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Roanoke County Administration Center
5204 Bernard Drive
Roanoke, Virginia 24018
The Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia met this day atthe
Roanoke County Administration Center, this being the second Tuesday and the first
regularly scheduled meeting of the month of February 2016. Audio and video
recordings of this meeting will be held on file for a minimum of five (5) years in the office
of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
IN RE: OPENING CEREMONIES
Before the meeting was called to order a moment of silence was
observed. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present.
IN RE: CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Peters called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. The roll call was
taken.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairman P. Jason Peters,Supervisors George G. Assaid,
Al Bedrosian, Martha B. Hooker and Joseph P. McNamara
MEMBERS ABSENT:
None
STAFF PRESENT:
Thomas C. Gates, County Administrator; Daniel R.
O’Donnell, Assistant County Administrator; Richard
Caywood, Assistant County Administrator; Ruth Ellen
Kuhnel, County Attorney; Amy Whittaker, Public Information
Officer and Deborah C. Jacks, Chief Deputy Clerk to the
Board
IN RE: BRIEFINGS
1. Briefing to update the Board of Supervisors on the status of the
Mountain Valley Pipeline(Richard L. Caywood, Assistant County
Administrator)
Mr. Caywood provided the briefing by PowerPoint presentation. A copy of
the presentation is on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
Supervisor Bedrosian asked about the action brought forward by Senator
Edwards. Mr. Caywood explained these bills and explained they both died in
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committee. Supervisor Bedrosian stated he was surprised because he would have
thought our State legislature was behind us, especially on the eminent domain issue.
IN RE: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance authorizing the vacation of unimproved right-of-way
shown as Tinkerdale Road identified on the map of North
Burlington Heights in Plat Book 3, Page 57 located in the Hollins
Magisterial District (Arnold Covey, Director of Community
Development)
Mr. Covey outlined the request for the ordinance. There were no
questions and no discussion.
Supervisor Bedrosian’s motion to approve the first reading and to
establish the second reading and public hearing for February 23, 2016, was seconded
by Supervisor Peters and approved by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
2. Ordinance amending Article IV.-Self-Insurance Program, Sections
2-81 and 2-83 of the County Code clarifying the current practice
that Fire and Rescue Volunteers are covered under Workers’
Compensation, and that other Volunteers may remain covered
under a Blanket Accident Policy and/or subject to a General
Liability Policy (Daniel R. O’Donnell, Assistant County
Administrator)
Mr. O’Donnell outlined the request for the ordinance. Supervisor
McNamara inquired under workers compensation, medical will be covered, but no
compensation or wages. Mr. O’Donnell replied yes loss wages would be covered under
their original job. There were no other questions or discussion.
Supervisor McNamara’s motion to approve the first reading and to
establish the second reading for February 23, 2016, was seconded by Supervisor
Peters and approved by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
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3. Ordinance approving a new Intergovernmental Agreement
between the City of Roanoke, the City of Salem and the County of
Roanoke for the establishment of a Regional Collision Center with
Roanoke Accident Support Services, LTD (Howard B. Hall, Chief
of Police)
Chief Hall outlined the request for the ordinance and commented this
would be the first pilot project of this in the United States.
Supervisor Peters inquired how this would assist the Police Department.
Chief Hall responded that in the case of a rear end collision, 911 would be called. The
Dispatcher will have a checklist to determine whether an officer is needed. Eventually
property damage only will not have an officer respond.
Supervisor McNamara commented that twenty-five percent (25%) of all
crashes are alcohol related. How are you going to know if alcohol is involved? Chief
Hall responded alcohol related accidents are less than ten percent (10%) and will be
relying on citizens. Citations are still possible.
Supervisor Hooker commented the Center sounds advantageous to the
department. She added that the assumption that both parties would be in agreement
seems to be difficult. What about leaving the site of an accident; seems evidence would
be lost. Chief Hall responded that officers are just filing a report; not doing an
investigation in a fender-bender situation.
