Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, May 13, 1990 TAG: 9005090335
SECTION: DISCOVER THE NEW RIVER VALLEY PAGE: 22 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ Montgomery County\ County Administrator: Betty Thomas.
Board of Supervisors: James Moore, Ann Hess, Joe Stewart, Henry Jablonski, Ira Long, Todd Solberg, George Gray.
Board meetings: second and fourth Mondays, county courthouse, 7 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 81 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: $2.15 per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: none.
Utility tax: 15 percent of the first $15.
Information: 382-6700\ Blacksburg
Town Manager: Ron Secrist
Mayor: Roger Hedgepeth
Council members: Frances Parsons, Al Leighton, Michael Chandler, Lewis Barnett, Joyce Lewis, Waldon Kerns.
Council meets: second and fourth Tuesday, municipal building, 7:30 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 20 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: none.
Meals tax: 3 percent.
Cigarette tax: 5 cents per pack of 20, and 6.25 cents per pack of 25.
Hotel/Motel tax: 2 percent.
Utility tax: maximum of $2.25 per residential bill.
Information: 961-1100.
\ Christiansburg
Town Manager: John Lemley
Mayor: Harold G. Linkous
Council members: Ann Carter, Ray E. Lester Jr., Jack E. Via, Truman K. Daniel Jr., W. Scott Weaver, Wayne E. Booth.
Council meets: first and third Tuesdays, municipal building, 7:30 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 17 1/2 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: 45 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: 2 percent.
Utility tax: 10 percent with maximum of $1 for residents; maximum of $10 for commercial.
Information: 382-6128
\ Radford\ City Manager: Robert P. Asbury Jr.
Mayor: Thomas L. Starnes
Council members: Polly Corn, David Worrell, W. Guy Wohlford, Robert L. Nicholson III. (Note: Gary Weddle replaces Worrell July 1)
Council meets: second and fourth Mondays, municipal building, 7:30 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 70 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: $1.40 per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: 4 percent.
Utility tax: 20 percent of the first $15.
Information: 731-3606
\ Pulaski County
County Adminstrator: Joseph Morgan.
Board of Supervisors: Mason A. Vaughan Sr., Jerry White, Bruce Fariss, Victor "Jack" Vaughn, Joseph Scheffey.
Board meetings: fourth Mondays, county adminstration building, 7 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 75 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: $1.50 per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: 4 percent.
Utility tax: 20 percent of bill, not to exceed $15.
Information: 980-8888
\ Pulaski\ Town Manager: Don Holycross.
Mayor: Gary C. Hancock.
Council members: Alma Holston, J.R. Shrader Jr., James Neblett, James Neighbors, Nick Glenn, Mary Lou Copenhaver, Rocky Shrader, Andrew Graham. (Note: Charles Donald Crispin replaces Neblett July 1)
Council meets: 4 p.m. first Tuesday, 7 p.m. third Tuesday, municipal building.
Real estate tax rate: 29 cents per $100 assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: 69 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: 4 percent.
Utility tax: varies.
Information: 980-1000
\ Dublin\ Mayor: Walter Keister.
Council members: Patsy Akers, Samuel Gregory, Jr., Douglas Anderson, Billy Pierce, David Stanley, David Farmer. (Note: Colbern Linkous and Elsie Repass will replace Akers and Anderson July 1)
Council meets: third Thursday, municipal building, 7:30 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 27 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: $2 per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: 2 percent.
Utility tax: 10 percent.
Information: 674-4731
\ Giles County\ County Administrator: Kenneth S. Weaver
Board of Supervisors: Bobby L. Compton, chairman; Samuel G. (Ted) Timberlake, Martin Richard Williams, Bobby Compton, Herbert Brown, Willard Gowdy.
Board meets: first Tuesday, county administration building, 4:30 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 68 cents per $100
Personal Property tax rate: $7 per $100.
Meals tax: none
Utility tax: yes
Information: 921-2525
\ Pearisburg\ Town Manager: Ken Vittum
Town Council: Mayor Clarence J. Taylor, Frank Winston, George Psathas, John B. Roller Jr., Daniel H. Robertson, James Daniel Level. (Note: Mayor Taylor, Level, Winston, Psathas, Roller,Robertson and Rebecca Moses will be on council as of July 1)
Council meets: second Tuesday, Pearisburg Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 38 cents per $100.
Personal property tax rate: 38 cents per $100.
Meals tax: None
Utility tax: 20 percent on residential for the first $10. 20 percent on commercial for the first $30.
Information: 921-1222
\ Narrows\ Town Manager: Kurt Hodgen
Town Council: Mayor Donald Richardson, Jerry Huffman, H.B. (Benny) Johnson Jr., Ron Stafford, Barbara Robertson, Thomas Garrett. (Note: Michael Jackson Kirk and Jeffrey Alen Turner replace Stafford and Robertson July 1)
Council meets: second Monday at 7 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 42 cents per $100.
Personal property tax rate: $3.75 per $100.
Meals tax: no
Utility tax: 18 percent on the first $15 for electric and phone service.
Information: 726-2434
\ Rich Creek\ Superintendent of Public Service: Richard Blankenship.
Town Council: Mayor Roy Kemper, Emory L. Eaton, Edwin "Pete" Shepherd, Jackie Ray Thornton, Gary Eaton, J.Q. Underwood Jr. (Note: Gary Eaton replaces Kemper as mayor July 1. Also, Vanus Mann, Joseph Moore, Donald Wade Ferrell, Palma Whitlow Kantsios, Betty Perry Letsinger on council July 1)
Council meets: first Tuesday, 7 p.m., town hall.
Real estate tax rate: 20 cents per $100.
Personal property tax rate: $2.50 per $100.
Meals tax: no
Utility tax: electricity, maximum $2 residential; for business, same rate as county's.
Information: 726-3260
\ Pembroke\ Town Council: Mayor Donald Martin, Garnett Atkins, Charles B. Andrews Jr., Donald L. Marshall, Lester Tickle, Larry Greene. (Note: Martin, Andrews, Robert E. Thorn, Joseph C. Falls, Marshall and Tickle will be on council as of July 1)
Council meets: first Monday, 7 p.m., Pembroke Town Hall.
Real estate tax rate: 25 cents on $100.
Personal property tax rate: $2 per $100.
Meals tax: no
Utility tax: no
Information: 626-7191.
\ Glen Lyn\ Council: Mayor James Howard Spencer Jr., Ricky Crawford, Rick Ould, Lake Thompson, Carl Patteson, Jim Spencer. (Note: Mayor Spencer, Roger Wayne Whitt, Ould, Patteson, Thompson, Jim Spencer will be on council as of July 1.)
Information: 726-7075
\ Floyd County\ County Administrator: Randal Arno.
Board of Supervisors: William Whitlock, Reece McPeak, Lowell Boothe, Howard Dickerson, David Ingram.
Board meetings: third Mondays, circuit court room, 9:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. during summer.
Real estate tax rate: 67 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: $1.82 per $100 assessed value.
Meals tax: none.
Utility tax: 20 percent of bill, not to exceed $3.
Information: 745-2028.
\ Floyd\ Town Manager: Richard Lewis Jr.
Mayor: Gino Williams
Council members: Otis Howell, Bruce Rakes, Worley "Skip" Bishop, Robert Shelor, Jr. (Note: Rebecca Sweeney Harman replaces Shelor July 1)
Board meetings: second Tuesdays, town office, 7 p.m.
Real estate tax rate: 16 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Personal property tax rate: 25 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Meals tax: none.
Utility tax: none.
Information: 745-2565.
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