►
From YouTube: 2022.03.28 - Board of Supervisors 7pm Regular Meeting
Description
For more information visit: https://www.befordcountyva.gov
A
A
A
A
A
E
A
A
F
Item
b
is
a
resolution
authorizing
the
submittal
acceptance
and
appropriation
of
the
virginia
destination
marketing
organization
marketing
grant
item
c
is
a
resolution
authorizing
submittal
acceptance
and
appropriation
of
a
creative
community's
partnership.
Grant
item
e
is
consideration
of
a
resolution
appropriating
the
vati
vatting
grant
funds
for
xytel
and
shentel
broadband
projects
and
item
f
is
consideration
of
a
resolution
authorizing
the
emergency
use
of
the
prior
group
home
cottage.
G
A
H
I
B
A
K
Mr
chair
and
members
of
the
board,
thank
you
all
for
letting
me
stand
up
here.
A
few
minutes
in
front
of
you
and
mr
hiss.
I
want
to
thank
you
too,
for
adding
us
to
the
agenda
tonight.
What
I
want
to
do
is
take
a
few
minutes
to
highlight
your
sheriff's
office
and
the
hard
work
of
the
men
and
women
from
that
office.
K
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
todd
clingenpiel
and
I'm
the
manager
for
the
virginia
accreditation
center
for
the
department
of
criminal
justice
services.
Here
in
the
commonwealth
of
virginia,
I
bring
greetings
from
shannon
dion
who's,
the
director
of
dcjs,
as
well
as
bob
moser
who's,
the
secretary
of
public
safety
from
the
commonwealth.
H
Recently,
a
team
of
assessors
came
to
bedford
county
to
take
a
look
at
your
sheriff's
office
to
see
how
they
were
performing
and
what
level
they
were
performing
at,
and
we
took
a
look
at
the
agency
as
a
whole,
not
just
different
little
pieces
here
and
there
we
took
a
look
at
everything
and
we
were
welcomed
by
sheriff
miller
and
his
staff.
They
were
amazing
as
a
part
of
this
you
know.
H
Virginia
has
nearly
400
law
enforcement
agencies
and
only
102
of
those
400
or
nearly
400
or
state
accredited,
and
so
that
says
a
lot
to
achieve
this,
especially
for
the
fifth
time
like
bedford,
county
sheriff's
office.
Did
there
are
191
standards
that
we
look
at
when
we
go
to
assess
an
agency
and
out
of
those
191
there's
over
570
individual
bullets
that
that
the
assessors
look
at
to
see
how
the
agency
is
functioning
as
a
part
of
it?
H
Well,
the
team
looked
at
everything
from
files,
equipment,
training,
property
and
evidence,
the
vehicles,
procedures
and
policies.
They
did
ride
alongs
with
personnel.
They
spoke
to
constituents
in
the
area,
different
businesses
as
well
as
members
of
the
community,
and
they
found
that
your
sheriff's
office
was
functioning
extremely
high
level.
H
H
On
behalf
of
the
secretary
of
public
safety,
I
would
like
to
congratulate
sheriff
miller
and
his
wonderful
staff
back
here,
which
I
think
you're
going
to
get
a
chance
to
meet
here
shortly
on
their
dedication
to
excellence
and
how
well
they
performed
throughout
this
process.
And
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
introduce
chief
keith
hartman
from
the
buena
vista
police
department.
He's
part
of
the
accreditation
commission
and
he's
got
something
that
he
would
like
to
show
to
you
all.
Thank.
L
You
this
is
thank
you
for
inviting
me
tonight.
I
appreciate
it.
This
is
the
certificate
of
reaccreditation,
it's
a
high
standard
to
meet
and
it
takes
a
lot
a
lot
of
hard
work
and
for
the
staff
and
for
the
assessors
that
come
down
and
and
do
this
job
for
you,
but
when
you,
when
they
walk
out
and
when
they,
when
they
receive
this
today,
they
know
they've
done
the
right
thing
of
being
part
of
an
accredited
agency
in
the
commonwealth
of
virginia.
K
So
if
felicia
and
laura,
if
y'all
will
come
up
these
two
ladies
and
a
tina
was
also
our
our
third
assessor
when
they
came
into
our
office,
we
were
strangers
when
we
left
when
they
left,
we
were
friends,
is
what
we
were
because
of
the
way
that
they
represented
their
departments
they
had,
they
can
have
no
affiliation
with
us,
they
can't
be
an
adjoining
county
or
town
or
city.
