Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 27, 1995 TAG: 9509270031
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
The Pulaski County Recreation Commission asked that a cost allocation study be made to ensure fairness and equity in what participating localities are spending and what benefits they're getting.
Commission President Jack Leahy said it's important to study that area so the program can live up to its full potential.
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors approved its share of the funding Monday night. The supervisors added that the study should focus on youth sports, not all recreation.
If the two towns also approve it, the commission will seek bids for the study next month.
In other business, the supervisors turned down a request from the Pulaski Business & Professional Women's Club to place a time capsule on the grounds of the Old Courthouse next month in celebration of the club's 50th anniversary.
Supervisor Bruce Fariss said he believed organizations that aren't affiliated with the county shouldn't be allowed to put anything at the historic courthouse.
"I can see where this is one item that might get out of hand, unless you have some kind of procedure," Chairman Jerry White agreed.
Fariss said he would take the heat for moving that the request be denied. But the other four supervisors voted the same way.
The club had asked for a small space on the courthouse grounds for a time capsule. "We would like to do this project in honor and memory of all working women in Pulaski County," club President Evelyn S. Wilson wrote in making the request.
The club will hold its 50th anniversary meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 19.
Fariss also called for a land-use policy to guide the county Planning Commission in the recommendations it makes on zoning and other matters. The county administrative staff will do some research on what is needed for such a policy.
Serving on the Planning Commission is a tougher job than being a supervisor, Fariss said, because somebody leaves a commission meeting angry whenever a land-use decision is made. He said the commission deserved some guidance from the county on land use, where to put buffer zones between developed areas and similar matters.
"This is going to become a bigger issue as you see some of the commercial activities and the industrial activities grow in Pulaski County," Fariss said. "I don't know how to approach it, and it has to be done fairly soon."
The board also went along with Fariss' motion to develop a policy under which people who want their street or road names changed pay the costs of new road signs, if their requests are granted. "It seems like, every board meeting, we're tearing down a sign and putting another sign back up," he said.
The board will view roads being considered for improvements at 8 a.m. Nov. 11.
by CNB