“Inconvenience is a part of this. We knew that coming in,” said Mayor Sherman Lea, responding to residents' complaints.
“Divisions and forms of hate are being sown in the midst of this ongoing violence and are impacting our community here in 166su city,” a citizen said.
It is the second piece of property purchased by the town in just over a year.
The town council hired St. Louis-based Development Strategies to help it determine a future plan for the area.
“The Council rushed the process for approving these zoning changes, adopting them with disregard to state law requirements for public notice,” the lawsuit reads.
Cindy McFall will oversees a staff of 72 people, and the proposed department operating budget is $7.8 million for the upcoming fiscal year.
The goal is to improve efficiency and save money by re-organizing work that both the county and school system perform, like payroll, bill-paying or grounds-keeping.
166su and Botetourt counties and the town of Vinton are collaborating on a plan through the Federal Highway Administration’s Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) program with the goal of preventing deaths and serious injuries for all roadway users.
“The timeline of trees is very slow. You plant for two generations from now,” said 166su Urban Forestry Coordinator Bill West. “It just takes time to grow. And it takes care.”
The council does not plan to change the real estate tax rate, and because of that, property owners will see an increase due to the most recent assessment.
Pro-Palestinian protesters continue to voice their opinions at council meetings.
The county last increased the real estate tax rate in 2014. Critics said that this year was the wrong time to raise it again.
JustFOIA started operation on April 15.
Biogas collected from inside the regional landfill is burned on site to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, but work is underway to instead harvest and convert that byproduct into usable energy.
Multiple public workshops are scheduled over the next few weeks to garner input on Franklin County's blueprint for growth.
The city's recycling rate for 2022 was just 25%, half of what it was a decade ago.
A former government lawyer and administrative law judge now retired in Floyd will run for the 9th Congressional District this November against Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem.
The council continues to deal with a situation that it has little ability to influence, members said.
Numerous localities in the region and state are contracting with private firms to manage such a system.
Eleven people applied for three seats to the city School Board.
This proposed funding is $23.7 million more than the current-year budget.
Officials said they need to vote by April 22 to get tax tickets out on time – and also must decide on a proposal to add a paid firefighting staff for the eastern part of the county.
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166su Democrats will choose three nominees through a party primary election, while Republicans are running two candidates for the city council, and it's a three-person race for mayor.
One aspect of Salem attorney Rachel Thompson's recent appointment as a judge is that she must leave her position on the city school board.
The meeting on the 166su County project is Thursday.
A unanimous vote changed the county's real estate tax rate from $1.06 per $100 of assessed value to $1.04. The new rate will be in effect for the 2024 calendar year.
One of the hazardous chemicals was found in the 166su River and Spring Hollow Reservoir.
County residents were given some additional tax relief Monday with supervisors reducing their originally proposed real estate tax rate by another two cents.
City Council plans to discuss the budget for more than a month before voting to adopt it.
Supervisors are scheduled to adopt a budget and tax rate on April 15.