DELIVER TO: Postal Patron Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Prsrt. Standard U.S. POSTAGE PAID Mechanicsville, VA Permit No.141
Vol. 37, No. 46 | Richmond Suburban News | March 2, 2022
STOPS AT EVERY HOME IN TOWN
Investment could assist hiring, Revolutionary War ‘Living retention of county employees History’ at Hanover Tavern By Christina Amano Dolan Editor
Supervisors hear staff budget presentations as process continues By Jim Ridolphi For The Mechanicsville Local When Hanover County Administrator John Budesky presented his proposed fiscal year (FY)2023 budget last month to the board of supervisors, one of the major areas of focus was the need to address employee composition and look after the people who take care of
the county. As the budget process continued last week, human resources director Janet Lawson explained how proposed employee compensation might assist the county in hiring and retaining the best candidates. Regionally, neighboring localities have taken major action to increase compensasee HIRING, pg. 12
Jim Ridolphi for The Local
Human Resources director Janet Lawson said compensation enhancements contained in the FY2023 budget proposal will better position Hanover in a competitive hiring market.
Over the weekend, a group of reenactors visited the grounds of the Hanover Tavern to bring visitors a glimpse of the life of a Hanoverian Revolutionary War soldier. With the morning filled with light conversation, campfire smoke, the sound of a fife playing and more, visiting families were able to travel back in time to 18th century life while grabbing lunch in see HISTORY, pg. 12
Christina Amano Dolan/The Local
Chris Atkinson gives the children in attendance an interactive lesson on drill and firing procedures. Children were given toy wooden muskets for practice.
Hanover NAACP calls for investigation into decertified deputy By Christina Amano Dolan Editor In light of a recent wave of officer decertification following a nationwide push for police reform, the Hanover NAACP has called for further investigation into a former Hanover County sheriff’s deputy. Legislation proposed by Virginia Sen.
Mamie Locke and approved in March 2021 created statewide professional standards of conduct for law enforcement officers and established a process for decertifying officers who violate those standards. Officers who are decertified are unable to attain jobs at any law enforcement agency in the Commonwealth.
The new legislation aimed to keep officers with histories of ethical misconduct from resigning from one Virginia police department and working at another and expanded decertification offenses to include dishonesty and excessive force. These offenses were previously fireable but not written into Virginia law as calls for decertification.
According to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services’ master list, 146 officers have been decertified as of mid-January, with more than half added to the list in the past two years. Hanover NAACP President Pat HunterJordan held a press conference last Monday to see NAACP, pg. 4
MAR 18 - APR 17 HANOVER TAVERN Don't miss this charming love story
VIRGINIAREP.ORG 804-282-2620
