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Adjourned Meeting
March 8, 2000
6:00 p.m.
Meeting Convened. An Adjourned Meeting of the York County Board of
Supervisors was called to order at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2000, in
the East Room, York Hall, by Chairman Walter C. Zaremba.
Attendance. The following members of the Board of Supervisors were
present: Walter C. Zaremba, Donald E. Wiggins, and James S. Burgett.
Sheila S. Noll and Melanie L. Rapp were absent.
Also in attendance were Daniel M. Stuck, County Administrator; and
James E. Barnett, County Attorney.
WORK SESSION
PROPOSED FY2001 BUDGET
Mr. Stuck indicated the purpose of this particular work session was
to go over the issues that are in the budget and answer any questions
the Board might have at this point. He stated Mr. McReynolds and Mrs.
Kirish would very briefly go over the outline of the document on the
Internet, and he would go over some of the handouts on the short-form
budget that was pro-vided to the Board for the purposes of this work
session.
Mr. Wiggins addressed the recent advertisements for the budget that
appeared in the newspaper this past weekend, and asked why the one
concerning the effective tax rate due to the reassessment couldn't have
been worded in a manner that would not have made the citizens think the
Board was raising their taxes.
Mr. Stuck explained that the wording was required by State law.
Mrs. Noll arrived at 6:03 p.m.
Discussion followed on the issue of a tax rate increase versus tax
increases.
Mr. James O. McReynolds, Director of Financial and Management
Services, then reviewed the budget document and the way it was
organized, showing how it could be accessed on the Inter-net.
Miss Rapp arrived at 6:12 p.m.
Discussion followed concerning the Mosquito Control function and the
personnel assigned to it.
Mr. Stuck then reviewed population estimates information from the
Weldon Cooper Center, indicating that York County has the highest
average annual population growth in all of Hampton Roads. He reviewed
the summary document indicating the figures match those in the complete
budget document. He highlighted several issues in order to start
discussion.
The Board then briefly discussed the following with staff:
· Law Library · Trailers at York High School · Alternative Schools
· Increase in personnel costs · Proposed new positions · Need for
more personnel in Environmental Services to address site plan
review/analysis
Meeting Recessed. At 8:03 p.m. Chairman Zaremba declared a short
recess.
Meeting Reconvened. At 8:14 p.m. the meeting was reconvened in open
session by order of the Chair.
Mr. Stuck noted the proposed budget contains no new initiatives. He
asked the Board to let staff know as soon as possible if they feel there
are other issues that need to be addressed.
Miss Rapp asked if the money the County would receive for
reimbursement because of Hurricane Floyd was earmarked.
Mr. Stuck indicated that some of it must go back to the departments'
budgets, but some of it will fall to the bottom line. He stated it was
not additional money; the County spent this money and more during the
emergency.
Chairman Zaremba asked the Board members to identify any issues they
might have at this time for discussion. He noted the public hearing on
the budget will be held on March 14 with three work sessions scheduled
for the following week.
Mr. Stuck noted that on March 15 after the public hearing the Board
would be asked to identify any unresolved issues needing discussion so
that the agenda for the three work sessions could be developed.
Mrs. Noll indicated she had no issues at this point.
Mr. Wiggins indicated he had a lot of concerns, but he wanted to do
some research.
Mr. Burgett indicated he had a list in his office, and he would send
it by FAX.
Chairman Zaremba stated he would like to discuss the benchmarking
process to specifically address accessing federal facilities;
consolidation with the School Board in terms of vehicle maintenance,
grounds maintenance, etc.; the Seaford gymnasium; and identifying the
role of the Arts Commission with regard to funding.
Mr. Stuck indicated there was a project in the Capital Improvements
Program for enlarging County facilities to consolidate the County's
vehicle maintenance function with that of the School Board. He also
noted that in the budget the Board appropriates a lump sum to the Arts
Commission for its disbursement to arts agencies. This disbursement is
done by an approval resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Chairman Zaremba then noted the Board members had received a letter
from Charles Berrane indicating Sheriff's deputies were having to
purchase their own handguns.
Mr. Stuck stated he had addressed this issue with the Sheriff who
indicated the statement was totally incorrect. He stated the Sheriff had
contacted Mr. Berrane on the matter.
Chairman Zaremba stated he had received correspondence from Mr. Earl
Hastings back in November concerning the County purchasing a vehicle
which removes leaves from ditches. He noted the County has severe
drainage problems, and he asked if the staff had looked into the
purchase of such a piece of equipment.
Mr. Stuck indicated that several years ago when staff was exploring
the leaf collection program it evaluated several types of vehicles.
Newport News and Hampton were consulted, and the recommendation was that
in York County the type of vehicle suggested by Mr. Hastings would not
work where there are ditches. He stated that staff would revisit the
matter if the Board wished.
Mr. Wiggins stated people are raking their leaves into the ditches,
and they want the County pick them up. He suggested the drainage
problems might not be as bad if people would refrain from doing so. The
citizens need to be made aware that placing leaves in the ditches is
causing more problems.
Chairman Zaremba then asked that the agenda for the next work session
include a discussion of the request for funding by the Heritage Humane
Society.
Discussion followed on the cost of running a dog pound and the
refusal of the Heritage Human Society to receive York County animals at
its facility.
Chairman Zaremba also asked that the Board take a look at funding a
portion of health care premiums for retired firefighters.
Mrs. Noll asked that the discussion take place for all County
retirees.
Meeting Adjourned. At 8:50 p.m. Chairman Zaremba declared the meeting
adjourned sine die.
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Daniel M. Stuck,
Clerk
Walter C. Zaremba, Chairman
York County Board of
Supervisors
York County Board of Supervisors
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