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Council approves multiple second‑reading ordinances, moves several routine items forward
Summary
Chesterfield County Council held second readings and approved a slate of budget and ordinance items, reappointed a regional transportation board member and approved a contract extension offer following executive session.
Chesterfield County Council approved second readings for a series of budget and ordinance items and completed routine board and personnel business during its May regular meeting.
The council approved second readings for a fee‑in‑lieu agreement tied to a Walmart project, multiple 2025‑26 fire department budget ordinances, the county general fund budget ordinance for 2025‑26, a bond ordinance (referred to on the agenda as the Geo Bond Ordinance) and a tattoo ordinance. Council also reappointed Hattie Burns to the Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority (PDRTA) and later approved a separate executive‑session action offering $1,600 in exchange for a short extension to a purchaser on the sale of the Leppard Building.
The approvals were taken largely by voice vote during the meeting; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public transcript. The tattoo ordinance discussion noted that the county permit application fee amount was left blank in the current draft and council agreed to set that fee before third reading. The solid waste management fee/plan item was discussed as a first reading (see separate article).
Votes at a glance (recorded on the meeting agenda and moved on the floor): - Walmart fee‑in‑lieu: second reading approved (motion and second on the record; voice vote carried). - 2025‑26 Castro Fire Department budget ordinance (second reading): approved. - 2025‑26 Harris Creek Fire Department budget ordinance (second reading): approved. - 2025‑26 Alligator Bridge (or Alligator Bridal) Fire Department budget ordinance (second reading): approved. - 2025‑26 General Fund budget ordinance (second reading): approved. - Geo Bond Ordinance (second reading): approved. - Tattoo ordinance (second reading): approved; council deferred setting the county permit application fee (blank in packet) to before third reading. - Appointment: Reappointment of Hattie Burns to PDRTA: approved. - Executive‑session follow‑up (sale of Leppard Building): council authorized offering $1,600 for an extension to June 30 to the purchaser (motion carried).
The meeting transcript shows these items were moved and seconded by various council members (mover/second recorded on the floor in each case) and approved by voice. The council chair stated that no formal votes occurred in executive session and that a public motion was taken after returning to open session to implement the Leppard Building extension offer.
Council members indicated no further public hearings were scheduled that day and moved on to administrative reports and adjournment.
