The King George County Service Authority Board of Directors started their March 20, 2018 meeting promptly at 6:30pm. There was no public comment.
Mike Bennett began his report by stating that he met with Chris Thomas, General Manager, Christopher Werle, Chairman, and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) in Richmond on March 8th. Bennett said the meeting was in regard to the Fairview Beach Erosion and Stabilization Project. He said it was a "great meeting" from his perspective and that Phase I was already approved for funding. He said the money for Phase II, roughly $2 million, has already been set aside and said this is a good indicator. He said a number of people from King George County were present for the meeting, including Neiman Young, County Administrator, Fire and EMS personnel, and several engineers. He reiterated that the Phase I portion of the project is being funded largely by outside agencies with Federal funds covering 75% of the cost and Virginia state funds covering 20% of the cost. He said the remaining 5%, about $115,000, is to be paid by local funds but he said that this last portion could be satisfied by in-kind measures. In other words, work done by County employees could be used towards this amount as an in-kind contribution. Bennett felt it would be very easy to meet the amount of in-kind funds needed. He also said that even though he is "not a mathematician," the County is essentially getting a $2.3 million project for nothing. But he cautioned that maybe that shouldn't be advertised too much. He closed his report by saying that he attended the budget meeting on the 13th.
Richard Granger, Ruby Brabo, and Cathy Binder all gave short and similar reports where they said they attended the same budget work session on the 13th and appreciated all of the details given and felt that progress was being made.
Christopher Werle's report was also short. He attended the VDEM meeting on the 8th, the budget meeting on the 13th, and on the 14th reviewed a draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Fairview Beach Project.
The Consent Agenda was approved without comment.
The County Attorney had nothing to report.
Chris Thomas, General Manager, gave a short report on the progress of the Canterbury water system. He said that the project is close to being finished with only three major parts remaining to complete. He said the exterior housing for the chlorine feed tanks needs to be completed, the structure and tanks still need to be painted, and the Verizon phone line to the structure has yet to be installed.
Brabo asked if Thomas and the department were ready for the pending snow storm. Thomas said that the plows were already checked and salt was ready to go. Brabo asked about plans for expected power outages. Thomas said the generators are ready to go and that the on-call person would determine if he needed to start early on the morning of the storm to prepare the facilities.
There was some sidebar discussion about going into Closed Session as it wasn't listed on the Agenda but there was a need to go into Closed Session and there were no amendments to the Agenda at the start of the meeting. In the end, they went into Closed Session at 6:41 pm to discuss the acquisition or sale of real property and invited John Jenkins and Jeff Bueche to attend.
Closed Session ended an hour later at 7:41 pm and the meeting adjourned shortly after that.
Meeting Attendees:
Christopher Werle (Chairman, Board of Directors)
Christopher Thomas (General Manager of Service Authority)
Richard Granger (Board of Supervisors)
Michael Bennett (Citizen)
Ruby Brabo (Board of Supervisors)
Cathy Binder (Board of Supervisors)
Neiman Young (County Administrator)
Eric Gregory (County Attorney)
Meeting Agenda
Next Meeting:
The Service Authority will next meet on April 3, 2018 at 6:30 pm at the Revercomb Building.
Previous Meeting:
Read about the previous Service Authority Meeting.
Mike Bennett began his report by stating that he met with Chris Thomas, General Manager, Christopher Werle, Chairman, and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) in Richmond on March 8th. Bennett said the meeting was in regard to the Fairview Beach Erosion and Stabilization Project. He said it was a "great meeting" from his perspective and that Phase I was already approved for funding. He said the money for Phase II, roughly $2 million, has already been set aside and said this is a good indicator. He said a number of people from King George County were present for the meeting, including Neiman Young, County Administrator, Fire and EMS personnel, and several engineers. He reiterated that the Phase I portion of the project is being funded largely by outside agencies with Federal funds covering 75% of the cost and Virginia state funds covering 20% of the cost. He said the remaining 5%, about $115,000, is to be paid by local funds but he said that this last portion could be satisfied by in-kind measures. In other words, work done by County employees could be used towards this amount as an in-kind contribution. Bennett felt it would be very easy to meet the amount of in-kind funds needed. He also said that even though he is "not a mathematician," the County is essentially getting a $2.3 million project for nothing. But he cautioned that maybe that shouldn't be advertised too much. He closed his report by saying that he attended the budget meeting on the 13th.
Richard Granger, Ruby Brabo, and Cathy Binder all gave short and similar reports where they said they attended the same budget work session on the 13th and appreciated all of the details given and felt that progress was being made.
Christopher Werle's report was also short. He attended the VDEM meeting on the 8th, the budget meeting on the 13th, and on the 14th reviewed a draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Fairview Beach Project.
The Consent Agenda was approved without comment.
The County Attorney had nothing to report.
Chris Thomas, General Manager, gave a short report on the progress of the Canterbury water system. He said that the project is close to being finished with only three major parts remaining to complete. He said the exterior housing for the chlorine feed tanks needs to be completed, the structure and tanks still need to be painted, and the Verizon phone line to the structure has yet to be installed.
Brabo asked if Thomas and the department were ready for the pending snow storm. Thomas said that the plows were already checked and salt was ready to go. Brabo asked about plans for expected power outages. Thomas said the generators are ready to go and that the on-call person would determine if he needed to start early on the morning of the storm to prepare the facilities.
There was some sidebar discussion about going into Closed Session as it wasn't listed on the Agenda but there was a need to go into Closed Session and there were no amendments to the Agenda at the start of the meeting. In the end, they went into Closed Session at 6:41 pm to discuss the acquisition or sale of real property and invited John Jenkins and Jeff Bueche to attend.
Closed Session ended an hour later at 7:41 pm and the meeting adjourned shortly after that.
Meeting Attendees:
Christopher Werle (Chairman, Board of Directors)
Christopher Thomas (General Manager of Service Authority)
Richard Granger (Board of Supervisors)
Michael Bennett (Citizen)
Ruby Brabo (Board of Supervisors)
Cathy Binder (Board of Supervisors)
Neiman Young (County Administrator)
Eric Gregory (County Attorney)
Meeting Agenda
Next Meeting:
The Service Authority will next meet on April 3, 2018 at 6:30 pm at the Revercomb Building.
Previous Meeting:
Read about the previous Service Authority Meeting.
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