Supervisor Bedrosian commented he had no problem approving on first
reading. He added that he is unsure about no other locality doing and asked Chief Hall
if he knew. Chief Hall responded that he could not answer.
Chief Hall advised this is simply a reporting mechanism and to be
successful, will need support of the insurance companies.
Supervisor Bedrosian asked if at the end of 18 months does it come back
to the Board for renewal with Chief Hall responding there are two (2) automatic
renewals of five (5) years each. He added that the County can get out in six (6) months,
eighteen (18) months and again in five (5) years after that. Chief Hall also added RASS
would be happy to provide a briefing to the Board
Supervisor Peters inquired if the Police Department will always respond to
property damage, with Chief Hall responding in the affirmative.
There was no other discussion.
Supervisor Peters’ motion to approve the first reading and to establish the
second reading for February 23, 2016, was seconded by Supervisor McNamara and
approved by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
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Ordinance amending Chapter 23 “Stormwater Management” of
4.
the Roanoke County Code (Arnold Covey, Director of Community
Development)
Mr. Covey outlined the request for ordinance. There were no questions or
discussion.
Supervisor Peters’ motion to approve the first reading and to establish the
second reading and public hearing for February 23, 2016, was seconded by Supervisor
McNamara and approved by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
5. Ordinance amending Chapter 8.1, Erosion and Sediment Control
(ESC) of the Roanoke County Code (Arnold Covey, Director of
Community Development)
Mr. Covey outlined the request for ordinance. There were no questions or
discussion.
Supervisor McNamara’s motion to approve the first reading and to
establish the second reading and public hearing for February 23, 2016, was seconded
by Supervisor Assaid and approved by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
IN RE: CONSENT AGENDA
RESOLUTION 020916-1 APPROVING AND CONCURRING IN
CERTAIN ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AGENDA FOR THIS DATE DESIGNATED AS
ITEM I- CONSENT AGENDA
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, as
follows:
That the certain section of the agenda of the Board of Supervisors for February
9, 2016, designated as Item H - Consent Agenda be, and hereby is, approved and
concurred in as to each item separately set forth in said section designated Items 1
through 8 inclusive, as follows:
1. Approval of minutes – November 10, 2015; November 17, 2015;
December 8, 2015
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2. Request for ratification of appointment of representative to the Roanoke
County Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) for the Police
Representative
3. Confirmation of appointment to the Local Office on Aging (LOA) Advisory
Council (At-Large) and the Total Action for Progress (TAP) Board of
Directors
4. Request to accept and allocate grant funds in the amount of $32,544 from
the Virginia Department of Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
for the purchase of one (1) heart monitor for use on ambulances
5. Resolution expressing the appreciation of the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County to Karen T. McMillan, Financial Information Systems
Coordinator, upon her retirement after more than twenty-eight (28) years
of service
6. Resolution expressing the appreciation of the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County to Teresa D. Flanary, Recreation Programmer, upon her
retirement after more than twenty-six (26) years of service
7. Resolution expressing the appreciate of the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County to Donna B. Schaffer, Chief Deputy Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Roanoke County, upon her retirement after more than twenty-four
(24) years of service
8. Resolution expressing the appreciation of the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County to Bruce G. Stultz, Fraud Investigator-Social Services,
upon his retirement after more than six (6) years of service
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
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RESOLUTION 020916-1.d EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY TO KAREN T.
