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Piedmont District was appointed to the county Water Board.
Virginia Department of Transportation budget cuts are beginning to have their effects on county roads. Medians are not being mowed except adjacent to the roadway on the major highways (Route 211) and most secondary roads are not having their margins cut at all.
Ron Frazier, Jackson District, made the remark: “People say money is the root of all evil, but lack of money is the root of all problems.”
The proposed regional jail has run into opposition in other counties. If it goes forward, said McCarthy, it will be a big agenda item in July.
A controlled burning permit was briefly debated, but then shelved as setting up a permit system would have significant costs and liabilities that outweigh what was seen as a smaller problem of false alarms on controlled bums.
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