PULASKI COUNTY TAXES NOW PAYABLE ON PLASTIC

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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 29, 1992                   TAG: 9201290099
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER
DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Medium
PULASKI COUNTY TAXES NOW PAYABLE ON PLASTIC
County residents can now pay their county taxes by credit card.
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors ratified an agreement Tuesday night for bank card services from NationsBank for payment of county taxes and other fees.
Treasurer Rose Marie Tickle said people using the service - limited to MasterCard and Visa cards - also would pay a service charge of 3.5 percent.
Supervisor Bruce Fariss asked if there was a way to make the credit card payments by telephone.
"Yes," Tickle said. "We haven't tried that yet, but I know there is a way to do it."
The supervisors also authorized Tickle to publish a list of delinquent taxpayers in a newspaper. Those whose names are listed also will be charged the cost of publishing, in addition to the back taxes.
The board approved taking the necessary steps to accept a donation of the Pulaski Theatre building near the courthouse from the heirs of the Hix family. The movie theater, which had operated in downtown Pulaski for more than 50 years, closed this month.
Assessed value of the property is $75,000. Its main floor covers 5,400 square feet. It also has a balcony.
County Administrator Joseph Morgan said it could be used for temporary county office quarters during relocations necessary in the courthouse expansion. Other possible uses could be for offices, future parking or sale to a private buyer.
The board heard an appeal from Linda Coyle, representing the New River Valley Preservation League, and Richard Gibbons, Virginia Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, to include Little River in Virginia's Scenic River Program.
The localities that would have to be involved in such a move would be Pulaski, Montgomery and Floyd counties and the city of Radford.
The Floyd County Board of Supervisors have opposed the designation, but Coyle said opposition generally has stemmed from a misunderstanding of what the program involves. It protects the river but does not affect the rights of land owners along its banks, she said.
The board decided it needed more information before acting.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB