Finance/Government Operations and Economic Development Committee

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Loudoun County Board of Supervisors 4h 21m 6 speakers 6 agenda items transcribed 4 days ago official recording ↗

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What is discussed at the start of the meeting and how is the consent agenda adopted?

Unknown 0:31

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3:14

Thank you.

Juli E. Briskman 7:19

Wait, where's my...

Juli E. Briskman 7:40

I would like to call to order the July 8, 2025 Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Finance Government Operations and Economic Development Committee meeting. This room has a hearing loop. If you need hearing assistance, switch your hearing aids to telecoil mode. If you need a headset, we have those available as well. Please see the clerk to request one. Questions and comments are not timed. However, once a motion is on the table, committee members will have three minutes to ask questions and make comments for all items. We will start with the adoption of the consent agenda. The proposed consent agenda is as follows. Item two, quarterly report upcoming contracts first quarter FY2026. Item four, contract renewal fuel services.

Juli E. Briskman 8:25

Item number five, contract renewal architectural services. Item six, contract award next generation bus fare box system. Item seven, contract award construction support services for buildings and parks. Item eight, award authority increase free apparatus and related vehicles? Fire, okay, that's a typo. It's a fire apparatus and related vehicles. Item nine, award authority during August board recess. Item 10, contract award construction management at risk for the Western Loudoun Recreation Complex. Item number 11, FY 2025, section eight, management assessment program certification and submission. Item 13, MHSADS Group House Replacement Scope Modification. And item 14, Route 50 North Star Boulevard Crosswalks.

Juli E. Briskman 9:21

Is there a motion? I have a motion and a second. The consent agenda was moved by Supervisor Sainz and seconded by Supervisor Letourneau. Do we have any discussion on the consent agenda?

Phyllis J. Randall 9:35

Chair Randall. Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a question about the fare box. It's a really easy question. Well, I'm not sure. I'm going to scream to you, Scott. I'm going to scream down to you, sir. It's an easy question. Will this new fare box take cash and other forms, or is it just?

Scott Warris 10:00

Yes.

Phyllis J. Randall 10:00

It will take cash and other forms as well. Thank you. Yes. That's it.

Juli E. Briskman 10:04

Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. I will make a note that Item 10, Contract Award Construction Management at Risk, sounds a little bit like there's something at risk. There's really not. Basically, that is... Getting approval for us to have an overall Developer managing the project and it says at risk because they are taking on the risk of I believe design and construction altogether So that's what item 10 is Motion moved and seconded no more discussion all those in favor. Please say aye any opposed That motion will carry 5-0 And we will move on to the information items. Item number one, monthly Department of Economic Development report. We have in-person Colleen Kardashian. And hello. How are you? I'm good.

Juli E. Briskman 11:05

Thank you. Good. You don't usually have slides, do you? No. We have a nice presentation usually in here.

Colleen Kardashian 11:11

No, not at all. Carry on. Thank you. I'm going to present our monthly report and then take any questions that you have. As the close of the fiscal year, we're happy to report that DED met all of its metrics with the exception of the number of new fast track cases, which was anticipated to be lower this year after updates to the program and the data center community have gone into effect. Areas of note in our metrics include securing 179 wins, 4,761 jobs, and just under $8.5 billion in investment. We continue to see prospects and projects across all of our targeted clusters and in our signature programs. Specifically in the Launch Loudoun program, we continue to see an increase in requests for services, specifically within our weekly office hours that are now booking out over two to three months in advance with requests.

Colleen Kardashian 11:59

So as we've brought a new person into that team, we do hope to meet that demand a little more closer than two to three months out. We're also seeing increasing numbers of women and minority-owned businesses seeking that service. In the fiscal year, 82% of businesses assisted through office hours were minority-owned. The other area seeing growth is the Work in Loudoun program, as was detailed in your item and the LRI report that was handed out this evening.