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

DATE: THURSDAY, July 12, 1990                   TAG: 9007130638
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: TAMMY POOLE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: TROUTVILLE                                 LENGTH: Medium

TROUTVILLE TO SIGN PACT WITH COUNTY ON WATER EXTENSION TO EXIT 44

Town Council voted Tuesday to sign an agreement with Botetourt County where the county will buy a water tank and lease it to the town for $1 a year.

This will enable the town to extend its water service to county businesses and a few residents along Interstate 81. These businesses and a few individuals have been purchasing water from private companies.

Under the agreement, which lasts until 2020, Troutville promises not to seek annexation during that period.

The agreement also gives the county the right to negotiate the purchase of the town's water system every five years.

The extension of the water to Exit 44 will mean increased work for the utility department, E.L. Paderick, director of utilities, told council.

He said overseeing the water system already is a seven-day-a-week job and extending service to more customers will mean additional work. Paderick said he is leaving the part-time position because he's making more money in another part-time job with the county.

"Everything's fine when it's working fine, but there's never been a break [in a water line] when it's not on Friday evening and all the stores are closed," Paderick said.

He said he would stay with the project as long as the town needs him. Paderick said he has spoken with a plumber who is interesed in the job. But, Paderick said, a new person probably would have to be paid around $12,000 a year, twice what Paderick receives.

In other business:

Mayor Jewell Tyndall asked council to continue looking for two senior citizens to work for the town under the federal government's Green Thumb program. The two 20-hour weekly positions pay minimum wage.

Council learned that Boone Drive tentatively has been accepted into the state highway system, although its right of way is 30 feet, 10 feet short of what the state requires.

by CNB