[7c. Proclamation - Law Enforcement Officers Week - May 10 - 16, 2026. Proclamation will be presented at the Police Memorial on Monday, May 11, 2026.] ]

THIS IS MAY THE 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH. THIS PROCLAMATION WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTED AT THE POLICE MEMORIAL BY OUR CHAIR ON MONDAY, MAY THE 11TH 2026. BUT AS PER TRADITION, IT IS INCLUDED IN THIS ON THIS AGENDA.

FINALLY, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 90-26 EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO FRANKLIN HARRIS.

[7d. 90-26 Resolution - Expressing Appreciation to Franklin Harris. ]

THIS RESOLUTION EXPRESSES HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MR. HARRIS FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, UNPARALLELED COMMITMENT AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OFFERS HIM THE VERY BEST WISHES ON HIS RETIREMENT AND FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

MR. TYRONE NELSON FROM THE VERONA DISTRICT IS PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER. MR. CHAIR, COLLEAGUES, I AM.

I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION FIRST BEFORE I ASK SOME COACH TO COME UP AND RECEIVE IT.

AND OH, YOU ARE ALREADY UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET ME READ IT FIRST AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS BEFORE WE BRING HIM UP WITH HIS FAMILY AND PLAYERS TO TAKE A PICTURE COACHES AND THE HIGHLAND SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

I'VE SEEN SEVERAL PERSONS COME IN. I WILL FIRST START BY SAYING I WAS FORTUNATE WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED AT HIGHLAND SPRINGS TO COME IN WHILE THREE OF THE GREATEST COACHES THAT WE WILL HAVE IN OUR REGION'S HISTORY WERE COACHING AT THE SAME SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE'VE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED GEORGE LANCASTER NOW, I THINK ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO MANY OF US KNOW COACH LANCASTER OVER 700 WINS, ET CETERA. LEGEND IN OUR AREA COACH LAUREN JOHNSON, AT SOME POINT WHEN HE RETIRES, WILL PROBABLY GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST COACHES IN THAT REGION EVER.

AND THIS YOUNG MAN WHO STANDS BEHIND ME, THREE THREE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME COACHING AT THE SAME SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME.

PURELY AMAZING EXPRESSION, APPRECIATION OF FRANKLIN HARRIS.

WHEREAS FRANKLIN HARRIS HAS ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS HEAD COACH, HEAD COACH OF THE HIGHLAND SPRINGS SPRINGERS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR 18 YEARS AND RETIRED ON MARCH 4TH, 2026. AND WHEREAS MR. HARRIS COACHED A BALL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HEADED THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT SAINT GERTRUDE AND WHEREAS, WHILE COACHING THE RICHMOND TIMBERWOLVES TRAVEL TEAM, HE DECIDED TO GO WATCH PLAYERS COMPETE FOR THE SPRINGERS.

AND WHEREAS MR. HARRIS LEARNED THE HEAD COACH POSITION FOR THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WAS AVAILABLE.

AND WHEREAS MR. HARRIS WAS OFFERED THE POSITION FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. RUDY WARD, AND WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, THAT WAS THE LORD, THE GOOD LORD'S DOING.

QUOTE UNQUOTE. AND HIGHLAND SPRINGS WAS A TRUE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.

AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE THAT INCLUDED A WINTER WITHOUT INTERSCHOLASTIC COMPETITION DUE TO COVID 19, THE SPRINGERS EARNED A 410 WIN 63 RECORD. THAT IS COACH HARRIS'S RECORD 410 WINS, 63 LOSSES, WON SEVEN REGIONAL TITLES, QUALIFIED 11 TIMES FOR THE PLAYOFFS.

AND WHEREAS IN 2020, VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE DECLARED THE SPRINGERS CO-CHAMPIONS WHEN THE PANDEMIC ENDED THE SEASON.

AND WHEREAS, DURING HER TWO DECADE TENURE, HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HIGHLAND SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL WALL OF FAME, WON SEVEN REGIONAL TITLES, AGAIN, HAD FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES AND WAS 20192020VHSL CLASS FIVE STATE CHAMPIONS.