So
we
had
no
idea
and
well
the
way
these
ladies
demonstrated
themselves
and
the
professionalism
that
they
had
goes
without
saying.
K
G
G
G
M
Felicia
said
everything
ms
glick
said
everything
that
I
would.
I
would
second
everything
that
she
said:
it's
not
comfortable
having
a
team
of
assessors
come
into
your
home
and
pick
it
apart,
we're
not
there
to
to
find
things
that
are
wrong
to
be
punitive,
we're
there
to
make
you
a
better
agency
and
it's
hard.
It's
not
an
easy
position
to
be
in,
and
sheriff
miller
accepted
us
and
his
staff
accepted
us
with
open
arms
and
listened
to
our
thoughts
and
listened
to
what
we
had
to
say
to
help
his
department
become
better.
M
Like
ms
glick
said,
though
we
not
only
did
we
come
in
as
a
team,
we
left
with
lifelong
friendships
and
professional
relationships
that
will
benefit
us
and
our
agencies,
as
well
as
him
and
his
agency.
So
you
truly
have
an
amazing
sheriff's
office
here,
professional,
very
professional,
from
the
time
that
we
started
until
up.
You
know
just
amazing,
so
you're
very
blessed,
and
we
thank
you.
We
thank
them
for
their
hospitality
and
we
thank
you
guys
as
well.
K
So,
throughout
the
journey,
as
I
said,
the
lord
puts
people
in
your
lives
and
you
don't
know
why.
But
we
do
now
with
our
assessors.
It's
what
we
end
up.
Knowing
I
wish
I
could
say
I
could
do
this
all
by
myself,
but
I
can't
and
I'm
glad
that
I
cannot
so.
I
brought
the
team
with
me
so
we'll
start
out
with
lieutenant
steve
anders
if
you'll
come
on
up
captain
zimmerman
sergeant,
edmonson,
captain
neal
major
major
wilkes.
K
That
does
all
of
this,
and
it's
an
amazing
thing
to
be
able
to
say
I
work
beside
them.
It's
amazing
thing
and
very
humbling
to
know
that
that
we
work
for
the
sheriff's
office
and
we
work
for
you
all
and
we
work
for
our
citizens
and
it's
very
humbling
experience
to
do
that.
But
you
got
to
know
what
you
well,
who
is
out
there
when
we're
sleeping
at
night.
These
are
the
men
and
women
that
are
out
there,
protecting
us
and
men
and
women
just
like
them
with
their
dedication.
K
So
just
want
to
come
up
tonight
and
let
you
guys
know
we
also
have
you
a
little
gift,
which
is
something
that
captain
neil
did.
He
designed
our
accreditation
stickers.
Our
accreditation
stickers
will
go
on
every
vehicle-
our
marked
units,
of
course
they're
bigger
than
this.
It's
what
they'll
end
up
doing,
but
we're
going
to
leave
you
guys
with
a
little
token
to
let
you
know
how
hard
it
was,
but
yet
the
accomplishment.
K
So
while
we're
doing
all
of
this
at
the
accreditation,
we're
still
answering
calls
for
service
we're
still
satisfying
our
public
out
there
by
solving
crime
and
doing
those
type
things
too.
So
you
have
a
working
sheriff's
office,
one
men
and
women
who
are
very
dedicated
to
you
all
and
to
the
citizens
of
bedford
county,
and
I
appreciate
your
time
tonight
to
let
us
come
up
and
let
me
shine
the
light
on
the
sheriff's
office.
So
that's
what
it's
all
about.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
time.
C
B
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
that's
going
to
be
a
hard
act
to
follow
in
comparison,
but
we
did
receive
a
petition
for
designated
certain
portions
of
the
sprinkle
lake
subdivision,
as
in
no
dogs
running
at
large
area
got
a
requisite
actually
over
80
percent
of
the
residents
there
signed
on
to
the
petition.
So
everything
was
in
order
for
approval
of
that
to
add
to
the
ordinance
as
a
no
dogs
at
large
area.
D
A
N
A
I
I
A
C
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
This
was
an
application
by
the
columbus
corporation
for
a
property
on
sweeney
circle
that
is
probably
more
commonly
known
as
the
knights
of
columbus
hall.
