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outgrown its present quarters. The old Presbyterian Church doesn’t lend itself to renovation, and, they said, an addition is not feasible because the lot is too small and parking is insufficient.
To contentions that the library should remain in town, the trustees reported a two-year search failed to locate affordable property within Washington’s boundaries. And during the course of hearings on the special exception permit for the two acres donated by Mr. Morehouse, the trustees indicated they planned to use the proceeds from the sale of the old Presbyterian Church to help finance construction of a new 5,000-square foot building.
But Mr. Luke told the Board of Supenwsors last Wednesday that according to a 1964 opinion from Virginia’s attorney general, library trustees have authority only to accept property, not convey it.
“So what’s our next move? They wanted the money from the sale,” noted Supervisor Ellis Bingham.
“You’d have to appropriate that [to the trustees],” Mr.'Luke explained.
The next question, said Col. Bingham, is whether the Board of Supervisors wants to let the old church go. “We may need that building (for office space) at some point in time as the county grows.” But if that’s the case, the Board of Supervisors will have to appropriate funds
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