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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. Clover Hill District Supervisor Chris Winslow was joined by County Administrator Dr. Joe Casey and Budget Manager David Oakley for this presentation.
B
B
Just
an
important
note
this.
This
meeting
is
also
being
streamed
on
the
county's
youtube
channel,
as
well
as
the
county's
chesterfield
county
television
on
comcast
channel
98,
verizon
channel
28,
just
one
more
point,
I'd
like
to
make.
We
do
have
sign-in
sheets
for
anybody
who
is
here
in
person.
If
you
didn't
sign
up
when
you
came
in
the
door,
please
feel
free
to
do
so,
as
you
leave
just
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
provide
you
additional
information
as
we
move
through
the
budget
process,
but
without
any
further
ado.
B
A
And
welcome
this
is
the
second
of
five
community
meetings
for
budget
town
halls
in
the
2023
budget
cycle,
and
so
I'm
pleased
to
be
your
host
tonight
and
we'll
have
hopefully
some
good
discussion
good
question,
a
good
presentation,
as
dave
mentioned,
in
addition
to
those
who
have
joined
us
in
person,
we
also
have
a
virtual
audience
and
so
no
matter
how
you
are
participating.
I
appreciate
your
time
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
with
me.
Tonight
are
dr
joe
casey,
our
county
administrator
to
my
left
and
mr
david
oakley,
our
budget
manager.
A
Now
just
for
a
moment
it
is
mr
oakley's
birthday,
and
so
I
know
for
a
fact
that
there
is
nowhere
else
on
earth
that
he
would
rather
be
than
at
this
budget
town
hall
tonight.
So
we
thank
him
for
coming
out
and
filling
in
for
mr
harris.
In
a
moment,
mr
oakley
is
going
to
run
through
a
brief
presentation
on
the
budget,
and
then
dr
casey
and
I
will
assist
in
answering
questions.
Tonight's
meeting
is
just
one
way
to
engage
with
cheshfield
on
the
county's
proposed
budget.
A
A
Just
from
my
perspective,
the
overall
themes
of
this
budget
is
balancing
our
goals
as
a
county,
along
with
historic
tax
relief
and
trying
to
be
responsive
to
the
financial
condition
that
our
citizens
are
facing
right
now.
The
rising
impact
of
home
and
vehicle
values
is
certainly
taking
an
impact
and
we
are
trying
to
lessen
that
impact
as
we
remain
focused
on
the
outstanding
programs
and
services.
A
Schools
are,
of
course,
of
huge
importance
in
terms
of
how
we
invest
in
the
community
but
saffron.
We
appreciate
you
joining
us
this
evening
again.
I
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
in
this
discussion
and
encourage
you
to
remain
as
engaged
as
chesterfield
continues
to
navigate
the
annual
budget
process.
Thank
you,
mr
oakley.
C
Thank
you,
mr
winslow.
We
are
here
tonight,
like
mr
winslow
mentioned,
to
have
a
conversation
with
the
citizens
of
clover
hill
district
in
chesterfield
county.
The
presentation
we'll
be
going
over
is
highlights
from
the
materials
that
have
been
discussed
with
the
board
of
supervisors
and
citizens
going
all
the
way
back
to
december.
C
First
and
foremost,
broad
tax
relief
is
something
that
we
have
built
into
this
plan,
we'll
be
explaining
this
over
the
next
few
slides,
and
I
won't
go
into
all
the
details
here.
But
what
you
see
is
the
largest
investment
in
tax
relief
in
county
history,
with
an
emphasis
on
real
estate
vehicles
and
seniors
in
our
community.
C
What
we're
sharing
in
this
chart
is
is
the
real
estate
tax
rates
and
you
can
see
the
different
colors
and
what
they
represent
green
bean
reduction
years
and
the
one
yellow
being
an
increase
and
then
on
the
far
right.
You
can
see
the
0.92
which
is
proposed
in
this
budget,
as
you've
heard
in
the
media
and
other
local
outlets.
C
Home
assessments
are
on
the
rise
and
from
what
you
see
on
the
slide,
the
tax
rate
is
being
proposed
at
the
lowest
level
rate
in
recent
history
to
help
defray
some
of
that
tax
burden
to
the
citizens
in
chesterfield
county.
This
represents
approximately
15
million
county
wide
or
about
120
per
household.
C
Personal
property
tax
release
relief
as
you've
also
likely
heard
in
in
the
news
supply
chain
issues
with
new
vehicles
have
driven
up
the
cost
of
all
vehicle
assessments.
This
package
is
proposed
in
the
budget
to
reflect
an
enhanced
tax
relief
plan,
valued
at
an
additional
15
million
county-wide,
while
citizens
may
pay
rent
and
not
necessarily
receive
the
benefits
of
the
real
estate
tax.
The
majority
of
our
citizens
here
in
chesterfield
county
will
experience
some
relief
with
the
personal
property
tax.
C
This
chart,
you
see
in
front
of
you
here
in
previous
budget
cycles,
has
been
shown
as
a
cross-section
of
a
dollar
bill.
We've
mixed
it
up
a
little
bit
this
year
with
this
graphic.
But
the
point
still
stands:
you
can
see
that
out
of
75
cents
of
every
tax
dollar
being
put
towards
education,
public
safety
and
capital.
