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BY SUSAN USHER
Meeting past midnight Monday,
Brunswick County commissioners
listened to several supervisors
unhappy about not getting merit
raises, and awarded merit increases
to two other employees.
County Attorney David Clegg
received the largest increase in pay,
an 18 percent jump from $33,000 to
$39,000. The increase brought his
salary into line with other members
of the administrative team. County
Manager Billy Carter earns $41,000
and Finance Director Wallace Harding
earns $38,000.
Chairman Chris Chappell said
Clegg's more than usual increase
was based on outstanding ratings
received on several areas of his
evaluation.
Regina White, clerk to the board,
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BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick County will present its
priorities for road construction and
maintenance to the state in a slightly
different fashion this year at a May
23 meeting in Jacksonville.
Commissioners plan to establish
those priorities in funding at their
May 20 meeting.
The county should stress not only
the area's extremely rapid growth,
but its increasing importance to state
tourism as well. County Planner
John Harvey suggested Monday
night.
In 1984, for instance, a state study
shows that Brunswick County ranked
i2tii among the 100 counties in tile
amount of dollars spent on tourism.
The $98 million figure reflected a 181
percent increase over 1983.
In past years, Harvey has
presented the request at the annual
Transportation Improvement Plan
(TIP) meeting for southeastern iocal
officials after being introduced byone
or more elected officials.
But. he said, with greater interest
by this board and the prior board in
transportation issues, u seemed tune
to change.
Harvey said he thought a presentation
by elected officials would have a
greater impact
"1 feci the way it lias been done in
1 the past?though I'm not objecting?has
been too much John
Harvey and not enough board."
Commissioners will map their
priorities at the May 20 board
meeting and Vice Chairman .Jim
Poole volunteered to attend the DOT
meeting.
The plan will address items such as
the Shallotte bypass and ranking of
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For Driver's
Education
June 7 is the last day to register for
a summer driver education course
offered at West Brunswick High
School.
The classes are open to anyone between
the ages of 14'-; and 18. Class
size is limited to the first 30 students
to register.
Students will meet each weekday
from June 17 through July 3 from 8
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Koom 123 at the
school.
Interested youths are asked to coo
tact guidance counselors Bertha Bell
or Julie Hams at 754-4338. They will
need the student's name, plione
number and date of birth.
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received an "above average" rating
from the board?the highest on a
three-part scale?and a three percent
pay increase. She was previously
earning between 18,500 and $19,000.
Carter asked that his six-month
evaluation be held after the proposed
1985-86 budget is ready.
Clegg and White are not covered by
the county's pay plan, but report
directly to the board of commissioners.
Both were evaluated individually
by the board in a closeddoor
session Monday night.
Commissioners first went behind
closed doors at about 8:30 to discuss
"client-attorney" matters. They
came out shortly before 11 p.m. and
then returned to executive session to
discuss personnel matters. The
meetine ended at 12:25 a m
Commissioners heard briefly from
lissioner:
segments of the remaining U.S. 17
four-ianing project, a proposed
welcome center for the bypass,
replacement of the Sunset Beach
Bridge, secondary road concerns,
with a strong emphasis on the need
for a countywide long range
thoroughfare plan that includes both
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areas of the county.
Harvey said he thought agreement
had been reached that the state
would work on such a thoroughfare
plan, but that he had since learned of
some potentially troubling delays.
"We consider the timing of the
thoroughfare plan important to the
'ipvistin^ of the countv !nnd iiss plnn
and those of a number of
municipalities," he noted.
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It's not a tangle of red tape, but the
next thine to it.
Slacked in a single pile, the old
records scheduled for disposal by the
Brunswick County Finance IX'partment
would stand lMi times the
height of the 120-fool-tall Bolivia Klre
Tower.
Placed end to end, they would
stretch more than half the length of a
football field.
"They're taking up valuable
space," Finance Director Wallace
Harding said Monday after obtaining
permission from the county commissioners
to destroy the files.
