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, Interim 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

LIAISON: Wayne Whitehurst, Building Official (757) 514-4156

COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD (FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT)
PURPOSE: To assist the Fifth Judicial District in the development, establishment and maintenance of community-based corrections programs to provide the judicial system with sentencing alternatives for certain misdemeanants or persons convicted of non-violent felonies, on whom the court may impose a jail sentence and who may require less than institutional custody but more than probation supervision.

MEMBERS:
• Chief Judge Westbrook J. Parker, Circuit Court
• Judge Alfreda Talton-Harris, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court Judge
• Judge Robert S. Brewbaker, Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court Judge
• Raymond H Swartz, Chief Magistrate, 5th Judicial District
• William A. Freeman, Chief of Police
• Raleigh H. Isaacs, Sr., Sheriff
• C. Phillips Ferguson, Commonwealth's Attorney
• Timothy E. Miller, Public Defender
• David L. Simons, Superintendent, Western Tidewater Regional Jail
• Dr. Milton R. Liverman, School Superintendent
• Demetrios Peratsakis, Executive Director, Western Tidewater CSB
• James G. Vacalis, City Manager
• Gilbert F. Jackson (Citizen Representative)
• David Taylor, Community Corrections Program Director
• Jerri Eure, Criminal Justice Planner

LIAISON: Charles Meek, Senior Administrative Analyst (757) 514-4016

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
• Carolyn Freeman, Consumer Representative
• Vacant, Citizen Representative
• Charles Meek, 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
• Jean L. Copeland, 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, Chuckatuck
• Ernestine Langston, Cypress
• Pam Hill, Holy Neck
• Susie Bennett, Nansemond
• Sandra Nee, Sleepy Hole
• Barbara Espinosa, Suffolk
• Elbernia Lee, Whaleyville

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
• William L. Chorey
• 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
• Leah Powell
• Richard Brooks

LIAISON: Douglas Boyce, President, PDCCC (757) 569-6712

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

MEMBERS:
• William L. Whitley, Chuckatuck
• Lorraine B. Skeeter, Chairman, Cypress
• Enoch C. Copeland, Holy Neck
• Rev. Mark Croston, Nansemond
• James E. Perkinson Jr., Sleepy Hole
• Michael J. Debranski, Suffolk
• Sharon R. Harris,Whaleyville

LIAISON: Dr. Milton R. Liverman, 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, Chuckatuck
• Gloria Colbert, Cypress
• Donald R. Futrell, Holy Neck
• Barbara Artis, Nansemond
• Vacant, Sleepy Hole
• Mary W. Copeland, Suffolk
• Jeffrey Anthony Perkins,Whaleyville

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, City of Suffolk
• Rachel Lewis, City of Suffolk
• Dr. Melinda Boone, City of Suffolk

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, Chuckatuck
• Joyce Hall, Cypress
• Ronald Dean Jordan, Holy Neck
• Brad L. O'Berry, III, Nansemond
• John P. Sims, II, Sleepy Hole
• John R. Ellison, III, Suffolk
• Jeffrey Colley, Whaleyville
• (Vacant), Alternate
• David Thacker Joyner, Alternate

LIAISON: Brian Alperin, Principal Planner (757) 514-4062