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Description
FY 2024 Virtual Budget Community Meeting - March 16, 2023
A
All
right,
good
evening
and
Welcome
to
our
virtual
budget
community
meeting
on
FY
2024's,
Chesterfield
County's
proposed
operating
and
capital
budgets,
my
name
name
is
Gerard
Durkin
and
I
am
Chesterfield.
County's
budget
director
I
will
be
walking
through
both
the
operating
and
capital
plans
this
evening
and
then
with
a
question
and
answer
session
at
the
end,
so
we
have
quite
a
few
slides
to
get
through.
So,
let's
start
rolling.
A
So
the
first
strategy
you
see
is
this
time
of
year
is
usually
the
busiest
for
us
and
it's
probably
the
most
publicized,
but
two
main
things
from
this
chart
that
I
hope
that
people
take
away
is
that
you
know
this
budget
is
a
year-round
process
and
you
can
see
on
there
there's
about
20
plus
boxes
of
various
moving
Parts.
They
go
into
building
this
budget
between
us
as
a
county,
the
school
board
and
the
state.
A
At
this
point
they
have
not
passed
a
budget
and
we
do
not
know
when
that
will
happen,
and
that
is
actually
really
impacting
what
we
can
do
both
for
us
on
the
county
side
and
on
the
school
side,
and
we
are
hopeful
that
in
the
next
few
weeks
that
the
state
will
actually
pass
its
budget.
But
until
then
we
can
have
remained
in
limbo
and
is
really
particular
emphasis
on
the
school
side.
What
that's
happening
as
I'll
talk
through
as
we
go
through
the
rest
of
this
presentation.
A
So
the
chart
you
see
before
you
is
the
proposed
budget
for
All
funds,
and
most
emphasis
traditionally
has
been
on
the
general
fund
for
the
county
and
the
school
operating
fund
for
the
skills
side,
but
Chesterfield
as
a
whole,
as
one
organization
is
actually
a
1.9
billion
dollar
budget
and
for
FY
2024.
That
is
an
increase
of
about
167
million
or
just
a
little
under
nine
and
a
half
percent,
as
you
can
see,
they
are
by
far
the
largest
component
of
this
budget
is
the
schools
at
50.4
percent
or
in
dollar
terms,
977.1
million.
A
The
next
orange
blocks
have
been
split
in
half,
that
is
the
general
fund
exclusive
of
what
we
transfer
to
skills
and
two
things.
I
will
point
out
here:
Public
Safety,
primarily
police,
fire
and
Sheriff,
take
up
about
240.9
million
dollars
of
the
budget
or
about
12.8
percent,
with
the
other
general
fund
departments
about
over
13
total
from
Parks
Library
Social
Services,
accounting
for
about
330
million
and
the
other
big
block
that
you
can
see
on.
There
is
utilities
those
are
not
derived
from
taxis,
but
on
user
fees
for
water
and
wastewater
services.
A
Now
before
moving
into
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
the
operating
budget,
there
are
a
couple
of
things
that
I
would
like
to
talk
about
in
terms
of
school
expenditures,
and
this
chart
has
been
going
around
for
a
while.
It's
part
of
the
superintendent's
budget,
and
but
there
are
a
couple
of
things.
I
would
like
to
point
out
in
this
chart.
A
First
of
all,
the
you
can
see
on
the
left
of
the
chart.
We
have
a
lot
of
Northern
Virginia
localities
within
this
chart
that
drags
up
the
average
spending
per
pupil.
It
doesn't
matter
if
it's
on
schools,
if
it's
in
general
fund,
if
it's
on
cost
of
living,
if
it's
in
the
private
sector,
Northern
Virginia,
just
by
virtue
of
its
size
and
cost
of
living,
will
drag
any
average
any
table
that
you
look
up.
A
If
you
include
us
as
a
regent
in
there,
so
it
disproportionately
increases
that
level
and,
for
example,
teacher
salaries
in
Northern
Virginia
are
in
the
70
to
80
000
range
and
down
in
this
area
is
a
lot
lower.
It's
in
the
50
000
range
to
get
to
that
equivalency.
