01-07-81 MinutesMINUTES
~r. 6~evo )4ices, Co, Attorn~/
Mr. Dodd Called the meeting go order at the Court'house at
2:00 p,m. (ES~)
Mr. Dodd Stated it bad been a privilege to Serve the Board a~
Chairman for the past y~ar, ~e staged that i~ ha~ been 8 learni
experience and that everyone shoald $~rve the citizens of .
t'ba County in this ~pacity.
~r. ~eiszer stated the floor was ope~ for nominations for
Chairman.
5~r. Do~d nominated ~r, Daniel for Chairman for 1951.
O'Neill seconded tRe nomination_ ~r. ~eiszer inquired if
~ vo~e bsln~ taken on ~r. D~niel'beiaC elected Chairman u~til
Ayes: Mr. Daniel, ~r. Dgdd, ~rS. Girone and Mr. O'Meill.
did, She stated that ~he felt it wa~ important thai the Board
~lso be united an~ tkat in the past the Board'h~s
offered }ir. D~nieI h~r sapport.
pledge his cooperation ~nd Supporl.
~r. Daniel thanked th~ ~oard for it~ support ~nd s~ated that
one year as Chairnmn Of the Board he hoped something valuable
would be le£~ behind. Ha st~ed that his first year on the Boar
~a~ SOm? rewards and.disappointments. The accomplishments
D~l~g th~ reduction mn the property tax r~te from $1.05 to
$ . 8 and the ¢Omple~ion o~ capital expenditure programs in
County f~cilities. ~e s~ated the disappointment was not
givin~ the voter~ a acho~l bond issue Which they could
these n~ed~ is eroding ~t a rate of 12.5% eaoh year.
~* ~zated tha~ he felt ~here would be m~y challenges and
improvio¢ ro~ds in the County and providin~ a capital ¢×penditur,
b* ~n easy year for Chesterfield, He stated ~he voters
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~v~z xaeress~ng cost asoo¢iat~d with the sdministration of
government and the budget in the County must reflect this
p~ilcsophy.
"State of the County" message for the ~oard by January
1~81. He stated tko depar~mest heads will have to give
departmental review of their employees, resources= prioritie~
and programs_ He stated that the management review by the
Board should be completed hy early Msreh and Will set the
framework for preparing the 1981 b~dget. He stated the
preliminary 1981 budget process will iaclude the 1980 budget
1981 dollay~ and what ne~, requests are bsin~ ~econunended
is terms of 1981 ~ollars. Be st~ted that he was committed
te ~ rate no larger than ~he existing rate of $.98 and
implemens %hie policy will require the reductioa in many new
budget requests, a detailed review of O~r existing ~xpendi~ures
sad to de~e~ to a later year some capieal e~penditare requests.
He stated this would assure the sound fiscal position for
which Chesterfield is noted.
He stated ~hat ff Chesterfield has in "Achilles Heel," it
must be the road and transportation system. He ~tated this
because there is not ~ free mile of interstate highway in
Chesterfield, there is ever increasing traffic on primary
~nd secondary reade, the read~ are underdesi~ned for the
traffic tha~ they carry nnd the~e are numerous signs of
He stated that Chesterfield tOOk ~he initial step towards
building Powhfte Parkway Extension and Route ~85 in 1980.
~e stated the Toll Ro~d Authority had been established,
consul, taut had been given the job for t~e feasibility study
and the Toll Road Authority must have the Board's Support if
they nrc to aCCOmplish their difficult t~sk, He stated the
County could no~ solve the read problems alone but will ~eed
support from the Highway Department, the elected officials
at the State level and the 8tats legislators_ ~e stated he
would be active in working with these individuals in an
effort to help the County.
He stated that in 1981 the County's attention would be
placed on another school bond issue and that he would like
%o have a join% meeting with the School Board 5nd the Board
Of S~pervisors, He stated that he would like to see this
capital expenditure program for Chesterfield County schools
accomplished in two phases. The first Dhxse i~volviug the
review of all projects and agmeemeat on Dricrftles~ to
remove the lower priority items or defer projects thaZ are
not detrimental to the educational process: to identify
and apply for those projects which may qualify for State
Literary Loans. He stated that the Ceuaty must remember
that it musY provide ~he workin~ capital for these projects.
