4The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 6, 1988
CoyocDl OECs some salary pocreases-
By CHARLES BRITTAIN
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council has
approved salary increases for the
town manager and the town attorney,
and it will make a decision Monday
on possible increases for the mayor
and council members.
Last Thursday, the town council
unanimously approved a resolution
introduced by Mayor Jonathan
Howes requesting salary increases for
Town Manager David Taylor and
Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos.
The proposal called for a $10,000
increase in the town manager's annual
salary, and a $12,000 increase in the
town attorney's salary.
The manager's previous salary was
$74,500, and the approved ordinance
will increase this sum to $84,500. The
Downtown -commission- hires
By JEANNA BAXTER
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Down
town Commission has hired two
executive directors to coordinate its
downtown revitalization efforts.
Deborah Dibbert and Margie
Haber, who applied as a team, were
chosen from a pool of more than 40
applicants, said Sally Jessee, director
of the commission's search
committee.
The commission, which was
formed in May 1987 by the Public
Private Partnership, previously had
been operated by members on a
voluntary basis.
"We found it difficult with full-time
jobs to pull everything together,"
Jessee said. "We decided to hire a
director to pull everything together
and keep focus."
Dibbert and Haber persuaded the
commission that it would be getting
"two for the price of one," Jessee said.
The women have worked together
before with the Ronald McDonald
House, Chapel Hill Service League
and other community fund-raising
activities.
"We are really excited about having
them on board," Jessee said.
Dibbert said, "We were excited
they were open-minded and willing
to take a chance on our non
traditional approach.
"Neither of us was ready for a full
time job because we both have school
age children and are involved in other
community projects."
Haber added that as a team, they
would be stronger and better able to
serve the commission.
Dibbert and, Haber began their
Congress
without seeing its political
implications."
Although he voted for the resolu
tion, Dickinson said he questions the
CIA's right to be on campus. "We
have an honor code here and I think
it's hypocritical to invite agencies that
don't act in the same manner," he
said.
Jurgen Buchenau (Dist. 4) voted
in favor of the resolution. "I agree
with the intent of the bill," he said.
"Those illegal actions (by the
CIAAQ should be censured. At the
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attorney's previous 'salary was
$48,000, and will increase to $60,000.
Howes said the increases are the
result of the town's annual evaluation
of the salaries of town employees,
which determines the need for pay
raises.
When asked where the money to
finance the higher salaries would
come from, he said, "Sufficient funds
are available in the town's budget to
cover the projected increases in salary
of these positions."
Howes said his creation of the
ordinance is evidence of his support
for the wage increases, and he said
he was pleased with the council's
unanimous decision.
Howes is not as supportive, how
ever, of a resolution introduced by
council member Jim Wallace request
duties by attending the Public-Private
Partnership conference in Cham
paign, 111., with local business
members, area government represen
tatives and University officials.
At the conference, representatives
looked at the downtown and how it
will be five or 10 years from now.
The group also discussed solutions
for the problems facing the down
town now and the need for future
planning.
Dibbert said, "It (the conference)
was a terrific way to start the job.
We had the opportunity to touch base
with 1 15 of the town's most influential
people and to get them excited about
the commission."
The conference also offered the
opportunity to get pledges and first
year operation costs confirmed,
Dibbert said. The commission has
collected almost $100,000 in pledges.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro pledged
$30,000 for the first year's operation
costs, and private contributions have
included $10,000 pledges from Kenan
Transport, the University and a group
of downtown merchants.
Dibbert and Haber began their
official duties Oct. 1. Both said their
immediate goals are the same as those
set by the commission:
B Organize a major downtown
clean-up project with the help of civic
groups and other organizations.
B Begin a monthly special activity
to draw people downtown.
B Improve the retail mix on Frank
lin Street to offer a better selection
of stores to attract non-students as
well as students.
fl Operate a trolley connecting the
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same time, censure should not stifle
campus-wide debate on the actions
of the CIA. Many students are
unaware of the CIA's illegal activities
in Third World countries. Debate
leads to an educated and responsible
approach to the agency." .
