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Description
Chesterfield County hosted this virtual and in-person community meeting to review the FY23 proposed budget with the Board of Supervisors and county budget administrators. Dale District Supervisor Jim Holland was joined by Director of Budget and Management Gerard Durkin and Dale District School Board Representative Debbie Bailey for this presentation.
B
B
To
pull
those
questions.
So
we
can
feed
those
to
the
panel.
I
would
ask
that
anyone
who
is
in
the
audience
in
person
please
step
forward
to
the
same
mic,
I'm
at
tonight
to
pose
your
comments
and
questions.
It's
very
helpful
in
terms
of
the
experience
that
our
folks
that
are
tuning
in
virtually
have,
and
it
also
helps
so
that
everybody,
both
in
the
room
and
at
home,
viewing,
can
hear
your
questions
and
concerns
with
that.
I
appreciate
the
time.
Welcome
everybody.
B
A
A
A
Next.
To
me
this
evening
is
our
county
director
of
budget
and
management.
Mr
gerald
durkin.
He
will
speak
in
a
moment
as
he
will
share
the
information
on
the
proposed
physical
2023
budget
and
then
work
with
me
and
other
county
staff
members
to
present
and
answer
your
questions,
especially
from
those
virtually
and
those
in
the
audience.
A
But
I
also
want
to
mention
with
me
tonight
also
I'm
honored
to
say:
is
our
school
board
representative
from
the
dale
district,
miss
debbie,
bailey
who's
here
as
well.
So
we
have
our
school
and
county
representatives
here,
because
we're
going
to
talk
a
lot
about
schools
and
investing
in
schools
and
making
a
difference.
A
I
often
say
that
chesterfield
is
on
a
journey
toward
excellence.
I
made
that
statement
in
2008,
I'm
still
here
making
that
same
statement
when
I
was
first
elected
by
the
citizens
of
the
dale
district
and
I
believe
the
proposed
fiscal
year
23
budget
represents
just
that
tonight,
you're
going
to
hear
about
historic
investments
in
our
schools.
A
Sometimes
you
don't
always
hear
about
that.
What
we're
doing
to
recruit
and
retain
the
very
best
employees
to
serve
the
citizens
of
chesterfield,
a
540
million
dollar
bond
referendum,
we're
planning
for
the
fall
fall
22,
which
is
the
broadest
package
we've
issued
in
many
years,
540
million.
I
hope
that
you
will
evaluate
it
and
vote
on
it
either
way
you
choose
to
vote
but
vote
and,
of
course,
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
broadest
tax
relief
package.
A
A
Citizens
have
informed
me
and
other
supervisors
over
the
years
that
their
top
priorities
are
public
safety,
education
and
transportation,
and
we
are
attentive
to
those
and
you
hear
a
lot
about
pay
plans
and
what
we've
done
over
the
last
year,
what
we're
doing
this
year
and
continue
to
do
to
be
the
best
in
the
region.
So
those
are
our
top
priorities
and
I've
always
supported
education
as
a
dale
district
supervisor,
teachers,
the
classroom
and
student
support.
A
Just
for
my
pta
friends,
I
want
to
share
I've,
been
a
pta
treasurer,
a
pta
president,
a
two
district
vice
president
for
the
pta
I've
also
served
as
a
district
director
for
the
state
pta,
so
I've
been
involved
in
education,
pretty
much
all
my
life
and
certainly
involved
in
the
county.
So,
and
I
want
to
also
give
miss
debbie
bill,
an
opportunity
to
say
hello
before
I
turn
it
over
to
mr
durkin,
who
will
share
the
numbers.
The
details,
miss
bailey,
welcome.
C
C
Actually
I
don't
recall
a
time
in
the
past
where
we've
had
a
joint
town
hall
meeting
like
this
on
the
boss's
budget,
and
so
I'm
very
privileged
to
be
here.
The
school
system
is
a
huge
priority
for
the
board
of
supervisors,
and
especially
for
mr
holland.
He
has
always
supported
schools
and
we're
very
grateful
for
his
efforts
and
his
support
for
our
school
system.
So
I'm
just
here
to
listen
as
well,
and
I
feel
very
privileged
to
be
here
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say
this
evening.
Thank
you.
D
D
Since
december,
the
board
has
adjusted
the
personal
property
tax
relief
brackets
from
a
thousand
dollars
to
1500.
That
was
the
first
amendment
to
this
program
since
1998,
which
relieved
this
tax
for
an
additional
14
300
vehicles
and
the
elderly
and
disabled
tax
relief
program.
We
matched
the
social
security.
Coal
adjustment
cost
a
living
adjustment
by
six
percent.
D
We
match
that
through
all
the
brackets,
the
first
time
that
has
been
done
in
over
a
decade
enabling
those
seniors
who
are
on
fixed
incomes
to
potentially
participate
in
this
program,
relieving
some
of
their
real
estate
taxes
and
in
our
people
are
business
licensed
tax
and
we
increase
the
threshold
from
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
That
essentially
means
that
two
thirds
of
businesses
located
within
the
county
no
longer
pay
this
tax
and
the
businesses
that
do
pay.
D
The
two
main
broad
tax
relief
packages
in
this
budget
before
you
today
is
a
real
estate,
tax
reduction
from
95
cents
to
92
cents
and
the
board,
realizing
that
the
assessments
you
know
just
not
a
unique
phenomenon
to
chesterfield
but
happening
nationwide,
took
early
action
by
proposing
a
maximum
tax
rate
of
93
cents.
It's
a
two
cent
reduction
through
this
budget
process
and
the
budgets
before
the
board.
Now
we
were
able
to
take
off
another
penny
on
that
relieving
taxes
by
three
cents.
D
Additionally,
the
vehicle
registration
fee
that
was
increased
in
2015
from
twenty
dollars
to
forty
dollars.
That
is
now
being
proposed
to
go
back
to
twenty
dollars
to
put
that
in
the
equivalency
of
the
real
estate
tax
rate.
That's
about
an
additional
one
and
a
half
cents
on
the
real
estate
tax
rate
and
then
additionally,
which
I'll
go
into
in
the
next
slide,
is
the
personal
property
exemption
relief
commonly
known
as
pptra
and
local
government
speak
given
to
us
by
the
state.
D
D
So,
as
you
can
see
in
the
chart
before
you,
it's
a
kind
of
short
history
of
our
real
estate
rate.
As
I
said,
we
are
now
proposing
that
to
go
down
to
92
cents
and
we
looked
back
through
our
records
and
believe
it's
the
lowest
that
we've
ever
had
in
history.
As
I
said,
the
home
value
increases
that
we
are
seeing
in
the
community
are
not
unique
to
chess
fields.
They're
happening
nationwide.
D
The
rate
that
we
have
before
the
board
is
sustainable
throughout
that
five-year
plan
that
we
have
and
we
have
modeled
it
all
the
way
through,
and
you
can
see
the
reduction
they
were
proposing
matches
kind
of
what
we
did
in
that
2007
to
2008
era.
One
thing
I
will
say
to
everyone
here
is
that
back
then
we
did
see
some
year-over-year
large
increases.
D
D
Originally,
when
it
was
passed
at
the
state,
it
was
providing
about
just
about
70
of
that
relief.
The
amount
that
we
get
from
the
state
about
41
million
dollars
to
relieve
against
vehicles
has
not
been
adjusted
by
one
cent
in
that
time,
which
means
that
chesterfield
and
other
locality
taxpayers
have
been
increasingly
faced
with
higher
bills.
Last
year
it
dipped
to
46
percent.
As
I
said,
with
a
projection
of
a
surplus
this
year,
we
are
increasing
that
percent.
D
D
So
we're
expecting
the
fiscal
2023
budget
to
increase
by
about
98
million
dollars
or
12.1
percent
recognize
recognizing
that
this
is
a
larger
than
what
is
normal
increase.
So
I'd
like
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
kind
of
break
this
down
as
to
what's
driving
this
increase.
First,
the
largest
bucket
you
can
see
there
about.
D
Additionally,
you
know
in
response
to
our
proactive
approach
to
the
public
safety
pay
plan.
The
market
in
the
region
has
moved
again,
especially
with
regard
to
starting
salaries,
so
this
budget
therefore
proposes
an
investment
package
in
our
public
safety
agencies
by
about
12
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
ensure
that
our
public
safety
pay
remains
competitive
within
the
region.
D
D
We
are
increasing
our
investments
in
major
maintenance,
as
well
as
a
variety
of
projects
around
the
county,
I'll
talk
about
the
referendum
in
a
few
minutes,
but
this
increase
that
you're,
seeing
before
you
does
include
about
13.4
million
dollars
of
one-time
expenditures,
including
upgrades
to
our
financial
system,
that
is
nearly
about
20
years
old
and
a
shared
warehouse
facility
that
I
believe
is
in
your
district.
Mr
hold
is
shared
with
our
schools
skills.
Again,
we
are
proposing
an
increase
of
18
million
dollars
that
transfer,
which
will
help
them
achieve
many
of
their
goals.
D
A
part
of
our
fiscal
year
21
year,
end
of
results
and
the
county
did
make
a
one-time
infusion
of
27
million
dollars
into
the
school's
supplemental
retirement
program.
And,
if
you
recall
about
five
years
ago
in
fiscal
2016,
that
program
was
only
16.7
percent,
funded
that
27
million
dollar
infusion
brought
it
to
100
funded
status,
which
then
enabled
to
free
up
operational
dollars
going
back
to
the
schools.
D
So
in
essence
the
effective
increase
going
towards
the
schools
as
a
result
of
this
is
about
28.8
million
dollars
and
then,
finally,
as
you'll
see
in
the
block
there,
we
do
have
some
additional
funding
requests.
Those
are
strategic
investments
that
we
make
throughout
this
budget.
They
total
about
7.6
million
dollars,
which
is
less
than
what
we've
typically
done
in
years
past
again
I'll
go
through
those,
but
did
want
to
point
out
that
lower
level
of
funding
and
a
good
chunk
of
that
funding
over
two
million
dollars
of
it
is
related
to
contracts.
D
So
employee
compensation,
the
demand
for
labour
over
the
last
couple
of
years
has
skyrocketed
again.
Well,
never
endeavouring
to
be
the
pay
leader
we
do
have
to
keep
pace
with
the
market.
The
minimum
wage
in
virginia
is
scheduled
to
be
16
per
hour
by
2026
or
15
per
hour
by
2026.
Excuse
me,
but
if
you
go
out
in
the
street
just
now
the
effective
market
rate,
you
know
what
is
dictated
by
employers
out.
There
is
15
dollars
per
hour
right
now.
D
D
This
february
we
have
worked
with
an
outside
consultant
both
for
the
general
government
workforce
and
for
the
general
school
employees
and
phase
one
of
that
study,
and
that's
in
this
fiscal
2023
budget
is
this
group
of
employees
will
go
to
either
a
new
12
or
16
minimum
pay
plan
or
a
5
across
the
board
adjustment
public
safety.
