04-06-81 MinutesD~anu u~' ~UPERVISOR$
Staff in Attendsm~:
~4r. R. L. I{edrlck, Asst. Co. Akin,
Mr. Elmer Hedge, A~. Co. A~in.
~'. ~t~ve Mi~, ~ty Atto~ey
Mr. Daniel called the meetln~ to order at the Co~r%housa
at 3:00 p.m. (EST).
On motion cf Mr. O'Neill, second~ by Mrs. ~irone, %he Board
w~nt into Exeoa~ive Session ~o d~scus~ legal matter~ as
permitted by ~ection ~.1-344(a)(~) Qf the Code of Virginit~
]950, as amended.
Ayes: My, 'Daniel, Mr. Beokman, Mrs. Girone and Mr, O'Neill.
Absent: Mr. Dodd_
Reconv~ning:
The Board recesse~ f~ dinner.
~r. Dodd joined the Bea~d during dinner.
Reconvening at ?:00 p,m, in the ~oard Room:
~r. D~niel stated the purpose of the meeting was to ho~d public
hearings as required by law regarding the tax levy on various
~ln$~es of property in *he County, the proposed 1DS] $~
~udffet ~nd ~h~ a~e of Revenue Sb~ying Funds. Mr. Daniel
informed the nitize~s present that if they wished to speak~
they ~hould Sign the ~is~ indieiting which public hearing they
wished to address~
~r, D~nlet sS~tsd the first public h~aring for discussion was the
mas proposed.
~wo hundred ~ears old relative tO the CarQline Legislature.
· mked that the Board use whatever monmy available, wisely.
~$, B~ttie Paulini supported no incresse in the lax rate.
Mrs, ¥irginia ~¢D~niel stated she Was in favor cf a tax rate
increase. She stated thnt en i~creas~ Qf severe] cents would
not affecn her or most people but very slightly and it w~ulA
help the £ina~eial Situation of the County. ShE stated that
she f~lt the same consideration should be given to residential
development as is given to commercial and %h~t a higher tax
rate will not pr~ven~ industry f~om locating in the County.
She Stated tha~ major industry wants good, stable areas
in which to locate their executives.
Mr. Daniel stated the tax levy was being discussed first because
it Wes State }~w ~het ~he tax levy be adopted prior to ~e bud~et.
There wa~ ~o one else to speak du~ing ~he public henrinU on
~r. Daniel stated the ~ext public heerinE was to consider
the 1981-8~ proposed budge~.
~r. Leo Myers stated tha~ he felt it was i~portant for the
County ~o maintain adequate salaries for its e~plsyees as
long as it ~ue financially feasible, He s~ated thmt low
salaries will cause low morale ~hich will in turn cause
additional problems. He s~eted that peopie-wan~ good sound
g~vernmen~ ~nd he did not Want ~o see Chesterfield begin
having problems as some of the n~ighbcrln$ ~urisdictions are
experiencing. He stated ~ke Bo~rd should budget for ~ha~ which
Board's Judgment and asked that %he budget be conservative.
raises because it will affect the quality education in th~
%he budget needs to be looked ~t realistically. She 8tmted
~h&% two of tho fiv~ Sekool Board members voted agninst the
Boards ~nd felt that ~his shOUld be remedied. She stated
the test seomes of the ohildren is ChEsterfield indicate the
tO hold seCOnd or third jobs in order to Survive cr are leaving'
~rom ~he P.T.A. supportin~ the adoptiou of the budget as
s~a~ed that QU~ Of 28~ parents responding to ~ Questionnaire,
aud that the County Should not eo~promise the quality education
teachers wfll affect ~he children.
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increases for the teachers and ~dded that she did not feel
any parent$ Would want to eeoaomize when it came to the
education of their children.
Mrs. Glenda Kierson. Co-President of lhe Euon P_T,A., stated
that the Executive Commxttee supported ~he proposed budget
without any cuts. She stated 130 parents responded to their
questionnaire in support of the budget and rsad statements
teachers, the quality education, etc. She stated that a ~roup
had met at Bermuda Square and had received aa additional 465
signatures in suppomt of the proposed b~dget.
proposed school b~et, ~he ~tated she also was ~resident
of i~e pNeposed budget as well. She stated that more than
statement in favor of tbs proposed budget. 8he read
quality edue~ti0n should be the first priority, education
would be in Order to avoid th~ problems which are being
Mrs. Charlotte ~mith of W. W. Gordon Elementary School
stated that a position statement was distributed to parents and ~7;
~ere received supporting the proposed budget, wi~h 7 affains~
and 2 noncom~ittals. She stated the bond issue failed but
there were no increases listed for teachers' salaries.
Mrs. NanCy gpr~gg, President of the Chesterfield
Assoeiatioa~ staged that everyone should underst[nd the
plight of the teachers, Sh~ s~a~ed ~ha~ ~eashere are havinc
~rs not adequately adjusted, that the co~t of li¥in~ has
!15% while the teachers only received a 5% increase over last
year, etc. She ~tated that the teachers' hard Work is
viewed only as statistics, that the County pays lower per pupil
than the surroundin~ areas and that thi~ is one of the
and tbs Board of Supervisors take all the credit for the
outstanding gtuden~ test scores that are received, while the
teachers receive only s~lles ~d "thank yOU'd", which de net
pay bills. She statod the only option of the teachers is
l~ Work to the contract without reducing the materi~l ia the
curriculum, she stated this will mean no more field trips after
sahool~ extra supplemental material, less tests and qaizes, less h~ 1~
She stated this was not unionism but desperation. She stated
with inflation ~nd the unfairness of the budget they ~r~
ground with regard to salaries. ~he cited aa example of a
$18,~00 a~ ~his time, and ss is proposed $23,000~ which is still
p~ovidin~ ~ professional service and they want to be paid
accordingly.
to pay the teachers e~ffieientl¥. ~he sta~ed that the Board
a~o~ld liftsa to the people and that she felt it was not too
late ~o advertise to chuage the tax rate.
