Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 13, 1995 TAG: 9507130042
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
"We may hire a director who thinks that this is the greatest thing in the world and jump right in there and attack it. But we don't know that," said board Vice Chairman Wayne Carpenter.
The Pulaski Business Alliance and Cougar Band Boosters appear reluctant to take on the responsibility of organizing the festival between now and October. Its fate remains up in the air.
The town's Human Resources Committee has been interviewing candidates for the job of economic development director and could offer a recommendation to Pulaski Town Council as soon as Tuesday.
Carpenter said the board's Finance Committee submitted a $186,880 1995-96 budget to council, which was approved with one change: signs for town entrances will be part of the board's budget, rather than a capital expenditure for the town.
The cost of the entrance signs was estimated at $15,000, but Carpenter said it could go higher. With some $65,000 of the budget earmarked for staff salaries and benefits, about $121,000 will be left for program items and the signs' costs will come from that.
Other board committees need to identify any recommendations they have that will cost money, so priorities can be assigned to proposed expenses.
"As far as I know, our committee has done all it can do until we get feedback from these other committees on prioritizing," Carpenter said.
The entrance signs have already gotten a high priority from the board. Ted Hodge said the Development Committee favors signs as large as 8-by-8 feet, made of durable material and mounted on solid rock foundations.
"We need something that really presents Pulaski, I think, in a whole different light rather than just a sign on a post," he said.
by CNB