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Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
present
presenting
to
you
tonight
an
adjustment
to
the
solid
waste
tipping
fee.
Currently
inflationary
pressures
have
pushed
us
under
water.
On
our
rate,
this
is
basically
seeking
to
fix
that
issue
and
tie
it
to
a
new
floating
rate
so
that
it
will
adjust
up
or
down
as
inflationary
pressures
persist.
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We
are
recommending
that
they
go
from
a
current
per
ton
rate
of
52
dollars.
The
proposed
rate
would
be
59
if
approved,
and
then
this
rate
would
be
evaluated.
Every
quarter
based
on
the
actual
average
cost
over
that
quarter
round
it
up
to
the
next
whole
dollar
and
then
adding
six
dollars
for
sunk
costs
and
kind
of
a
cushion
in
case
of
extreme
volatility.
H
Correct
so
there's
a
30
day
lag
time
to
make
sure
that
we
can
communicate
with
our
commercial
commercial
customers,
but
this
next
quarter
after
30
day
lag
would
be
59
that
would
be
in
place
for
90
days.
We
would
go
back
and
reevaluate
it
to
make
sure
we
were
still
tracking
appropriately
and
either
change
it
or
not
change
it,
as
the
case
may
be,.
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H
We
are
required
by
their
guidelines
to
have
a
20-year
plan
in
place,
so
it
needs
to
be
updated
time.
Wise,
other
significant
events
leading
and
incorporated
in
this
plan
include
the
closure
of
the
town's
landfill
that
was
officially
approved
in
march
of
this
year,
as
well
as
the
planning
for
the
closure
of
the
landfill
at
the
solid
waste
facility
coming
up
most
of
the
stuff
doesn't
change.
Those
are
the
two
biggest
changes
quite
honestly
to
the
solid
waste
management
plan.
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Thank
you,
mr
chair,
good
evening.
All
right,
my
name
is
marielle
fallon,
with
the
division
of
planning
here
to
present
resell
an
application.
Rc
21-0006,
which
is
a
proper
amendment
request
for
a
project
known
as
the
village
at
smith,
mountain
lake
and
the
applicant
and
owner
is
bevel
properties,
llc
represented
by
sean
beville
subject:
property
is
22103
000
and
located
on
monitor
road,
approximately
9.3
acres
in
size
and
currently
split
sound
pcd
with
a
corded
overlay
and
r2
for
the
purpose
of
establishing
single-family
dwellings
in
the
r2
portion.
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L
So
the
purpose
of
this
change
is
to
allow
some
flexibility
during
the
review
of
the
residential
development,
to
ensure
that
the
proposed
public
street
is
acceptable
for
state
maintenance.
Additional
allows
vdot
to
require
improvements
on
monitor
road
that
may
trigger
may
be
triggered
by
new
development
that
occurs
in
the
commercial
portion
instead
of
the
applicant
being
required
to
make
those
improvements
now
or
post
a
bond
in
the
future.
For
the
construction,
for
example,
right
left
turn
lanes
or
upgrades
to
the
entrance.
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L
And
this
is
the
aerials
of
2018.
The
parcel
remains
undeveloped,
surrounded
uses,
involve
residential
commercial
offices
and
some
also
remain
undeveloped,
and
this
is
the
subdivision
plaque
currently
on
the
review,
and
it
shows
that
10
lots
being
created
and
the
8
along
the
lake,
so
you
they
have
a
proposed
public
road
bevel
way
to
satisfy
the
r2
frontage
requirement.
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B
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N
I
wanted
to
provide
clarity
to
the
definition
of
utility
services,
major
used
to
exclude
alternative
energy
systems
and
services
and,
of
course,
the
other
big
three
were
the
text
amendments
to
the
prd,
pcd
and
pid
district
to
require
a
process
of
a
public
hearing
before
the
planning
commission
with
appeal
rights
to
the
board
of
supervisors.
That
is
very
similar
to
these
special
review
projects
for
particular
uses
that
may
be
deemed
to
be
questionable
as
far
as
compatibility
goes,
for
instance
in
prd.
That
would
include
anything.
N
N
The
planning
commission
held
a
public
hearing
for
these
items
on
july
5th
2022.
