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Roanoke County Administration Center
5204 Bernard Drive
Roanoke, Virginia 24018
March 29, 2005
The Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, met this day atthe
Roanoke County Administration Center, this being a special meeting for the purpose of
hearing funding requests from cultural, tourism, and other agencies for the fiscal year
2005-2006 budget.
IN RE: CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Altizer called the meeting to order at 5:38 p.m. The roll call was
taken.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairman Michael W. Altizer, Supervisors Joseph B. “Butch”
Church, Joseph P. McNamara
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Vice-Chairman Michael A. Wray, Supervisor Richard C.
Flora
STAFF PRESENT:
Elmer C. Hodge, County Administrator; John M. Chambliss,
Assistant County Administrator; Brent Robertson, Director,
Management and Budget; Diane Hyatt, Chief Financial
Officer; Cathy Tomlin, Budget Analyst; Mary V. Brandt,
Acting Clerk to the Board
IN RE: OPENING CEREMONIES
The invocation was given by John M. Chambliss, Assistant County
Administrator. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present.
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IN RE: FUNDING REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 BUDGET
1. Cultural, Tourism, and Other Agencies
Chairman Altizer advised that this time had been set aside for cultural,
tourism, and other agencies to submit funding requests to the Board for the 2005-2006
budget. The agencies were called to speak in reverse alphabetical order. The following
representatives spoke on behalf of their agencies: (1) Michael Quinn and Amy Moore,
Young Audiences of Virginia, Inc.: $15,600; (2) Warren Via, Williamson Road Area
Business Association: $10,000; (3) Ron Crawford, Western Virginia Land Trust/Read
Mountain Alliance: $1,000; (4) Roger Holnback, Western Virginia Land Trust: $10,000;
(5) Robert Dills and Blair Neal, Virginia Museum of Transportation: $10,000; (6) Peter
Lampman, Virginia Amateur Sports: $50,000; (7) William Griffin, Southeast Rural
Community Assistance Project, Inc.: $1,000; (8) Roy Baldwin, Small Business
Development Center: $5,000; (9) Stewart Hill, Science Museum of Western Virginia:
$20,000; (10) Karensa Waid, Salem Food Pantry: $15,000; (11) Paul Chambers,
Roanoke Symphony: $10,000;(12)Judy Clark, Opera Roanoke: $1,500; (13) Lisa
Ison, New Century Venture Center: $10,000; (14) David Jobe, Mill Mountain Zoo –
capital request: $19,000; (15) David Jobe, Mill Mountain Zoo: $8,000; (16) Jere Lee
Hodgin, Mill Mountain Theatre: $15,000; (17) Sue Taylor and Doug Adams, Julian
Stanley Wise Museum: $20,000; (18) James Arend, Jefferson Center Foundation:
$10,000; (19) Kent Chrisman and Kim Parker, History Museum and Historical Society of
Western Virginia – O. Winston Link Museum: $5,000; (20) Kent Chrisman, History
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Museum and Historical Society of Western Virginia: $10,000; (21) Russell Johnson,
Friends of the Lake: $10,000; (22) Susan Jackson Mills, Friends of the Blue Ridge
Parkway: $10,000; (23) Ann Masters, Clean Valley Council, Inc.: $4,000; (24) H.
Lawrence Davidson, Center in the Square Operating: $45,000; (25) Sandra Eubank,
Blue Ridge Vision Film Festival: $1,000; (26) Kathy Smith, Blue Ridge Soil and Water
Conservation District: $3,000; (27) John E. Whitefield, Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.:
$3,732; (28) Susan Jennings, Arts Council of the Blue Ridge: $5,000; (29) Georganne
Bingham, Art Museum of Western Virginia: $20,000.
IN RE: REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
Supervisor Church:
(1) He expressed his appreciation to the agency
representatives for their presentations and noted that it was not easy to make funding
requests. He advised that the Board will give careful consideration to each agency’s
request and stated that he wished the Board was able to do more to assist them. (2) He
requested a discussion with Mr. Hodge regarding a request he had received from Mr.
Harvey in North Lakes. (3) He reported that two citizens had problems contacting the
Board via either e-mail or voice mail and requested that this issue be investigated.
IN RE: ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Altizer adjourned the meeting at 7:05 p.m. until Tuesday, April
12, 2005, at 12:00 p.m. for the purpose of a joint meeting with Roanoke City Council,
The Brambleton Center, 3738 Brambleton Avenue, Room #1.
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Submitted by:
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Acting Clerk to the Board
Approved by:
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Michael W. Altizer
Chairman