C
Infrastructure
focusing
in
on
general
fund
growth.
Here
we
have
a
depiction
of
every
new
dollar
being
invested
in
the
county,
and
you
can
see
again
education
infrastructure
being
two
large
components
here.
The
major
piece
of
this
plan-
investment
in
workforce
just
for
one
example,
chesterfield
county,
has
been
lagging
by
starting
pay
for
firefighters
by
17.5
percent,
making
it
increasingly
difficult
to
find
and
retain
talent.
C
Five-Year
plan
enhancements
with
the
minimal
amount
left
to
provide
service
enhancements
and
the
2023
budget
are
our
impact
here
directly
affects
our
citizens,
so
included
in
this
plan
is
funding
for
minimum
staffing
over
in
our
fire
department,
library,
funding
for
the
conversion
of
part-time
to
full-time
positions
which
carries
out
through
the
remainder
of
the
five-year
plan,
parks,
maintenance,
crews,
to
ensure
well-maintained
and
clean
parks
and
a
new
tax
taxpayer
portal.
So
citizens
can
do
business
with
the
county
from
the
comfort
of
their
homes.
C
C
Another
point
to
note
is:
we
are
budgeting
in
uncertain
times
again
focusing
back
to
what
we're
hearing
in
the
public
sphere
there's
a
lot
of
uncertainty
in
the
world.
At
the
moment
this
budget
has
been
built
been
built
with
flexibility,
addressing
core
needs
and
ensuring
that
we
do
not
have
to
come
back
to
reevaluate
rates
or
funding
streams.
Mid-Cycle.
C
C
In
the
proposed
plan
to
the
to
the
school
division,
it's
reported
as
an
increase
of
18
million
from
the
prior
year.
In
reality,
the
county's
support
for
the
school
division
is
an
ongoing
endeavor
and
cannot
be
summed
up
in
the
confines
of
a
single
proposed
budget.
Just
for
one
example,
back
in
december,
the
board
of
supervisors
fully
funded
the
school
supplement
retirement
program,
which
freed
up
10
million
in
operating.
C
C
C
C
And
then
looking
to
the
road
ahead,
as
mr
winslow
mentioned,
this
is
the
second
budget
meeting
for
the
public
and
we
have
three
more
planned
for
the
16th,
the
21st
and
the
22nd,
and
then
we'd
like
to
invite
everybody
listening
and
anybody
there.
They
talk
to
you
to
come
out
for
our
budget
public
hearing
on
march
23rd
budget
is
set
to
be
adopted
on
april
6th.
So
with
that,
I
will
turn
it
back
to
mr
winslow,
and
we
would
love
to
hear
any
questions
that
you
all
have
or
questions
that
are
coming
in
via
facebook.
A
D
Demay
live
in
the
metallica
district.
I
attended
the
meeting
with
jim
holland
last
week.
This
is
the
first
time
I'd
seen
the
budget
a
little
bit
of
studying
over
the
weekend
and
there's
a
couple
of
questions
that
I
have
on
this.
One
of
the
one
of
the
claims
here
is
that
we're
going
to
cut
the
vehicle
registration
tax
from
forty
to
twenty
dollars.
D
That's
an
amazing
50
reduction,
but
there's
there's
an
issue
here
about
the
1.5
cent
cut
or
it's
it's
roughly
equivalent
to
a
1.5
cut
in
the
real
estate
tax
rate.
This
is
a
fixed
fee,
but
the
real
estate
tax
rate,
when
multiplied
by
the
assessment,
gives
you
a
variable
number.
How?
How
does
this
equate
out?
Or
what's
the
math
behind
the
one
and
a
half
cent
claim
here
on
the
tax
rate.
C
C
C
D
How
do
you
equate
that
to
what
I'm?
What
I'm
asking
is
that
if
you
have
a
fixed,
a
fixed
fee
of
forty
dollars,
you
reduce
it
to
twenty.
That's
a
twenty
dollar
difference.
But
when
you
apply
this
real
estate
tax
situation,
you're
applying
that
rate
to
a
variable
number,
because
the
assessments
for
everybody
vary.
So
the
question
is:
it
says
it's
equivalent
to
a
1.5
cut
in
the
real
estate
rate,
but
there's
no
assessment
to
apply
to
that.
So
to
speak.
So.
F
G
F
F
D
And
I
gotta
say
you
know
a
fifty
percent
tax
reduction
phenomenal
phenomenal,
phenomenal.
Okay,
the
other.
The
other
issue
does
apply
to
what
you
were
discussing,
mr
oakley.
It
looks
like
you're
in
a
position
to
increase
the
the
the
payback
or
the
the
vehicle
threshold
from
46
percent
relief
to
55
relief.
That's
going
back
all
the
way
to
2017.
D
Okay,
by
the
way,
that's
also
phenomenal,
because
when
we
see
the
increases
in
the
in
the
assessments
on
vehicles,
that
number
actually
picks
up
the
vast
majority
of
that
tab.
I
you
all
have
done
a
good
job
of
of
really
scouring
this
budget
and
making
some
some
calls
here
that
are
really
going
to
make
a
difference
to
the
people
at
chesterfield.
