Board of County Supervisors Meeting - Sep 03, 2024

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What formal opening and pledge of allegiance kick off the meeting?

Unknown 24:40

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Check one two.

Andrea O. Bailey 25:07

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one two.

Phyllis Jennings Holt 25:34

Testing.

Joan L. Cameron 25:56

Thank you.

Joan L. Cameron 26:30

Thank you.

Deshundra Jefferson 39:59

All right, welcome back, everyone. School's back in session. It was nice to have a little break, but let's begin. It is 2 o'clock on Tuesday, September 3rd. We are going to begin with a moment of silence.

Deshundra Jefferson 40:28

Thank you. I ask that you please rise if you are able for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,

Deshundra Jefferson 40:54

All right, thank you so very much. We are now on to agenda item number three, the approval of minutes. We are looking at 3A, 3B, 3C, approval of minutes from July 2nd, July 9th, and July 16th. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve our minutes. So moved, Madam Chair. Second. All right, any discussion? All right, let's take a vote.

Chrissy (Unknown) 41:23

Vote unanimous. Supervisor Bodie, absent from vote.

Deshundra Jefferson 41:28

All right. Thank you so much. We are now on to agenda item four, accommodation proclamations. We have proclamation to declare September as National Hunger Action Month. We have another to proclaim September 2024 as Kinship Care Awareness Month. We also have one to proclaim September as Recovery Month, and another to proclaim as National Preparedness Month in Prince William County. We also have a proclamation for September 15th, the 21st, Forensic Science Week in Prince William County, and another to proclaim September 17th, the 23rd, Constitution Week. And the final, the seventh one, is September 20th, POW MIA Missing in Action Recognition Day. So I would like to entertain a motion for 7A through 7G.

Deshundra Jefferson 42:22

Move for approval, Madam Chair. Second. All right. Any discussion? If not, let's take a vote. I'm sorry. 4A. I'm sorry. 4A through 7G. I'd like to be on vacation. I'd like to be on vacation.

Deshundra Jefferson 42:56

Vote unanimous. All right, thank you. I'm gonna move down to the podium and I ask if Supervisor Weir, if you would join me for 4A.

Deshundra Jefferson 43:29

And also, if we can have, who would you like to have join you? Who's here in the group to join us? Of

Victor S. Angry 43:44

course, they give me the long proclamation. Couldn't do the short form.

Deshundra Jefferson 43:49

Oh, I got

Victor S. Angry 43:50

the short form. I like the short form even better. Uh, this is to proclaim November or excuse me, September 24th, 2024 as national hunger action month to recognize the needs to address food insecurity in Prince William and the impacts poor nutrition has on residents health. Nutrition deficits are known to cause heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, and children facing hunger experience additional developmental delays impacting their education and socialization. With recent inflation, nearly a quarter of all American adults face food insecurity with access to healthy foods lower still. In service of a future where no child is hungry and all of our residents have access to healthy and affordable food,

Victor S. Angry 44:33

The board recognizes this month as National Hunger Action Month, and we thank our partners at Northern Virginia Food Rescue for all the work they do for our community, recognizing the key role relatives and other extended... We're done. We're done?

Deshundra Jefferson 44:47

That's

Victor S. Angry 44:47

the next one.

44:48

Oh. That's the next one.

Victor S. Angry 44:49

Okay. That was

Deshundra Jefferson 44:49

short.

Victor S. Angry 44:51

I'd like to thank the Food Rescue for everything that they do.

Deshundra Jefferson 45:00

Thank you guys so much for having us. My name is Alexa Anderson, and I am our partner relations coordinator here at Northern Virginia Food Rescue. We currently partner with over 500 nonprofit organizations, as well as over 250 donors within Prince William County to combat hunger. In 2023 alone, we rescued over 1.9 million pounds, which equates to over 1.6 million meals that were fed throughout the community last year. Now, not all the food that we rescue is consumable. So instead of letting that food go to waste, we partner with our local farmers so that the food can go to compost or be used to feed livestock. Last year, 2,100 pounds went to our local farmers instead of going in the trash. For those of you who are not familiar with our Food Rescue Hero app, we use it to be able to connect the food from our donors to our partner pantries so they can distribute fresh food to the community weekly.

Deshundra Jefferson 45:54

This wouldn't be possible without our 3,700-plus Food Rescue Hero volunteers.