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VIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield
County~ held at the Courthouse on
March 20~ 1972 at 4:30
n G.Horner, Chairman
Myers~ Vice-Chairman
Illin Apperson
~ Krepela
~rlin O'Neill
Also Present:
Mr.M.W.Burnett, Exec. Sec'y.
Mr. John E. Longmire~Asst.ExecoSec'yo
Mr. James R. Condrey~ Dir,Central
Accounting
.rman called the meeting to order to discuss the budget
lursing Home with Mr. Jcaob Mast.
P.M. the Board received a delegation composed of the Chiefs
'ire Departments with the exception of Dale District.
;hr of the Manchester Fire Department asked the question of
the plan for fire fighting as financed by the 1972-'73
which question was answered briefly by the Executive Secretary.
~wen stat~s that the people in the Bon Air station thought
~ paid firemen were permanent~ he requests that we do not do
:h the 24-hour jobs because the present employees will
lely quit since they now make $2~000.00 a year on an average
'than County work. He states further that the Board should
'ate how this plan will work and the Board has not received
,t for daytime fire fighters.
,hr states that parlor Maryland havedaytime help only, that
not work well at al~ and begs the Board not to destroy
~y have built up in the last two or three years. He states
~h the changing of 24-hour coverage to daytime coverage the
:e rate will drop from Class 6 to Class 9.
~nyers states that they have spent many months in planning
.osed program and if the County cannot give Chester what
. for that the fire department of Bon Air should not be
to help Chester.
in states that he would not tear down one company to build
er, that this would be comparable to the way Richmond attacks
ol problems.
nes states that what has been said is generally true~ that
hurt the fire fighting system if the eleven fire fighters
ir were divided into daytime crews for Bon Air and Chester,
rson states that the ~ounty is serving both rura~ and urban
d the rural people understand that insurance rat~s are
reduced
in the built-up areas and they are paying for it, since the
Bon Air Fire Department has only a few calls in relation to some
of the cther companies and since it is so close to the Richmond-City
line perhaps it should be relocated and states further that we
cannot afford to give everyone everything; that the Board is trying
to get t~e maximum use of the dollar,
Chief Lo~r and Chief Bowen both state that ni~e people plus some
money fc~ sick leave and vacations would furnish Bon Air with a
crew of ~hree on duty at all times. This would leave two people
for Chester,
There ar Dse a discussion concerning the need to motivate firemen
and to g~t people working and training together, in order to do this it
was sta~ ~d that closer association of the paid firemen and volunteer
firemen ~as necessary.
Mr. Horl ~r states that there is no money in the budget for financing
addition~l fire fighters,
Chief Va :nier of Ettrick and Chief Simmons of Matoaca both agree
to wait for another year,
Mr, Krep~la states that we should delegate the authority of running
the County's program to the County Fire Chief. We should not put in
jeopardy the fire company of Bon Air unless the Board wishes to
take the responsibility,
Chief L( ~ thanks the Board for the aerial ladder truck and the
sixteen Fire fighters to operate the new vehicle. It was generally
agreed ~ the Board that this matter would be discussed at a later
date and the Fire Chiefs would be notified through Chief Eanes,
On motio~ of Mr. Apperson~seconded by Me, Krepela~ it is resolved that
the Comm)nwealth's Attorney be requested to file an answer to the
Federal Zourt of the charges made by John F. Bellamy, Jr., against the
Judge of Circuit Court and the Chief of Police which necessitates
the subp)enaing of the Board of Supervisors.
Ayes: Mrr Homer, ~r. ~'iyers, ~r. Apperson~ ~r, Krepela and Mr, O~Neill,
On motio~ of P~r, Krepela; seconded by Mr, O'Neill~ it is resolved that
this meeting be adjourned at 11.25 p.mo to 1.00 P,M, on March 22~ 1972,
Ayes: Mr Horner~ Mr. Myers~ Mr. App~rson~ Y~. Krepela and Mr, O'Neill,