We
did
not
have
anyone
to
speak
at
that
public
hearing
for
or
against
the
application,
and
by
a
vote
of
six
to
zero,
the
planning
commission
recommended
approval
the
text
amendment
application
to
the
board
of
supervisors
with
no
changes
to
the
initiating
resolution.
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I
wanted
to
amend
that
to
clarify
that
the
health
department
approval
may
not
be
required
for
agricultural
subdivisions,
and
we
also
wanted
to
add
the
bedford
regional
water
authority
to
that
review
process.
We
currently
already
have
them
reviewing
stuff.
We
just
wanted
to
formally
add
them
to
that
process.
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Johnson,
yes,
is
it
bainsley?
Yes,
the
chair
votes.
Yes,
motion
carried
next,
we
have
item
9a
action
and
discussion
items,
consideration
of
a
resolution
approving
an
agreement
with
river
street
networks
regarding
the
third
of
three
vati
broadband
grant
projects;
resolution
r,
zero,
seven:
two:
five:
two:
two
dash
zero:
eight
staff
presentation
by
broadband
coordinator,
john
putney,.
O
Good
evening,
chairman
sharp
and
members
of
the
board
and
the
broadband
authority,
I
have
action
and
discussion
item
9a,
which
is
the
third
of
three
broadband
grants
projects
the
county
be
embarking
on
with
our
three
internet
service
provider
partners.
The
agreement
would
allow
for
the
county
to
partner
with
river
street
networks.
O
This
project
differs
from
the
other
two
and
that
the
county
is
part
of
a
larger
regional
project
that
includes
amelia
campbell
charlotte
and
ottawa
and
pennsylvania
counties
connecting
almost
25
000
locations
in
total
and
a
total
project
cost
of
over
152
million
dollars
for
the
county.
This
translates
into
approximately
2
250
homes,
businesses
and
community
anchors
being
serviced
with
high-speed
broadband
connectivity
in
partnership
with
river
street
bedford
county
received
almost
7.6
million
from
the
department
of
housing
and
community
development
by
way
of
their
vati
grant
program.
O
The
county's
matching
financial
contribution
is
just
over
two
million
dollars.
Interestingly,
this
project's
footprint
in
bedford
exists
primarily
in
the
southeastern
part
of
the
county,
specifically
in
the
mento
otter
hill,
huddleston
areas
and
it
encircles.
The
landfill
tower
has
been
the
case
with
the
other
projects
and
their
respective
agreements,
robert
patrick
eric
and
I
have
spent
countless
hours
working
with
river
street
and
their
project
coordinator,
michael
armbruster,
from
the
western
piedmont
planning
district
commission
to
achieve
this
milestone.
O
O
O
Unfortunately,
the
other
localities
agreed
to
the
36
months
and,
unfortunately,
the
department
of
housing
and
community
development
also
granted
them
36
months
to
do
this
project
that
put
us
in
a
pretty
unenviable
negotiation
posture,
and
it
was
basically
they
said
this
is
what
it's
going
to
take.
They
aspire
to
get
it
done
quicker.
O
The
one
who
pushed
back
pretty
hard
on
this,
unfortunately,
we
just
didn't-
have
a
lot
to
to
reinforce
us
on
this.
So
you
know:
zeitel
got
18
months,
shintel
got
24
months
and
this
one's
the
longest.
But
that
said,
this
is
seven
different
localities
and
it's
about
25
000
homes,
businesses
and
community
anchors
that
they're
hooking
up.
It
is
a
significant
project.
It's
one
of
the
biggest
ones
they
awarded
this
last
round.
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N
The
board
of
supervisors
requested
that
the
planning
commission
consider
a
text
amendment
to
the
r1
zoning
district,
where
we
were
going
to
increase
the
lot
size
for
properties
that
have
both
public
water
and
sewer
and
bring
that
up
to
the
same
minimum
lot
size
that
we
require
for
lots
that
have
just
one
of
those
two
utilities
so
we'll
be
bringing
that
up
from
ten
thousand
square
foot
requirement.
Minimum
lot
size
for
lots
that
have
both
utilities
to
twenty
thousand
square
foot
was
what
the
proposal
was
for.
