* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, HAVE A ROLL CALL [00:00:01] PLEASE. MAYOR T WALL HERE. VICE MAYOR. SEE LOT HERE. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL HERE, [Town Council on October 19, 2020.] NELSON AND GILLESPIE HERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. COUNCILOR. MEZA ABSENT. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON HERE. THANKS. I HAVEN'T DIED. TONIGHT IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES PER WITH THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 HERE MOTION, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER THE 28TH, 2020 AS PRESENTED SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIED. NEXT ITEM TONIGHT IS RECEIPT OF PETITIONS OR CURRENT CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PUBLIC. UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS HERE THIS EVENING. I'M ON EVERYBODY REALIZED THAT WE WERE ONLY ALLOWING THE THREE MINUTES RULE AGAIN TONIGHT. SO WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, GIVE YOU NAME, ADDRESS, AND THE THREE MINUTE TALK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT. UH, MS. PRESLEY, PAUL GABBERT, MR. MAYOR, I'M JUST GOING TO OBSERVE TONIGHT. OH, THANK YOU, PAUL. NEXT NEXT HOLLY LEECH. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HOLLY LEECH. I CAME TONIGHT SO I COULD LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I WAS VERY GRATEFUL AS A PINTEREST. EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. FOUR 80 STONY BOTTOM ROAD, CUSTARD. THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH OWN TWO BUSINESSES WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS. AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. THE INFLUENCERS THAT CAME LAST FRIDAY HAVE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR BUSINESS AND PEOPLE CAME LAST WEEKEND AND THEY WERE FROM THE CHESAPEAKE FROM VIRGINIA BEACH. THEY GOT EMAILS STATING THAT, UM, ABOUT OUR TOWN AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. AND THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION TO COME AND VISIT. AND I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I REALLY AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AS A NEW BUSINESS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AX, SEWING COMPANY HERE IN TOWN. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GIVEN AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? UH, BRUCE RAPPAPORT UNDER WRAP REPORT 300 WEST MAIN STREET FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA. UM, THIS WILL BE QUICK. NUMBER 11 ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, REGARDING THE RESOLUTION REQUEST AND VALLEY HEALTH AND ANTHEM NEGOTIATED A NEW HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CONTRACT, I'VE READ THROUGH YOUR RESOLUTION. I THOUGHT IT WAS, WAS WELL DONE, UH, AND, UH, UH, CALLED YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE ANTHEM AND ON NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED. UH, I GATHER IT'LL BE TO ANTHEM AND, UH, VALLEY HEALTH. UM, HOWEVER, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, THAT THAT COPIES BE SENT TO THE 12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF VALLEY HEALTH, UH, AS WELL AS HOBBY SILLY SILLIER, THEIR CEO. UH, AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST SENDING COPIES TO BEN KLEIN AND, UH, THE, UH, SENATORS, KAINE AND WARNER. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I'VE ALREADY MADE CALLS TO SENATOR WARNER, UH, AND KEYNES NEXT I'VE TALKED TO ANTHEM AND I'VE ALSO TALKED TO VALLEY HEALTH AND YOU MIGHT IMPLORE CITIZENS TO TAKE A GRASS ROOT, UH, LOOK AT IT, UH, THAT ALWAYS HELPS MASSES KIND OF SPEAK VOLUME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRUCE. ANYONE ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU, TINA. NEXT ITEM TONIGHT IS ITEM SIX REPORTS, UH, SPECIAL COMMUNITIES ARE INTERIM TOWN MANAGER. UH, YEAH. NOW THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THE, UH, I HAVE TWO ITEMS THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE FIRST THOUGH IS, UM, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER ZACHARY KING AND I'D ASK THE CHIEF TO COME FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE HIM. SO MR. MAYOR, IF HE WANTED TO GO DOWN AS WELL AND THEIR FAMILY BRING UP THEIR FAMILY AND YEAH, YEAH. IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS. I'M JUST REAL. LIKE I SPEAK FOR COUNCIL. IT'S JUST A REAL PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT OUR MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES AND, AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY. SO BEING ABLE TO HONOR THEM IN THIS PROMOTION IS A BIG DEAL FOR US. