
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 14, 1990                   TAG: 9006140177
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-10   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: STEVE KARK
DATELINE: PEARISBURG                                LENGTH: Short

TAX RATES UNCHANGED IN 1990-91 TOWN BUDGET

Tax rates held steady in the Pearisburg Town Council's proposed budget for fiscal year 1990-91. The combined budget for general, water and sewer funds was presented Tuesday night and totaled $1,370,567.

Town Council recommended that real estate, personal property, and consumer utility taxes all remain unchanged, Also, it proposed no increase in either water or sewage charges.

The budget does include both a 5 percent salary increase for all town employees and the creation of a new part-time position to ease the workload in the town office.

Town Council stipends were adjusted to $800 for members and $1,200 for Mayor Clarence Taylor.

In other matters, Council discussed the proposed Curve Road construction project. Some Curve Road residents expressed concern about possible safety hazards if the roadway is completed as planned.

Curve Road area resident Mike Collins speculated that the plan would "turn a freeway into a speedway." Since construction would not begin until 1992, which leaves time to examine these concerns, Taylor suggested that Town Manager Ken Vittum get in touch with state engineers to examine this concern and possible solutions.

Council also moved to apply for a $25,000 grant to study the feasibility of developing the downtown Thomas and Woodbury buildings for use as residential housing.

Finally, Town Council decided to meet Tuesday for final approval of the budget.

by CNB