MCMILLAN, FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR,
UPON HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY-EIGHT (28)
YEARS OF SERVICE
WHEREAS, Karen T. McMillan was employed by Roanoke County on March 9,
1987; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. McMillan retired on January 1, 2016, after twenty-eight (28)
years and ten (10) months of devoted, faithful and expert service to Roanoke County;
and
WHEREAS, Mrs. McMillan, throughout her employment with Roanoke County,
has been instrumental in improving the quality of life and providing services to the
citizens of Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, during Mrs. McMillan’s time serving the citizens of Roanoke County,
she started out as an Accounts Payable Clerk, then later was promoted to Accounts
Payable Supervisor, and then promoted to Accountant, with her last position held being
the Financial Information Systems Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. McMillan was responsible for training new employees on using
the county financial system software; prepared numerous reconciliations between
systems to ensure the accuracy of interfaces; tested all financial software upgrades;
researched and tested any new potential functionality to be implemented into the
system; ran monthly financial reports for all the departments for county and schools;
prepared numerous accounts receivable billings on a monthly basis; worked diligently
with departments to answer questions on their reports and any problems they
experienced with the financial software; continuously thought of ways to improve
processes for efficiencies; and a mentor to many employees over the years; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County expresses its deepest appreciation and the appreciation of the citizens
KAREN T. MCMILLAN
of Roanoke County to for more than twenty-eight (28) years of
capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy
and productive retirement.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
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RESOLUTION 020916-1.e EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY
TO TERESA D. FLANARY, RECREATION PROGRAMMER,
UPON HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX
(26)YEARS OF SERVICE
WHEREAS, Teresa D. Flanary was employed by Roanoke County on September
5, 1989; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Flanary retired on December 31, 2015, after twenty-six (26)
years and four (4) months of devoted, faithful and expert service to Roanoke County;
and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Flanary was instrumental in the creation and implementation of
hundreds of programs and classes designed to provide recreational, educational and
social opportunities for Roanoke County citizens; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Flanary created and implemented hundreds of fitness and
wellness programs designed to improve the health of Roanoke County citizens; and
WHEREAS, during her time serving the citizens of Roanoke County, Mrs.
Flanary developed and implemented exceptional trips and travel opportunities
benefitting senior citizens of Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, during Mrs. Flanary’s time serving the citizens of Roanoke County,
is to be commended for the positive impact her work had, and continues to have on the
lives of countless citizens.
WHEREAS, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of Roanoke County expresses its deepest appreciation and the
TERESA D. FLANARY
appreciation of the citizens of Roanoke County to for more than
twenty-six (26) years of capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy
and productive retirement.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
RESOLUTION 020916-1.f EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY TO DONNA B
SCHAFFER, CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
ROANOKE COUNTY, UPON HER RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN
TWENTY-FOUR (24)YEARS OF SERVICE
WHEREAS, Donna B. Schaffer was employed by Roanoke County on March 11,
1991; and
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WHEREAS, Ms. Schaffer retired on December 31, 2015, after twenty-four (24)
years and ten (10) months of devoted, faithful and expert service to Roanoke County;
and
WHEREAS, Ms. Schaffer, throughout her employment with Roanoke County, has
been instrumental in improving the quality of life and providing services to the citizens of
Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, during Ms. Schaffer’s time serving the citizens of Roanoke County,
she worked her way up from the position of General Office Clerk to Deputy Clerk
IV/Criminal Division Supervisor to Chief Deputy Clerk/Bookkeeper while also earning
deputy clerk certification through the University of Virginia/Virginia Court Clerks’
Association; and
WHEREAS, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of Roanoke County expresses its deepest appreciation and the
DONNA B. SCHAFFER
appreciation of the citizens of Roanoke County to for more than
twenty-four (24) years of capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy
and productive retirement.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
RESOLUTION 020916-1.g EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY TO BRUCE G.
STULTZ, FRAUD INVESTIGATOR, UPON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER
MORE THAN SIX (6) YEARS OF SERVICE
WHEREAS, Bruce G. Stultz was employed by Roanoke County on May 26,
2009; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Stultz retired on January 1, 2016, after six (6) years and seven
(7) months of devoted, faithful and expert service to Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Stultz, throughout his employment with Roanoke County, has
been instrumental in improving the quality of life and providing services to the citizens of
Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, during Mr. Stultz’s service to the citizens of Roanoke County, as the
Fraud Investigator for the Department of Social Services, Mr. Stultz was successful in
promoting both compassion and empathy while ensuring that recipients of benefits
adhere to program requirements. Bruce was an active member of PAIV, (Public
Assistance Investigators of Virginia), a past president of the organization; he was most
recently serving as treasurer when he retired. Mr. Stultz consistently demonstrated
integrity as he strived to provide outstanding customer service to both internal Social
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Services staff as well as improving the efficiency in which benefits and services were
delivered.
