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The League of Women Voters of Virginia recently sponsored the pre-session he Stafford County School Board of the Women’s Legislative Roundtable at agreed Tuesday to a $588,000 fourthe State Capitol in Richmond. year contract with Ricoh USA of Presentations were madeinby 17 repreChicago for copier services beginning sentatives of nonprofi t organizations and fiscal 2017. by four secretaries of Gov. The initial proposed contract was forTerry McAuliff e’s cabinet, according to the league. $650,000. Th ey spoke on their areas A competing Xerox representativeof expertise audience of about attended fourbefore schoolanboard meetings this130 people. Th is annual event provides spring urging the board to consider using lets attendlearn what other bid. groups will be adXerox, whichees produced the lowest vocating for and what Stafford County Public Schools cabinet used members expect will occur during the upcoming Ricoh for the past 10 years and has used General Assembly session. Xerox in the past. e subjectsdid covered included the state School boardTh members not choose budget, women’s rights, equality Xerox, but thanked its representative for LGBT Virginians, of Latinos, for saving the schoolsissues $250,000 over redistricting, transparency, public safety, four years based on its lower bid and forcriminal justice reform, juvenile justice, domestic and providing information that helped the sexual violence, mental illness and poverty. board save money. Also covered were decriminalization of Workers at the Stafford County landfill on Eskimo Hill Road transfer Christmas trees and other evergreens into a tub grinder that shreds the S cho ol b o ard memb ers and cally harvested gets prime displayare aswelcome crowds browse and shop theforstand by C&T Produce at the North wood produce into mulch. County residents to take the free mulch use inoperated their gardens. marijuana, civil forfeiture, police reform, Superintendent Bruce Benson expressed ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA fford Farmers’ Market. This year the total number of vendors has increased to around 30 at the same location, the parkvoting rights, election laws and voter lot of the Stafford Medical Pavilion on the Stafford Hospital campus. The market is open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. disappointment in the way the school protection, and conservation of natural til November. ALEKS DOLZENKO | INSIDENOVA system handled the matter, but said it resources. The common thread in many would cause them to look more closely at of these speeches was the need for justice future business anddealings. fairness. BY TRACY BELL recycling coordinator at the landfill charge or, if they have other items to “I think we could’ve been the clearer in our of finance, tbell@insidenova.com Ric Brown, secretary since 1997, said Wednesday that peo- take to the landfill, they can buy 10 communication with our vendors,” said $1.5-billion mentioned that a potential s stockings, ornaments and ple are free to bring in the trees for re- coupons for $30 or purchase a $100 Benson. budget shortfall is expected due to lowertinsel are taken down fol- cycling once they take them down. The annual pass for trash disposal. Most In April, the board deferred a decision than-expected income and sales tax collowing Christmas 2016, trees are recycled into mulch, she said, recycling is free, with the exception on which copier company to use and lections. To handle this shortfall, McAuof yard waste and mulch-worthy the Rappahannock Re- which local residents can in turn use. decided to further review its options. liff e asked executive branch agencies to “It’s free to the public to use the items. gional Landfill is ready to There were five bidding companies make budget cuts, which included delayThere are no special drop-off days for recycle any real Christmas mulch,” Jones said. TRACY BELL involved. investigations and comgrantisworks a 50 internal ing grant payments and tbell@insidenova.com the trees, Jones said. They are accepted There a fee,ashowever, for droptrees that local residents dropof offapproval. at its The There, school board eliminatVOTERS plaints is significant, ” Decatur said. percent match with local funding new positions, ping off the live trees for recycling, daily at the landfill during regular busihefacility. Stafford County Sheriff ’s PAGE 5 member Patricia Healy, SCHOOL “Body-worn cameras are a psychofrom the county. The cost to Stafing 26 current positions, Thehas landfi ll, located at 489 Eskimo or for any yard waste or mulch-wor- ness hours, Mondays through Fridays, Office applied for a U.S. PAGE 13 R-Rock Hill, challenged deterrent to misbehavior on or ford is $400,000 a yearbeing for fivediscarded, years. logical 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., thy item according Hill Road in Stafford, serves the county Department of Justice grant TREE both sides of the lens. The benefits Stafford County Sheriff DaSaturdays and Sundays to Jones. Customers can essentially as well as the city of Fredericksburg. that could fund 100 of its vid Decatur told InsideNoVa that exceed the drawbacks associated PAGE 2 Diane Jones, who has served as a drop off their tree for a $4 single-visit from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. deputies with a body cam- implementing a body-camera pro- with the cost and time to manage era. gram is a vast undertaking. The goal the program.” STAFFORD COUNTY SUN If received, full funding of the of the program is to achieve a high Using the technology in the deFOUNDATION REPAIR SUBSCRIBE grant would allow deputies in the level of transparency with the com- partment’s field operations division SUBSCRIBE TODAY CRAWL SPACE ENCAPSULATION TODAY office’s field operations division to munity whileBASEMENT protecting the rights would allow for the most immediWATERPROOFING INSIDENOVA.COM/SUBSCRIBE INSIDENOVA.COM/ carry the cameras. of citizens and deputies alike, he ate and expansive contact with the SUBSCRIBE Owned & Operated by Professional Engineers! Stella & STAFFORDNEWSINSIDENOVA.COM The sheriff ’s office applied for community served, Desaid. STAFFORDNEWS@ FOUNDATION REPAIR•CRAWL SPACE *Any ENCAPSULATION Jesse Waltz, P.E., job over $3000. Good INSIDENOVA.COM CALL: 571 2088059 Inspection & Estimate! 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