03-18-2025 Work Session Agenda Packet
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WORK SESSION
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 4:30 PM
Board Meeting Room
39 Bank Street, SE,
Chatham,Virginia 24531
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER (4:30 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 County's Facebook
and 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. PJM Power Grid Presentation (15 minutes) (Staff Contact: Chuck
Angier)
b. Haven of the Dan River Presentation (15 minutes) (Staff
Contact: Sharon Hendricks)
6. STAFF, COMMITTEE, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER REPORTS
7. BUSINESS MEETING DISCUSSION
8. CLOSED SESSION
a. Closed Session (Economic Development Update) (Staff
Contact: Matthew Rowe)
b. Closed Session (Legal) (Staff Contact: Matthew Evans)
c. Closed Session (Opioid Litigation Update) (Staff Contact: Matthew
Evans)
9. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
a. Closed Session Certification (Staff Contact: Matthew Evans)
10. ADJOURNMENT
5.a.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Information Only
Agenda Title: PJM Power Grid Presentation (15 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): Chuck Angier
Agenda Date: March 18, 2025 Item Number: 5.a.
Attachment(s): None
Reviewed By:
Chuck Angier will provide the Board with a briefing on the PJM Power Grid.
5.b.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Information Only
Agenda Title: Haven of the Dan River Presentation (15 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): Sharon Hendricks
Agenda Date: March 18, 2025 Item Number: 5.b.
Attachment(s): 1. Haven of Dan Wish List
Reviewed By:
HAVEN of the Dan River Region is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization set up for the
purpose of raising awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault,
providing services to meet the needs of victims, and providing a safe shelter for
victims and their children. Sharon Hendricks, Executive Director, will present
information to the Board about the organization and its potential funding
needs.
8.a.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Closed Session
Agenda Title: Closed Session (Economic Development Update)
Staff Contact(s): Matthew Rowe
Agenda Date: March 18, 2025 Item Number: 8.a.
Attachment(s): None
Reviewed By:
Discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion of an
existing business or industry where no previous announcement has been made
of the business' or industry's interest in locating or expanding its facilities in the
community.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matter: Unannounced Prospective Businesses/Industries
Purpose: General Economic Development Projects Update
8.b.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Closed Session
Agenda Title: Closed Session (Legal)
Staff Contact(s): Matthew Evans
Agenda Date: March 18, 2025 Item Number: 8.b.
Attachment(s): None
Reviewed By:
Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body
regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such
counsel.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matters: Solid Waste Contract & Rates/
William's Transco Pipeline
Purpose: Legal Counsel Contract Consultation
8.c.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Closed Session
Agenda Title: Closed Session (Opioid Litigation Update)
Staff Contact(s): Matthew Evans
Agenda Date: March 18, 2025 Item Number: 8.c.
Attachment(s): None
Reviewed By:
Consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members or consultants
pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such consultation or briefing in
open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the
public body. For the purposes of this subdivision, "probable litigation" means
litigation that has been specifically threatened or on which the public body or
its legal counsel has a reasonable basis to believe will be commenced by or
against a known party. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit
the closure of a meeting merely because an attorney representing the public
body is in attendance or is consulted on a matter.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(7)
Subject Matter: Opioid Litigation Update
Purpose: Legal Counsel Consultation
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Action Item
Agenda Title: Closed Session Certification
Staff Contact(s): Kaylyn McCluster
Agenda Date: March 18, 2025 Item Number: 9.a.
Attachment(s): None
Reviewed By: MWE
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’
CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION
BE IT RESOLVED that at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’
(“Board”) Work Session on March 18, 2025, 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
Kenneth L. Bowman Yes/No
Darrell W. Dalton Yes/No
Timothy W. Dudley Yes/No
William V. ("Vic") Ingram Yes/No
Murray W. Whittle Yes/No
Eddie L. Hite, Jr. Yes/No
Robert M. Tucker, Jr. Yes/No
9.a.