WHEREAS, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of Roanoke County expresses its deepest appreciation and the
appreciation of the citizens of Roanoke County to BRUCE G. STULTZfor more than six
(6) years of capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy
and productive retirement.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
IN RE: CITIZENS’ COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Diane Cahill stated she lives in Canterbury Park. She is here to speak
about an issue that the Board will be looking at, at its work session later on today. It
came to my attention, and my neighbors late yesterday afternoon that this is on your
agenda. And the item of concern is the Enhanced Enforcement Zone that will be
recommended to you, for only Meadowlark Lane, and not Cantor Drive. Now as
background, my neighbors and I have been working with different Departments in the
County since last May. At that time Planning and Zoning recommended to us that we
get a petition, among our neighbors, requesting help for excessive speeding. They
requested we do the neighbors on Cantor Drive, Squires Court, Cromwell Court and. In
doing so, we received far more signatures than what was needed for the petition.
Actually every home that we contacted on those roads signed the petitions. Now,
where our concern comes, after we found out that it would be recommended that only
this new Enhanced Enforcement Zone will be on Meadowlark that is our concern. And
the, I saw online, a hundred and ninety page document that you have to go through for
your work session. You are better people than I am. All right, but there are some
issues and pages I would like to point out and hopefully you will take a look at in that
work session. The data on these pages, show that Cantor has a larger speeding
problem than Meadowlark Drive. In particular on page 150 you will see that there are
two studies, one done in 2014, and one in 2015. They talk about the eighty-five, eighty-
fifth percentile, the vehicles are going faster, in both of those years on Cantor Drive than
they are on Meadowlark. Again this is eighty-five, the eighty-fifth percentile. Also, on
Cantor, the eighty-fifth percentile was actually 33 to 37 in 2014 and 32 to 36 miles per
hour in 2015. Likewise, Meadowlark was only 27 to 33, and 26 to 32 miles per hour in
those respective years. That means that Cantor has an average of six miles per hour
more than Meadowlark. In looking at that page also, it shows that Cantor has a higher
average speed, equal to, excuse me, an average speed equal to or higher than what’s
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on Hunting Hills, or Hunting Hills Drive. I had a couple of police officers indicate to me
that in years past, there have been fatalities on Hunting Hills Drive. We don’t want it
there, we don’t want it in our neighborhood or anywhere, and I know you don’t either.
Something else, this is on page 151, it shows that there is a daily average vehicle count.
On Cantor Drive it’s twenty-three hundred cars a day. On Meadowlark, it’s 815 cars a
day. As you can see from those numbers, it’s almost, Cantor Drive has almost three
times as much traffic as Meadowlark. Then on page 153 it shows that the police are
actually giving more tickets on Cantor Drive than they are on Meadowlark. Most of those
tickets are not really tickets, they are warning tickets rather than actual speeding tickets.
