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Two contracts were changed during the board of supervisors’ meeting in Prince Edward on Tuesday, Dec. 10. After coming out of closed session, the group made a motion to extend county attorney Terry Atkins Wilson’s contract. The second involved Prince Edward Administrator Doug Stanley. By a unanimous vote, supervisors amended his contract to give him a $5,000 one-time raise. 

Earlier in the night, Stanley had mentioned that November marked four years since he took his current position. He looked back at the issues spotlighted at the time by residents and politicians alike and where all of those currently stand. 

“I know when I came here, I did a three-month listening tour to develop an entry plan to address issues that were identified,” Stanley said. “Chief among them were need for broadband infrastructure, renovation or replacement of the elementary school, focus on economic development.” 

Doug Stanley looks at county’s changes

Stanley also detailed the various changes he and his staff have worked on since his arrival. 

“We’re making progress marketing the data center site, we completed the access road, we got the new regional economic development organization up and running, we restructured county staff to include appointment of a finance director, an IT director, separate general service and solid waste directors,” he told the board. “We’ve upgraded our county facilities, including the courthouse lawn, our convenience center in Rice and Worsham will be next. We’ve developed a for a second time a capital improvement plan, we’ve upgraded our equipment both at the landfill and sheriff’s office vehicles, we’ve improved our county branding and image, we’ve improved our fiscal stability, got health insurance affordable for our staff and lastly, improved the relationship with our community partners, including the Town of Farmville, Longwood and Hampden-Sydney. I think we’ve made significant progress, there’s still a lot of work to be done but as an organization I’m please with how far we’ve come.” 

Supervisor Cannon Watson pointed out that the current positive relationship between the town of Farmville and county hasn’t always been that way, so it can’t be taken for granted the work and effort put in. 

“Job well done on that,” he told Stanley.