AND WHEREAS MR. HARRIS AS COACH USING HAVOC STYLE BASKETBALL ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY SHAKA SMART AT VCU, NOTING IT LOOKS UGLY SOMETIMES. BUT THAT'S OUR STYLE OF PLAY.

THAT'S HOW WE PLAY QUOTE UNQUOTE. AND THIS IS ON THE RESOLUTION.

AND WHEREAS. COACH, COACH, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'D HAVE SEEN, QUOTE UNQUOTE ON A RESOLUTION BEFORE I LIKE IT.

WHEREAS COACH HARRIS'S IMPACT WILL GO BEYOND ALL THE WINS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS BECAUSE HE HAS TOUCHED COUNTLESS STUDENT ATHLETES,

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COACHES AND MEMBERS OF THE HIGHLAND SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HEREBY EXPRESSES HIS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO FRANKLIN HARRIS FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, UNPARALLELED COMMITMENT AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND OFFERS HIM THE VERY BEST WISHES AND IN HIS RETIREMENT AND FUTURE ENDEAVORS, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE SPREAD AMONG THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING AND A COPY PUBLICLY PRESENTED TO MR. HARRIS AS A TOKEN OF THE BOARD'S DEEPEST GRATITUDE.

SIGNED BY CHAIR ROSCOE D COOPER. COOPER, THE THIRD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

TANYA M BRACKETT, CLERK. APRIL 28TH, 2026. REVEREND NELSON.

MR. CHAIR, BEFORE YOU BRING UP MR. HARRIS FOR HIS REMARKS, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SO KIND TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION? YES. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY REVEREND NELSON, SECONDED BY MR. SMITH, TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. AYES HAVE IT. NO. OPPOSED RESOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, COACH THE SPORT IS THE SPORT IS BIGGER THAN JUST THE GAME. YOU KNOW, ATHLETES WHILE THEY'RE PLAYING.

IT IS ABOUT THE COMPETITION. IT'S ABOUT THE WIN.

BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALSO TEACHING LIFE SKILLS, HELPING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING CULTURE.

FROM THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD A HUMBLE DEMEANOR, A GENUINE SPIRIT, CARING.

YOU WERE ALWAYS ABOUT HIGHLAND SPRINGS AND WE MAY NOT EVER SEE ANOTHER COACH LIKE YOU. AND SO WE LIKE TO GIVE FLOWERS WHILE WE CAN GIVE THEM AFTER THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR WHO IS IN THE BACK WANT TO SHOUT HIM OUT.

HARRY LEE DANIEL. THE RETIREMENT HAPPENED, SO.

COACH HARRIS WAY QUIET. NOT A LOT OF FANFARE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE OR SOMETHING. NOTHING. IT WAS JUST RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET ON THE WHITE HORSE AND BUT WE NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU MADE HIGHLAND SPRINGS A BETTER PLACE, AND YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.

AND YOU LOOK AT FORMER PLAYERS, YOU LOOK AT COACHES THE RESPECT LEVEL THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE APPRECIATIVE. AND SO THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS THAT CAN SAY HOW MUCH WE ARE THANKFUL THAT YOU STUMBLED UPON THE GYM AND YOU TALKED TO COACH LANG AND TALKED TO RUDY WARD AND YOU ENDED UP A SPRINGER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONCE A SPRINGER, ALWAYS A SPRINGER.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. SALUTE TO YOU. AND WE THANK YOU.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE REST OF THE SPRINGER FAMILY. Y'ALL COME ON UP SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.

AND COACH IS GOING TO GIVE SOME REMARKS.

AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE SOME REMARKS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT. HEY, CAN HE CAN HE MAKE HIS REMARKS FIRST OR YOU WANT TO TAKE THE PICTURE FIRST? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM MAKE HIS REMARKS. OH, YEAH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS RESOLUTION. THIS IS JUST NOT ABOUT ME.

THIS IS ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME. BUT THEY WERE NEVER BEHIND ME.

