ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, May 19, 1996 TAG: 9605210025
SECTION: DISCOVER PAGE: 30 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Radford
For town information: 731-3603
City manager: Robert P. Asbury
Real estate tax: 68 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property tax: $2.14 per $100 value
Meals tax: 4 percent
Utility tax: 20 percent of the first $15 residential, 20 percent of first $200 commercial on telephone and electric utilities; 12 percent on first $15 of gas service for residential, on first $100 for commercial;
Chamber of commerce: 1126 Norwood St.; Phone: 731-3639
Voter registration: Recreation Department building; Phone: 731-3639
Mayor: Thomas L. Starnes
City Council: Annyce Levy; Polly Corn; David A. Worrell; William D. Yerrick
City Council meetings: 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building
Montgomery County
For county information: 382-6700
County administrator: Betty S. Thomas
Real estate tax: 69 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property tax: $2.45 per $100
Meals tax: none
Utility tax: 20 percent of first $15 residential bill, 20 percent of first $100 commercial
Voter registration: Registrar's Office, Montgomery County Courthouse in Christiansburg, 382-5741
Board of Supervisors: Henry F. Jablonski, chairman; James Moore; Larry N. "Nick" Rush; Joe C. Stewart; Ira D. Long; Mary W. Biggs; Joseph V. Gorman, Jr.
Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays, 7 p.m., Christiansburg courthouse
Christiansburg
For town information: 382-6128
Town manager: John Lemley
Real estate tax: 14 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property tax: 45 cents per $100 value
Meals tax: 4 percent
Utility tax: 20 percent first $10 residential, 20 percent first $100 commercial
Chamber of commerce: 49 W. Main St. until the end ofApril, then 205 W. Main St.; Phone: 382-5741
Voter registration: Registrar's Office, Montgomery County Courthouse in Christiansburg, 382-5741
Mayor: Harold Linkous
Town Council: Wayne E. Booth; Ann H. Carter; Richard Ballengee; Ray Lester Jr.; Jack E. Via; W. Scott Weaver
Meetings: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., municipal building
Blacksburg
For town information: 961-1100
Town manager: Ronald Secrist
Real estate tax: 20 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property: $2.45 per $100
Meals tax: 4 percent
Utility tax: 15 percent, $2.25 maximum for residential, $7.50 maximum for commercial;
Chamber of commerce: 141 Jackson St., 552-4061
Voter registration: Registrar's Office, Montgomery County Courthouse in Christiansburg, 382-5741
Mayor: Roger E. Hedgepeth
Town council: Lewis Barnett, Al Leighton, Joyce Lewis,
Frances Parsons, Ron Rordam, Michael Chandler
meetings: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building
Pulaski County
For town information: 980-7705
County administrator: Joseph N. Morgan
Real estate tax: 70 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property: $1.50 per $100 value
Meals tax: 4 percent
Utility tax: 20 percent first $15 residential, 20 percent first $100 commercial
Chamber of commerce: 20 S. Washington Ave.; Phone: 980-1991
Voter registration: Pulaski County Courthouse; Phone: 980-2111
Pulaski County. Board of Supervisors: Joseph L. Sheffey, chairman; Jerry D. White, vice chairman; Charles E. Cook; Frank R. Conner; Bruce L. Fariss
Meetings: 4th Mondays, 7 p.m., county administration building
Town of Pulaski
For town information: 980-1000
Town manager: Tom Combiths
Real estate tax: 34 cents per $100 valuation
Personal property: 74 cents per $100 valuation
Meals tax: 4%
Utility tax: fixed rate for water $5.34 month/$1.20 per 1,000 gallons
sewer fixed rate $10.41, $2.82 per 1,000 gallons; electricity is not included in these rates
Chamber of commerce: 20 S. Washington St., 980-1991
Voter registration: Pulaski County Courthouse; Phone: 980-2111
Mayor: Andrew Graham
Town Council: Polly Mitchell; Charles Steward; Jim Neblett; Bettye H. Steger; W. H. Schrader; W. Edgar Hale; Lane R. Penn; John A. Johnston
Meetings: 1st Tuesdays, 4 p.m. in the municipal building, 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m., municipal building
Dublin
For town information: 674-4731
Town manager: Gary Elander
Real estate tax: 23 cents per $100 value
Personal property tax: 50 cents per $100 value
Meals: 4 percent
Utility: 10 percent
Chamber of commerce: 20 S. Washington Ave.; Phone: 980-1991
Voter registration: Pulaski County Courthouse; Phone: 980-2111
Mayor: Walter B. Keister
Town Council: Peggy H. Hemmings; Benny P. Skeens; Sam Gregory Jr.; David Farmer, vice mayor; David Stanley; Alden Hankla
Meetings: 3rd Thursdays, 7 p.m., library
Giles County
For county information: 921-1222
County administrator: Roger C. Mullins
Real estate tax rate: 68 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property: $7.00 per $100
Meals tax: 4 percent
Utility tax: $3.00 residential maximum; $9.00 commercial maximum;
Chamber of commerce: 101 S. Main St., Pearisburg; 921-5000
Voter registration: 507 Wenonah Ave., Pearisburg, 921-2802
Board of supervisors: William P. Freeman, chairman; Barbara M. Hobbs; Larry Blankenship; Jay Williams; R. W. Williams
Meetings: 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6 p.m., county administration building
Pearisburg
For town information: 921-1222
Town manager: Kenneth Vittum
Real estate tax: 68 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property tax: $7.00 per $100 of value
Meals: 4 percent
Utility tax: 20 percent first $10 residential, 20 percent first $30 commercial
Chamber of commerce: 101 S. Main St., 921-5000
Voter registration: 507 Wenonah Ave., 921-2802
Mayor: John H. Givens, Jr.
Town Council: James Williams; Daniel H. Robertson; George Psathas; Rebecca Moses; Barbara Stafford; Mose Adams
Meetings: 2nd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., town hall
Floyd County
For county information: 745-9300
County administrator: Roy Crawford
Real estate tax: 66.5 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property: $1.92 per $100
Meals tax: none
Utility tax: 20 percent, $3.00 residential maximum; $10 commercial maximum on telephone and electric service
Chamber of commerce: 745-4407
Voter registration: County Courthouse, 102 Main St., 745-9350
Board of Supervisors: David Ingram, chairman; Kirby Harris; Gary Gillespie; Donald Linkous; James Thornton
Meets: 3rd Mondays, 8:30 a.m., Floyd County Courthouse
Town of Floyd
For town information: 745-2565
Town manager: Richard Lewis
Real estate tax: 11 cents per $100 of assessed value
Personal property: 25 cents per $100
Meals tax: none
Utility tax: 20 percent, $3 maximum residential; $10 maximum commercial
Chamber of commerce: same as above, 745-4407
Voter registration: Floyd County Courthouse, 102 Main St., 745-9350
Mayor: Worley S. Bishop, Jr.
Town Council: Rebecca Harmon, vice mayor; Otis Howell; Alan Williams
Joshua McClanan
Meetings: 1st Thursdays, 7 p.m., town office
LENGTH: Long : 178 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: (headshots) Starnes, Jablonski, Linkous, Hedgepeth,by CNBSheffey, Graham, Keister.