We
are
working
through
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
that
right
now,
but
we
are
looking
at
increasing
our
starting
salaries
again
to
remain
competitive
within
the
region.
D
We
do
have
programmed
in
february
of
next
year
a
two
percent
merit
for
the
general
government
workforce
and
then
phase
two
realizing.
We
can't
tackle
this
in
one
year
will
be
under
consideration
as
part
of
our
fiscal
2024
budget,
so
to
come
back
to
those
five-year
enhancements
and
they've
kind
of
coalesced
around
five
areas
that
are
in
front
of
you
right
now.
Our
continuing
commitment
to
public
safety
and
as
part
of
our
fiscal
year,
23
budget.
D
There
is
a
minimum
staffing
increase
for
fire
and
ems
to
ensure
there's
adequate
levels
of
service
across
the
county,
24
7.,
strengthening
infrastructure
and
facilities,
and
we
are
increasing
our
local
contribution
to
the
greater
richmond
transportation
company
for
the
route
82
express
rate
and
we're
also
increasing
our
staffing
in
our
buildings
and
grounds
area.
You
know,
as
we
have
more
facilities
coming
online
with
the
referendum
with
hvac
and
custodians
and
some
full
trade
full-time
trade
positions,
enhancing
quality
of
life.
That
has
been
a
big
thing
for
us
over
the
last
few
years,
especially
with
covert.
D
We
are
implementing
the
next
phase
of
the
parks
and
recreation
athletic
field
career
as
part
of
the
fiscal
year
22
budget.
We
started
that
process
by
adding
staff
that
had
not
been
added
in
several
years
to
take
care
of
our
athletic
parks
around
the
county
and
then
for
our
library
system,
a
continuation
of
what
we
started
last
year
and
changing
the
ratio
from
our
part-time
to
full-time
staff.
Last
year
about
two-thirds
of
our
library
staff
were
part-time
at
only
one-third
of
full-time.
D
By
the
end
of
this
five-year
plan,
they
will
have
an
additional
35
full-time
employees,
reversing
that
ratio.
Then
customer
service
chesterfield
puts
a
premium
on
customer
service.
Some
examples
that
are
in
this
budget
is
a
taxpayer
portal,
where
you'll
be
able
to
go
online
view,
your
bills
submit
applications
and
not
have
to
wait
on
stuff
coming
through
the
mail.
So
you
can
have
a
more
real-time
interaction
with
the
commissioner
of
revenue
and
treasurer
staff
and
then
in
communications
and
media
we
have
the
creative
content,
writer
and
videographer
position.
D
They
have,
but
we
take
a
longer
more
strategic
view
that
we
want
to
make
chesterfield
a
home
for
people
to
have
their
career
and
then
in
our
emc
and
hr
staff.
They
had
faced
incredible
demands
over
the
last
two
years.
We
are
proposing
as
part
of
this
budget,
to
include
a
full-time
nurse
practitioner
that
will
both
serve
county
employees
as
well
as
school
employees.
D
One
of
the
the
less
glamorous
aspects
of
my
job
show,
I
say,
is
going
through
all
of
those
and
knowing
that
we
can't
do
all
of
these.
We
had
about
18.5
million
dollars
of
requests.
There
was
over
140
requests
that
we
did
not
fund,
including
81
positions.
You
can
see
some
of
them
there
before
you
and
ranging
from
our
parks
and
rec
department
to
our
sheriffs
and
our
ist.
D
We
work
with
departments
as
best
we
can
to
see.
If
we
can
find
a
way
of
making,
you
know
it
cost
effective
can
be
spread
out
over
a
few
years.
There's
some
outside
funding,
but
the
end
of
the
day.
We
just
simply
cannot
fund
everything,
that's
requested.
That
doesn't
mean
to
say
that
they
aren't
worthy
requests.
D
D
And
then
you
know,
as
you
build
a
budget
every
year,
maybe
more
so
this
year
than
in
years
past,
there
have
been
many
unknowns,
as
we've
developed
this
budget
that
are
ongoing
right
now
and
we've
had
a
lot
of
as
coming
back
to
that
labor
market
fluctuations
people
turning
over
in
their
jobs,
inflationary
pressures.
I
believe
the
new
rate
came
out
today
and
it
was
about
7.9
percent-
that's
the
highest
in
40
years,
I'm
sure
you're
feeling
it.
D
I
know,
I'm
feeling
it
and
the
county
is
certainly
feeling
it
and
that
may
actually
be
exacerbated
over
the
last
the
next
few
months,
as
the
geopolitical
unrest
in
ukraine
continues
on
and
with
embargoes
on
russian
oil
exports
that
may
end
up
feeding
through
even
further
to
prices
here
at
home.
That
being
said,
the
budget
that
is
before
the
board
has
been
developed,
with
flexibility
in
mind,
to
be
able
for
us
to
pivot
any
resources.
D
In
the
face
of
a
changing
economic
landscape,
we
do
have
a
sizeable
increase
in
our
pay
goal,
or
basically
cashed
our
capital
improvement
program
to
include
some
new
district
enhancement
programs
and
some
seed
money
for
the
referendum
projects
to
be
able
to
jump
start
and
those
project
projects
have
approved.
We
do
have
that
merit
adjustment
for
the
general
employees
to
kick
in
next
february,
and
then
you
know
recognizing
that
if
these
pay
plans
go
into
effect,
they
will
affect
our
long-term
liabilities.