THEY WERE ALWAYS BESIDE ME. MY WIFE FOR 43 YEARS A TRUE COACH'S WIFE BECAUSE SHE HAS A I DON'T KNOW IF SHE REMEMBERS, BUT I HAVE A PILLOW IN MY ROOM UPSTAIRS THAT SAYS MARRIAGE ON HOLD. IT'S BASKETBALL SEASON. WHICH IS TRUE.

MY PLAYERS WHO FOR YOUNG LADIES. 15, 16, 17. WHEN YOU TELL THEM YOU HAVE A PRACTICE AT 06:00

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ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND THEY'RE AT SCHOOL WAITING ON YOU AT 530 NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.

THE ADMINISTRATION AT HIGHLAND SPRINGS FROM RUDY WARD, MICHAEL BAILEY, RICK LILLY, HARRY LEE DANIELS. YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR FINER PEOPLE TO WORK FOR.

IF YOU NEEDED IT, IT WAS THERE. MOST TIME. DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK.

REVEREND NELSON, THE SUPPORT THAT HE GAVE US UNWAVERING.

BUT MY COACHES WHO ENDURED CRAZINESS FROM ME.

YES, I WILL, I WILL ADMIT. POOR COACH BOOKER'S.

SHE SET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ME FOR TEN YEARS.

THAT LEFT LEG STAYED BRUISED UP FOR TEN YEARS.

BUT I CANNOT THANK THEM FOR THE LOVE, THE SUPPORT.

MY PLAYERS, THEIR LOVE, THEIR COMMITMENT TO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT I MADE THEM BETTER PEOPLE.

BASKETBALL PLAYERS OR BASKETBALL PLAYERS. BUT TO BE BETTER YOUNG PEOPLE, TO BE BETTER PEOPLE WHEN THEY GO OUT.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE. SOME OF THEM HAVE BECOME DOCTORS.

COUPLE OF LAWYERS. BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM BETTER PEOPLE.

AND I CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS MEANS AN AWFUL LOT.

THANK YOU. COME ON, GUYS, LET'S LET'S TAKE A GOOD GROUP PICTURE.

SO WE NEED TO CIRCLE AROUND. YOU GOT TO GET IN THERE.

YEAH. YOU GOT TO GET UP FRONT. SOME SOME FOLK COME.

Y'ALL COME DOWN. COME DOWN SO WE CAN GET THE PICTURE. COME ON, GET IN THIS PICTURE.

SNUCK IN AT THE END. LIKE THAT.

YEAH. SOMEBODY IN THE BACK. YOU CAN'T SEE. MAMA! COMING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. TWINS CRYING IN UNISON. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. YES, SIR.

I'LL STILL BE AROUND. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.

SO. NEXT. MISTER CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU MOVE INTO RESIGNATION APPOINTMENT SECTION OF YOUR AGENDA. 91-26 IS A RESOLUTION THAT ACCEPTS THE RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER FROM THE BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS.

[8. Resignation/Appointment ]

[8a. 91-26 Resolution - Resignation of Member - Board of Social Services. ]

BOARD PAPER ACCEPTS THE RESIGNATION OF DEBORAH ANN GRIBBIN FROM THAT BOARD AS THE THREE CHOP DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

MISTER CHAIR. THANK YOU, MISS ROUNDTREE. MOVED BY MISS BROWN, SECONDED BY REVEREND NELSON.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. NEXT, MISTER CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, 92-26 IS A RESOLUTION.

THIS IS FOR APPOINTMENT OF PERSON ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE PANEL.

[8b. 92-26 Resolution - Appointment of Persons Eligible to Serve as Third Member of Employee Grievance Panels. ]

THIS BOARD PAPER APPOINTS FROM THE THREE CHOP DISTRICT TREVOR TAYLOR TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE UNTIL A TERM THAT EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. THANK YOU SIR. MISS ROUNDTREE, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MISTER ROGERS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.

