Newspapers / Carteret County News-Times (Morehead … / June 13, 1961, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Carteret County News-Times (Morehead City, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Report (Continued from Page 1) port says, “departmentalization is very rigid, so that there is a ten dency among commissioners to be concerned only with the depart ment specifically assigned to them instead 01 being concerned with affairs of the town as a whole.” Tgro alternatives for organisa tion were presented, the following deemed preferable for Morehead City by the league:' the mayor would appoint the five commis sioners to finance, public safety and public works committees. These committees would be an swerable t&-the^ board, which in turn would instruct an “adminis trative officer” or supervisor what operatjons should be carried out in the following six departments: administrative, police, fire, street, sanitation and recreation. Personnel in the administrative department would be a town clerk and treasurer, bookkeeper and sec retary and building inspector. The police department would su pervise traffic, undertake patrols, crime investigation, training, and keep records. The fire department would handle fire prevention, equipment maintenance, alarms, fire defense and training of per sonnel. Street department: maintenance, construction, markings, sign con struction and maintenance, park ing meter installation, stre°t clean ing, storm drainage, garage su pervision, maintenance of equip ment and cemeteries. Sanitation: sewer maintenance and construction, refuse collection and disposal, dog pound, parks, town buildings and properties. No sub-departments were listed under recreation. The recommendations as set forth in the report follow: 1. The responsibility for admin istrative and legislative functions of the town government should be clarified so that the primary role of the governing body is the for mulation of policy in terms of the needs of the town as a whole. 2. Consideration should be given to the need for consolidation and revision of the town charter. 3. All operational type policies and other policies of the town should be carefully spelled out in ordinance form and codified for easy reference. 4. The hospital and recreation commissions should be placed more under the direct control of the governing body. 5. The governing body should ap point a chief administrative officer or town supervisor. This adminis trative officer would be responsible to the board of commissioners for Qfficerf to Head CPA Charles McAdams, second from left, Saturday was elected president of the North Carolina Associa tion of Certified Public Accountants at the organization’s convention at the Biltmore hotel. Other offi cers named were J. William Stewart Jr., left, vice-president; Robert L. Dickens, treasurer and William II. Westphall, secretary. the proper administration of all affairs of the town. 6. The duties of the employees of the town office should be clearly spelled out. Furthermore, the re sponsibility for collection of park ing meter money should be remov ed from this office to the police department. The office of town clerk and treasurer should be com bined into one position. Another position should include the book keeping and secretarial functions of the office. (This would increase personnel in the clerk’s office by one). 7. The present bookkeeping sys tem should be revised so as to facilitate adequate budget prepar ation and more accurate financial control. 8. Preparation of the budget should comply with the require ments of the North Carolina Mu nicipal Fiscal Control Act. 9. A central purchasing system should be established and strictly adhered to. The purchase, receipt, and storage of materials and sup plies should also be carefully con trolled. 10. It is recommended that a complete study of the records and procedures of the town office be conducted in terms of instituting new and up-to-date procedures. 11. The governing body should adopt a comprehensive personnel Straight Kentucky I Bourbon $4.35 4/5 Qt. $2.75 Pt. STRAIGHT (CENJIJCKY bourdon WHISKEY. 86 HOOf ShGt QlSTiLUNG CO, WANKf ORT. KY. Huim policy for all employees in all de partments. 12. In general, all department heads need to be encouraged to submit monthly reports showing work performed, work to be sched uled and reports on other depart mental activities. Conferences among departments heads should be held to keep them informed and abreast of all actions of all legis lative and administrative matters. 13. In the police department, equipment maintenance and cost records should be maintained. A comprehensive training program for all policemen should be under taken. Consideration should be given to the idea of using replace ment personnel during absences and sick and vacation leave. 14. It is recommended that clos er supervision and control be estab lished over the full time personnel in the fire department. Mainte nance of equipment and buildings should be more closely supervised. A set of fire department rules and regulations should be adopted. 