Ahlschwede said the resolution's
third clause is an admission that what
the CIA does is wrong. The clause
states: "This act in no way is to be
construed as an endorsement of the
CIA or its activities."
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ing the adoption of an ordinance to
increase the salaries of the mayor and
council members.
At the same meeting where the
salary increases for the manager and
attorney were unanimously
approved, Wallace proposed an
ordinance that would raise the
mayor's annual pay from $8,400 to
$12,500 and the council members'
annual pay from $4,000 to $7,500.
Howes disagrees with Wallace on
the necessity of the salary increases.
He said Wallace's ordinance "needs
to be viewed in a different light than
the raising of the salaries of the
manager and the town attorney due
to the differences in the positions."
It was for this reason Howes voted
against the ordinance on Thursday
night; he said.
Carrboro Town Hall to Franklin and
Rosemary streets to enable people to
park in one place and utilize the entire
downtown area.
The San Francisco-style trolleys
will begin operation in September
1989 and will run every five to 10
minutes, Dibbert said. The trolleys
will be free or have a nominal cost
and will be more convenient than the
' bus, she said. Operation costs for the
Towim improvement
By LARRY STONE
Staff Writer
Work has begun on Chapel Hill's
new Capital Improvements Program
(CIP) for the period 1989-1994,
although few changes are expected
from the former plan, town officials
said Wednesday.
CIP is a five-year plan of expen
ditures for capital projects designed
by the town council, the planning
department and the town manager
with the help of the public.
It involves identifying capital needs
in the area, setting priorities for the
needs and finding the money to pay
for the projects from the local budget
or from state or federal grants.
A capital need is one that involves
a large one-time expenditure for
construction, expansion, renovation
or replacement of public facilities, or
the purchase of land, buildings or
equipment costing more than
$75,000.
Assistant Town Manager Sonna
Loewenthal said the plan allows for
a lot of input from everyone in Chapel
Hill: .- .-: .
"We try to run as long and slow
a process as possible to give everyone
a chance to voice an opinion,"
Loewenthal said.
Arthur Jackson, a member of the
Chapel Hill planning department,
said the system tries to take major
Homao
By JENNIFER WING ,
Staff Writer
The local chapter of Amnesty
International works to provide justice
for prisoners of conscience and to
educate people about violations of
human rights around the world,
according to group members.
The international organization
tries to stay out of politics by not
allowing individual groups to lobby
their own governments to release
prisoners of conscience, said faculty
adviser Gerardo Heiss. In addition,
the program is non-profit and
requires only minimal dues from
members, he said.
, "Concerning the United States, the
only thing that Amnesty groups
involve themselves in is the death
penalty," Heiss said. The organiza
tion stands against this form of
punishment, and feels it is a failure
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The ordinance was approved by a
majority in the first vote, but did not
receive enough votes to be approved
on the first reading. A second vote
is scheduled for Monday.
Wallace said he expects the salary
increases will be approved, because
only five votes are required Monday
for adoption of the ordinance.
"It has been at least 10 years since
the last pay raise and in that 10 years
the salaries have even been lowered,"
he said.
When asked about the salaries of
similar public officials in other North
Carolina cities and towns, Wallace
said, "Our figures show that the
proposed increase in pay for the
mayor and the council is comparable
to the present salaries of public
officials in other cities in the area."
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first year are estimated at $30,000.
"Our goals will be constantly
evolving and we encourage input
from everyone," Dibbert said. "I hope
the commission will continue to be
seen as a positive addition downtown
to both the merchants and the
community at large."'
The downtown commission office
is located in Suite 14 of The Court
yard. The phone number is 929-9700.
investments as well as the smaller
projects and find a way to pay for
them.
"We allocate certain amounts to
pay for small projects," Jackson said.
About $500,000 from the town funds
items such as bikeways, sidewalk
construction and park improvements.
For bigger projects, the town first
looks for outside funding from
federal or state grants, or it may
decide to hold a bond referendum,
Jackson said.
