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

DATE: THURSDAY, June 21, 1990                   TAG: 9006210319
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BOONES MILL                                LENGTH: Short

BOONES MILL MULLS BUDGET

Town Council will consider a 1990-91 budget that is $22,000 higher than the current spending plan.

Council plans to vote next month on the $104,800 budget, which was raised to six figures in order to cover the costs of the town's new part-time police officer.

Councilman Maurice Turner said the officer's salary, car and uniform costs will be offset by the court fines the officer collects.

The part-time officer, Lynn G. Frith, began to patrol Boones Mill last fall after residents voiced concerns about safety and traffic control.

"We were without one for a couple of years or so," Turner said, adding that the previous officer did not pass a state test and was not replaced until recently.

Town Council plans to review the proposal in a public hearing at 7 p.m. July 16. The council then will vote whether to accept the proposed budget at its regular meeting, scheduled to begin a half-hour later.

by CNB