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

DATE: THURSDAY, May 17, 1990                   TAG: 9005180678
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N9   EDITION: METRO 
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JOINT FIRE STATION EXPECTED TO GET BOTETOURT'S OK

The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors is expected to grant final approval for a jointly operated fire station with Roanoke County at its next regular meeting Monday.

The joint fire station will be built at the entrance to Botetourt County's new industrial park on Alternate U.S. 220.

The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors approved the operating agreement between the two jurisdictions earlier this month.

Under the plan, Roanoke County will pay for the new fire station's construction, which is expected to cost $375,000. Then the two counties will split all operation costs.

Fire officials hope to have the facility in operation by November.

In other business Monday, the supervisors will:

Consider leash-law petitions for the White Oak Estates and Stratford Place subdivisions.

Discuss the county's proposed noise ordinance. The board tabled the measure last month.

Hear an update on the county's gypsy moth monitoring program.

Conduct a public hearing on the applicants for the Buchanan District position to the School Board.

Incumbent School Board member Guy Alphin and Bank of Buchanan president H. Watts Steger are vying for the job.

Discuss raising sewer system user rates to fund proposed improvements to the regional sewage treatment plant in Roanoke.

Consider extending sewer lines to about 65 homes along Read Mountain Road in Cloverdale.

Failing septic systems in the area are a potential public health hazard, county officials say, and many homes there do not have indoor plumbing.

Cost of the project is estimated at $310,000.

by CNB