For
those
of
you
familiar
with
the
property,
it
does
have
quite
a
bit
of
area
that
the
public
can
use
for
their
own
use
and
purposes,
you'll
see
in
the
supporting
documentation
that
the
facilities
there
are
offered
up
to
civic
entities,
organizations,
churches
and
other
groups.
D
I
I
C
N
J
J
We
just
had
a
handicapped
person's
birthday
in
there
for
no
charge.
We
do
fundraisers
for
non-profits,
church,
picnics,
youth,
football
indices
and
banquets
youth
swimming
team
awards.
Softball
gatherings
for
youth
lynchburg
swat
had
their
family
picnic
there.
Local
church
fundraisers,
the
homebuilders
organizational
meetings
are
in
there:
children's
easter
egg
hunts
christmas,
children's
parties,
there's
weddings,
there's
birthdays,
there's
asian
and
latino
cultural
parties,
there's
dog,
walking
on
the
grounds
picnic
use
by
the
neighbors
playgrounds
used
by
the
neighbors.
J
J
We're
all
volunteer,
we
have
no
paid
employees,
the
the
building
is
very
expensive
to
run.
We
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
this
work
ourselves,
the
parts
that
we
can't
do
ourselves.
We
have
to
hire
somebody
the
money
that
we
wouldn't
pay
for
taxes
would
help
us
to
improve
some
things.
Simple
maintenance
make
it
look
better
and
cleaner
and
nicer
for
the
people
who
use
the
building.
J
If
you
approve
this,
I'm
going
to
I'm
just
going
to
say
I
regret
not
asking
sooner,
we
have
paid
a
lot
of
taxes
and
we
certainly
could
have
used
that
money
and
if
it
wasn't
for
just
just
on
the
sidebar,
if
it
wasn't
for
covid,
irs
loan
or
sba
loans,
we
probably
wouldn't
even
be
here
talking
right
now,
because
banks
won't
borrow
any
money
when
you
have
no
cash
flow
and
kovid
was
a
big,
no
cash
flow.
So
any
other
questions
I
could
try
to
answer
all.
C
A
A
A
I
D
A
P
Good
evening,
I
present
for
your
consideration
the
resolution
authorizing
the
county
administrator
to
execute
the
building,
automation
and
hvac
maintenance
contract.
Essentially,
it
is
the
county
administration,
building
the
burke
scott
building,
the
courthouse,
the
sheriff's
office
and
following
creek
parks
and
rec
center.
This
is
our
building
automation,
software.
We
have
train
software
that
allows
us
to
program
the
hvac
systems.
It
allows
us
to
access
it
remotely.
P
P
A
N
C
Q
Mr
chair
members
of
the
board,
what
you
have
before
you
tonight
is
the
22
2022
medicare
allowable
fee
schedule,
our
last
opportunity.
It
was
back
in
october
of
2019
when
we
increased
the
fees
as
you'll,
see
there
and
highlighted
in
yellow
is
the
proposal
of
the
new
fee
set
rate
just
for
a
little
bit
of
information
is
the
medicare
allowable
fee.
That
is
a
set
rate,
regardless
of
what
we
charge
medicare
for
those
who
have
medicare,
they
will
only
pay
that
fee.
Q
The
150
percent
above
medicare
fee
schedule
is
what
we
have
routinely
throughout
the
years
established
and
that
is
allowable
for
our
commercial
pay
in
insurance.
So
there
is
a
well
they
will
pay
an
increased
amount.
What
this
does
is
kind
of
set
that
bar
to
where
anything
in
between
that
they
may
be
paying.
They
will
pay
above
that.
Q
So
therefore,
there's
not
any
monies
left
on
the
table
that
we
would
capture
that
in
our
commercial
insurance
and
as
a
provided
in
your
agenda
currently
right
now
for
our
payer
mix,
we're
at
about
59
percent
of
medicare
payer
fee
in
bedford,
county
and
commercial
insurance
at
about
16
percent.
Also,
you
will
know
this
year.
There
was
a
cri
considerable
increase
in
the
amount
that
they
will
pay
even
at
the
medicare
rate.
Q
And
cr
and
and
that
fee
has
considerably
gone
up
over
the
past
few
years,
and
then
commercial
insurance
you'll
see
with
your
als
2
and
your
specialty
care
transports.
That's
considerable
amount
has
gone
up
too
so
that
150
50
is
set.
So
you
have
the
potential
to
capture
anything.
That's
already
regulated
in
the
commercial
insurance
mileage
fees
will
not
change
at
all.