F
Mr
demi,
I
don't
mind
interrupting,
but
I
think
you
know
with
the
math
that
you're
doing
it's
very
helpful,
for
others.
To
understand,
too,
is
what
david
was
referring
to
in
the
46
relief.
That
was
the
2021
calendar
year.
We
didn't
even
go
through
the
exercise
of
what
that
lower
percent
would
be
under
the
fixed
state
revenue
source
that
we
get
for
car
tax
relief.
That
number
could
have
gone
to
40
39.
F
D
F
D
D
I
mean
106
million
dollars
is
a
pretty
big,
pretty
big
surplus,
but
that
money
came
in
unbeknownst.
I
mean
you
guys,
didn't
know
what
that
was
going
to
be,
and
now
now
that
you
see
it
that
won't
be
reoccurring,
though
next
year.
So
what
we're
going
to
see
surpluses
that
are
probably
substantially
less
coming
up.
A
I
think
that's
right,
mr
demay
and
of
course
the
other
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
that,
even
though
some
of
the
checks
arrived
from
the
federal
government
on
these,
the
rules
of
how
they
could
be
spent
have
been
in
a
constant
state
of
flux.
In
some
cases,
particularly
with
arpa
monies,
I
think
the
guidance
is
changing
again,
and
so
this
is
something
we're
following
very
closely.
But
yes,
I
do
not
anticipate
that
kind
of
a
windfall
in
future
budgets.
Okay,
yeah.
D
The
two,
the
two
last
issues
are,
you
know,
number
one.
You
you've
done
quite
a
job
of
of
moving
through
the
budget,
finding
these
issues-
and
you
know
looking
at
the
at
the
places
where
you
can
make
the
most
bang
for
the
buck,
and
I
think
that's
a
that's
a
big
hit.
It
certainly
is
the
most
aggressive
tax
tax
relief
that
I've
seen
in
chesterfield
in
my
26
years.
The
other
thing-
and
I
mentioned
this,
mr
casey,
dr
doctor
casey-
that
you
guys
are
very
proactive
on
this.
D
You
know
lesser
governments
would
let
this
fall
out
on
the
floor
substantially
before
they
did
anything
and
and
being
proactive
on.
This
is
going
to
keep
this
at
bay
at
a
time
when
people
are
really
suffering.
When
you
see
4.30
gas,
you
go
to
stores,
you
see
massive
massive
increases
in
your
grocery
bills
and
stuff
people
are,
people
are
hurting
and
it
it.
It
really
demonstrates
good
government
when
you're
out
there
and
you're
preempting
these
problems.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
is.
D
A
F
Yeah
one
is
I'm
sure
that
that
figure
from
the
virginia
department
of
education
is
right.
The
9009.87,
which
I
think
is
kim,
came
out
online
and
the
vwe
you
know
to
their
credit.
They
try
and
do
is
apples
to
apples,
comparison
amongst
130
plus
school
systems
and
in
the
state
of
virginia
and
and
chesapeake
county
schools
fill
out
all
the
proper
forms
and
comply
with
all
the
way
that
the
numerators
and
denominators
are
calculated.
F
We
try
and
work
with
our
school
partners
as
much
as
possible
too,
to
understand
not
just
that
number,
but
there's
lots
of
other
variables
that
go
into
the
number
that
vdoe
may
not
have
as
part
of
this
operational
formula.
Capital
investment
is
one
of
them.
The
capital
improvement
program
for
which
the
schools
devote
a
lot
of
time
and
attention,
major
maintenance,
expenses
and
so
forth
are
are
funneled
through
there.
F
The
other
thing,
too,
is,
I
think,
just
from
my
experience
that
the
collaborative
relationships
between
the
county
and
the
schools
for
things
that
we
do
together,
that
we
don't
play
accountant
necessarily
and
charging
the
schools
for
and
grossing
up,
two
sides
of
a
budget
to
make
it
look
like
we're
bigger
than
we
otherwise
are.
There's
things
that
we
do,
and
I
think
that
was
even
one
slide.
There
were
a
few
things
that
were
quote
unquote,
no
asks
of
the
schools
that
were
part
of
our
school
funding
with
them.
F
So
I
think
it's
just
a
learning
a
process.
We
all
need
to
go
through
and
educating
ourselves
and
the
school
side
and
our
citizens
so
that
we
can
present
the
vdoe
number
and
present
other
numbers
the
challenges,
as
we
present
other
numbers,
they're
hard
to
compare
against
other
jurisdictions,
because
I
don't
know
the
details
between
their
numerators
and
denominators.
A
It's
always
been
one
of
those
perplexing
things
to
me,
joe,
that
we
that
we
don't
have
that
number
included,
because
I
mean
certainly
we're
building
schools
and
that's
what
we're
talking
about
here
with
these
debt
service
components,
we're
building
schools
for
students,
and
certainly
I
think
you
know,
I
think
that
counts
when
you
do
the
math
problem.
So
again,
I'm
not
really
certain
why
that's
not
included
with
with
the
vdod.
It
doesn't
make
any
sense
to
me.
H
H
I
don't
think
that's
always
been
as
transparent
in
the
past,
so
I
think
that's
incredibly
helpful
and
in
doing
that,
I
think
that
there's
still
about
a
eight
dollar
gap
or
eight
million
eight
dollars
would
be
amazing,
eight
million
dollar
cap
and
what
their
their
ask
is
and
what
your
number
pre
is
allowing
in
your
budget.
