Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, May 9, 1993 TAG: 9305100375
SECTION: DISCOVER PAGE: 77 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ Montgomery County\
\ Information: 382-6700.
\ County Administrator: Betty Thomas.
\ Board of Supervisors: Larry Rush, Joe Stewart, Larry Linkous, Joe Gorman, Henry Jablonski, James Moore, Chairman Ira Long.
\ Meetings: Second and fourth Mondays in the county courthouse at 7 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate: 70 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate: $2.30 per $100 of assessed value for tangible property, $1.83 for $100 value for machinery and tools.
\ Meals tax: None.
\ Utility tax: Maximum of $2.25.
\ Blacksburg\ \ Information: 961-1100.
\ Town Manager: Ron Secrist.
\ Mayor: Roger Hedgepeth.
\ Council Members: Lewis Barvnett, Michael Chandler, Waldon Kerns, Al Leighton, Joyce Lewis, Frances Parsons.
\ Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Montgomery County tax): 20 cents per $100 assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate: None.
\ Meals tax: 4 percent.
\ Hotel/motel tax: 2 percent.
\ Cigarette tax: 5 cents per pack of 20, and 6.25 cents per pack of 25.
\ Utility taxes: Maximum of $2.25 for residential, $7.50 for commercial.
\ Water: $1.69 per 1,000 gallons inside town, $2.96 per 1,000 gallons outside town. (As of July 1: $2.52 fixed charge, plus $1.59 per 1,000 gallons inside town, $4.41 fixed charge plus $2.78 per 1,000 gallons outside town)
\ Sewer: $2.15 per 1,000 gallons inside town, $3.76 outside town. (As of July 1: $2.39 fixed charge plus $2.09 per 1,000 gallons inside town, and $4.18 fixed charge plus $3.66 per 1,000 gallons outside town.)
\ Garbage collection: $20.82 every two months. (As of July 1: $23.84 every two months.)
\ 911 service: 23 cents for all phone hook-ups.
\ Christiansburg\ Information: 382-6128.
\ Town Manager: John Lemley.
\ Mayor: Harold G. Linkous.
\ Council Members: Wayne Booth, Ann Carter, Truman K. Daniel Jr., Ray E. Lester Jr., W. Scott Weaver, Jack E. Via.
\ Meetings: First and third Tuesdays in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Montgomery County tax): 14.4 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate (in addition to Montgomery County tax): 45 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: 4 percent.
\ Utility tax: 20 percent per month, with a maximum of $1 for residential, $20 for commercial.
Pulaski\ Information: 980-1000.
\ Town Manager: Thomas Combiths.
\ Mayor: Gary C. Hancock.
\ Council members: E. G. Black Jr., Roy D'Ardenne, C. Donald Crispin, R."Nick" Glenn, Andrew Graham, Alma Holston, J.R. Shrader Jr., W. H. "Rocky" Schrader.
\ Meetings: 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday; 7 p.m on the third Tuesday, in the municipal building.
\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Pulaski County tax): 34 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate (in addition to Pulaski County tax): 74 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: 4 percent.
\ Utility tax: 15 percent.
Pulaski County\ Information: 980-7705
\ County Administrator: Joseph Morgan.
\ Board of Supervisors: Ira "Pete" Crawford, Bruce Fariss, Joseph Sheffey, Mason A. Vaughan Sr., Chairman Jerry White.
\ Meetings: Fourth Mondays in the county administration building at 7 p.m.
\ Real estate property tax: 70 cents for $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax: $1.50 per $100 of assessed value, revision pending.
\ Meals tax: 4 percent.
\ Utility tax: 20 percent, up to a maximum $15 for residential users and up to a maximum $100 for commercial users.
Dublin\ Information: 674-4731.
\ Town Manager: Gary Elander.
\ Mayor: Walter "Benny" Keister.
\ Council members: David Farmer, Samuel Gregory Jr., Alden Hankla, Colbern Linkous, Elsie Repass, David Stanley.
\ Meetings: Third Thursday in the town library at 7:30 p.m.
\ Real estate tax (in addition to Pulaski County tax): 24 cents per $100 valuation.
\ Personal property tax (in addition to Pulaski County tax): 50 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: 4 percent.
\ Utility tax: 10 percent, with a maximum of $1.30 for residential, $10 for commercial.
Giles County\ Information: 921-2525.
\ County Administrator: Kenneth S. Weaver.
\ Board of Supervisors: Chairman Herbert "Hub" Brown, Bobby L. Compton, George Hedrick, Samuel G. "Ted" Timberlake, Larry J. Williams.
\ Meetings: First Tuesday in the county administration building at 4:30 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate: 68 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate: $7 per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: None.