15. It is recommended that the various public works functions now carried under the street de partment be reorganized under a full-fledged public works depart ment. As an alternative to this recommendation, the governing body may wish to consider the establishment of two separate de partments to administer the public works functions. 16. An annual work program of public works activities should be prepared each year to show the kind of work anticipated, estimates of cost, locations and nature of im provements, needs, priorities, and the like. 17. The governing body should consider the establishment of a more complete records system over the town’s public works func tions so as to proyide more con trol over the work performed and cost of these activities. 18. It is recommended that equip ment records and reports be main tained for all equipment. 19. Public works improvement policies should be carefully defin ed and spelled out in an ordinance. 29- It is recommended that a de tailed study of refuse collection and disposal practices be conduct ed in order to determine possible H Veterinarians To Meet Here The North Carolina veterinary medical association will convene at the Biltmore hotel Sunday for a four-day convention. Registration will be held Sunday afternoon. Activities planned for the afternoon include a golf tourna ment at Morehead City country club, a clambake and a beach pic nic for children of delegates. Mayor George W. Dill will wel come the convention Monday morning. The Rev. E. Guthrie Brown, rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal church, will give the in vocation. Monday’s sessions will feature actual surgery by Dr. R. L. Leigh ton and Dr. R. W. Bellhorn and meetings of the executive commit tee and board of directors. Tuesday will be devoted to dis cussion meetings on various sub jects, visits to exhibits, a hospital ity hour, banquet and president’s dance. The closing day of the conven tion has been divided into three sections, small animals, large ani mals and general information. The convention is scheduled to adjourn at 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. The NCVMA auxiliary, composed of wives of the members, will elect officers and have an executive committee meeting. improvements and efficiencies in this operation. 21. The separate buildings and grounds department including cemeteries should function as a division under a public works de partment or under the operation oi another department as shown in the organizational chart at the end of this section. 22. It is recommended that the governing body consider an over all departmental reorganization sc as to regroup existing and similar ly-related services into a more logical organizational structure. (This new structure was described above and involves appointment ol three committees from the board), i -~l SUPER SILENT FLAME JET TOBACCO CURER These Hirers feature fully-_ . .._ temperature fqntrol, automatic burner lighting — tern B«rafure accurately maintained where yon set \t. You get the most even earing because of better heat dis tribution. The heat distribution pipes are quickly removed to allow more working space Ask u LEON H. QUINN, sales manager for l^ewport Tractor, and John Kelly, mechanic, set up a new SILENT FLAME J^T TOBACCO CURES for demonstration and display. Board (Coatifiiied from Pace 1) read an ordinance already adopted by the town which states that prop erty owners shall keep their land clean. If they do not, they must f>e notified by the town. Jf they still do not comply with the town’s re quest, the town is authorized to re move unsightly things and charge the owner. T|}£ board reaffirmed the ordi nance, adding that if the owner fails to pay the cost within IS days after the work is done, a lien can be instituted against the property. In response to another recom mendation by the firemen, the board agreed to ask the county to make a sheriff’s deputy available 24 hours a day on Bogue Banks during the summer months. The commissioners approved a plea that the Morehead City merchants association and the chamber of commerce plan a program to jus tify their efforts in advertising; that is, a general sprucing up of the area they spend so much time and money publicizing. The board also agreed to ask the county to enforce the wind resist ant building code. Mr. Coyle show ed pictures of shacks being built outside the town limits. Mr. Coyle reported that people continue to dump trash and gar bage on private property near the highway, creating an unsightly and unhealthy mess and showed a pho tograph of the dump. He was in structed to have the area cleaned up and to post signs reminding per sons that dumpers are subject to $100 fine. Mr. Cooper reported that he had conferred with the highway com mission relative to allowing traffic to turn right on a red light at the intersection of the Salter Path road and the highway. He said they had agreed that it would not be best to allow such a move at the pres ent. He remarked that highway