Update
August 7, 2009
Oct. 18-20
The newsletter of the
Virginia Municipal League
RebenchmaRking
Inside …
Updating state K-12 costs
could leave localities on hook
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P reliminary estimates of what the state
will recognize as its share of updating
the cost of meeting educational stan-
dards for the 2010-2012 biennium range
from $138.6 million to $892.9 mil-
Why the big difference in numbers?
The $138.6 million includes a possible per-
manent cap on the number of support posi-
tions funded by the state; the $892.9
million figure does not. The cur-
lion, according to data presented rent budget included the cap as
to the state board of education a way to save the state money,
Say what? Economic on July 23. but it also instructed the
news is good; economic This process, called Department of education to
news is bad rebenchmarking, simply up- calculate rebenchmarking
dates the calculation of what costs without the spending
Keynote address will the state recognizes as the limit. The cap eliminates state
cost of educating k-12 students. funding for approximately 13,500
focus on creating Factors used in the calculation include positions.
competitive, sustainable funded salary amounts (as defined by the Thus with a simple stroke of the pen,
communities state), several measures of student popula- the state can erase about $754.3 million
tion, expenditure data submitted by school of its costs. These costs, however, do not
Policy committees divisions, Standards of Learning test data, disappear. instead, they are passed on to
free lunch eligibility, prevailing textbook local governments – and ultimately to local
tackle array of issues; costs, inflation and fringe benefit costs. real estate taxpayers.
Legislative Committee to Continued on page 2
meet Sept. 10
Responding to fiscal survey is essential
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Implementation of ‘Red hen state lawmakers claim that covering much of the costs of operating
Flag’ identity theft rules local governments have plenty of public schools, responding to public safety
delayed … again money, how should local elected emergencies, promoting economic develop-
and appointed officials respond? One way ment and providing a myriad of services to
to combat such false claims is by respond- at-risk children and their families.
New SEC rules could ing promptly to an important VmL fiscal chief administrative officers have re-
prove costly to local survey that will provide league staff the ceived the survey via e-mail. if you are an
government data it needs to set the record straight. elected official, please make sure that your
VmL and the Virginia association of manager or administrator completes the
counties are surveying local governments survey by aug. 31, which will give VmL
this summer so the two associations can and Vaco sufficient time to analyze the
quantify what steps elected officials and results and share them with you, the media
managers took to produce their FY10 bud- and state officials.
gets. gathering this information now will all cities and counties, as well as the
be crucial to informing the public and the two towns that operate school divisions,
general assembly about the effects of the were sent the survey. all towns will be
recession on providing essential services in included in a survey of legislative priorities
cities, towns and counties across the state. later this year. v
Local governments are charged with
August 7, 2009 VML Update
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State K-12 costs continued …
The rebenchmarking estimates liminary estimate are revised composite only affect who pays what. because the
presented on July 23 do not reflect indexes, final enrollment projections, state makes the rules, changes gener-
several key factors, including potential revised lottery revenue projections, and ally resemble a one-way street where
increased costs of retirement for teach- revised sales tax revenue projections. additional costs are passed on to local
ers. Those figures will not be available Those numbers also will be updated this taxpayers.
until this fall, but the Virginia Retire- fall and again early next year. if the state really wanted to tackle
ment System already has warned that it will come as no surprise if local the cost of education, it would re-
the VRS board of Trustees could certify governments witness either the gover- examine the various requirements that
rates as high as 13.05 percent. Teacher nor or general assembly concoct more it has placed on school divisions over
rates currently are 9.85 percent (includ- changes to the rebenchmarking formu- the last 20 years. These requirements,
ing the retiree health care credit, but las that will decrease state support even contained in the Standards of Learn-
not including the required 5 percent further. if so, the state could refuse to ing and the Standards of accreditation,
employee contribution that many school fund the lower $138.6 million capped have much to do with driving education
divisions pay on behalf of their employ- figure, much less the full $892.9 million costs. Fiddling with the rebenchmark-
ees). any increase in the retirement uncapped amount. ing process only shifts the burden of
contribution rate will drive rebench- Remember this: changes in method- who foots the bill. v
marking costs upward. ology do nothing to lower what it costs
Other factors not included in the pre- to educate students. These changes
the ecONOmY
Say what? economic news is good; economic news is bad
T he recession is losing force in most
parts of the country and some sec-
tors of the economy are actually
beginning to stabilize, according to the
Federal Reserve bank.
but not all is well. Personal con-
sumption expenditures fell in the second
quarter at a 1.2 percent annual rate.
in comparison, personal consump-
tion expenditures increased in the first
although both continued to decline on
a year-over-year basis. existing home
sales increased 10.9 percent in the first
quarter, but housing prices continued
to fall.
