03-19-1986 MinutesBOA~D OF SUPERVISORS
M~NUTES
March 19, 1986
Supervisors in Attendancex
~r, R, Garland Dodd, Chairman
~r. Marry G. Daniel, vice Chairman
MF. G. H. Appl=gate
Mrs. Joan Girone
~r. Jesse J. 5~ayes
M~r. Bicnard L. Hedrick
County Administrator
staff iD Attendance:
Mr. ~radford S. Hat, mar,
ASSt. CO. A~min.
~r. Robert Masden,
Asst. Co. A~min. for
~uman Services
Mr. Steve Micas, CO.
Attorney
Mrs. Pauline Mitchell,
Dtr. of ~ews/In£c.
Service~
Mr. Jeffrey ~uzzy,
ASSt. Ce. Admin.
for Development
Mr. Lane Ramsay, Dir.
Qf Budget ~ ACCtg.
Mr. Jay Ste~aier,
Cnio£ ~u~get Officer
Mr. M. D. Stitn~ Jr.~
Exec. Asst., CO. Adm.
Mr. Dodd called tee meeting to order at the Gourtn0use at 2:00
p.m. (EST).
1. WORI~ SE~SXON ON ~UDGET
~r. Cain, Asst. ~up~rintendent of Schools, stated the School
Board nas not developed a budget as yet and everything t~at is
being ~ressnted is staff's rsco~ndatlon. H~ stated that there
would be a ~lic n~aring tni~ afternoon by t~e SChOOl ~oard and
c~anges may be made. He stated w~at is presented i~ a brie~
sketch of what we nav~ ]OOkSd ~t, w~at staff's concerns are, etc.
He reviewed and explained in ~etail the b~dget issues facinq t=~e
School ~ystem for 1986-87 wnlcn were~
~idelines;
5. Provide for increase of $2 Million in d~bt service.
He reviewed the Cnesterfleld budgst increases and the revenue
ratio of students to teachers, compared Henrico County's
Tn= ~oard inquired about the custodial and maintenance positions
salaries for teachers and a~inistratora, the ha~ic aid and
t~e County's reco~endation an~ w~ere t~e cuts ~uld co~ w~icz~
principals would b~ a~de~; tile addition of English aD a second
language, instructional computers and w~ere tnay would/would not
next year~ t~e cost of the General Ass~ly ~ndate, the f~ding
of the schools an~ its effeot; etc.
Cne~terf~el~s budget. ~. ste~aier reviewed an amended
budget for a~inlstratlon o~ gover~ent, assessment and
the County A~inlstrator's proposed budget ~o offse~ ~ne tax :ate
the potential new r~venue sources ~or I986-~7 and 1987-88
funding, t~e con~er utility tax, t~e po~sibl~ Drogram
the Data Processing Depar~ent and the firemen in tn~ station in
County Attorney'S office and the Auuusuor's office, ~ st~d if
inCreaSed by Said amount.
It was gunerelly agreed t~= Doar~ would recess for ~ive minutes.
Police Departm~Dt, t~e Fire Department manning in various
rein~tated~ the ~DC and CONTOUR contractions, t~e ~ignway
matching allo0ation, the gxadu separation project for Route 36,
solid waste and lea~ disposal, an~ donations, etc.
Mr. Appl~ate inquired about the status of
puro~ase an~ its availability for space, the legislative
CIP bu~ge~. He applauded staff for tn~ir ~%forts in preparing
~rs. Giron~ in,ired ~out the Nursing ~o~ priva%~ pay car~ and
betwee~ Cn~st~rfie!d and Eenri~o,
Tna Board u~reumud appr=cia~ion to ~r. ~msey ~d nls staff for
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DINNER
Board rec~e~ to dianer at the Airport C~usswind Restaurant
3. PLEDGE OF ~?J.RGIA~CE T~,,'I't~ FLAG OF THE %~IT~D STATE~ OF
TI~ Rledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United states uf
America was recited.