AND AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING MEMBERS OF THE GRIEVANCE PANEL ARE NOT SWORN IN AS THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY ALLEGIANCE TO OR AFFILIATION WITH THE COUNTY. MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND WE DO HAVE ONE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

[9. Public Comments ]

I DON'T SEE JENNIFER LIEBERMAN. MR. LIEBERMAN, ARE YOU COMING IN RIGHT NOW? OH. SHE IS. OKAY. AND, MR. CLARK, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE SIGNED UP.

SO IF YOU WANT TO MISS LIEBERMAN, IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE PODIUM.

I JUST CALLED YOU UP. AND, MR. CLARK, I HAVE YOU SIGNED UP NEXT.

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HI. MY NAME IS JENNIFER LIEBERMAN. I WILL SAY THAT I DO NOT.

MY WORDS, MISS LIEBERMAN. WORDS THAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE.

MISS LIEBERMAN. BEFORE YOU GO, I WANT TO READ SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

ONCE WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM, IT'S A TIMER SYSTEM.

YEAH. ONCE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, THE TIMER WILL BEGIN.

YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ALERTING YOU TO THE REMAINING TIME.

ONCE THE TIMER TURNS RED, YOU HEAR A BEEPING SOUND, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

CHAIR THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER LIEBERMAN.

I WILL FIRST SAY THAT I DO NOT MINCE MY WORDS.

I USE WORDS THAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AT CONVEYING THE DISCONTENT I HAVE WITHOUT SWAYING AWAY FROM MY SPEECH, FROM WHATEVER MY SPEECH IS ABOUT. I DON'T CARE IF I UPSET SOMEONE WHEN I BREAK DECORUM.

POLITICS ISN'T ABOUT FRIENDSHIP. MY SPEECH TONIGHT IS TITLED THE SUFFOCATION OF THE UNIQUELY MISREMEMBERED.

I WILL START WITH A QUOTE, THE LINEAGE OF FEARS THAT COMES THE MOST VULNERABLE.

WHILE IT EMBOLDENS THOSE THAT NEVER HAD HAVE HAD TO SCOFF AT THE UNIMAGINABLE.

BY NOW, I THINK THAT I'VE SHOWN THAT I CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT QUITE A LOT, AND I SEE AS IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN CONSISTENTLY INTERACT WITH THAT IT IS NOT OURSELVES.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, HENRICO COUNTY RECENTLY CELEBRATED PLANTING 10,000 TREES THIS YEAR.

YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY. YES, THAT'S PRETTY NEAT. PLANTING POSSIBLY NATIVE TREES TO HENRICO.

BUT WHAT'S EVEN BETTER IS THAT HENRICO, MY ADULT LIFE HAS APPROVED TO CUT DOWN, WHAT, 10,000? TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TREES. TREES CONSUME THINGS LIKE CARBON, HELP WATER, HELP RETAIN WATER FROM FLOODING AREAS, AND HELP REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE OF AREAS THEY COVER.

SAY YOU HAVE AN OAK TREE THAT IS ROUGHLY 214 YEARS OLD, 14FT IN CIRCUMFERENCE, 100FT TALL.

SAY YOU CUT THAT DOWN AND REPLACE IT WITH SAPLINGS.

THE. THE REPLACEMENTS EVENTUALLY GROW TO SEVEN YEARS OLD.

HOW MANY OF THOSE TREES DO YOU NEED? OVER 3000.

I COULD SAY COMPARABLE INFORMATION REGARDING CARBON AND WATER STORAGE, BUT I THINK YOU ALL GET WHAT I'M WHERE I'M GOING.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE TREES DO FOR ANIMALS THAT IS THEIR HOME.

IT PROVIDES THEM WITH SOME, IF NOT ALL OF WHAT THEY NEED.

THE TREE SHOP, WHAT WE CALL DEBRIS IN THE FALL AND WINTER, GIVING PROTECTION TO SO MANY, INCLUDING TO SAY, BUGS THAT PLANT THEMSELVES FOR THE WINTER IN PILES OF LEAVES FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.

BUT FURTHERMORE, YOU MAY ASK, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH A DROUGHT? TREES HELP GIVE THIS GIVE SHADE, WHICH REDUCES WATER CONSUMPTION.