You
would
actually
need
to
raise
our
real
estate
rate
by
20
cents
just
to
match
that
again,
it's
just
no
matter
what
metric
you
look
at
skill
spending,
government
spending
private
sector
spending.
You
have
to
take
into
Regional
disparities.
A
Second,
the
chart
is
actually
from
2021.
We
are
now
going
into
the
fiscal
year
2024
budget-
that
is
a
three-year
time
lag.
That
is
the
latest
data
out
there.
If
you
want
to
go
and
look
at
the
Virginia
Department
of
education's
superintendent
Report
website,
2022
report
is
being
compiled,
but
it
is
not
available
yet
so,
while
this
doesn't
really
take
into
effect,
is
that
the
skill
budget
since
2021
to
what's
being
proposed
now
is
actually
grown,
207
million
dollars
or
27?
A
That
is
a
large
number
that
is
not
factoring
into
that
average
per
pupil
spending
and
then
to
start
saying
they'd
like
to
point
out
is
that
the
chart
from
before
this
one
here
is
focusing
on
the
pair
people
for
regular
day
spending,
but
just
like
everything
else
be
in
your
personal
expenditures.
There
are
other
expenditures,
Beyond
day-to-day,
that
you
have
to
factor
into
your
budgets.
A
That
will
impact
your
spending
and
it
is
no
different
on
the
skill
side
on
the
same
report
which
is
table
13
I
encourage
people
to
go
there
and
look
at
it
once
you
factor
in
those
other
expenditures,
primarily
Debt
Service
we've
made
a
heavy
investment
in
our
facilities
for
both
security
and
schools.
We
pay
debt
service
on
that,
just
like
teacher
salaries
that
ought
to
factor
in
to
the
average
per
people
spending.
A
Once
you
take
those
into
account,
you
see
that
10
902
average
spend
for
us
actually
jumped
up
to
about
14
441
dollars
per
pupil.
Once
you
remove
again
those
Northern
Virginia
localities,
you
can
see
that
we
are
actually
really
in
the
middle
of
the
pack
compared
to
our
regional
Peels
and
there's
been
a
statistics
being
floating
around
that
you
know
looking
at
that,
previous
chart.
A
But
just
like
I
said
earlier,
with
the
conversation,
the
investment
in
schools
is
a
year-round
process
and
over
the
last
few
years
this
board
has
made
some
unprecedented
investments
in
education.
These
are
the
four
main
ones
that
you
see
before
you.
We
in
2021
the
county
was
able,
due
to
virtue
of
its
conservative
budgeting
practices,
to
be
able
to
go
to
the
market,
to
borrow
58
million
dollars
to
invest
in
major
maintenance.
There
was
a
lot
of
major
maintenance
issues
in
the
schools
over
the
last
few
years.
A
A
There's
quite
a
lot
of
information
on
this
slide
again,
it's
a
year-run
process.
I
will
not
go
through
everything,
but
the
support
for
schools
does
go
beyond
that.
One
line,
item,
transfer
and
I
will
point
out
a
couple
of
them
on
here:
the
contribution
to
the
skills,
supplemental
retirement
program.
That
program
was
severely
underfunded.
Just
six
years
ago
it
was
about
16.67
funded
the
markets,
typically
like
those
plans
to
be
funded
at
80
and
above
so,
as
you
can
see,
just
on
a
pure
arithmetic
basis.
A
A
lot
of
federal
monies
fall
down
from
the
county
in
schools
from
the
federal
government.
Over
the
last
two
years,
schools
received
their
own
funds,
as
well
as
the
county,
the
board
elected,
to
divert
53
million
dollars
of
his
own
allocation
to
the
schools.
On
top
of
what
the
schools
received
so
again,
unprecedented
amounts.
That's
been
invested
in
the
school
system
over
the
last
three
years.
A
So
the
chart
you
see
before
you
is
the
recurring
increased
transfer
to
schools
as
say
in
fiscal
year
24.
It
is
proposed
to
be
383.4
million
dollars.
That
is
an
increase
of
20
million
dollars
over
last
year's
budget,
and
the
chart
really
shows
the
comparison
of
what's
happened
over
the
last
few
years
from
fiscal
year
2017
through
fiscal
year
2020,
the
average
increase
in
the
transfer
was
about
8.4
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year
21
when
we
had
the
covert
recession.
