.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Government

  • Grayson continues to build reserve

    Grayson County continues to build towards its working capital reserve after closing out the current budget year with more than $1 million in its rainy day fund.
    Count Administrator Jonathan Sweet asked the board to consider four motions during the final meeting of the fiscal year to close out the current budget.
    The first action item was to make end-of-year budget appropriations and transfers.

    Click here to read more...
  • Grayson County revises trash ordinance

    Grayson residents that quality for the county’s tax relief programs for the elderly, disabled and disabled veterans will no longer be required to pay for trash collection, after supervisors approved changes to the county’s solid waste disposal and collection ordinance earlier this month.
    Supervisors held a public hearing during their regular June meeting to discuss potential changes to the 3-year-old ordinance, which has not been very popular since it was enacted on July 1, 2009.

    Click here to read more...
  • Boucher endorses Flaccavento for 9th District seat

    Former Rep. Rick Boucher has endorsed Anthony Flaccavento’s campaign as Democratic nominee for the 9th District seat in the House of Representatives.
    Boucher represented the seat for 28 years (1983-2011) until he was unseated by current Rep. Morgan Griffith in the 2010 election.

    Click here to read more...
  • Supervisors vote to temporarily close Virginia 670

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at its meeting last Thursday night to approve a resolution closing Route 670.
    County Administrator Jonathan Sweet said the reason for the temporary closure was a pipe located between the intersection of Route 658 and the intersection of Route 662 needed to be replaced.
    The road will be closed for two weeks for the drainage structure replacement. Dates for the closure were not released.
    Supervisors made two board appointments.

    Click here to read more...
  • Budget balances without tax hike

    Grayson County has managed to balance its budget without a tax or fee increase for the second straight year.
    County Administrator Jonathan Sweet said the words supervisors and citizens alike wanted to hear during the board of supervisor’s final work session last Wednesday night — “we have a balanced budget.”
    After countless hours of meetings and adjustments, supervisors managed to close a nearly half-million-dollar deficit without increasing costs to citizens during increasingly tough economic times.

    Click here to read more...
  • Grayson County Board of Supervisors meets May 10 (with agenda)

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors will hold its regular monthly meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom.
    Click on the link below to view or print a copy of the meeting agenda.

    Click here to read more...
  • Grayson County deficit grows

    Grayson County finds itself nearly a half-million dollars in the hole after discovering an error in calculating projected expenses for the 2012-13 budget year.
    This unwelcome news comes a week after the first budget work session, when the spending plan showed a deficit of only $287,000.
    County Administrator Jonathan Sweet broke the news to the board of supervisors last Wednesday night, that there was  nearly $200,000 difference in what the county was required to fund the school system and the number that had been plugged into the first budget draft.

    Click here to read more...
  • Grayson County Board of Supervisors work session postponed until May 16

    A budget work session scheduled tonight, May 2, for the Grayson County Board of Supervisors has been postponed.
    The board will meet 5:30 p.m. May 16 in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom.

    Click here to read more...
  • Board of Supervisors to meet Wednesday for budget discussions

    The Grayson County Board of Supervisors meets 5:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom for a budget work session.
    Items included on tonight's agenda are consideration of the Grayson County Public Schools' 2012-13 budget and forums and review of the county's 2012-13 budget.
    The work session is scheduled to end around 8 p.m.

    Click here to read more...
  • ELECTION UPDATE: Unofficial results for Grayson County's town council races

    Three new faces will join Fries Town Council, after citizens voted to oust three incumbents in the May 1 municipal election, and an incumbent council member who did not file for re-election was returned to council anyway in Independence.
    Ten candidates were seeking seven at-large seats in Fries.

    Click here to read more...