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BERRYVILLE â A popular annual music festival wonât be held again next year unless organizers can find another location.
Tuesday night, the Clarke County Board of Supervisors unanimously denied Shepherds Ford Productions LLC a large special events permit it requested to hold the Watermelon Pickers Fest Sept. 16-18, 2021, on property off Tilthammer Mill Road. The location is along the Shenandoah River east of the unincorporated village of Millwood.
The permit also would have covered a River & Roots Festival slated for June 24-26 and other unnamed single-day events for which dates had not yet been determined, a report in the boardâs agenda packet showed.
Just donât call it a bonus, according to the Clarke County Board of Supervisors.
Following a motion by Millwood District Supervisor Terri Catlett, the supervisors on Tuesday approved the allocation in a unanimous vote. There was little discussion before the vote was taken.
Russell District Supervisor Doug Lawrence suggested that the payment not be called a bonus but rather âa one-time payment in lieu of a pay raise.â The other supervisors concurred.
âOur county and schools employees deserve thisâ money,â said Berryville District Supervisor Matthew Bass.
Plans basically are for all full-time employees who work at least six hours daily to receive $1,000. Those working less than six hours per day are to get $500. To be eligible, an employee must have been on the payroll by Nov. 10.