This conclusion is based on the Fed’s quarter of 2009. This decline suggests The relatively “good” news masks
“beige book,” a regular assessment of that consumers are not ready to spend. some disturbing news. Foreclosure
economic conditions from the Federal because consumer spending makes up activity in Virginia rose 8.75 percent
Reserve bank’s 12 regional districts. two-thirds of economic activity, the in the second quarter from a year ago.
Since the spring, the various federal recovery will remain on hold. For the first six months of 2009, fore-
districts have reported that although the On the employment front, the closure activity increased 3.8 percent
economy is bad, the pace of economic economy continues to shed jobs albeit over last year. That’s one in every 212
disruption is no longer accelerating. at a lesser rate than earlier in the year. households received notices from their
The beige book, however, reports that initial claims for jobless benefits rose lenders. in hampton Roads, one out
even where local economies are sta- by 25,000 to 584,000 in the week ended of every 129 housing units received a
bilizing, few businesses or industries July 25. The four-week average of new foreclosure-related filing in the first six
anticipate a vigorous rebound. claims, however, fell to 559,000, which months. The foreclosure problem goes
The Federal Reserve bank’s as- is the lowest level since January. The beyond sub-prime mortgages. Rising
sessment may be on the mark. The tally of continuing jobless claims fell by unemployment and an overwhelming
commerce Department reported last 54,000 during the week ended July 18 workload for loan servicers exacerbate
week that the country’s gross domestic to 6.2 million, which is the lowest level the situation.
product fell at a 1 percent annual rate since april 11. as for the increase in existing hous-
in the second quarter. most economists So, how does Virginia fit in with ing sales, distressed properties such
expected a contraction of about 1.5 per- all of this? in general terms, Virginia’s as those facing disclosure accounted
cent. in any case, the 1 percent decline economy continues to out-perform for more than 15 percent of hampton
compares favorably with the first quarter the national economy as well as the Roads’ existing home sales in June.
decline of 6.4 percent. economists at- economies of the other states served by in northern Virginia average home
tribute the better than expected news to the Federal Reserve bank of Richmond. prices are still dropping. in arlington
increased government spending, higher Personal income rose 0.5 percent in the and alexandria the average home price
level of business inventories, and slight first quarter. Residential permit levels fell 8.7 percent this quarter. in Fairfax
improvements in the housing sector. and housing starts were up in may,
Continued on page 3
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economic news continued …
and the cities of Falls church and Fair- in the Richmond region, cb Rich- rate. The number of Virginia residents
fax the average home price weakened ard ellis says even in the highly-sought drawing unemployment benefits totaled
by 14.8 percent. The outer suburbs of commercial space of suburban henrico, 101,000 in June compared to 43,000 just
Prince William and Loudoun have been the vacancy rate in the innsbrook area one year ago.
hit hardest by foreclosures and expe- is 19.5 percent compared to 9.5 percent Unemployment in hampton Roads
rienced the steepest price dive of 15.7 the previous year, and the rate could of 7.4 percent surpassed the state rate,
percent. go as high as 36 percent. in 2000, the driven in part by mounting layoffs in
however, housing prices actually vacancy rate in the innsbrook area was manufacturing. a year ago the unem-
increased from the first quarter of 2009 less than 1 percent. The overall vacancy ployment rate in hampton Roads was
through the second quarter. and, the rate for the entire Richmond region was 4.2 percent.
volume of sales in the Washington, D.c. 15.6 percent in the second quarter, up Unemployment in the Fredericks-
region increased 7 percent from a year from 11.7 percent for the same period burg area was 6.4 percent in June – the
ago, jumping most sharply in the fore- last year. The region’s vacancy rate highest June rate since 1992. The rate
closure areas in the outer suburbs. The could rise to 21.6 percent, which would for the city of Fredericksburg was
rise in sales helps to clear out the excess be unprecedented. 9.8 percent. a year earlier it was 5.9
supply of homes in the area. This is another troubled Virginia industry percent.
