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON DOWN THERE FOR THE YOUTH.

UH, I THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE A REMISS IF, UH, WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST, UM, A PLACE TO SHOOT POOL.

IT'S, OR PLAY PING PONG.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE, UH, UH, THE YOUTH CAN GET SOME MENTORSHIP, UH, PERHAPS ON VOCATIONS.

UM, AND, UH, IF THEY HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO GO ON TO COLLEGE.

UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? UM, I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND THE WARREN PAGE NAACP, UH, 63RD ANNUAL FREEDOM FUND BANQUET ON, UH, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL.

UH, THERE, UH, WAS WELL ATTENDED.

I THINK THEY HAD ABOUT 80 MEMBERS THERE.

UH, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THIS IS A, A NEW, UM, THE REVISED VERSION.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF, UH, I GUESS COMMISSION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE, BUT THEY BROUGHT IT BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.

UH, OF COURSE, THEIR THEME IS, UH, IS, UH, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND UNITY AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS, UH, LEADERS LISTEN AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

UH, THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS A REVEREND, UH, COZY BAILEY.

HE WAS THE VIRGINIA STATE CONFERENCE NAACP PRESIDENT.

AND, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, MAYOR, IT'S BEEN A, A LITTLE LACKLUSTER MONTH FOR ME.

UH, HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN TOO MUCH.

MADAM MAYOR.

I'LL KEEP THIS, UH, SHORT AND SWEET.

UH, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO ALSO MAKE WHAT MY, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, UH, ELECTIONS OF, OF FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND TO YOU COURSE TO YOU TWO COURSE MAYOR.

UH, UH, AS WE, UH, COME TO THE COMPLETION OF OUR LEAVE SEASON, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, BOTH FRPD AND, UH, WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, I HEARD A LOT OF, UM, I HEARD A LOT OF, UH, GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT HOW MUCH BETTER THE TRAFFIC SEEMED TO BE THIS YEAR AS FAR AS THE FLOW.

UH, I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH COMPLAINTS ON FROM TOWN, TOWN RESIDENTS THIS YEAR.

UH, I KNOW THIS WAS A, UH, THAT FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, IT WAS A FAIRLY BUSY YEAR, UH, GIVEN THE FOLIAGE YET WE HAD.

BUT ANYWAYS, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO BOTH OUR TOWN AND COUNTY STAFF AND, UH, FOR, UH, WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL LEAVE SEASON.

SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MA'AM.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK, THANK YOU.

[9.C. Report of the Mayor]

SO NEXT UP IS THE REPORT OF THE MAYOR.

AND I, I FIND IT FUNNY THAT, UM, OR HUMOROUS THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN INGRAM SAID, OR COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT TOO, BOTH SAYING LIKE, IT'D BE SHORT AND SWEET.

'CAUSE I ALWAYS THINK THAT THIS MONTH IN PARTICULAR, I THOUGHT, GOSH, IT DOES.

I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T DO AS MUCH.

AND THEN I PULL UP MY CALENDAR AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WELL, I WAS WRONG.

UH, SO THIS PAST MONTH, OCTOBER 30TH, UM, I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A PRESENTATION OF A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PRE PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY OF FORMER MAYOR OF THE LATE JOHN MARLOWE.

UH, THE RESOLUTION WAS BY THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, AND IT RECOGNIZED ALL OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MR. MARLOWE MADE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND STATE, AND NOT JUST AS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, BUT AS VOLUNTEER IN PHILANTHROPY WORK AS WELL.

UM, AN INTERESTING, UH, PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I FOUND WAS THAT, UM, JOHN MARLOW HAD ACTUALLY RUN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA AT ONE POINT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNEW THAT I, I, I DIDN'T.

UM, I THINK, UM, HIS DAUGHTER EMILY HAD SHARED THAT WITH ME WHEN, UM, WE, UH, WERE, UM, ON A VISIT WITH CONGRESSMAN KLEIN.

BUT I FOUND THAT VERY

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INTERESTING.

