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Votes at a glance: Lee County supervisors approve grants, appropriations, emergency declaration and contracts
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting, the Lee County Board of Supervisors approved multiple routine and substantive items including grant acceptances, appropriations, a local emergency ratification and several vendor and program payments. Most motions passed unanimously.
LEE COUNTY, Va. — The Lee County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 18 approved a series of resolutions, distributions and administrative actions. The board recorded votes on grants, contractual payments, budget amendments and several program disbursements. Key actions taken are listed below.
Votes at a glance
- Special use permit (Tom Flora) for a recreational-vehicle park in an A-1 agricultural district near 290 Spyglass Drive (tax parcel 53-A-218): Board moved to approve following planning commission recommendation; motion carried (ayes recorded).
- Opioid-abatement distribution: Approved a $2,500 distribution from the county's opioid abatement funds (motion approved).
- Mountain Empire distribution: Approved third-quarter distribution of $9,100 for FY25 to Mountain Empire (NEOC and CAC funds budgeted); motion approved.
- Ratify local emergency declaration: Approved Resolution 25-004 to ratify a local emergency declaration related to recent significant rainfall; motion approved.
- Delta Airports invoice: Authorized payment of an invoice for $29,782.35 related to airfield electrical rehabilitation work; board noted Virginia Department of Aviation reimbursement is expected and county share is approximately 2 percent.
- Stickerdoodle / Stigleyville waterline (Appalachian Regional Commission grant): Approved a resolution to accept and submit paperwork to appropriate $700,000 in ARC funding for the waterline expansion (Phase 1 of Walen Street/Stigleyville project); no county match required; motion approved.
- Equal Employment Opportunity program resolution: Approved Resolution 25-003 (formal decree required by some DHCD grant programs); motion approved.
- Payment for reassessment work: Approved partial payment request of $74,925 to the contractor performing property reassessment work to allow mailings and scheduling of equalization hearings; motion approved.
- Rock Bottom Horse Camp pump-and-haul septic: Approved request to allow a temporary pump-and-haul septic system under conditions including a $1,000 bond payable to Lee County; motion approved.
- Animal-control body cameras: Approved adding three animal-control officers to the sheriff’s body-camera program at a first-year cost of $2,879.35, with recurring annual costs noted in the contract; motion approved.
- Biennial mutual-aid agreement: Approved a two-year mutual-aid agreement renewal between Lee County and the named agency in the packet (county staff to execute agreement); motion approved.
- Budget amendments and supplemental appropriations: The board approved several accounting and appropriation adjustments as presented by staff; motions approved.
- Minutes, payroll and routine warrants: Approved meeting minutes, payroll warrants and disbursements as presented; motions approved.
Other procedural items
- The board voted to go into a closed session to discuss personnel and investment matters under Virginia code cited at the meeting; the motion passed.
- The board recessed and set a public hearing for March 11 on proposed changes to real estate tax dates.
Several items were accompanied by brief staff presentations or public comments; most votes recorded in the transcript were unanimous "ayes." Where the transcript does not record individual roll-call votes, the board's actions were reflected as passed.
