04-06-1988 MinutesMIBo'£~S
Mr. G. H. Applegate, Chairalan
Mr. M. B. S~llivan~ Vise Chairman
Mr. C. F. Ceftin, Jr.
Mr. Harry G. Daniel
Mr. Jesse J. Mayes
Staff in Attendance=
Mrs, Doris De,art,
Legislative Coord.
RS. Joan Dolezal,
Clerk to th~ Bo~rO
chief Robert Eane~,
Fir~ Depa~tmen~
~r. ~radfcrd S. Hammer,
D~puty Co. Admin. for
Building Official
~r. William 5owell,
Mental Health/Retard.
Mr, Richard McElfish,
Dir. of ~nv. Eng.
Dir. o~ News/Info.
Deputy Co, k~min, for
Development
MS. Jean emi=h, vir. of
Mr. Jay Ste~maier, Dir.
Mr. M. D. Stith, Jr.,
Mr, Frederick Willie,
Mr. AFplega~e ea~led the msetlng to order at th~ Courthouse at
5:10 p.m. {ESDT). The Board recessed to travel to
Italia Restaurant ~or dinner and returned to ~he Courthouse
its regularly scheduled meeting. {It is note~ waivers were
signed calling the meeting to order at 5~00 p.m. rather then
7:60 p.m. as advertised.)
Mr, Appl~gate calle~ the r~gu!arly scheduled meeting to order
et the Con~thouse at 7~10 p.m. (ESDT). He welcomed citi~eDS tO
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the meeting and expressed the Board*s appreciation for their
intereut in local government, He stated thi~ date end time had
been advertised for a publis hearing on an ordinance to
establish the annual tax levy on various classes of property
for the County and the proposed 1988-~9 Financial ~lan. He
~tated citizens could address either of these issues and
would be called according to the order of the sign-up sheets
and in sequence with the agenda. Be stated the Board was
present to hear publi~ concerns and comments and did not intend
to t~ke any formal action on these i~sues at this time.
Mr. Stugmuicr stated the proposed budget is the first to be
prepared under g~idelines of the County Charter, is balanced
within the existing tax structure, has been p~epared~ es
submitted, with resources allocated judiciously among competing
priorities with education and all other programu receivin~
relative shares of available funds comparable to prier years'
allocations, and has bs~n prepared in accordance with state~
objectives of the ~oard of Supervisors, which are: 1.)
maintain the current tax rate structure; 2.) maintain service
levels which ~nsurs a high quality of life for Cheu%erfieId
residents; 3.) provide compensation t~ County e~ployems at
market rates~ 4.) prome=e ChesterfielO as a regional 9artne=;
~.) ~entinue to negetiate sharing of exp~nses r~lat~d to growth
between the County and development community; 6.) fairly
a!lo=a~e resou=ces among competing demands; 7.) maintain a
balance cf 5% of the General Fund expenditures; 8.) establish
education and public safety au priorities in the delivery of
~rumete =conomic develepment to maintain, improve the current
residential/ business tax ratio; and 11.) continue policy on a
case by ease basis whereby the County will not assume
reupon~ibility for reductions in Fed=tel and State funding.
He stated many Qeneral Fund depurtm®nts will hav~ approximately
departments will struggle to meet increasing demands for
services; some departments, including public safety, health and
welfare programs, have received new f~ndg which will partially
offset growth demands~ and development related activities,
which benefit from fee revenues directly proportional to
workloads, will be able to meet demands for mo~t of its
~rvic~n. ~ $~a~e~ however, a~ in previous years, there will
be tradeoffs between maintaining the current revenue structure
and service !svels and the County is again confronted with
difficult decisions regarding reductions in State funding for
programs in Mental ~ealth, Social Services and Education.
~e presented an overview of the 1989 0petering ~udgst and
explained revenue items.
~e stated the proposed budget represents the staff's effort to
m~iDtain a ~alaneed work program and level cf service within
the support and in,ut o~ the members of the Board an~ those
residents of the County who have been involved in and
their views on the budget.
Mr. Applegate expressed appreciation for the diligent e~forts
of the staff, administration and Budget Conh~itt~e in bringing
forth the submitte~ ~u~et for consideration.
2. PUBLIC ~ING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO EStAbLISH =~u~
ANNUAL T3%X ~:;v~ ON VARIOUS CLASSES OF PROPERTX FOR X~
COUNTY Off CHES'r~u~!ELD
Mr. Applsqate stated this date and time had been advertised for
e public hearing to consider an ordinance to establish the
annual tax levy on various classes of property for the County
of Chesterfield.
