County of Northampton

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Northampton County Voter Registration Office has been chosen to participate in the Risk Limiting Audit for Senate District 20 in the November 7, 2023, General Election. The audit will take place on Monday, Nov. 27 at 9 am in the Clerk of Court’s office in Eastville. If the date or time changes, a new notice will be posted detailing the changes.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Winter Hours Schedule will commence at the Northampton County Sanitary Landfill on Saturday, November 4, 2023 and run through Saturday, February 24, 2024. That means that on Saturdays, the landfill’s operating hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Please plan your solid waste disposal accordingly.

PUBLIC NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICE SERVICES

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DRAFT FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM

EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA – ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, VA

Interested parties are notified the Department of Justice (DOJ) through the Community Oriented Police Services (COPS) Program issued a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), based on an Environmental Assessment (EA) provided by the Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Commission (ESVA 9-1-1 Commission). The purpose of the EA  is to assess the effects on the human and natural environment on the ESVA 9-1-1 Commission’s implementation of a new radio system (serving local public safety and other local governmental communications needs) for which the COPS program is providing funding assistance approved by the United States.

The proposed project, the implementation of a P25, trunked, digital, simulcast regional radio system, will utilize towers/facilities located at the following locations:
1. American Communications Tower (located at/around 6150 Community Drive, Chincoteague, VA),

2. Town of Chincoteague/CPD Tower (located at/around 6150 Community Drive, Chincoteague, VA),

3. Accomack County Tower (located at around 14306  Lankford Highway, Mappsville, VA),

4. Accomack County Tower (located at/around 23323 Wise Court, Accomac, VA),

5. Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Center facility (located at/around 23201 Front Street, Accomac, VA),

6. Commonwealth of Virginia/State Police Tower (located at/around 23201 Front Street, Accomac, VA),

7. County of Accomack Tower (located at/around 32198 A S West Road, Craddockville, VA),

8. Northampton County Water Tower (located at/around 5211, The Hornes, Eastville, VA), and,

9. Commonwealth of Virginia/State Police Tower (located at/around  20371 Seaside Road, Eastville, VA).

Public safety agencies on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESVA), including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, and 9-1-1/dispatch utilize wireless communication networks as a critical aspect of their operations. These uses of the radio systems, with older/antiquated disparate systems used in the ESVA region, include communications to/from dispatch and field personnel, as well as communications between field personnel operating at an emergency incident. The current radio systems in the ESVA region are older and degrading with frequent performance issues, such as coverage gaps and a lack of needed interoperability for different public safety disciplines . Operating on the current, inefficient radio systems not only impacts public safety personnel, but their ability to best serve the public and their critical needs during emergencies. A properly performing radio system provides this increased coverage, efficiency, and effectiveness to operations, thereby promoting the public’s safety and their welfare; which is the purpose of this project. 

The purpose of the Draft EA is to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with the use and needed construction at the identified tower sites/locations. The draft FONSI, from the COPS program, affirms the proposed action will not have a significant impact on the human and natural environment. The draft EA and draft FONSI will be made available for review at the Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1 Commission at 23201 Front Street, Accomac, VA 23301. The draft FONSI also can be viewed at the 9-1-1 Commission’s website at www.esva911.org. The public notice is being published in the Eastern Shore Post and at the tower sites/locations identified. The ESVA 9-1-1 Commission invites the public to comment on the proposed action during a thirty (30) day comment period, which will conclude on November 26^th, 2023. Written comments may be mailed to: ESVA 9-1-1 Commission, 9-1-1 Director, P.O. Box 337, Accomac, VA 23301. Comments also may be e-mailed to [email protected] or faxed to 757-787-1044. If no substantive comments are received, the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) will become final, leading to a Final Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) being issued.

NOTICE OF SOLE
SOURCE DETERMINATION

Made by the Northampton County Board of Supervisors
At its meeting of August 8, 2023

The Northampton County Board of Supervisors hereby determines that Tyler Technologies, shall be considered as a Sole Source for the migration of the County’s current On-Premises New World Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) financial accounting software to a more secure and efficient cloud-hosted (Software as a Service [SaaS ERP] environment).

Tyler Technologies is the County’s current financial software vendor. It is felt that migration of the financial software to a cloud-hosted environment will be beneficial for:

(a) business continuity (disaster planning);
(b) competitive advantage;
(c) data security;
(d) efficient collaboration;
( e) flexibilitiy;
(f) mobility;
(g) reduced IT costs; and
(h) scaling.


Posted Wednesday, 8/9/2023 in accordance with Section 8 Sole Source Procurement of the Northampton County Procurement Policy

ATTENTION NORTHAMPTON COUNTY CITIZENS

Effective August 1, 2023, Tidewater Fibre Corporation, the County’s recycling vendor, will cease servicing the Eastern Shore.

After August 1st, we will be utilizing Shore Waste of Salisbury, Maryland. Shore Waste works in cooperation with Eagle Recycling (also in Salisbury) for acceptance of our single-stream recycling products, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GLASS. Glass is NOT acceptable by the vendor.

Understanding that glass makes up a significant portion of our recycling stream, a separate container will be placed at each convenience center for glass while we continue our efforts to find a vendor who will accept glass products.
Please do not put glass into the recycling bins. It contaminates the entire load and will cause the load to be rejected by the recycling vendor.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

ATTENTION NORTHAMPTON COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS

If you are planning to do work on or near the water by or within beaches or dunes, or near or in wetlands, call the Planning Permitting and Enforcement Department at (757) 678-0443 before starting any work to obtain required permits.

Work without a permit within the Wetlands Board Jurisdiction may result in a violation with fines up to $10,000 for the contractor and the property owner.

By Order of Northampton County Wetlands Board

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY STARTS GENERAL REASSESSMENT

Starting June 21, 2022, Northampton County reassessment staff will be visiting all properties gathering data and taking inventory of improvements. This process will be ongoing for 18 months. All staff are required to wear county photo ID badges. The general reassessment is a responsibility of the Commissioner of the Revenue, Charlene Gray. R. Todd Simpson, County Appraiser will oversee this in-house process.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this process or any individual on your property, please contact the Commissioner’s office at 757-678-0446 ext. 503.