Monday, July 6, 2009

Meeting July 6, 2009

Well, I'll be brief...most of the meeting was routine - general county business. All supervisors were in attendance except Mr. Ecker, who was on vacation.

Mr. Allan Gross and Mr. Phillip Lovelace spoke as did a few others, about the lead levels in Mr. Gross's well. In short, the history of the well is as follows: Before the drilling, his water was fine. The exploratory drilling started, and Mr. Gross's well water became contaminated. The drilling stopped and the holes were topped off, and his well water became alright again. This speaks to the point that the drilling was, indeed, responsible for the contamination of his well. Mr Lovelace also brought up a good and valid point. If a small drilling could cause that much water damamge, what will happen if uranium mining is allowed and a site that is 250 acres is mined...

Mrs. Carolyn Pritchett asked to speak to the Board, and asked that Ross Johnson read her statement, because she was very hoarse. Mr. Johnson did so. Her statement asked several questions and also asked that each supervisor answer her in written letter. She stated that although the water line had been run up 40, the pressure was too low to sustain use, and that three fire hydrants that were supposed to be installed had not been, due to the fact that they could not operate with such low pressure. She asked why there was so much money spent on the southern end of the county and wondered why the water and sewer could not be put in and made to work properly on the line up Route 40.

There are a number of businesses that need the water pressure and the sewer line or they will not be able to expand - or even operate properly - Centra Health Medical Center being one of these businesses.

There were a couple of moments, though, during the Board meeting that were mind-stunning. Fred Ingram motioned to put Beer and Wine Sales on Sunday on the ballot for each district. A second was needed and none was given. There was a heavy silence in the room as time was given for someone to second the motion. Nothing.

Then, when the Board was discussing water lines in another part of the county, Mr. Harville made a comment along the lines of "Why do we do this, when we give them what they want - they don't appreciate it" and he was referring to Mrs. Pritchett's questions about the water and sewer.

The rest of the meeting was generalized - alotting money for Camp 15 renovation; moeny for the sheriff's dept. which we are glad they agree to this.

Then the meeting went into closed session, where a new business or industry is interested in the county, that has made no prior announcement.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is the worse bunch of people I have ever witnessed at work. Like the one man that stood up and talked about the wine festivals in Halifax Co and Pittsylvania Co. But WE WON'T HAVE A FESTIVAL IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY ON SUNDAYS. Don't these people understand tourism dollars? I am so fed up with hearing the churches are calling and don't want it. do the churches run the board? maybe they need to start meeting in a church instead of the courthouse cause they are not working for ALL THE CITIZENS of the county. I hope the Town of Gretna passes it in November like they want.Then it would be a slap in the faces of the PCBS...

Anonymous said...

You missed out on the whole disussion over Tim Barber steering the new water line away from Whispering Pines to Inman Road where his busines partners have a bunch of residential lots for sale. Why do you think the gang of four is now backing off the Whispering Pines water diversion, after voting on it last meeting? It's because the cat got out of the bag two weeks ago and Barber went scrambling to the Commonwealth Attorney to find out if he should have made public disclosure about steering the water line to benefit his business partners.

And don't you think Snead, chariman of the BOS Personnel Cttee, should have made public disclosure that he was appointing his own brother to be acting director of the PCSA?

Keep posted; more coming.

Debbie Sparks said...

Anonymous II - can I print your statement right out on the blog - I didn't know all the "small print" details you are talking about - although I have heard that Tim B has been in conflict of interest mode since he started...and I didn't know that Snead appointed a family member either....Can I print this on the "front" of the blog????

Anonymous said...

Anonymous II says you can print comments about Tim Barber on front of the blog.