Board of County Supervisors Meeting - Oct 24, 2023

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Prince William County Board of Supervisors 5h 54m 3 speakers 8 agenda items transcribed 2 days ago official recording ↗

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What opening remarks and agenda items are presented at the start of the meeting?

Joe Bute 29:35

Check one two.

Yesli Vega 29:38

I don't hear it.

Rick Canazales 29:51

Check one, two.

Joe Bute 30:10

Check one two. Chuck chuck.

Unknown 30:16

What do you

Ann Wheeler 30:39

So that's something

Rick Canazales 30:40

you just want

Ann Wheeler 30:41

to know. Yeah, you can. Are you one here?

Ann Wheeler 46:34

Good afternoon. It's two PM on Tuesday, October twenty twenty three. Uh for those who wish, please join me in a moment of silence.

Ann Wheeler 46:53

Thank you. If we could all rise for the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I will note Supervisor Franklin's just running a little bit late, but she will be joining us probably within the next ten minutes. So that brings us on this afternoon to agenda item three, which will be our accommodations and proclamations. We have three items on the agenda today. I will entertain a motion to approve agenda items three A through three C. So move, Madam Chair. Second. Motion made by Supervisor Bailey, seconded by Vice Chair Bodie. Is there any discussion?

Ann Wheeler 47:45

Seeing none, please vote.

Ann Wheeler 48:03

Can we work on getting that fixed?

Alicia Gloss 48:05

Motion passes, Supervisor Vega, T.

Ann Wheeler 48:16

I do want to give notice that while we're have we just approved item three A, um which is the proclamation for the Boy Scouts, uh the combination for the Boy Scout troop. Um we will be doing that because they're obviously in school at the seven thirty session tonight. Um with that we're gonna start with item three B, commend the Lynx Incorporated Old Dominion chapter for thirty years of su service. And if Supervisor Bailey could join me down at the podium and members of uh the audience who are representing Lynx Um Incorporated, please gather in the front of our chambers. Thank you.

Ann Wheeler 49:03

Confair. Not really all looks so good and green. Supervised your bill if you could do the opposite. Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Uh it gives me great honors to be here with my Link sisters today. Don't they look beautiful? They do. Yes. Thank you so much. Um This is an accommodation for the Lynx Incorporated, the old Dominion chapter. Верес Делинкс інкорпорати із нон форпрофіт організація. Established in 1946 by Margaret Rosell Hawkins and Sarah Strickland Scott in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and exists in one of the nation's oldest and largest volunteer service organizations committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and the economic survival of the African American and other people of Africa.

Ann Wheeler 49:57

African African descent. And whereas among the core values of the links incorporated are friendship, Integrity. Honesty, service, and commitment, as well as five facets which include the arts, health and human services, international trends and services, national trends and services, and services to youth, which promotes educational, social, and civic enrichment opportunities, with the organization being the recipient of several prestigious awards for its. premier programming related to those values and facets. And whereas the old Dominion chapter of the Lynx Incorporated was chartered on September 18, 1993, as the 250th chapter of the organization, which their initial chapter organized organizers being Diane Horner Little and Willa Rawls Duma, and

Ann Wheeler 51:00

Whereas the old Dominion chapter of the Lynx Incorporated has evolved as an award-winning chapter with members of who are committed to exceptional philanthropic service to the Prince William County. area including The Food and Security Program, which has provided over 1,500 boxes of food to local elementary schools, the Backpack Program, which has provided over 425 backpacks to local youth, and their Saturday Academy programs, in collaboration with the local elementary schools, with focus on science, technology, engineering, engineering and math, commonly known as STEM. And whereas the chapter also actively engages with the communities through initiatives like Night at the Arts, a showcase of the artistic talent of local high school students, collaborations with Colgate to have the Colgate van visit a local elementary school, AARP to provide programs to each of the senior centers in the county, and many other programs.