N
The
planning
commission
held
a
public
hearing
for
your
initiated
text
resolution
on
july
fifth,
twenty
twenty
2022
there
before
they
acted
on
that
they
requested
that
I
come
before
you
tonight
and
request
an
amendment
to
that
text.
Amendment.
The
planning
commission
felt
that
they
wanted
to
provide
some
incentive
for
for
properties
to
have
both
public
utilities,
so
what
they
proposed
to
do
was
they
wanted
to
reduce
the
minimum.
Excuse
me
increase
the
minimum
lot
size
for
lots
that
have
both
utilities
from
ten
thousand
sorry,
I'm
gonna
scroll
down
here.
N
N
N
Well,
right
now
we
have
a
separation,
so
you
do
get
a
bonus
amount
of
lots
when
you
have
both
utilities
versus
just
having
one
of
the
two,
so
they
felt
that
they
still
wanted
to
keep
that.
So
that's
why
they
wanted
to
compromise
and
take
what
you
had
what
you
had
and
try
to
split
the
difference
between
those
and
bring
it
from
you
wanted
20
they
wanted.
They
were
saying
they
would
like
for
you
to
do.
15.
you're.
N
N
A
N
A
I
B
I
We
can
do
at
this
time,
but
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
be
forward
thinking
in
instead
of
just
saying.
Oh,
let's
put
a
house
here
and,
and
then
you,
you
drive
by
so
many
of
these
properties
on
a
sunday
and
there
may
be
a
family
get-together.
There's
no
room
for
more
than
two
cars
in
the
driveway
and
they've
got
four
drivers
at
this
point.
And
people
are
it's
just
too
confining,
so
I
think
it
will
be
better
for
the
county
to
move
forward
with
this
amendment.
A
P
P
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that,
but
the
amendment
before
you
for
the
bedford
county
budget
does
not
change
the
overall
total
of
the
budget
itself.
It
is
simply
reallocating
at
the
request
of
the
schools,
the
county's
contribution
to
the
schools,
so
the
36.3
million,
roughly
that
we
give
to
the
schools
each
year
used
to
go
directly
into
operating
only.
They
have
requested
that
we
transfer.
P
P
P
Correct
yes,
so
again,
the
overall
amount
of
the
23
budget
for
the
county
is
not
changing.
It's
just
reallocating
how
we're
transferring
those
funds
to
the
schools
for
the
schools
budget
amendment
it
is
taking
into
account
those
reallocations,
but
then
also
they
received
some
additional
state
and
federal
funding.
The
state
dollars
that
they
received
primarily
were
for
the
five
percent
pay
increases
and
then
a
bonus
in
december
of
2022,
so
they
are
they're
pretty
well
designated
for
those
funds.
P
F
F
B
A
D
Is
it
reasonable
to
ask
since
knowing
that
you
have
the
surplus,
knowing
that
the
county
side
is
putting
in
the
new
money
every
year,
increasing
it
500
000
every
year?
Would
it
be
reasonable
to
ask
the
school
to
do
a
500,
000
so
versus
you're,
asking
200
plus
100
to
go
to
textbook,
which
is
300
000?
It
be
reasonable
to
ask
the
school
to
do
a
five
hundred
thousand,
knowing
it's
we're
not
taking
it
away
from
the
school
we're
just
putting
in
a
different
pot
that
will
accumulate
more.
D
I
I
think
the
school
needs
some
responsibility
of
putting
in
some
more
money,
not
just
on
the
county
side.
So
I
just
wanted
to
ask
that
question
is.
I
know
it
has
not
come
to
the
the
whole
board.
I
think
there
must
have
been
some
conversation
in
a
committee
meeting
concerning
this
amount
of
money.
How
you
arrived
at
200
000
when
to
me
the
more
appropriate
amount
would
be
500
000.
P
I
would
need
to
do
defer
to
mr
hagler
as
to
how
the
200
000
was
arrived
at.
I
believe,
once
he
took
into
account
the
additional
state
and
federal
funds
available
and
looked
at
the
requirements
that
he
had
for
use
of
those
funds.
I
think
200
000
300
000.