That
will
stay
the
same
in
the
other
addition
this
year,
we're
requesting
a
proposal
to
add
an
additional
fee,
which
is
the
specialty
care
transports.
Q
These
are
transports
that
require
an
advanced
practice
paramedic
with
additional
skills
such
as
place,
placing
patients
on
ventilators
and
rapid
sequence
innovation.
This
is
when
we
have
to
give
them
major
drugs
high-level
drugs
in
order
to
have
them
intubated
on
scene
and
most
the
time,
those
specialty
care
transports.
Q
Q
I
B
A
B
I
A
O
All
right,
so
this
resolution
specifically
considers
just
the
trent's
ferry
woods
landing
portion
of
the
phase
2
broadband
initiative
contract
with
zytel.
This
project
expanded
broadband
infrastructure
into
these
neighborhoods,
with
the
ultimate
ability
to
service
up
to
822
homes.
The
board
approved
this
contract
amendment
in
april.
2021,
substantial
completion
was
achieved
in
october
2021
and
final
completion
was
achieved
on
march
4th
of
2022.
A
A
A
F
This
is
a
project
to
build
upon
the
the
previous
project
that
we
just
talked
about.
Last
october,
a
group
of
citizens,
led
by
bob
platt,
came
to
the
board
of
supervisors
and
talked
about
how
they
enjoyed
hearing
about
and
seeing
all
the
good
work
that
zeitel
was
doing
in
the
trent's
ferrywood
landing
area
and
being
geographically
very
close
by
they
and
being
without
adequate
internet
in
their
neighborhood.
They
were
hoping
to
see
a
project
with
zytel
in
order
to
bring
internet
to
their
neighborhoods
as
well.
So
we've
got
to
that
point
again.
This
would
be.
F
We
have
an
original
contract
with
zytel
that
allows
for
addendums
to
that
contract
as
long
as
it's
under
a
certain
value,
and
this
fits
within
that
value
threshold.
So
this
would
be
part
three
of
that
original
contract,
and
this
would
be
for
audubon
drive
and
several
other
roads
that
are
nearby
or
spur
off
of
audubon
drive.
F
It
will
consist
of
providing
you
know,
high-speed
fiber,
100,
completely
buried
to
25
passings,
it's
going
to
consist
of
about
5.4
miles
of
fiber
of
those
going
back
to
those
25
passings.
One
thing
that's
good,
for
this
is
16
homes
have
already
pre-signed
up
or
indicated
that
they
would
like
to
have
service.
So
that's
a
very
good
take
rate
for
fiber
build
out
zytel
and
speaking
with
zeitel
officials.
F
F
In
all
reality,
they
think
they
can
get
it
done
in
30
45
days,
but
the
contract
will
allow
for
90
days,
just
in
case
there
are
hiccups
or
snafus
that
they
run
into
in
terms
of
cost.
This
is
the
cost
share,
is
going
to
be
split
between
the
county
and
zytel.
The
cost
of
the
county
is
eighty
thousand
three
hundred
ninety
three
dollars
and
sixty
eight
cents
and
the
total
project
cost
is
a
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
dollars,
two
hundred
sixteen
hundred
five
269
dollars
and
68
cents.
N
E
A
C
A
R
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
What
you
have
in
front
of
you
is
the
resolution
for
the
monito
park.
Water
line
this
in
conjunction
with
brwa,
is
proposed
to
extend
the
water
line
along
rucker
road
in
bonita.
It
will
go
underneath
122
to
provide
the
service
area
for
the
moneta
park.
The
project
was
initiated
by
the
parks
and
rec
department
to
accommodate
future
expansion
to
this
park
for
future
accommodations
and
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
If
you
have
any.
E
P
E
M
A
Johnson,
yes,
mr
mainsley,
yes,
mr
scott
and
the
chair
votes.
Yes
all
right!
Next,
we
have
item
9f,
which
was
the
incentive
agenda
item,
a
consideration
of
a
resolution
authorizing
the
county
administrator
to
enter
into
a
contract
for
it
strategic
planning
assessment,
consulting
services.
This
is
resolution.
L
C
S
Good
evening,
again,
as
part
of
the
county's
recently
adopted
strategic
plan,
the
need
for
an
I.t
strategic
roadmap
and
current
assessment
of
bedford,
county's,
I.t
infrastructure
process,
says
staffing
and
funding
was
an
identified
initiative.