critical if the housing market is to turn is tourism. in hampton Roads, hotel- in fact the unemployment rate for
around. room revenues for the January through 31 cities exceeded the state rate, and 10
although not receiving as much may period were down 5.5 percent for cities had double-digit unemployment
attention as housing, the value and sale 2008, although the comparable national rates.
of commercial properties have also been figure is a stinging 16.1 percent decline. What does this all mean for Virgin-
affected by the recession. in hampton in James city county, transient occu- ia’s cities and towns? The governor is
Roads, vacancy rates in office buildings pancy tax collections in June plunged 31 preparing a revised revenue forecast and
have climbed to their highest point in percent from a year ago. in Williams- a plan to cut state spending to be un-
years, reaching 14 percent in the second burg, room taxes were down 21 percent veiled at the august 19 meeting with the
quarter of 2009. This is according to compared to June 2008 collections. general assembly’s money committees.
the real estate firm cb Richard ellis. in as for unemployment, Virginia’s un- The likelihood of more budget cuts in
downtown norfolk, one of the region’s adjusted rate rose from 7 percent in may the current fiscal year for both the state
largest office submarkets and among 2009 to 7.3 percent in June. Unem- and localities is high. The likelihood
the most stable, the vacancy rate has ployed Virginians increased by 15,200 that the economy will recover in time to
nearly doubled in the past year, climb- to 308,100. nine of the state’s ten mitigate the need for budget actions is
ing to 11.2 percent last quarter from 6.2 metropolitan areas saw an increase in remote. v
percent a year ago. at the same time, unemployment rates with martinsville
office rental rates have fallen. hit by a 21.6 percent unemployment
C
at the leagUe reating highly competitive and will focus on why social media matters
sustainable communities will be the to local governments and their elected
Keynote address will topic of the keynote address at the leaders. Online social media stands as
Oct. 19 opening general session at VmL’s a powerful, cost-effective communica-
focus on creating 104th annual conference. The conference tions ally with local governments and
competitive, is scheduled for Oct. 18-20 at the hotel local leaders in this environment – and
Roanoke and conference center. Facebook profiles, Twitter streams and
sustainable University of north carolina Distin- blogs are just the tip of the iceberg. The
guished Professor James h. Johnson Jr. presentation by cRT/tanaka, a Rich-
communities will deliver the keynote address on the mond-based firm specializing in public
economic and demographic challenges relations, marketing and Web 2.0 com-
urban areas will face and the “smart” munications, will showcase relevant so-
infrastructure needed to compete in the cial media strategies and tactics for local
future. governments and their elected leaders
Johnson is the William R. kenan as well as a panel of local government
Jr. distinguished professor of entrepre- professionals already exploring social
neurship and the director of the urban media’s new frontiers.
investment Strategies center at Unc in gubernatorial candidates creigh
chapel hill. Deeds and bob mcDonnell have been
Tuesday’s general session (Oct. 20) Continued on page 4
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August 7, 2009 VML Update
at the leagUe
annual conference continued …
invited to participate in the opening ses- own ken Farmer in action. Farmer, information about the greenways and
sions as well. an appraiser on the popular antiques other locations where you can ride bikes
Topics from a-to-Z will be covered Roadshow television program, will can be found at www.greenways.org/
during workshops on monday and discuss antiquing, including displaying and www.roanoke.com/outdoors/bik-
Tuesday, and a series of Local govern- some of the items from his own collec- ing/wb/wb/xp-67537#road.
ment Roundtables will be held Tuesday tion. in addition, the first 20 registrants There’s something for walkers, too.
afternoon. will be able to bring a small item to the Join Roanoke mayor David bowers for
The Oct. 20 closing banquet will fea- event for discussion. a “Walk to the Roanoke Star” on Sun-
ture the presentation of VmL’s achieve- conference participants who are day afternoon.
ment awards and green government bicycle riders will want to bring their a preliminary conference program
challenge awards, as well as remarks by bikes with them and take advantage of is attached to this Update. more details
the incoming president. Roanoke’s greenways and bike paths. also are available on VmL’s Web site at
Spouses and guests will have the Two greenways are easily accessible www.vml.org. v
opportunity to explore downtown living from hotel Roanoke – Lick Run green-
spaces in Roanoke and to see Radford’s way and mill mountain greenway.
policy committees
tackle issues;
legislative
M ore than 150 local elected and ap-
pointed officials from across the
state participated in VmL’s summer
policy committee meetings, which were
held July 23 in Richmond.
