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Council approves corrected easement to Verizon after staff review of earlier paperwork
Summary
After staff identified an incorrectly recorded easement and a missing public hearing, the Percival Town Council approved a corrected deed from Verizon Virginia LLC for underground communication lines near the Wireless Edge cell tower.
The Percival Town Council on Feb. 10 approved a corrected deed of easement allowing Verizon Virginia LLC to place underground communication lines adjacent to the Wireless Edge cell tower at 1001 South 20th Street.
Council opened a public hearing on the conveyance and heard a staff briefing from Andrea Broshkovich, the town's senior director of public works and engineering. Broshkovich said the original easement recorded May 23, 2025 identified a southern location for the lines but, during construction, the fiber was installed on the north side of the entrance road. Verizon later filed a quitclaim deed of easement on Dec. 10, 2025 to correct the record, and staff said Verizon paid to correct the paperwork and to resubmit accurate documents for town review.
The correction came after staff discovered the easement had not passed through the town's regular planning and engineering review and had not been the subject of a required public hearing before it was recorded. Broshkovich told the council, "We didn't go through our process and therefore the public hearing" and explained the usual sequence: attorney review, engineering/planning review, public hearing and council vote.
Resident Joan Lair raised concerns about process oversight and about the town manager's role in approving the earlier document without completing the usual steps. Broshkovich said Verizon coordinated with staff when the discrepancy was discovered and corrected the installation and documents at its own cost; the only additional town expense was attorney review of the corrected deed.
After the hearing closed, council members voted to suspend the rules to allow same-night action and adopted a motion to approve the corrected deed and plat, authorizing the mayor to sign the deed on behalf of the town. The council did not report additional costs to the town beyond staff and attorney review.
The hearing record cites Virginia Code section 15.2-1800 (as read at the meeting) governing conveyances of town property and public process for such easements. The council described the staff's work to ensure the corrected documents match as-built conditions and to bring the matter into compliance with the town's public-notice requirements.