The 188.08 feet or 2,257 inches of
outdated paper will be buried with
due ceremony at the Brunswick
County landfill. State law requires
the burial be witnessed, Harding
said.
landfill Director Major White said
that on the appointed day, the landfill
crew would dig into the bottom of an
existing pile of garbage and dump
the records at the bottom, covering
litem wnn garoage anu men closing
the hole.
"We put it where we can cover it
immediately," he said.
While White recalls disposing of
some food stamp records afxtut two
years ago, he said this is the first
time he can recall disposing of
finance office records.
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Parks and Recreation Director Bob- ret
by Jones, Housekeeping Supervisor evi
Ellouise Russ, Landfill Director Ma- 1
jor White, Data Processing Manager 0tl
Regina McKeithan, and Register of ge
Deeds Robert Robinson. All but col
Robinson were there to ask why they pe
had not received merit raises. Robin- pr
son said he asked why his employees vu
had not qualified for merit raises,
that he was satisfied with his un- to
changed salary level. jol
The previous board of commis- tl*
sioners had set aside 24 percent of w<
the 1984-85 salary budget for awar- th
ding merit increases of various sums w(
to recognize outstanding work.
County Manager Billy Carter said qi
employees were evaluated on their ev
performance over the past six mon- tit
ths. Department heads recommended
which of their employees should sa
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County Manager Billy Carter
returned from iiie 7iii annual Na- 111
tional Hurricane Conference im- "i
pressed, he said, by attendance at the ar
event and the accuracy of the infor- pr
ination shared there. wi
Held May 1-3 in New Orleans, its 35
sessions were dominated hv discus- a
sion of Hurricane Diana. of
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Carter, Emergency Management th
Coordinator Cecil laigan, Planner u,
Von Singleton and officials from
Southport and 1 ,ong Beach divided up (((
attendance so as to cover as many a]
meetings as possible and also nl
brought back a tape library for
reference purposes. c?
Carter said he was impressed with S{
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Among the earliest files scheduled tc
for destruction are canceled checks tii
from the health department and debt c(
service bank statements dating from c<
1963. The most recent arc purchase hi
orders (blue copies only) dating from ci
ISM. H
As called for by the state, ?
Harding's staff measured each g
record to be disposed of, listing the v
type of record, size and date for
items ranging from cash register P
receipts to time cards and W-2 forms. Ii
The thinnest file listed measured one- C
half inch, while the thickest, 1980 ci
computer printouts, measured 14.5
feet.
The Brunswick County Bourd of tt
Social Services heard a similar re- b
quest to destroy dated files from lb U
staff earlier this month, but took no ri
action. In what may become a flurry C
of spring cleaning, other depart- b
meats are expected to make similar n
requests for records disposal. ir
Harding said the NX'. Division of I)
Archives and History recently con- b
ducted a workshop for the county on if
what records it could legally dispose
oi and how it couid be done.
Storage space is at a premium for l~
most departments at the complex,
and even purging of old records isn't
expected to relieve the need, several
department heads indicated Monday
night.
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reived the bonus, while Carter
aluated the department heads,
lie said about an equal number of
ier department heads who did not
1 merit increases had taken their
ncerns to him. while the others apaled
directly to the board. Both
ocedures are within the superiors'
rights.
To qualify for merit employees had
have been employed in the same
S title (grade) for the past 12 mons.
This meant that employees who
:re reclassified in new positions at
e start of the fiscal year in July 1984
:re not eligible, Carter said.
While several department heads
lestioned the fairness of their
aluations, Carter said the evalua>ns
he made were just that.
"I am a very objective person," he
id. "I think things that continue to
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rcc major points:
Diana's lesson that, despite
uuem iec'nnoiogicai advances,
laturc still takes its own course"
id a hurricane's behavior can't be
edicted, even though new models
ill help;
That, despite expansive publicity,
survey showed that a large number
people were unaware of evacua>n
orders during the hurricane and
at many others delayed evacuating
itil ordered to do so; and
That public officials must nutkc
:cisions with adequate lead time to
low coastal evueuation across
cas of heavy inland flooding.