If
you
count
what
went
to
textbook
was
what
they
had
available
but
I'll.
Let
mr
hagler
speak
on
the
specifics
of
that.
K
Yes,
thank
you.
I
think
one
of
the
complicating
factors
in
this
current
year
budget
was.
We
had
to
take
care
of
a
technical
adjustment
for
fuel.
We
had
to
go
up
570
000
in
our
budget
just
for
fuel
this
year,
so
if
that
weren't
there,
I
think
we
could
have
put
more
aside
for
that,
but
that
was
a
substantial
increase
just
to
deal
with
the
fuel
increase
for
heating
fuel
and
transportation.
D
So
I
would
just
say
the
school
operating
side
budget
is
it's
going
from
112
million
800
000
to
115
million
300
000.,
which
is
roughly,
I
guess,
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
when
and
that's
great,
and
I'm
glad
that
this
that
the
county's
getting
that
extra
money
from
the
state,
but
the
more
money
you
get
from
the
state,
the
more
that's
fed
into
your
operating
budget
and
then
the
more
painful
it's
going
to
be.
When
the
reversion
dollars
go
away.
K
About
it's
a
good
question
and
when
we
bounce
in
each
year's
budget
the
technical
adjustments
we
have
to
deal
with,
but
some
of
the
state
money
has
strings
attached.
We
have
to
certify
that
we
give
on
average
five
percent
increase
or
we
don't
get
all
the
money
from
the
state.
The
bonus
money
is,
we
have
to
give
a
bonus
in
december
or
we
don't
get
all
the
money
from
the
state.
So
a
lot
of
that
increase
in
money
from
the
state
is
tied
up
with.
We
have
to
do
certain
things
so
point
well
taking.
K
I
think
our
board
is
very
aware
of
that
and
we'll
be
looking
at
that
in
future
budgets,
because
we're
looking
at
that
reversion
ending
in
in
2029,
so
they're
very
aware
of
it.
There's
a
document
that
I'm
maintaining
and
presenting
to
the
board
we'll
continue
to
present
to
the
board
of
supervisors
and
the
public
and
see
you
know
how,
if
we're
on
track
and
where
we
stand.
In
regards
to
that.
K
As
I
said,
a
lot
of
this
new
state
money
was
tied
up
where
you
had
to
get
the
money
you
had
to
do
certain
things
and
and
really
on.
On
the
other
side,
under
technical
adjustments,
we
probably
could
have
done
more
that
fuel,
really
that
really
hit
us,
and
hopefully
next
year
we
can
get
that
back
and
maybe
kind
of
flow
that
in
there
gotcha.
D
Yeah,
okay,
just
one
other
just
point,
I
have
I
wanted
to
ask
this.
I
really
haven't
had
the
opportunity
with
the
declining
enrollment
over
the
last,
since
we
know
at
least
since
2006-
and
I
think
before
that,
but
technically
that's
a
as
far
as
we
could
go
back
and
have
the
numbers-
and
I
know
the
state
with
in
the
last
couple
of
years
with
covet
with
they
were
doing
the
holding
you
harmless
for
the
numbers.
Maybe
not
the
enrollment
numbers
not
being
hold
harmless
for
it.
D
K
On
a
positive
note,
I
will
say
dr
bergen
spoke
to
this
and
has
run
some
numbers.
We
ended
up
significantly
more
kids
in
our
school
system
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
of
the
year
and
normally
you'll
see
dropouts
and
a
reduction,
so
we're
well
over
100
kids,
maybe
150
kids
more
at
the
end
of
the
year
than
we
started
so
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
those
kids
come
back
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
see
that
next
year.
K
And
then
all
of
a
sudden
when
they
go
and
just
let
you
know
each
year
when
I,
when
I
do
some
projections
and
present
to
the
board,
we
take
a
projection
in
our
enrollment.
Mr
blankenship
looks
at
numbers,
birth
rates
and
everything
and
our
staffing
standards
adjust
to
what
we're
expecting
in
membership.
So
if
our
membership's
going
down,
there's
actually
staff
reductions
tied
to
that
it's
kind
of,
and
so
we
have
things
that
look
at
that
and
we
adjust
staff
accordingly,
each
and
every
year.
