Although a compromise was offered to get through a disagreement over appointment of two judges to Chesterfield courts, the effort failed last week before the Legislature finished its session. Joe Morrissey, a Democratic first-term state senator who represents eastern Chesterfield County, said that he and six other legislators agreed to replace retired Circuit Court judge T.J. Hauler with Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Jayne Pemberton and appoint Travis Williams, a black attorney, to fill Pemberton’s seat. Williams is a Chesterfield resident and has served 17 years as a substitute judge in Chesterfield General District Court, Morrissey said. The compromise…
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The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors and School Board members will cohost community meetings focused on the proposed FY2021 budget. The meetings, which are being held in each of the county›s magisterial districts, will follow County Administrator Joe Casey›s presentation of the proposed budget during the Board of Supervisors work session March 11. Residents can attend any of the meetings regardless of where they live in the county. Each meeting will give attendees the opportunity to ask questions and engage with the Board of Supervisors and county administrators about the budget process, and learn how taxpayer money is being allocated. …
Chesterfield County made a pitch to the public for the proposed new route to and from Henricus Historical Park during a community meeting on the matter. As a result of Dominion Energy’s coal ash cleanup efforts, the entry into Henricus must be closed to accommodate trucks coming from and going to the coal ash site, adjacent to Henricus. Approximately 100 people attended the public meeting held Feb. 25 at John Tyler Community College. Mostly residents of Rivers Bend, attendees’ concerns center around reducing the effect the proposed road will have on the neighborhood. The current proposal has the entrance coming…
Although eight of 10 members of Chesterfield County’s delegation in the General Assembly reached an apparent consensus in January on the nomination of a replacement for Circuit Court Judge T.J. Hauler, two state delegates who did not participate in the process may thwart the majority. According to a Feb. 24 report in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dels. Dolores McQuinn (D-Richmond) and Lashrecse Aird (D-Petersburg) support two black persons for positions on the Chesterfield Circuit and Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts, Chesterfield General District Court Judge Pamela O’Berry and private attorney Curtis Hairston. McQuinn told the daily that she is “deeply concerned…
The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved an annual increase in the curbside recycling fee during their Feb. 19 meeting. The action came as part of the consent agenda and will result in an annual fee of $40. It will go into effect June 5. The old rate was $25 a year. Clay Bowles, the county’s director of general services, said that the $15 annual increase takes into account an expected 3-percent decline in enrollment. It also factors in annual increases of two percent in the Consumer Price Index. The county recycles over 14,000 tons a year, Bowles said. Utility…
On Feb. 18, the Chesterfield County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a conditional use permit for a 199-foot communications tower northwest of Route 10 and Jefferson Davis Highway. The site at 2710 W. Hundred Road is on 1.8 acres east of Rock Hill Road, west of Jefferson Davis Highway and north of West Hundred Road, behind Cole Real Estate. The applicant, Karina Fournier, agreed to 11 conditions, which were supported by county planning staff. As part of the application, a conditional use planned development is recommended for setback exceptions in the C-3 (Community Business) zoned area. Without it, the…
Domestic Relations Court Judge Jayne Pemberton
A replacement for the retired Circuit Court judge T.J. Hauler was the subject of a recent meeting of Chesterfield County’s legislative delegation. Sen. Joe Morrissey said Saturday that three senators and four delegates agreed on the appointment of current Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Jayne Pemberton to fill the vacancy. Domestic Relations Court Judge Jayne Pemberton Morrissey said the delegation included himself, fellow Sens. Amanda Chase and Ghazala Hashmi and Reps. Kirk Cox, Carrie Coyner, Lee Ware and Roxann Robinson. He noted that the group considered 14 applicants and settled on Pemberton. She will need an affirmative vote of…
Julie Seyfarth
Julie A.C. Seyfarth, a deputy county attorney with the Chesterfield Attorney’s Office, was recently named a 2020 Influential Woman of Law by the Virginia Lawyers Weekly publication. Julie Seyfarth The awards program honors women attorneys and judges across the state for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system, along with their continued commitment to their communities and profession. This is Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s second year hosting the awards program. Of the 33 other women selected by the publication, Seyfarth – a University of Richmond Law School alumna – is the first county or city attorney in the state…
School Board chairperson and Dale District represenative, Debbie Bailey.
The Chesterfield County Public Schools Board has new leadership. Since all five of the board members are new, it was just a matter of who would be voted in by fellow board members. At the board’s Jan. 14 meeting, Matoaca board member Ryan Harter nominated for chairman longtime Chesterfield teacher Debbie Bailey, who represents the Dale District. Her nomination was unanimously approved. For vice chair, Midlothian member Kathryn Haines nominated Clover Hill member Dot Heffron, who was also voted in unanimously. Longtime former board member James Schroeder of Midlothian was remembered. Schroeder was originally appointed in 1994 and then was…
New Planning Commission members approved At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors named Midlothian supervisor Leslie Haley chairwoman for the year by a 4-1 vote with Jim Holland disssenting. Haley was chair last year. Prior to the vote, Holland said he believed that the chair and vice chairman positions should be rotated among the supervisors, who serve four-year terms. Matoaca supervisor Kevin Carroll was named vice chair in a unanimous vote. Bermuda supervisor Jim Ingle said that since Carroll is retired, he has the most availability to attend daytime meetings if Haley can’t. Also approved were a…