01-18-2022 Work Session Agenda Packet
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WORK SESSION
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 – 3:30 PM
Board Meeting Room
39 Bank Street, SE,
Chatham, Virginia 24531
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER (3:30 PM)
2. ROLL CALL
3. AGENDA ITEMS TO BE ADDED
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
For the citizens’ convenience, all Work Session and Committee Meetings are now being
recorded and can be viewed on the same YouTube location as the Board of Supervisor’s
Business Meetings. Please remember that the Board’s Work Session is designed for
internal Board and County Staff communication, discussion, and work. It is not a
question and answer session with the audience. Accordingly, during the Work Session,
no questions or comments from the audience will be entertained. Respectfully, any
outbursts or disorderly conduct from the audience will not be tolerated and may result in
the offending person’s removal from the Work Session. As a reminder, all County
citizens, and other appropriate parties as designated by the Board’s Bylaws, are permitted
to make comments under the Hearing of the Citizens’ Section of tonight’s Business
Meeting.
5. PRESENTATIONS
a. 2022 VATI Broadband Grant Update (Staff Contact: Dave F. Arnold); (Rob
Taylor/Greg Coltrane; RiverStreet); (30 minutes)
6. STAFF, COMMITTEE, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER REPORTS
7. BUSINESS MEETING DISCUSSION ITEMS
8. CLOSED SESSION
Work Session - January 18, 2022
a. Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding
specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel. (Staff
Contact: J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.)
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Project Aqua Letter of Intent
Purpose: Legal Review/Consultation Regarding the Same
(2) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Reassessment Next Steps
Purpose: Legal Review/Consultation Regarding the Same
(3) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Former County Administrator Severance
Purpose: Legal Review/Consultation Regarding the Same
b. Discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for employment;
assignment, appointment, promotion, performance, demotion, salaries, disciplining,
or resignation of specific public officers, appointees, or employees of any public
body. (Staff Contact: J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.)
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1)
Subject Matter: Interim County Administrator
Purpose: Discussion of Potential Hire of the Same and
Related Services
9. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
a. Closed Session Certification
10. ADJOURNMENT
Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: 2022 VATI Broadband Grant Update (Staff Contact: Dave F. Arnold);
(Rob Taylor/Greg Coltrane; RiverStreet); (30 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): Dave F. Arnold
Agenda Date: January 18, 2022 Item Number: 5.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
Dave F. Arnold, Assistant County Administrator, along with Rob Taylor and Greg Coltrane, of
RiverStreet, will provide the Board a 2022 VATI Broadband Grant update.
5.a
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body
regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by
such counsel. (Staff Contact: J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.)
Staff Contact(s): J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.
Agenda Date: January 18, 2022 Item Number: 8.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Project Aqua Letter of Intent
Purpose: Legal Review/Consultation Regarding the Same
(2) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Reassessment Next Steps
Purpose: Legal Review/Consultation Regarding the Same
(3) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Former County Administrator Severance
Purpose: Legal Review/Consultation Regarding the Same
8.a
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
Discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for
employment; assignment, appointment, promotion, performance,
demotion, salaries, disciplining, or resignation of specific public officers,
appointees, or employees of any public body. (Staff Contact: J. Vaden
Hunt, Esq.)
Staff Contact(s): J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.
Agenda Date: January 18, 2022 Item Number: 8.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1)
Subject Matter: Interim County Administrator
Purpose: Discussion of Potential Hire of the Same and
Related Services
8.b
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Closed Session Certification
Staff Contact(s): J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.
Agenda Date: January 18, 2022 Item Number: 9.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’
CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION
BE IT RESOLVED that at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ (“Board”)
Business Meeting on January 18, 2022, the Board hereby certifies by a recorded vote that to the
best of each Board Member’s knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from
the Open Meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (“Act”) and
identified in the Motion authorizing the Closed Meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in
the Closed Meeting. If any Board Member believes that there was a departure from the
requirements of the Act, he shall so state prior to the vote indicating the substance of the
departure. The Statement shall be recorded in the Board's Minutes.
Vote
Timothy W. Chesher Yes/No
Darrell W. Dalton Yes/No
Timothy W. Dudley Yes/No
Ronald S. Scearce Yes/No
Robert (“Bob”) W. Warren Yes/No
Jessie L. Barksdale Yes/No
William V. (“Vic”) Ingram Yes/No
9.a
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