D
We
do
have
monies
in
there
to
make
sure
that
we
cover
those
right
now
we
are
above
our
policy
requirements,
but
we
do
like
to
make
sure
that
our
funding
status
remains
intact,
especially
with
our
triple
triple
a
bond
rating,
and
then
we
always
as
we
do
with
our
revenues,
have
a
conservative
approach
with
all
the
actions
that
have
been
on
downtown.
You
know
they
haven't
coalesced
around
the
final
budget.
D
We
do
take
a
conservative
approach
to
our
state
and
personal
property
tax
collections
and
then
even
on
the
interest
rate
market,
the
last
few
years,
our
interest
earnings
have
been
growing
this
year.
We
are
expecting
them
to
debt
as
those
maturities
roll
off
and
they
are
currently
being
reinvested,
sorry
into
lower
rate
yields.
So
all
in
all
you
know
if
the
economic
landscape
does
shift,
we
do
have
some
flexibility
to
pivot
to
that,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
take
any
unnecessary
actions
and
then,
finally,
you
know
speaking
of
inflation.
D
D
D
But
there
are
you
know
this
time
of
year.
We
focus
on
the
transfer
to
schools,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
the
board
does
outside
of
this
part
of
the
budget
cycle
that
we've
taken
over
the
last
two
years
to
help
our
schools
on
the
operating
room.
We
cut
back
in
our
budget
in
fiscal
year
21
by
51
million
dollars.
D
We
actually
increased
the
transfer
to
schools
that
year
by
10
million
2022's
increase,
was
18
million,
the
the
largest
increase
on
the
capital
side,
and
we
were
able
to
take
advantage
of
lower
rates
on
the
market.
By
going
out
and
refinancing
debt,
we
were
able
to
make
58
million
dollars
of
major
maintenance
infusion
into
the
schools
in
fall
of
2020.
D
Last
month
we
closed
on
the
136
million
virginia
public
school
authority
bonds
to
be
able
to
accelerate
two
middle
schools
in
the
county.
Two
of
the
programs
that
are
in
our
cip,
the
erp
or
basically
our
finance
system
and
the
joint
warehouse
facility
are
going
to
be
shared
between
us
and
the
schools.
The
county
is
going
to
fund
all
of
that
out
of
his
own
side
and
then
with
the
land
that
we've
purchased
at
spring
rock
green
and
upper
magnolia
potential
sites
for
either
school
headquarters
or
schools.
D
The
only
silver
lining
I
will
say
about
covert
is
it
really
has
enabled
us
to
look
at
the
project,
concepts,
costs
and
locations,
and
they
are
much
more
defined
than
what
we
had
about
two
years
ago,
prioritization
and
feedback
from
employees,
elected
officials
and,
most
importantly,
citizens.
Businesses
have
helped
to
define
an
array
of
school
parks,
libraries,
fires
and
police
prospect
precincts,
there's
something
for
everyone
everywhere
in
the
county
and
we
are
proposing
to
have
a
ballot
by
the
end
of
the
year.
D
But
here
are
some
of
the
highlights
from
the
referendum
and
for
our
fire
stations.
We
are
proposing
the
replacement
of
our
chester
and
electric
fire
stations
and
expanding
and
renovating
our
culvert
hill
and
dutch
gap
fire
stations
for
police.
We
are
proposing
to
build
four
new
police
stations
in
stone,
bridge
western
hull
street
chester
and
westchester
areas,
and
actually
has
the
additional
benefit
right
now.
Once
we
build
those,
we
will
get
some
long-term
leases
that
we've
been
paying
for,
so
those
monies
will
be
then
reinvested
back
into
the
organization
for
our
libraries
we're
replacing
enon.
D
I
believe
that
is
the
smallest
library
in
the
county
about
four
thousand
square
feet
that
will
be
proposed
to
be
built
at
a
new
twenty
thousand
square
foot
facility,
expanding
the
etric
motorical
library
and
then
a
new
library
in
the
kind
of
western
hall
street
area
for
parks.
We
are
going
to
be
making
some
investments
into
river
city
that
really
has
been
a
tourism
driver
for
us.
It
generated
over
about
1.2
million
of
tax
revenue
in
fiscal
year
21
and
brought
over
30
million
dollars
of
economic
impact
to
the
county.
D
In
fiscal
year,
2021
alone,
we
are
proposing
two
boat
launches
in
the
county
at
fallen,
creek
and
jim
james
river.
To
take
advantage
of
one
of
our
greatest
natural
assets
and
promote
recreation
in
the
community,
then
also
a
development
of
a
softball
complex
at
honor
park,
again
to
help
promote
that
tourism,
sports
tourism
into
the
county
and
at
schools
the
it's
flexible
with
the
growing
populations.
D
But
funding
could
go
towards
any
identified
schools
that
are
in
their
plan
old
hundred
elementary
grange
hall,
elementary
midlothian
middle
metoica,
middle
moutoka,
middle
sorry
and
a
new
360
west
high
school
and
so
right
before
you.
Now
it's
just
a
kind
of
referendum
timeline
and
we
will
have
our
public
hearing
on
the
budget,
including
the
capital
programme
on
march
23rd,
and
we
will
petition
petitioned
the
court
to
add
to
the
ballot
in
august
and
then
from
june.
Through
the
october
time
frame,
we
will
have
a
heavy
public
engagement
about
the
referendum
you
can
see.
