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2021-01-06 Agenda PacketCHESTERFIELD COUNTY CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA 23832 AGENDA January 6, 2021 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS   LESLIE A.T. HALEY CHAIR MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT KEVIN P. CARROLL VICE CHAIR MATOACA DISTRICT JIM A. INGLE BERMUDA DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER M. WINSLOW CLOVER HILL DISTRICT JAMES M. HOLLAND DALE DISTRICT JOSEPH P. CASEY, Ph.D. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 6:00 p.m. Organizational Meeting ­ Public Meeting Room    1.Invocation      The Honorable Jim Holland, Dale District Supervisor    2.Pledge of Allegiance      Deputy County Administrator Matt Harris    3.Organizational Meeting      A.Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman      B.Adoption of Procedures of the Board of Supervisors Governing Meetings in 2021      C.Setting of Regular Meeting Dates for 2021      D.Consideration of Board Appointments     4.Annual Presentation of Cornerstone Assembly of God     5.Adjournment      A.Adjournment and Notice of Next Scheduled Meeting of the Board of Supervisors     Page 1 of 14 2021 RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Providing a FIRST CHOICE community through excellence in public service Chesterfield County, Virginia Page 2 of 14 Page 3 of 14 1 2021 RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Chesterfield in accordance with Section 3.4 of the County Charter that the following rules of procedure shall govern the conduct of meetings and work sessions of the Board of Supervisors. Presiding Officer Section 1a. The board's parliamentary procedures shall conform with law and the historical practices of the Board of Supervisors. The county attorney shall act as parliamentarian to the board. To the extent necessary to address any ambiguities in procedure, the County Attorney may consider the most recent edition of Robert’s Rules of Order, a Manual of General Parliamentary Law for guidance. Any questions involving the application of rules of procedure or the interpretation of Robert’s Rules shall be decided by the county attorney. Section 1b. The chairman or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman, or in their absence the most senior member of the board alphabetically, shall preside at all meetings of the board, and on the appearance of a quorum, shall call the meeting to order. Once the meeting is called to order, the board shall then proceed with its business. Section 1c. The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum. He may speak, make motions and vote on all questions, and he shall decide questions of order and procedure. The chairman may set reasonable time limits for speakers and public hearings; provided that by majority vote the board may reject such time limits. Regular Meetings Section 2. Each year at its organizational meeting the board shall set the regular meeting times and dates for that year provided, however, that the board shall meet at least once each month. Whenever the regularly scheduled meeting date shall fall on a legal holiday, the regular meeting of the board shall be held on the following day in accordance with §15.2-1416 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. The chairman or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman, may cancel any meeting because of inclement weather and should reschedule any canceled meeting at the earliest possible date by sending written notice to each member of the board. Page 4 of 14 2 Special Meetings Section 3. Special meetings of the board may be called by two members of the board or the chairman in accordance with §§ 15.2-1417 and 15.2-1418 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. Upon making such request, the clerk shall specify the matters to be considered and shall notify in writing all members of the board and the county attorney immediately. The meeting may be held only if waivers are signed by every member of the board and the county attorney, or if every member and the county attorney attend the special meeting. The order of business at a special meeting shall follow that of a regular meeting to the greatest extent possible. Voting Section 4. A quorum shall consist of at least three members of the board. A majority of a quorum shall be sufficient to carry any question except tax issues, incurring of debt and appropriations in excess of $500, all of which shall require a majority of the full board for adoption. No board member is required to vote on any question, but an abstention, although not a vote in favor of carrying a question, shall be counted as a vote for the purpose of determining a quorum. A tie vote shall defeat the motion, resolution or issue voted on, provided that all zoning cases must be disposed of by a motion approved by a majority of those voting. An abstention is considered a vote for all purposes and defeats a motion requiring a unanimous vote. The board shall not designate a tiebreaker pursuant to § 15.2-1421 of the Code of Virginia. Debate and Reconsideration of Vote Section 5a. Each board member may participate in discussion of any issue only after being recognized by the chairman. The chairman shall not recognize a motion to “call the question” until every member desiring to speak has had a chance to speak. At the conclusion of debate, the question shall be called, and no further debate shall be in order. Section 5b. Any vote by a board member is final once cast. Planning Commission decisions are final once made. No ordinance, resolution or motion previously voted upon by the board shall be brought forward for reconsideration during the same meeting of the board and shall be final unless changed by the board at a subsequent meeting in accordance with law. Page 5 of 14 3 Motions Section 6. When a motion is under debate, no additional motions may be made except a motion to withdraw, defer, substitute or to amend. If the maker of a motion and the member seconding the motion agree, a motion may be amended or withdrawn. Such motions shall take precedence in the order listed above. Only one substitute motion shall be in order for a principal motion. All motions to defer shall be to a date certain. Prior to