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Board approves event‑center special‑use permit, tables solar ordinance and funds school bus air conditioning
Summary
At the meeting the board approved a special-use permit for an event center (case 26‑SUP‑368), tabled a proposed solar ordinance for further research, appropriated $72,000 to add air conditioning to four school buses, and made several other routine approvals and appointments.
The Buckingham County Board of Supervisors recorded several formal actions at the meeting.
Approved: Case 26‑SUP‑368 — Zoning staff presented a request from George Goodwin for a special‑use permit to operate an event center for up to 300 attendees; VDOT staff had deemed proposed entrances acceptable and the board voted to approve the permit (vote recorded: six yes).
Tabled: Solar ordinance codification — Staff presented proposed changes to codify state-related solar policy standards (including battery-storage provisions). Multiple speakers urged caution and noted a previously adopted multi-page county solar policy with larger setbacks; the board voted to table the ordinance for additional research and review.
Approved appropriation: School bus air conditioning — The board appropriated $72,000 to equip four additional school buses with air conditioning (quoted per-bus retrofit roughly $18,000); the motion passed (vote recorded: six yes).
Other routine actions: The board accepted $10,000 from the Virginia State Police equipment reimbursement program into a maintenance/service contract line for the sheriff's office (approved), appointed Miss Hill to the Central Virginia Library Board of Trustees (approved), and authorized finance-committee recommended repairs at Gene Dixon Park using year-end/ending balance funds (approved). The applicant for case 26‑ZMA‑366 later withdrew that rezoning request following public comment (see separate coverage).
Votes at a glance (recorded on the meeting minutes): - Case 26‑SUP‑368 (event center): approved, tally recorded as "six yes." - Solar ordinance codification: motion to table passed (for additional research). - School bus A/C appropriation ($72,000): approved, tally recorded as "six yes." - Sheriff equipment reimbursement reallocation ($10,000): approved. - Appointment: Miss Hill to Central Virginia Library Board of Trustees: approved (six yes).
Several other consent items (agenda, minutes, claims, and appropriations) were approved at the meeting's start.
