Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Board Report from Marshall Ecker

March 2009 Supervisors report

It seems like the 2009/2010 budget is one of the most difficult items we have face in the history of Pittsylvania County .I know for a fact that it is the highest at $229,489,516 dollars. I just received the latest budget packet today. We will have a special Board meeting with Public hearing on March 30, 2009 .This will be your opportunity to speak again on the new increased budget if you missed the first two hearings. With the snow and power outages in the Northern part of Pittsylvania County the Board voted 7 to 0 to have an inclement weather policy in place. Anytime the County offices are close due to bad weather any meeting or Public hearings will be canceled for that night. At lease there will be no confusion if a meeting will be held or not. Very few citizens braved the elements to express their views on raising taxes. The turnout was much better at the adjourned meeting. I had brought up a motion to send a resolution to Richmond to allow Pittsylvania County to increase the sales tax by another 1%; we already get 1% from the 5% now collected from the State. This would be a much fairer tax as it would allow everyone to contribute to pay for Bond debit. It passed 5 to 2 for the resolution.

As chairman of Legislative committee, we had two meetings on the issue of changing the County ordinances to address Uranium and creating an ordinance to address how we may or may not tax minerals mined in Pittsylvania County. We were presented with pros and cons on these issues. Now it is up to the committee to set policy and make recommendations to the full Board.

I brought a motion to the floor to bring the County's Litter ordinances up the Code of Virginia standards. The trash in Pittsylvania County is a disgrace. I want more teeth in our laws to help make our County a clean County. Two members of the Board felt that we don't have a litter problem and that citizen groups can clean up the county. That is the wrong attitude to take. It was also stated that no one has been fined for littering. Well at the current $25 dollar fine, the Sheriff is not going to waste his time, but if the fine was $250 that could make the difference. This change would not cost you, the citizen, anything to put in place as long you don’t get caught littering. The vote was 5 to 2 to advertise a Public hearing to change the County's Litter ordinance and will be held at April 6,2009 Board meeting. Pittsylvania County Beautification Week is April 5 to April 11, 2009. Lets make Pittsylvania County a Beautiful County by picking up or cleaning up some trash. We had a citizen request that the County provide a dumpster on his property to clean up a dump site. We felt that this would set a precedent for other citizens wanting the same. We did vote 7 to 0 to waive the tipping fee for this citizen, and this will be on a case by case basis for any other citizen requesting same favor in the future.

The motion by Mr. Davis for a stronger resolution to the mining commission failed 4 to 3. I can’t see where we can have too much protection in place for the citizens of Pittsylvania County. This is where we need to make sure we are doing our best to protect the future. Some members of the Board felt that we have done our duty and now move on. We need to go beyond and above the call duty. So we sent our own resolution to the mining commission. It may not have the blessing of the full Board, but I want to make sure I’m doing my best for the citizens of our county. Another resolution from Mr. Ingram requesting Virginia Power to be more responsive in future power outages passed 7 to 0. The board also discussed concerns on frequency of assessments and how they are required by the State. A motion passed 7 to 0 to send a request to Richmond to change that formula. The Board voted 7 to 0 to spend $186,121 dollars for two new compactors and new roll off truck.

A contract for the Mega Park was tabled at this time for rewording of contract interest rate. The contract for Regional Industrial Facilities Authority (RIFA) passed 5 to 2. I had voted against this contract.

If you want to see the full Board of Supervisors packet it is on our web site http://www.pittgov.org/ look at the calendar of events and you will see the Board packet listed under meeting dates. This is a tool for all citizens to use and help to keep a watchful eye on County business.

Feel free to contact me by telephone (434-335-5967) please no phone calls after 9 PM or you can e-mail me at any hour marshall.ecker@pittgov.org I want to know your thoughts or ideas on issues that are important to you.

11 comments:

V said...

I agree 100% about them raising the fine for littering. There are so many parts of the county (especially on the back roads) that are used as dumping grounds. I pass 2 sets of dumpsters daily that are usually overflowing twice or more a week. I feel so bad for the people who live near them, and have to put up with all of the trash scattered across their yards.

Instead of having a "Pittsylvania County Beautification Week" from 4/5 to 4/11, why not just have it from 4/19 to 4/25 and emphasize on it being the week that "Earth Day" is on?

I think more people would connect with "Earth Day" than they would the latter title, with Earth Day being emphasized worldwide.

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