SHE EVEN SHARED, UH, THE, UM, PAMPHLET WITH ME, I GUESS AT THAT TIME.

INSTEAD OF LIKE MAILERS THAT WENT OUT.

IT WAS LIKE A, A BROCHURE, BUT VERY INTERESTING.

UH, JOHN'S WIFE, JOYCE AND HIS DAUGHTER EMILY MARLOW BECK ACCEPTED THE RESOLUTION.

SENATOR, UH, TIMMY FRENCH CONGRESSMAN BEN KLEIN, DELEGATE OATS DELEGATE BILL WILEY AND DELEGATE TODD GILBERT.

ALL WERE PRESENT SHOW THE RESPECT AND SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.

UH, NOVEMBER 2ND I ATTENDED, ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN DE DOMENICO PAYNE, COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT AND COUNCILMAN WOOD, THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND DINNER, UH, AS MR. RAPPAPORT ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT, IT WAS HELD AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND IT WAS CATERED BY THE WONDERFUL DEVIN SMITH.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT I JUST FELT THE NEED.

EXCELLENT FOOD, ALWAYS.

YES.

SO IT WAS A MEMORABLE EVENING, UH, WITH A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT WAS SHARED BY THE GUEST SPEAKER.

ON NOVEMBER 7TH, I ATTENDED AN EVENT AT RATO VINEYARDS FOR OUR LOCAL YOUNG LIFE ORGANIZATION.

UH, NOAH GOS, WHO WAS RECENTLY HIRED AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR NOAH, UH, FOR YOUNG LIFE, IS A LOCAL YOUNG MAN WHO ATTENDED YOUNG LIFE AS A TEENAGER WHILE ATTENDING SCOTLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, HE SHARED HOW YOUNG LIFE HAD IMPACTED HIS LIFE AND HOW HE HOPES TO BE ABLE TO ALSO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOVEMBER 11TH, I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY AT THE WARREN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

UH, THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, SUCH A SPECIAL TIME WHERE THE BANDS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL'S PLAY.

THERE ARE GUEST SPEAKERS.

THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT TO SHOW THE RESPECT FOR THE VETERANS AND THE FAMILIES OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY.

THE CEREMONY ACTUALLY FILED WITH A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION.

AND, AND EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE WAS INVITED.

NOVEMBER 13TH AND 18TH.

I ATTENDED ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN INGRAM, A JOINT, UH, BUILDING MEETING WHERE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SCHOOL BOARD WERE PRESENT.

UM, YOU MIGHT MIGHT RECALL THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP AT A WORK SESSION, AND THEN AGAIN AT THE OCTOBER LIAISON MEETING, HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY IF WE HAD JOINT MEETINGS WITH ALL THE PARTIES WHEN DEVELOPMENTS WERE BEING CONSIDERED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT WOULD NOT ONLY IMPACT THE TOWN BUT THE SCHOOLS, WHICH THEREFORE IMPACT THE COUNTY AS WELL.

UM, AND SO, AS I SAID, WE, WE'VE ATTENDED TWO OF THOSE MEETINGS SO FAR, AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UM, HAPPENING.

I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY.

UM, THE SECOND ONE, WE ACTUALLY EVEN SPOKE WITH THE DEVELOPER.

SO IT, IT JUST ALLOWED LOTS OF CONVERSATION.

UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY GOING ALONG WITH THAT.

NOVEMBER 16TH I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR A FEW CELL LORRIS.

UH, WHILE FEW SELLS IS A LONGSTANDING BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH I WAS TOLD THAT DAY, IT ACTUALLY BEGAN IN THE 1940S.

UM, THEIR NEW OWNERS, KATIE AND JAMES, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY BROTHER AND SISTER, THEY'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, CREATIVITY, AND SWEAT TO HAVE A NEW LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE INSIDE.

I WAS EXCITED TO PICK UP A FEW CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND STOCKING STUFFERS WHILE I WAS THERE, SO PLEASE GO CHECK THEM OUT AS I SHARED.

THEN.

