Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 16, 1990 TAG: 9005160508
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PETER MATHEWS NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
Among the survivors of 2 1/2 hours of cutting:
Two elementary schools for Blacksburg and Christiansburg totaling about $10 million.
$1 million to set aside land for potential industrial development.
$700,000 for a Blacksburg library.
Money for renovations at Christiansburg Middle School ($350,000) and additional classrooms at Shawsville and Elliston-Lafayette elementary schools ($1.1 million).
Funding for a Shawsville fire and rescue substation and a health and human services building also remained on the list.
It was not clear how much more cutting the supervisors will do, because they have not decided on a maximum amount for the bond referendum.
The board decided to pay for an expansion of the county's recycling program and purchase of a new landfill site through its enterprise fund, a separate account set up during this year's budget process.
And for now, it will pay for school boilers and gymnasium floors through its capital improvement program and delay some recreation projects.
The board will meet again Monday to finish the job.
In other business, the board:
Set a June 11 public hearing on a request for a special permit for the New River Wildlife Center. Center officials hope to move to a new site in the Riner area; the permit is required because the center treats some predatory animals.
Agreed, on a motion by Supervisor Henry Jablonski, to put $84,800 toward improvements to Virginia 675. A large contingent of people who live along or near the rural road urged the board last year to speed up improvements.
by CNB