Shenandoah Supervisors Criticized On Possible Sale Of Property | Shenandoah County

WOODSTOCK — The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors was criticized by speakers all through a Tuesday general public listening to about the likely sale of a county-owned assets.

The hearing was on the potential disposition of residence at 317 Tisinger Street in Mount Jackson, which the county assumed possession of following a Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Workplace undercover procedure in 2018.

The about 6-acre house consists of two constructions, a single creating found at 317 Tisinger Street and the 2nd at 537 Tisinger Road. An interested purchaser approached the county in late 2021 about obtaining the house, then designed an unsolicited offer to the county in March.

Shenandoah County’s existing assessment of the home is $708,500. Presently, the supervisors intend to market the home for $605,000.

5 people today spoke during the public listening to. Numerous claimed the residence for sale was not advertised, and they were being unaware it was for sale.

“No one particular was notified that the property was for sale,” explained New Market resident Renee Hawkins.

Mount Jackson resident Karen Kwiatkowski claimed that GIS information — a way folks could have discovered the residence was for sale — is not current.

“That public details is each perplexing and an mistake,” she claimed.

Speaker Charles Street criticized that the community listening to was held at a 4 p.m. conference, declaring, “If you are heading to have a public listening to, it demands to be at 7 p.m. if you want the community to answer.”

Supervisors Chairman Karl Roulston acknowledged it was hard for some citizens to show up at a 4 p.m. assembly. The board scheduled a second community listening to concerning the exact same issue for its 7 p.m. June 28 meeting.

Also at the conference, the board:

• Approved a memorandum of understanding regarding the generation of a drug court procedure application, which would supply an option to jail time for specified nonviolent, drug-addicted offenders. The software will be termed the Shenandoah County Grownup Drug Treatment method Courtroom. The county will provide once-a-year funding of $75,000 for the program.

• Authorised the adoption of a 6-12 months road approach for secondary roads and placing finances priorities. In the program, challenging surfacing of secondary gravel roadways in regions of Shenandoah County would be presented. Rural Virginia counties like Shenandoah are not included in the servicing or development of secondary streets, which is done through the Virginia Office of Transportation. Roads are commonly added to the prepare through citizen ask for and the supervisors’ acceptance.

• Authorized a resolution amending the fiscal yr 2021-22 finances and appropriation of $7.6 million in federal and state money the Shenandoah County College Board been given.

In addition to Roulston, board customers Josh Stephens, Steven Baker, Bradley Pollack, Dennis Morris and Timothy Taylor had been all in attendance for Tuesday afternoon’s assembly.