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12-13-2021, PSA minutes AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY, HELD ON THE 13th DAY OF DECEMBER 2021, 6:30 P.M., MULTI PURPOSE ROOM #2, MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, CHRISTIANSBURG, VIRGINIA: BOARD / STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Todd King -Chair Sherri M. Blevins -Vice Chair Mary Biggs -Secretary-Treasurer April DeMotts -Member Steve Fijalkowski -Member Sara Bohn -Member Darrell Sheppard -Member Chuck E. Campbell -PSA Director Karri Cridlin -PSA Board Secretary Marty McMahon -County Attorney OTHERS PRESENT: ABSENT: CALL TO ORDER Chair King called the meeting to order and determined that a quorum was present. The roll call vote on the foregoing motion is as follows: AYE NAY ABSENT Todd King Sherri Blevins Mary Biggs Steve Fijalkowski Darrell Sheppard April DeMotts Sara Bohn CONSENT AGENDA On a motion by April DeMotts, seconded by Mary Biggs, and carried; IT WAS RESOLVED, that the Public Service Authority hereby approves the Consent Agenda, dated December 13, 2021. The vote on the foregoing motion is as follows: AYE NAY ABSENT Todd King Mary Biggs Darrell Sheppard Sherri Blevins April DeMotts Steve Fijalkowski Sara Bohn R21-12-01 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING EASEMENTS AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY WATER PROJECT CONNECTING THE MUD PIKE, BETHEL AND PLUM CREEK SERVICE AREAS TO NRV REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY WATER AS REQUIRED BY JOINDER AGREEMENT WHEREAS, as a condition of Montgomery County joining the NRV Regional Water Authority, the Montgomery County Public Service Authority is required to connect the PSA’s Mud Pike, Bethel and Plum Creek service areas to NRV Regional Water Authority water; and WHEREAS, the Montgomery County Public Service Authority has negotiated and acquired easements and temporary construction easements from nineteen (19) property owners in order to construct the required water line connecting the Mud Pike, Bethel and Plum Creek service areas to NRV Regional Water Authority water; and WHEREAS, attached and incorporated as part of the Resolution is a list of the nineteen (19) owners conveying easements to the Montgomery County Public Service Authority (referred as to the “Easement List”); and WHEREAS, the Montgomery County Public Service Authority desires to accept the easements contained on the Easement List and authorize the Chair, M. Todd King, to execute the said Easements as evidence of the Authority’s acceptance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED On a motion by Steve Fijalkowski, seconded by Darrell Sheppard, and carried, that the Montgomery County Public Service Authority hereby agrees to accept the easements and temporary construction easements listed on the Easement List; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authority hereby agrees to authorize M. Todd King, Chair, of the Montgomery County Public Service Authority to execute the easements and temporary construction easements listed on the Easement List evidencing the PSA’s acceptance. AYE NAY ABSENT Todd King Sherri Blevins Mary Biggs Steve Fijalkowski Darrell Sheppard Sara Bohn April DeMotts FINANCIAL REPORT The Financial Report for the period ending November 30, 2021 was presented for review and discussion. AUTHORITY MEMBERS’ REPORT Chair King- No Report Vice Chair Blevins - No Report Secretary Biggs – No Report Member Bohn- No Report Member DeMotts – No Report Member Sheppard – No Report Member Fijalkowski - No Report INTO CLOSED MEETING (In at 7:10 p.m.) On a motion by Steve Fijalkowski, seconded by Sherri Blevins, and carried; IT WAS RESOLVED, that the Public Service Authority hereby enters into Closed Meeting for discussion of the following: Section 2.2-3711 (1) Discussion, Consideration, or Interviews of Prospective Candidates for Employment; Assignment, Appointment, Promotion, Performance, Demotion, Salaries, Disciplining or Resignation of Specific Officers, Appointees or Employees of Any Public Body 1. Personnel The vote on the foregoing motion is as follows: AYE NAY ABSENT Todd King Steve Fijalkowski Mary Biggs Darrell Sheppard Sherri Blevins April DeMotts Sara Bohn OUT OF CLOSED MEETING (Out at 7:17 p.m.) On a motion by Darrell Sheppard, seconded by Sara Bohn, and carried; IT WAS RESOLVED, that the Public Service Authority ends their Closed Meeting to return to Regular Session. The vote on the foregoing motion is as follows: AYE NAY ABSENT Todd King Steve Fijalkowski Mary Biggs Darrell Sheppard Sherri Blevins April DeMotts Sara Bohn CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED MEETING On a motion by Sara Bohn, seconded by Steve Fijalkowski, and carried; IT WAS RESOLVED, that the Public Service Authority of Montgomery County has convened a Closed Meeting on this date pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; and WHEREAS, Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia requires a certification by the Board that such Closed Meeting was conducted in conformity with Virginia law. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Public Service Authority does hereby agree, that to the best of each member’s knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the meeting to which this certification resolution applies; and (ii) only public business matters as were identified in the motion conveying the Closed Meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Authority. The vote on the foregoing motion is as follows: AYE NAY ABSENT Todd King Steve Fijalkowski Mary Biggs Darrell Sheppard Sherri Blevins April DeMotts Sara Bohn ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Chair adjourned this meeting to the next meeting scheduled for January 03, 2022.