With a vote by Marion&rsquo;s town council on the proposed purchase of Holston Hills Country Club expected Monday, Marion Town Manager John Clark asked the Smyth County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to consider a boundary adjustment that would bring the club&rsquo;s restaurant into the town&rsquo;s corporate limits.

By DAN KEGLEY
Staff

With a vote by Marion&rsquo;s town council on the proposed purchase of Holston Hills Country Club expected Monday, Marion Town Manager John Clark asked the Smyth County Board of Supervisors Tuesday to consider a boundary adjustment that would bring the club&rsquo;s restaurant into the town&rsquo;s corporate limits.
Clark said holes seven, eight and nine are in the corporate limits now, and the boundary adjustment itself would not cost the county any revenue. &ldquo;Both the county and the town will lose the real estate and personal property taxes if the property is bought by the town, irrespective if the entire property is in or out of the corporate limits,&rdquo; Clark wrote in a letter to County Administrator Mike Carter Oct. 7.
Clark said the property consists of about 290 acres.
On advice of County Attorney Heather Pritts, the supervisors took no action pending the town&rsquo;s decision on the purchase. Pritts said a mutually agreeable boundary adjustment would entail a number of steps, including a public hearing and petition of the court to approve the adjustment, but would be quicker and simpler than annexation proceedings that can take years to conclude.

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