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04-15-2025 Work Session - FINAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ WORK SESSION April 15, 2025 VIRGINIA: The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Work Session was held on April 15, 2025, in the Board Meeting Room, 39 Bank Street, SE, Chatham, Virginia 24531. CALL TO ORDER (4:00 PM) Tucker called the Meeting to Order at 4:00 PM. ROLL CALL The following Board Members were present: Robert M. Tucker, Jr. - Banister District Eddie L. Hite, Jr. - Dan River District Kenneth L. Bowman - Chatham-Blairs District Darrell W. Dalton - Callands-Gretna District Timothy W. Dudley – Staunton River District William V. (“Vic”) Ingram - Tunstall District Murray W. Whittle - Westover District APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion to approve Agenda. RESULT: 7-0 (Approved) MOVER: Dalton SECONDER: Whittle AYES: Tucker, Hite, Bowman, Dalton, Dudley, Ingram, Whittle NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None NOT PRESENT: None PRESENTATIONS a. Potential Unpaved Roads to be Added to County’s Secondary 6-Year Plan Jay Craddock, VDOT's Resident Engineer, presented a proposed list of roads for consideration, highlighting that $756,000 is allocated for 3.9 miles of unpaved road paving in FY 2031. Proposed roads include Brown Road, Newby Lane, Berry Road, and Spruce Road. Board members discussed potential adjustments, with Ingram suggesting the removal of Joe Carter Road due to mixed resident feedback and consideration of Whitetail Road, which is not state-maintained. Dudley inquired about telecommunication funds, which are currently used for small safety improvements rather than large-scale projects. Craddock emphasized that board members can suggest additional roads before the public hearing next month. b. Beautification Committee Funding The Board discussed a proposal from the Beautification Committee to apply for a grant to purchase trail cameras aimed at monitoring and reducing illegal dumping on county roads. Sheriff Taylor and representatives from the Beautification Committee addressed concerns about camera legality, privacy, and monitoring logistics. The County Attorney indicated no legal issues with the proposed plan. However, several board members expressed concerns about the effectiveness and feasibility of using cameras, suggesting that the focus shift to public awareness through billboards and signage instead. After further discussion, the Board voted to support the Beautification Committee’s application for a grant to fund signage and billboards to educate the public about littering fines, postponing the camera proposal for further review. Motion to allow the Beautification Committee to apply for a grant to fund signage and billboards to educate the public about littering fines, and to recommend that this item be added to the night's Business Meeting Agenda for approval. RESULT: 7-0 (Approved) MOVER: Dudley SECONDER: Hite AYES: Tucker, Hite, Bowman, Dalton, Dudley, Ingram, Whittle NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None NOT PRESENT: None CLOSED SESSION Motion to enter Closed Session. The Board entered Closed Session at 4:55 PM. RESULT: 7-0 (Approved) MOVER: Bowman SECONDER: Ingram AYES: Tucker, Hite, Bowman, Dalton, Dudley, Ingram, Whittle NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None NOT PRESENT: None a. 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 b. Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel. (2) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8) Subject Matter: William's Transco Pipeline & Consultation with Legal Counsel Regarding Potential Litigation Purpose: Legal Counsel Consultation c. Discussion of plans to protect public safety as it relates to terrorist activity or specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities and briefings by staff members, legal counsel, or law- enforcement or emergency service officials concerning actions taken to respond to such matters or a related threat to public safety; discussion of information subject to the exclusion in subdivision 2 or 14 of § 2.2- 3705.2, where discussion in an open meeting would jeopardize the safety of any person or the security of any facility, building, structure, information technology system, or software program; or discussion of reports or plans related to the security of any governmental facility, building or structure, or the safety of persons using such facility, building or structure. (3) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(19) Subject Matter: Security Purpose: Discussion Regarding the Same RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION The Board returned to Open Session at 6:20 PM and the following Certification was recorded: PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION BE IT RESOLVED that at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ (“Board”) Work Session on April 15, 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 Darrell W. Dalton Yes Timothy W. Dudley Yes William V. (“Vic”) Ingram Yes Murray W. Whittle Yes Eddie L. Hite, Jr. Yes Robert M. Tucker, Jr. Yes ADJOURNMENT Tucker adjourned the Meeting at 6:22 PM.