So,
okay.
B
F
K
I'll
say
this:
with
textbooks
a
lot
of
it
has
gone
to
digital
content.
In
the
past
you
could
probably
postpone
a
textbook
adoption
because
it
was
a
physical
book.
What
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
now
is
licensing
agreements
for
digital
content.
So
when
you
get,
if
you
have
a
math
adoption
and
it's
good
for
seven
years,
you
have
to
renew
that
license
in
seven
years.
If
you
don't
set
aside
enough
money
to
do
that,
adoption
you're
all
sudden
without
any
content
to
deliver.
So
it's
both
there
are
textbooks,
but
there's
also
digital
content.
K
It's
a
mixture
of
what
we're
delivering
right
now,
and
so
I
have
a
seven
year
projection
that
we
went
up
a
hundred
thousand,
but
next
year.
I
think
I
have
it
going
up
to
250
000
and
then
we
need
to
get
that
textbook
with
the
state
money
and
local
money
being
put
aside
to
sustain
textbook
adoptions,
closer
to
a
million
million
point
two
million
dollars
going
there
each
year,
states
giving
us
about
seven
hundred.
K
So
I'm
stepping
that
up
closely
each
year,
I
didn't
go
up
four
or
five
hundred
right
away
because
we
need
to,
but
it
needs
to
step
up
until
we
have
a
reoccurring
stream
of
money
to
support
adoptions
similar
to
what
we
do
with
buses.
It's
in
the
budget.
We
replace
budget
our
buses
each
year,
they
run
15,
and
then
we
take
them
off
the
road.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
money's
in
there.
So
when
the
adoption
happens-
and
we
need
to
renew
that
license,
we
have
the
money
there.
I
K
A
good
question:
the
increase
in
money
is
a
an
adjustment
by
the
state
that
would
flow
into
us
next
year.
Then
they
go
through
re-benchmarking
and
what
it
actually
costs
to
run
each
school
district
and
that
that
gets
factored
into
the
state
budget.
So
the
pay
increase
is
factored
in
for
next
year,
they're
not
going
to
withdraw
that.
K
There
is
a
an
additional
five
percent
in
the
proposed
budget
for
next
year
for
the
state
to
give
another
five
percent
to
teach
to
teachers
and
staff
next
year,
but
with
state
they're
going
to
change
their
budget
up
by
next
year.
So
hopefully
that
will
stay
in
place
to
kind
of
tie
your
question:
if,
if
the
enrollment
goes
down,
we
we
adjust
our
staff
accordingly.
K
So
if
enrollment
were
to
go
down,
we
would
adjust
downward
because
of
the
reduction
in
state
money.
If
enrollment
would
go
up,
we
would
get
more
from
the
state.
We
would
have
to
add
certain
staff
and
we
look
at
each
school
during
the
summer
and
how
many
kids
they're
adding
or
decreasing,
and
we
move
staff
around
accordingly,
I'm
not
100.
I
answered
your
question,
but
I
was
trying
to
deal
with
the
state
money.
The
money
for
the
increase
is
a
is
a
reoccurring
stream.
K
I
K
All
right
we
did
put
in
and
apply
for
grants
two
electric
buses.
We
ordered
those
last
july
they're
going
to
be
delivered
like
next
week.
It's
taken
that
long,
so
there
was
one
through
aep,
where
aep
paid
the
difference
between
what
we
would
pay
for
a
diesel
bus,
an
electric
bus
and
one
was
from
the
department,
deq
and
they're,
going
to
pay
the
difference
and
the
cost
difference
between
a
diesel
and
electric
our
goal
for.
I
K
We'll
have
two
charging
stations
and
the
idea
behind
that
is.
The
charging
stations
were
put
at
the
bus
garage
in
bedford
to
run
those
buses
and
see
if
those
can
actually
be
used,
if
there's
an
offset
on
the
fuel,
and
so
really
we
have
to
report
on
these
and
how
they're
using
and
functioning.
So
I
would
say
these-
these
two
are
really
a
pilot
for
us
to
see
how
they
work.
Do
you
see
how
they
run?
Do
they
get
the
longevity?
