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Carroll County Board adopts styrofoam exemption for schools and schedules public hearing for Samsung solar-siding agreement
Summary
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution granting an exemption to the Virginia styrofoam ban for Carroll County Schools (citing economic hardship and sunk costs) and voted to advertise and hold a public hearing on a proposed solar-siding agreement with Samsung on Tuesday, Sept. 2; the meeting also approved routine minutes, the consent calendar and invoices.
At its meeting the Carroll County Board of Supervisors approved several routine items and took two notable actions: adopting a styrofoam-waiver resolution requested by the school division and scheduling a public hearing on a proposed solar-siding agreement with Samsung.
Styrofoam-waiver resolution
Mister Durbin summarized a previously submitted request from Carroll County Schools for an exemption to Virginia’s new polystyrene (styrofoam) ban, saying the schools face "sunk costs" in existing containers and need time to evaluate feasible replacement options. Durbin said he prepared a resolution outlining…
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