It
is
a
needs-based
budget.
H
H
We're
not
asking
for
really
even
a
lot
of
things.
This
is
bare
bones,
not
absorbent
paper
towels,
not
the
highest
level
of
you,
know
innovative
things
at
this
point,
I
think
it's
just
really,
as
we've
seen
through
the
pandemic,
keeping
the
doors
open,
keeping
bodies
in
the
classroom
having
substitutes
show
up
when
we
cannot,
because
that
is
not
what's
happening
now.
So
I
just
hope
that
you
will
keep
that
in
mind.
I
don't
know.
I
know
that
there
are
other
jurisdictions.
H
F
F
Sure,
well
one
thank
you
for
the
comments.
Two
is
you
know
the
needs
based
budget
in
fairness
to
schools
and
their
disclosures.
It's
actually
lent
us.
Also
in
the
back
of
our
budget
document
is
all
the
needs-based
budgets
of
all
of
our
departments.
Before
you
know,
as
the
county
ministry
proposed,
we
worked
out
the
needs-based
exercises
just
in
discussions
and
processes
of
what
we
could
balance
too,
but
I
think
david
referred
to
that
in
his
presentation.
So
you
know
police
fire
sheriff.
F
You
know
30
departments
and
actually,
in
essence,
present
needs-based
budgets
every
year,
so
we
are
trying
to
be
more
transparent
to
it.
All.
We're
also
trying
to
balance
that
against
the
abilities
and
burdens
of
the
taxpayer
and
businesses,
so
there's
an
exercise
to
it.
I
do
applaud
the
schools,
though
the
the
step
system
they
instituted
last
year,
decompresses
the
steps
so
that
my
understanding
there's
no
no
two
years
that
are
sharing
the
same
step
anymore,
some
of
the
localities.
You
reference
still
have
that
issue.
F
They
may
have
raised
a
starting
salary,
but
they
don't
progress
as
fast
as
as
we
do
we're
continuing
to
work
with
the
schools
to
put
monies
away
each
year
in
surplus,
so
sometimes
things
that
may
be
needs
during
the
budget
process.
We
actually
in
the
summer
time
into
the
school's
credit
they
save
their
nickels
and
dimes
as
well
as
we
do,
and
we
try
and
reinvest
all
of
that
back
in
to
get
some
things
done.
F
H
Certainly,
above
my
pay
grade
to
know
where
you
know
you
can
find
the
funds-
and
I
appreciate
you
creating
the
reductions.
Most
of
us
are
also
you
know,
residents,
we
pay
the
taxes
as
well.
So
we
appreciate
that
care
and
I
don't
know
we
are
very
heavily
residential
county
and
I
know
that
we
are
trying
to
diversify
in
some
ways
and
there's
some
resistance,
and
I
don't
know
what
the
answer
is.
H
But
people
are
going
to
move
here
and
want
to
remain
here
with
the
quality
of
their
schools,
the
educators
that
are
there
and
you
know
continuing
forward.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
help.
You
know
that
the
quality
of
our
schools
are
maintained
and
and
and
you
keep
the
people
that
you
currently
have.
A
I'm
just
going
to
append
on
on
that,
because
there's
certainly
we
want
to
keep
the
quality
of
schools
too.
In
fact,
we
want
to
enhance
it
and
when
we
take
a
look
at
some
of
the
things
that
have
been
in
our
radar
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
I
mean
one
of
the
things
that
kind
of
was
very
quiet,
was
a
58
million
dollar
major
maintenance
bond
package
in
the
fall
of
2020,
and
that
work
was
critical
at
a
lot
of
schools
and
replacing
hvac
equipment.
A
We
have
tried
to
be
smart.
In
fact,
I
got
off
the
phone
with
a
reporter
from
the
new
york
times
last
week,
who's
doing
a
story
on
how
chesterfield
has
used
arpa
funds
and
there.
This
report
is
very
interested
in
the
fact
that
some
of
these
funds
are
going
to
to
build
two
new
middle
schools
in
churchill,
county
and
many
of
the
localities
across
america
use
those
dollars
in
some
sort
of
an
operational
one-time
context,
but
we
recognize
the
value
of
one-time
monies
and
really
have
employed
them.
A
I
think
in
a
smart
way
to
support
the
school
system
and
I
think
many
of
the
slides
that
mr
oakley
presented
and
then
I
think
of
the
most
recent
event
with
three.
I
think
four
million
dollars
going
toward
our
school
bus
driver
pay,
which
has
apparently
eliminated
double
backs
in
the
county,
which
is
great
news.
A
As
the
srp
monies,
I
mean
I
as
I
as
I
like
to
joke.
I
still
have
ptsd
from
that
whole
discussion
that
took
a
lot
of
time
and
energy,
but
the
fact
that
we
freed
up
10
million
dollars
annually
for
operational
items
for
the
school
system
is
deeply
meaningful.
I
know
as
as
that
work
continues
and
then
it
sort
of
shapes
up
where
we
have
to
go.
E
My
name
is
justin
walker.
I
appreciate
you
all
being
here
tonight
a
little
bit
about
my
background.