When
does
the
battery
have
to
replace?
K
K
I
K
I
don't
think
it's
substantial
I'd
say
the
biggest
risk
factor,
in
my
opinion,
is
how
long
does
this
battery
last?
Is
it
going
to
last
15.
and
I
think
that's
the
question
for
everybody.
I
mean
because
those
batteries
are
very
significant
cost
to
those
electric
buses,
and
so,
if
we're
running
a
diesel
15
and
when
the
battery
gives
out
at
eight,
you
know
you
you
know,
then
you
got
to
replace
that
that
has
to
be
factored
in.
K
Oh,
oh
boy,
I
had
that
answer
about
a
year
ago,
when
we
were
looking
at
this.
I
think
it's
about
60
to
70.
I'll
have
to
get
that.
I'm
trying
to
remember
what
I
gave
before,
but
we
can
get
that
information
for
you,
but
we
we
believe
on
some
of
most
of
our
runs,
not
on
our
longest,
that
it
can
go
ahead
and
make
the
back
and
forth
to
school
in
the
morning
back
and
forth
in
in
the
afternoon
and
then
charge
overnight.
G
K
I
don't
have
that
on
the
I
would
say
right
around
the
95
9600
range
once
we
get
into
the
first
day
of
school,
because
that's
such
a
big
driving
factor
of
what
we
receive
in
we're
watching
that
enrollment
very
closely.
In
the
first
day,
first
10
days
of
school
reporting
out
to
the
school
board
and
we'll
give
in
my
first
quarter
presentation
on
financials
I'll
present
to
the
school
board
on
how
we
look
and
how
the
finance
and
how
the
state
funding
is
going
to
look
for
the
year.
So
that's
very
important
driving
factor.
K
It's
interesting
when
you
look
at
state
numbers.
Some
of
the
money
we
receive
is
a
flat
rate.
It
doesn't
doesn't
matter
if
there's
another
student
or
not
some
of
it
is
a
factor
and
the
student
enrollment
does
factor
in
so
one
student
doesn't
equate
to
all
of
that
so
state
funding.
You
have
to
look
at
really
what
what's
in
the
calculation.
G
K
To
somebody
else
on
that,
I
I
don't
know
the
answer
that
we
are
tracking
that
and
so
hopefully,
when
we
get
to
the
first
10
days
in
the
first
quarter
and
we
have
to
report
to
the
stage
on
students
we'll
have
a
much
better
analysis
on
how
many
came
back
from
what
from
what
area,
whether
home
school,
whether
they
just
kind
of
disappeared
for
a
year
and
then
some
of
the
kids
coming
back.
You
really
have
to
dig
in
the
details
because
some
are
coming
in
and
moving
into
the
area.
K
K
K
Do
you
see
an
increase
in
middle
school,
also
they're,
coming
back
in
they
weren't
in
elementary,
so
you've
got
all
those
things
coming
in
and
mark
blankenship
who
watches
all
that
in
our
demographics
uses
a
modeling
for
that,
and
then
we
push
it
out
to
the
schools
and
that's
how
we
staff
the
schools.
So
it's
not
a
pers
he's
pretty
good
at
it
as
far
as
predicting
the
overall
county
and
each
individual
school
can
change
because
kindergarten's
kind
of
like
who
knows
but
you're
looking
at
birth
rates
too.
K
So
we
take
all
that
into
consideration
and
I
would
say,
with
we
have
to
look
at
developments
too,
what's
happening
in
certain
areas
of
the
county.
You
know
over
the
new
london
area
or
by
force
elementary.
We
have
to
consider
that
and
who
may
be
moving
in
and
how
many
kids
so
we're
watching
that
closely.
I
So
so
that
being
said,
it's
it's
really
becoming
very
concerning
I.
I
know
that
that
a
lot
of
factors
enter
into
this,
but
I
seem
to
recall
not
too
long
ago,
advertisements
on
the
radio
talking
about
and
just
everybody
seeming
to
emphasize
the
need
for
young
people
to
be
taught,
and-
and
I
realize
this
may
not
be
your
wheelhouse
here,
but
everyone
needing
to
learn
the
digital.