This is data collected over, according to the information, over a three year period. Quite
frankly I’m amazed that they are still giving so many warning tickets, and not giving
speeding tickets. How much warning do you need? Now I realize part of this, that we
were not included, or at least I assume that is the reason, is that Meadowlark had no
opposition, none of the neighbors opposed that they try to slow traffic down. Cantor
Drive had opposition. I’m not sure what that says. Something, going back to the
twenty-three hundred cars per day on Cantor Drive. Cavalier Court comes in the Cantor
Drive and off of Cavalier Court there is, the County can correct me, there are fifteen little
roads, some of them are longer than others, but it’s basically all neighborhood roads,
therefore everything channels into Cantor Drive. Those of us that live on Cantor, that
try to back out of our driveways, walk on Cantor, work in our yards, especially if you are
working near the road, have children, we also have a median in Cantor Drive which I
think most, some of you are familiar with, there’s a curb there, we have to maintain a
curb around the median, we have to maintain the median, the neighbors themselves, it’s
quite dangerous. This is not something new, this is something that has been going on
for a long time. The neighbors have called the police over the years, and yes, the police
department come when they can, but they can’t be over here all the time. We need your
help. More often than not, it seems like, when the vehicle sees someone walking on the
road, kids playing in the yard or standing at the school bus, or we’re working in the
median or crossing the road, they barely slow down. They don’t mean to be bad
people, it’s just they are just so distracted and so when you combine the speed with the
distraction, that’s very dangerous in a car and it’s very dangerous for the people who
live and walk along here. Now I understand that the people are passing through, don’t
want a speeding ticket, nobody does, but I suggest that they obey the speed limit. We
have been told by the many officers when they are in our neighborhood, that they are
not giving tickets for five or a few miles over the speed limit which is twenty-five, so they
are getting a break. I know they don’t want to pay the fines, but I suggest to you and to
them, that it is easier to recover from a speeding fine, than it is to recover from
accidents and injuries to themselves and others. As evidenced by the data in the
report that you will see, we have a significant speeding problem on Cantor Drive. Our
safety is important to us and to you, we ask you to please include us in this pilot study
that you are doing on Meadowlark, if you are doing a study, you need data, and data
points from more than one road, because what works somewhere may not work
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somewhere else. To have data from more than one location, that helps you make a
better decision. To us, this is purely a public safety issue, Cantor Drive needs your help
sooner rather than later, with that said we ask for your help now. Do you have any
questions? If not, thank you.
IN RE: REPORTS
Supervisor Peters moved to receive and file the following reports and was
seconded by Supervisor Hooker. The motion carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Moore, Bedrosian, Church, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
1. General Fund Unappropriated Balance
2. Capital Reserves
3. Reserve for Board Contingency
4. Outstanding Debt
IN RE: REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
Supervisor McNamara stated he would like to relay once again to the staff
that put together a lot of the retreat activities, I think it was very, very positive, I think its
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real exciting, that I believe starting February 29 we’re going to begin a lot of the
community meetings as we try to develop a strategic plan, and a strategic focus and
vision for Roanoke County. So, many, many, many people have signed up for one of
our various different task work areas, if you have an interest and you haven’t signed up,
that’s okay, we would love to have you, just come join us, and I’m assuming it’s all out
on the website, I haven’t seen it, but, go to our website, Roanokecountyva.gov, and
we’re looking forward to a real, real, real good process. We’ll get a lot of community
input and try to develop, really the first ever strategic plan and guidance document for
Roanoke County.
Supervisor Bedrosian, just a few things. One of them, I would like to ask, we’re
going to prepare, we are working on the budgets and we, you know, come across these
numbers all the time, we’re looking at numbers all day long trying to figure out what’s
the best way to spend the taxpayer dollars. And I would like, and I’ve asked this before,
a briefing on compensation, for Roanoke County employees and if the school would join
us that would be great. As you know, every budget, the biggest part of that go for the
schools, I think the school is like sixty percent (60%), I think, I think that’s the right
number and you know, probably roughly forty (40) to fifty (50) percent for the county,
whatever that is, I think it is important for us to look at how we compensate Roanoke
County employees and that would be not only what they make, but their benefits and all
those types of things, put it on the table, take a look at it to help us as we approach this
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year with a budget. I’m sure issues of salary raises will come up and we’ll have to deal
with that, I think it’s important that we all have a real good understanding of how people
are compensated. It’s funny, you know, I have about thirty years with Xerox, myself,
and I’ve had a look at some things now because, hey, I’m contemplating maybe an
early retirement and looking at what goes on in corporate America, and I thought well, it
would be very interesting to compare that with what goes on in government, and how
government employees are paid, what their benefits are, if you retire and those types of
things, and I’ve had questions from the community ask me about those types of things
too, so I think it’s good laid out in the open. After all, we work for the citizens of
Roanoke County and we should let them know how we spend their money in all
aspects. Next, I know it is no surprise of my continued issue with United Way and
Planned Parenthood, and I think it’s important that I bring this up, because it is
something near to my heart. About the whole issue, the prolife issue, and you know, as
I, even as I watch campaign’s now, people stumping out there, I see a great divide in
America on this issue. But in the party that I’m in, it’s not a divide at all, it’s a very
prolife group, and the big issue there is, you know, how these organizations constantly
get funded. And in America a lot of these organizations get funded by government.