The
proposed
agenda
item
is
a
contract
for
I.t
strategic
planning
assessment,
consulting
services
with
gcsit
we've
kind
of
gone
through
this
at
a
high
level.
S
In
the
work
session
for
public
record,
the
total
estimated
cost
of
the
proposed
project
is
68
000,
which
includes
consulting
services,
not
to
exceed
60
000
over
four
months
and
a
minimum
of
two
on-site
visits
with
a
not
to
exceed
travel
cost
of
eight
thousand
any
travel
expenses
incurred
beyond
the
on-site
visit
will
be
paid
by
gcsit
at
no
cost
to
the
county
per
mrs
anderson.
The
fiscal
review.
The
project
will
require
an
appropriation
from
operating
contingency
funds
to
the
cip
fund.
S
S
A
S
I
I
I've
not
heard
one
person
on
staff
and
any
of
the
departments
have
anything
positive
to
say
about
the
software,
and
I
think
the
problem
is
that
we
are
in
over
our
heads
with
this
software
because
it
was
purchased
and
now
we're
stuck
with
it.
And
so
I
really
hate
to
see.
Although
I
don't
think
this
is
a
bad
idea
for
what
you're
proposing
I'm
not
sure
if
this
is
the
best
time
for
it,
because
I
don't
want
anything
taken
away
from
it.
I
N
But
what
we
do
need
now
is
someone
to
come
in
here
and
and
and
help
solve
the
issues,
if
not
solve
the
issues
that
the
county
is
struggling
with
with
the
the
software
and
the
issues
ms
parker's
mentioned
that
we
are
sounds
like
we're
struggling
with
so
so
I
think
this
is
the
wrong
time
to
move
forward
spending
68
000
county
taxpayer
dollars.
I
I
think
it's
inappropriate
at
this
time.
E
C
F
F
That
would
be.
That
would
be
additional
workload
for
them
over
the
next.
You
know
several
months,
so
so
there's
that
point.
Second
of
all
I
will
say,
though,
is
that
you
know
this
is
the
I.t
department,
of
course,
is
you
know?
Providing
muni
supports
is
just
one
aspect
of
what
the
it
department
does.
You
know
they
service
dozens.
I
mean
literally
dozens
of
other
departments
within
our
organization.
F
They
all
have
different
software
platforms.
Of
course,
behind
the
scenes
you
know
we
have
all
sorts
of
servers
and
networks
and
switches
and
all
the
stuff
that
I
email
systems
phone
systems.
I
mean
you
go
on
and
on
and
on
about
everything.
That's
I.t
related,
that's
in
addition
to
the
munis
issue
that
we're
dealing
with.
So
there
is
a
lot
of
things
that
I.t
supports.
F
You
know
just
making
seemingly
simple
decisions
that
aren't
so
simple
as
to
whether
or
not
you
put
a
certain
application
posted
on
site
or
hosted
in
the
cloud.
You
know
that's
something
that
would
be
vetted
out
a
little
bit
further
through
an
I.t
strategic
plan,
but
there's
this
there
is
a
lot
of
other
aspects
of
I.t
that
could
be
helpful
with
a
strategic
plan.
I
guess
I'll
just
conclude
by
saying
that
per
the
origin
of
this
idea
was
when
we
had
our
kind
of
our
I.t.
F
F
So
I
know
I
reached
out
as
an
administrator
to
a
few
different
private
sector
partners,
and
I
knew
provided
support
to
different
entities,
whether
mostly
in
the
private
sector
and
I
just
kind
of
said
hey.
This
is
what's
going
on
in
bedford,
county
there's
some
concerns
here.
You
know:
what
can
you
help
us?
Can
you
not
help
us?
What
do
you
think
and
both
of
them
I
mean
independently,
told
me
that.
F
That
what
he
wants
to
help
you
with-
and
I
said
well,
I'm
not
exactly
sure
if
I
know
what
I
need
to
do
to
help
you
help
what
I
need
help
with,
because
we
have
so
many
different
things
and
different
moving
parts
going
on
at
one
time,
and
I
they
responded
back
to
me
pretty
much
verbatim
to
say.
Well,
we
would
love
to
contract
with
the
county
and
earn
your
money,
take
your
money
so
to
speak,
and
we
can
do
all
sorts
of
things.
But
before
we
take
your
money,
we
think
it
would
be
better.