A
And
then,
in
the
last
three
years,
there's
been
a
nice
Step
Up
of
18
million
dollars
to
19
to
20
and
I
will
point
out
that
in
fiscal
year,
23
that
27
million
dollar
investment
in
the
school's
retirement
plan
actually
freed
up
expenditure
capacity
on
the
skill
side
of
about
10.9
million
dollars.
That
does
not
show
up
on
the
transfer.
A
So
where
are
we
right
now
in
terms
of
the
school's
funding
Gap?
Well,
when
the
superintendent
originally
proposed
his
budget,
it
stood
at
16
million
dollars,
based
on
the
information
that
we
knew
at
the
time
working
with
our
school
friends
and
looking
at
our
own
resources
and
what
we
could
afford
to
do.
The
county
was
able
to
come
up
with
an
additional
three
million
dollars
to
increase
the
plan
transfer
of
17
million
dollars
to
twenty.
A
We
did
that
through
a
variety
of
means,
but
one
of
them
was
kind
of
doing
a
two-tier
implementation
of
additional
funding
stuff
for
the
county.
We
then
worked
with
our
school
friends
to
look
at
their
budget
and
recognized
that
there
was
some
one-time
operating
costs
in
their
budget.
We,
as
an
organization
said
we
have
helped
you
in
the
past.
This
is
a
one-time
cost
that
we
will
be
able
to
pick
up
moving
forward,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
invest
an
additional
five
million
dollars
in
that
as
well.
A
So,
right
now
that
16
million
dollar
Gap
is
actually
eight
million
dollars.
We
are
hopeful
at
this
juncture
that
the
state
will
come
through
with
the
additional
eight
million
dollars,
but
as
I
say,
the
county
is
stepped
up
and
covered
half
of
the
Gap.
Both
the
Board
of
Supervisors
and
the
school
board
have
sent
letters
to
their
state
delegation,
encouraging
them
to
basically
meet
us
in
the
middle.
We
have
put
down
50
percent
of
the
Gap.
We
are
asking
and
encouraging
the
state
to
meet
us
to
close
the
remaining
50
Gap.
A
So
one
of
the
things
over
the
last
few
years
is
the
effects
of
inflation
and
real
estate
values
and
personal
property
values
have
affected
everyone,
not
just
in
this
County
but
around
the
country
and
the
board
recognizing
the
impacts
of
these
on
our
citizens
have
enacted
basically
the
largest
tax
relief
program
in
the
County's
history.
You
can
see
all
of
the
major
tax
relief
categories
that
the
board
has
enacted
over
the
last
three
years.
A
Most
of
them
are
recurring
in
nature,
with
some
one-time
investments
in
there
too,
but
it's
really
been
targeted
across
all
sectors
in
the
community,
from
our
businesses
to
our
homeowners
to
personal
property
owners,
as
well
as
our
elderly
and
senior
citizens
in
the
community.
I'll
touch
on
a
couple
of
these
real
estate.
Last
year,
the
board
cut
the
real
estate
rate
from
95
cents
to
92
cents
in
the
proposed
budget
that
is
before
them
today.
A
A
Unsurprisingly,
the
labor
market
across
all
sectors,
public,
private
and
non-profit-
has
been
extremely
tight
in
the
last
few
years.
It's
been
extremely
competitive,
those
that
we
have
traditionally
compete
with.
We
are
now
also
competing
with
those
who
we
have
not
traditionally
competed
with.
To
that
end,
to
retain
the
best
and
brightest
in
the
workforce.
This
board
has
made
unprecedented
investments
in
the
workforce,
specifically
in
three
areas:
one
in
public
safety.
A
They
have
implemented
a
stat
plan
over
the
last
three
years
that
has
cost
about
26.3
million
dollars
for
the
general
government
and
there's
been
targeted.
Wage
increases
from
hard
to
fill
positions
from
custodians
to
accountants.
Last
year,
that
was
a
15
million
dollar
investment
in
the
workforce
and
in
fiscal
year
24
recognizing
we
couldn't
do
everything
in
one
year
and
this
year
does
include
additional
enhancements
in
compensation.
