CHRISTIANSBURG â Councilman Steve Huppert wonât seek re-election this year.
âThis fall, Iâm going to be 77 years old, and sometimes itâs time for people to move on,â Huppert said in a recent interview. âYouâre always talking about getting new blood into the stream. Thatâs how I feel. Time for me to move on.â
Huppert was first elected to Christiansburg Town Council in 2004, but lost his re-election bid four years later by 41 votes. He won his return to council in 2010 by a margin of just 10 votes and has been on the elected body since. He received the most votes of any candidate during the 2017 election. The townâs municipal election was moved from May to November during Huppertâs tenure.
CHRISTIANSBURG â Councilwoman Merissa Sachs has asked her colleagues to consider the elimination of the townâs personal property tax for individuals.
âI believe a tax modification will also help stimulate the economy,â Sachs wrote in a recent email. âCitizens may be more inclined to make a purchase of personal property, such as a vehicle or motorcycle, if they knew taxes were not required each year.â
Sachs said her idea would only apply to citizens, not businesses.
The personal property tax, which numerous localities in Virginia and other parts of the country levy, is one of several kinds of taxes that Christiansburg and Montgomery County collect annually to help fund their governmentsâ day-to-day operations.
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The Town of Petawawa, City of Pembroke, Township of Laurentian Valley, and Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation (RCCFDC) are pleased to announce they will be hosting the second series of business workshops under the Service Concierge banner.
Workshops will take place virtually every Wednesday in March from 7-8 p.m. and will be focused on business financials. Workshops are being offered for $10 plus HST per session and include participation in one workshop, a package of information and swag from the municipal hosts including a treat from a local business that will be delivered by Valley Eats to the home or business of participants the day of the workshop.
Councilman Steve Huppert asked his colleagues Tuesday if they wanted to hear more from him in near future about suggestion to ban guns in town buildings. They expressed little to
But thereâs an appropriate place for them, the Christiansburg councilman said.
âPeople shouldnât have sex out in the middle of Christiansburg,â Huppert said. âThatâs how I feel about gun control. Thereâs a place for everything.â
Huppert is asking that Christiansburg consider adopting stricter gun control measures.
The councilmanâs call comes after the Blacksburg Town Councilâs recent passing of an ordinance that will ban the carrying of firearms in town-owned buildings, parks and streets when they are used for permitted events.
Blacksburgâs ordinance, which goes into effect March 1, is allowed by a local option measure that was passed by the General Assembly last year and that went into effect in July.