Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 5, 1990                   TAG: 9004060616
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W7   EDITION: WEST 
SOURCE: Charles Stebbins
DATELINE: NEW CASTLE                                 LENGTH: Medium

CRAIG BOARD STUDIES BUDGET

The supervisors already have received the school board's budget proposal, which must be integrated into the overall county budget for the 1990-91 fiscal year.

The supervisors are planning to get the overall budget in shape for a public hearing on June 4. A new budget will take effect on July 1.

Supervisors also said they don't look forward to the prospect of a high-voltage power line cutting across the county but feel there is little they can do to prevent it. The line is being proposed by the Appalachian and Virginia power companies and would run between Cloverdale and Wyoming, W.Va.

The real-estate matter concerns the possible sale of several tracts of county-owned land, the main one being the cottage at the old Maywood School.

County Administrator Jeffrey Johnson said the county must decide whether to impose any zoning restrictions that would affect use of the property.

Also the supervisors need to determine a value of the cottage property and the other tracts that may be offered for sale.

The other properties are a lot near the jail in New Castle and a small lot off Virginia 311 outside New Castle.

On another matter at their meeting, Johnson submitted to the supervisors a proposed timetable for beginning state-mandate recycling of waste.

Under the state-proposed plan localities must achieve recycling of at least 10 percent of their waste by the end of 1991, 15 percent by the end of 1993 and 25 percent by the end of 1995.

But Johnson said he favors trying to achieve the 25 percent level by the end of 1991.