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OFF SO I CAN SPEAK [00:05:01] MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS TONIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS A, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE WHEN WE GET TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UM, ZACH KING CAME TO WORK FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW AS A POLICE OFFICER BACK IN JULY OF 2009, UH, AND HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, UH, IN 2013, UM, AND SERVED, UM, UH, ADMIRABLY IN THAT POSITION ACTUALLY WENT TO THE, UH, VIRGINIA FORENSIC SCIENCE ACADEMY AND GRADUATED FROM THAT SCHOOL IN, UH, 2016. UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THEY ONLY HOLD THE HOLD THOSE A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR. AND, UH, THEY'RE PRETTY SELECTIVE ABOUT WHO THEY TAKE. SO WE'RE REAL HAPPY THAT, UH, THAT ZACH WAS ABLE TO, UH, COMPLETE THAT TRAINING AS WELL. UM, HE'S JOINED TONIGHT. HIS MOM, DOC IS IN THE BACK WITH TYLER AND THEN HIS WIFE, JESS AND RIVER ARE HERE. UM, ZACH ALSO SERVES, WE WEAR A LOT OF DIFFERENT HATS. WE'RE A SMALL AGENCY, SO WE CAN'T DO, UH, EVERYTHING, UH, INDIVIDUALLY WITH SPECIALIZED UNITS. SO ZACH HAS BEEN, UH, BEEN REASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION. UH, WE'RE PROMOTING HIM TO SERGEANT, BUT HE ALSO SERVES ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAM. UM, HE'S A GENERAL INSTRUCTOR IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SERVES, UH, WITH THE SHENANDOAH, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY, TEACHING BASIC RECRUITS OVER THERE, TEACHES THE INVESTIGATIONS CLASSES OVER THERE. UM, AS WELL AS SERVING ON OUR HONOR GUARD. UM, AND WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN ABLE TO, UH, PROMOTE HIM TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND WHAT WE LIKE TO TYPICALLY DO WHEN, UH, WHEN, UH, THE BETTER HALF IS ABLE TO SHOW UP. WE, UH, WE LIKE TO LET THEM PIN THE BADGE ON, SO HE'LL GET HIS SERGEANT'S BADGE HERE THIS EVENING. MA'AM YOU WANT TO DO THE HONORS? HE'LL BE SERVING AS A PATROL SERGEANT WORKING NIGHT SHIFT RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. OKAY, TODD, DO YOU WANT TO PULL IT UP, PLEASE? WAITING ON TODD. I'LL GO AND GET STARTED WITH TODD'S PULLING IT UP. UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK HOLLY FOR SAYING A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE INFLUENCER WEEKEND AND, AND YOUR KIND WORDS AT THAT. UM, WE HAD A REAL, REAL INTERESTING WEEKEND, UM, WEEKEND FOR LAST, UM, AND, UH, WE HAD DOZENS OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE FEATURED BY INFLUENCERS, UH, FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION. UH, WE HAD 10 INFLUENCERS, SEVEN GUESTS, UM, OUR TOURISM, UH, CONSULTANT, UH, STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS BY TRISH, UH, HAD STAFF HERE. UH, WE HAD THREE TOWN EMPLOYEES THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE WEEKEND. IT WAS A TWO DAY EVENT, UM, AND THESE INFLUENCERS REACHED OVER 130, 6,000 PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW THEM. UM, AND JUST FOR SOME, AN IDEA OF WHAT AN INFLUENCER IS, THEY'RE AUTHORS OF VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FOLLOWERS, THE INFLUENCE TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS, PLACES, AND PLATFORMS. UM, THE HIGHEST INFLUENCER THAT CAME HAD 80 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS WITH, UH, 12,800 IS THE AVERAGE, UH, 80% OF INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS USE THE PLATFORM TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BUY A PRODUCT OR SERVICE. AND SO, UH, WE HAD THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY CAME TO TOWN AND LIKE I SAID, OVER A TWO DAY EVENT AND, UH, THEY PRODUCED 183 INSTAGRAM STORIES, WHICH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF CONTENT THAT'S BEING PUSHED OUT, UM, PUSHED OUT TO THE REGION AND THE STATE, EVEN AS FAR, FAR DOWN AS CHESAPEAKE, UH, HOLLY MENTIONED, AND WE HAD 40 INSTAGRAM POSTS, THREE BLOGS. UM, WE HAD 144 NEW FOLLOWERS, UH, ADDED TO THE DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL INSTAGRAM SITE. UM, TWO HIGHLIGHTS AND 200 INSTAGRAM HIGHLIGHTS. WHAT I WAS REALLY PLEASED ABOUT WERE SOME OF THE QUOTES THAT CAME OUT OF SOME OF THESE POSTINGS. AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, JUST A FEW, AND THIS WON'T TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES. UM, THIS ONE INFLUENCER SAID, I'LL BE BACK. HE SAID, BEFORE WE DEPART OUR FRONT ROYAL, WE TOOK ONE LAST STROLL DOWN MAIN STREET. WE SNAPPED A FEW MORE FUN PHOTOS, TOO. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS [00:10:01] PAST WEEKEND, MAKING NEW FRIENDS, CREATING NEW MEMORIES AND DISCOVERING A NEW PLACE. EVERYONE WE MET WAS SO FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING. IT GOES AT, IT WAS BEYOND HEARTWARMING SCENE HEARING AND FEELING THE PRIDE THIS COMMUNITY HAS. I'M TRULY SO HONORED. I COULD EXPERIENCE IT. I WILL DEFINITELY BE BACK FOR ANOTHER VISIT SOON. UH, SOMEONE ELSE POSTED SAID BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO SEE THE FALL LEAVES, GRAB A DRINK AND MUCH MORE, UM, IN THIS ADORABLE TOWN IN WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, UH, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, THERE'S A CHILL IN THE AIR, PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE ON YOUR LIP AND LEAVES TO, UM, TO BE PEEPED. AND THEN SOMEONE WHO WAS WORKING A BOOTH ACTUALLY SAID THE POST AND THE BLOGS WERE ALL POSITIVE AND ITINERARY FOR THE WEEKEND WAS CERTAINLY WELL-PLANNED AND DESIGNED FOR FUN. AS EVERYONE SEEMED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. I PERSONALLY ENJOY TALKING WITH THE LOCALS TOURISTS AND A FEW OF THE INFLUENCERS THAT STOPPED BY MY TENT ABOUT, ABOUT THE QUESTION AND OUR PROGRAM. AND SO, UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS WAS A, UH, A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PLANNED EVENT. WE STARTED PLANNING IN JUNE, UM, FOR AN EVENT SUCH AS THIS AS AN OCTOBER. AND FRANKLY, I THINK IT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT, GREAT CONTENT. WE HAVE A WHOLE DATA ROOM NOW WITH PICTURES THAT THESE BLOGGERS HAD TAKEN, THEY WENT THROUGH, UH, THEY THREW AXES AT THE SHANDO AX THROWING. UM, THEY LET OUT THEIR INNER VIKING, SO TO SPEAK. AND IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A LOT, A LOT OF FUN. I THINK. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF THIS ACTIVITY NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE A LOT, PROBABLY BIGGER EVENT. WE'LL HAVE MORE INFLUENCERS COMING NEXT YEAR, MORE CONTENT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOU, UM, HAD AN IDEA ABOUT THE TOURISM MARKETING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. I HAVE A, I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT I'LL EMAIL ALL OF YOU AFTER THE MEETING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT MR. MAYOR MEMBERS, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM TONIGHT IS REQUESTS OR INQUIRIES OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL? YES. MR. MAYOR, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK HOLLY FOR HER KIND WORDS. AND, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY APPRECIATED BY ALL OF THE OFFENSE STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? YES. THANK YOU, HOLLY. AND I'M TALKING TO A FEW OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS. I HEARD IT WAS THE BEST WEEKEND, SO FAR DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS EXCITING. AND I DO THINK IF YOU HAVE ANTHEM BLUE CROSS, YOU WANT TO GET YOUR LETTERS, YOUR PHONE CALLS INTO THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOUR SENATORS, AND WHATNOT, UM, IS THAT AFFECTS A GOOD BIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IT SINCE VALLEY HEALTH HAS SUCH A GRASP ON THINGS AROUND HERE. AND THAT'S ALL FOR ME. ANYONE ELSE, MR. MAYOR, CAN I ADD ONE, ONE I NEEDED TO MAKE ONE OTHER POINT AND I KNOW IT'S OUTSIDE MY ORDER. UM, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE, UM, WEEKEND TRAVEL AS IT RELATES TO LEAVES AND THE CHANGE IN THE LEAVES AND THE AMOUNT OF TOURISTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE TOWN. A FEW THINGS OF NOTE, I WANTED TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING A COUPLE OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN THE COUNTY AND ALSO OUR TOWN POLICE OFFICERS WORK IN THE INTERSECTIONS, BOTH SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. AND, UM, WE EVEN HAD A CHIEF KAYLA GALAS OUT THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC FOR WHAT, FIVE, SIX HOURS OR A WHOLE SHIFT, 10 TO FIVE. NOW YOU'RE FACING THERE HAVE BEEN SO SORE. RIGHT. BUT, UM, I WOULD JUST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND CITIZENS. THIS IS THE SHORT TERM TIME PERIOD IN OUR SEASON. UM, WE GET AN INFLUX OF TOURIST. IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND ABOUT ON SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS, AND YOU CAN DO YOUR SHOPPING AND OTHER, OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE WEEK, THAT'D PROBABLY BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO BYPASS SOME OF THE BUSIER INTERSECTIONS, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING AND WE HAVE A FEW MORE WEEKS AND, UM, WE'RE DOING A BIT, WE'RE DOING AS GOOD OF A JOB AS WE CAN. THEY ACTUALLY CLOSED THE PARK ENTRANCE NUMEROUS TIMES. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YOU JUST CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TAKE THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE, BUT FORTUNATELY THEY ARE GOING DOWN SHOPPING DOWNTOWN, SHOPPING ON SOUTH STREETS, SHARPEN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO WE, WE WELCOME THE REVENUE. IT WAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, ANYONE ELSE? I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONTO WHAT MATT SAID. UM, I, YEAH, I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK AND STUFF, AND WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THAT'S NORMAL. I LIVE OFF OF 55, SO I UNDERSTAND. UM, BUT THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A BLACK FRIDAY FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN WHEN ALL THE TOURISTS ARE COMING IN AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENCE TO GET TO RURAL KING, BUT IT'S, UH, IT IS GENERATING REVENUES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEPING THESE SMALL BUSINESSES OPEN, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. HMM. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? UH, REPORT TO THE MAYOR THIS EVENING? UH, I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT MATT SAID. I WAS DOWN THERE SATURDAY, UH, AND I MET PROBABLY I'M GOING TO SAY AT LEAST 60 OR 70 FAMILIES THAT CAME IN FROM MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, UH, OTHER STATES. AND I GAVE OUT OUR TOWN LOGO PINS TO ALL OF THEM AND SOME OTHER TRINKETS THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE VISITORS CENTER. AND I HAD A REAL GOOD WELCOME TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE, [00:15:01] THE TOWN, UH, THAT SATURDAY. AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN IT, MATT, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID, BUT YEAH, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY, VERY GOOD EVENT. AND I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT THAT WAS THERE WHEN I WAS THERE. THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING. NEXT ITEMS, A NICER PROPOSAL OF ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA. YES. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 10 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'LL DISCUSS IT IN THE DISCUSSING SECTION. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION, PLEASE. I'M ASKING TO REMOVE THIS ITEM. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THESE CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND WE PUT THEM ASIDE FOR REASONS, BUT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF SOME, UH, LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AT PRESENT, UM, AND THEY'RE VERY PENDING. THAT'S WHY I REQUEST TO REMOVE IT ITEM. AT THIS TIME WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS ON, UH, THE SPENDING OF THESE CONTINGENCY FUNDS. BUT WITH THIS UNCERTAINTY COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE, I'D LIKE TO TABLE IT FOR THIS TIME. YOU'LL TAPER DELETE DELETED FROM THIS ITEM. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DINA COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE. BASED WHEN YOU SEE LA YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. COUNCILMAN MEZA IS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 10 WILL BE TAKEN AWAY OFF, OFF OF THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. THANKS ITEM DENIES ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. UH, APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS, A 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR PURCHASE OF TRANSFORMERS FOR THE HOSPITAL, NEW HOSPITAL LIAISON COMMITTEE ITEMS TO BE ADDED ON TO OCTOBER THE 22ND AGENDA REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. UM, BAR, DO I HEAR A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT'S PRESENTED HERE. SAC. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING OFF OF THE AGENDA? ANY DISCUSSION THEN COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE. VICE MAYOR SILA. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MEZ IS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TO STEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE THE FYI 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT ENTER TRANSFER ON FINANCING, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, TINA, WOULD YOU READ THE SUMMARY BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE MEETING, COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO AWARD FINANCING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UNITED BANK AND THE AMOUNT OF $8,483,001 AND 15 CENTS. THIS AWARD IS FOR THE REPAYMENT OF THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, HIS EXISTING LOAN WITH UNITED BANK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TERMS OF FINANCING WITH UNITED BANK, OUR INTEREST RATE OF 1.8, 7% PER ANNUM. WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE RATE QUALIFIES FOR BANK QUALIFIED TAX EXEMPT FINANCING. IF AT ANY TIME THE LOAN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR B Q T E FINANCING, THEN THE RATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FIXED AT 2.2, 4% PER ANNUM. NUMBER TWO, REPEAT OVER 10 YEARS AND EQUAL MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,806 AND 23 CENTS. ASSUMING THE FIXED RATE OF 1.8, 7% PER ANNUM, AND THIRD BASED UPON A 30 YEAR AMORTIZATION WITH REMAINING UNPAID BALANCE DUE IN FULL AT THE END OF THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD ALSO COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO PROVE IN F Y 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF 8 MILLION, $483,001 AND 15 CENTS TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM UNITED BANK AND TO PAY OFF 8 MILLION, $483,001 AND 15 CENTS FOR THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ITS EXISTING LOAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. FURTHERMORE, COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE AN INTERFUND BUDGET TRANSFER AN AMOUNT OF $277,256 AND 7 CENTS TO TRANSFER FROM THE SPECIAL PROJECT FUND TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. THIS INTERFUND TRANSFER WILL ALLOCATE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY SET ASIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW NINE MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR THE FINANCING DURING FYI 21. THANK YOU. THIS TIME WE OPENED UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, PAUL [00:20:01] GABBERT 0.221 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE. UH, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS FIRST, BUT THEN I DECIDED NOT TO, BUT NOW THAT THIS IS UP, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THIS LOAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE. THIS LONG MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON LAWYERS MONEY'S BEEN SPENT ON, UH, INTEREST PAYMENTS, UH, THROUGH THE EDA LOAN. UH, I HEAR COUNSEL SAYING THAT THIS IS SAVING US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SAY THAT IT'S SAVING THEM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WHEN MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON LAWYERS, MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON INTEREST AND WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTEREST RATE IS ON THE REFINANCING. AFTER 10 YEARS, WE MAY LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AFTER THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THE PAT ON THE BACKS ARE COMING FROM ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING SAVED. UH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THE LOAN, WHICH I, I JUST, I, IT WAS, IT WAS PUT TO US LIKE IT WAS THIS GREAT BIG, BIG ORDEAL, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG ORDEAL A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE OUT THIS LONG. THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE INFIGHTING WITH THE EDA. THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE INFIGHTING WITH THE COUNTING. THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. SO THERE'S NO PATS ON THE BACK FROM THE PUBLIC. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ANYONE ELSE, ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIRD TIME? ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC AREA DISCLOSED OR HERE, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE, UM, F Y 21 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND INTER BUDGET TRANSFER AND AWARD FINANCING CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 8 MILLION, $483,001 AND 15 CENTS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE. VICE MAYOR. SEE LOT. