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Board approves minutes, expenditures, grants and agreements; executive session held on solar negotiations
Summary
The Russell County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 approved minutes, expenditures, board appointments, a $17,072.54 payment-in-lieu for a housing development, a $100,000 natural gas pipeline planning grant appropriation and a manpower-service/use agreement; later the board entered executive session to discuss solar agreement negotiations under the Virginia FOIA.
The Russell County Board of Supervisors took several routine votes and approved funding and agreements at its Feb. 3 meeting. The board also moved into an executive session later in the meeting to discuss solar siting-agreement negotiations under exemptions in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of agenda (motion to approve agenda with exceptions and changes noted): Motion made and seconded; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved.
- Approval of minutes (unapproved minutes of Jan. 6, 2025): Motion and second; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved.
- Approval of expenditures presented for payment: Motion and second; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved.
- Committee / board appointments and reappointments (Soar's Creek Community Center): Motion to reappoint specified members and add Denise Smith; motion and second; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved.
- Board of Equalization appointments: Motion to appoint Barbara Parker (member), John Watson (alternate), and Walter F. Parker (alternate); motion and second; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved.
- Payment in lieu of taxes (Cumberland Plateau Housing Authority): Motion to approve payment of $17,072.54 for PILOT on HUD development; moved by Lou Ann Wallace, seconded by Andrew Hensley; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved. (Amount from motion text: $17,072.54.)
- Natural gas pipeline planning grant (Castlewood, St. Paul and Dante areas): Motion to approve appropriation of $100,000 from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for pipeline planning; moved by Lou Ann Wallace, seconded by Nate Kiser; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved. (Amount from motion text: $100,000.)
- Cumberland Plateau Regional Waste Management Authority agreements (manpower service/use agreements): Motion and second; unanimous voice vote, outcome: approved.
- Executive session for solar siting-agreement negotiations: County attorney requested a closed session pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to permit consultation with legal counsel on matters described as siting/agreement negotiations with CEP Solar (referral to Va. Code § 2.2-3711 and § 2.2-3712(d)). The board approved going into executive session by recorded motion and later certified by roll call that only the matters identified in the motion were discussed.
Several other routine motions (approval of committee appointments, routine reports and administrative measures) were approved by unanimous voice votes recorded during the meeting. Individual roll-call tallies were not conducted for all motions; the board recorded unanimous "aye" voice votes on the listed items.
No ordinances or appropriations beyond the $100,000 planning grant and the $17,072.54 PILOT were adopted at the Feb. 3 meeting, and there were no votes to deny or table matters listed on the agenda.