There was no one to speak in ~avor Of or against the proposed
On motion of Mr. Currin, s~conded by Mr_ ~ul.llvan, the Board
closed the public hearing on the annual tax levy on variou~
classes o~ property for the County.
Mr. Applegate stated this date and time had been advertise~ for
a public hearing to consider tho proposed 1989 budget.
Mr. H. W. Wori~y voiced Opposition to ~-ke proposed fine of $75
for the second, or more~ of false alarmm within a year as he
felt ~u~h aetlou punitive and should not be enforced. He
stated howaver~ if the charge were to be approved, he felt it
should be only $10 per false alarm.
~s. Carol Boisineaa, Chairman of the Youth Servioe~ Commission,
expressed concerns relative to th~ lack of funding for agenci~m
that serve the youth po~u!ation of the Connty and urged ~he
Board to take a lOng-range view of these services and connider
adequate funding for ~he needs of th~se programs.
Ms. Mary Carroll Jordan, a resident o~ Chester; Mr. Theodore
Strasburg, a resident o~ Surreywood; Ms. Mary Ann Harmon,
representing Friends of the Library; and M~, Yvette B. Eidley,
representing ~he Matoaca/~ttrlck Drench Library, ax~resse~
concerns regarding improvement~ to the existinq library
facilitie~ a~ there are iDadequste quiet areas fur those who
wish ~o study, inadequate q~antitias of re~ou~ee material,
insufficient shelving and/or aisle space, ssatlng capacity,
books, etc., and asked the Boa~d's consideration for adequate
funding to make the libraries mor~ b~neficlal an~ accommodating
=c the needs of the citizens of the County.
Ms. Jennifer Hcstetlar, a ~tudent at Monacan High ~chool,
expressed concern~ r~lative ~o the County library eye=em as
experlenc~d by high school students regarding the hours of
operation a~ail~bi!ity, !ack of reference ma=crisis, lack of
current beok~, extension of the call-in renewal book service,
9to. She stated many students have nu choice but to u~ilize
the Virginia Comr~onwealth University, University of Richmond
and Richmond Public Library facilities as these facilities ara
more convenient to their schedules and need~. When aske~,
approximatel~ fifteen (15) persons stood to indicate their
euppor~ o~ improved services for County library facilities.
Mr. Paul Baisey, President of the ~alem Church Athletic
kssociatlon; Nr. James "Pnnky" Lumpki~,. President of the
Chesterfield Basketball League; Mr. David Saner, representing
Mr. Frank Bryan~ o~ ~non; ~s. Kim Aldo~s~ r~presenting the
Southside Churches Recreation Association; MS. ~o~a J.
Hofheimer, ~ resident o~ Richmond; MS. L. A. Shspherd~ a
resident of Richmond; Ms. Jnanita Ueath, a County.r~ident; Mr.
Michael Mellon, representing the Chesterfield Soccer
Association, voiced support for th~ ~arks and R~creatlen
Department's activities~programs, stated the~ felt these
services are most beneficial, enrich the quality Qf li~e and
are very ~mportant to the citizan~ Of the County, indicated
they would not llke tQ lo~e them~ expressed concerns for
providing funding ~nd facilitie~ for adult sport activities,
and urged the Board to continue to maintain an~ improve the
level of services provided b~ tho deportment.
Mr. David Phillip~ a member of th~ Chesterfield/Colonial
Height~ Board o~ Social Services, expressed aDDre0iation te the
Boa~d for not raising taxes while striving to meet the service
demands and rotaln the quality of life to which the citi=ens of
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the County have become accustomed. He e×pre~s~d c0noornt
however, that reductions in funding levels will impact these
service levels, adversely impact the quality of life for many
residents, and urged the Board give serious consideration to
the necessary funding to focus on and provide the essential
social services needed by the residents of the County.
Nr. Thomas Philion~ representin~ the Richmond Symphony~
requested the Board's financial assistance and suppor~ of
organization. He stated the Symphony provides special and
direct services to chesterfield County i residents through
educational programs~ younq performers programs, concerts and
other cultural, entertaining activities. Mr. Daniel disclosed
for the record that he is a m~ber of the Board of Directors
for the Richmond Symphony but did not feel ~his presented a
conflict of interest.
Ms. Mary Jo 5~x, Chairman of the Community Services Board,
addressed the needs of the various Human Services Divisions and
requested the Board giv~ s~riou~ consideration to funding the
$1.2 million necessary to ~ocus on and provide t~e essential
mental health/mental retardatien/~ub~tanc~ abu~ ~ervices for
residents of the Cnunt~.
