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Charlotte Board Meets, Discusses Raises

   Written by on August 23, 2013 at 9:18 am

The Charlotte County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, August 13 in regular session. All members were present except Gary Walker, who was reported to be at a Tobacco Commission Meeting.

Before opening the meeting Chairman Nancy Carwile reported the closed session held on August 6 was not properly certified at the conclusion. The closed session was called to discuss pending litigation regarding the courthouse renovation.   In a roll call vote all members with the exception of Haywood Hamlet (who did not attend the meeting) voted the meeting met the requirements for a closed session and that nothing was discussed that did not.

The meeting was then opened for business. The first matter to be discussed was the “Procedural Audit Report” regarding the operational practices of the Charlotte County School System. (see story below) It was reported that the School Board took steps at last week’s meeting to correct the deficiencies. Chairman Carwile stated, “They say that they’ve done it all but I’m not convinced of that yet. We need to go on a fact finding mission.”

The board discussed holding a joint meeting with the School Board or a meeting that included the Board of Supervisors Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Supervisor Garland Hamlett proposed that all organizations requesting money from the board be required to follow a specific procedure and suggested a procedure be developed.

Dietra Trent from Senator Mark Warner’s office addressed the board on progress in the Senate. She reported Warner had an amendment added to the Farm Bill for Rural Broadband and introduced a bill providing forgivable loans to companies that bring jobs back from overseas. She said both bills passed the Senate but failed in the House.

Vege Pack, Finance Director of Charlotte County Public Schools, requested the board to forward an $80,000 payment made to Charlotte County for No Child Left Behind to Cumberland.

The Board adopted a resolution in support of a “Day to Serve” which encourages Virginians to “feed the hungry, protect and enhance the environment, as well as strengthening our communities.”

The hot topic issue was a discussion on recent raises given to county employees. The state had funded a 3 percent raise for all constitutional officers and for mandated employees in those offices. Last year the county had given all county employees a 3 percent raise which met the requirement for the funds. The funds were used to give all county employees an additional 2 percent raise this year instead of only those who held mandated positions. This did not affect employees of the school system.

According to Vice Chairman Haywood Hamlet, several employees of the Sheriff’s Office have complained that they did not receive the full 3 percent this year.

The board deliberated for almost an hour discussing options with Hamlet then making a motion, seconded by Robert Shook, to increase the raises to 3 percent. Dave Guill made a motion to table the issue which was passed with Shook and Hamlet dissenting.

The Board then went into closed session to discuss land acquisition.

 

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