D
There
are
the
proposed
projects
that
will
be
on
that
ballot
from
fiscal
year.
23-27
have
a
cadence
between
our
parks,
libraries
and
our
police
and
fire
services,
and
then,
finally,
just
to
talk
about
our
utility
rates.
The
proposed
increase
on
an
average
household
is
about
2.6
percent
well
below
the
rate
of
inflation
and
utilities
do
a
great
job
with
their
10-year
rate
model.
A
Thank
you,
mr
durkin.
Certainly
that
schedule
was
excellent.
Also,
please
note
that
you
may
attend
any
of
the
supervisors
district
meetings
as
a
schedule
up
up
there
just
showed,
and
so
you
still
have
until
may,
23rd
we'll
have
a
public
hearing
for
the
entire
county
again
and
we'll
continue
to
listen
to
you
and
so
now
we
are
here
to
listen
and
receive
your
input
and
your
suggestions.
Well,
I
might
say
a
few
points.
I
think
he
did
an
excellent
job
talking
about
utilities.
A
A
We
must
have
a
balanced
budget
by
law
and
we
do
we've
always
balanced
the
budget
here
in
chesterfield
county
and
we'll
continue
to
do
so,
and
we've
we've
had
some
really
really
great
times
over
the
years,
and
I
I,
when
you
saw
those
tax
rates
up
there,
I
remember
each
one
of
those
from
the
last
few
years.
I
can
explain
a
year:
it
went
up
by
one
penny.
A
Those
schools
were
built
as
a
result
of
that
one
penny
increase
that
was
solely
for
education
in
the
county
of
chesterfield
and
we
have
a
excellent
school
system
and
we
have
an
outstanding
board
of
education
member
here
with
us
tonight.
So
now
we're
open
for
questions
and
comments,
please
positive
or,
however,
you
want
to
do
it.
We'll
take
positive
comments
too.
B
Mr
holland,
we
had
one
question
submitted
through
facebook
about
our
venue
tonight
and
why
these
meetings
are
not
being
held
within
the
districts
for
each
of
the
board
members.
The
answer
to
that
is
as
the
central
location
of
this
particular
facility
and
also
the
technology
that
this
room
is
equipped
with.
We
do
have
plans
to
be
able
to
make
a
virtual
meeting
or
what
we
call
a
hybrid
meeting
that
includes
in-person
and
virtual
more
accommodating
out
in
the
districts
as
we
move
forward.
B
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
dave.
We
appreciate
that
dale
is
central
to
the
county.
We
are
the
heart
of
the
county.
As
I've
always
said.
As
dale
supervisor,
we
are
the
heartbeat
of
the
county.
A
question
comments.
Please
come
forward
and
give
us
your
name.
If
you
would
please
and
if
you
have
a
different
district,
that's
okay,
just
let
us
know,
and
we
will
make
sure
we'll
documenting
your
inputs,
and
this
is
also
important,
because
other
supervisors
will
hear
your
comments
and
your
suggestions
throughout
the
county.
E
Absolutely
good
evening,
mr
holland,
miss
bailey,
my
name
is
christine
melendez.
I
am
currently
honored
to
serve
as
the
president
of
the
chesterfield
education
association
for
the
last
three
years.
I
was
an
educator
at
matoka
high
school
in
the
matuka
district,
and
I
am
first
here
to
thank
you
for
always,
first
being
responsive
to
any
comments
or
questions
you
get
from
the
public.
I
know
anytime.
I've
reached
out.
E
You
have
been
very
quick
to
respond,
and
so
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
that
first
and
foremost,
and
you
as
well
miss
bailey
you've
always
been
responsive.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
am
just
here
on
behalf
of
the
education
association
and
my
members
to
make
sure
that
it
is
heard
that
we
definitely
need
the
budget
that
was
presented
by
the
school
board
and
passed
on
to
the
county
government
to
pass
as
it
is
written
as
it
is
funded.
We
cannot
afford
to
take
any
cuts.
E
This
time,
two
years
later,
we
have
just
over
200
vacancies
in
our
school
division,
and
we
know
that
that
is
in
part
due
to
the
times
that
we
are
facing
and
it's
been
difficult
to
staff
many
areas
of
our
county.
But
we
also
understand
that
if
we
see
any
more
cuts
to
the
budget
that
was
passed
along
by
the
school
board,
that
we
may
see,
that
number
increase
double
triple
but
for
next
year.
E
But
our
number
of
students
continues
to
increase
and
we
know
that
if
we
continue
to
see
losses,
it
will
be
more
and
more
difficult
for
our
school
division
to
serve
well,
the
community
that
we
live
in,
and
we
know
that
we
want
to
see
a
bright
future
for
our
students.
So
thank
you
in
advance
for
your
support
of
that
budget.
A
F
F
We
just
moved
here
about
two
years
ago
right
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
but
one
of
the
reasons
we
chose
chesterfield
was
because
of
the
schools,
and
so
I'm
here
to
ask
you
to
fully
fund
the
school
board.
Approved
budget
as
presented
hiring
and
retaining
qualified
staff
has
to
be
the
number
one
priority,
because
that
is
who
is
teaching
our
children
and
if
you
are
not
able
to
not
only
hire
staff
but
retain
the
already
qualified
staff
you
have.
F
F
C
F
And
that
is
what
I
was
actually
going
to
address.
I
I
brought
this
up
with
you
earlier
and
I
think
you
might
have
been
a
little
surprised,
no
offense,
but
we
have
a
whole
grade,
that's
in
trailers
and
we're
a
new
school,
and
I
can't
imagine
the
other
schools
in
the
district
who
are
older,
who
need
to
be
replaced?
