As you may or may not know, at the last Board Meeting we were asked to contact the County Commissioners and request a Feasibility Study be approved for our community. We had some lively conversation pro and con at the meeting, ending with the Board voting 4-1 to send the letter requesting the study be approved. Incorporation has been a point of contention for some time, and my reasoning when I voted was to find out what the FACTS were in regard to our community deciding whether to incorporate or not. I don't believe it is feasible at this time, especially with the economy in the tank, but I don't know for sure. I feel the Board has a responsibility to bring accurate, factual information to the community, and then the community can make an informed choice as to whether incorporation is what we do/do not want. So the Board fulfilled its duty to start the process to bring information to the community.
This morning I went to the Commission Office to find out the status of the request and was advised to leave my phone number and someone would get back to me shortly. I received a call from the County Attorney who informed me what was needed to get a Feasibility Study for our area approved. Since our community is over 1000 residents (1049), the DVLA Board is not part of the process, but a petition process needs to be initiated from the community. The petition has to be signed by at least 10% of the residents, and the signers must represent 7% of the valuation of all property in the community. Once this is turned in and verified, the Feasibility Study will be done.
I am going to put this on the January Meeting Agenda, and the County Attorney and an associate will come and explain the process and answer questions from the community about the incorporation procedure. I would encourage anyone who has questions, pro or con, to attend and get the facts straight from our County Counsel. I would hope this will help clarify this subject and bring an understanding of what it would really mean to incorporate or not to do so.
I would anticipate a large group from the community to attend, so the meeting will begin at 6PM instead of our normal 7PM starting time.
Bill King, President
DVLA