I
am
a
member
of
the
chesterfield
county
public
schools,
environmental
stewardship
advisory
committee.
I
became
part
of
that
committee
because
I
have
about
a
20-year
history
in
the
energy
conservation
space,
but
I
don't.
I
don't
want
you
to
think
about
hugging
trees
when
I
say
that
I
work
specifically
with
school
districts,
municipalities
to
help
them
be
better
stewards
of
their
dollars,
which
directly
impacts
their
environmental
footprint.
E
E
E
Strictly
speaking
from
a
business
standpoint,
chesterfield
county
has
a
product
setting
aside
any
discussion
about
a
moral
obligation
or
do
it
for
the
children
or
these
teachers
are
pouring
their
hearts
out
just
strictly
talking
about
business.
Our
county
has
a
product
that
is
improving,
you're
correct,
mr
winslow,
when
you
said
we
are
making
improvements.
E
E
Our
county
is
investing
in
the
schools,
and
our
schools
are
doing
a
very
good
job
with
what
they
have.
In
my
opinion,
from
a
facilities
operations
standpoint
I'll
grant
fully.
I
know
very
little
about
teacher
pay
and
competitiveness
and
on
that
side
and
those
aspects,
but
from
what
I've
seen
from
josh
davis,
who
I
can't
speak
enough
about,
they
are
doing
so
much
more
than
most
of
the
schools
that
I
see
in
my
20-year
career.
E
E
So
my
request
is
simply
that
we
use
surplus
to
fund
the
entire
budget
as
requested
for
the
operating
budget
for
chesterfield
county
as
as
the
board
the
school
board
has
proposed.
So
if
you
have
any
comments,
I'm
happy
to
to
respond,
but
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
tonight.
I
appreciate
you
all
being
here
on
a
monday
night
to
listen
to
us
speak.
Thank
you,
sir.
F
F
I
think
of
asset
value
is
once
we
get
that
foundational
element
as
part
of
the
budget,
then
that
momentum
then
can
also
then
be
leveraged
and
utilized
for
a
lot
of
the
other
things
that
are
for
the
school's
needs.
So
again,
thank
you
for
recognizing
mr
davis,
because
he
is
a
true
partner
and
we
recognize
him
as
well.
A
A
C
That's
been
several
years
in
the
making,
and
the
county
has
finally
achieved
that
we
actually
spoke
to
that
in
a
slide
on
our
capital
improvement
program,
work
session
with
the
board
of
supervisors.
If
anybody
would
like
to
go
back
and
and
reference
that,
but
those
efforts,
while
while
we
were
trying
to
achieve
that
within
the
budget
cycles,
the
the
board
wanted
to
achieve
it
faster.
So
that
is
why
those
one-time
funds
were
identified
and
then,
as
we
go
further
into
future
budget
cycles,
we
will
be
keeping
that
as
a
priority
to
maintain
the
policy
level.
F
And
just
as
a
reference
to
the
to
business
practices,
the
the
two
and
a
half
percent,
it
really
equates
to
a
an
accounting
standard
of
a
40-year,
useful
life
of
a
building
depreciated
life
of
a
building.
So
two
and
a
half
percent
is
really
you're,
always
over
the
course
of
the
40
years.
You've
reinvested,
100
percent
in
essence,
to
try
and
maintain
a
facility
to
the
degree.
That
is
if
it
was
new
and
that's
that's
the
roof.
That's
the
hvac
systems
electrical
and
plumbing,
maybe
parking
lot
maintenance
and
some
grounds
maintenance
of
a
capital
nature.
F
A
A
I
Hey
hi,
my
name
is
laura
abbott
and
my
daughter
goes
to
tomahawk
and
currently
tomahawk
has
the
mega
trailer,
but
then
they
also
have
five
in
the
back,
and
I
was
wondering
what
the
county
has
in
mind:
to
get
rid
of
the
trailers
and
to
move
students
into
quality
buildings
that,
I
believe,
would
attract
more
people
to
our
county
and
improve
our
school
conditions.
I
don't
believe
that
the
trailers
are
safe
for
kids.
I
I
believe
there's
a
threat
from
unfortunately
school
shootings
and
other
things,
if
you're
in
a
trailer
they're,
not
very
sturdy,
they're,
not
it's
not
like.
They
have
thick
walls,
and
so
I
don't
really
like
the
fact
that
my
child
is
going
in
and
out
of
a
building,
she's
zoned
to
go
to
cosby.
They
have
13
trailers,
they're
zoned,
to
get
another
one
of
the
mega
trailers
next
year.
I'm
not
sure
how
many
more
of
the
trailers
they're
going
to
be
keeping.
I
A
Well,
I
think
I
appreciate
that
question.
What
we
have
tried
to
do
is
position
this
upper
magnolia
zoning
case,
which
is
forthcoming
to
include
a
new
middle
school
site
that
will
be
a
reliever
school
for
falling.
For.
Excuse
me,
tomahawk
creek,
falling
creek,
falling
creek
is
out
in
mr
holland's
district,
but
they're
both
being
built
simultaneously.
A
So
hopefully
we
will
have
some
closure
to
that
topic,
at
least
from
a
zoning
perspective.
Now
the
county
currently
owns
that
land.
