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Page ^A-THE BRUNSWICK Bt:.\CON. Thursday. March J6. 1987 THIS HOUSE uoilL-r cuiistrucUon at 117 Wludjammcr Lane Is at the center of a dispute that prompted Holden Beach Commissioners Tuesday to set a 60-day SIAFf f HO’^O 8t ITIA SMIIM moratorium on new construction of homes on small, marshfront lots. The story Is on page 1. County To Go Ahead With First Special Water Assessment Area BY SUSAN USHER Brunswick County Commissioners Monday night agreed to proceed with the county’s first special assessc- ment water district, despite earlier opposition from some residents. They also set April 6 as the date to consider applications from agencies interested in taking over sendees previously provided in the county by Scnclaiid Community Action and met Itii hours behind closed doors to discuss personnel and attorney-client matters, taking no action on either. District Set As recommended by the Utility Operations Board, boundaries will remain the same as first proposed for the district, which includes Holiday Pines, Holiday Ranches and Holiday Acres in an area north of N.C. 130 and the Holden Beach Causeway. However, County Attorney David Clegg and UOB spokesman Bill English noted that delays in obtain ing supplemental legal services were holding up the projects. At the pace the UOB would like to proceed, said Clegg, the legal work wcidd be “just about a lull-time job” and that the “acutely technical” work was just beginning. He has tried to find the board legal help, but said the person approached turned down the offer. CoriUiiissioner Benny I.udium told English he wanted the work on this first district, dubbed the “guinea pig” by the county, to be documented so that all future projects could be handled identically. At a public hearing earlier this month, the majority of residents pre sent said they did not want to connect to the water line or pay to have it in stalled. A petition was submitted before the hearing with more than lOO signatures of apparent residents #Ka The district Is the first of several slated to receive lateral water distribution lines. The lines will be in stalled at county expense u.siiig a por tion of ad valorem tax revenues, then property owners will be assessed the full cost, each owners’ shared based on front footage, with exemptions for corner lots. The county will seek a special bill that would allow it to ex empt private common property set aside for "necessary public fixtures” such as storm drainage, water syste.ms and the like. In each assessment district, those who don’t pay will be subject to liens on their property. However, they won’t be required to hook on to the county water system. Commissioners also approved other recommendations presented for the utility board by English, in cluding the use of Class 200 PVC pipe for two-inch lines, and subject to ctarificaiion. Class ioO rVC pipe for sizes four- Uvough 12-inch, reserving use of C-900 pipe only for larger lines. They also approved boundary line adjustments for one district. In another, where the UOB and its con sulting engineer recommended tak ing in a portion of Hideaway Estates (Odell Wiiiiam.son subdivision) so as to loop the line back to N.C. 179/904, commissioners suggested it would be better, if possible, not to .split the su'd- divlslm. The cenuTuSsioners took no action regarding zoning, though a motion had been expected. nOR members Hebiyed nrtinn at their last meeting on the subject pen ding the commissioners’ meeting after Commissioner Chris Chappell told them he expected a motion to be made. Eyeing Programs Two local community service agencies were at Monday’s meeting seeking the commissioners’ endorse ment of their bids to assume services previously provided by Sencland Community Action in three counties, such as Head Start, weatherization and a block grant program. However, conunissioners will con sider the proposals at their April 6 meeting. It Is up to commissioners which agency will administer the block grant funds, while federal agencies determine allocation of the other funds. Commissioners heard from Faye Gordon, president of a Head Start Parents Advisory Committee and McCluey Hewett, director of the New Hanover Community Services Association Inc. The purpose of the parents’ group, said Gordon, “is to try to get our Head Start program back together” in Brunswick, Fender and Columbus counties. The group is supporting award of the contracts to Four- County Communit)' Services Inc. of I.aurinburg, which at the request of Sencland’s board of directors is help ing volunteers survey the three coun ties for Head Start students to enroll in Classes tn begin this fall. Four-County Director O.L. Moore Jr. said the agency is interested in operating the program only tem porarily until the local agency can reorganize. Said Gordon, “It is felt by us we need to be in an incuoaior ... i have nothing against the other applicants, bat I do think wc have to be in strong hands if we are to survive.’’ Hewett. who served as assistant principal of the former Union High School in Shaliotte, told commis sioners the services could be operated more effectively if provided by an agency within the same plann ing region. Other Busine.ss In other business commissioners; •Authorized the Board of Equaliza tion and Review to begin meeting on April 6 to review 100 appeals of pro perty tax valuations, with hearings to be completed by May 4. Subject to their willingness to serve, commis sioners reappointed existing E & R board members to one-year terms. They are W.T. Bowens, Zack Smith, Eileen Kellagher, Dean Hewett, Elbert Aycock, A.I* Massingale and William Dunn. •Appropriated approximately $7,900 from the capital projects budget to use Building and Grounds employees to renovate existing jail space to accommodate eight noore bunks, increasing capacity from 36 inmates to 44. ‘This is crucial,” said County Manager Billy Carter. “We’re getting Into dangerous ter ritory because we’re going over (capacity).” The county has future plans to renovate the jail. •Approved a supplemental retire ment Income (401k) plan that local government and law enforcement employees have an option to par ticipate in. •Agreed to the county planning department seeking a $25,000 CAMA grant to help pay for new county base maps that will meet the immediate needs of several departments. If a grant is awarded and accepted by the county, matching funds would be re quired in next year's budget. •Approved change orders totaling $8,320 for Hall Contracting Corp., $77,605 for Watson Electrical Onh struction Co. (along with a deduct of $l,'A)9) and 81,066 for Brown Sieei Contractors Inc. for work on the water system. •Approved a bid of $64,974 from Triple T for a Navistar International roll-off truck for the landfill depart ment •Following a series of three brief public hearings, agreed to seek Com munity Development Block Grants of $400,000 for Lifescape Industries, which has scaled down iis proposal to manufacture patio furniture from PVC pipe at the Leland Industrial Park, and $210,000 for Liberty Yacht rf Leland, which proposes to expand its custonxlesign of sailboats to in clude production lines for two sizes of boats. •Heard a request from Peggy Ja>7ies to reconsider allowing the Brunswick County Health Depart ment to provide screening for Ac quired Immunity Deficiency Syn drome (AIDS). The conunissioners denied such a request from the health department more than a year ago. Bri.i.u-swick is one of only four coun ties in the state not providing the ser vice, she said. •FoUowring the receipt of letters supporting a 911 emergency calling system from a sixth-grade class at South Brunswick Middle School, ask ed that Emengency Management Coordinator Cecil Logan submit a written status fcpcrt on the county’s feasibility study, which is due at budget time. •Appointed United Carolina Bank executive Baxter Stirling of Southport to the Resources Develop ment Commission. •Heard questions from Malcolm King regarding the cost of the water system. While objecting to the cost. King also said he’d heard a rumor that all residents would have to pay a $12-per-foot assessment whether the lines crossed their land or not, a rumor that was just that. Commis sioner Chris Chappell told King, “You know how It Is in Brunswick County: If you haven’t heard a rumor by 9 o’clock, start one.” BRUNSWICK COUNTY Republicans rc-clrctcil .liiliii Dozier (left) as chairman Saturday, nml elected Kelly Warren as vice chairman. .Alst, '*.!!!!le ktiirrmv irluIiM StAir PIIUIOBTf IIASMIIM wns re-eleclcd sccrelnry, Nnt shown Is Bartiani Holden, the OOP’s new treasurer. County Republicans Elect Officers (Continued From Page 1-A) number of Heptiblicans increase, a trend she said Is occurring statewide. **SoR'c sTiCdi!