Sept. 10 at the henrico county Public
Safety Training center.
issues forwarded by the policy com-
mittees include legislation positions on:
impact fees; effective state-local econom-
committee The committees heard from speakers,
discussed potential legislative positions
ic development partnerships; marking
of sewer laterals; guns in public build-
to meet Sept. 10 and suggested amendments to policy ings; peddling and solicitations in public
statements for the six policy committees. rights-of-way; transient occupancy taxes
They forwarded an array of issues to and on-line hotel booking companies;
VmL’s Legislative committee for con- fuel fees; veterans’ tax exemptions; local
sideration for inclusion in the 2010 VmL government investment pool; children’s
Legislative Program. mental health; education funding; and
The Legislative committee will meet placement of transmission lines. v
IN cONgReSS
Implementation of
‘Red flag’ identity
T he Federal Trade commission has
once again pushed back enforce-
ment of so-called “Red Flag Rules”
that require certain businesses and local
governments to implement identity-theft
The FTc has updated its Web site on
Red Flags to be more useful. it can be
found at http://ftc.gov/bcp/edu/micro-
sites/redflagsrule/index.shtml.
VmL has published a model Red
theft rules delayed policies. The aug. 1 deadline, which Flag identity theft program for local
was an extension from an even earlier governments to adopt, along with some
… again deadline, was extended to nov. 1. of the same information in the Fighting
The rules apply to any locality or Fraud on-line guide.
water/sewer authority or similar entity VmL has published a model Red
that bills customers in arrears. if bills Flag identity theft policy for local gov-
are sent for services already used – for ernments to adopt, along with some of
example, water consumption, sewage the same information in the FTc on-line
treatment or airplane hangar rentals – guide. The VmL model program is
then the Red Flag Rules apply and a Red posted at: www.vml.org/Wnew.html. v
Flag program must be put in place by the
locality or other entity.
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IN cONgReSS
New Sec rules could prove costly to local government
T he Securities and exchange com-
mission (Sec) recently released
proposed voluntary submissions by
issuers to the municipal Securities Rule-
making board’s electronic municipal
service to make additional voluntary
submissions such as information related
to the preparation and submission of
audited financial statements and annual
financial information.
atic for governments to have prepared
audited financial information within
such a deadline. The concern is that
“voluntary” information often becomes
mandatory by virtue of practice. com-
market access System (emma). The how will this affect local govern- pliance would mean additional costs.
change amends the primary market dis- ments? according to the national a copy of the proposal can be ac-
closure service to permit issuers to make association of State auditors, comp- cessed at http://edocket.access.gpo.
voluntary submissions of official state- trollers and Treasurers, the proposal gov/2009/pdf/e9-17354.pdf. com-
ments, preliminary official statements includes submission of annual financial ments can be made by e-mail at rule-
and other related presale and advance information to emma within 120 comments@sec.gov. v
refunding documents. The proposal calendar days after the end of the fiscal
also amends the continuing disclosure year. although voluntary, it is problem-
pOSItIONS
grants administrator, fiscal control & financial
lynchburg planning chief, fairfax county
longer version of job ads SaLaRY: $44,221 to start DOQ/nego- SaLaRY: $69,106-$115,176 (+) benefits.