He s~ated that if any project request does no~ receive
Literary Loan £undin~. it must compet~ with bond ~unding
priorities.
He stated the second phase would be to esf~blish the priorities
for the capital expenditure program financed by bonded debt
~nd the preparatiou of cost estimates for priority projects.
Ee Misted he felt there should be a r~view of the proposed
bond issue with the public ~o ascertain the projects and
costs which ~hey would support~ Re stated if revisions are
necessary, th~s they should be made. He stated ho felt the
County should ~e to the voters with a bond proposal which must
h~ve the full support of the public ~21d the Board of
He stated that it was the Beerd~s elco%ed duty to present
capital expenditure progra~ to the public which has three
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2. Our educational facilities are equally provided across
the County--upgrading of older ~chool$; ~nd
3. We must provide necessary facilities for an increaming
school ace population,
He staled that there is no single dollar mn~wer to this
complex prsblem and that the bent answer cmn only emerge
the public will support.
Mr, Daniel stated that h~ was honored tO live in Chesterfield
County ~nd that hs had b~en given the opportunity tO represent
its citizsn~ on the Board of Supervisors. He stated the
quality of life ~nd benefits that this County h~s ~s offer
our citizen8 are nUmerous ~od we can D~o~ecf t~i~ excellent
position+ ~e stated there f~ no problem too l&rge or challenge
toe ~re~t that cannot be met ~s lone ~s each of the Bo~d msmber~
maintains a positive attftude towards their job and the
~oeition %ehich they were elected to spree.
Mr. O'Neill nominated Mr. Dodd for Vice Ch~irman fur 1951.
Mr. Daniel inquired if ~here were any other nominmtipns. There
Mr. Micas informed the Board that ~hey shonld set the
dates ~nd ~im~ for the regn~lar Board meetings during the
year. ~rs. Girons sta~ed she felt the Board might considnr~
if not for this year maybe for next, the posnibilify Of hzviDg
a night meeting. She suggested fhat perhaps the short mestin~
of the month could be held at night. 8he stated sh~ felt the
desire by ~he ~ublio i~ mounting for ~ ~ight meeting. Mr.
Bookman suggested holding the zonin~ at ?:~O p.m. ~nd starting
the 4~h meeting of the month at 2:SO p,m. After further
discussion of the matter, it was on mo~ion of Mr. Dodd,
seconded by ~r. Bookman, resolved tha~ t~e Boar~ would meet
on the 2nd ~ed~estay of the month at 2:00 p.m. an~ the 4th
~ednssday o~ tko month ~t 9:00 a_m. with ~he exception of
December for which there would only be the m~efing held on
fhe 2nd Wednesday xnd would begin at 9;00 s.m.
Vote: Unanimous
On motion of Mr_ O'Neill, se¢ondel by ~r, Dodd, the t~oard
went in~o Executive Session to discuss p~reonneI ma~er$ as
permitted h~ Section 2.1-S44 (~) (l) of the Code of Virginia,
]PDO~ as amended.
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Administrator and ~ad dncided upon Wy. Riahard
He stated Mr. ~edrick h~d £ndi¢~e~
the position.
O~ motion of ~r. O'Neill, ~econded by
authorized the em~loym~n~ o£ ~r. ~lchard
ASSisTanT County Administrator ~ Grade $~, S~eD 3, TO be
effective on a date mu=ually
Ayes: ~:. D~n~el~ Ur~ Dodd, ~rs. Girone and Ur. O'Neill.
Abstention: Mr. Bookman.
On motion of ~r. Dodd, seGond~d by ~r. 01Neill, the Board
adjourned at 4:10 p.m. un~il 12:00 noon ou January 14, 1981.
Vo~e; Unanimous
County Adminimtranor
Harry./G.~Diniel
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