* pundits tund to write off the Republicans in 1986,” she said. “But I believe if we remain tnic to the Republican conservative philosophy we will win in 1988.” Dorsey said in 1988 the Republicans will win elections by talking about issues that motivate voters. “The Democratic tax-and- spend philosophy is still alive and well in Washington.” she added. "In 1980 and 1984 Americans voted over whelmingly against a tax increase, and now the Democrats want to undo those results.” She said that under Gov. Martin's administration unemployment has dropped from seven percent to an all- time low of five pi'cci'iil. "TIuit'K bcfau.se Gov. Marlin ha.s c.stabli.slied tile lie.sl welfare sy.steiii of all,” she .said, “a job.” Following licr speech Seventh Di.strict GOI’ (’hainniin Bill Shell of New Hanover (.’oanty antuninced lie would seek re-elcetioti. Ill other lnisino.s.s the convention: •Adopted a re.solutiun introduced by county Vetenin Service Officer Jess Parker that petitions state and federal autliuritics to work tuwanls establishing regional veterans’ cemeteries in tlie stale. •Adopted a re.solation submitted by Town Creek Townsliip Chairman Sliirley Babson tliat asks the county party to aulliorizc iLs cliairmnn to ap point a party 'linisnn to minorities.” •Adopted a ttiird resolution presented by Oak Island Precinct asking Gov. Jim Martin and the N.C. Department of Transportation to relea.se funds hold In escrow for tlie construction of a bridge at Sun.sct Beach, so that those funds can be be used to construct a .second bridge linking Oak i.sland to the mainland. •Re-elected county Chairman John Dozier and elected Betty Warren as vice chairman; Millie Murrow, secretary; and Barbara Holden, treasurer. •Held a five-minute caucus during which townships elected chairmen as follows: Alfred Walker, Northwest; Shirley Babsoii, Town Creek; John Hamscy, Smithvllle; Percy Woodard, Ixickwoud Folly; Malcolm Grissett, Shnilottc; and Don Evans, Waccamaw. Town Reluctantly Approves Flood Prevention Ordinance When sioners BY ETTA SMITH Holden Beach Commis- adopted revised flood damage prevention regulations Tues day morning, they did so reluctantly. They did it only after being told by Town Administrator Bob Buck they had to adopt the ordinance—as revised—to continue the town’s par ticipation in the Federal Flood In- ciiranAp ' The board had asked Buck to find out if the language in some sections of the regulations could be revised before its adoption. Buck said he to ro^^fissntstivss In Washington who told him the town couldn’t change the wording. Commissioners were opposed to the sections which state that all heating and air conditioning units, and electric meters, had to be placed from 13 to 17 feet above mean sea level. “Passing it and enforcing it are two different things,” said Commis sioner Hal Stanley. Commissioner William Williamson said that as a homeowner he would rather pay to repair a flood-damaged unit than to have one raised to the height of Ills beufuOrii window. “I asked them (FEMA) why we couldn’t just have the insurance com pany stipulate that they would waive the cost of these units if they weren’t raised, but FEMA said you can’t U-.S taw.” aaid P.-.u:!:. Burning Elxtended At Tuesday's special meeting, commissioners also extended the time residents will be allowed to bum ueuTiS on the beach for 30 more days, ' PACER PUMPS REPRESENTATIVE will be at AgrMndutfrial Supply 115 Lewis St., Tabor City N.C. (919)653-4181 Thurs., March 26 to Demonstrate and Answer Questions providing they get town pcmiission before burning. Buck told the board tliat he and Building Inscctor Dwight (Jarroll had driven along Uie beach recently and listed 38 specific locations where debris from tlie Jan. 1 high tides are unsightly and could be dangerous. He added that one building destroyed during the storm has been condemned, and that property owners in several areas have been asked to remove concrete debris from the beach. In other business commissioners: •Authorized Mayor John Tandy to negotiate an easement on property that belongs to Holden Beach Enter prises. The easement is needed for dminuge of stormwater that stands along the 200 block of Ocean Boulevard West. •Approved a recommendation from the Planning Board to place a 60-day moratorium on construction on marshfront lots with less than 5,000 square-feet of dry land (See related story in this issue.) Carter Resians County Post (Continued From Page 1-A) waste disposal, now under study by wanted the the board’s solid waste committee and completion of the computerized records system that will provide one- stop informatlan o.n county property. On two occasions during a previous term of office motions by Commis sioner Benny Ludlum of Supply to fire Carter failed. In February 1983, for example, commissioners stalled one firing attempt with a 5-1 vote of confidence for Carter, l.udlum had manager fired for allegedly "misleading” citizens and “withholding facts” about the coun ty’s Phase I and lA water contract wiLh Pfizer Chemicals Inc. Ludlum and then-Comniissioner Pearly Vereen had voted against a two-year employment contract granted Carter Immediately follow ing the November 1982 election. Before then, the manager had served at the pleasure of the board. 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