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By SHARON’KILPATRICK
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Following a, public hearing Wednesday night, the members of the Board of Supervisors voted to borrow up to $1.66 million in ' bonds sold by the Virginia Resources Authority (VRA) to fund a new cell at the landfill.
No one spoke for or against the borrowing at the meeting. “This is a no choice situation,” member Charles K. “Pete” Estes said. The bonds will be sold the first week in October. The complete cost to the county will depend on the rate the bonds sell for. County Administrator John McCarthy said he hopes the county can borrow only $1,625 million. That number is based on a rate of 5.25 percent.
The bonds will be paid back over an eightyear period, but the county has to put up some money for the final payment and part of the bonds have to be held in reserve for that payment. The county has a contract with Rappawan of Front Royal for $1.3 million to do the actual construction work on the new cell. The bonds will also be used to purchase scales for the landfill which will cost $100,000, Mr. McCarthy said.
In the evening session the supervisors also approved amendments to the county Zoning Ordinance that will restrict wholesale greenhouses in residential zones. Such operations will not be allowed in village residential and R2 zones, and will be allowed in rural residential zones, with a density of one residence of five acres, with a special use permit. Wholesale greenhouses will be allowed by right in agricultural and conservation zones. Before the
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