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County Supervisors Monday night voted to set a public hearing for their
January meeting to hear comments on a proposal to return the
Washington-Coleman Elementary School property to the Town of South
Boston.
The property is one of six closed school properties that was turned
back to the County last week by the Halifax County School Board. But
according to a "gentleman's agreement" made between the School Board
and the Town of South Boston back when a new elementary school was
proposed for the Town, South Boston agreed to give the school board
land in the Houghton Industrial Park for the new school and the board
would in turn give the Washington-Coleman property back to the Town.
As for the other properties, Supervisors decided to turn the matter
over to their Buildings and Grounds Committee to make a recommendation
to the full board, probably in January during their annual day long
retreat.
Several of the schools, both Halifax Elementary and Cluster Springs,
have ball fields attached to their properties which are used by little
league baseball or softball teams, and Supervisors wanted to be sure
that the use of those fields would remain available to the youth
leagues. Also the Turbeville Fire Department is located on part of the
Turbeville Elementary School property, and Supervisors want to be sure
there is no problem there. ED#4 Supervisor Doug Bowman suggested that
the Building and Grounds committee meet with the County Attorney to get
some guidance on how to best proceed with these issues in order to
pmove ahead with a possible sale of the properties.
In other business before the Supervisors the issue surfaced of what to
do with old tires when the South Boston landfill is closed. According
to Public Works Director Ricky Nelson the tires are currently being
collected at the South Boston landfill and are then being transported
to an Appomattox . Nelson said it is somewhat costly to transport the
tires, but he added people are very reluctant to pay to get rid of old
tires, despite the fact that South Boston currently charges for their
disposal at the landfill. Nelson fears they may discard them along the
roadsides or at the convenience centers which are not manned after
hours. Supervisors indicated they feel it may be better to simply place
a rolloff trailer at the South Boston convenience center where the
tires can be discarded and then transported despite the cost during the
transition period between the time the South Boston landfill closes and
the County's new trash collection center opens.
Supervisors also voted to lift the local burning ban since Governor Tim
Kaine lifted the statewide ban late last week.