A
The
general
government
people
has
two
phases.
The
second
phase
is
investment
is
about
7.9
million
dollars
and
then
the
public
safety
pay
enhancements
in
order
to
keep
up
with
the
regional
peers
are
going
to
increase
the
starting
salaries
by
about
10
percent,
which
will
be
an
additional
9.2
million
dollar
investment
in
our
Public
Safety
Workforce.
A
So
really
quickly.
You
can
see
two
charts
on
the
table
here.
One
is
the
regional
teacher
salary.
You
can
see
over
the
30-year
career
of
a
teacher.
It
actually
pays
to
stay
here
in
Chesterfield.
They
will
earn
the
most
compared
to
original
peers
in
Hanover
and
Henrico,
and
right
now,
the
same
with
police
officers.
I'm
from
recruits
all
the
way
through
up
the
senior
ranks
we
are
now
the
leader
in
public
safety
pay
as
well,
so
once
you've
made
all
those
investments
in
education
and
tax
relief
and
in
the
workforce
what's
left
for
additional
services.
A
Well,
in
short,
there
was
about
point
four
percent
left
that
raised
about
four
million
dollars,
and
so
we
approached
this
in
a
pragmatic,
sustainable
fashion,
recognizing
that
our
schools
needed
additional
funds.
We
decided
to
split
these
additional
investments
into
two
waves:
the
first
wave
costing
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
effective,
July
1,
with
the
second
wave
of
Investments
coming
in
on
January
1st
2024
right
now.
A
Unsurprisingly,
you've
seen
in
the
headlines
there's
kind
of
some
conflicting
economic
data
out
there
that,
coupled
with
transferring
water
or
schools,
mainly,
we
took
a
kind
of
pragmatic,
sustainable
approach
to
Investments
over
the
next
five-year
Horizon.
So
what
are
some
of
the
highlights
of
those
Investments?
A
The
first
one
is
that
we
are
going
to
be
merging
our
constituent
services
and
Communications
and
media
departments
into
one
constituent
and
Media
Services
Department
there's
been
diminishing
local
news
coverage
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
so
to
promote
transparency
and
direct
Outreach
and
engagement.
We
have
put
in
this
budget
this
proposal
to
merge
two
departments.
On
top
of
that,
it
does
include
additional
funding
and
resources
for
a
web
quality
assurance
analyst
to
make
sure
that
the
website
remains
up
to
date
and
is
laid
out
for
Citizens.
A
So
they
can
easily
navigate
the
government
website
to
see
what
is
going
on
in
the
local
government,
be
it
the
budget
or
planning
Etc.
Secondly,
there's
a
photographer
and
then
lastly,
a
digital
content,
creator
assisting
with
creating
content
for
the
County's
social
media
platforms,
as
well
as
the
podcast
websites
and
digital
campaigns
all
to
promote
transparency
and
direct
Outreach
with
the
community,
especially
as
an
example
like
events
like
tonight,
and
the
other
community
meetings
we've
had
on
this
budget
throughout
this
process.
A
The
county
has
stepped
back
with
the
cvwme
contract.
It
does
recognize
the
potential
burdens
that
that
could
have
on
the
citizens.
To
that
end,
we
are
expanding
our
recycling
efforts
across
the
community.
We
are
going
to
be
returning
to
seven
day
operations
at
both
Convenience
centers
in
the
community.
There
will
be
funding
to
improve
access
and
streamlining
to
recycling
areas
within
those
convenience
centers
and
around
our
Park
system.
A
We
will
be
expanding
free
drop-off
recycling
to
designated
County
Parks
there'll,
be
free,
seasonal,
residential
Leaf
disposal,
and
we
are
exploring
other
opportunities
for
grant
funding
to
be
able
to
fund
this
at
little
to
no
cost
to
the
community.
If
we
can
receive
such
the
funding
for
Public
Safety,
in
addition
to
the
investments
in
compensation,
there
are
two
main
things
that
would
draw
people's
attention
to
here
and
we
are
going
to
be
fully
Staffing
the
fire
and
EMS
Department
by
adding
36
positions
to
address
at
minimum
Staffing.
A
They
have
worked
a
lot
of
overtime
in
cases.