"Chapel Hill has been, very success
ful in getting money from federal or
state sources," Jackson said.
"The (CIP) system tries to incor
porate all the capital improvements
into one document to keep the town
up-to-date on what's going on,"
Jackson said. "They may involve
different money sources, but the same
staff must work on all of them."
If, in the short term, money cannot
be budgeted by the town for a project
they give high priority and no funds
are available from state and federal
sources, the project will be placed on
hold and will be reconsidered later.
The five-year plan sets its priorities
based, in part, on public opinion,
Jackson said.
"If the public wants something
added to the list, they must convince
the council that it needs to be added,"
of the judicial system, although not
all of the members of the group must
share this opinion, Heiss said.
Most of the prisoners are eventu-'
ally freed through writing letters to
government and prison officials,
Heiss said. "After a while, the
publicity will embarrass the country,
and it does not want to be seen as
a repressive government," he
said."We are calling attention to the
case."
The letters do not convey feelings
of political and religious ideology,
Heiss said. The main office of
Amnesty International in London
thoroughly researches the cases to
make sure they are justified, he said.
The chief project of the UNC group
has been the. attempt to release or
provide a trial for Nabil Ibrahim, who
has been detained unjustly in Syria
for four years, said Bethany Chaney,
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I chapa hm Police Roundup
B Two girls came into Sadlack's
on East Franklin Street Monday
night and told an employee that
a newspaper rack owned by The
Chapel Hill Newspaper was on
fire. The employee called police,
who determined that an unknown
suspect had set the newspaper
inside the display holder on fire.
The fire was out when police
arrived.
B A Springview Trail resident
reported Monday that a black
sheepdog was stuck in a storm
sewer. The resident said she could
not get the dog out of the sewer
grate.
When the animal control officer
arrived, the dog was gone. Accord
ing to the report, the drain pipe
was three to four feet wide, and
the officer thought the dog might
have gone down the pipe and to
its opening, and then left the area. '
The officer reported he could not
locate the dog in the drain.
B A McDade Street resident
reported a rodent in her bathroom
Monday. Police reported to the
scene and found an animal in the
bathroom. The rodent was then
captured and released in the
woods.
B An Airport Road resident
returned home Monday night and
found that a' window in his res
plan gets under way
Jackson said. "The first step is
showing up and voicing their opinion
at the public forum."
In the 1988-1993 plan, the CIP set
the priorities for Chapel Hill in the
areas of:
D Widening the U.S. 15-501N.C.
54 Bypass at an estimated cost of
$20.6 million.
a Building a new public library for
an estimated $6.5 million.
b Improvements at the landfill at
a cost of $4.7 million.
B Improvements in park facilities
at a cost of close to $3 million.
Loewenthal said although it is too
early to tell, these should again be
the priorites for the 1989-1994 CIP.
During the public forum held in
September, citizens asked for some
other improvements to be added to.
the entire plan including:
a A request to pave Stateside and
Dixie drives.
B The Chapel Hill League of Safe
Bicycling expressed the need for more
and better bike paths.
a A request for sidewalks in the
-! :Timberlyne neighborhood. ' -
Although it may not be visibly
apparent to the public, Jackson said
the plan set forth by the last CIP is
being worked on.
"We have sent our wish list for the
bypass to the state, and the project
has moved up on the state's list of
roup works to
co-president of the group. "We try
to promote awareness of Syrian
rights," she said.
Amnesty International sponsors a
country campaign two or three times
a year, Heiss said. The main office
asks all groups to participate if a
particular country has had a series
of violations of human rights, such
as a rash of imprisonments or death
squads, he said. The goal is to inform
the public through mass media.
Chaney said the group will partic
ipate in a march for the Campaign
for Children on Oct. 23 starting at
the Morehead Planetarium and
traveling down Franklin Street. The
march is intended to make people
aware of the fact that children are
tortured and imprisoned in many1
countries, she said.
