COMMUNITY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TEAM (CPMT)
PURPOSE: Suffolk Community Policy and Management Team, also known as the "Suffolk Interagency Team", acts as the community policy and management team for the City in cooperative effort to serve the needs of troubled and at-risk youth and their families, and to maximize the use of state and community resources in that effort.
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MEMBERS:
- Lucianne Warren, Mental Health Supervisor, Western Tidewater CSB
- James E. Gordon, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Services Unit
- Nancy Cisco, Nurse Supervisor, Department of Health
- Cynthia Lewis, Foster Care Unit, Department of Social Services
- Janice Holland, Supervisor of Pupil Personnel, Suffolk City Schools
- Brian Stump, Senior Administrative Analyst, City of Suffolk
- Marquetta Jones, Parent Representative Director of Children's Resources or designee
- William A. Freeman, Suffolk Chief of Police
- Linda Filippi, Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission
- Leonard Horton, Ex-Officio Member, Director of Social Services
EASTERN VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY
PURPOSE: Under State law, the Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into five health planning areas, each of which is served by a small regional health planning agency. The primary mission of each of those agencies is to review Certificate of Public Need requests for new services, facilities and equipment that are submitted to the state's Commissioner of Health. This agency advises the Commissioner as to whether he should approve or deny a particular application.
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MEMBERS:
- Leonard Horton, Suffolk
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SUFFOLK
PURPOSE: To manage Wilroy Industrial Park and to promote the development of other industrial sites, both public and private.
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MEMBERS:
- Dennis H. Gartman, Chuckatuck
- Johnnie Edwards, Cypress
- Stacy Lewis, Holy Neck
- Dwight A. Nixon, Nansemond
- Wayne Paul Scott, Sleepy Hole
- John C. Harrell, Suffolk
- James Harrell Faulk, Whaleyville
EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL BOARD OF VISITORS
PURPOSE: To improve health care in the region through medical education, patient care and research.
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MEMBERS:
- Rosemary Check
SOUTHEASTERN PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY (SPSA)
PURPOSE: To coordinate the regional trash system for eight cities and two counties.
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MEMBERS:
- Leroy Bennett
- Selena Cuffee-Glenn
SOUTHEASTERN TIDEWATER OPPORTUNITY PROJECT (STOP)
PURPOSE: Non-profit organization, created in 1965 to provide self-help human services to economically disadvantaged residents of the South Hampton Roads area. STOP provides multiple services in this arena to include Headstart, Indoor Plumbing and Rehab Program, Weatherization Program and Nurses Aid Training Program, to name a few.
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MEMBERS:
- Sylvester Jones
- Lillian Jones
- Leonard Horton
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AREAWIDE MODEL PROGRAM, INC.
PURPOSE: To develop programming and alcohol service delivery mechanisms that will serve to substantially reduce the number of highway accidents resulting from the consumption of alcohol. Serves the courts of Portsmouth, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Franklin, Smithfield, Isle of Wight and Southampton.
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MEMBERS:
- Joice Whitehorn
- Elliot Drew
- Hattie West
- Helen Flynn
- Kitty Manlove
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND YOUTH COUNCIL (CADRE)
PURPOSE: To educate citizens in the community, especially the youth, concerning the effects of drug abuse of every kind and nature upon the physical and mental well being of the user and to suggest and provided, as far as possible, alternative activities.
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MEMBERS:
- Laurna A. Taylor, Chuckatuck
- Johnnie F. Edwards, Cypress
- Reverend Howard Skeeter, Holy Neck
- W. Ross Boone, Nansemond
- Marion A. Matthews, Whaleyville
- Bob Lineberry - Sleepy Hole
- Ethel F. Brown- Suffolk
- Joice Whitehorn (Social Services)
- Curtis Kindred (Parks/Rec Rep)
- William A. Freeman (Police Rep)
- Junius Jackson (Police Rep)
- John Cooke (Police Rep)
- Louvenia Milteer (Probation & Parole Rep)
- Nancy King/Lovey Lyons/Janice Holland (School System Reps)
- Joe Edenfield, Dean, Franklin Campus (Paul D. Camp Community College)
- Kathleen Sanders (Western Tidewater Community Services Board Rep)
SUFFOLK REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY
PURPOSE: To promote housing opportunities, preservation and redevelopment activities.
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MEMBERS:
- M. Caroline Martin, Chuckatuck
- Mary Peele Herndon, Cypress
- Roy Waller, Holy Neck
- (Vacant), Nansemond
- Daniel H. Forbes, Sleepy Hole
- Beverly Bredemeyer, Suffolk
- Eleanor Clark, Whaleyville
- Thelma Hinton, at-large
WESTERN TIDEWATER REGIONAL JAIL (WTRJ) AUTHORITY
PURPOSE: Created in November 1990, the Authority oversees the operations for the adult correctional needs of the Cities of Suffolk and Franklin and Isle of Wight County.
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MEMBERS:
- Raystine Johnson
- Joseph J. Scislowicz
- Charles D. Parr, Sr.
- Robert C. Claud, Sr.
- Charles W. Phelps
- H. Woodrow Crook, Jr.
- Stan D. Clark
- Leroy Bennett
- Raleigh H. Isaacs
- Vernie M. Francis
- Jeffrey L. Newton
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ALTERNATES:
- W. Douglas Caskey
- Anne Seward
- Rowland L. Taylor
WESTERN TIDEWATER WATER AUTHORITY
PURPOSE: The Authority was formed for the purpose of acquiring, financing, constructing, leasing, operating and maintaining facilities for the production, impoundment, treatment and transmission of potable water.
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MEMBERS:
- Phillip Bradshaw
- W. Douglas Caskey
- Mark Popovich (alternate)
- Tom Wright
- Joseph H. Barlow
- Selena Cuffee-Glenn
- C. Edward Roettger, Jr.
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ALTERNATE:
- Jeffery L. Gardy