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MESSES. ABSENT HILLSMAN THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIED ITEM NINE, CASTLE APPROVAL DISTRIBUTION OF REMAINING CARES FUND AT PHASE ONE. WOULD YOU READ THE SUMMARY PLEASE? COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO SELECT AND APPROVE AN OPTION TO DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING $309,058 FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL'S FIRST ALLOCATION OF CARES FUNDS FROM WARREN COUNTY AND AMENDMENT ONE TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UPON APPROVAL, THE TOWN WILL PROVIDE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH FUNDS NECESSARY TO DISTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL FRONT ROYAL CARES GRANTS TO THOSE BUSINESSES WHO PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FROM THE PROGRAM TO HEAR MOTION. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AN OPTION TO DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING 300, $9,058 FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL. IT'S FIRST OUT FROM THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL IT'S FIRST ALLOCATION OF CARES FUNDS FROM WARREN COUNTY. FURTHER MOVE TO APPROVE AMENDMENT ONE TO THE AGREEMENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY'RE HERE A SECOND. IS THAT OKAY? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU JUST SAID OPTION IS WHICH OPTION DO YOU CHOOSE? SORRY. YEAH, I'M SORRY THAT WASN'T CLEAR. UH, COUNCILMAN THOMPSON, WE HAVE IN YOUR PACKET OPTION ONE, WHICH, UM, IS AN ALLOCATION FOR THE, FOR THE 107 BUSINESSES THAT RECEIVED THE CARES ACT GRANT AND THEN THE OPTION TO, UH, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE OPTIONS IS THE ROUNDING. WE ROUNDED OPTION TWO. SO THEY'RE BALANCED PAYMENTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS, UM, EACH GRANT RECIPIENT. UM, AN $18,800 WOULD GO TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND OPTION ONE, UM, HAS A 31.4% PAYOUT TO THE BUSINESSES WITH A $5,000 FEE TO THE CHAMBER. SO BASED UPON THE WORK SESSION, UM, COUNSEL WAS, UM, HAD SUGGESTED ONE AND A HALF, TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS STAFF. AND I CAME TOGETHER WITH TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WHICHEVER OPTION YOU CHOOSE OPTION ONE, BUT ONE THAT OKAY. WITH THE SECOND? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AERIE NINE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE LOG. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. [00:25:01] YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MEZ IS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 10 HAS BEEN DELETED. SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM ACTUALLY AT 11, WHICH ARE MAKE A 10 COUNCIL APPROVAL RESOLUTION REQUEST AND VALLEY HEALTH AND AN ANTHEM NEGOTIATION. THEY NEW HEALTH CARE INSURANCE CONTRACT. THEY'LL HEAR A MOTION. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A RESOLUTION REQUESTING VALUE, HELP ANY ANTHEM NEGOTIATE A NEW HEALTH CARE INSURANCE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED SECOND. I MEAN, MOST OF THE SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION. UH, DO I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? I USE MERCY LOT. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MEZ IS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU. CLEAVES OUR RECORD AGENDA THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL BE GOING INTO CLOSED MEETING. DO I HEAR A MOTION? UH, YES. UH, MAYOR OF THE TOWN COUNCIL GO INTO CLOSE MEETING REGARDING ONE AND TOWN PUBLIC ALLEY. THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION AND AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF TOWN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH THREE SEVEN 11 DOT A DOT THREE. NUMBER TWO CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND BRIEFINGS BY STAFF MEMBERS OR CONSULTANTS PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION WHERE SUCH CONSULTATION OR BRIEFING AND OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT NEGOTIATING OR LITIGATING POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY. PROBABLE LITIGATION, MEANING LITIGATE LITIGATION THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY THREATENED OR ON WHICH THE PUBLIC BODY OR ITS LEGAL COUNSEL HAS A REASONABLE BASIS TO BELIEVE WILL BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST A KNOWN PARTY. PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH THREE SEVEN ELEVEN.A.SEVEN OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND THREE CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH THREE SEVEN 11 DOT A DOT EIGHT OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. EVERY MOTION IS SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIED THIS TIME. WE'LL BE GOING INTO CLOSE MEETING. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.