voting on a motion to defer or remand, the board shall hear public comments on the issue of deferral or remand if the scheduled item requires a public hearing. Agenda Section 7a. The county administrator shall prepare an agenda for each regular or special meeting of the board on which shall appear the title of each matter on which action is to be taken at that meeting. The agenda for each regular meeting shall (a) be prepared at least five days prior to the meeting, (b) be promptly mailed or delivered to each member of the board or placed in the repository assigned to such board member, and (c) be distributed to appropriate officers and employees of the county government and members of the public and media requesting copies. Section 7b. Upon a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors, any item may be added, removed, or modified when the agenda is voted on, and the chairman may allow any agenda item to be called out of sequence. Section 7c. Any matter not on the scheduled agenda may be heard after the agenda has been approved by the board only upon the unanimous vote of the board members present. Any such matter must be of an emergency nature, vital to the continued proper and lawful operation of the county. Section 7d. No matter on the scheduled agenda shall be considered after 11 p.m. without the unanimous consent of the board. Any matter not heard shall be automatically continued to the next appropriate scheduled meeting of the board. Section 7e. Requests for tax exemptions by eligible non-profit organizations shall only be considered in December of each year, and tax exemptions, if granted, shall be limited to $5,000 per year. Page 6 of 14 4 Order of Business Section 8. Unless changed by the chairman, the order of business at a regular meeting of the board shall be as follows beginning at 2 p.m. or an alternate specified meeting time: 1.Approval of minutes of previous meetings if such minutes have not already been approved. Such minutes shall be included in the agenda package. Reading of the minutes shall be automatically dispensed with. 2.Requests to postpone agenda items and additions, deletions or changes in the order of the presentation. 3.Everyday Excellence 4. Work sessions. 5.Reports. 6. Fifteen-minute citizen comment period on unscheduled matters involving the services, policies and affairs of the county government. 7.Closed Session. 8.Recess at 5 p.m. 9.Nonsectarian invocations in accordance with the clerk’s scheduling policy followed by the pledge of allegiance at 6 p.m. 10.Pledge of Allegiance. 11.County Administration Update. 12.Board Member reports. 13.Special resolutions of recognition not heard at the afternoon session. 14.New business. 15. Fifteen-minute citizen comment period on unscheduled matters involving the services, policies and affairs of the county government. 16. Deferred items. 17.Request for manufactured home permits and rezoning placed on the Consent Agenda. Page 7 of 14 5 18. Zoning and mobile home public hearings. 19. Remaining public hearings . 20.Fifteen-minute citizen comment period on unscheduled matters involving the services, policies and affairs of the county government. 21. Adjournment. The board shall confine their decisions to the matters presented on the agenda. Consent Agenda and Public Hearings Section 9a. Any board member may remove an item from the consent agenda for comment by the board. Any person may publicly speak to a consent item on that meeting’s “Consent Agenda” for up to three minutes, so long as the board votes to remove that consent item from the Consent Agenda for public comment. The board may accept written comments in lieu of oral statements. Section 9b. Any person may speak at a public hearing for up to three minutes except as provided in Section 1c.. A person who represents an organization may speak once at a public hearing for up to five minutes but only if i) three or more members of the organization are present at the public hearing, and ii) no member of the organization speaks at the public hearing other than the representative. An applicant in a zoning case may give an opening presentation of the zoning case for up to 15 minutes, regardless of the number of speakers the applicant chooses to give the presentation, and may give a rebuttal for up to five minutes after all citizens have spoken, regardless of the number of speakers the applicant chooses to give the rebuttal. Citizen Comment Period Section 10. Each citizen comment period shall be limited to a total of 15 minutes and each speaker may not exceed three minutes. Citizens may only speak once per meeting during the citizen comment periods. Comments must be germane to the services or policies of the county. No citizen shall speak on any matter of business that is a subject on the board’s agenda for that day. Citizens may not yield time to other speakers. The Clerk shall only accept speaking requests for a board meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the first business day following the prior board meeting and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting. The Clerk shall first fill available speaking slots with County residents. The Clerk shall make a list of the non-residents requesting to speak in the order the requests are received. 24 hours before the Board meeting, the Clerk shall fill any available speaking slots with non-residents from the list and shall notify such non-residents that they will be able to speak. At the beginning of the citizen comment period, the clerk will read the names Page 8 of 14 6 and comments will be given in the order read by the Clerk. Each citizen comment period will end after 15 minutes, regardless of the number of people who have signed up to speak. Persons speaking before the board will not be allowed to: a. Campaign for public office; b. Promote private business ventures; c. Use profanity or vulgar language; or d. Address pending litigation or matters to be addressed at that meeting. Minutes of Meeting Section 11a. The clerk of the board shall prepare and maintain adequate minutes of the proceedings of the board in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. Each recorded vote shall indicate how each member of the board voted. Preparation of minutes will not include every aspect of the board’s