2014-10-04 Southside Economic Development Grant Program-Industrial MaintenancePITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR
THE FY 2015 TOBACCO COMMISSION SOUTHSIDE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM — INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
2014 -10 -04
At the regular meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors held in the
General District Courtroom in Chatham, Virginia on Monday, October 6, 2014, the
following resolution was presented and adopted.
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County has been impacted by the decline of the tobacco
industry causing a negative impact on economic development and growth throughout the
County, and
WHEREAS, the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization
Commission has developed a Southside Economic Development Grant Program to help
tobacco related localities to change and revitalize their economy, and
WHEREAS, grants from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community
Revitalization Commission will assist Pittsylvania County in transforming its economy to
replace the decline in the tobacco agro- business community, and
WHEREAS, the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization
Commission contracted with the Boston Consulting Group to study the skills that will be
necessary to transform the tobacco region economy, and the study identified Industrial
Maintenance as a key requirement for advanced manufacturers, then
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania
County authorizes the submission of a grant application to the FY2015 Southside
Economic Development Grant Program for the Pittsylvania County Career & Technical
Center Industrial Maintenance Technology Program and authorizes the County
Administrator to file this application and all necessary correspondence relating to the
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission required by this
grant and to be responsible for the accuracy of the application and for the appropriate use
of funds, should they be granted.
Given under my hand this 6th day of October, 2014.
J sie L. Barksdale, Chairman
Pittsylv nia County Bo d of Supervisors
Clarence Monday, Clerk
Pittsylvania County Boar of Supervisors