At a Recessed Meeting of the SussexCounty
Board of Supervisors, held in the
General District Courtroom @ Sussex Judicial Center
May 11, 2006 – 6:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
William J. Collins, Jr.C. Eric Fly
Wayne M. HarrellAlice W. Jones
Rufus E. Tyler, Sr.
MEMBER ABSENT
Charlie E. Caple, Jr.
STAFF PRESENT
Mary E. Jones, CountyAdministrator
Henry A. Thompson, Sr., CountyAttorney
Jerry L. Whitaker, Director of Finance
Deborah A. Davis, Assistant To CountyAdministrator
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Collins; the Invocation was offered by Supervisor Tyler.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR HARRELL, seconded by SUPERVISOR JONES and carried: RESOLVED that the agenda of the May 11, 2006 meeting of the Sussex County Board of Supervisors is hereby adopted with the following addition: Under Closed Session, add discussion of prospective business, applicable Code Section 2.2-3711(A)(5).
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
PUBLIC HEARING
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR TYLER, seconded by SUPERVISOR HARRELL and carried: RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors shall enter Public Hearing to consider the “Notice of Proposed Real Property Tax Increase”.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
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Chairman Collins called for public comment.
Blackwater District – none
Courthouse District – none
HenryDistrict – none
Stony Creek District – none
Wakefield District – none
Waverly District –none
RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR TYLER, seconded by SUPERVISOR JONES and carried: RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors shall return to regular session.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
Proposed Real Estate Tax Rate
Staff provided an overview of the proposed real estate tax rate and the possible impact on the County’s operations.
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR HARRELL, seconded by SUPERVISOR FLY and carried: RESOLVED that the Sussex County Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes staff to advertise a proposed real estate tax rate of $.48 per $100 valuation for fiscal year 2007.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones
Voting nay: none
Abstaining: Supervisor Tyler
Absent: Supervisor Caple
The Board (by general consensus) deferred action on the Wage and Salary Study until such time the Personnel Committee has met and offers a recommendation to the Board. The Personnel Committee (Supervisors Collins, Fly and Tyler) set a meeting for May 18, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.
Proposed Public Hearing Date
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR HARRELL, seconded by SUPERVISOR FLY and carried: RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes staff to advertise the notice of public hearing for laying of the levy and fiscal year 2007 budget, for 7:30 p.m. on June 8, 2006.
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Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
Supervisor Fly questioned the $10,000 budget request by Surry Free Clinic. The Board authorized staff to invite a representative of the Surry Free Clinic to the next meeting to provide additional information. Chairman Collins will invite a representative of Waverly Health Care.
CLOSED SESSION
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR FLY, seconded by SUPERVISOR TYLER and carried: RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors shall enter Closed Session, pursuant to Virginia Code Sections 2.2-3711(A)(3) and 2.2-3711(A)(5), for discussions regarding Real Estate Matters and Prospective Business, respectively.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
(At 8:05 p.m., Supervisor Fly removed himself from the meeting, due conflict of interest).
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
ON MOTION SUPERVISOR TYLER, seconded by SUPERVISOR HARRELL and carried: RESOLVED that the Board shall enter open session and certifies that only public business matters exempt from the Act were discussed and only public business matters identified in the motion to convene were discussed.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR HARRELL, seconded by SUPERVISOR TYLER and carried: RESOLVED that the CountyAdministrator is hereby authorized to negotiate a price for a 198.93 acre parcel of property identified as Tax Map #147-A-112, located in the HenryDistrict.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple
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CountyAttorney Thompson recommended that Supervisor Fly provide a letter indicating conflict of interest as a result of his firm representing and/or providing services with regard to the prospective businesses.
Supervisor Fly advised that he will provide such documentation to the Board.
ADJOURNMENT
ON MOTION OF SUPERVISOR JONES, seconded by SUPERVISOR HARRELL and carried: RESOLVED that the May 11, 2006 meeting of the Sussex County Board of Supervisors is hereby adjourned.
Voting aye: Supervisors Collins, Fly, Harrell, Jones, Tyler
Voting nay: none
Absent: Supervisor Caple