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Putz lawsuit seeks revamp halt
MADISON -- Madison County resident Herb Putz filed a lawsuit last week against the Madison County Board of Supervisors and the Madison County School Board trying to get a judge to stop the county from proceeding with a planned multi-million dollar revamp of school buildings. Putz is hoping for a temporary restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunction to stop the boards from acting on an announced capital improvement plan.
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County budget vote Tuesday
(Editor's note: The Eagle learned Friday that there won't be a public hearing Tuesday on Shotwell Hollow Road. Earlier reports that there would be are incorrect. The new hearing date hasn't been announced yet.) MADISON – The Madison County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on a budget for the coming fiscal year at a special called meeting next week. The meeting is tentatively set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 in the auditorium of the County Administration Center at 414 N. Main St. in downtown Madison.
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Sell Criglersville property?
The Madison County Board of Supervisors is revisiting the idea of selling the former Criglersville Elementary School. Supervisor Doris Lackey initiated the conversation at the Feb. 14 regular monthly supervisors meeting.
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Allen new supervisors chairman
BREAKING NEWS -- The Madison County Board of Supervisors has elected Dave Allen as its new chairman. The vote came shortly after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the supervisors 2012 organizational meeting.
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Citizens describe dream admin.
More than 30 Madison County citizens envisioned a new county administer to be a unifying force to work in what one attendee called “paradise.” “The people of this county need to be brought together,” Hood resident Mary Breeden said at Monday’s public hearing on selecting a new administrator. All current five members of the board of supervisors, as well as the two newly elected supervisors sat in the audience as the leader of the Richmond-based “head hunter” executive search firm took the reins of the meeting at the County Administration Center.
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County eyes big bleacher buy
New bleachers costing more than a third of a million dollars are top priority in the revised Madison County school system “wish list.” Twenty projects totaling $12 million top the capital improvement plan (CIP) announced at an Oct. 26 joint Madison County School Board-Madison County Board of Supervisors meeting.
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Metz, Weaver square off
Rain. World Series. “Dancing With The Stars.” There were too many temptations Monday night to sit home and cuddle up in front of the television and not venture out to do a civic duty. Still, there were an estimated 30 Madison County residents who came out to the Rural Madison forum moderated by Joe Parker to listen to the candidates running for school board and sheriff.
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MC supervisor questionnaires
(Editor’s note: The following responses are from identical questionnaires The Eagle submitted to all candidates running for positions that are being contested in the upcoming election. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. )
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611 right-of-way stays public
A Syria-Etlan public right-of-way won’t be abandoned after all – at least not in the near future. Instead, the Madison County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed last week to formally ask the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Virginia Department of Transportation to discontinue maintenance on the eastern half of Shotwell Hollow Road (Route 611), rather than having its ownership transfer to private landowners. Supervisors made the decision about Shotwell Hollow Road -- and similar county roads -- at their regular Oct. 11 monthly meeting.
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MC administrator resigns
Madison County Administrator Lisa Robertson submitted her resignation letter last week. Her last day in office will be Sept. 30. Robertson said in the Sept. 15 letter that she is leaving the top county position to accept employment with a law firm. She did not name the firm.
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Shotwell showdown looms
The Madison County Board of Supervisors may vote to “abandon” the eastern un-graveled public right-of-way half of Shotwell Hollow Road (Route 611) as soon as its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Under the legal abandonment process, the approximate two-mile long, 30-foot wide strip of publicly owned land would go to the private property owners whose land directly adjoins the public right-of-way. “The land would revert to private ownership with no public right of access,” Lou Hatter, VDOT Culpeper District public affairs manager said. The county would receive no money for signing away ownership of the public right-of-way, because it would be “abandoning” it, rather than selling it. The abandonment vote could come following a legally required public hearing set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 in the County Administration Center’s auditorium.
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County asked to help jail
The Madison County Board of Supervisors listened quietly and asked few questions as officials pleaded their case Aug. 25 as to why the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ) in Orange needs a $17 million expansion. It would be the third expansion in the jail’s 21-year history. The reason for the expansion is because of overcrowding, said CVRJ Jail Superintendent Glenn Aylor at the supervisors workshop at the County Thrift Road Complex.
