Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 12, 1995 TAG: 9507120054
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: BRIAN KELLEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
Smith Village mobile home park will be able to add 25 spaces to the 160 it already has at Dark Run Road and U.S. 11/460 near Shawsville after the board voted 4-3 Monday to amend the park's 10-year-old special-use permit. Supervisors Joe Gorman, Larry Linkous and Nick Rush opposed the move. The expansion is to occur no faster than seven lots a year.
A public hearing in May on the Smith Village proposal and Ray Epperly's trailer-related rezoning in Shawsville drew 55 onlookers, many of whom criticized the rapid pace of mobile home development in eastern Montgomery. The Board of Supervisors last month rejected the Epperly rezoning.
It also delayed the Smith Village decision until its planning staff checked the park's compliance with the terms of its 1985 special-use permit. That check found no major problems, except for a few roads in need of maintenance work.
In other business Monday, the board:
Decided against boosting the starting salary of the county grants coordinator position. The board considered the move last month after the previous coordinator, Cindy Martin, left the county job to take a similar position - and a 34 percent pay raise - with the Montgomery school system. The starting salary will remain $19,978 a year, though County Administrator Betty Thomas may hire the new coordinator at up to $22,778 annually. Martin, who had been paid slightly more than that, was one of three county employees who last winter urged the board to increase the pay scale so Montgomery could be more competitive with surrounding jurisdictions.
Approved the purchase of an additional police cruiser for the county Sheriff's Office at a cost of $17,800. The sheriff needs the new car because the state Compensation Board has approved paying for a new deputy that wasn't envisioned in the county budget request, submitted in December.
Rezoned 2.3 acres on Five Points Road in the Riner area so Auburn United Methodist Church can replace its existing church with a larger structure.
Spent nearly two hours in closed session discussing a potential industrial expansion, the development of the Falling Branch industrial park, two legal matters, a personnel matter involving the county attorney and possible salary-scale reclassifications for three employees. The board took no action after returning to open session and adjourning at 1:15 a.m., Thomas said.
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