~r. Dodd welcomed citizens to tl~e meeting w~ic~ indicated their
iutere~ in local government. Ke stated tni~ date and time nas
~een advertised for a public n~aring on the proposed tax rate,
tee 1986-19S7 proposed budget and tz~ use of Fed~raI Revenue
S~,aring Funds, He stated that citizens Qould add=ess any or ali
of these three public nearlngs end they ~nld be call~d
to the order of tnu sign-up sn~%. H~ ~tated tz~e ~oard was
~air!y the avail~le resources; it does r~co~end a five
adjustment in r~al ~stat~ =axes; i= reco~end8 f~nding to the
General Fund Depar~ents at curr~n% levels, plus inflation; it
provides a~e~uace funding =o cuvsr new debt and g~neral
operations at a 9.4% level. ~e stated t~ budget
adjusting %ne curren~ ~ax rate stTucture primarily because of
$52 milI~on dollars ~n local bond f~nding for critical road
additionally ~n~ Gra~-Ru~an Bill may affect Federal
level. ~e s~ated t~e ~alary adjustment of 2% e~fective July 1,
1986 is incluOed for County employees, n~ever~ preliminary
i~ 2.6% luss t~an ~,e 12% noilly given ~n reeeD% year~ and
prov~de~ for miBi~l reduction in se~ice I~vels. Ke stated
$262,~71,~00. Ne stated tee tax raees reco~ende~ in tne b=dget
~. Hedrick stated t~at t~e mo~% important point to be made is
$6-213
budget in relution to the County ~=ncol System. Tnay indicated
it i~ t~e Moard's responsibility to decide what amount of meney
t£,e system snould reeelv~, funds allucate~ to the S~nooI
are vital if the County intends ko maintai~ its ~sit~on in
County cannot afford to fall back a% a time when ~jor
advancements are taking place, etc. They stated they were in
fa=or of a budget increase for the School gy$~e~. Tz~ey
taey were fortunate to receive ~ education in Cz~esterfle!d
County and because of ~e superb teaching abilities of
to mee% tn~ ~emand~ Of eOll~pe life, tneir teaCherS are
to teaching and tak~ extra time, etc. and ~me without adequate
¢Ompen~tlon. H~ stated the pay i~crease for teach,rs s~ould not
conflict wi~ c%~er progr~s or activities. They indicated
teacners ~roduce w~ll rounded students in addition to giving
~ality education and qiving them t~c opportunity to receive
tO ~tay in t;~e ~du~ational field. Tney u~ged ~ne ~oar~
because of tn~ ~Hality ~onool system. Sue stated t~o County
grown tre~ndously and that it i~ in par: due to the ~on0ol
of cnildren is of the utmost importance to parents and is a
~tudents new to the County, t~e parent~ wantsd q~ality 6data,ion
for their c3~ildren and tz.ey are willing to pay for it.
requested that if a tax increase i~ necessary tna~ it be
approved, s]~e stated last fall tk,a citizens of the County
s~veral bond issues because t*~ey want quality services and that
Vote refleet~ their willingncsu to pay for that q~lity.
received for their tax dollars but wit~ =z~e growth of the County,
a tax increase wit~ the primary ai~ of supporting the
Mrs, Mary ~ Karmon ~tated t~e library was on track with goals
untLI last fall wz~en it was eliminated from t~e bond issue by the
amount of $1,900,000 before it reached voters. S~ stated the
funds were ~O provide ~gcn neede~ space for the various
since t~e book col!cation can hardly keep pac~ with
increasing ~opulaticn~ u portion of any proposal is earmarked
expanding the book coll~c%ion to reach a 1.9 volume per capita
Sue stated $cnool~ look to the County libraries to supplement
their reSourCes and ~ny parents ~ind %n~y Oa~ot ~ind t~e needed
info~ation wi~0ut going to other jurisdictions' libraries. Sue
stated the current budget ~nclude$ only m 4~ increase wi~icn is
v~ry reasonable ~cr tn~ value of tz~e dollar spent. She compared
the circulation between jurisdictions, ~t~ted tz~e library .is one
the Friends of tn~ Libra~ are doiDg ~ing~ to z~elp the libraries
a~ well by buying boog~, eguipment, coordinating foreign language
services, pro~iding brochures, volunteering tnelr time, etc. at
purchasing outside book depositoriss at eac~ library. She stated
t~e County nas a population of yoong~ educated people who like to
iib~a~y plays a key role in keeping pace with our co--unity and
families will want %o live.