The government itself, taxpayers, whether you want to or not, we fund organizations like
Plan Parenthood. Here in the Roanoke Valley we fund the United Way, which ultimately
funds Planned Parenthood, and so since we have an association and a relationship with
United Way, I think it’s important that we should know how United Way spends its
money, and so I always want to bring this up, so the citizens of Roanoke County know
that. But in a bigger picture too, I would like for us, as we approach the community
looking at how we spend money, is to itemize the money that we spend for every
organization that is not Roanoke County. So every private organization, and that would
be an organization like United Way, but there are a lot of other organizations that we
fund, we give money to directly or we facilitate, I would like to have that itemized,
because I personally do not think we should be funding organizations, private
organizations that are not Roanoke County, they are private organizations, I will
continue to say that, I think that is not our role, and that’s not our responsibility to fund
organizations, they are not us, they’re private, they have their own leadership and in
many of these organizations there, their people do very well on their own and I think
that’s the way it should be left. That way there is also no conflict of interest between us
and any organization in Roanoke County, we are not picking a favorite organization that
we like over another organization. There are plenty of organizations out there that help
people and I think we should back off and let them help the people of Roanoke Valley.
Finally, as was stated previously, these, the meetings that will be held around our
community, I think it’s very important for people to attend, and one of the reasons is, it is
our County, it is our community. Some people argue about how we spend money, how
we do this, why are we involve ourselves in this, why, this is the time to do it, you know,
these meeting are not for the County and its representatives to tell you how we’re going
to do something. I look at these meetings as we go there are present and then then the
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citizens should be saying yeah, no, I don’t’ like that, oh, I like that, that’s okay, stop
spending money there, that’s what I look at these kinds of meetings doing. It is not just
us telling people what we are going to do. It’s very, very important that we open it up
like this and people do attend, and hey, discuss, it’s open, it’s open for discussion.
Again I appreciate all the people that come and attend these meetings, I think that’s
what makes, we need government, as an organizational structure, we need it to be
limited, and I think having people here watching what we do, and holding us
accountable is the best thing that can happen, so thank you very much for attending.
Supervisor Peters stated he just has a couple of things I want to touch on, the
first was the budget. I shared with the County Administrator last week, my grandparents
were in, have their home in North Carolina, and when I was helping them with their
finances, I was very impressed by the county they live in. When they sent their tax bill
they get a break down of what, how that, in our case the dollar line, how was that
broken down. You could see what went to schools, public safety, police department,
and I thought that was very interesting, so I kind of asked the County Administrator, not
to put it on our tax bills, but I guess we could if we wanted to, but to, I think to publicly
show everyone how the money is being spent and what services it is providing. I do
want to thank everyone that was involved, and I was very, very pleased that, I think
almost all of our department heads were at our retreat a couple of weeks ago over at
the new Vinton Library. It went very well. It also was able to show the Board that our
citizens are very concerned about economic development, and that was kind of
overwhelming. Something that we’ve, and I’ve personally pushed for quite some time is
our economic development and what we need to do to enhance that, but now to hear
from the citizens should give, put a little fire under us. As far as the focus groups, I want
to clarify a comment that Mr. Bedrosian just made, we are not coming to present, we’re
coming to facilitate. We are coming to hear what the citizens want. We are not coming
with an agenda or what our wishes are, we coming now, as Mr. McNamara said, this is
the first strategic plan that Roanoke County has put together. We want it put together
with the thoughts and the caring of our citizens and what their focuses are. Lastly, as
we’ve been through our snow storm a couple of weeks ago, and everything else that
continues to happen in our county, I always want to end by thanking our employees,
you do a great job, you keep us safe, you keep us clean, and we appreciate everything
that you do.