"Hesitancy in making decisions
in be detrimental to our citizens'
ifety," he said.
Convenience Station
After receiving no bids for the job,
muntssioners agreed Monday for
mnty workers to build a conve
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rea rather than advertise a second
me for bids.
Under this arrangement rceomended
by the Solid Waste I'onunite,
the county can begin using a por>n
of the station while construction
mtlnues. Only concrete work will be
intruded for the station, which will
iuse two or more 40-yard garbage
intainers in a locution off Oxpen
Louit. 'l'Hc containers can hold n
fider variety of materials than
reen boxes und a much larger
oluine.
The project, the first of several
roposed stations, has taken upproxnately
a year to get off the ground,
oinmissioners did not want to delay
[instruction further.
Green Iloxcx
In another trasli-related mutter.
ic board denied requests from two
usinesses to locate green boxes on
leir property. They followed the
:cominendation of Chairman Chris
happell, who said putting Ixixes on
usiness pro|M:rty could lead to large
umbers of similar requests and also
l the boxes ultimately being used onf
for waste generated by the
usinesses themselves, not the coinlunlty.
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show up in evaluations should be
discussed. It reflects that particular
individual did not improve in what he
was expected to do."
If someone does not get a merit increase,
he added, that does not mean
they are not doing a good job, but that
there are areas of improvement to be
made.
Also, he added, "some people don't
want to work within an organizational
structure, but rather a political
structure. But you've got to have an
organizational structure."
Carter defended implementation of
a merit pay system in Brunswick
County, saying the method encourages
employees to improve their
performance.
If an employee has worked at the
same job 15 or 20 years, he or she
often puts forth no special effort,
blind company locating in the old
Milliken building at Shallotte Point,
usked for a box that would be access!
ble also to the public. Brunswick
Building Supplies at Seaside had asked
specifically that the box be placed
inside a fenced yard for the company's
own use, indicating a commercial
pickup service was not
available in the area.
Other Business
In other business, commissioners:
Denied a request from John P.
Grooms of Kayetteville to release
$262 In legal fees for the foreclosure
proceedings on a Sunset llarbor lot
he has owned, hut not paid taxes on,
since 1974.
Grooms said the release was due
because he was not notified of back
taxes due by the tax department, but
County Attorney David Ctegg said
the foreclosure was done properly
through discovery and tliat it is the
property owner's responsibility to
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The deed, by error, wus not recorded
until 11)83; the Uix office hud un Incorrect
iiuiillnK address taken from
the deed. Grooms was served a civil
summons on the foreclosure proceedings
several weeks ugo.
Heeause discovery is limited to five
years plus the current year, Grooms
will not lie billed (or taxes prior to
1070.
Accepted S.lt. 1 petitions requesting
the state to mulntain and
improve l<ce Drive in I .eland und
S.lt. 1282 in the Shallotte Point urea.
Accepted dedication of the Twin
Village subdivision water distribution
system to the county
Iteceived the final assessment
resolution for the Brooks Drive participation
puving project, which was
signed by Chairman Ciuippell.
Directed County Manager Billy
Carter and engineer Dan Shields, at
Commissioner Beasley's request, to
recommend "rates for the water
system" ut the lioard's May 20
meeting.
Set the first of several budget
(iiectlnK.s (or Monday, May 13, following
n 5 p.m. joint meeting willi tinBrunswick
County Hoard of Social
Services.
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while an energetic and newer
employee may. l.ack of recognition
of that extra effort through a means
such as merit raises could be
discouraging, he said, while merit
encourages the older employee to
challenge themselves and perform at
a higher level of achievement.
"It takes time, but it will work," he
said.
Where merit doesn't work. Carter
added, "is when politics enters into
it" and salary decisions are based on
factors other than actual performance.
In other business the board
adopted a resolution proposed by
Commissioner Herman t ,ove objecting
to the uroBoscd cost nasiimnwnt
to utility customers of costs related
to construction of power anil
generating facilities. Love's resolution
said utility rate increases should
reflect only the cost of providing service
to customers in the area.
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