So
all
of
the
items
that
you
would
ordinarily
expect
to
be
performed
on
a
new
school
in
middle
school,
high
school
elementary
school
such
as
environmental
wetlands,
and
what
we
do
to
prepare
a
site.
We
are
doing
all
of
that
in
advance
so
that
we
are
ready
to
go
that
we
are
locked
and
loaded
and
ready
to
start
construction.
A
So
it
will
take
some
time.
I
would
note
that
the
number
of
trailers
system-wide
has
been
going
down
as
the
new
schools
that
we
have
being
been
built
are
going
up
and
I
think
we
just
opened
had
the
ribbon
cutting
for
etric
recently
and
so
we're
trying
to
add
capacity
where
we
can
eliminate
the
trailers
where
we
can
and
and
this
this
one
has
been
on
my
radar
for
for
four
years,
so
we're
trying
to
get
it
done
as
soon
as
possible.
A
With
the
understanding
that
you
know
there
is
a
public
comment
in
an
input
component
with
any
zoning
case
and
any
zoning
matter,
and
so
I
think
we're
we're
working
through
those
items,
and
I
mean
that's.
The
long-term
solution
is
to
put
up
another
school
short-term
solutions.
You
know,
I
think
we're
going
to
have
to
try
to
be
creative
until
we
get
that
school
school
built.
I
A
A
There
is
a
high
school
slated
for
that
same
zoning
case.
It
will
probably
not
be
near
the
middle
and
the
elementary
so
we're
looking.
I
think,
there's
been
some
discussions
about
where
to
place
the
high
school
that's
out
in
the
mateoga
district,
but
there
will
be
another
high
school
spot
out
there
as
well
to
provide
relief
to
cosby.
A
A
I
I
As
a
citizen,
I
want
to
know
that
chesterfield
is
going
to
have
quality
schools
that
are
fully
funded
and
our
students
per
pupil
expenditure
not
be
at
the
you
know
baseline.
I
understand
that
there
is
a
discrepancy,
but
I
don't
think
it's
that
big
of
a
discrepancy.
So
if
we
want
our
county
to
be
a
quality
county,
then
we
need
to
put
forth
the
investment.
So
thank
you.
A
F
And
I'll
also
add
to
it.
If
it
wasn't
clear
in
the
budget,
I
realize
the
budget's
a
big
document,
we're
working
with
the
schools
actually
for
about
25
000
square
feet
at
ctc
hull.
That
is
right
now,
part
of
you
know.
Half
of
their
school
headquarters
to
work
on
a
consolidated
school
headquarters
will
bring
a
lot
more
efficiencies
and
economies
of
scale,
but
once
that
space
is
freed
up
at
ctc
hull,
then
hundreds
more
can
be
served
at
that
school,
not
necessarily
one
to
one
for
the
cosby
ratio
that
was
referenced
but
again
anytime.
F
A
A
E
E
F
You
don't
mind
before
and
I
meant
to
say,
while
you're
up
here,
I
encourage
you
to
look
at
the
environmental
stewardship
website
of
the
county.
Okay,
we
try
and
go
through
all
the
topical
areas
of
again
trying
to
be
a
good
steward,
there's
a
business
to
being
a
good
steward
as
you
referenced,
and
I
think
we're
going
to
work
further
with
the
schools
also
have
some
of
their
information
embedded
as
a
one-stop
shopping.
If
you
will,
as
far
as
everything
that
involves
stewardship,
very
good.
E
E
They
had
been
around
for
not
not
terribly
long,
I
think
just
one
year
prior
to
that.
Maybe
two
and
one
of
their
first
initiatives
was
to
recommend
to
the
board
that
we
try
to
remove
the
trailers.
I
think
that
was
one
of
the
probably
their
biggest
thing
that
they
talked
about
the
first
year
or
two
that
they
were
in
in
business
and
the
that
was
at
some
point.
There
was
a
there
were
survey
data
to
help
them
back
up.
That
sentiment.
E
An
interesting
part
about
that
data,
though,
was
that
there
were
some
schools
that
were
reporting
that
they
prefer
the
trailers
simply
because
the
facility
that
they
would
otherwise
be
in
is
just
that
bad.
I
I
love
that.
I
live
in
a
part
of
the
county
that
has
schools
where
we
have
the
opposite
problem
right,
but
I
think
it's
really
really
important.
E
For
us,
when
we
think
about
attracting
people
to
our
county
that
we
think
about
that
aspect
of
instead
of
let's
just
get
rid
of
all
the
trailers,
let's
make
sure
that
we're
taking
them
out
of
the
trailer
and
putting
them
into
a
school
that
people
want
to
to
come
and
join.
So
again.
Thank
you
just
a
quick
follow-up.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
A
I'll
say
for
purposes
of
full
disclosure
I
had
third,
fourth
and
fifth
grade
in
a
trailer
and
certainly
from
a
school
safety
task
force
standpoint.
We
do
think
that
keeping
everybody
in
the
same
building
is
a
safer
statement
and
something
that
we
need
to
work
toward
countywide
to
the
extent
possible.
D
D
But
when
you
take
a
hard
look
at
what
the
national
average
is,
it's
highly
skewed
by
five
or
so
top
states,
and
what
that
does.
Is
that
really
distorts
the
true
picture
in
states
like
virginia
a
much
better
metric?
