ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, April 20, 1997                 TAG: 9704210159
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

COMMUNITY OBSERVER CORPS

The Community Observer Corps is a coalition of community organizations that monitors Montgomery County's government boards. Following are their comments from March meetings. The observers were from the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County and the Sierra Club of Montgomery County:

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

PLUS

1. More than 200 residents have responded to the School Board search team's questionnaire on the type of person needed for the superintendent's position.

MINUS

1. The board spent 31/2 hours in closed sessions.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

PLUS

1. County personnel have been exceptionally cooperative when information is requested for research purposes by the League of Women Voters.

MINUS

1. During meetings, it is very difficult to hear reports or comments by the supervisors because of a faulty sound system.

MONITORING

1. The public needs to be clearly informed of problems that might occur in the development of the "smart" road, such as noise from machinery, ground water pollution, and the extensive space needed for the proposed cloverleaf.

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