It
has
been
mandatory
over
time
that
creates
bordner
issues
and
morale
issues.
This
budget
goes
ahead
and
adds
36
positions
to
the
fire
department
to
bring
them
up
to
that
minimum
Staffing
level.
That
will
then
allow
them
to
maintain
the
world-class
services
that
they
provide.
Secondly,
the
police,
real-time
crime
center,
with
the
federal
funding
that
we
received
two
years
ago,
we
actually
capitalized
and
set
up
and
stood
up.
A
I
should
say
a
real-time
crime
Center
and
tell
by
the
police
department
to
focus
on
real-time
incidents
that
were
happening
in
the
community
and
recognizing
that
the
federal
funding
was
one
time
in
nature.
We
knew
that
we'd
have
to
pick
up
the
costs
of
running
that
Center
fiscal
year.
2024's
budget
does
do
that
for
three
hundred
thousand
dollars,
primarily
for
subscription
to
data
analytics
programs.
A
So
that's
the
highlights
of
the
operating
budget.
Now,
moving
on
to
the
capital
Improvement
plan
spanning
fiscal
years
24
through
28.,
similar
to
the
all
expenditures
chart
that
we
read
through
on
the
operating
side.
This
is
the
expense
summary
for
the
general
government.
Cip
I
will
draw
your
attention
to
The
Orange
Box,
the
old
box
and
transportation
covers
both
of
those
POI
extension
is
the
largest
component
of
that
Transportation
investment
in
the
CIP
and
for
context.
The
board's
investment
in
transportation
projects
has
actually
tripled
since
fiscal
year
of
2020.
A
A
We
are
going
ahead
with
referendum
projects
starting
this
year
and
continuing
through
fiscal
year.
24
and
Beyond
I
will
go
through
what
those
particular
projects
are
in
a
few
slides,
but
by
the
end
of
this
Horizon,
this
Five-Year
Plan
by
2028
14
of
the
16
projects,
will
either
be
initiated
or
completed
with
90
of
that
funding
being
utilized
to
develop
the
facilities.
A
So
the
referendum
that
was
passed
in
November
was
passed
within
historic
76.
We
are
planning
to
go
to
the
market
to
issue
the
first
set
of
bonds.
This
may,
when
we
presented
this
plan
last
year,
the
referendum
spanned
five
years.
It
now
spans
seven
recognizing
those
continued
cost
pressures
out
there,
as
well
as
just
being
able
to
spread
these
projects
out
more
efficiently
over
a
wider
Horizon.
A
A
The
one
question
that
we
got
asked
throughout
this
process
when
we
were
talking
about
the
referendum
was
how
are
we
going
to
fund
it?
This
is
the
chart
you
see
before
you
with
the
debt
service.
This
is
just
for
the
county,
as
you
can
see,
is
being
financed
at
a
sustainable
level.
There
are
no
new
taxis
associated
with
this.
We
can
pay
for
these
costs
with
their
existing
resources,
The
Debt
Service,
the
way
we
have
structured.
A
Another
thing
that
we
hear
a
lot
is,
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
development
in
the
county.
Does
the
investment
in
the
capital
plan
and
infrastructure
keep
up
with
that,
and
the
short
answer
is
yes
and
we
went
back
and
looked
at
certificates
of
occupancy
that
have
been
issued.
All
the
way
back
to
1975
and
the
average
per
year
is
about
2500..
A
You
can
see
that
in
certain
parts
of
the
70s
80s
and
early
2000s
have
been
spikes
in
those
certificates
of
occupancy
as
resin
in
the
last
few
years,
but
as
you
can
see
with
the
latest
data
that
we
have
at
2022,
it's
pretty
much
bang
on
the
long
run
average
over
the
last
40
or
so
years.
So
back
to
a
more
sustainable
level.
A
We
are
confident
with
the
investment
in
the
capital
program,
we'll
be
able
to
keep
up
with
the
increased
and
population
growth
in
the
community.
So.
To
that
end,
we
utilize
an
in-house
program
called
Stratus,
it's
very
data-driven
program
and
also
a
variety
of
metrics
to
see.
Where
is
the
best
place
to
put
these
projects?
Where
is
essentially
the
best
bang
for
the
buck
for
this
investment?