THE RISK OF FIRES WHICH, IF YOU DID NOT KNOW OLD GROWTH TREES ARE PRETTY FIRE RESISTANT.

THEY HELP MORE DROUGHT PRONE PLANTS THAT GET CUT DOWN MORE OFTEN FROM DYING, WHICH THIS COUNTY HAS NOT PUT IN AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION COINCIDING WITH A TEMPORARY ORDINANCE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM CUTTING HEAT, PLUS PRESSURE ON VERY DRY, IF NOT DEAD ORGANISMS CAN REQUIRE THE USE OF MORE MORE WATER THROUGH EMERGENCY MEASURES, BUT I DIGRESS.

I WILL END WITH THIS. I HAVE TO ASK, AM I JUST A MORON OR DO I HAVE IDEAS OF WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INOCULATED INTO THE ZEITGEIST? BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT MAY BE, WE HAVE THE MENTALITY THAT THE HAVE AND HAVE NOTS NEED TO BE SEQUESTERED FOR THINGS TO RUN IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER. MR. CLARK, I UNDERSTAND YOU SIGNED UP. YEAH. IF YOU WOULD JUST GO TO THAT PODIUM.

YES, SIR. AND JUST GAUGING, IS THERE ANYONE ON WEBEX THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS EVENING? THERE'S NO ONE TO SPEAK ON WEBEX. ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? IF I COULD SEE YOUR HANDS? NO. OKAY, MR. CLARK.

AND. OH, SEE, THE LIGHTS ARE RIGHT HERE. OKAY.

MAKES IT EASY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

PUBLIC COUNTY ATTORNEY. MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOUGLAS CLARK.

I RESIDE AT 5005 CASTLE POINT COURT. GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

ON APRIL 14TH, WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, I INTRODUCED YOU TO MARK COOK AND BRIEFLY SPOKE TO YOU REGARDING VULNERABILITY OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS TO COVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I MADE SOME PROMISES TO MR. ROGUISH, AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO GO WITH THAT.

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MARK COOK. OKAY. THANK YOU. MARK COOK DID MEET WITH OUR COUNTY OFFICERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEETING ON THE 15TH DIDN'T GO VERY WELL BECAUSE MR. COOK FELT THAT THERE WAS NO INTEREST IN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY BASED UPON SOME COMMENTS AT THE MEETING.

THEREFORE, I TRIED TO GET IT BACK ON TRACK, BUT IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

SO I MADE SOME PROMISES THAT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER TO TRY TO HELP THE COUNTY AND MAKING OUR ELECTIONS MORE SECURE.

I DO WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED, THOUGH. I DO APPRECIATE YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT. WE DID HAVE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS AFTER THAT, THAT THAT EVENING AND THEN THE DAY AFTER THEY WENT VERY WELL AND WERE WELL, VERY WELL RECEIVED. IN REGARD TO THE FUTURE AND WHAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE I EMAILED ALL OF YOU AS FAR AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GO, ANOTHER COPY OF THE ELECTION INTEGRITY VIDEOS TO YOUR ONLY@HENRICO.GOV.

OR YOU'RE NOT YOUR COUNTY, BUT YOUR DISTRICT.

AND SO THE VIDEOS ARE THERE FOR YOU TO VIEW AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VIEW THEM OF THOSE VIDEOS.

THERE IS ONE FROM MARK COOK. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS HE WOULD HAVE SAID IF THEY HAD BEEN SAID AT THAT BRIEFING THAT I HAD SCHEDULED A MONTH AGO.

AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THE VIDEOS BECAUSE THEY EXPLAIN A LOT.

REGARDING THE CAST VOTE RECORDS, THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR AT THE MEETING WE WERE AT SAID THAT ALL I HAD TO DO WAS REQUEST THOSE WITH A FOIA.

MR. NEWBY AND I HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I DID REQUEST THE CAST VOTE RECORDS FOR THE 2020 ELECTION, I DIDN'T GET THOSE BECAUSE WHEN THE FOIA WAS REQUESTED, IT WAS KICKED BACK AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT RECEIVE THAT WITH A FOIA.

