Board of County Supervisors Retreat - part 2 (Audio Only) - Jan 30, 2024

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What icebreaker activities and introductions kick off the session?

Deshundra Jefferson 0:00

I think we are going to Resume our session from yesterday. Thank you everyone. For being on town.

Andrea O. Bailey 0:09

Think Margaret.

Unknown 0:11

Margaret.

Andrea O. Bailey 0:14

Yes.

Deshundra Jefferson 0:16

Not calling anyone out but I guess you really do. What is the what is the first you're kinda quietly came in, you know. Um

Unknown 0:22

no. I

Deshundra Jefferson 0:24

guess the first what is the first order of business I guess is resuming. I know Yesley did her interview with me, so much began today.

Unknown 0:31

Um yeah, let's go ahead and do that icebreaker with uh so you can uh dissipate what the rest before.

Deshundra Jefferson 0:40

I get to sit by Mr. Sunshine this morning. Alright Yesley, are you ready? Um sure, I did bacon. Sure. It's too early for this.

Qwendolyn N. Brown 0:53

Alright, let me do the same treatment. Give you the same treatment that I gave. Cuddly bear, mushy bear here. Mushy bear. Mushy bear. We're gonna call him Mushy Bear. Yes. So this is Dishandra Lynette Jefferson. She's been living in Princeton County for nine years and a total of thirteen years in the state of Virginia. She is also from Texas. I did not know that. Dallas, the Fort Worth area to be exact. And a fun fact about Chair Jefferson is that when she was a little girl she wanted to be a Cowboys cheerleader.

Unknown 1:24

Right. Uh

Qwendolyn N. Brown 1:30

described two items that she would grab out of her house if they were on fire and everybody including relatives and pets were safe. She said important documents and her Mac computer, her laptop. Uh mistake that you've made and learned from, uh not taking people's support for granted. Uh describe the funniest thing that has happened to you while campaigning. Apparently there was something in the Potomac district. Oh my shore area with the men. So get it out here. Just call it. So I guess they were trying to hit on me. Hit on Chair Jefferson. That's why I only canvas with Justin and Potomac Shores. Did you get the numbers? I hope so. Supervisor Franklin wanted to know if you got some numbers. How many? I I could I I will I got a little black phone book actually.

Qwendolyn N. Brown 2:19

I'll call you. I'll call you. Um uh hobby or passion that occupies her time when she's outside of work. Uh she likes to work out, in particular doing yoga. And something she wished more people knew about her is that she's quite funny, humor. So we actually share that in common, Chair Jefferson, because that's what Supervisor Prenton said about me. So ladies and gentlemen, Chair Jefferson. Eight,

Unknown 2:48

eight, wait.

Deshundra Jefferson 2:54

Alright, yes yes, y'all can take over.

Unknown 2:57

Alright, um we just wanted to show you a

Unknown 3:15

Responsibilities. Specifically the important styles of representation and statesmanship. And we analyze the inherent challenges of governing and

Unknown 3:35

Let's go. We reviewed the important and mysterious role of norms of behavior, and then we identified your desired norms among yourself, colleagues. We reviewed your current code of conduct you've got current

Unknown 4:01

Mm. We review your board rules and we consider board information flow on how your board agenda is treated.

Unknown 4:33

Identify So that later this year actually write a specific strategic plan. Oh sorry.

Unknown 5:10

Alright, so we wanted to uh start by just having a little bit of overview uh about

Unknown 5:23

Boards, uh committees and commissions. Um we're gonna look at it.

Unknown 5:38

Just sharing some things from other localities and what we see. This is for county cities and towns across the commonwealth. It's very, very common if there is a committee structure, because not all localities do committees for governing bodies sometimes. They just meet as a committee as a whole for work sessions or whatever it is to sort of get through some of the more detailed nuances, whether it be budget, capital improvements, and other signature items through the year. But finance is typically a committee that a lot of boards and uh councils have, uh and also maybe capital projects or some sort of construction type of related uh committee is not unusual as well to sort of have a way to vet things before it gets to the entire government body.

Unknown 6:17

Obviously there's an audit committee here and a lot of communities have that as well. Usually it involves staff, uh the elected officials, and sometimes even citizen members of the audit committee you'll have, uh, or community members as part of that transparency process.