Board approves $10,000 purchase of strip near Richlands Elementary to fix drainage
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Supervisors approved purchase of a roughly 25-foot-wide strip adjacent to Richlands Elementary for $10,000 to address drainage problems affecting the school property.
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors voted June 3 to purchase a roughly 25-foot-wide strip of land adjacent to Richlands Elementary School for $10,000 to address drainage issues affecting the school property.
In a motion presented at the meeting, the board authorized purchase of the strip — described in the agenda as extending from Front Street between certain parcel identifiers to the boundary with another parcel — and directed staff to pay Shelby Finney or other persons as legal counsel may identify as the owners. A board member explained the acquisition is intended to secure the land necessary to fix drainage at the elementary school.
The motion passed with an affirmative voice vote. County staff said the acquisition is part of an ongoing effort to resolve persistent drainage problems at Richlands Elementary and to allow design and construction work to proceed. The board also discussed related items in the capital projects budget and noted engineering work and grant opportunities that could help fund construction.
County staff added that the transaction will be finalized by the county attorney's office and that the purchase will enable immediate follow-up work to address the school's drainage problems.