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Lunenburg County accepts $500,000 bid for Old Mansion Road property
Summary
After a public hearing and closed-session review of two offers, the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors voted to sell a roughly 151–161 acre county parcel on Old Mansion Road to Malcom Bailey for $500,000; the roll-call vote was five in favor, one opposed and one absent.
The Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 10 to accept a $500,000 bid from Malcom Bailey for a county-owned parcel on Old Mansion Road following a public hearing and a closed-session review of competing offers.
The public hearing was opened by County Administrator Tracy M. Gee, who identified the property as a portion (about 151 acres) of Tax Map Number 045-((0A))-0-34, described in the agenda as roughly 161 acres. Gee said the county received two bids and that further discussion of the offers would occur in closed session per Code of Virginia §15.2-734, which requires a public hearing before disposition of real property.
After returning from closed session, Supervisor Robert Zava reported the two bids: $500,000 from Malcom Bailey and $309,550 from Meridian Waste. Supervisor Frank Bacon moved to accept the $500,000 bid; the motion passed by roll call with five supervisors voting yes, one voting no (Supervisor Edward Pennington) and one absent (Supervisor T. Wayne Hoover). The motionmaker and seconder were recorded in the minutes as Supervisor Bacon (mover) and Supervisor Mike Hankins (second), and the Board’s certification of the closed session referenced Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) and §2.2-3711(A)(3).
The minutes do not record additional sale conditions or a closing timeline; no public speakers commented during the hearing. The Board did not specify an effective closing date in the meeting record.
Next steps for the property sale and any required documentation were not detailed in the minutes; the Board’s certification resolves that the closed session discussed only matters lawfully exempted from open-meeting requirements under state law.