Mr. Larry Smith stated tha~ hs felt the Board shonld listen
to the people. He stated ~v~ryone is oo~eerned with inflation
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RUYit~ns, stated they had received tremendous support uno
ct participatzon and tho e££ort to get hack to "Grassrootg
~n. Judy Collier ~tated that teachers and parents alike are
concerned about education fsr their children and that they
are willine ts pay for it. She stated she e~n~ot afford to
pay higher t~Xe~ but is willing go reduce he~ personal budget
:tO dO $o. ~he stated that the County provides a much begger
Schools whose tuition i~ exorbitent,
Dance Club, stated ahoy were in total support of tho budget
for Parks and Recreation. ~e gave examples of how their
~rs, N~noy Pannell, representine the Amateur Softball
Associntion~ the Women'E Slow Pitch team and the Southside
Department programs. Sh~ ~tated the present syste~ is vory
~ucces~ful and ~nk~ for the Board's continued support.
~r. Sam ~otley stated t~% he hoped the Bo~rd wac listenin~
to the people. He cited inGreSSeS proposed for the
administration ~nd asked ghat the teachers* salaries be
increased mlso. He stated that everything in increasing
Mr. Steve Farmer stated that he 2elt the budget should be
~eaahers but ~lso for all County employ~s. He cited i~£1~ticn
factors and s~ted the ~ire departmeut employees, even
~im the most as well un the polarization in the County, by the
hinds De achieved in an effort to continue ~ood will and growth
in the County,
~tated that if tbs teachers ar~ unhappy they should resign
).T.A., stated tha~ 200 parents were in supppert of the
~he excellent schools and he did uot feel the school budget
~hin would be a d~sservice to the children and it will
taxes down. ~hs stated that in hard t~mss u,t~ mu~t tak{,
Ora~ttc measure~, She su~e~ted having the (tepSrlmc.m~s in
County adopt ideas which have b~n ~Uggesged on ~he nations:
level. 8he stated ~h~t the School Board s~ould Kive th~
tsaoheTs the necessary rnise nn~ eliminate frills in ~he bhdget.
~r. RiChard ~artin, P~esident of the'Greenfield Dragons ~theltic
Program, st~ed he supported ~he proposed budget fQ~ Parks
new facilities ~nd the possibile need for a fourth m~in~enance
if ~vailable.
reviewed ~nd planned for ra~her than eliminating the purchases
~a~e ~nd take ~ho excess out of the budget. He stated he
and he would like to continue to receive the cooperation and
~upported ~ tax increase so that County emplo?e~s could
~r, Stamie Lyttle st~ed ~hat he did no~ realize everything
~hnt Was involved in the budget process but he believed
eeople ~o wznt quality effue&tion. ~ state~ the sohool bond
i~ue did f~il bu~ l~ w~ not bso~use of quality education
~cnight disturb him sreatly ~nd he hope~ the Board will
:old the line on e×penaes.
le stmted he supported t~e Board in maintainin~ a fiscally
Irs, M~ris Schmitz stated that spendlng ~hsuld be c~rtailed
mt is such a manner as not to hurt the education of the
~hildren. She stated that it might be nesezSzry to return
stated that the two block rides ~o snhool znd the extreme
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threats made by the teachers regarding re~]eation as the CEA
~r. ~on~ld Bartok stated the Jaycsss and the Jaycettes supported
the Parks and Recreation Department and the activites which
supPorte~ full fundln~ of the Department.
Mr. Ji~l~y Ste~amt, representing the Chesterfield Quarterback
not militant but are dedicated and ink,rested in q~ality
of themselves for q~lity educ~tiea. ~e stated the hoed
~ha5 it seems that from tko Sup~rnntendent to the School
He stated h~ hoped %h~t education in ~ke County ~ould net
Mr. Mike McCollough stated that his children enjoy going to
to have the beet, then the County should ~upport it.
~rs. ~aye Taylor, President of Chalkley Elementary P.T.A.,
~ere no~ ready to sett~e for less than quality education,
Ben Air P.T.A., stated that they ~re in support of the
review of teachers' salaries nhould be made ~nd studied by
stated this i~sue ~eemed to b~ a political football for all
~o save f~c~, but all will loss. He stated the bond issue
County of their DroErams.
Mr. John Robinson seated tha~ the great parks ~nd recreation
stated he felt this prevented criminal activity a~d ~bat he
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are scared of a t~× r~te increase but it is needed. E~ stated thal
he knew a teacher who le~t the prof%esion fo lo anco m~na~ing
a Pizza Inn and he felt th9 teachers should receive adequate
pay. He st~%~d the public opinion polio indicate
Mr. Char]ss Jaokson was present and stated tha~ leisure
were iRcluded. He 8tared that tgachers ar9 ~derp~id and
supported n $~lary adjastment in T~i~ cat~gory.
~r. James Robinson stated that money will not bay better
edue~to5 but i~ the budget ~$ submitted is not approved, it
will be dstrimen~al to the school ~ystem.
~r. J~h~ W~tkinm~ President ~f the J~ B. Watkins P.T.A.~ stated
that of those parents respondin¢ 50 a questionnaire, better than
in ail ¢~ses Wer~ in favor of the full budget, a CEA
support Of tbs Board of Supervisors, the School BoaTd ~nd the
administration coordinating zheir efforts. He stated there
~ubtie hearing.
adjourned a~ k0;3~ p.m. ~alil ~:00 p.m. on Apxil $, 1981.
County Administ r ~t o~_./
H%rry G/ t~f~iel
C~airm~
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