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3rd Grade Distinguished Honor Roll Chase Grover, Danielle Wynings, Logan Breen, Eilee Miller, Mason NIcoletti, Isabella Peyton, Anna Shegogue, Natalie State, Kora Taylor, Josh Velazquez, Jude Wisslead, Raya Andrews, Paige Birkitt, Mason Ryan, Talia Scott, Ashleigh Berdeguez, Madison Carlile, Arwen Downum, Brian Getty, Rylie Rainer and Madelyn Winfrey. Honor Roll Ella Chalkley, Briana Ellis, Ryan Kendle, Alexander Kuntsmann, Domonique Scott, Gavin Hanrahan, Dustin Harbour, Josh Liggins, Staryonna Smith, Ethan Richardson, Madison Robinson, Georgia Burrell, Aden Cupka, William Green, Hailey Hodges, George Lewis, Kylie Miller, Makayla Scott, Charlie Brinkman, Noah Godreau, Briana Griffiths, TayVion Pierce, Shaelyn Pogue, Brandon Smith, Justyce Smoot, Eric Suon, David Wallace, Leilani Wallace, Cydnie Weaver and Allison Williams. Honorable Mention Nevaeh Kendall, Patrick McCoy, Jordan Johnson, Joseph Cabral, Mason Williams, Olivia Barnes, Passion Burley and Carter Mills. 4th Grade
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economic development. For her part, Parker termed the funding for the library as “excessive,” comparing it to the amount the county contributes to funding for the volunteer organization of King George Fire & Rescue, noting Smoot Library gets over $500,000, saying the volunteers get $100,000 less. She also said that funding for the Department of Social Services should be increased and criticized the county for providing cell phones for county employees. Following public comment, Supervisor Dale Sisson responded to Parker, noting the county’s public safety budget is over $8,000,000, and the library’s is $509,000, adding that it was not a fair comparison to pit the library budget against fire and rescue volunteer funding, saying “It doesn’t tell the whole picture of what we spend on fire and rescue,” including the cost for paid staffing. PROPOSED BUDGET Supervisors set a special meeting on April 24 at 5 p.m. to adopt the proposed 2014-15 budget, set at $68,202,063, reflecting a 4-percent increase from the current year. No changes have been proposed, with the advertised budget expected to be approved as presented. The county’s General Fund budget is proposed at $35,961,692, which is a 2-percent increase from the current fiscal year. The proposed School Operating budget is $37,225,761, which would be a 5-percent increase from current year. That does not
include an additional amount of $1,290,785 proposed in Fund 252 for federal grants, and a School Cafeteria Fund budget proposed at $1,483,829. The tax increases are essentially going toward the cost of fire and safety positions and related equipment and vehicle costs. The county’s proposed Public Safety budget would come to $8,033,870, reflecting an 11-percent increase from the current year. Two full-time E-911 dispatch positions are in the proposed budget, along with two new sheriff ’s deputy positions with related equipment, including two new patrol cars, along with full-year costs for two other deputy positions, funded mid-year during the current budget year for duties at the Courthouse. The tax increase would also pick up the full-year costs for six fire & rescue positions that were funded mid-year in the 2013-14 budget, beginning this past January 2014. OTHER POSITIONS & RAISES In addition, the proposed budget increase would fund the conversion of two part-time positions to full-time in general properties. It would also go toward a part-time paralegal position for the county attorney’s office. The proposal would provide 1-percent average raises under the pay-for-performance policy, beginning at mid-year, on Jan. 1, 2015. The increase is expected to cost about $45,000 on the county side. The county is also requesting the School Board to likewise grant 1-percent raises at mid-year, estimated to cost $106,000.