posted at www.vml.org tiable (+) benefits. manage, coordinate in the Department of Public Works &
and administer city grant processes. Reqs. environmental Services, directs all aspects
because of the number of requests it
bachelor’s degree with major work in and maintains central responsibility and
receives to publish job advertisements,
business or public administration, and con- oversight of budgetary, purchasing and
VmL reduces the length of the position
siderable exper. in grant administration, financial functions within the wastewater
descriptions in Update. a full version of
public budgeting, finance, or accounting; management program. Reqs. any comb. of
the entire job listings published here for
or equiv. comb. of educ. and exper. Review educ., exper. and training equiv. to relevant
the past two months appears on VmL’s
of applicants will begin immediately. Visit bachelor’s degree and 5 yrs. professional
Web site at www.vml.org. Visit the
www.Lynchburgva.gov for additional info exper. within assigned functional areas
VmL site and click on “marketplace” to
and to submit an on-line application. Open such as hR, budgeting and financial
read the complete descriptions.
until filled. eOe. mngmnt., and contract administration
and business mngmnt. Prefer cPa; exper.
Systems analyst, Virginia Beach with utilities; exper. producing caFR for
Director of public Utilities, a multi-million dollar utility; rate settings,
SaLaRY: $50,494-$75,741 DOQ (+)
portsmouth financial modeling, multi-jurisdictional
benefits. in the Department of commu-
SaLaRY: $71,996-$97,195 DOQ/DOe (+) nications and information Technology’s service agreements, and ciP and O&m
benefits. (pop, 100,000) coordinate and giS center, will: supervise and coordinate budgeting. apply at www.fairfaxcounty.
supervise operations of a water treatment, work of giS Street centerline and net- gov/jobs. TTY 703-222-7314 Job # 09-
wastewater collection and water distribu- working team; manage giS-related busi- 0845. Deadline: aug. 21. eOe.
tion system. Will be responsible for activi- ness processes, map production, quality
ties of all employees of the city water and control, quality assurance, spatial analysis, administrative assistant to
wastewater treatment plants and related and map book production; implement giS town manager, Blackstone
facilities. Reqs. bachelor’s degree in civil databases; design tables and views in ac- SaLaRY: $30,000-$38,000 to start DOQ/
engineering or a closely related field; P.e. cess, Oracle, or SQL; set up feature tables, DOe (+) benefits. must have good commu-
license preferred; 6-9 yrs. progressively map templates and end-user views; and nication skills. Will assist town manager
responsible exper. in water and wastewa- more …. Reqs. any comb. of educ. (above with goals, grants and plans; will oversee
ter treatment operations, planning and h.S.) and/or exper. equiv. to 8 yrs. in fields Rental inspection Program. must be will-
managing resources, including 3-5 yrs. utilizing the req’d knowledge, skills and ing to work past normal hours, if needed,
of responsible supervisory exper.; or any abilities, and associated with positions and must relocate within 30 miles of black-
equiv. comb. of training and exper. that such as giS analyst; giS systems analyst, stone. Degree in public administration a
provides the req’d knowledge, skills and programmer analyst, business analyst or plus. applications can be picked up at the
abilities. Submit city application and re- management analyst. Visit www.vbgov. Town Office, 100 W. elm St., blackstone,
sume to: city of Portsmouth, Department com/careers for detailed job info and to Va 23824. Open until filled. eOe.
of human Resource management, 801 apply on-line. no faxes, e-mails, or paper
crawford St., Portsmouth, Va 23704. See applications accepted. #3011. Deadline: Continued on page 6
www.portsmouthva.gov/hr. Open until aug. 24. eOe.
filled. eOe.
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pOSItIONS
under limited supervision of the planning command responsibilities supplemented by
services manager. Will mentor less senior formal training in police administration.
Regional Director, Northern Prefer bachelor’s degree but comb. of exper.
team members. must fill out an on-line
Virginia emergency Response application at www.hampton.gov/hire. and educ. that meet the min. qualifica-
System contact: 757/727-6407. Deadline: aug. tions may be substituted. must complete
SaLaRY: DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. Full- 12. eOe. employment application (available at www.
time, grant-funded (min.2 yrs). Serve capecharles.org/jobs.htm or by calling
under direction of the northern Virginia executive Director, 757/331-3259 ext 10). Submit resume and
Regional commission (nVRc) executive harrisonburg-Rockingham employment application to: Town clerk, 2
director in performing work for the north- Regional Sewer authority Plum St., cape charles, Va 23310. Dead-
ern Virginia emergency Response System line: aug. 13. eOe.
