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FEATURE
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Adams, Hughes sworn
in as constitutional
officers
Carey Adams and Jenefer
Hughes were sworn in as
constitutional officers of
Chesterfield County Friday
afternoon.
In a ceremony in the county’s
public meeting room, Adams was
sworn in as county treasurer, and
Hughes was sworn in as the county’s
commissioner of the revenue.
Adams has worked for
Chesterfield County for more than
29 years. He worked for about four
years as an accounting manager in
the Accounting Department, and
he has served 25 years as chief
deputy treasurer. He was appointed
treasurer after the former treasurer
retired Jan. 1.
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McPeters named chief
deputy treasurer
Carey Adams has named Timothy customer service, managerial, and
Chesterfield County Treasurer
process improvement experience
M. McPeters as Chief Deputy will be critical in our efforts to
“I am Treasurer. McPeters brings over 28 further enhance the quality service
honored years of public and private sector we provide to our customers.” The
and experience to the office, including Chesterfield County Treasurer’s
humbled to over 18 years in the county’s Office is responsible for the
be elected Commissioner of the Revenue billing and collection of current
treasurer Office and seven years with Coca- and delinquent personal property,
and Cola. As Chief Deputy Treasurer, real estate, and other local taxes.
sincerely McPeters will be responsible for Additionally, the treasurer also
appreciate managing the daily operations of the serves as the chief investment officer
the trust office, including customer service, and banker for the county. The
citizens automated systems, and billing. “I office’s mission is to ensure fiscal
have placed am excited to add a person of Tim’s integrity and provide world-class
in me,” caliber to our talented, experienced customer service through excellence
Adams team,” said Adams. “His extensive in treasury management.
said. CAREY ADAMS
“I will
continue to work diligently to ensure killer diseases. Intense prolonged cooking
my office provides quality customer is required to destroy deadly pathogens
service to our citizens and that the lurking inside.
services we provide are efficient and Letters to Now, for the good news: Per capita
convenient.” the Editor consumption of turkeys is down by a
Hughes is a chartered accountant whopping 34 percent (*) from a 1996
with 30 years’ business experience, high of 303 million, as one third of our
and most recently served as director Why Pardon A population is actively reducing meat
of accounting at McKesson. She Turkey? consumption; Our supermarkets carry
has lived with her family in Bon Air a rich variety of convenient, delicious,
since 2009. To the Editor: healthful plant-based meat products,
“I am humbled and honored to including several oven-ready roasts.
have been elected as commissioner President Trump is getting his pardon This Thanksgiving holiday, as we give
of the revenue on Nov. 7,” Hughes pen ready, as the Muller investigation starts thanks for life and good fortune, let’s also
said. “I would like to thank everyone indicting his associates. This Wednesday, skip the gratuitous violence and grant our
for your support and look forward to he plans to practice on two very innocent own pardon to an innocent animal.
getting to work to serve the citizens Minnesota turkeys.
of Chesterfield County.” The other 244 million turkeys Clive Vasquez
killed in the U.S. this year have not been Letters
so lucky. They were raised in crowded
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