Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 17, 1994 TAG: 9402170167
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
Pulaski Town Council voted Tuesday night to charge no fees in such cases, although it still will be necessary for households to obtain the normal permits. The town will seek state reimbursement for revenue lost through the waiver.
Council also went on record as supporting the request earlier Tuesday from the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors for a state declaration of the county as a disaster area in the wake of last week's ice storm.
Townspeople are being asked to take fallen tree branches to their curbsides as soon as possible for pickup. Residents should not leave nontimber wastes for pickup, because those might damage the chippers used on the wood.
Although burning regulations may be relaxed long enough to get rid of some wastes generated by the storm, in April the town will start enforcing its existing law on what can and cannot be burned and under what conditions.
An informational session on the law, which is identical to the state burning law, will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 28.
In other business, the town will survey its employees for their reaction to the draft of a nonsmoking policy in town buildings.
Council also approved a shift in how to spend its urban construction funds between now and mid-1995.
Pulaski receives about $500,000 a year in urban construction money from the Virginia Department of Transportation. In 1992, it submitted a five-year plan that included replacing downtown bridges at Randolph, Jefferson and Washington avenues.
That work will be delayed until at least mid-1995, because the state wants to make a study of whether the bridges can be rehabilitated rather than replaced. Thus, the town has unallocated urban construction funds available.
On the recommendation of its Public Operations Committee, council agreed to use those funds for traffic signal improvements at Edgehill and Virginia 99, Peach Street and Virginia 99, and Madison Avenue and U.S. 11.
All three signals are old and present maintenance problems. The estimated cost of the improvements is $210,000.
by CNB