Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 11, 1990 TAG: 9004160191
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: PEARISBURG LENGTH: Medium
The $16,863,509 proposal is almost $1.4 million more than this fiscal year's budget. This includes the School Board's $11,630,172 request that supervisors already have approved.
Requests total $124,000 more than revenues the county expects from local, state and federal sources.
The board meets again Monday at 6 p.m. in the county administration building to continue the review. The board this week:
Approved requests from Sheriff Larry Falls and Treasurer Irene O'Dell. The county's share of the sheriff's $974,431 budget is $66,025 - 1 percent more than this year, Falls said. The local share of the $134,326 jail budget is $5,400, another 1 percent increase.
The treasurer's budget for 1990-91 is $151,270, half from the county. This budget is about $14,000 less than this year's.
Approved $147,359 for the commissioner of revenue's office, $4,000 less than Commissioner Shirley Wheeler requested. She agreed she could do with half of her request for mapping and aerial photos. The local share of the commissioner's budget is about $64,000.
Approved $38,911 for the county extension office that helps with such development projects as state business certification.
Delayed decisions on Community Action and Skyline Soil Conservation department requests.
Community Action wants Giles County to provide $15,000 next year, $4,500 more than this year. The agency has an office and a director in the county to oversee a senior volunteer program, a community food project and the Head Start preschool program.
The Skyline soil program wants $2,200 more for next year. Supervisors agreed the service had been helpful cleaning up after Hurricane Hugo, but delayed a decision until it has more information on why the increase is needed.
***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on April 14, 1990.\ Because of an editing error, a story Wednesday about the Giles County budget said the local share of the jail budget would increase by 1 percent. The county's share will decrease by 1 percent.
Memo: CORRECTION