So
we
looked
at
where
the
certificate
of
occupancies
were
issued.
You
can
see
the
heat
map
on
the
chart
before
you.
A
I
said
earlier,
the
CIP
has
a
historic
investment
in
transportation
and
for
context.
The
fiscal
year
2020
plan,
the
investment
in
transportation,
was
114
million
dollars.
This
proposed
Capital
plan
actually
triples
that
to
356.9
million
dollars,
there's
been
a
variety
of
new
Revenue
sources
that
have
been
able
to
Aid
in
this
investment.
As
that
earlier,
the
transfer
of
the
vehicle
registration
fee
solely
towards
Transportation
projects
is
one
another.
A
Large
one
is
the
Central
Virginia
Transportation
Authority
a
regional
tax
on
sales
and
use
tax,
as
well
as
wholesale
fuels,
which
has
allowed
us
to
really
jump
start
a
lot
of
our
investments
in
our
transportation
projects,
but
I
do
want
to
draw
attention
to
one
particular
Transportation
project
that
is
in
this
Capital
Improvement
plan
and
that's
the
0.8
Parkway
for
some
kind
of
background
information.
This
has
been
on
the
planning
books
since
1989..
It
was
on
there
as
a
dotted
line,
and
this
plan
is
actually
the
first
concrete
step
to
making
this
a
reality.
A
The
Envision
plan
is
to
take
it
from
where
it
currently
is
terminating
a
charter
Colony,
eventually
all
the
way
through
to
Hull
Street,
recognizing
that
we
cannot
absorb
that
entire
cost
alone.
The
two
phases
would
be
north
of
700
million
dollars.
Working
with
our
transportation
department
has
been
split
into
essentially
two
phases
phase.
One
is
a
two
and
a
quarter
mile
extension
from
will
Ridge
up
to
will
Ridge
Road
and
then,
with
the
second
phase,
going
from
there.
A
All
the
way
through
to
Hull
Street,
but
this
plan
is
the
first
plan
in
the
County's
history,
where
we
are
using
all
of
our
local
resources
to
fund
that
first
phase
extension
with
no
new
tools.
We
had
sought
Federal
funding.
The
federal
government
saw
fit
not
to
do
that.
Investment.
However,
going
back
to
drawing
board
and
using
our
creativity,
we
are
able
to
fully
fund
this
plan.
The
first
phase
costs
170
million
dollars.
A
The
funding
sources
of
the
Lord
are
going
to
blend
the
cvtma
component,
the
78.5
million.
There
is
a
special
assessment
District
up
there,
it's
about
five
cents
and
additional
real
estate
taxis
that
are
meant
to
be
used
for
transportation
projects
and
then.
Finally,
as
I
said
earlier,
with
that
way,
we
aggressively
pay
off
our
debt.
A
The
counties
already
went
ahead
and
invested
eight
million
dollars
in
the
second
phase
of
this
project
and
the
total
phase
of
that
is
approximately
going
to
be
about
just
over
400
million
dollars.
But
hopefully,
with
this
investment,
we
are
showing
our
state
and
federal
Partners
as
well
as
well
as
potential
business
Investments
that
we
are
open
for
business
and
that
we're
encouraging
investment
and
infrastructure
improvement
in
our
community.
A
So
what
she
said
about
unfunded
or
gaps
in
funding
with
the
school's
budget
is
no
different
on
our
side,
both
on
the
operating
and
the
capital
Improvement
program.
Just
for
some
context,
there
was
14.6
million
dollars
worth
of
requests
covering
45
positions
across
all
General
government
agencies
that
we
could
not
fund.
We
cannot
do
everything
in
one
go,
and
that
applies
both
to
skills
and
does
as
well
that
has
required
some
tough
discussions
as
well
as
looking
to
see
if
there's
other
ways
of
being
able
to
phase
this
in
over
a
multi-year
process.
A
Much
like
we
did
with
compensation
as
one
example.
If
we
can't
do
it
in
one
year,
we
look
at
other
ways
of
being
able
to
do
it.
