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Council directs clerk to investigate annexation petition for West Smithfield Elementary site

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Summary

Council voted to adopt a resolution directing the town clerk to investigate the sufficiency of a voluntary annexation petition for the West Smithfield Elementary School satellite site (ANX-25-02). The resolution passed unanimously; next steps include an order for a public hearing if the petition is certified sufficient.

The Town of Smithfield Council on March 4 adopted a resolution directing the town clerk to investigate the sufficiency of a voluntary annexation petition for the West Smithfield Elementary School satellite site, identified in council materials as ANX-25-02.

Town staff said the parcel would be a satellite (noncontiguous) annexation that lies near an existing satellite annexation at the Elk Creek subdivision. "We've received a petition for annexation. It would be a satellite annexation," a town staff member said. The town noted that annexation would obligate the town to provide municipal services in the area, including law…

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