“The Greene County Board of Supervisors has by resolution requested that RSA establish a Greene County facility fee,” reads a letter to RSA customers dated March 7, 2022. “The request is to charge the same amount(s) being billed in July 2020 before the RSA Board, by majority vote, discontinued the fee.”
EDITORIAL: Rapidan Service Authority needs customer input
Board members plead for movement on RSA withdrawal
Public hearing to be held March 23
With the departure of Bill Martin, the arrival of newcomer Abbey Heflin and the Jan. 11 vote to make Marie Durrer Chairperson of the Greene Co…
On Monday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m., Judge Worrell held a virtual hearing on Greene County’s motion for partial summary judgment in our ongoing liti…
In a hearing Jan. 24—which was moved online due to illness of a member of the legal team—Greene County’s motion for partial summary judgment i…
If “Pandemic” was the word of the year for 2020, “vaccine” was certainly one of the top used words in 2021. Despite political unrest at the Un…
The saga of Greene County’s ongoing dispute with the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) saw several developments during the month of December. At…
The Hon. Judge Claude Worrell II overturned Dec. 13 a demurrer by the Rapidan Service Authority against the amended complaint filed March 2 by…
The Rapidan Service Authority Board of Members voted 5-1 last week to re-instate the $30 monthly facility fee on Greene County customers’ bill…
A Greene County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday evening that the county has the right to seek court intervention in its contracts dispute wit…
The Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members unanimously approved Sept. 16 a resolution authorizing the authority’s general manager an…
Greene County Administrator reply to RSA General Manager’s published letters.
The Greene County Board of Supervisors filed a motion last week in circuit court asking the judge for a partial summary judgement regarding th…
Rapidan Service Authority feels compelled to address comments made at the Aug. 24, 2021, Greene County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting. Pub…
Greene County keeps pushing for a fair withdrawal from RSA. Orange County, Madison County and Greene County formed the RSA in 1969 as a region…
Greene County could leave the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) and both it and the new authority—made up of Orange and Madison counties—could s…
Greene County representatives met with Virginia Resources Authority (VRA) staff in Richmond last week to begin laying out the plan for the cou…
The Rapidan Service Authority Board of Members voted against a Greene County resolution on July 15 that would require the distribution of cert…
Central question in county’s lawsuit answered
The Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members voted last week to table a resolution brought by Greene County asking for specific docume…
Is the facility fee previously affixed to Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) customers’ bills an impermissible tax or an allowable fee? That is t…
The Greene County Board of Supervisors filed April 26 its request to deny the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA)’s plea in bar that cites the fac…
In a stunning turn of events, Greene County has been given unanimous consent April 13 by Orange and Madison boards of supervisors to leave the…
UPDATED April 5, with information from the Greene County Board of Supervisors special meeting.
Greene County is again asking to be released from the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) in a resolution scheduled to be presented at a specially…
The March Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members meeting wrapped up business in less than 12 minutes, including the special election…
Citing differences in opinion, Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Chairman and Madison County Representative Steve Hoffman has resigned from his post.
Greene County again has a voice on the Rapidan Service Authority’s (RSA) Board of Members, as of Feb. 18, after the board voted unanimously at…
Litigation to continue
A Senate Bill regarding the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) was the topic of an emergency called meeting Sunday.
The Virginia Senate had neither voted nor debated Senate Bill 1355, that allows Greene County to withdraw from the Rapidan Service Authority (…
The Virginia General Assembly is looking at whether to allow Greene County to withdraw from the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA). Senate Bill 1…
A Greene County Circuit Court judge Monday sided with Greene County in a motion to quash subpoenas issued by Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) f…
Last week, Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) leaders were presented with a plan to upgrade the Greene Water Treatment Plant located on U.S. 29 n…
Greene County residents account for more than 1/3 of Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) water customers—but our residents still don’t have a voic…
The Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Oct. 20 filed a motion to disqualify Greene County’s attorneys in the lawsuit against it in Greene County …
The Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members breezed through its monthly agenda on Thursday, Oct. 15 in less than 15 minutes. The two …
The Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) responded to the Greene County Board of Supervisors’ first lawsuit last week, citing sovereign immunity as…
The Greene County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 28 filed its second lawsuit in two weeks against Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) and the RSA B…
The Sept. 17 Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board meeting began with Orange and Madison voting that the Greene County representatives would n…
The Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members first action at its monthly meeting on Sept. 17 was to prohibit the Greene County represe…
Water covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface, the majority of which is found in the ocean and too salty to be used for drinking or growing cr…
In 1969, the counties of Madison, Greene and Orange got together to create a regional water and sewer partnership: Rapidan Service Authority (…
There were many tense moments at the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members meeting on Thursday, Aug. 20 surrounding a proposed wate…
Both Madison and Orange boards of supervisors last week unanimously voted not to support the Greene County Board of Supervisors’ request for G…
I am a very happy boy. I opened my most recent (30 July) bill from the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) and found that my charges had dropped f…
The Greene County Economic Development Authority (EDA) fully supports the recent actions taken by the Greene County Board of Supervisors (BOS)…
As chairman of the Greene County Planning Commission, I am deeply concerned about the emerging conflict between Greene County and the Rapidan …
The Greene County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to request al from the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) at its Tuesday, July 28, meeti…
We received a letter purporting to explain why the RSA Board decided to claim formal authority over Greene County’s water and sewer service an…
I am a Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) water customer, the Planning Director for Greene County, as well as a former member of the Greene Count…
Editor’s note: this is a developing story and will be updated with further information on Wednesday, July 29.The Greene County Board of Superv…
Last week the Record reported that the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) has taken over the water plan for Greene County including the planned W…
The Greene County Board of Supervisors held an emergency virtual meeting on Tuesday, July 21 to discuss actions taken by Rapidan Service Autho…
UPDATE 7.20.2020 at 9:45 a.m.: The Greene County Board of Supervisors offers response (see press release) to the action taken by the Rapidan S…
A pending lawsuit in Greene County Circuit Court challenging the facility fee imposed by the county on Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) bills c…
After nearly two decades, Greene County is finally moving toward its goal of building a facility that can help the county grow economically an…
Impoundment necessary for stability
RSA is expected to vote on the proposed changes at its mid-November meeting.
The Greene County Board of Supervisors learned more about the design and funding of the water supply and treatment plan (previously called the…
The legal battle between RSA and Greene County was unnecessary. It has now cost the three partner counties—Greene, Madison and Orange—hundreds…
In a recent email exchange obtained by the Greene County Record, Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) administrator Lynn Clements told Timmons Grou…
Lack of water claims yet to be substantiated
After a long court battle and months of back and forth, an agreement has been reached setting forth terms for Greene County’s withdrawal from …
