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- When are elections held?
- Where is the Town Office located?
- What are the office hours?
- Whom do I contact after office hours
if I have an emergency?
- Who are the department heads and
how may I contact them?
- When/where are council meetings held?
- Who may attend these meetings?
- How/where may I make payments to
the Town?
- What forms of payment do you accept?
- How often is the newsletter published?
- How does one place an article in
the newsletter?
- What are the Town requirements for
holding a yard sale?
- What utilities does the Town of
New Market provide?
- Does New Market maintain its streets?
- When are elections held?
Elections are held every two years in May. The next
election will be held in May 2008, when four council
seats will be up for re-election.
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- Where is the Town Office located?
The Town Office is located at 9418 John Sevier Rd.,
New Market, VA adjacent to the New Market Post Office
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- What are the office hours?
Normal operating hours are Monday-Friday, 7:30am
– 4:00pm. There are occasions when we offer extended
hours, such as when real estate and personal property
taxes are due.
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- Whom do I contact after office
hours if I have an emergency?
Many of our public works staff and police officers
carry mobile phones for emergency situations. Please
call the Shenandoah Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) at 459-6101 and advise them of the circumstances
of your emergency and the appropriate personnel
will be dispatched.
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- Who are the department heads and
how may I contact them?
Town Manager: Evan L. Vass (540)-740-3432
Zoning Admin/Planner: Chad Neese (540)-740-3432
Town Clerk: Jeanne Rinker (540)-740-3432
Town Treasurer: Donna J. Lohr (540)-740-3525
Town Attorney: Jason J. Ham, Litten & Sipe Law Offices
800-677-5353
Chief of Police: Charles Peery (540)-740-3776
Director of Public Works: Michael Ritchie (540)-740-8257
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- When/where are council meetings
held?
Regularly scheduled monthly council meetings are
held in the Council Chambers of the Arthur L. Hildreth,
Jr. Municipal Bldg. located at 9418 John Sevier
Rd at 7:30pm on the third Monday of each month.
If the meeting date falls on a holiday, the meetings
are moved to the following Tuesday night.
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- Who may attend these meetings?
Town council meetings are open to the public.
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- How/where may I make payments to
the Town?
All payments may be mailed to PO Box 58, New Market
VA 22844, paid at the Town Office at 9418 John Sevier
Rd., or placed in the drop box to the right of the
Town Office entrance. In addition, Water/Sewer Utility
bills may be paid at BB&T Bank and Suntrust Bank,
in New Market.
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- What forms of payment do you accept?
We accept cash, checks, money orders, credit cards
and debit cards. The credit cards we currently accept
are VISA, MasterCard, & Discover.
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- How often is the newsletter published?
The newsletter is published monthly.
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- How does one place an article
in the newsletter?
Because the Town publishes the newsletter, priority
is given to town government news. However, often
there is additional space available for community
notes and activities. If you would like to submit
an article for consideration, please contact Debbie
Ritchie, Town Clerk at 540-740-3432.
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- What are the Town requirements
for holding a yard sale?
The Town of New Market permits its residents to
hold yard sales in residential districts with the
following requirements:
- All individuals conducting the sale must obtain
a permit from the Town Office prior to the sale.
(Permit is free.)
- A household is allowed two (2) yard sales
per year.
- Each sale may not exceed a seventy-two (72)
hour consecutive period.
- All signs associated with such sales shall
be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after
the conclusion of the sale.
In commercial districts, the same requirements apply
except in cases when a household wishes to hold
more than two (2) free yard sales per year. In these
instances, they must obtain an annual permit for
$25.00 for the additional sales. Civic organizations
are exempt from any of these regulations.
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- What utilities does the Town of
New Market provide?
The Town of New Market provides water and sewer
utilities. Gas, electric, phone, cable, etc are
provided by private companies who can be found in
the yellow pages.
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- Does New Market maintain its streets?
The Virginia Department of Transportation owns and
maintains our streets. Town personnel and trucks,
acting under the direction of VDOT, plow streets
during winter weather.
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