Fracking: Review ordinances From page 1 and DEQ reps are on tap for that forum, along with the Southern Environmental Law Center slated to talk about tools that localities can use to mitigate risks when confronted with a special exception request for fracking. They are expected to be reviewed in regard to industrial noise, traffic and road damage. Truck traffic associated with fracking can be excessive, constant, noisy, and disruptive to school bus and commuter traffic, in addition to causing costly infrastructure damage by tearing up roads. The truck traffic can be generated during all phases of the mining process, including by hauling in machinery and piping during construction, and hauling off sand and fracking fluid at various points. In addition, there is the potential for a lot more truck traffic to haul in water, if hydrofracking is employed, in the case that water it is not taken directly from the aquifer under the industrialized site. ORDINANCES EXPECTED TO COME UNDER REVIEW Supervisors had been informed that a review of county ordinances is recommended in order to be in a position to mitigate some of the risks of fracking. County attorney Eric Gregory had reported in detail to the Board of Supervisors in January on the county’s existing zoning ordinances, saying they address exploratory drilling for oil and/or natural gas by a required special exception permit in the A-1 and A-2 districts. Gregory said the special exception permit requirements require site plans, ingress and egress plans, drill site plans and erosion and sediment
control plans. They also require an environmental impact assessment and operation plan, which must first be filed with DMME and then also filed with a special exception permit application. In King George, drill sites are currently limited to four acres, with no drill site within 500 feet of an occupied residence. Gregory had told the board it had the authority to impose additional other requirements if those were incorporated into the zoning ordinance to address noise, dust, traffic impacts, setbacks for drill sites from schools, occupied residences as already included, and churches. Gregory had also cautioned that the existing county zoning ordinance does not currently address compression stations, but only addresses drilling sites. That’s because the fracking technology has moved ahead of the county’s ordinance. Compression stations are more often utilized in natural gas drilling, with the county’s ordinance largely addressing exploratory oil drilling in the past. Gregory also had noted that regulatory rules are complex in terms of the potential zoning regulation possibilities and in regard to potential environmental impacts and there could be other related issues in terms of the influx of residents brought in by drillers, including those having to do with temporary and/or transient residents and their impacts on such things as emergency services, law enforcement, schools, etc. Supervisors had agreed with Gregory’s suggestion that following their fact-finding, the county’s ordinance should be sent to the county Planning Commission after the board agrees to parameters it would want the Commission to address in regard to amendments to the ordinance.
Broadband: Summit planned From page 1 They and a small group of King George residents formed a group called King George Connected, which began meeting last November to research possible solutions to the problems of getting broadband Internet to underserved areas. Supervisors have expressed a desire that the new advisory committee would work together with the existing citizen group. Appointments to the county’s new Tech advisory committee are expected to be made at upcoming meetings, with only one person so
far appointed by Shiloh Supervisor Cedell Brooks, who named Cathy Binder during a meeting in March. The makeup of the committee is to be 12 members, with ten citizens to be appointed with each supervisor expected to supply names for two slots. Two members of county staff are to be nominated by County Administrator Travis Quesenberry. The purpose of the committee is broadly defined, “to make recommendations to the Board on specific policies and matters related to technology, and to make the board aware of effective and efficient technology opportunities.”
Potomac student Madison Adkins wins VSBA regional art contest Potomac Elementary School student Madison Adkins was the winner of a regional art contest last month conducted by the Virginia School Board Association (VSBA) during a regional meeting in Heathsville. The announcement was made by King George School Board member John Davis earlier this month at a meeting on April 7. Davis represents the School Board as a delegate to the VSBA, who attended the VSBA Eastern Region Spring Network Forum on March 24, where Adkins was selected the first place winner at the elementary level of the regional art contest. Local school board members were treated to an impressive display of creativity and faced some tough decisions in selecting the 2014 winners of the VSBA Eastern Region. The art contest was open to all divisions that are members of the VSBA’s Eastern Region. In addition to King George, those divisions include the Dahlgren School, Caroline, Colonial Beach, Westmoreland, Essex County, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and West Point. The VSBA Regional Art Contest was started in 1989 to promote the artistic talents of Virginia’s public school students. A winner is chosen for the elementary, middle and high school levels for each of the nine VSBA state regions. The winning art is framed and displayed in the offices of the VSBA in Charlottesville and the Richmond offices of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Virginia School Boards Association, a voluntary, nonpartisan organization of Virginia school boards, promotes excellence in public education through advocacy, training and services. The VSBA offers conferences, information and training designed to meet the needs of the state’s School Board members. —Phyllis Cook
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Sheriff’s Report April 7 Dyess, Gregory Ryan – Violate Protective Orders 4/7/14 April 8 Boxley, Tawanna Denise – Contempt of Court 4/8/14 Clark, Kayla Nicole Contempt of Court 4/8/14
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