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Volume 57, Number 12 • March 25, 2010
Budget affects top government earners By Amy Condra acondra@goochlandgazette.com
Of Goochland County’s six most highly paid employees, two will be retiring this year. In her recommended budget for next year, County Administrator Rebecca T. Dickson has included a reorganization of county administration. These changes will affect the county’s six highest paid positions, two of which will either be eliminated or converted to part-time status. Prior to the recent addition of two new deputy adminis-
trator positions, the top five earners were as follows: County Administrator Rebecca T. Dickson, receiving a base salary of $145,000 plus $10,000 in deferred compensation; County Attorney Norman B. Sales, receiving a base salary of $137,000 plus a deferred salary of $10,000; County Assessor Glenn Branham, receiving $96,720; Community Development Director Don Charles, receiving $96,495; and Director of Planning Robert Hammond, receiving $89,040. According to the recomsee Budget> page 3
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A recently donated pick-up truck from Dominion Virginia Power is now helping the operation at the St. Matthews United Methodist Church Food Bank. Seen from left are church members Rudy and Grace Butler, Iris Holliday of Dominion Virginia Power, Barry Barnette, head of outreach at the church and Pastor Gordon Pruitt.
Help for Goochland food bank Donated truck eases food pickup and deliveries By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Before January, St. Matthews United Methodist Church members who hauled food to their Neighbors’ Pantry food bank
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had to use their own vehicles to accomplish the mission. Now that’s changed, thanks to the benevolence of Dominion Virginia Power, which donated a 2001 model Dodge Dakota Sport pickup to the church. “We use it for food pickups for the pantry,” said church member Grace Butler. She said that before the donation she used her
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husband’s truck. Butler, who is often behind the wheel, said the truck makes two or three trips a week for food pickups to Costco, Joe’s Market and the Central Virginia Food Bank. The church also uses it to pick up clothes for their clothes clossee Food Bank > page 5
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County adds two deputy administrators By Wesley P. Hester Media General News Service
After last year inheriting a county in disarray, Goochland County Administrator Rebecca T. Dickson has appointed two deputy administrators as part of a reorganization of county government. Earlier this month, John
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Wack became Goochland’s first deputy county administrator for financial services and Don Charles its first deputy county administrator for community development. Both will earn $104,000 annually. “I’ve spent the last six or seven months evaluating what see Administration> page 4
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Dancing the night away for a good cause at Deep Run H.S.