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Page County supervisors approve property cleanup, multiple appropriations, reappointments and rezoning
Summary
The Page County Board of Supervisors voted to proceed with cleanup of a hazardous property (with lien authority), approved several fund appropriations for sheriff, tourism, recovery court and clerk preservation, reappointed an airport authority member, approved a rezoning and scheduled a public hearing on subdivision ordinance amendments.
The Page County Board of Supervisors voted to proceed with cleanup of a property found to create hazardous conditions and authorized pursuing a court judgment and future lien to recover county cleanup costs. Speaker 1 moved to proceed with cleanup and the motion passed after a second and affirmative voice votes.
The board approved a package of fiscal actions recommended by staff. Speaker 6 described requested carryovers and appropriations including $20,750 and $7,511 in forfeiture carryovers for the sheriff's office, $33,152 in excess FY24 revenues recommended for appropriation, $1,209 in local donations for a summer youth camp, $27,156 of transient occupancy tax for tourism projects (visitor guide distribution and advertising), $56,053 from a state grant for the Adult Recovery Court for treatment and program costs, $45,177 from a Library of Virginia grant to preserve plat books, and $29,007 from PSAP NG9-1-1 reimbursements for ECC telecommunications expenses. After brief discussion and a request for more breakdown on tourism fund uses, the board voted to appropriate the funds as requested.
On appointments, the board approved the reappointment of Keith Stevens to the Luray Page County Airport Authority and considered a Board of Zoning Appeals (District 1) candidate whose prior planning commission service was noted during consideration.
On land-use matters, the board approved a rezoning application from Lucas Holmes LLC to change a 8.699-acre parcel on Mill Creek Road from A-1 to residential to allow a four-lot Class A subdivision; staff reported agency reviews (VDOT, health department, building official) raised no technical issues and the planning commission had recommended approval 5-0 after a public hearing. Separately, the board voted to schedule a public hearing on proposed subdivision ordinance amendments (to require VDOT review before certain divisions) for the regular meeting on 2024-09-16 and directed staff to provide notice under the Code of Virginia as stated on the record.
The consent agenda, including the financial reports for July, was approved by the board.
What happens next: the county will pursue the property-cleanup procedures described by staff (including court notice and potential lien placement if and when the property is sold), staff will finalize appropriation ordinances for the next fiscal documents, and the subdivision-ordinance amendments will proceed to a public hearing on the date scheduled by the board.
Quotes from the record: "We would have to wait till the property is sold. We're going to be a lien for the future," Speaker 2 said during the cleanup discussion. On appropriations, staff said, "There are no issues, and staff recommends appropriation of all requests," (Speaker 6).
