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Residents ask board for clarity before relocating animal control facility
Summary
Two residents urged Buckingham supervisors to pause plans for a proposed animal control relocation and provide cost comparisons, a Commonwealth deadline, and engineering/financial analyses showing new construction is more cost‑effective than renovating the existing Andersonville Road facility.
During public comment, Buckingham County residents Amy Lawhorn and David Ball asked the Board of Supervisors for more information about a proposed relocation or replacement of the county animal control facility.
Lawhorn, a Dillon resident, framed her remarks as fiduciary questions and asked the board for three items for the public record: "First, what is the total cost to renovate the existing Andersonville Road animal control facility, and how does that compare to purchasing new land and constructing a new facility from the ground up? Second, what's the actual deadline from the Commonwealth of Virginia that requires the animal control facility to be upgraded or relocated? Third, what engineering or financial analysis has been completed that shows purchasing new land is more cost‑effective than improving the facility the county already owns?" She also suggested locating any new facility near existing water and wastewater infrastructure and away from residential and town boundaries.
David Ball, also a District 2 resident, suggested an existing commercial building near Route 60 and U.S. 15 that he said could be converted for animal storage and public access. The board thanked the speakers and a supervisor (identified in open session as their district supervisor) said the county administrator would be asked to provide answers in a timely manner.
The board did not, in open session, provide a cost comparison, a named Commonwealth deadline, or an engineering/financial analysis; a supervisor said they would work with the county administrator to gather answers and requested that the speaker leave copies of the three questions for staff follow‑up.