League, t~anked ~e Board for its past su~or~ an~
tnt 9a~t tz~e girls were allowed to play alon~ wit=~ t~e boys but
separate division was ~ignly successful this past season and they
will n~d ~ne Board's continued support to acco~odate ~ girls.
He stated further %nat a~ a father of a severely retarded child,
budget. ~e stated tnt respit~ car~ ~ervices ~at are
co~assion to fund C~p Baker.
MS. Lois Comashot~ President of tnt chesterfield Council of
P.T.A. ~s, expressed t~eir support of full funding for tnt ~cn001
a~i~iBtra%io~s pro~sed b~dget. S~u statud they ur~ concerned
hiring of additional aid~ and stuff, reduction of pupil/teacher
modernization of buses, and greater financial ~upport of tn~
are many r~ests by tnt various d~partments, ~owever,
requ~s~ t~e Board raise taxes and not penalize tnt future of our
children by reducing tnt budge~. She stated tnt cl~ildre~ Qf
SChool budget so that excellent sonools will prevail in tnt
County aD~ keep tnt outstanding reputa~io~ we ~ave worked s0
~. Vince Bur~es~, reprementing tnt Chesterfield Citi~n~ for
Retarded, s~a~ed t~ey were concerned With %ns fun~ing of
Chapter I~ Board of County. He stated last year ~e spoke to t~e
inadequate funding which is necessary for tnt Mental
tnt County is especially impacting t~ese s~rvices for
needs population. ~e referred to rna budget last year when
asked last year. ~e stated t[~e funds proposed for tnt Co--unity
revenue projections are based on a 12% increase and the fund
waiting list for t~e residential services ~d tn$ vocational
~e~ices w[~icn is increasing regularly. He stated tnt County was
praised recently ~or reducing ~ne nu~er 0f ~esld~nts going %o
for r%sid~ntiai care. H~ stated this ~ituation will only
~. Don U~s~ig, President of ~n8 Cnes~erfield Baseball Clubs,
could not be increased, tz~a= i= at least not be decreased.
t~To~gn t~e County Scnooi System. ~e ~tated Midlotaian won
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~tat~ championship last year, witz~ Monaoan~ Clover Hill and
Meadowbreok nad been in the cnampion$~ips. He stated assistance
inoreasin~ and ~o i~ the ne~d for the baseball progr~s.
reviewed the facilities i~ :ns County and stated that with
Mr. J. C. Stewart, r~pr~sentinq the Chesterfield Quarterback
5eague Co~issioner J~ ~i~nd, ~e~esta~ continued ~upport of
and ~nay help produce well-rounded attaints and youn~ adults.
~s. Bonni~ ~derson, President of tn~ Rarrowgate Elementary
P.~.A. and r~pr~entiug the P.T.A. Executive Co~ih%ee,
full funding o~ the School budget, t:~at tl~e County comply with
quality of education in the County. Sue stated they are willing
quali~y SChOOl system.
~, Daniel ssi=n, = =i=iz=m of Clover ~ill and a me,er of
Executive Board of t~e P.T.k.'~ of C~alkley Elementary and
Providancm ~i~dle an~ Cnairma~ of t~e Cnesterfield CitizUnu for
presented wit~ a final School ~oard b~d~et~ tncrc is %ne initial
~oard proposed b~dget i~ it~ entirety. He stated that the School
budg~% will maintain existing services and acco~odat~ a
b~t tne~e is no initiation cf n~w progr~s and the man~ated 10%
build ~d will assure t~e fa=ute of responsible citizens. He
lonq-s~ared co,unity priority wnic~ was confi~ed wi%n the
passage of the bond issue with %ne largest margin of victory
back but to ccntinus on as the citizens nave qr~n to expect.