F
Who
have
you
know
even
more
issues,
but
beulah
is
now
even
slated
to
get
more
and
more
students,
and
so
they
don't
have
the
capacity
at
this
point,
and
that's
really
concerning
because
again
this
impacts,
the
child,
children's
education
and
so
and
also
speaking
to
salem
church
middle
school.
I
know
they
have
extreme
concerns.
You
talk
about
public
safety
as
well
as
education.
They
have
extreme
concerns
about
the
the
road
that
their
children
are
crossing
into
the
middle
school.
They
are
asking.
F
C
Have
a
chart
right
here.
I
wish
I
could
project
it
for
everyone
to
see,
but
this
is
the
chart
that
shows
the
per
pupil
expenditure
and
it
and
they
break
this
down
by
categories
and
in
the
administration
category.
How
much
do
we
spend
per
pupil
in
administration
out
of
our
comparators?
So
in
other
words,
compared
to
the
state
average
chesapeake
hanover
virginia
beach,
henrico
chesterfield
spends
the
least
we
are.
We
spend
the
least
amount
per
pupil
and
all
of
our
competitors
for
administration
cost.
F
A
Yes,
ma'am
we're
always
concerned
about
I'm
always
concerned
about
spending,
as
you
well
know,
being
a
cpa,
I
believe
we
gotta
really
scrutinize
every
dollar
that
we
bring
in
and
take
out
and
make
sure
that
we're
doing
the
very
best
for
you,
the
citizens
you're
at
the
top
of
the
chain
in
that
regard,
and
so
we
that's
why
I'm
here
to
listen
to
you
and
to
evaluate
your
questions
and
to
certainly
respond
to
them.
So,
thanks
for
asking
that
question,
yep.
A
Appreciate
your
service,
by
the
way
too,
I
should
mention.
I
just
sent
an
email
just
yesterday
to
the
presidents
of
the
pta
at
salem
church,
middle
and
fallen
creek
middle
and
the
county
is
addressing
that
and
miss
bell,
and
I
discussed
this
seat
and
we're
addressing
the
safety
for
the
children
who
are
crossing.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
did
it
comprehensively
so
that
what
we
do
in
dale
we
can
replicate
throughout
the
entire
county
so
that
all
students
are
safe,
but
we've
taken
care
of
that
already.
G
G
G
I
know
a
lot
of
teachers.
I've
teaching
a
family
and
pay
is
an
issue,
but
policies
are
an
issue
and
a
lot
of
teachers
are
leaving
because
of
the
policies
of
the
current
school
board
in
the
masking
issues
and
many
other
issues.
In
fact,
you
even
had
to
fire
a
teacher
when
he
simply
asked
where
the
science
was
behind
your
masking
policy,
and
the
answer
is.
G
There
was
no
science,
because
the
science
of
masks
is
well
known
and
they
don't
work,
and
we
saw
that
because
the
children
returned
to
school,
this
past
fall
masked
and
hundreds
and
hundreds
got
sick
and
thousands
had
to
be
either
quarantined
or
stay
at
home.
Okay,
so
we'll
have
a
teacher
shortage
or
we
have
have
issues
with
teachers
leaving
chesterfield
county
schools.
G
This
is
mainly
due,
I
think
not.
As
I
say
there
is
some
pay
issues,
but
it's
due
to
policy
issues
and
the
last
issue
here,
and
probably
one
of
the
most
important
is
that
over
the
last
20
years,
people
like
mr
holland,
I
think
you've
been
a
supervisor
for
14
years.
Yeah
have
provided
ccps
with
tens
of
millions
of
dollars.
G
In
fact,
at
this
point
is
probably
over
100
million
dollars
of
funding
for
chromebooks
I.t
services
infrastructure
and
what
we
were
told
is
by
the
by
not
only
other
previous
school
boards,
but
boards
of
supervisors
was
we
need
to
move
forward.
This
is
the
way
the
future
is
going
to
go.
You
know
we
have
chromebooks,
we
need
to
supply
the
children
with
all
this
I.t
infrastructure
and
yeah.
G
We
can
simply
agree
with
that,
and
one
issue
that
was
consistently
brought
forth
was
that,
should
we
get
a
situation
where
we
have
snow
days,
maybe
a
natural
disaster
we'll
be
ready
to
go
remote
learning?
Okay,
okay,
pay
for
the
schools,
pay
for
the
children,
pay
for
the
I.t
infrastructure,
because
that's
what
we
need.
G
G
G
That
is
just
that
is
devastated
for
two
years,
the
children's
education
put
extreme
pressure
on
on
teachers
and
other
staff
members
such
that
they
leave
the
profession
forced
to
retire
early
and
cost
the
taxpayers
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
of
an
epic
epic
failure.
Epic
I'd
like
to
hear
your
comment
on
that
particular
issue.
C
C
I
would
just
simply
say
that
we
experienced
a
pandemic
the
last
two
years
that
was
unprecedented
and
that
our
school
system
worked
as
hard
as
we
could.
I
I
know
many
many
teachers
that
spent
18
hours
a
day
getting
those
virtual
lessons
ready-
and
I
I
was
a
teacher
for
34
years
and
just
retired
in
2019,
and
have
dozens
and
dozens
of
friends
who
went
through
this
pandemic
doing
everything
they
could
for
their
students.