Another project is the Colombia
Campaign, an educational program
designed to increase awareness of
death squads in Colombia and South
America, said Taimi Olsen, co
coordinator of the committee.
, "We're hoping to get some diplo
matic support for the Colombians
that are trying to reform their
country," she said.
Fake
University documents, records or
identitification cards can result in
expulsion, suspension or a lesser
sanction."
But the honor code was not usually
enforced in these cases, Overton said.
Overton made a proposal to the.
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idence had been opened, and
clothing valued at $200 and beer
and wine valued at $10 had been
stolen. '.
B A resident of Tar Heel Motel
reported $200 missing from her
room on Tuesday. The woman
said the person staying with her
had taken it and left town. She
went to the magistrate to take out
a warrant for the thief, but the
warrant was denied due to lack
of proof.
o Tuesday night was unusually
loud, as police received reports of
excessive noise in four different
areas. Police responded to com
plaints of noise at Shadowood
Apartments, Howell Street, Tay
lor Street and the corner of
Franklin Street and Pickard Lane.
B A Fraternity Court resident
reported Tuesday that last Friday
someone entered the fraternity
house and took his mountain bike
valued at $700. The resident said
he checked with fraternity broth
ers, but no one had seen the bike.
Also- on Tuesday, a Rosemary
street resident discovered her
bicycle was missing from the rack
where she had left it. She said she .
had no idea about the wherea
bouts of the bike.
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priorities," he said.
Also, the public library' has pur
chased a site for a new building, and
they are now searching for the right
plans.
An expansion of the Municipal
Building was also included in the 1988
CIP, and the contracts are currently
out on that project.
The Capital Improvements Pro
gram has been a part of Chapel Hill
since at least the mid 1970s, Jackson
said.
"In the early 1980s, there was no
money available for capital projects,
so the plan was curtailed," Jackson
said. "Today, though, we are really
back on line. v
"CIP is really like strategic plan--ning
done by corporations, except it's
done by municipal governments.
Most all towns have something like
this."
The next step for the 1989-1994
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are compiling a generalized set of
projects which they will present to the
town council in December. , ... c .u , ,
In the sp'rirlg; an advisory board
for the town council will look over
the proposal and make its
recommendations.
The final plan will not be approved
until spring when the town council
compiles the fiscal year's budget.
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, During Human Rights Week, Oct.
13-17, the UNC group will participate
in several activities, Chaney said.
"A big table will be set up in the
Pit for letter writing and a jail will
be set up with prominent citizens and
popular faculty members imprisoned
in it," she said. "Fifty people will have
to sign a letter before the prisoner
is released."
An all-night vigil in the Pit is
planned during the week, with per
formances by different musicians and
other activities, she said.
Probably one of the most well
known projects of Amnesty Interna
tional is its concerts, Heiss said. Right
now, an international concert is
touring to provide publicity and raise
money. This takes pressure off the
local groups for fund raising, he said.
Two of the concerts were held in the
United States. ,
UNC has a large Amnesty Inter
national group, with 70 active
members, Chaney said. The members
are mostly students, but the group
is open to anybody in the community,
she said. The group meets the first
Monday of each month at 8 p.m. at
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Honor Court in July, suggesting that
falsifiers be tried by the court on their
second offense, in order to enforce
the code.
"You just can't do this," she said.
"We will see if the honor code is a
deterrent, and if it isn't, we will try
more stringent action."
No offenders have been tried yet,
Overton said. The proposal did not
go into effect until Sept. 1, but six
or eight cases are pending.
The Committee on Student Con
duct, which oversees the operation of
Student Government's Judicial
Branch, will meet to discuss the most
efficient method for dealing with the
problem, said David Fountain, stu
dent attorney general. A date for the
committee's meeting has not been set.
"It is hard to know how they will
be punished, because we have no
precedent cases," he said. "We want
to deal with this as efficiently as
possible, because it does have a
potential for bogging down the court.
"Although it is hard to say, I think
that once people realize that this is
an honor code offense the numbers
will decrease," he said.