Winchester considers replace elected posts with finance director
Winchester City Council discussed creating a Finance and Material Control directorship to replace the elected Commissioner of Revenue and City Treasurer. The move, urged by a management study, would require a public referendum. some members favor delaying to educate voters. Names for three upcoming Winchester School Board vacancies were reviewed in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Coombs
Winchester
Albert Ramond and Associates
New York City
Finance Committee
Fleming
Julian K. Armel
Patricia S. Shiley
Front Royal Plans Vote on Electric Rate Change and City Projects
The Town Council scheduled a special meeting at 7 30 p m to consider the Electric Rate Study Group recommendations including Rate Group 3 with a proposed 2 50 minimum for 50 kilowatt hours. The plan aims for a potential income rise of 79 000, reduced to 29 000 after Potomac Edison increases, with a six month trial suggested by Harold Markle. Separate actions cover Title I reading programs, trailer space for the Health Department, parking adjustments, police chaplains, and hydrant upgrades. Community groups funded a Cameron Street bus shelter built by Howard Shockey and Sons, dedicated with Kiwanis and Handley High School Key Club support.
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Front Royal
Southeast Consulting Engineers
Potomac Edison
Harold Markle
Markle
Health Department
Council
Royal United Methodist Church
Royal Ave
W. Main St
Jack Albert
The
Planning Commission
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Handley High School
Key Club
Cameron St
Winchester
Rouss City Hall
Kiwanis
Howard Shockey and Sons
Rose gardener Tom Boyd tends a busy retirement in Winchester
Retired Winchester police chief J Thomas Boyd ages with roses and hobbies. He cares for 35 rose varieties at 1500 Valley Ave living since 1931, fishes New York in Paddy Run Cedar Creek and Izaak Walton League lakes, and stays active in civic groups. He notes policing changed with schooling and tests and prefers staying busy through gardening and community work.
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Mrs. Boyd
Valley Ave
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Gardner
Paddy Run
Cedar Creek
Izaak Walton
Winchester-Frederick County Conservation Club
Kernstown
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Tiffin
Ohio
Police Department
Boyds
Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police
Winchester Lions Club
Masonic Lodge
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Edward D. Whittle
William H. Pifer
Marvin E. Gore Jr
Whittle
Pifer
Gore
Education Committee
George H. Garber
Garber
Virginia
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
William P. Vaughan
William Carper
James Wood High School
Virginia Lung Assn
ESEA
J.R. Dixon
P.O. Box
Eric Adamson
Albert
Warren Turner
Walter M. Duncan
Irvin Shendon
Dennis L. Molden
Kiwanis Project
Robert W. Pierce
William S. Keyton Sr
City Council
Ken Rose
Handley Key Club
J. Miles Cary
Winchester Evening Star
Doug O’connell
Tom Boyd
Frederick County
Luther Pannett
Woodmen of the World
Izaak Walton League
Conservation Club
Sherlock Holmes
London
Baker St
Beekeeping
Surrey
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