Tederick discusses status of EDA, Crooked Run 2 water request & his brief tenure as interim mayor in this Royal Examiner video interview

Interim Mayor Matt Tederick discusses his plans for the future with Roger Bianchini. Photo and video by Mark Williams, Royal Examiner.

Front Royal’s Interim Mayor Matt Tederick sat down with the Royal Examiner and yours truly on Thursday, August 15. Over nearly an hour Tederick discusses his decision to accept the May 28 appointment as mayor in the wake of Hollis Tharpe’s May 2 resignation; as well as his decision not to run in the November Special Election to serve out the final year of Tharpe’s term; as well as two prominent issues – the EDA and Crooked Run 2 central water request – facing council over the final three months of his tenure as mayor.

Included in the EDA discussion is the revelation Tederick plans to seek appointment of a citizens’ committee to review the report of the Town-County governmental personnel-staffed EDA Reform Committee announced at Tuesday’s joint meeting of the Town Council and Warren County Board of Supervisors.

Regaining public trust will be crucial to successfully moving forward with a re-tooled EDA mission, Tederick told Royal Examiner. The interim mayor hopes a citizens’ review committee can help achieve that trust.

Tederick also discusses the status of the County’s request for Town central water to facilitate the revamped Crooked Run 2 plan to establish a primarily residential development outside the town limits just west of the Crooked Run Shopping Center near the Route 340/522 and I-66 intersection.

Tederick also responds to our suggestion that the status of the planned Front Royal Limited Partnership (FRLP) residential development of approximately one thousand homes on about 750 acres of town land be included in discussion of the Crooked Run 2 request.

And if you hang to the interview’s conclusion you will hear the interim mayor promise other potential “exclusive” revelations regarding planned residential development in the community in future Royal Examiner interviews during his term of office.

It is a term slated to end shortly after the November 5 Special Election in which Tharpe will try to regain his mayoral seat in a two candidate face-off with current Councilman and former Mayor Eugene Tewalt.