Summary
of Actions Taken by the Board on June 9, 2009
Mr. Kaechele led recitation
of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Dr. Joe
Gouverneur, Missions Pastor of Third Presbyterian Church, delivered the
invocation.
The
Board approved the minutes of the May 26, 2009 Regular and Special Meetings.
MANAGER'S
COMMENTS
At its development and training conference held
May 4 - 5, 2009 in
Richmond
,
the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards (VACSB) elected Henrico
Area Mental Health and Retardation Services (MH/MR) Executive Director Michael
D. O'Connor to the office of Second Vice-Chair and as Chair of the Executive
Director's Forum. Karen W. Grizzard,
Business Supervisor for the County Attorney's Office and Vice-Chair
of the Henrico Area MH/MR Services Board, was elected to the office of
Secretary for a second one-year term and as Chair of the Joseph V. Gartlan
Award Review Committee. Raymond C.
Gudum, Three Chopt District representative on the MH/MR Services Board, is
VACSB's Immediate Past Chair. Thomas J.
Kirkup, Tuckahoe District representative on the MH/MR Services Board, has just
completed a two-year term as VACSB's Treasurer. VACSB consists of the 40 community services boards/behavioral health
authorities in
Virginia
and supports their efforts to achieve a publicly-funded system of quality
public and private services.
The County's Department of Public Relations
& Media Services (PR&MS) has received 28 awards in the National
Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) Awards of Excellence
competition in recognition of the agency's work in graphic design, writing, photography,
television production, and public information campaigns. The department's awards include five
Superior awards, the highest citation given in an
individual category. Staff members who won
awards are as follows: Joel T. Archibald,
Public Relations Specialist (seven awards); Steven L. Boyd, Television
Producer/Director (six awards); Ryan C. Eubank, Senior Television
Producer/Director (four awards); Steven W. Knockemus, Senior Public Relations
Specialist (four awards); Tamra R. McKinney, Director (four awards); Benjamen
A. Sheppard, Television Producer/Director (one award); and Geoffrey D. Weidele,
Television Producer/Director (three awards). NACIO is the communications affiliate of the National Association of
Counties, and the annual awards competition draws hundreds of entries from all
over the country. Henrico won more
awards than any other county in the nation in this year's competition. By comparison, Chesterfield County
received eight awards.
Henrico
County
was notified on June 8, 2009 that 23 of its government programs are National
Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award winners. The County submitted 41 programs to NACo for
consideration in February 2009. Once
again, Henrico led all counties in Virginia
in the number of NACo awards received. Runners up were Chesterfield
County (11 awards) and Fairfax County (8 awards). Only two counties in the nation earned more
awards than Henrico, both of which are located in California
and have much higher populations (Los Angeles,
9.9 million, and San Diego,
3 million).
Mr.
Hazelett introduced Min-young Jeon, a management trainee from Yangju City, Henrico County's
sister city in South Korea. Yangju City approached the County with an
opportunity to host a management trainee for the purpose of stimulating
understanding of the systems and culture in America
and to promote relationships between Henrico and Yangju City. Ms. Jeon began a five-week internship with
the County on June 1, 2009 and is dividing her time between the Human Resources
Department and Division of Recreation and Parks. An employee within the Division volunteered
to host Ms. Jeon during her stay in Henrico.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' COMMENTS
There were no comments
from the Board.
RECOGNITION
OF NEWS MEDIA
Mr. Kaechele recognized Katherine Calos from the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Kelli O'Hara and Marco Wright from WTVR-TV 6, and
Jamie Rife from WWBT-TV 12.
APPOINTMENTS
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154-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Appointment of Christopher T. Bast to the Transportation Safety
Commission.
|
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155-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Appointment of Carroll E. Zanders to the 2011 Commemoration Advisory
Commission.
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PUBLIC
HEARINGS - REZONING CASES
|
156-09
C-10C-09
Approved
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102-09
C-5C-09
Denied
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PUBLIC HEARINGS -
OTHER ITEMS
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157-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Amendments to the FY 2008-09 Annual Fiscal Plan: June, 2009.
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158-09
Deferred to August 11, 2009
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Resolution for Adoption of Henrico
County 2026 Comprehensive Plan.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no comments
from the public.
GENERAL AGENDA
|
159-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Supporting the Extension of High Speed Rail Service to the Richmond Region.
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160-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Authorization to Apply for and Accept an Equipment Grant from the 2009 USSTC
Operation Ranger Program through the Altria Corporation.
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161-09
Approved
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Resolution for Authorization to Apply for
and Accept Grant Funding from the Department of Homeland Security.
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162-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Authorization to Apply for and Accept Grant Funding from FEMA through its
2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to Support Development of a
Uniform Regional High Rise Incident Operational Procedure and Procure
Standardized Equipment for All Front-Line Apparatus.
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163-09
Approved
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Resolution
for Signatory Authority for Second Amendment to Contract for Architectural
and Engineering Services for Fire Station #3.
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164-09
Approved
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Resolution for
Acceptance of U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant
Award to the Division of Police.
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