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PALMYRA — According to the Fluvanna County website, the Board of Supervisors have called an emergency meeting to discuss spending $5,000 for an extension for the funding of the James River water pipeline. The extension would only allow Fluvanna and Louisa to apply for the funds, not necessarily apply or be granted the funds. The [...]
PALMYRA — The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the creation of two special use permit categories at its last meeting on July 21. The new special use permits allow property owners to request their land be zoned to have a cemetery or commercial campground. The addition of the two classifications is directed to help owners [...]
PALMYRA — The Citizens’ Water Committee recommended three plans, in priority order, to the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors Wednesday night. The top recommendations was an Aqua Virginia plan where Louisa and Fluvanna split debt service per year based on usage. The second plan was a raw water line where Louisa and Fluvanna split debt service [...]
PALMYRA — The Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development provided the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors with a detailed look into the regional and county economic outlook. “We could be four year until we are even,” said Michael Harvey, TJPED president. The region, just like the country, is dealing with the Great Recession. During this time, [...]
PALMYRA — The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors voted to apply for a grant that would create a traffic circle at the intersection of state routes 15 and 53, just outside of Palmyra-proper. “I don’t think we can pass up this opportunity,” said Mozell Booker, Fork Union District. The traffic pattern was suggested to help a [...]
PALMYRA — For the first time, Fluvanna County will have two firework displays celebrating Fourth of July. On June 2, the Board of Supervisors voted to execute a contract to have fireworks at the fourth annual Fluvanna Fun Days on July 10 at Pleasant Grove. Lake Monticello recently announced the home owners’ association will have [...]
PALMYRA — The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors decided in an emergency meeting to hire a consulting firm to help in the finding of a new county administrator. The original plan of using county resources to hire a new administrator failed when the selected candidate passed on the job offer. The idea of a ‘do-it-yourself’ approach [...]
PALMYRA — The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to refinance bonds purchased for the new high school on May 19. The original bonds were issued and sold December 2008 with an agreement to refinance once within the first 10 years and only twice during the life of the loan. The original plan was to [...]