\ Utility tax: Maximum of $2 for residential, $6 for commercial.
Pearisburg\ Information: 921-1222.
\ Town Manager: Kenneth S. Vittum.
\ Mayor: Frank M. Winston.
\ Town Council: Barbara Stafford, James Daniel Level, Rebecca Moses, George Psathas, Daniel H. Robertson, Mose Adams.
\ Meetings: Second Tuesday in the town hall at 7:30 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Giles County tax): 40 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate (in addition to Giles County tax): $3.75 per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: None.
\ Utility tax: Maximum of $2 for residential, and maximum of $6 for commercial. \ Narrows\ Information: 726-3020.
\ Town Manager: Michael Kirk (interim); Robert Mercure (arriving in June)
\ Mayor: Donald E. Richardson
\ Town Council: Jerry A. Hufman, Harless B. Johnson Jr., Thomas Burgess, Buford L. Tawney, Jeffrey A. Turner.
\ Meetings: Second Monday, Municipal Building, 7 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Giles County tax): 42 cents per $100 assessed valuation.
\ Personal property tax rate (in addition to Giles County tax): $3.75 per $100 assessed valuation.
\ Meals tax: None.
\ Utility tax: 18 percent on first $15.
Floyd County\ Information: 745-9300.
\ County Administrator: Randall Arno.
\ Board of Supervisors: Jerry Boothe, Howard Dickerson, Edsel Duncan, David Ingram, Chairman William Whitlock.
\ Meetings: Third Mondays in the circuit court room at 8:30 a.m.
\ Real estate tax rate: 82 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate: $1.92 per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: None.
\ Utility tax: Maximum of $3.
Floyd\ Information: 745-2565
\ Town Manager: Richard E. Lewis.
\ Mayor: Worley "Skip" Bishop.
\ Council members: Rebecca Sweeney Harman, Otis Howell, Timothy Slaughter, Alan Williams.
\ Meetings: First Thursday in the town office at 7 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Floyd County tax): 13 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate: 25 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: None.
\ Utility tax: None.
Radford\ Information: 731-3606
\ City Manager: Robert P. Asbury Jr.
\ Mayor: Thomas L. Starnes.
\ Council members: Polly Corn, Robert L. Nicholson III, Gary Weddle, David Worrell.
\ Meetings: Second and fourth Mondays in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m.
\ Real estate tax rate: 63 cents per $100 of assessed value.
\ Personal property tax rate: $2.14 per $100 of assessed value.
\ Meals tax: 4 percent.
\ Utility tax: Maximum of $3 for residential, $40 for commercial.
Wythe County\ Information: 223-6020
\ County Administrator: Billy R. Branson.
\ Board of Supervisors: R.T. "Tom" DuPuis, Alan Dunford, Andy Kegley, Olin F. Armentrout, James D. "Jack" Crosswell, Mark C. Munsey and John E. Davis Jr.
\ Meetings: Second Tuesday at 9 a.m. and fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 345 S. 4th St.\ Real estate tax rate: 56 cents per $100 of assessed value.\ Personal property tax rate: $1.87 per $100 of assessed value.\ Meals tax: 4 percent
Wytheville\ Information: 228-3111
\ Town Manager: Wayne Sutherland.\ Mayor: Trenton G. Crewe Jr..\ Council Members: Jack Hunley, Jackie King, Thomas A. Bralley Jr. and Dr. D.B. Cox.\ Meetings: Second and fourth Mondays in the Municipal Building at 7 p.m.\ Real estate tax rate (in addition to Wythe County tax): 16.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.\ Personal property tax rate: (in addition to Wythe County tax): 28 cents per $100 of assessed value\ Meals tax: 4 percent.\ Hotel/motel tax: 3 percent.\ Cigarette tax: 3 cents per pack of 20, 4.5 cents per pack of 25.\ Utility taxes: 15 percent on the first $15 for residential and $75 for commercial or industrial users.
Rural Retreat\ Information: 686-4221
\ Town Manager: Raymond Matney.\ Mayor: Dr. R.D. Humphrey Jr..\ Council Members: Margaret Gwin Bollinger, Virginia Hankla Nase, George Frank Reasor Jr., Garnett Miller, Calvin Hilton and Richard Martin.\ Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays in the Municipal Building at 7 p.m.\ Real estate tax rate: (in addition to Wythe County tax): 22 cents per $100 of assessed value.\ Personal property tax rate: (in addition to Wythe County tax): 45 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.\ Meals tax: 3 percent.\ Utility taxes: 20 percent of the first $15 for residential and the first 75 percent for commercial and industrial.
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