Mr. Vincent Burges~ President of the Chesterfield Citizens
the Mentally Retarded! Mrs. Yve~te ~. Ridley, ~ member of the
Community Services Board~ MS. Kathy Grant, $pmaking on behalf
cf the Infant Stimul~tioD ~rogram~ Mr. Jam~m "~unky" L~pkln,
p~rant of a severely retarded child; Mb, Helen Kane, a member
of the Chesterfield County Citizens for the Men~ally Retarded:
Mr. Robert ~euthin~, a m=n~er of the Chesterfield Ci%i~en~ for
Chesterfield County Citizen~ for the Mentally Retarded~
· xpress~ concerns relative to staff/operating costs for
additional group homes, short-te~ and long-term problem~
~ncounte:e~ in provi~ing mental health/merits! retardation/sub~
stance abuse services, reduction of the length of time for
reductions in State iunding progr~s, inadequat~ funding and
levels 0f ~er=ice in all ar~a~ ~neluded within the
proqrams, etc., and r~qu~ted ~h~ Board giv~ ~riou~ considera-
tion to providing the funding necessary to focu~ on and provide
Ms, G~ant ~ubmitted a letter for the record from Mr. and Mrs.
aober~ W. Ha~aker expremsing suppor~ of ~he H~an
necessary to maintain ~ese program~, when a~ked,
approximately tun (10) persons stood to indicate their support
of improved services for ~he various M~an services Divisions.
of the Ric~ond Metropolitan Area, expressed appreciation for
~he opportunity ~o revi~w/discusm =h~ financial plan,
the preparers of the plan for a well-developed, welt-written,
~Or~ aqgre$~ve ~%rategy for lonq-t~ planning to avoid
uncontrolled growth and its accompanying problems,
necessar~ to meet the needs of the County's expanding popula-
~iOD, and voiced support for ~he maintenance and upgrading
It was generally agreed the ~oard would recess for five
minu~es.
Reconvening:
Nr. Jim E~nricks, a County resident; ~s. carolyn Gwaltney~
President of the Chesterfield Education ~ssociation~ Mr, Wilson
McMicha~l, a resident of the ~non oommunity; Mr. Raymond Ceeb,
a member of the Salem Church P.T.A.; Mr. Charlss
representing the Greenfield ~tsmen=ary School P.T.A.; Mr. Phil
cunningham~ a Bermuda District reeident; Ms. Phylli~ ~ussey, a
Midlothian DisCrict ras£dan=; Ms. Nanuy Hudmon, a County
resident; Ms. Nancy Pinch, a member of the Monacan High School
~.T.A.; Ms. Fra~ Givens, a County residsnt~ and Mr, Roy Fauber,
President of the MOnacan ~igh School P~rent-Teaoher-Studen=
A~sociation, expressed concerns relativ~ to the overcrowding,
the u~e Of relocatable units (trailers}; the impact of growth
management in the County as it affects the school capacities;
teacher/pupil ratioS; the Ghange in the State funding formula
for education which resulted in a $5.1 million shortfall that
is necessitating drastic redEction~ in s~rvice levels; tha
needs of burgeoning schools; maintaining the quality of
education for which the County i~ known; the gradual, overall
adverse impact of ~ducational budget cuts on all County
for the school systen (meals tax, County Operated concessions,
~tc.)~ voiced support for adequate landing to ma£n=ain the
current leve~ of service for the school system and urged
Board to consider approval of the proposed school h~dget as
necessary tO retain ~he quality standards o~ th~ educational
BoarO, requested continued support of Camp Baker at an
increased level of $15,000 rathe~ than th~ pr~vlens levei of
$10,000, and outline~ th~ organization's accomplishments for
on-going basis, and the County's fundinq is indicative ho other
Ms. Carolyn Gwaltney preeented an overview of teacher~' ealary
for Chesterfield County as compared tO ~hos~ of Fairfax,
Henrico and Prlno~ william Co~nties as well as the Cities of
There being no one else to addre~ the 195S-$9 Finanulal Plan,
Mr. Applegate expressed appreciation for aha participation of
outstanding quality. ~e stat=d the Board is confronted with
difficult decisions regardinq Ted~ctions in the budget prior Co
April 11, 1988 meeting regarding the Five (5) Year Capi=al
On motion of Mr.
~djourned at 10~00 p.m,
Ldna ~. ~amea~~
County Ad~ini~trator~
Daniel, seconded by Mr. Mayas, the ~oard
(E~DT) until 7:0~ p.m. (ESDT) on April
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