ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, January 4, 1997 TAG: 9701060024
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: COMPILED BY LISA APPLEGATE, PAUL DELLINGER AND ROBERT FREIS
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The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on expanding the New River Resource Authority at 7 p.m. Monday. Current NRRA members are Pulaski County, Radford and Dublin. So far, the only objections to adding Montgomery County, Christiansburg, Blacksburg and Virginia Tech have come from Dublin Town Council, which has its public hearing set for 7 p.m. Jan. 28. Supporters of the move say it will save money in the NRRA handling of solid waste by using economies of scale. Dublin officials have objected that they were not represented in the negotiations leading to the proposed expansion agreement and to the proposed representation on the new board, which would see Pulaski County lose members.
The Montgomery County Public Service Authority will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. After that meeting concludes, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will convene a brief public meeting and then go into an executive session, during which the board will begin to review resumes of applicants seeking to replace long-time County Administrator Betty Thomas, who is stepping down at the end of March. Board Chairman Henry Jablonski said the county has received about 90 applications and resumes for the job. "That's a good, healthy number," he said. The deadline for applicants was Friday.
The Radford City School Board will meet on Tuesday, rather than its usual Thursday meetings. The board will finalize next year's budget, which the City Council will examine next month. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at the School Board office on Wadsworth Street.
The Montgomery County School Board will elect a chairman and vice chairman at its meeting Tuesday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The annual reorganization could potentially oust present School Board Chairwoman Annette Perkins or Vice Chairman Barry Worth.
Recently, some board members have criticized Perkins' leadership and said the board is not as effective as it could be. The board often votes in a 5-to-4 split, sometimes between members who have supported Superintendent Herman Bartlett and those who didn't. That split could appear again if any changes are proposed on the board's leadership.
Also, the board will continue its preliminary steps toward finding a new superintendent. It will interview a consulting firm, based out of Illinois, via conference call.
A second interview, with a North Carolina consulting firm, will be held at a meeting Thursday. At that meeting, the board will also begin planning next year's budget.
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