stated if ~ tax inGrease is nesessary, n~ is fully supportive of
~c~:mond area, stated that they are presenting an abbreviated
response to the County's proposed financial plan for I986-87
budget and this p~lio nearing. Sue stated that the ~eague
complimented the County on its budget preparation. Sue stated
the County citiz=ns are getting a mixed economic
League supports pre~ent mervices receiving funding priority prio~
to adding new services. Sue stated it appears that t~=e present
propoasd budget ~oe~ not ev~ ~u$~ain current programs and
~ervic~s at pressnt levels, Sn~ ~tat~ ~ey urge ~e Board %u
~onsid~r tz~e $~riou~ a~fe~ that maintaining rna curr~nt tax
would nave on County me~ice~. Sue stated tner~ s~ould be a
study made of the County's existing tax-revenue ~trueture,
potential sources o~ revenue and anticipated needs. (A copy of
86-217
Mr. Roy S~aples requested that taxes not be raised. HE stated
teat times were nard in the early years and if t~=e people nad
ov~ass o~ underpass at Route 36 in Ettriek but ne would jnmt
lik~ to cross safely. ~e stated ~ bridge crossing over
eye.thing for everyone.
Mr. Bob Gary expressed appreciation for ~];e support o~ ~ne girls
basketball pro,ram and requested that ~t continue to be fun~ed.
will bu made available to Parks and Recreation and witnont the
Mr. D. G. ~enley, a resident of Walton Pa:k and ~ne
of Ba~ebalI for the Ct~e~terfield Clubs, as well aS a couch for
tz~e Chesterfield Baske~all ~eague a~d ~ Asst. co~i~sioner of
g~owtn of ins County~ ~e Bas.all Club's gr~tn is up to
in a good activity and ~tay out o~
Mrs. Lucy Rut~=, President of the Bon A~r ~l~entary School
P.T.A., stated $I~ was in support of tl~e full funding of
School A~nistrat~on budge~ for ~986-~7. She s~ated %nat as a
nav~ a ~uperior s=~ool ~y~tem, She stated the County i~ gr~ing
at an ala~ing rate and tni~ budget is a no frills budget which
will only allow us to keep up with tn~ e~isting amd new student
population. Sl~e stated t~at if we are to obtain %~u ~ality
teachers n~eded, with less and less going into the profession,
will mean u tax inCreaSe.
~. Claybo~ ~rtin ututcd~ au u r=siden% of ~ne Co~ty since
Mr. Charles ~ll~s, ~res{~ent of the Greenfield Elementary School
P.T.A., stated the P.T,A, voted for a tax increase to fully fund
the Sc:~ool System's needs for 1986-87 even if i% meant a 7¢
increase. Me mtated there are 5M2 me.ers wit~ varying financial
etc. ~ sta~d they ar9 opposed to o~ner areas of ~ne
Board's budget being re~ucad as they are essential services as
penalties WhiCh will cause the amount and quality of m~rvicem
sducation. Me ~tated they are willing to pay mor~ =aMes
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MS. wendy Gilding, President of the Rio~m~ond Audubon so~iety ,
stated t~at the Parks ~nd R~or~atiun ~as resources and services
in the area of natural nieceS, they nave active ~oalition with
the Depar~ent, the parks are utilized, etc. S~e requested that
the budget of Parks and Recreation be fully funded in ~ugard tc
~. Jo~ =aster supported a 7¢ t~x increase as n~ felt it
necessary for the Board to provide vital services to tn~ County.
citizens told the County t~at t~y war= willing to pay for
service8 and the Board should ~0~ act 0n a %a~ increase tha~ will
require cuts in services. Ee stated n~ is an advocate of
education and is concerned that staff's proDosal will re,ire
cuts that should not happen. He stated the 1O% state man~te
gives very little flexibility in it~ funding. He ~tated he felt
the budget essentially maintains only current service levels and
accelerates the growth of the sysco. ~e stated the proposal b~
tn~ County is $2,000,000 snort cf the maintenance budget propo~ed
by staff. Ke stated i~ quality education is to be preserved, w~
~anno~ affor~ suun s~rvic~ cuts. He stated ~n~ c~ildr~n a=~ t~e
resource and reques~ a ~ax increase of 7¢ and to fund the full
School budget.
Mr. ~ke Muellin, President of the Youth Soccer As~ociat~on~
Board for their support of the Parks and Recreation Depar~nt.
parts of the region, state or co--try. ~e stated this success
~uld b~ hollow if the ~0a~d reversed its direction at ~is time.
are not provided to maintain those resources, the quality of lif~
is an important factor in obtaining new businesses to the area.
