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06-17-2025 Work Session - FINAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ WORK SESSION June 17, 2025 VIRGINIA: The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Work Session was held on June 17, 2025, in the Board Meeting Room, 39 Bank Street, SE, Chatham, Virginia 24531. CALL TO ORDER (3:00 PM) Tucker called the Meeting to Order at 3:00 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: Hite, Bowman, Dalton, Dudley, Ingram, Whittle NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None NOT PRESENT: None STAFF, COMMITTEE, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER REPORTS a. Safe Streets 4 All (SS4A) Grant Opportunity County staff recently met with the West Piedmont Planning District Commission (WPPDC) to discuss the County’s potential application for a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Implementation Grant. This grant would support the corrective safety measures identified in the County’s SS4A Action Plan, which was formally adopted by the Board of Supervisors last month. The grant application is due by June 26, and it requires a 20% local match, which must be approved by the Board. There was consensus of the Board to add this item to the Business Meeting Agenda for action. b. Board Compensation Supervisor Bowman and County Attorney, Matt Evans, presented a Resolution in support of amending and establishing the following Board of Supervisor salaries for the period beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2026, as follows: • Chairman: $1850 per month • Vice Chairman: $1650 per month • Board Member: $1500 per month. This item will be added to the Business Meeting Agenda for action. CLOSED SESSION Motion to enter Closed Session. The Board entered Closed Session at 3:45 PM. RESULT: 7-0 (Approved) MOVER: Bowman SECONDER: Dudley 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. Discussion of the award of a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds, including interviews of bidders or offerors, and discussion of the terms or scope of such contract, where discussion in an open session would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body. (1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(29) Subject Matter: Comprehensive Plan Purpose: Comprehensive Plan Update Project - Interviews RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION The Board returned to Open Session at 6:42 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 June 17, 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 6:45 PM.