The seven-member Board of Supervisors in Louisa County will meet for the final time of 2024. This is the final meeting for Louisa District Supervisor Eric Purcell and Cuckoo District Supervisor Willie L. Gentry Jr. They’ll meet at 5 p.m. for a closed session followed by the open session at 6 p.m. (meeting overview)
The meeting begins with adoption of the minutes from December 5, 2023. The draft minutes are available for the public to review, unlike draft minutes in Albemarle County. Last week, that locality’s Board of Supervisors discussed a backlog of official minutes from their meetings. I hope to write up that story sometime before the end of the year. (review draft Louisa BOS minutes from December 5, 2023)
Next, Louisa Supervisors will review the bills paid by county staff in the first half of December. The total amount is $1,060,177.15 and there are eleven pages to go through. (review the bills)
The consent agenda contains four resolutions including one honoring Ms. Annie P. Price on her 100th birthday. The other three are for outgoing members of the Louisa County Industrial Development Authority.
There are five presentations, two of which are available in advance. One is the Regional Transit Governance Study that’s been overseen by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission. One of the many stories coming before the end of the year is a write-up of recent discussions before multiple entities. That will include whatever Louisa Supervisors have to say.
The other is a presentation on the creation of a Louisa County Tourism Advisory Committee. The idea comes after a recent increase in the transient lodging tax to seven percent, increasing the amount that is required to be spent to attract more visitors.
“The committee works with and makes recommendations on advertising, target marketing, and long-range plans for tourism in Louisa County,” reads a draft description of the proposed group. “This committee also investigates, researches, and reports on the feasibility of adopting or implementing ideas and initiatives to further tourism efforts, increase occupancy at lodging properties, and generate tourism revenue.”
There is no advance material for presentations from the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Louisa County Water Authority, and Dominion Energy. The latter is an update on the Belcher solar site.
There are three items under new business.
The first is a proposed increase in the salary for members of the Board of Supervisors. Earlier this year, Supervisors agreed to peg their compensation to the same increase that county employees receive. The exact amount is not given in the draft resolution.
The second item is a supplemental budget increase to cover an increased cost for recycling.
“Louisa County’s FY 2024 co-mingle recycling contract costs have increased from $20 per ton to $130 per ton,” reads the draft resolution. “The amount of additional funding needed to meet this increased cost is $40,000.”
The third item is for approval of two agreements between Louisa County and Amazon Data Services for water and sewer infrastructure to their two proposed data center campuses.
The final item on the agenda is a public hearing for a conditional use permit that Louisa County needs to build a multi-purpose building for civic uses on Sacred Heart Avenue.
“The proposed building will include office space, training/conference rooms and secure, multi-purpose rooms/facilities in support of various department’s duties and responsibilities,” reads the resolution.
This public hearing is also for a review of the project’s compliance with the Comprehensive Plan.
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