F
Those
tactics
that
come
out
of
the
strategic
plan
get
assigned
out
to
either
I.t
staff
or
in
some
cases,
private
sector
partners
that
we
may
want
to
engage
with,
that
could
add
capacity
to
our
it
services
and
so
forth.
So
so
that
that's
how
we
left
it,
you
know
we
talked
about
it
a
little
bit
with
the
board
of
supervisors
strategic
plan.
F
I
think
the
board
said
you
know
this
is
a
good
idea,
something
that
we
should
accomplish
at
some
point
being,
I
think
amanda
and
I
thought
that
since
we
we
continued
to
make
decisions
and
so
forth
in
the
it
department
we
thought
the
sooner
we
do
it
the
better,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
we
understand
that
you
know
if
there's
some
hesitancy,
to
do
that
right
now,
that's
perfectly
understandable
too!
So
that's
a
long
answer.
I
It's
the
timing,
like
I
said
I
was
in
the
commissioner's
office
today,
they
are
so
far
behind
it's
it's
mind-blowing
and,
and
you
can
see
the
stress
on
their
faces
and
they're
just
overwhelmed
the
treasurer's
office.
The
same
way
go
down
in
the
community
development
office
to
try
to
get
a
simple
building
permit
or
zoning
permit,
and
have
to
look
up
on
gis
and
the
gis
doesn't
connect
to
the
real
estate,
because
this
whole
software
problem,
I
don't
know
how
to
fix
the
software
problem.
I
wish
I
did
have
an
answer
for
that.
I
If
we
need
to
get
some
temporary
private
sector
help
in
here
to
help
with
that,
I'll
be
all
for
doing
that.
I
just
don't
think
the
timing
that
we're
I
don't
want
to
take
away
from
from
the
I.t
department
or
any
of
the
other
departments
that
have
to
engage
in
a
strategic
planning
when
we're
so
overwhelmed
right
now,
that's
the
only
thing,
I'm
saying
I'm
not
saying
it's
not
a
good
idea.
I'm
just
saying
the
timing
is
just
not
good
right
now,
so
is
there?
A
I
B
N
A
A
A
A
C
B
Roanoke
valley
planning
transportation,
which
we're
part
of
or
part
of
that
group
and
they've
made
to
come
somebody
one
of
the
guys,
the
chairman
of
billy
martin,
made
comment
that
the
state
on
the
senate
plan
of
the
bill
of
the
budget
that's
been
proposed
includes
233
million
me.
They
they've
really
given
us,
given
some
good
information
here
that
I
feel
like
I
don't
know.
If
anybody's.
B
B
O
C
B
F
Yeah,
I
would
just
say
I'll
be
honest
with
you.
I
haven't
been
real
engaged
with
that
group
either.
Obviously,
but
we
do
we
did
bring
on
eric
smedley
our
county
engineer
and
he's
been
getting
very
involved
with
a
number
of
vdot
projects.
So
I'm
sure
he
can
maybe
start
attending
those
meetings
too
from
a
technical
standpoint
and
get.
F
N
We
had
a
meeting
with
congress
morgan
griffith.
He
came
to
bedford
just
to
get
acquainted
with
some
folks
tuesday
evening,
and
I
tell
you
what
there
was
a
group
of
young
bedford
county
agriculturalists
there,
and
I
was
so
impressed
with
these
young
people.
They're
very
mature
and
in
very
forward
thinking
and
have
a
zeal
for
for
agriculture
in
in
in
this
meeting,
were
loggers
and
had
a
representative
term
in
industries
there
and,
of
course,
farmers
and
and
the
thing
that
struck
me.
N
The
most
is
is
where
we
are
headed
in
agriculture,
not
only
in
bedford,
county
but
statewide
and
nationally.
Farmers
right
now
are
really
struggling
with
fuel
prices.
Where
they
are,
you
know
the
the
fields,
don't
wait
for
diesel
fuel
to
drop
down
below
two
dollars
a
gallon
and
fertilizer
is
is
double
now
what
it
was
so
so
farmers
input
costs
have
just
skyrocketed.
N
Yet
what
they're
selling
their
production
off
the
farm
for
has
not
gone
up,
and-
and
it
concerns
me
because
we
could
just
as
easily
as
we
went
from
being
the
world's
largest
oil
producer,
an
exporter
of
oil
and
now
we're
importing
again
folks-
and
I
really
have
such
a
small
audience
here,
but
think
about
importing
your
food
and
after
this
nation,
god
blessed
with
the
ability
to
produce
it
all
to
importing
it
and
and
what's
next
and
losing
our
ability
to
produce.
