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Augusta County supervisors approve rezoning, roadway easement, lease and shelter MOU; allocate school funds
Summary
The Board approved a 9.41‑acre rezoning, authorized a VDOT right‑of‑way easement for the Wilson Complex, renewed a Mill Place lease with Maple Springs Farm, entered an interjurisdictional MOU for a new animal shelter, and approved the school division's year‑end fund allocation. Several smaller capital items and personnel schedule changes were also approved.
Augusta County's Board of Supervisors approved a series of routine and project‑level actions at its regular meeting, including a rezoning for two Stanton parcels, a transportation easement for the Wilson Complex, a lease renewal for Mill Place Commerce Park, and an interjurisdictional memorandum of understanding for a new animal shelter.
At a public hearing staff described a request to rezone approximately 9.41 acres owned by Charles and Carol Weatherman and Herbert Kent McMath from General Agriculture to Rural Residential. Staff told the board the parcels lie in a community development area and that the planning commission recommended approval; no members of the public spoke and the board approved the rezoning following a motion.
The board also authorized the county administrator to execute permanent right‑of‑way easement documents to support a VDOT/BDOT roadway project at the Wilson Complex that will add a right‑hand lane and reconfigure a traffic triangle; the board vote was recorded 6 in favor, 1 absent.
The county awarded a lease for Mill Place Commerce Park to Maple Springs Farm after receiving one bid of $4,680. A motion to execute the lease carried with a roll call of 5 in favor, 1 abstention and 1 absent.
Augusta County presented a proposed memorandum of understanding among Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro regarding operations of the new bridal/animal shelter. A supervisor moved to enter the MOU and the board approved the interlocal agreement, 6 in favor, 1 absent.
On school finances, staff said the school division's year‑end fund balance totaled $824,749 and requested allocation of $550,000 to school debt service and $274,749 to the capital improvements fund to start construction of a softball field at Buffalo Gap. A supervisor moved to accept the request; the motion passed, 6 in favor, 1 absent. Staff clarified that money placed directly into the debt service/CIP fund would require the school board to return to the supervisors for any additional debt authorization before using those funds for projects.
The board approved a package of smaller items: $18,000 from an infrastructure account to install three rest benches along Lifecore Drive (6 in favor, 1 absent), $16,000 to install two flashing school‑zone lights at Fort Defiance High School (6 in favor, 1 absent), and an early afternoon closure of county offices on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (board voted to close at noon).
Other routine actions included approval of the consent agenda (6 in favor, 1 absent) and the reappointment of Gerald Garber as the county's representative on the regional airport commission. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn.
