The Page County Board of Supervisors’ April 6, 2026 work session included the following agenda items and actions:
CALL TO ORDER
Supervisors Jeremy Baldwin (District 1), Allen Louderback (District 2), Ryan Cubbage (District 3), Susan Kile (District 4) and Jeff Vaughan (District 5) were present. Chairman Bucky Thomas (At-Large) joined the meeting by phone.
PUBLIC HEARING
Nuisance Ordinance Amendment
Supervisors held a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 80 (Nuisances) of the Page County Code, including § 80-1 (definitions), § 80-7 (adding modified language) and § 80-9 (updating penalty language).
The hearing drew no speakers.
Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the amendments as presented.
STANLEY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER POSITION UPDATE
Stanley Police Chief Rebecca Jenkins thanked supervisors for allocating funding in the current fiscal year for a School Resource Officer (SRO) at Stanley Elementary.
She asked supervisors to consider a continued funding partnership for the position in the coming fiscal year.
MASSANUTTEN REGIONAL LIBRARY UPDATE
Massanutten Regional Library Director Zach Elder presented a year-end report for the local library system, underscoring 2025 highlights and challenges.
Elder reported that the library system saw more than 240,000 visits last year and more than 890,000 checkouts- the most in MRL’s history.
He touted more than 10,000 computer sessions, 1.7 million WiFi sessions from 50,000 devices and the issuance of 3,900 library cards.
Systemwide, the library provided a return on investment totaling $19.5 million through library services.
SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK UPDATE
Superintendent of Shenandoah National Park Tracy Stakely presented a park update, noting upcoming improvements and projects, including the installation of automated fee machines for after-hours visitors, automated barrier arms that will come down across Skyline Drive when needed to block passage when the Drive is closed and work to replace infrastructure and address structural deficiencies on bridges located on Route 211 in Luray and Route 33 in Elkton.
Superintendent Stakely touted ongoing and upcoming programs, events and partnerships in the park.
RESOLUTION — SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY
Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution expressing their “intent to stand as a Sanctuary County for Second Amendment rights and to oppose, within the limits of the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia, any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict such rights, and to use such legal means at its disposal to protect the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms.”
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT — CHECKERS LLC / MARK HARRIS
Supervisors reviewed a special use permit request by Checkers LLC/Downriver Adventure Company to operate a commercial outdoor recreation area and facility consisting of guided rappelling trips at Golden Rock Campground on Route 340 in Rileyville.
The campground consists of 44.66 acres and is zoned woodland-conservation, according to the application.
It is a non-conforming campground (in business before the establishment of the Page County Zoning and/or Campground Ordinance) consisting of 20 primitive campsites.
Supervisors voted unanimously to conduct a public hearing on the special use permit request during the board’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 18, at the Government Center in Luray.
ADJOURN
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