FUN FACT, I USED TO BABYSIT FOR THE FEW CELLS, HOW OLD I AM, RIGHT? UM, AND I, UH, INSINUATING NO, NO, I'M INSINUATING THAT I'M OLD, SO I CAN DO THAT WHEN, WHEN IT'S YOURSELF, RIGHT? SO, UM, I ALSO DID WANNA MENTION NOVEMBER 5TH, 'CAUSE I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I WAS ON THAT DAY.

IN FACT, I SAW EVERY CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S SITTING UP HERE THAT DAY, WHETHER THEY WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE OR WORKING THE POLLS FOR A CANDIDATE.

IT WAS A LONG DAY TO PUT IT MILDLY.

BUT IN THE END, ALL OF THE COUNCIL CANDIDATES THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE WERE VICTORIOUS, INCLUDING MYSELF.

UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

UH, IT IS LOTS OF WORK GOES INTO A CAMPAIGN, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT SO THANK YOU TO NOT ONLY EVERYBODY SITTING UP HERE, BUT ALSO ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE WILLING TO RUN AND PUT IN EFFORT INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY HUMBLED THAT THE CITIZENS OF FRONT ROYAL HAVE ELECTED ME TO ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM AS THEIR MAYOR.

I WILL WORK HARD TO HONOR THEIR CONFIDENCE IN ME.

UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I'M LAUGHING 'CAUSE I TOLD WAYNE, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER 'CAUSE YOU SAID THAT.

BUT THAT TOLD ME THAT WE WERE THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES.

UM, IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCILOR MAYOR, THIS JANUARY IS GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME THAT ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY SITTING UP HERE WILL BE HERE AGAIN.

AND THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A POSITIVE THING FOR OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE NO ONE HAS TO LEARN A NEW ROLE.

EVERYBODY'S ALREADY AWARE OF WHAT'S BEFORE US, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

UH, WE EVEN HAVE, UH, GOALS AND ACTION STEPS FROM LAST YEAR THAT, THAT, UH, WE STILL NEED TO FINISH AND EVEN SOME THINGS WE DISCUSSED.

BUT, UM,

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IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL BE HAVING A RETREAT TO SET NEW GOALS AND ACTION STEPS.

SO, UH, ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, AFTER KNOCKING ON 3,500 DOORS, UH, FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER, I'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS AND THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITIZENS.

AND I'M GONNA TAKE THAT WITH ME MOVING FORWARD.

LASTLY, WITH THURSDAY COMING UP, I'LL SHARE THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE, WHICH INCLUDE BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL TOWN AND REPRESENT ALL OF ITS CITIZENS.

AND I WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING THAT'S FULL OF SOME RELAXATION, SOME TIME WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE, AND HOPEFULLY A BELLY FULL OF SOME YUMMY FOOD.

[10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ]

THAT'S IT FOR ME.

WE ARE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS INDICATED.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND? UM, OKAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M ACTUALLY GONNA OFFER SOME DISCUSSION HERE REAL QUICK.

JUST IF YOU GUYS GIMME JUST A SECOND.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I KNOW THIS IS PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I ALWAYS THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE APPOINTING TO OUR VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

SO, UM, I WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, UH, IN THIS MOTION WE WOULD BE APPOINTING DIDI NASH, UM, AND FOR THE, UH, ACES, WHICH IS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, UM, THE MOTION IS TO APPOINT CELESTE HORTON.

AND THE RE, UH, REAPPOINTMENT TO OUR FRIDA BOARD IS FOR FRANK STEINITZ.

AND THEN WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO THE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, UH, FOR AN APPOINTMENT ON THE, UM, BZA, THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, MR. JAMES JACKSON.

SO, UM, THAT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT, THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE WILLING HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED, UM, OR ALREADY PARTICIPATING.

SO, ALRIGHT, MS. PRESLEY, SINCE THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? VICE MAYOR SELO? YEAH.

COUNCILWOMAN ENTAL.

YES.