All
of
these
requests
are
necessary
for
the
community,
but
just
given
the
resources
that
we
have
we're
trying
to
do
it
in
a
sustainable
conservative
manner,
then
on
the
CIP
I've
already
referenced
the
unfunded
Transportation
list,
but
other
projects,
the
unfunded
amount
for
those
was
about
851
million
dollars.
A
So
after
this
evening's
Facebook
meeting,
we
have
two
more
in-person
Community
meetings,
one
on
March
20th
at
the
Dale
District
in
Meadowbrook
High,
School,
March
21st
at
the
mentorica
district
at
the
new
matoika
elementary
school,
with
the
budget
public
hearing
on
March
22nd
and
then
April
5th
with
the
actual
final
budget
adoption.
However,
if
the
state
doesn't
come
through,
we
will
have
to
come
back
and
amend
that
if
there
are
significant
changes
prior
to
the
official
adoption
of
the
budget
being
enacted
on
July
1..
A
A
Okay,
so
the
first
question
is:
can
we
provide
more
information
on
the
real
estate
tax
relief
rebate
and
when
will
that
happen?
Well,
I'll
answer
the
second
part
of
that
question.
First,
it
will
happen
on
your
upcoming
June
5th
bill,
recognizing
the
inflated
values
of
both
housing
and
personal
property.
Last
year,
when
we
closed
out
our
fiscal
year,
2020
to
results,
the
board
directed
us
to
set
up
a
reserve
for
tax
relief
of
about
10
million
dollars.
They
charge
us
throughout
the
year,
just
like
everything
else
with
schools.
A
It's
a
year-round
process,
other
ways
that
we
can
provide
tax
relief,
either
one
time
or
recurring
in
nature,
that's
sustainable.
This
was
one
Avenue
that
we
could.
We
have
been
working
with
our
real
estate
Assessors
office,
as
well
as
our
treasurer's
office.
To
make
this
happen,
I'm
working
with
both
of
them
on
the
upcoming
June
Fest
bill
cycle.
You
will
see
on
your
real
estate
Bill
a
five
percent
credit
on
your
real
estate
bill
amount.
A
Second
question
we
have
is:
how
is
the
county,
taking
into
account
High
car
values?
Well
last
year,
County,
as
well
as
our
original
friends
as
well
as
Nationwide,
saw
a
huge
spike
in
assess
values.
Last
year,
the
Board
of
Supervisors
actually
provided
23
million
dollars
of
extra
relief
on
personal
property
values
not
to
get
into
the
nuts
and
bolts
over,
but
every
year
the
state
allocates
localities
money
for
tax
relief
for
personal
property.
A
The
downside
of
that
program
is
that
it
has
been
set
at
the
same
level
since
the
late
1990s
Chesterfield
receives
about
41
million
dollars
from
the
state.
On
that
recognizing
those
High
values.
We
went
ahead
and
increased
the
relief
percent
based
on
that
41
million
dollars
from
about
46
to
55
that
generated
about
23
million
dollars,
additional
relief
to
Citizens,
that's
not
something
the
state
paid.
That
is
something
that
the
Board
of
Supervisors
elected
to
do
in
this
year's
budget
cycle.
Just
for
some
context,
personal
property
values
have
came
down
in
the
county.
A
They
are
down
about
20
percent
working
again
with
the
commissioner
of
Revenue
and
Treasurer.
The
board
is
part
of
this.
Proposed
budget
is
going
further
than
the
41
million
dollars
of
relief
and
they're
actually
going
to
add
an
additional
15
million
dollars
worth
of
relief
on
top
of
that
51
recognizing
the
car
values
are
not
exactly
back
to
where
they
are.
They
still
remain
slightly
elevated,
but
for
some
context,
the
assessed
value
of
all
the
personal
property
in
the
county
fell
by
one
billion
dollars
over
the
last
year.
A
A
Well,
seeing
no
more
questions
feel
free
to
contact
the
budget
Department
throughout
this
process.
As
I
say,
we
still
have
more
Community
meetings,
next
Monday
and
Tuesday
with
the
public
hearing
next
Wednesday
and
as
ever.
If
you
wish
to
email
your
inquiries
or
questions,
please
feel
free
to
do
so.
A
blueprint
at
chesterfield.gov
and
I
wish
you
all
a
good
evening.