09-21-2021 Work Session Agenda Packet
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WORK SESSION
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 – 4:30 PM
Conference Room #1
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. County Tourism Update (Staff Contact: David M. Smitherman); (Presenter: Corrie
Bobe); (15 minutes)
b. County Agritourism Update (Staff Contact: David M. Smitherman); (Presenter: John
Harris, ODAC); (15 minutes)
6. STAFF, COMMITTEE, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER REPORTS
a. County Transient Occupancy Tax Usage Discussion (Staff Contact: David M.
Smitherman); (15 minutes)
Work Session - September 21, 2021
7. BUSINESS MEETING DISCUSSION ITEMS
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 Matters: Projects Settlement, AI, and Matterhorn
Purpose: Economic Development Updates on Unannounced
Industries/Prospective Businesses
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 Matters: RDOF MOU and Solar Siting Agreements
Purpose: Legal Consultation/Advice Regarding the Same
9. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
a. Closed Session Certification
10. ADJOURNMENT
Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: County Tourism Update (Staff Contact: David M. Smitherman);
(Presenter: Corrie Bobe); (15 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): David M. Smitherman
Agenda Date: September 21, 2021 Item Number: 5.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
Corrie Bobe, Danville DMO Member, will give an update to the Board regarding County
tourism.
5.a
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: County Agritourism Update (Staff Contact: David M. Smitherman);
(Presenter: John Harris, ODAC); (15 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): David M. Smitherman
Agenda Date: September 21, 2021 Item Number: 5.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
John Harris, Executive Director, Olde Dominion Agricultural Foundation, will update the Board
on agritourism in the County.
5.b
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: County Transient Occupancy Tax Usage Discussion (Staff Contact:
David M. Smitherman); (15 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): David M. Smitherman
Agenda Date: September 21, 2021 Item Number: 6.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
David M. Smitherman, County Administrator, will lead discussion regarding possible usage of
the County's Transient Occupancy Tax.
6.a
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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: September 21, 2021 Item Number: 8.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matters: Projects Settlement, AI, and Matterhorn
Purpose: Economic Development Updates on Unannounced
Industries/Prospective Businesses
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: September 21, 2021 Item Number: 8.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matters: RDOF MOU and Solar Siting Agreements
Purpose: Legal Consultation/Advice Regarding the Same
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: September 21, 2021 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’ Meeting
(“Board”) on September 21, 2021, 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
Joe B. Davis Yes/No
Timothy W. Dudley Yes/No
Ben L. Farmer Yes/No
William V. (“Vic”) Ingram Yes/No
Charles H. Miller, Jr. Yes/No
Ronald S. Scearce Yes/No
Robert (“Bob”) W. Warren Yes/No
9.a
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