G
G
G
We
see
that
the
the
county
side
is
doing
a
a
lot
here
and
we
just
saw
it
right
now.
As
far
as
the
tax
reductions,
reductions
in
personal
property
tax
and
I've
asked
you
to
look
at
the
possibility
of
reducing
your
budget
by
maybe
one
to
one
point.
Five
percent
with
a
two
cent
decrease
excuse
me
reduce
the
budget
and
allow
this
to
allow
the
supervisors
to
provide
another
two
cents
of
property
tax
reduction.
G
Basically
we're
looking
at
less
than
a
one
and
a
half
percent
reduction
in
your
budget
in
your
837
million
dollar
budget.
To
accomplish
this,
you
know:
two-thirds
of
people
in
chesterfield,
don't
have
children
in
the
in
the
schools,
but
we
gladly
pay
for
that,
because
we're
trying
to
educate
the
next
generation-
and
I
believe
that
the
generation
now
owes
that
to
the
next
generation,
but
we're
having
a
real
tough
time
here.
Just
outlined
huge
increases
in
inflation
gasoline
up
big
time,
people
are
going
to
see
incredible
increases
even
with
these.
H
H
My
daughter
goes
to
tomahawk
creek
element
middle
school
with
me,
where
I
work,
I'm
a
teacher
in
the
county,
I'm
also
on
the
environmental
stewardship
advisory
committee
for
the
school
board-
and
you
know
I'm
here
in
support
of
fully
funding
this,
the
the
budget
for
the
school
district,
but
now
I'm
going
to
speak
a
little
bit
off
the
cuff
after
hearing
some
of
the
other
comments,
because
I
am
a
teacher-
I've
been
a
teacher
here.
I've
been
a
teacher
for
18
years.
H
H
H
H
H
I
worked
with
my
subs
the
long-term
substitute
teacher
that
I'm
currently
mentoring
because
there's
a
vacancy
ten
percent
of
the
staff
at
my
school
are
currently
filling
in
on
their
planning
block.
They
don't
get
a
planning
block
at
all,
because
they're
teaching
a
class
for
a
vacancy,
that's
10,
of
the
staff,
that's
currently
getting
burnt
out
because
of
the
extra
work
that
they've
had
to
take
on
because
of
the
staff
vacancies.
H
My
husband
and
I
had
to
have
a
serious
conversation
before
the
the
decompression
was
passed
because
the
fairfax
county
pay
scale.
If
I
look
directly
at
what
I
would
have
been
making
had,
I
stayed
in
fairfax
county.
That's
30,
000
more
for
me,
that's
a
whole
salary,
that's
a
whole
person
starting
salary
that
I
would
be
making
right
now.
If
I
still
taught
in
fairfax
county
public
schools,
that's
absurd!
H
H
H
We
have
my
son
is
one
of
the
kids
in
second
grade
whose
whole
grade
level
is
learning
in
a
trailer
at
beulah
I'm.
I
was
so
grateful
and
I
spoke
to
the
board
last
year
when
I
came
here
on
behalf
of
the
esac
committee,
when
I
said
we
need
less
trailers.
We
need
schools
built,
and
I
asked
for
the
referendum
then,
and
it
was
pushed
off
until
this
year.
Thank
goodness
that
we
have
that
coming
because
we
need
those
schools
and
we
need
the
budget
fully
funded.
H
I
can
I'm
sure
I've
only
worked
here
for
six,
but
I
doubt
that
it
was
better
and
when
I
I
mean
to
see
at
the
beginning
when
I
was
watching
this
slideshow
when
I
saw
the
list
of
all
the
unfunded
things
we
need
those
too.
I
just
don't
understand
how
well
what
can
we
do?
I
mean
that's
my
question
to
you
aside
from
me
saying:
I'm
a
citizen
and
we
need
the
school
board
budget
pass.
A
Here
to
listen,
that's
what
I'm
here
to
do
is
listen
and
come
up
with
solutions
to
your
questions
and
that's
why
I
appreciate
your
passion.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
serving
in
chesterfield
county
schools,
and
we
here-
and
we
are
here
to
listen
and
we'll
come
up
with
suggestions
and
recommendations,
I'll
be
discussing
with
my
colleagues,
my
four
colleagues
other
colleagues
on
the
board
of
supervisors
and
we'll
be
working
with
the
school
board
to
come
up
with
solutions.
But
we
we
want
you
to
suggest
as
well.
What
do
you
think
we
should
do?
A
That's
why
we're
here,
to
listen
as
well
as
to
come
up
with
solutions
and
also
in
terms
of
tommy
hall,
creek
we're
building
a
new
middle
school.
The
board
just
issued
bonds
last
october
to
build
a
new
fallen,
creek
middle
school,
a
new
townhall
creek
middle
school.
So
that's
already
been
done.
In
fact,
that
was
moved
ahead
of
the
referendum
this
year
in
22.,
so
I'm.
H
A
H
C
I
just
want
to
know-
and
I
I
very
much
appreciate
your
service
at
tomahawk
and
everything
that
you
do
and
all
of
the
hours
that
you
put
into
your
job
and
I'm
very
grateful
that
you
came
from
fairfax
2019
teacher
of
the
year.
We
obviously
got
a
winner,
and
I
appreciate
you
staying
and
staying
with
us
and
I
will
continue
to
work
hard
as
long
as
I'm
on
this
board.
I
have
done
nothing
but
fight
for
teachers
and
for
teacher
salaries,
and
we
are
not
even
close
to
being
overpaid
and,
I
say
weak.
