It was business as usual at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday night — except for one thing.
Supervisors led everyone in attendance for the Pledge of Allegiance, but there was no prayer before or during the board’s meeting.
There was the routine roll call and supervisors segued into the proceeding, with Chairman Tim Barber asking his colleagues if they had items they wanted to add to the agenda.
Monday was the board’s first meeting since Danville U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski ordered supervisors to cease holding sectarian Christian prayers while a lawsuit is pending against them.
Urbanski also denied the board’s request to dismiss Jane Doe’s case but ordered Doe — represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia — to reveal her identity to the court or appeal the decision in 30 days.
There were no direct references made to the case during the first hour and 45 minutes of the meeting.
The board unanimously approved two proposals after public hearings to restrict truck traffic on certain roads in northern Pittsylvania County due to safety issues. The restrictions will be on any truck, truck and trailer or semi-trailer combination. Pick-up or panel trucks are exempted.
The first restricts truck traffic from Va. 640, or Wards Road, to Va. 633, or Clover Road and Stone Road, until reaching Grit Road in the Staunton River District.
The second restriction limits truck traffic on part of Va. 931, or Sycamore Creek Road, off U.S. 29 and Va. 654, or Dalton’s Farm Lane, to Va. 634, in the Staunton River District.
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