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Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
Roanoke County Administration Center
3738 Brambleton Avenue, SW
Roanoke, Virginia 24015
April 11, 1985
The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, met this day at the Roanoke County
Administration Center, this being an adjourned meeting from April
9, 1985.
IN RE:
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman McGraw called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.
The roll call was taken.
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MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairman Steven A. McGraw; Vice-Chairman
Athena E. Burton; Supervisors Harry C.
Nickens, Gary J. Minter, and Alan H.
Brittle
MEMBERS ABSENT:
None
IN RE:
BUDGET DISCUSSION
In discussing the revenue budget, it was shown that the
there is a 4.21 percent increase of general revenues over last
year. There has been a $300,000,000 increase in taxable property
and by retaining the $1.15 tax rate will allow a $4,000,000 gain
in real estate tax income. Mr. Flanders reported that the County
has received the authority to prorate personal property and will
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be starting on that project as soon as possible.
Supervisor Brittle directed staff to look into the
possibility of charging the State for actual costs of keeping
prisoners in the jail.
The Board directed staff to look into charging a fee
for overdue library books.
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It was also reported that there would be no grants for
Parks and Recreation because the County has already received so
many and are presently on a waiting list.
Mr. Flanders reported that he has tried to get in touch
with Senator Trible regarding the reports that revenue sharing
would be cut in half.
Mr. Flanders has also recommended a 4.0 percent cost of
living increase in salaries for County employees. Supervisor
Burton directed staff to set up a salary budget with a 4.0
percent cost of living increase to be used by the Board as a
working tool.
Supervisor Brittle requested a comparison of economic
and environmental figures of other localities besides Roanoke
City and Salem.
The Board also discussed the General Administration
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budget.
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Supervisor Burton requested a report on the comparisons
of leasing and buying a car for the County Administrator. Mr.
Flanders reported that the Oldsmobile will be moved into the
County fleet.
Supervisor Burton requested a more detailed breakdown
on travel expenses.
Supervisor Burton requested a more in-depth study of
renting telephones. She felt that the County should not be
renting telephones but should be buying them.
The Board discussed the School budget with the
members of the School Board.
Bayes Wilson, Superintendent of Roanoke County Schools,
reported that there were items on the School Board budget that he
and his staff could not reduce. The staff also reported that the
School Board has decided to try to give the teachers a 10 percent
increase. After studying pay increases of similar localities, he
found that most localities are also asking for a 10 percent
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increase. Mr. Wilson reported that the 10 percent increase would
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create a 7 percent scale increase and a 3 percent step increase.
In order to provide the teachers at the top of the scale the same
increase as the other teachers, Mr. Wilson and his staff
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suggested adding another step (Step 14). He also reported that
this would be cheaper for the Board. The proposed school board
budget also provides for a 15 percent increase in insurance
premiums. utility and textbook costs have also risen. The
School Board budget also includes an additional Special Education
teacher for Northside High School and an additional librarian for
Masons Cove.
Supervisor Nickens questioned the purchase of equipment
out of the construction fund. Mr. Wilson reported that these
pieces of equipment were necessary for capital outlay.
Supervisor Nickens expressed concern as to being able
to adopt the School Board budget as presented and still have
available funds for other County needs. He also requested more
detailed information on the contributions made by the state and
local governing body to see how it compares regarding
instructional personnel over the last five years including the
proposed budget for this year with the 10 percent increase and
also requested that comparison be made against the salaries of
County employees over the same time period, and to see how the
Consumer Price Index compares over the last five years over what
the County employees have realized regardless of the source of
the money.
Mr. Wilson reported that the only way to obtain the
monies for the increase in salaries would be not to purchase the
six school buses.
Dr. Nickens reported to Mr. Wilson that even if the
County charged the maximum amounts in all taxing categories, the
County would only generate $1.6 million which would barely cover
the School Board budget request.
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Supervisor Burton requested a summarization of where
the $4.5 million dollars will be spent, how much of it will be
applied toward salaries, what are the major categories.
Supervisor Brittle voiced his support of the school I
board budget and feels that even though the state has started to I
fund more that the County should not hesitate on their funding.
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County Administrator, Donald R. Flanders, requested
that Homer Duff meet with John Chambliss to prepare the requested
information on the School Board budget to be presented on Monday,
April 15, 1985.
Supervisor Nickens moved to reduce the total budget by
one percent (1%) across the board. Supervisor Minter offered a
substitute motion to adjourn to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 15,
1985. Supervisor Minter's motion carried by the following
recorded vote:
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AYES: Supervisors Nickens, Minter, Brittle, Burton, and McGraw
NAYS: None
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