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MEETING OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY BOARD.: OF
SUPERVISORS HELD THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR
TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE
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PRESENT: Phillip A. Bradshaw, Chairman
Thomas J. Wright, III, Vice-Chairman
Henry H. Bradby
Stan D. Clark.
Thomas R. Ivy
Also Attending: Jacob P. Stroman, IV, County Attorney _
W. Douglas Caskey, County Administrator
Donald T. Robertson, :Assistant County
Administrator/Operations
E. Wayne Rountree, P.E., Assistant County
Administrator/Development
Anne F. Seward, Assistant County Administrator/
Administration
Richard O. Childress,. Director of Emergency
Management
Jonathan W. Hartley, Director of Planning & Zoning
Alan S. Nogiec, Director of Parks and Recreation
Patrick J. Small, Director of Economic Development
Chairman Bradshaw convened the Board's continued meeting at the
Paul D. Camp Community College Workforce Development Center at 8:30
a.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2005.
County Administrator Caskey provided a brief overview of the retreat
agenda and the order for the day, and advised that breakfast was available for
the Board and staff.
County Administrator Caskey advised the Board that department
briefing reports had been provided with the retreat agenda.
Chairman Bradshaw proceeded to go through with the Board members
the departmental briefing reports with input from appropriate staff, as
needed. County Administrator Caskey summarized the Administration
report.
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Regarding the Emergency Management briefing report, Supervisors
Bradby and Clark inquired as to the status of emergency drills for the
Rushmere community. Mr. Childress advised that a community meeting is
scheduled for January for planning a mock emergency exercise in June. The
Board further indicated its desire to have regular feedback by Mr. Childress
on any emergency response drills conducted in the County (i.e., how they. are
conducted; what occurred;. what worked; and, what didn't work, etc.) The
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Board requested that staff be responsive to OSHA and related safety training
standards. .•
The Board briefly discussed the adequacy of manpower in the
Inspections Department to handle new construction. It was noted .that the
Department can adequately handle thirteen (13) field inspections per day per
Inspection.
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The Board also discussed the need for setting a meeting of the Joint
Tourism Committee by mid-January once the- new Tourism .Director is on-
board. The Chairman .requested that Supervisor Clark be included on .the
review panel for the interviews to be conducted for this position.
The. Chairman requested that a detailed action plan be developed and
presented to the Board regarding the potential addition of a position
dedicated to Historic Resources to include goals and objectives. A position
description is also to be developed. The Board requested that filling. the
Environmental Planner position be a priority of staff, and that Planning and
Zoning evaluate the need. for utilizing. college students, interns, etc. in
meeting .its needs. The Board further emphasized its expectation that
compliance and permit information be digitized for use by staff.
Revisiting emergency .management, .the Board discussed the need to
develop legislative language for the General Assembly delegation for
requiring emergency generation of power for existing and future private
utility systems, as well as the feasibility of developing an inventory of which
private systems have access to emergency power generation.
Regarding the matter of shared services .with schools, Supervisor Ivy
was designated to serve as the Board's lead representative and contact in
working with the School Board.
The Strategic Plan of Action update was facilitated by Chairman
Bradshaw, and specific changes and modifications to the Plan were discussed
with the Board by the individual goal areas. The Board expressed the need to
set a meeting with the full School Board to discuss budgetary issues. It was
agreed .that revisions to the Strategic Plan. will be included in the Board
agenda for Board adoption, as appropriate.
..The Board voted to conduct its organizational meeting on Thursday,
January 5, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room. The motion was adopted
(5-0) with Supervisors Bradby, Bradshaw, Clark, Ivy and Wright voting in
favor of the .motion, and no Supervisors voting against the motion.
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At 12:07 p.m., Supervisor Bradby moved that the meeting be
adjourned. The motion was adopted (5-0) with Supervisors Bradby,
Bradshaw, Clark, Wright and Ivy voting in favor of the motion, and no
Supervisors voting against the motion.
lip A. Bradshaw, Chairman
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