01-15-2019 Work Session Packet
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WORK SESSION
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 – 4:30 PM
Main Conference Room
County Administration Building, 1 Center Street
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 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. VDOT Road Closings Update and Recovery Efforts from Tropical Storm Michael
Discussion (Staff Contact: Gregory L. Sides) (Presenter: Jay Craddock, VDOT)
6. STAFF, COMMITTEE, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER REPORTS
a. Introduction of Economic Development Project Manager (Staff Contact: Matthew D.
Rowe)
b. Introduction of Department of Social Services Director (Staff Contact: David M.
Smitherman)
7. BUSINESS MEETING DISCUSSION ITEMS
Work Session - January 15, 2019
8. CLOSED SESSION
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.
(Staff Contact: Matthew D. Rowe)
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matter: Project PE
Purpose: Economic Development Update on Unannounced
Prospective Industry
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. (Staff
Contact: J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.)
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Department of Social Services
Purpose: Consultation with Retained Outside Legal Counsel
Regarding DSS HR Issues
9. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
a. Closed Session Certification
10. ADJOURNMENT (6:30 PM)
Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
VDOT Road Closings Update and Recovery Efforts from Tropical Storm
Michael Discussion (Staff Contact: Gregory L. Sides) (Presenter: Jay
Craddock, VDOT)
Staff Contact(s): Gregory L. Sides
Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 Item Number: 5.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
VDOT's Mr. Jay Craddock will be present to update the Board on VDOT road closings and
VDOT's recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Michael.
5.a
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Introduction of Economic Development Project Manager (Staff Contact:
Matthew D. Rowe)
Staff Contact(s): Matthew D. Rowe
Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 Item Number: 6.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
Economic Development Director, Matthew D. Rowe, will introduce the County’s new Economic
Development Project Manager, Susan E. McCulloch, to the Board.
6.a
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Introduction of Department of Social Services Director (Staff Contact:
David M. Smitherman)
Staff Contact(s): David M. Smitherman
Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 Item Number: 6.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
Mr. Smitherman will introduce the new Department of Social Services Director, Christopher
Spain, to the Board.
6.b
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
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. (Staff Contact: Matthew D. Rowe)
Staff Contact(s): Matthew D. Rowe
Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 Item Number: 8.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matter: Project PE
Purpose: Economic Development update on unannounced industry
8.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 15, 2019 Item Number: 8.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Department of Social Services
Purpose: Consultation with retained outside counsel regarding
DSS HR investigation
8.b
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Closed Session Certification
Staff Contact(s):
Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 Item Number: 9.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION
BE IT RESOLVED that at the Meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
on January 15, 2019, 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 (the “Act”) and identified in the
Motion authorizing the Closed Meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the Closed
Meeting. If any 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
Tim R. Barber Yes/No
Elton W. Blackstock Yes/No
Joe B. Davis Yes/No
Ben L. Farmer Yes/No
Charles H. Miller, Jr. Yes/No
Ronald S. Scearce Yes/No
Robert W. ”Bob” Warren Yes/No
9.a
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