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Most critical areas , Board will fund study for county wide sewer By Terry Pope County Editor It will take six months to complete a countvwide study of stormwater and sewer system needs, and Brunswick County commissioners Monday allocated a portion of funds needed and hired a consultant to start the job. HDR Engineering Corp. will per form the work on a tight schedule, starting in May and finishing in November: The company last year conducted a county study of the water department and recommended wavs to make it more economical and self-supporting. Project engineer Eric Williams said the company can draw on some of the work done in that water study for the sewer plan. “Our goal is to develop a master plan to put the county in position to offer county wide sewer," said Williams. Countywide does not mean sewer lor every house or neighborhood. Instead, it means a comprehensive study of the entire county, outlining existing systems and showing where the greatest needs are to serve the greatest number of users. “We’re talking about trying to develop how essential areas will be served by sewer." said Williams. "It’s not limited to a specific area. It's going to look at the entire coun ty” Commissioners allocated $35,000 from the public utilities department to start phase I of the plan and agreed to address additional funding for phase II and phase III in the upcoming 1998-99 fiscal year bud get. Total cost may he around $175,000. The hoard has already taken the lead in developing a user-based sys tem in northern Brunswick County, to include the towns of Leland and Navassa. the North Brunswick Sanitary District, along with a gov ernment-private partnership with Landmark Development Corp., developers of the Magnolia Greens golf course and subdivision. HDR's plan will likely recom mend several projects, and some will take priority based on the most urgent needs and where the most users are in place, said Williams. He said the commission-appointed Stormwater Management and Sewer Oversight Committee, headed by May Moore of Yaupon Beach, will remain actively involved with HDR Engineers. “We don’t want to go away and hide in a room and come hack with a plan," said Williams. After meeting with county com missioners last May, the committee asked for resolutions of support from all 18 municipalities to dcvel c Now Arrived PALM TREES COCO Palms...starting at $35 Bedding Plants.. *10" per flat (48 count) 4' Herbs...$250 Azaleas (3 gai.)...$695 Hanging Baskets starting at.$10" Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower Butter Beans 8 Brussel Sprouts.. 1 / 2®*^ j Bring in this ad for j ; $1.00 OFF ; « Hanging Baskets . I__ j Open 7 Days a Week Financin Available" n store AGoralng “ervices m ist" Si»3 Excellent New & Used Furniture! 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Phase II will prioritize the projects, and Phase III will answer the question of how does the county gel started. Ms. Moore said this plan needs to be completed before the county can apply for grants or funding. “To the best of my knowledge, we are moving in the right direction,” said Ms. Moore. “Right now, we have pressing needs in this county.” Total cost of the project will be negotiable once phase I is done. Varner said there should be funds available in the public utilities bud get for the rest of the project. Commissioners said they do not want their appointed committee left out of the picture. “They’ve got a good feel for what this board wants, I believe,” said David Sandifer, District 2 commis sioner, “and it’s important that they be the driving force behind this.” Commissioners reached agree ment last year to proceed with developing the Northeast Brunswick Wastewater Facility pro ject in the northern communities. A $125,000 N. C. Rural Economic Development Center grant will be used to draft a facilities plan and weigh the project’s environmental impact on the community. The county has already set aside $1,590,000 to expand the treatment facility at the Leland Industrial Park. Commissioners have also agreed that all county funds used to build sewer projects will be repaid from user fees and that the systems will be self-supporting. The plan will like ly recommend sev eral projects, and some will take pri ority based on the most urgent needs and where the most users are in place Ronald Hewett has kept his promises to the people of Brunswick County since he was elected Sheriff four years ago. He is proud to be running on his record for reelection to another term. grown from 75 in 1995, nearly doubled to 120 in 1996, and tripled to 361 in 1997. Looking after families and children will remain at the top of the list with Sheriff Hewett, a family man himself. He promised to make the Sheriff's office more responsive to the public by keeping the doors open 24 hours a day. A trained deputy is on duty at the office around the clock. He promised to make our homes and streets safer. And, while Brunswick County has grown tremendously, crime has declined during the past four years. Since Sheriff Hewett has been in office, statistics show the Sheriff’s Office has been hard at work. The job is being done in Brunswick County. Four years ago he warned that he would he tough on those who try to sell drugs in Brunswick County. in tne past three years the Sheriff s office has seized more than $150,000.00 from the drug traffickers and confiscated narcotics with a street value of over four and one-half MILLION dollars! Domestic violence cases have also been a priority with this Sheriff. While the number of calls has remained steady during the past three years, arrests have The first year Sheriff Hewett was in office, $699,407.26 worth of stolen property was recovered. The next two years over a million dollars a year in stolen property was recovered. This professional law enforcement officer is a 1985 graduate of UNC Wilmington, where he was an honor student and earned a BA degree in Criminal Justice. He achieved N.C. Advanced Law Enforcement Certification in 1989. He made a name for himself as national and state D.A.R.E. Officer of the Year. DARE, stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Its purpose is to educate our young people about the dangers of drugs in hopes of keeping them off drugs and out of courts and jails. For over a decade and a half in law enforcement, Brunswick County folks have been calling on and counting on Ronald HewetL He is a trusted friend who has been there when you needed him and he will be there the next time you call Ronald E. Lewett 'SHERIFF | PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT RONALD E. HEWETT SHERIFF, ALBERT PARKER, TREASURER -• mi mn iiihi ©1998 THE BRUNSWICK BEACON
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