CHATHAM — A hearing will be held today in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court to determine whether a lawsuit against the county will be dismissed.
The Board of Supervisors has asked a judge to dismiss Nancy Barbour Smith’s lawsuit requesting a halt to the board’s plans for a 3,500-acre industrial megapark off Berry Hill Road. On Nov. 21, Smith filed a memorandum opposing the county’s request to dismiss.
The hearing will be held at 2:45 p.m. today in Circuit Court in Chatham.
Smith, who lives in the Sandy River area but has an address in Axton, is petitioning Circuit Court to order the Board of Supervisors to hold a public hearing before they decide to allocate $4.19 million toward a bond to help pay for the property.
Smith also is asking the court to prohibit the Board of Supervisors from entering into an agreement that would obligate taxpayers to pay for the bond. Her petition says that even though the board advertised for and held a public hearing Oct. 6 over amending the budget for the bond, it violated Virginia Code because the ad offered no synopsis of the budget amendment.
County Attorney John Light said in the motion to dismiss that the county “never issued bonds for $4.19 million” or approved a bond resolution on Oct. 6.
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