patrolmen were on duty Sunday afternoons helping direct traffic. The clerk reported that clean-up and repair of hurricane damage was complete. He said that all streets in the town except Char lotte street have been paved. The board approved $500 per fis cal year as Atlantic Beach’s share of expenses of the county police radio. The clerk was instructed to pay $250 every six months. The item will be included in future bud gets, although it was not included this year. Mayor Cooper said that ocean front property owners had asked him if, on low tide, the town could gel a crane to dig sand from the ocean bottom and throw it up on the peach, in & stabilization effort. Commissioner Charles Walters was appointed to make a study of the cost and effect. Approved as new policemen were Milton Macjc 0’Neal and Henry Harrell Smith. Samuel F. Yeomans and Norman D. Agee were ap proved as lifeguards. Elmer J. La Porte Jr. is the other summer po Ijceman and ^lleij Autry is chief lifeguard. .Commissioner W. L. Derrickson, sworn in by the mayor at the meeting, commented that he had received complaints of lack of water pressure on weekends, water pressure on weekends. Mayor Cooper said he would talk to S. A. Horton, who owns the water system, and see what could be done. Sand piling up on West Boardwalk Alley was ordered re moved. The tentative budget, totaling $32,549.45, was approved. It will be formally adopted in July. The town’s valuation this year is $1, 570,330 and the tax rate is $1.35. Present, in addition to those men tioned, were commissioners A. R Barefoot arid Mack Smith. Pistor (Continued from Page 1) Mr. Un spoke with an amazing mastery of the English language and an intensity born of the knowl edge of the tremendous problem of helping the millions of under privileged, commented J. R. San ders, publicity ehairman. He said that the problems of the under privileged the world over are the problems of all of us and that Christianity, militant and well-in formed, was the best means of de feating Communist ideology. Visiting Rotarians at the meet ing were Fred Hale of Raleigh, George W. Carter of Kinston and the Rev. Ralph Fleming, pastor of St. James Methodist church, New port. Negro News Morehead City Hospital Discharged: Friday, Mr. Andrew Reels, Beaufort; Mrs. Dorothy Tootle, Newport. Parked Gar Damaged Friday on Front Street A GMC tractor type trailer back ed into a parked 1958 Oldsmobile at 2:45 p.m. Friday in the 200,. block of Front street, Beaufort, according to police reports. The trailer was driven by S. R. Barnes of Wilson. It was owned by Thurston Motor Ljpes Inc. of Wilson. The Oldsmobile was owned by I Fillmore Lawrence of Harkers Is land. Damage to the Qldsmpbile was estimated at $50. i Chief Guy Springle investigated. No charges were preferred. Pet Corner Two gray male kittens, six weeks old, need good homes. Anyone interested may see them at 2611 Arendell St., Morehead City, or call f A6-4739. ■ — Persons who would like to give pets away or acquire them at no cost are invited to use the Pet Corner free of charge. Phone THE NEWS-TIMES PA 6-4175. Feei the difference a full 8 cylinders make I DRIVE THE ...every inch an OLDSMOBILE! Built for the buyer who want* something better In a smaller carl Alert...easy to handle...with the all-new 155-h.p., aluminum Rockette V-8—stand ard equipment in every F-851 Before you buy any low-priced car...come in and drive theF-851 ———-SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED OLDSMOBILE QUALITY DEALER—' SOUND CHEVROLET CO., INC., 1308 ARENDELL STREET Dealer License No. 1528 Big Choice, Big Values in Late Model Used Cars . . . Now at Vour Olds Dealer’s! A' k ; Sure sign of a forward-looking community PRACTICALLY EVERY CDjprrumity wants and welcomes new industry. Yet it’s surprising how many communities, which devoutly desire new plants, take no steps to protect the availability of their choice industrial sites. Instead of reserving now the most attractive potential plant locations for later industrial use, they thoughtlessly allow those tracts to be gradually “eaten away” by non industrial installations and uses. As a result, such land is unnecessarily and forever lost for future industrial purposes. The whole community pays lor this neglect Most new jpb opportunities in an area are created by industrial expansion. In addition, a new industry in town greatly improves work opportunities in countless other services and professions, too. Many factors must be taken into account to arrive at a sound, long-range planning program for local industrial development. But all the others are meaningless if the potential new plant pftp find no place to go. For your own sake, don’t let this happen in your community. Do as others are doing throughout the South-flrotect your community’s industrial future by protecting its most desirable industrial sites—now! ^ < ^ _p RAILWAY SYSTEM 1 mmm?<***
Carteret County News-Times (Morehead City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 13, 1961, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75