I HAD TO REQUEST ACTUALLY A COURT ORDER TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS.

SO I DID PETITION THE COURT, PAY MY $86. AND IN THOSE COURT DOCUMENTS, THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE SAID THEY DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THE TERM CAST VOTE RECORDS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS INDUSTRY STANDARD. SO I NEVER COULD GET THEM EXCEPT FOR OUR WONDERFUL ATTORNEY DID EVENTUALLY GET THEM FOR ME, ALTHOUGH HE ONLY GOT 2022 BECAUSE OUR REGISTRAR'S OFFICE SAID THAT EVERY YEAR OUR VOTING RECORDS ARE ERASED IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. AND I INFORMED OUR LAWYER, MR. NEWBY, THAT THAT IS NOT CORRECT, THAT THE AMOUNT OF DATA IT TAKES TO STORE THOSE RECORDS IS MINIMAL.

AND BY LAW, WE HAVE TO STORE THEM FOR TWO YEARS.

SO THAT WAS BACK THEN. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO REQUEST THOSE RECORDS AGAIN, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR VOTING RECORDS, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT, THAT THE VOTES IN THESE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS ARE CALCULATED BASED UPON PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, BECAUSE IF YOU REQUESTED IT, THEY WOULD REFUSE ACCESS.

THAT MEANS THAT IT IS NOT TRANSPARENT, BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VOTE WAS ACCURATE, BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT COUNT THE ACTUAL BALLOTS AND THE DOTS ON THE BALLOTS WHEN THEY COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE.

IN THE VIRGINIA CODE 2224.2, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION THREE.

IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IT SAYS, QUOTE, NOR THE VOTES COUNTED IN SECRET.

THE VENDORS ARE CONDUCTING THE COUNT USING THE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE.

YOUR ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE CERTIFYING THAT IT'S AN ACCURATE COUNT, BUT THEY CAN'T CERTIFY THAT I HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE RETIRED THAT REFUSE TO WORK THE ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S A CLASS FIVE FELONY TO SIGN THOSE DOCUMENTS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT VERIFY IT'S ACCURATE.

I'M OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU. AND I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON MY EFFORTS.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU AGAIN HOW MUCH I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS EVENING, YOU MOVE INTO YOUR GENERAL AGENDA WITH AGENDA ITEM 93-26.

THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN EARLIER TODAY. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE.

[10. General Agenda ]

[10a. 93-26 Introduction of Ordinance - Adopting a Recodification of the Ordinances of the County of Henrico, Virginia, Titled “The Code of the County of Henrico, Virginia of 2026.” ]

ADOPTION OF RECODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF.

OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA, TITLED THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA 2026.

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MR. NEWBY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THIS BOARD PAPER INTRODUCES AND ADVERTISES FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 26TH, 2026, AN ORDINANCE TO CODIFY THE COUNTY CODE.

THE CODE IS UPDATED BASICALLY EVERY 15 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY CODE'S PUBLISHER.

CIVIC PLUS IS THE NAME OF THAT PUBLISHING COMPANY, SO WE'LL GET NICE NEW HARD VOLUME CODES.

AND ALSO ON THE WEBSITE, NEW ACCESS TO THE CODE.

THE RECODIFICATION ACCOMPLISHES FOUR MAJOR THINGS.

IT IDENTIFIES AND RESOLVES CONFLICTS AND INCONSISTENCIES INTERNALLY, DELETES OBSOLETE PROVISIONS, AND MODERNIZES THE CODE TO REFLECT CURRENT NORMS AND TERMS, REMOVES REDUNDANT PROVISIONS, AND ALSO CONFORMS TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAW AND UPDATES THOSE CROSS-REFERENCES PREVIOUS RECODIFICATION OCCURRED IN 1980, 1995, AND 2010. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT THE RECODIFICATION THIS TIME DOES NOT INCLUDE ZONING ORDINANCE OR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AS BOTH OF THOSE WERE OVERHAULED SUBSTANTIALLY IN 2021.

