Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 25, 1993 TAG: 9308250123
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
The recommendation came from a special Pulaski County Life Saving Crew Oversight Committee set up when the crew ran into financial difficulties and the supervisors made a special appropriation of about $10,000 to sustain it.
The committee members were former Sheriff Frank Conner, Dr. David Stanley, Dr. Dixon Williams and A.J. Smith Jr., chairman.
The supervisors received their report and recommendation Monday night.
It recommended quarterly reports on activities involving county funds, a registered agent or other contract point for all organizations and an audit procedure.
The board also approved the establishment of a 40-member task force to study county school building needs for the next century.
"No recommendations were made to close any school, that's number one," said Supervisor Bruce Fariss, who served on the commission of supervisors and School Board members recommending the task force.
The task force will include 11 parents, 11 educators representing all the schools, nine members at large recommended by the joint commission, and one each representing business and industry, a certified public accountant, the Ministerial Association, School Business Council, banking, the NAACP, the retired community, the Pulaski County Education Association and the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce.
"It will take a lot to go against the recommendations of this group," Fariss said.
"This will be an important group that, to a large extent, will control the future of education in this county."
The task force will try to complete its work by Jan. 15.
The supervisors voted to start having community meetings again, starting at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Dublin Middle Schools.
Previous special meetings have been held in the Fairlawn, Newbern and Snowville communities to provide better public access to governmental activities.
by CNB