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In Brief ...
Clifton Forge Town Council
• Town Manager Tracey Shiflett reported on the water meter installation project. As of Aug. 22, 310 meters have been installed and 50 lead pipes on the town's side of cutoff valves have been removed. Councilman Ed Mansfield asked if help was available for those on low and fixed incomes who would need to have repairs done once the meters were put in, and council asked Shiflett to follow up. • Shiflett said he would work with the town attorney to draft app regulations for fencing around swimming pools and bring them to council for consideration. Mayor Annette Anderson said she had received several phone calls concerning soft-sided pools, some placed in front yards. • Shiflett announced Oliver Campbell had been hired as public works director effective Aug. 25. "He is already doing a bang-up job," Shiflett said. Mansfield suggested Campbell be given a list of projects, but council decided to allow him time to settle into the job and learn the community and its needs first. • Shiflett is working with the chief of police to develop and implement policy changes on how nuisance complaints are handled. The code, he said, requires a police officer handle such complaints but is unclear how the process goes after that. Once a policy is drafted, Shiflett said he would send it to the town attorney for review and then to council. • Shiflett reported the town Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance for a new free-standing Dollar General store building. The BZA approved a reduction of on-site parking spaces from 46 to 20. Shiflett said the project is moving forward with issues regarding lighting, landscaping and signage under negotiation. • Shiflett reported the town's Architectural Review Board approved signs and an awning for Heirlooms on Ridgeway Street, two signs for Clifton Forge Wholesale Foods and Restaurant Supply on Ridgeway, a sign for Melissa Stull Photography on Main Street, and repainting and adding a logo on the C & O Historical Society building. • Town offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 1 for Labor Day. < ITALIC>• Coun ci participate in a web site effort by the Alleghany H ighlands Development Corp. that will seek to entrepreneurs for the downtown areas of Clifton Forge and Covington. "We need downtowns with vision and communities with a positive attitude, and we want to see that happen for Clifton Forge and Covington," said economic developer Dave Kleppinger. • Council was informed of several upcoming events: Fun Friday with Blue Mountain Myst performing will be Aug. 29 from 7-9 p.m. downtown; a bench will be dedicated Sept. 6 at the Clifton Forge Public Library at 5 p.m. to dedicate a bench in memory of Edith Raab Chucker, a longtime member of the library board; the Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce will hold a Hawaiian Luau Sept. 10 at Douthat State Park beginning at 6 p.m.; the Virginia Junior Opry will perform at the Masonic Theatre Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.; and the Shrine Club Fall Foliage Festival will be held Oct. 17-19 in downtown Clifton Forge.
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