OKAY, NEXT UP IS ITEM 11 A, UM, UNDER BUSINESS ITEMS. AND, UM, MS. PRESLEY, CAN YOU READ THE SUMMARY FOR THAT? SURE.

[11.A. Viability of the Industrial Development Authority of the Town of Front Royal and the County of Warren, Virginia, A Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia]

WITH THE RECENT LOAN DEFAULTS, INSOLVENCY AND CONTINUING NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND RE REVENUE BOND ACT BY THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN, VIRGINIA TOWN COUNCIL QUESTIONS THE VIABILITY OF WARREN COUNTY EDA, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND SEEKS THE ASSISTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I I NEED A MOTION.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I'LL READ THE MOTION.

, I APPRECIATE, UH, I MOVE THE COUNCIL DIRECT TO TOWN ATTORNEY TO REFER THE MATTER OF THE VISIBILITY OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN VIRGINIA POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA FOR CONSIDERATION.

JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THE WORD DIVISIBILITY WAS, UH, OR, BUT IT'S, BUT MR. RAPPAPORT, I BELIEVE YOU WANTED IT TO SAY VIABILITY, CORRECT? DID I SAY VISIBILITY? YES.

YEAH, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, JUST YEP, YOU'RE GOOD.

I STAND CORRECT AND I, NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE MOTION IS CLEAR FOR MS. PRESLEY.

I CAN READ IT AGAIN.

I THINK, I THINK WE GOT IT RIGHT.

WE'RE WE'RE OKAY? WE'RE GOOD.

ANY DISCUSSION? SORRY.

ALRIGHT.

BARRING NO DISCUSSION THEN, MS. PRESSLEY, CAN WE, WE DO VICE MAYOR LOC? YES.

A DEED OF EASEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PORTION OF THE 5 22 NORTH CORRIDOR REDUNDANT WATERLINE PROJECT FROM FRONT ROYAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SUM OF $50,000.

MOTION

[Additional Item]

PASSES.

SO NEXT UP ARE, IS AN ITEM THAT WE ADDED AND THIS IS 11 B.

UM, THE, UM, AND THE SUMMARY JUST SAYS, COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 15.2 DASH 1803,

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AND MADAM MAYOR? YEP.

I MOVE THAT COUNSEL, APPROVE AND ACCEPT A DEED OF EASEMENT FROM FRONT ROYAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SUM OF $50,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PORTION OF THE ROUTE 5 22 NORTH CORRIDOR REDUNDANT WATERLINE PROJECT ACROSS TAX MAP NUMBERS 20 A 2, 2 1 9, AND 20 A 2 21 11 IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZED THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

ANY DISCUSSION? SO, MS. PRESLEY, UM, ROLL CALL VICE MAYOR OCK? YES.

ONE SECOND.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WAS ADDED TONIGHT IS 11 C.

[Additional Item ]

ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, THE TOWN COUNCIL DIRECTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DRAFT A PROPOSED VA ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL WITH A PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION TO COUNT COUNSEL WHEN COMPLETE.

IT IS REQUESTED THAT COUNSEL RECONSIDER AND AMEND THE MOTION RESOLUTION PASSED ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 TO CLEARLY STATE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR INITIATING A ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION MADAM MAYOR? I MOVE THAT COUNSEL RECONSIDER THE MOTION TO INITIATE A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT PASSED DURING THE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 IN ORDER TO STATE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, THEREFORE MADE, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING WITH THE PREVAILING SIDE.

A FURTHER MOVE THAT UPON APPROVING THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 MOTION RESOLUTION, THAT COUNCIL AMEND THE INITIATING MOTION RESOLUTION OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 BY RESOLVING TO DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND A PROPOSED TOBACCO SMOKE AND VAPE SHOP, ORDINANCE OR ORDINANCES TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM OCTOBER 28TH, 2024.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.

SINCE THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, MS. PRESLEY, VICE MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR OCK? YES.

COUNCILMAN VIAL? YES.

COUNCILMAN DE DEMON PAYNE? YES.