Is
the
median
teacher
pay
okay
by
state
which
tends
to
to
marginalize
these
states
that
are
way
out
at
the
end
of
the
curve,
with
with
significantly
higher
pay
and
after
reading,
through
several
several
studies,
many
studies.
What
I
had
settled
on
here
is
two
studies.
D
One
is
from
adp,
which
is
a
massive
company
that
does
hr
services
payrolls.
They
have
access
to
hundreds
of
school
districts.
You
know
you
know
tens
of
thousands
of
companies
and
they
put
out
a
a
teacher's
salary
situation,
and
now
this
is
slightly
dated
we're
going
back
to
maybe
20
21
okay,
but
in
the
in
the
adp
study
we
see
that
virginia
is
rate.
This
is
for
starting
salaries
too.
We
also
see
a
lot
of
information,
that's
being
distorted
based
on
max.
D
You
know
the
high
end
of
teacher
salaries
versus
starting
salaries
versus
the
different
kind
of
teachers.
I
mean
we
have
a
have
a
problem
in
that
right
now
we're
seeing
a
real
need
for
math
teachers,
a
real
need
for
science,
teachers
and
a
lot
of
these
people
may
be
soaked
up
in
industry
because
of
the
general
shortage
of
of
qualified
labor
all
over
the
place.
D
But
in
this
in
this
adp
study,
we
see
that
that
virginia
out
of
the
50
states-
and
I
want
to
go
by
states
versus
national
average,
because
national
average
is
is-
is
skewing
this
and
it's
it's
quite
frankly,
it's
it's
not
a
legitimate
number
to
to
use
as
a
metric.
Because
of
this
this,
this
huge
skewing
by
just
a
few
states,
but
what
we
do
in
the
edp
study
is
I
see
that
virginia's
ranked
15th
out
of
50
states.
D
In
addition
to
that,
I
looked
at
a
it's
big
study
here
done
by
indeed,
which
is
a
big
big
online
hiring
operation
on
tens
of
millions
of
jobs
and
they've
gone
back
and
they've
actually
gone
to
the
bureau
of
labor
statistics
and
done
their
numbers
and
the
reason
I
picked.
These
two
is
because
I
I
really
don't
see
that
they
have
any
agenda.
They're,
just
big
operations
with
a
lot
of
data
points,
a
lot
of
numbers
and
in
the
indeed
study
this
is
going
back
a
year
or
two
also
virginia's
ranked
number
12..
D
In
fact,
in
all
these
studies,
all
the
credible
studies
I
saw
every
one
of
them
shows
that
virginia
state
salaries.
Now,
obviously
that's
going
to
vary
we're
going
to
get
high
salaries
in
northern
virginia.
I
think
the
highest
was
was
6
000
over
some
of
the
lowest
we're
looking
at
certain
counties,
maybe
southwestern
virginia,
where
salaries
are,
are
very,
very
low,
but
in
no
case
are
they
below.
D
D
A
A
G
Good
evening
dr
casey,
mr
winslow,
it's
nice
to
see
you
both
again.
Thank
you
guys
for
being
here
this
evening
to
go
through
this
process
with
us.
My
name
is
lindy
walker.
I
have
three
kids
that
well
one
that
graduated
from
churchill
county
public
schools
last
year
and
two
who
are
still
in
the
school
system.
G
I
want
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
about
the
teachers
that
my
kids
have
been
very
privileged
to
have
in
the
school
system
here
when
my
family
was
making
a
decision
to
relocate
to
virginia
15
years
ago
now
the
only
child
we
had
at
the
time
was
two.
The
school
system
was
a
big
deal
to
us.
It
was
what
drew
us
to
chesterfield
county
to
come.
Look
in
the
first
place,
looking
at
the
scores
for
the
local
schools
and,
frankly,
seeing
how
much
better
they
were
than
the
education.
G
We
grew
up
in
fort
worth,
but
and
not
to
say
that
we
didn't
get
good
educations
there,
but
the
quality
of
education
that
my
children
have
had
here
versus
what
we
had
growing
up
is
just
astonishingly
different,
and
I
think,
that's
due
in
large
part
to
the
faculty
that
you
guys
have
in
the
buildings
here.
I,
my
kids,
have
had
more
truly
astounding
and
wonderful
teachers
like
I'd
start.
G
Throwing
off
names
like
justin
did
earlier
with
the
ceo,
but
I'm
kind
of
afraid
that
I'm
gonna
forget
someone,
because
there
have
been
so
many
across
three
kids,
but
the
buildings
are
overcrowded
and
the
teachers
are
working
very,
very
hard
to
cover
for
other
teachers
that
are
not
there.
We
are
seeing
people
leaving
not
only
our
school
system
but
leaving
the
profession
after
the
stresses
of
the
last
two
years.
G
I
just
got
an
email
from
one
of
my
son's
teachers
a
couple
weeks
ago
that
he's
decided
to
go
work
in
the
private
sector,
and
I
don't
really
know
how
they're
going
to
cover
that
class,
because
I
haven't
asked
anyone,
but
it's
a
real
problem
that
our
schools
are
facing,
so
giving
them
the
tools
to
be
able
to
recruit
whether
salary
surveys
say.