I
You
know
skills
and
and
we've
pretty
much
gotten
our
all
of
our
emphasis
away
from
vocational
skills
and
and
again
I
just
want
to
bring
this
point
up
at
this
time,
because
I
don't
know
what
emphasis
bedford
county
public
schools
is
putting
on
the
vocational
part
of
the
classrooms.
But
I
do
know
that
it's
very
sad
that
young
young
men
and
and
women,
if
they
want
to
work
in
the
trades
coming
out
of
schools,
there's
a
severe
lacking
in
skills
and
abilities
and
even
desire
to
work
in
the
trades.
I
And
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
here-
are
interested
in
having
homes
built
and
being
able
to
sell
them.
But
what
I
want
to
know
is
who's
going
to
build
them
around
here
and
who's,
going
to
pour
the
concrete
and
build
the
garages
and
do
the
electrical
work,
because
we
don't
seem
to
be
graduating
any
young
people
with
any
of
these
skills
and
they
all
seem
to
be
able
to
use
the
the
digital
products.
But
they
they
don't
see,
they
couldn't
even
drive
a
nail
and
I
don't
mean
to
be
disrespectful
or
disparaging.
K
I'll
comment
to
that,
and
I'm
not
necessarily
my
wheelhouse,
but
I'm
part
of
the
executive
staff
and
I
kind
of
know,
what's
follow,
what's
going
on
there
and
I
would
encourage
you,
susie
gibson
we're
going
out
to
the
high
schools
we're
going
out
to
the
middle
schools,
telling
the
kids
about
what
programs
we
have
there.
A
lot
of
those
programs
are
maxed
out
and
we
actually
are
going
to
be
adding
an
hvac
program
next
year.
K
So
we've
found
a
teacher,
we're
procuring
the
equipment
and
we
hope
to
launch-
and
I
think
in
our
executive
staff.
We
were
talking
about
that.
We
we
want
to
have
a
lot
of
people,
including
the
board
of
supervisors,
come
to
when
we
kind
of
like
celebrate
that
addition
to
susie
gibson
and
what
we're
doing
it's
an
hvac
program.
We're
very
excited
about
that
been
looking
at
that
for
years
and
finding
the
teacher
to
do
that
is
probably
the
most
difficult
and
we're
very
pleased
that
that's
going
to
be
launched
this
year.
K
So
that's
a
brand
new
cte
vocational
program
at
suzy,
gibson
that
we're
launching
this
year.
So
we
do
have
a
supervisor
dedicated
to
just
cte
and
vocational
at
the
high
schools
and
at
suzy
gibson,
so
that
didn't
used
to
be
in
our
overall
staffing
central
office.
We
got
somebody,
that's
that's
all
they
think
about
each
and
every
day
and
getting
kids
recruited
and
what
we
can
add
into
those
programs.
A
K
Into
the
training-
and
we
do
partner
up
with
cvcc
because
sometimes
you're
competing
against
each
other.
So
it's
like
if
they've
got
something
we're
working
in
instead
of
just
if
there's
a
select
few
kids
and
having
small
programs
and
both.
So
that's
what
our
cte
and
vocational
supervisor
works
on.
So
I
understand
exactly
what
you're
saying
or
even
encouraging
my
son
that
he
might
go
in
that
direction
and
we
want
those
teachers
and
those
programs
in
place.
F
Mr
chair
just
kind
of
another
example:
our
bedford
county
economic
development,
facebook
page
today
had
a
story
about
a
liberty,
high
school
grad
josh
wells
who
opened
wic
wicked
diesel
in
2014
after
he
graduated
from
your
program
at
the
technology
center
from
what
he
learned
and
took
his
passion
to
start
a
business.
So
there
are
way
cool
things
happening.
K
There
and
that's
my
knowledge
from
listening
in,
I
do
to
watch
over
the
financials,
but
I
do
pay
attention
and
I
would
say
dr
bergens
here
if
he
wants
to
come
up
and
say
anything
additional
to
that.
He'd
have
more
knowledge
about
that
stuff.
But
those
are
some
things
that
we
just
discussed
just
this.
You
know
these
last
two
weeks.
So
thank
you
all
right.