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The race is on
Aug. 23 was the deadline to file the paperwork to run for one of the various political offices up for grabs in the Nov. 8 election. So there’s now a final field of candidates and it’s official: Incumbents will face challengers in three Madison County races being decided in the election. Most hotly contested are the two Madison County Board of Supervisors seats being decided in the fall voting. Seven Madison County residents have officially thrown their hats into the ring to fill the four-year term slots.
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County's Ross Shifflett resigns
UPDATE -- Madison County Facilities and Recreation Department Director Ross Shifflett resigned Monday after he was charged Aug. 4 with forging a signature, county officials said. Pratts resident Hugh Ross Shifflett appeared in Madison General District Court last week in front of Judge Roger Morton to face a misdemeanor charge of maliciously forging a signature. The complainant on the warrant of arrest is Rebecca “Becky” Cromwell, a former Madison County animal control officer. Shifflett was in charge of overseeing the Madison County Animal Shelter, among his other duties for the county.
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Radio request considered
The Madison County Board of Supervisors is looking at using the county’s “rainy day” fund to spend nearly half a million dollars to upgrade the communications equipment for emergency personnel. Supervisors say the expenditure may be needed to protect citizens from reception problems with the county’s sheriff, firefighters, rescue squad and EMS radios.
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Supervisors discuss sludge ordinance
In the future, Madison County farmers who accept sludge might have to reveal it more publicly. That’s if the Madison County Board of Supervisors goes ahead with an ordinance similar to Rappahannock County’s law on the application of sludge, sometimes called biosolids. Criglersville resident and longtime outspoken sludge critic Khalil Hassan went before the Madison County Board of Supervisors June 30 to urge them to adopt an ordinance regarding the spreading of sludge on farmlands in Madison County.
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New county fees start July 1
Getting rid of your household garbage for free in Madison County is about to go the way of the dodo bird and woolly mammoth. June 30 is the last day the Madison County Transfer Station will let you drop off your household garbage without paying a fee. Starting this Friday, July 1, you’ll need a $75 annual county-issued “hang tag” in order to enter the 4592 Shelby Road facility. Most of its other fees – such as for accepting old appliances, furniture and electronic items -- are going up too.
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County eyes $15.5 million loan
The Madison County Board of Supervisors is looking at applying for loans to borrow $15.5 million. The money would go to pay for a “wish list” of revamps of county office and school buildings and to build a new auditorium at Madison County High School. The supervisors voted 4-1 at their regular June 14 monthly meeting to ask County Administrator Lisa Robertson to start the loan applications with Robert Lauterberg of Financial Services of the Virginia Municipal League and Virginia Association of Counties. If supervisors later decide to complete the process, the loan money could go to finance capital improvement plan (CIP) projects.
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Cantor 'cautiously optimistic' on debt talks
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he's “cautiously optimistic” that ongoing budget talks led by Vice President Joe Biden will produce an agreement on budget cuts at least as large as the accompanying increase in the government's ability to borrow.
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Elliott conduct probed
A Madison County supervisor has been charged with violating the state’s conflict-of-interest law. Pete Elliott Jr. was given a summons for the charge, according to court documents filed Monday.
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Audit calls for city to repay state $671,000 over foster care
Report cites weak recordkeeping and oversight and says amount owed is in addition to a $3.4 million overbilling identified last year.
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Old W.J. Carpenter site rezoned
The Madison County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved rezoning the old W.J. Carpenter Company “chicken coop” factory that has been the center of earlier controversy. The action came during last week’s joint supervisors-planning commission meeting. The supervisors rezoned the 11-acre property from agricultural to business. Supervisor Pete Elliott, who owns Pete’s Auction Service, a business on the property, recused himself from voting.
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County employees salaries list
This month’s decision by the Madison County Board of Supervisors to hike real estate taxes a historic 13 percent, plus create a new yearly $75 transfer station fee, thrusts county spending into the spotlight. Salaries are always a big part of government spending. Acknowledging this, The Eagle is providing information about non-school county salaries to help you understand how your tax dollars are being spent. The salary information is public record. (Information about school county salaries is also important and will be provided in the future.)
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Eagle cartoon for April 28, 2011
Madison Eagle cartoon for April 28, 2011
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Prosecutor to probe supes
A judge in Madison County has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the county’s board of supervisors, but any events that may have sparked the investigation remain a mystery. The court order, signed March 25 by Judge Daniel R. Bouton, states that the special prosecutor is needed “to investigate conflict of interest by the Madison County Board of Supervisors.”
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