I
mean
yes,
you
can
manipulate
data
six
ways
from
sunday
and
make
it
say
what
you
want
to
say.
G
We
have
to
be
competitive
with
the
other
counties
around
here
in
order
to
continue
to
attract
the
kind
of
talent
that
are
going
to
make
people
who
live
across
the
country.
Look
at
our
schools
and
say
this
is
where
we
want
to
raise
our
kids,
let's
move
there,
which
in
turn
is
going
to
bring
the
kind
of
businesses
that
you
guys
want
to
have
here,
because
they
want
to
know
that
they're
going
to
have
an
employee
base
to
draw
from
if
they're
going
to
build
here.
G
A
One
thing
I
I
do
think
is
important
to
note
is
that
we
don't
have
final
numbers
yet
from
the
state.
The
you
know,
they're
going
back
into
session
here,
for
I
guess
another
two
more
weeks
for
a
bonus
session.
I'm
glad
I'm
not
going
down
there,
but
they
are.
You
know
they
are
trying
to
work
out.
I
think
a
three
billion
dollar
gap.
A
I
read,
so
we
don't
have
final
state
numbers,
and
I
know
that
our
chair
and
vice
chair
on
from
the
boards,
the
board
board
of
supervisors
and
the
school
board
are
going
to
be
meeting
soon
and
discussing
some
of
these
items
further,
and
I
agree
with
everything
you
just
said.
So
the
great
resignation
as
it
were
is
real
and
I
think
the
last
couple
years
have
been
hard
on
every
single
person
everybody's
carrying
a
some
kind
of
a
load,
whether
it's
something
that's
happening
to
family
or
friends
or
or
what
have
you.
A
The
pandemic
has
has
created
a
situation
for
for
everybody,
and
I
am
proud
of
our
division
in
setting
aside
monies
for
loss
of
learning.
I
think
they've
done
a
good
job
with
that
and
that
I
know
that
effort
will
extend
into
next
year
and
I'm
grateful
for
that
because
it's
it's
been
a
tough
time
for
learning
and
we
do
have
to
keep
an
eye
on
academics.
So
your
point
about
businesses
being
attracted
to
chesterfield
is
taken
and
is
absolutely
correct.
A
F
F
So
when,
when
a
governor
or
the
state
announces
a
raise
for
teachers,
it's
only
recognizing
the
teachers
in
a
state
formula,
not
the
chesterfield
teachers
and,
I
think,
there's
over
800
plus
teachers
that
we
employ
today
that
are
not
recognized
by
the
state
because
they're,
above
whatever
the
minimum
standards
of
the
state,
are,
and
we
don't
want
to
teach
to
a
minimum
standard.
So
we
have
to
come
up
locally
with
the
funds,
sometimes
to
match
what
the
state
is
doing.
F
And
even
when
the
state
says
there
is
a
certain
raise,
it's
a
raise
based
upon
what
they
deem
a
teacher
salary
should
be
and
the
benefits
of
a
teacher
salary,
not
what
we
do
so
there's
an
inherent
challenge
in
just
keeping
up
with
the
state
machine
that
doesn't
recognize
all
of
us.
But
I
know
mr
winslow
and
the
entire
board
was
part
of
a
state
delegation
meeting
last
fall
and
that
was
topic
number
one.
A
What
kind
of
sense
does
this
make
and
it's
the
same
thing
with
our
constitutional
officers
sheriff
you
know,
commonwealth
attorney,
and
we
hear
from
them
every
budget
cycle
that
they
have
needs
that
aren't
being
met
by
their
funding
formulas
at
the
state,
and
so
really.
Both
boards
have
come
together
in
a
united
front
to
combat
what
I
think
can
only
be
labeled
an
unfunded
mandate
at
this
point
and-
and
you
know,
ask
them
to
not-
you
know,
institute
any
more
unfunded
mandates
when
they
go
down
there
for
session.
A
So
this
is
something
that
I
think
is
it's
a
long
game
if
you
will
with
with
our
state,
but
I
I
am
hopeful
and
based
on
some
of
the
comments.
I'm
hearing
it
sounds
like
some
of
the
positions
may
be
expanded
in
terms
of
what
they're
going
to
fund
in
the
way
of
increases.
So
we'll
we'll
see,
I
guess
when
we
get
the
final
product
out
of
the
conference
committee
down
there,
but
again
points
well
taken
to
thank
you,
joe.
A
I
think
there
may
have
been
one
more
question,
but
I
don't
want
to
shortchange
anybody.
Did
you
have
one
ma'am,
you
good?
Okay,
all
right?
Well,
I
don't
have
anyone
else
online
again.
So
what
I
want
to
do
is
just
put
this
road
ahead
slide
back
up.
If
you
have
it,
I
don't
know
if
you
still
have
that
road
ahead.
A
These
are
the
other
community
meetings
yet
to
come
march,
16th
in
bermuda.
Of
course,
it's
all
right
here,
march
21st
march
22nd,
and
so
you
can
tune
in
at
home.
If
you
you
want
to
do
it
on
your
couch,
you
can
do
that
and
then
march
23rd.
We
have
our
public
hearings
and
then
slated
for
april
6
budget
adoption
and
I
guess
we'll
find
out
over
the
next
two
weeks.
What
happens
downtown?