ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 28, 1995                   TAG: 9503280060
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short


MONTGOMERY TAX HEARINGS

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will hold two public hearings Wednesday on the proposed 1995-96 budget and tax increase.

The first hearing, on the $69 million budget, will begin at 7 p.m. The second hearing, on the proposed 5-cent increase in the real estate tax rate, begins at 7:30 p.m.

The hearings will be held in the auditorium of Christiansburg High School at 1200 Independence Blvd., reached off North Franklin Street.

The board is expected to adopt the 1995-96 tax rates and budget by mid-April, for the fiscal year beginning July 1.



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