So
anyway,
I
was.
O
C
B
Of
everything
going
up
so
high,
this
would
be
a
good
time
for
anybody.
That's
got
a
half
acre
of
land
to
grow
a
garden
and
cut
down
on
their
own
food
costs,
and
do
this
and
the
young
folks
there
really
embrace
that
idea
in
the
ffa
and
4-h
they're
going
to
make
a
project
of
it
and
at
some
point
I'm
sure,
they'll
come
back
to
us
asking
us.
I
A
lot
of
people
that
and
nowadays,
especially
with
the
food
prices
and
everything
being
what
they
are,
you
know,
may
be
more
of
a
need
than
we've
ever
had
so,
and
also
just
a
thought
about.
I
know
you
maybe
charge
county
residents
one
fee,
but
possibly
because
I've
heard
this
too
about
the
cannery.
Hardly
making
ends
meet
kind
of
thing,
but,
and
I've
also
heard
that
people
from
campbell
county
are
coming
in
to
bedford
county
to
use
the
cannery.
I
So
that
would
that's
the
first
thing.
The
other
thing
I've
had
a
couple
of
requests
on
and
I
don't
think
the
other
guy's
gone,
but
the
library
and
in
bedford
has
two
or
three
considerable
potholes
and
they
have
been
there
for
a
while
and
they're
getting
worse
and
when
it
rains
fill
up
with
rain,
and
then
you
hit
the
potholes
and
another
one.
Some
a
little
attention
needs
to
be
on
the
falling
creek
trash
facility.
I
A
A
A
N
B
F
And
I
think
from
a
staff
perspective
I
mean
we
don't
necessarily
object.
I
mean
the
only
thing
is:
is
kind
of
expectation
management,
because
we
do,
we
only
have
a.
We
have
a
finite
amount
of
staff,
time
and
resources
and
when
you
add
another
facility
to
take
care
of
with
having
a
finite
amount,
that
means
that
the
ones
that
we
are
taking
care
of
may
get
could
get
a
little
bit
less
intention.
F
R
Be
line
every
field
every
week,
so
we
have.
We
have
one
staff,
member
that
goes
the
entire
county
and
lines
over
60
soccer
and
soccer
and
baseball
and
softball
fields.
And
then
we
have
our
maintenance,
our
boeing
crew
there,
in
tandem
with
two
so
anytime,
we
send
somebody
to
another
facility,
in
essence,
you're,
going
to
send
three
staff
members
to
one
facility
for
marking
and
then
the
mowing
of
that
facility.
B
O
C
A
R
Yeah
it's
currently
contract,
but
the
public
works
department
handles
the
contract
mowing
they
had.
I
just
talked
to
doug
this
morning.
They
mow
it.
The
contract
is
every
other
week,
and
so
we
talked
about
figuring
out
what
the
schedule
was,
possibly
if
parks
mows
it
on
the
opposite
weeks
that
they're
not
going
into
the
contract
purpose.
At
the
same
time,.
E
C
A
I
A
N
R
Yes
and
that's
something
that
we're
actually
reviewing
with
our
rfp
to
put
out
for
our
master,
our
planning
is
to
figure
out
some
input
from
the
community
for
the
amenities.
There
there's
been
discussion
of
pickleball
reports
in
place
of
the
deal,
as
well
as
the
basketball
court,
and
then
there's
been
discussion
about
possibly
having
taken
one
of
the
courts
away
from
the
soccer
team.
So
there
has
been
some
discussions.
A
I
A
I
D
A
A
P
O
D
Now,
therefore,
it'd
be
resolved,
that
the
bedford
county
board
of
supervisors
and
broadband
authority
does
hereby
certify
that,
to
the
best
of
each
member's
knowledge,
only
public
business
matters
lawfully
exempted
from
open
meeting
requirements
by
virginia
law
were
discussed
in
the
closed
meeting
to
which
the
certification
resolution
applies,
and
only
such
public
business
matters
were
identified
in
the
motion
convening
the
closed
meeting
was
heard,
discussed
or
considered
by
the
bedford
county
board
of
supervisors
and
broadband
authority.
Mr
johnson,
yes,
ms
bainsley,
yes,
mr
scott,
yes,
sir,
mr
tuck,
yes,
mr
davis,
ms
parker,
yes
and.