Pulaski County Board of Supervisors meeting January 29, 2026
Pulaski County leadership presented department year‑end reports for 2025, highlighted major capital projects and public‑safety gains, and the board ratified a local emergency declaration and a legislative resolution; county administration declared 2026 the “Year of Completion.”
Discussion Points
•Administrative directive to prioritize completing projects initiated in 2025.
•Fire marshal hire and anticipated code adoption to support marshal duties.
•Procedural approvals to set the budget calendar and forward administrative recommendations to the circuit court for appointments.
•Status of recovery grants and homeowner assistance distributions.
•Summary of 2025 capital and operational accomplishments across departments.
•Waterline repair/relocation and refurbishment of auxiliary DMS building for special operations.
Decisions
•Board ratified the prior emergency declaration by voice vote.
•Multiple routine actions adopted by voice vote; no roll‑call tallies recorded in the transcript.
Directions
•Clerk and staff to publish the adopted calendar and forward appointment recommendations to the court.
•County administration will incorporate 'Year of Completion' into FY‑27 budget planning and departmental priorities.
•Staff to continue processing recovery funds and implement mitigation projects as funding arrives.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 24, 2025
Pulaski County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 24, 2025 adopted an amendment to Enterprise Zone 25B, approved a rezoning and future land-use map amendment for a Country Club Drive parcel, appointed representatives to the Peppers Ferry Regional Wastewater Treatment Authority and made several budget/interfund transfers.
Discussion Points
•Appointments to regional authority and housing fund; consent agenda items included large budget adjustments.
•Need to file Enterprise Zone amendment with state agency; Planning Commission recommended rezoning and FLU amendment; VDOT and VDH raised no objections.
Decisions
•Adopt appointment resolutions and approve consent agenda including budget adjustments.
Pulaski County Board of Supervisors Meeting October 27, 2025
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors met on 2025-10-27. The board received a presentation on the New River Valley Recovery Ecosystem and then conducted a series of public hearings and votes, including a FY rollover budget amendment, a truck restriction on Route 746 (Old Giles Road), multiple rezonings and future land-use map amendments, a proclamation for Red Ribbon Week, and several appointments. The meeting included public comment on a rumored data-center project and school-bus safety camera ideas, and staff updates on roads and drainage work.
Discussion Points
•Program funded by OAA settlement distributions and competitive grants
•Program priorities: transportation, school prevention, peer recovery specialist expansion
•Public comment raised a rumored data-center/power-plant project; staff advised citizens to consult county administration for official announcements
•Public hearing comments on truck safety and private HOA enforcement
•Pulaski County provided local match and is receiving services valued higher than the match
•Staff explained VDOT and VDH had no exceptions to presented rezonings
Decisions
•Budget rollover approved
•Proclamation and appointments approved
•Rezonings and matching future land-use amendments approved
•Truck restriction resolution adopted and forwarded to VDOT
Directions
•Staff and partners to continue peer staffing expansion, expand community transit hours, and open Community Collaboration Center
•Transmit truck-restriction resolution to VDOT/CTB; record rezonings and update maps; process appointments
Pulaski County Board of Supervisors meeting June 23, 2025
Discussion Points
•Board considered motions and roll calls for several agenda items including the solar permit (denied), hazard mitigation plan (adopted) and a small rezone (approved).
•County proclamation highlighted parks and recreation benefits and recognized community volunteers and the county’s litter-pickup campaign.
•Developer presented revised site plan moving access to Route 11 and described 50-foot buffer, vegetative screening, decommissioning plan and voluntary payment of $15,000/MW.
•Multiple residents raised concerns: private well contamination, fire risk and emergency response without hydrants, property-value impacts, deed restrictions limiting non-agricultural use, karst geology and springs, and endangered-species habitat.
•Staff presented background for each item and recommended approval of the hazard mitigation resolution and the rezone; the special-use permit had both staff and planning commission recommendation of approval but drew strong public opposition.
•Staff recommended approval, saying application met UDO and solar ordinance requirements and that FAA had no outstanding concerns.
•Town of Pulaski presented a resolution expressing intent to be the first locality to join support for the Pulaski County Sportsplex.
Decisions
•Proclamation designating July as Parks and Recreation Month adopted by the board.
•Sicily Solar permit denied; New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 adopted; rezone approved; consent items approved.
•Special‑use permit for Sicily Solar as proposed was denied by the board.
Directions
•County staff to record the denial and notify the applicant.
•No immediate direction to require additional county studies; staff noted the applicant would do further studies only if pursuing the project further.
•Staff to file action minutes and implement follow-up tasks (notify applicants, submit the hazard mitigation plan to FEMA, update zoning maps).
•Town and county took photos and accepted the town resolution; no formal county financial commitment was recorded at the meeting.
Jonathan D. Sweet
County Administrator
Dirksen "Dirk" I. Compton
Vice Chair, Board of Supervisors — Draper District
