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BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
PURPOSE: To revise, correct and amend any assessment of real estate.

    MEMBERS:
  • John C. Harry, IV
  • Martha C. Hofler
  • Jean Jackson
LIAISON: Sid Daughtrey, City Assessor (757) 514-7475

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
PURPOSE: Official appeal board for matters that deal with conflicts or hardships that arise from the administration and enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance.

    MEMBERS:
  • Howard C. Benton
  • Sandra J. DeLoatch
  • Robert M. Haynes
  • George H. Mears
  • Thomas G. Underwood
  • James C. Vacalis, Alternate
  • Melissa Venable, Alternate
LIAISON: Patricia Southard, Zoning Administration and
Enforcement Manager (757) 514-4154

DISABILITY SERVICES BOARD (SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS)
PURPOSE: The South Hampton Roads Disability Services Board (DSB) is a consortium of localities comprised of the Cities of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk. DSB's throughout the state provide additional services in three major areas: (1) the Rehabilitative Services Incentive Fund provides subgrants to agencies either expanding existing services or providing new ones for the disabled community; (2) DSB's are required to conduct a regional needs assessment to determine what the high priority needs are for the disabled in their community; and (3) the DSB acts as a clearinghouse for questions on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

    MEMBERS:
  • Geraldine Diggs, Business Representative
  • William Freeman, Consumer Representative
  • Vacant, Citizen Representative
  • Vacant, Staff Representative
LIAISON: William Heath, Chairman, 1521 #A Myrtle Avenue, Chesapeake, VA 23325

ELECTORAL BOARD
PURPOSE: To administer elections for the City.

    MEMBERS:
  • David Sylvia, Chairman
  • Beverly Outlaw, Vice Chair
  • C. Frank Jordan, Secretary
LIAISON & Member: Sharon Porter-Thornhill, Voter Registrar (757) 514-7750

LIBRARY BOARD
PURPOSE: To serve as advisory board to the City Council on all matters pertaining to library services.

    MEMBERS:
  • Jennifer Bradshaw
  • Ernestine Langston
  • Pam Hill
  • Carolyn O. Epps White
  • Sandra Nee
  • Sue Nichols
  • Clara M. Yates
  • Judith Stone
LIAISON: Elliot Drew, Library Director (757) 514-7323

LOCAL BOARD OF BUILDING CODE APPEALS
PURPOSE: To act on applications for appeals of building related codes concerning new construction and existing structures.

    MEMBERS:
  • Mitchell Wilcox, Chairman
  • Mark Brinkley
  • Jesse E. Canada, III
  • Yok Kong Chiang
  • Randy Brock
  • William Flythe
  • Rebecca Habel
LIAISON:Wayne Whitehurst, Building Official (757) 514-4156

PAUL D. CAMP COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD
PURPOSE: To assure that the community college is responsive to the needs existing within its region in regard to statewide policies, procedures and regulations of the State Board.

    MEMBERS:
  • Jean Copeland
  • J. Samuel Glasscock
  • Kermit Hobbs
  • Richard Brooks
LIAISON: Paul W. Conco, President, PDCCC (757) 569-6712

SCHOOL BOARD
PURPOSE: To operate, maintain and supervise public schools.

    MEMBERS:
  • William L. Whitley, Vice Chairman, Chuckatuck
  • Lorraine B. Skeeter, Chairman, Cypress
  • Enoch C. Copeland, Holy Neck
  • Thelma Hinton, Nansemond
  • Diane B. Foster, Sleepy Hole
  • Michael J. Debranski, Suffolk
  • Phyllis C. Byrum,Whaleyville
LIAISON: Dr. Deran R. Whitney, Interim Superintendent of Schools (757) 925-6750

WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD
PURPOSE: To be interested in all matters pertaining to the social welfare of the people in Suffolk, making recommendations to the Department of Social Services, to develop an annual report for the City Council concerning the administration of the Department of Social Services and submitting reports to Council from time to time as appropriate.

    MEMBERS:
  • Catherine Jones
  • Gloria Colbert
  • Barbara Artis
  • Mary W. Copeland
  • Jeffrey Anthony Perkins
  • Lula B. Holland
  • Vacant
  • Vacant
LIAISON: Leonard Horton, Director of Social Services (757) 514-7450

WESTERN TIDEWATER COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD
PURPOSE: To act as the agent of the City of Suffolk, City of Franklin, Isle of Wight County and Southampton County.

    MEMBERS:
  • Margaret W. Jones
  • Rachel Lewis
  • Charles G. Hearn
LIAISON: Demetrios Peratsakis, Executive Director (757) 255-7100

WETLANDS BOARD
PURPOSE: To preserve the wetlands and to prevent their despoliation and to accommodate necessary economic development in a manner consistent with wetlands preservation.

    MEMBERS:
  • C. Robert Johnson, III
  • Ronald Dean Jordan
  • Brad O’Berry
  • Geoffrey C. Hinshelwood
  • Mark J. Butler IV
  • John R. Ellison, III
  • Jeffrey Colley
  • Vacant, Alternate
  • David Thacker Joyner, Alternate
LIAISON: Brian Alperin, Principal Planner (757) 514-4062

RELATED WEB SITES

Community Corrections Program & Community Criminal Justice Board

Paul D. Camp Community College

Suffolk Wetlands Board

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