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Votes at a glance: Botetourt supervisors accept grants, approve financing moves, renew insurance and greenlight county projects
Summary
At its meeting, the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors approved the DCR Orchard Lake grant, accepted opioid settlements, authorized broadband pass-through funding, approved two maintenance trucks, ratified accounts payable, and renewed employee health insurance among other routine items.
Botetourt County supervisors handled a cluster of routine and fiscal items at the meeting, approving state and county actions that range from grant acceptance to equipment purchases and contract payments. The board conducted public hearings on some items and took votes on consent and action items summarized below.
Key votes and outcomes (summary) - DCR Orchard Lake grant: Accepted $500,000 DCR award (50% of an initial $1,000,000 estimate); motion passed unanimously. (See full Orchard Lake article for details and public-comment summary.) - Orchard Lake tax district public hearing: Board voted to proceed with a public hearing on a proposed special service (tax) district but took no action to form the district at this meeting; motion passed unanimously. - Direction to staff: Board directed staff to investigate alternatives, additional grants, inundation/engineering studies, funding options and return with findings; motion passed unanimously. - Sheriff property purchase: Board accepted a sheriff-requested purchase of parcel 73A(196A) for $42,000 to be paid from the sheriff’s highway-safety funds; motion passed unanimously. -…
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