Ee repasted t~at the Beard g~n~rat~ t~ revenue nee~e~ for t~e
services die,seed tonight. Ha stated %ke Boa~d mu~t balance its
Nr. Elwood Blliott, Chairman of the Camp Baker Management Board,
requested continued SUpport of Camp Baker at the level of
$10,808. He stated in 1985 they nad a successful year wltn
hundreds of youth and adults ~xperienoing a tire,tlc I~a~ing
~ead Inju~ Foundation~ t~u blind~ utc. He stated many hours of
from private indiv~dual~ and foundntiona. ~e stated these funds
are essential to attract other contributions on an on-going
~asi~. He ~eat~d ~eople do not want to contribute to something
that may not be a per~nent effort.
Ms. Terri Wilson, student at ~nacan Hiqn School, stated the
t~ac~rs ar~ t~e best and ~he teacner~ are patient ~nd
students %o gr~ individually. Gna requested that %~e Board fund
tn~ SChool b~dget fully.
Ns. Jane ~auldez, President of ~ifb Creek ~ddle Suz~0ol P,T.A.,
approval, that they wer~ ~illEnq to pay for road~, ~cnoolm, etc.
quality education that Detente nave gro~ to accept. S~e
requested also that $I0~800 bo rain,toted for Camp Baker a~
~. Gunner %~allis stated ~e supper%ed the people who are teacx~inc
his ckildren as well as ~z~e Parks and ~oreation area as well.
~. Jim ~undlsy, representing the ~uguenot Little League
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Association, stated they nave over t,000 m~mbere and it is
increasing. ~e stated all tne programs discussed tonight ar8
~ss~ntial and r~q~e~te~ ~nat t~y ~e given what Wa~ zeques~ed.
stated the c~ildren ~ru the most important a~$e~, ~e
however, in =z~e =non area, ~nere are a lot of older citizens w~
ar~ concer~od about an increase in ta~ re%es and tz~e nar=snip
would entail.
Mr. Dodd declared the public nearing on tn~ proposed b~dget
1986-87 closed.
It wa~ generally aqreed the Board would recess ~or two
~eeonvening:
public nearing on =ne ~ax rate.
Ms. Oloria $aris, a property u~er a~nce 1972, stated tna~ ne~
~%ated tna~ %~e~e w~r~ only two libraries~ no parks and
r~creational programs~ etc. and envied Hpnrico's se~ices =o
citizens. She ~tat~d tartly $~e ~as enjoyed tn= activities that
nam gai~ed ~atio~al recog~iti0~. Sz~= r~quested that funds be
qiven to educational programs for adult skills, programs for
bnsiness co~unity, education for the physically and emotionally
acceptable tu keep the County progressive.
There was no on~ ~l~e prs~ent to address %zzis matter.
Mr. Dodd clozed tn~ p~blic nearing on the tax rate.
Mr. Dodd stated a public beerinq Ezad been advertised to consider
~,e use of revenue ~naring
T~er~ was nc o~e present to address this matter. Mr. Dodd
declared tz~e public z~earing clos~d.
Mr. Dodd stated t~at tz~e ~oard would tist~n =o anyone wl~o wished
~s. Janice Cnap~n stated t~at education i~ nigl~ o~ b~I priority
recreation. ~ne stated particularly ~l~e outdoor =ducation
Mr. ~lpn Jones stated t~e Sc~ool Board budget s~oul~ be approved
stated z~e fel~ ~e ~oard ~ould look into the sChOOl budget by
stated that most peopl~ probably do not know what is autually
ma~ not b~ i~u~e in 5-10 years and we will nave to pay for the
concerned that people nave ~ndi~at~ t~y nave been working with
$~-220
Hr. Brinkley in~ioata~ that ~ the taxes are to be raised, raise
On mo%ion of Mr. App!egate, s~cond~d by ~r. Daniel, ~e Board
ad~our~ed at 9:30 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. on ~arcn 2S, 1986.
VOte: Unanimous
RichArd L. Hmdrick
County Administrator
Chairman