Stokes not working with Forsyth on landfill

(The Stokes News) - The Stokes County commissioners have not had any meetings with the city of Winston-Salem which would have lead to the approval of a land purchase in Stokes County for the use of a landfill.

On Feb. 11, Commissioner Leon Inman, chairman of the Stokes County Board of Commissioners, took time during the commissioners meeting to comment on an article by The Winston-Salem Journal that reported Forsyth is still interested in working with Stokes County on opening a landfill on land Inman said the city of Winston-Salem illegally purchased.

During his statement, Inman quoted North Carolina General Statute 153A-15, which, since 1981, has stated that “before any county, city or town, special district, or other unit of local government which is located wholly or primarily outside another county acquires any real property local in the other county by exchange, purchase or lease, it must have the approval of the county board of commissioners of the county where the land is located.”