C
I
I
That's
hard
for
me
to
believe,
even
though
he
gave
me
some
numbers:
okay,
I'm
not
gonna
dispute
it
because
I
don't
know
anything
for
a
fact,
but
to
send
my
check
to
north
carolina
every
time.
Every
year
we
write
that
check,
I'm
thinking.
Why
are
we
sending
money
to
north
carolina
and
they
got
goodies
reasons
why
they
telling
me
they?
A
Jerry,
I
thank
you
for
being
here
and
thank
you
for
that
comment.
I've
heard
that
before
and
I've
talked
to
the
treasurer
as
well
before,
and
certainly
we
have
three
banks
right
next
door
to
us
three
banks
on
the
corner,
so
we
have
plenty
of
banks
in
virginia
and
certainly
next
door
as
well,
but
we'll
be
working
I'll,
get
you
back
a
response
to
jerry
and
we'll
let
you
know
in
the
near
future.
Thank
you
for
being
here,
though,
and
for
asking
that
question.
A
D
Certainly-
and
the
question
is
what's
going
to
be
done
to
get
the
hourly
rate
pay
compression
of
the
office
staff
and
management
within
ccaps
transportation,
I'm
not
familiar
with
the
details
of
the
school
side
of
the
pay
plan,
but
what
I
do
know
is
that
phase
two
of
that
pay
plan
from
my
understand
should
be
addressing
that
as
part
of
the
fiscal
year.
2024
budget-
I
don't
know
if
you're
anything,
miss
bailey
more
than
that.
C
What
we
refer
to
as
salary
study
two,
because
we
did
the
first
salary
study,
which
incorporated
only
student-facing
personnel,
so
teachers
and
people
and
administrators
people
in
the
schools.
It
did
not
address
a
lot
of
our
staff.
As
you
know,
we
have
a
tremendously
large
number
of
employees
in
chesterfield
county,
so
pay
study,
salary,
study,
one
did
not
address,
but
well.
C
Bus
drivers,
thankfully,
were
addressed
quite
well
by
the
bos,
stepping
in
and
helping
us,
and
I
would
like
to
point
out
to
the
community
as
well
that
we
had
a
tremendous
bus
driver
shortage
and
because
the
board
of
supervisors
stepped
in
and
helped
us
with
raising
the
bus
driver
pay.
We
were
we've
been
able
to
eliminate
completely
our
bus
driver
shortage
and
we
are
right
now
fully
staffed
and
there
are
no
double
backs
going
on
with
our
with
our
transportation.
C
However,
salary
study
two,
which
has
not
been
completed
to
my
knowledge,
we're
waiting
still
from
evergreen
for
that
salary
study
to
be
completed
is
going
to
address
decompression
of
all
of
those
employees
that
were
not
addressed.
It
was
not
addressed
in
the
first
salary
study
and
when
that
comes
back,
we
should
be
able
to
where
we've
put
in
a
budget
line
item
for
this
year
to
address
the
decompression
phase.
Two
of
that
salary
study
would
then
be
raising
it
to
market
average
or
trying
to
get
those
folks
up
to
market
average.
C
A
A
A
We
actually
met
with
schools.
Over
the
weekend
we
came
to
a
resolution
to
increase
the
the
paid
shortage
with
bus
drivers,
and
so
there
is
no
driver
shorts.
Now,
as
I
understand,
because
we
addressed
it
last
year
with
our
resources
that
we
were
able
to
amass
and
allocate
it,
and
so
we
responded
that
very
quickly.
In
fact,
I
believe
it
was
in
september.
We
actually
did
it.
A
A
A
So
every
question
deserves
a
response,
and
all
questions
are
great
questions
and
I
greatly
appreciate
you're
taking
the
time
even
to
be
here
and
certainly
won't
put
up
the
schedule
again.
If
there
are
no
other
comments
here,
let's
put
up
the
schedule
for
other
district
meetings
and
you
can
attend
any
one
of
those.
Today
is
march
10th,
the
dale
and
next
week
the
14th
is
clover
hill,
district,
16,
bermuda
district,
the
21st,
the
lothian
district
and
the
22nd
motorola
district.
A
We
will
also
have
another
opportunity
to
hear
your
comments
and
suggestions
and
solutions.
I
always
say
you
have
a
problem
work
on
a
solution,
we'll
learn
willing
to
listen
to
dez
whale.
I
know
I
am
I
love
solutions.
I
love.
I
love
hearing
problems,
but
I
also
love
hearing
solutions
as
well
to
that
in
terms
of
what
we
can
do.
We've
tried
a
number
of
things
in
the
county
over
the
years
since
I've
been
here.
Some
have
been
successful.
A
Some
haven't
been,
I
could
mention,
but
I
don't
want
to
dig
too
deeply
into
that,
but
again
on
march
23rd
we
have
a
public
hearing
where
you
can
speak
again
and
we'll
evaluate
all
the
comments
from
tonight
and
on
through
those
other
nights,
and
then
we
hope
god
willing
to
adopt
the
budget
on
april
the
6th,
with
all
the
input
that
you
have
at
this
point.
So
if
that
any
other
questions,
we
don't
want
to
hold
you
here
unnecessarily,
but
we
love
being
with
you.
A
At
least
I
do
again
thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
What
you
do
in
the
county
and
feel
free
to
give
me
a
call
anytime,
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
or
solutions
that
you
think
we
can
do
to
fund
the
challenges
we
have
have
a
great
evening,
thanks
for
coming
out.