The saga of Greene County’s ongoing dispute with the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) saw several developments during the month of December. At the Dec. 16 RSA Board of Members meeting, a debate over the proposed RSA budget for 2022 was ended when the board voted 4-2 (with Greene County members Bill Martin and Ron Williams against) to dismiss an amendment to the proposed budget as presented to the board. At a special called meeting of the Greene County Board of Supervisors two weeks later, Williams formally resigned from the RSA board. During the same meeting, an appeal to a recent court ruling in the RSA versus Greene County lawsuit came to light.
RSA sees budget argument, resignation, lawsuit appeal in December
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 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 state of fire hydrants in the county is a public safety hazard, according to two Greene County volunteer fire chiefs and other county officials.
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 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…
It’s the final day of 2020 (we hope) and none of us made it through this year unscathed. From its first day, 2020 felt like a battering ram be…
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…
Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) Board of Members has suspended disconnecting service for no…
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…
The Greene County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to request al from the Rapidan Service Authority (RSA) at its Tuesday, July 28, meeti…
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…
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…
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 Economic Development Authority (EDA) fully supports the recent actions taken by the Greene County Board of Supervisors (BOS)…
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…
In 1969, the counties of Madison, Greene and Orange got together to create a regional water and sewer partnership: Rapidan Service Authority (…
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…
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…
Public hearing to be held March 23
Board members plead for movement on RSA withdrawal
“The Greene County Board of Supervisors has by resolution requested that RSA establish a Greene County facility fee,” reads a letter to RSA cu…
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 …