Steering committee (nVeRS). Provide SaLaRY: DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. (ser-
vice pop. 57,000) Serves as chief executive
leadership and serve as subject matter planner, Vienna
expert in the region’s emergency Response officer of regional authority that provides
wastewater treatment for harrisonburg, SaLaRY: $45,000-plus (+) benefits.
System. Serve as primary staff to the noVa Reviews permits, site plans, subdivision
eRS Regional Steering committee. Reqs. Rockingham county and the towns of
bridgewater, Dayton and mt. crawford. and development plans for compliance.
any comb. of educ. and exper. equiv. to: Processes permits and zoning applications;
relevant bachelor’s degree plus 8 yrs. pro- Reqs. extensive knowledge of public man-
agement and budgeting, organizational works with the public and provides support
gressive exper., of which 3 yrs. must have to two boards. Familiarity with giS help-
been at the management level. Detailed theories, principles, practices and tech-
niques; considerable knowledge of basic ful. Reqs. relevant degree with previous
job description at: www.novaregion.org/ work experience. more info at www.vien-
index.aspx?nid=786. Submit resume, cover laws, ordinances and regs applicable to
wastewater treatment; bachelor’s degree in nava.gov. Send resume to jobs2@vien-
letter and salary reqs. via mail or e-mail nava.gov. Deadline: aug. 7. eOe.
to: info@novaregion.org. no phone calls. engineering. Prefer Va. Pe license or abil-
Deadline: aug. 14. eOe. ity to acquire within 6 mos. Reqs. direct
exper. in municipal utility administration
and mngmnt. Submit city application on- Other positions
city planner, hampton
line only at http://agency.governmentjobs. NOTICE: The following positions also are
SaLaRY: $38,059-$61,803 (+) benefits. com/harrisonburg/default.cfm. Resume, listed on VML’s Web site at www.vml.org.
Develop comprehensive plans, ordinances cover letter, salary history document and
and programs to provide for future growth, 3 professional references also req’d for county administrator,
utilization and revitalization of land and consideration. Job #9999. Deadline: aug. New Kent
physical facilities. evaluate land use and 27. eOe.
development proposals and implement SaLaRY: $95,000-$115,000 DOQ/DOe
planning policies that support adopted (+) benefits. Deadline: Sept. 30.
personnel Recruiting Services
city goals and objectives. Prefer relevant (Rfp), Bristol
bachelor’s degree; some exper. equiv. to chief of police, farmville
city planner level in a municipal, state or SaLaRY: negotiable. city requires the
SaLaRY: $60,000-$80,000 DOQ/DOe
federal agency or related area; some exper. recruiting services necessary to hire a
(+) benefits. (pop. appx. 7,000) Deadline:
in a technical or research oriented custom- qualified city manager. Obtain copies of
noon Oct. 1.
er service area; some working knowledge the Request for Proposals from the Office
of giS. Work under general supervision of the Purchasing agent, 300 Lee St.,
Deputy city manager,
of the planning services manager and with bristol, Va 24201-4327. Send original
proposal and 5 copies to this office. Signed portsmouth
senior level planning team members. must
proposal should be returned in an enve- SaLaRY: Salary Range: $87,512 - $118,141
fill out application at www.hampton.gov/
lope or package, sealed and identified as (+) benefits. Open until filled.
hire. contact: 757/727-6407. Deadline:
aug. 12. eOe. follows: name of responding firm; street or
P.O. box number; city, state and zip code; city manager, Winchester
label “Proposal for Personnel Recruiting SaLaRY: $125,000-$145,000 negotiable
Senior planner, hampton
Services”. city reserves the right to reject DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. Deadline: aug. 9.
SaLaRY: $47,952-$77,162 (+) benefits. any and all proposals received by reason
Develop comprehensive plans, ordinances of this request. Deadline: 4 p.m. aug. 21.
and programs to provide for future growth, Director of finance, Brunswick
eOe.
utilization and revitalization of land and county
physical facilities. evaluates land use and chief of police, cape charles SaLaRY: DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. Open
development proposals and implements until filled.
planning policies that support adopted SaLaRY: DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. (pop.