meetings relating specifically to discussion and debate, but will include all significant events relating to official action. Section 11b. The board may correct its minutes after approval of the minutes only upon a clear showing that a clerical or administrative mistake was made. Zoning Section 12a. If a majority of the board is not re-elected, no appropriation for any capital project or operational program for a magisterial district or zoning case shall be considered by the Board of Supervisors after November 7, 2023, until the organizational meeting in January 2024; unless such delay for the zoning case would exceed 12 months. Section 12b. Without further action by the board, rezoning applications (including conditional uses, conditional use planned developments and conditional zoning) are automatically referred to the Planning Commission for its recommendation upon completion of a zoning application with the Planning Department. Appointments Section 13. Appointments to committees of the board and to authorities, boards and commissions shall be made only by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board. Prior to consideration of the nomination, the nominee shall be notified to determine his Page 9 of 14 7 willingness to serve and to determine if he meets the minimum qualifications for such appointment. Committees Section 14. The chairman or the board may create committees and shall appoint members to such committees in the same fashion in which the committee was created. Committees may hold hearings and perform such other duties as may be prescribed. A committee may be instructed concerning the form of any report it shall be requested to make, and a time may be fixed for submission of any report. The chairman may create, and appoint members to, an Audit and Finance Committee, a County-Schools Liaison Committee and other committees as necessary. Amendment/Suspension of Rules Section 15a. The rules of procedure of the governing body may be amended at any time during the year by a unanimous vote of the full board. Section 15b. The Board of Supervisors may suspend the application of any section of these rules by a unanimous affirmative vote of all board members present at any time during the agenda. Sergeant at Arms A deputy sheriff shall serve as sergeant at arms. Page 10 of 14 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING DATES FOR 2021 Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 6 p.m. (Organizational Meeting – Evening Session Only) Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Noon (Budget Work Session in Afternoon; Regular Evening Session with Zoning Requests in Public Meeting Room) Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 2 p.m. (Budget Public Hearings at Evening Session) Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 6 p.m. (Budget Adoption – Evening Session Only) Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 2 p.m. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, afternoon work sessions and evening meetings are held in the Chesterfield County Public Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Road. Sessions typically begin at 2 p.m., break at 5 p.m. for dinner, and then resume at 6 p.m. unless otherwise specified. Page 11 of 14 2021 Organizational Meeting Board Appointments A.RICHMOND REGION TOURISM BOARD: Comprised of representatives from the Counties of Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, and New Kent and the City of Richmond, RRT promotes conventions and tourism and development in the metro Richmond area. Only one Board member may serve on the RRT board. The terms of the Board member and staff alternate expire 12/31/20. The citizen representative’s term expires 12/31/22. 1.Three-year staggered terms for citizen representative and Board member 2.Meets bi-monthly 3.Compensation: $3,000 per year; alternate does not receive compensation Type of Representation Current Appointee Decision Board member Jim Holland Alternate (Staff Person)Scott Zaremba B.TRI-CITIES AREA METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION: The Tri-Cities MPO provides for regional transportation planning in the Crater Regional Planning District. The County has two representatives on the MPO. Currently, one is a Board member and the other is a staff appointee, but the Board is not required to appoint a Board member. However, since the MPO is affiliated with the Crater Planning District, Crater requests that the Board appoint one of the Board members who serves on Crater to this position. The staff representative is traditionally the Director of Transportation. 1.One-year term except staff representative, who serves at the pleasure of the Board 2.Meets monthly 3.Compensation: at the discretion of the local governing body Type of Representation Current Appointee Decision Board Member Kevin Carroll Staff Person Barbara Smith Page 12 of 14 2021 Organizational Meeting Chairman’s Appointments A.AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: Two members of the Board of Supervisors serve with the County Administrator on the Audit and Finance Committee, which is a regular liaison between the Board and staff on budgetary and fiscal issues. 1.Serves at the pleasure of the Chairman 2.Meets at appointed times 3.Compensation: None Type of Representation Current Appointee Decision Board Member Chris Winslow Board Member Jim Holland B.COUNTY-SCHOOLS LIAISON COMMITTEE: This committee has operated from time to time over the years to serve as a point of regular contact between the School Board and the Board of Supervisors. Two members of each Board serve on the committee. 1.Serves at the pleasure of the Chairman 2.Meets at appointed times 3.Compensation: None Type of Representation Current Appointee Decision Board Member Jim Ingle Board Member Leslie Haley Page 13 of 14 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA Meeting Date: January 6, 2021 Item Number: 5.A. Subject: Adjournment and Notice of Next Scheduled Meeting of the Board of Supervisors Board Action Requested: Summary of Information: Motion of adjournment to a Board of Supervisors meeting to be held on January 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Attachments: None Preparer:Sara Hall, Clerk to the Board of Supervisors Approved By: Page 14 of 14