At 4:04 p.m. Chairman Peters moved to go into closed meeting pursuant
to the Code of Virginia Section 2.2-3711 A Section 2.2-3711.A.1, Personnel, namely
discussion concerning appointments to the Audit Committee and Section 2.2-3711.A.1.
To discuss and consider the performance of specific public officers or employees,
namely the County Administrator and Section 2.2-3711.A.5 Discussion concerning the
disposition of publicly held real property, where discussion in an open meeting would
adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the County.
Supervisor McNamara seconded the motion. The motion carried by the following
recorded vote:
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AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
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At 4:05 p.m. Chairman Peters recessed to the 4 floor for work session
and closed meeting.
IN RE: WORK SESSIONS
1. Work session to discuss residential traffic calming (Howard B.
Hall, Chief of Police; Richard L. Caywood, Assistant County
Administrator; David Holladay, Planning Administrator)
Also in attendance is Brian Blevins, Area Land Use Engineer from the
Virginia Department of Transportation. Mr. Caywood advised there is a change on page
3 from the original presentation provided an update version to the Board. A copy of this
PowerPoint presentation is on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
The meeting was then turned over to Chief Hall to provide the Police Department’s
perspective.
Supervisor Peters inquired if the police know the areas of concern, why
write warning tickets. Chief Hall explained that officers are told to stop drivers going a
few miles over the limit and give a warning. This creates a deterrent effect.
Staff recommended Meadowlark as a pilot project. Based on the results,
County would consider a structured program similar to Henrico County.
Supervisor Assaid asked how is the behavior going to change after the
fine? He feels we need other calming measures first; does not think the fine is going to
slow anyone down.
Supervisor Peters commented the law does provide that the judge can
give community service, which thinks would help more.
Supervisor McNamara commented there are varying levels throughout the
County. During a seven day period with regard to Keagy Road, received complaints of
too slow and too fast. He also has had complaints about speeding on McVitty Road and
knows police are enforcing. He does not think $338 is right amount for going twelve
(12) miles over. He stated he is not convinced the data is good in Henrico. He advised
that he does not think everybody can afford the extra money for a ticket and will not
support a resolution asking for a $200 file.
Supervisor Assaid inquired what other Counties have traffic calming with
Mr. Caywood advising Henrico has the data to support, but others do not. He will be
glad to obtain a summary of what other counties do, but there will not be any supporting
data. He added that he does not think one solution is going to fix all the problems.
Ms. Kuhnel, County Attorney, commented there is a statute that gives the
court the option of giving community service (up to 20 hours), but only under a particular
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Code section.
The work session was held from 4:20 p.m. until 5:02 p.m.
2. Work session to discuss revenue estimates for fiscal year 2016-
2017 (Christopher R. Bever, Director of Management and Budget)
The work session was held from 5:04 p.m. until 5:27 p.m.
Mr. Bever went through PowerPoint presentation. A copy of the
presentation is on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
Supervisor Bedrosian requested a comparison with Supervisor Peters
advising he had no problem with a comparison as long as the costs of the services are
shown.
IN RE: CLOSED SESSION
The closed session was held from 5:54 p.m. until 6:59 p.m.
IN RE: CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION
At 6:59 p.m., Supervisor Peters moved to return to open session and
adopt the certification resolution.
RESOLUTION 020916-2 CERTIFYING THE CLOSED MEETING
WAS HELD IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia has convened
a closed meeting on this date pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and in
accordance with the provisions of The Virginia Freedom of Information Act; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia requires a certification by
the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, that such closed meeting was
conducted in conformity with Virginia law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia, hereby certifies that, to the best of each member’s
knowledge:
1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting
requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting which this
certification resolution applies; and
2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening
the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia.
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On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
McNamara and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Bedrosian, Hooker, McNamara, Peters
NAYS: None
IN RE: ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Peters adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
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