city goals and objectives. Reqs. relevant appx. 900, plus significant number of
chief Information Officer,
bachelor’s degree. Prefer master’s degree vacation properties.) Lead dept. of four
Suffolk
in urban or regional planning, or related sworn officers with $300,000 budget for
FY09-10 in historic eastern Shore town. SaLaRY: $73,599-$95,680 (+) benefits.
field of study as determined by the direc-
chartered position serves at will of Town Open until filled.
tor, and considerable exper. equiv. to the
city planner level in a municipal, state or council; functions as member of manage-
federal agency; working knowledge of giS. ment team. Reqs. min. 5 yrs. exper. in
Performs duties within a self directed team variety of police functions, including major Continued on page 7
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fire and Rescue chief, DEADLINE: The deadline for placing a
lexington job advertisement in the next issue of Update
Director of fire, emS and is Friday, Aug. 14. Submit ads via e-mail to
emergency Services, prince SaLaRY: DOQ/DOe. Deadline: aug.
David Parsons at dparsons@vml.org. You
george county 14.
may also submit via FAX at: 804/343-3758.
SaLaRY: DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. Open VML publishes job advertisements at no cost to
chief of police, Virginia its local government members. Non-members
until filled. eOe. commonwealth University are charged a flat rate of $25 per ad per issue,
(Richmond) which includes posting on VML’s Web site and
Business auditor, albemarle
county (finance Dept.) SaLaRY: $85,000-$130,000 (+) benefits. publication in Virginia Town & City (deadlines
Deadline: aug. 10. permitting). VML edits position descriptions in
SaLaRY: $45,556-$59,224 hiring range printed publications because of space limitations.
DOQ/DOe (+) benefits. Open until filled.
economic Development
Director, Waynesboro
SaLaRY: negotiable DOQ/DOe (+)
benefits. Open until filled.
caleNDaR
Virginia municipal clerks Rural planning caucus of
academy, Virginia Beach, Virginia’s annual conference,
Virginia public health
October 6-9 giles county. Oct. 21-23
association annual conference,
Richmond, Sept. 10-11 For more information, visit www.execed- more information is available at www.
odu.com. rpcva.org
advancing health equity from Theory to
Practice. more info online at http://vapha.
Virginia association of Virginia library association
org/events.
assessing Officers fall annual conference,
educational Seminar, fairfax Williamsburg, Oct. 29-30
2009 Icma conference,
county, Oct. 13-16 more information online at www.vla.org/
montreal, Sept. 13-16
more information online at www.vaao. demo/conference/index.html
For more information, visit www.icma.org.
org/
Virginia association of counties
Virginia economic Developers
Vml annual conference, annual conference, Bath
association fall conference,
Roanoke, Oct. 18-20 county, Nov. 8-9
Roanoke, Sept. 16-18
For registration information contact Joni more information at www.vaco.org.
more information online at www.goveda.
Terry at 804/523-8529 or jterry@vml.org.
org
For exhibitor information contact kimber- Nlc congress of cities, San
ly Pollard at 804/523-8528 or kpollard@ antonio, Nov. 10-14
VBcOa annual meeting, vml.org.
Norfolk, Sept. 27-29 more information at www.nlc.org.
VbcOa business meeting, election of Virginia government finance
Virginia political Science
officers and educational sessions on code Officers’ association Spring
enforcement. To be held at the norfolk association conference,
conference, charlottesville,
marriott Waterside. To register or for Norfolk, Nov. 21
Oct. 21-23
more information, visit www.vbcoa.org, or more information at http://al.odu.edu/
contact Sherall Dementi (sdementi@vml. more information online at www.vgfoa. gpis/vpsa/
org). org/calendar.html
Virginia municipal clerks Virginia association of
Institute, Virginia Beach, governmental purchasing fall
October 4-9 conference, Norfolk, Oct. 21-23
For more information, visit www.execed- more information online at www.vagp.
odu.com. org/events/spring.html
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Update
August 7, 2009 VML Update
The newsletter of the
Virginia Municipal League
P.O. Box 12164 • Richmond, VA 23241
LocaL Governments
WorkinG toGether since 1905
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Update is published
biweekly by the
Virginia Municipal League
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Richmond, VA 23241
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contracts for office supplies, furniture, computers and Executive Director
peripherals, general supplies and more. For more information: R. Michael Amyx
Editor
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Manuel Timbreza
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