SO THIS RECODIFICATION DOES NOT TOUCH THE ZONING ORDINANCE OR THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.

VERY QUICKLY, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE MAYBE WATCHING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MIGHT BE CHANGING IS OUR CODE.

REFERENCES WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE BOARD OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES THAT'S BEING UPDATED TO THEIR NEW NAME, THE STATE BOARD OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES. IT'S THOSE KINDS OF TECHNICAL CHANGES.

WE'RE EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF PARK TO INCLUDE NOT JUST RECREATION AREAS, BUT OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION AREAS.

NOW, CHECKS CAN BE FOUND, NOT SIGNED, NOT BY SIGNATURE PLATE, BUT BY ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.

THOSE KINDS OF UPDATES THAT ARE BEING MADE TO THE CODE TO CHANGE CROSS REFERENCES, CONFORM TO STATE LAW, AND OTHERWISE MAKE THE CODE CONSISTENT WITH MODERN PRACTICES.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COLLEAGUES.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO MOVED. SO. SO MOVED. THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE.

SECOND. MOVED BY REVEREND NELSON. SECONDED BY MR..

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AS MR. COAKLEY COMES FORWARD, 94-26 IS THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MOVE TEMPORARILY,

[10b. 94-26 Introduction of Ordinance - To Amend and Reordain Section 9-2 Titled “Precincts and polling places” of the Code of the County of Henrico to Move Temporarily the Polling Place for the Monument Hills Precinct in the Brookland District from Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church to Crestview Elementary School for the August 4, 2026, Primary Election. ]

TEMPORARILY. THE POLLING PLACE FOR THE MONUMENT HILLS PRECINCT IN THE BROOKLYN DISTRICT, FROM TUCKAHOE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOLELY FOR THE AUGUST PRIMARY. MR. COAKLEY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. MANAGER, THIS BOARD PAPER INTRODUCES AN ORDINANCE TO TEMPORARILY MOVE THE POLLING PLACE OF MONUMENT HILLS PRECINCT, WHICH HAS 1130 VOTERS AND HAD 425 VOTE LAST WEEK TO CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH HAS 2816 VOTERS AND HAD 918 VOTE LAST WEEK. IT'S A TEMPORARY MOVE FOR THE AUGUST 4TH PRIMARY ELECTION DUE TO THE CHURCH HAS OTHER OBLIGATIONS HAPPENING THAT DAY.

THE ELECTORAL BOARD APPROVED THE PAPER AT ITS MEETING ON APRIL 20TH, 2026.

I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIR.

MR. COAKLEY, JUST FOR INTERESTED, FOLKS. THIS TEMPORARY. CORRECT? YES, SIR. IT IS GOING BACK IN AND RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.

THE PAPER SAYS IT'LL IT'LL IT'LL CEASE TO EXIST AUGUST 5TH.

SO IN NOVEMBER OF 2026, THE NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION, WE GO BACK TO THE CHURCH AND THEN JUST ONE POLLING PLACE AT THE SCHOOL.

DID YOU MENTION WHY THE CHURCH IS UNAVAILABLE THIS TIME? THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY HAD OBLIGATIONS HAPPENING IN ALL CLASSROOMS. GOTCHA. AND THEN FOR INTERESTED PARTIES, CRESTVIEW, WE'RE WE'RE CROSSING DISTRICTS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE ARE BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN VOTERS THAT ARE VOTING IN TUCKAHOE. THAT IS CORRECT.

BUT THIS IS FOR A PRIMARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

PERFECT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED THE PUBLIC TO HEAR. SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S OKAY AND WHY THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF IT WAS A LET'S SAY THERE WERE LOCAL ELECTIONS. THAT'S RIGHT. IF THERE WERE LOCAL ELECTIONS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.

BUT SINCE IT IS A CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY ELECTION WITH DISTRICTS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN YOUR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS, ALL THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FALL WITHIN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR ALL THE BALLOTS ARE THE SAME IN THOSE TWO PRECINCTS THIS TIME.

YES THEY ARE, SIR. AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. COAKLEY.