Page ^A—THE BRUNSWICK BEACXIN. Thursday. May 7. 1987
Commissioners Bow Out
(Coollnued From Page 1>A)
missioner Benny Ludlum disagreed
and questioned it's motivation as an
attempt "to look good with a certain
group."
“About 24,000 people voted on us as
commissioners to make this
decision,” he continued, twisting a
paper clip with his fingers as he
spoke. He added that commissioners
previously discussed the need not to
put more work on Clegg.
The issue died for lack of a new mo
tion and the vehicles will remain
parked and requests for their release
on hold.
Water On Line
County residents along N.C. 179
from Shallotte to Calabash began
drinking water from the county's
Malmo last Friday, while other
segments of the system are “virtual
ly complete," Water Plant Director
Kenneth Hewett told commissioners.
He said water was being pumped
through several other distribution
lines for chlorination and that leaks
along N.C. 87 were being fixed. Then,
he added, “we will twist out all the
bows in all of them."
Rate Increases
The county's health insurance rate
will increase overall about '20 percent
to 30 percent based on the self-
insurance pool's claims experience,
Brunswick Insurance David Pridgen
advised commissioners in presenting
his 1987-86 proposal for Blue
Cross/Blue Shield coverage. He said
the county should be able to recover
the 120 percent loss.
As of Aug. 1, the county will be able
to reduce the cost protection fund
from $130,000 to $88,000, transferring
the rest to its general fund. "That
will be your savings this year," he
said, over a standard group policy.
While medical coverage will in
crease in cost next year, dental rales
will drop slightly, he noted.
Pridgen also recommended the
county provide short-term disability
coverage, at a flat rate of $2,165 per
month. He presented two other op
tions—a prescription drug card and
either a low-option or high-option vi
sion care policy, for which self-
insurance pool rebates would be
possible. He also suggested the coun
ty consider adding on retired
employees to its program.
Commissioners must decide on
whether to renew with Blue
Crcss/Blue Shield before July 1.
Other Business
In other business, commissioners;
•Met behind closed doors for a total
of more than four hours, from 10:45
a.m. to shortly after noon to discuss
independent contractors, attorney-
client matters, personnel and land
acquisition, and then from 1 p.m. to
3:40 p.m. to discuss potential litiga
tion and personnel matters. Part of
the time was spent talking with three
state representatives of the Soil and
Conser\'ation Division regarding the
county's role in relation to the former
CawCaw Drainage District. The local
Soil Conservation District President,
James Bellamy, has threatened legal
action by the federal government if
the county doesn't begin maintaining
the district's drainage system. Com
missioners have received letters
from several parties, including
Mason Anderson of Sunset Beach and
the Carolina Shores Property Owners
Association urging it to survey the
district and do whatever
maintenance is required.
•Amended the cafeteria budget to
reflect higher revenues of $21,800.
•Accepted a bid for a backhoe
loader for operation services from
North Carolina Equipment Co. for
$29,566.
•Accepted a proposal by the
Brunswick County Bar Association to
hang a portrait of the late District
Judge Lee J. Greer Jr. in the county
courthouse and donate the painting to
the county.
•Accepted a bid of $26,850 from
American Augers for a horizontal
boring machine for the water
system. It was the second lowest of
three bids, but water plant director
Kenneth Hewett said it had better
weight and forward thrust.
•Approved a contract with David
M. Griffith & Associates to update
the cost allocation plan for 1987, and
a contract for the Shallotte law firm
of Ramos & Lewis to provide specific
services to the Utility Operations
Board.
•Continued their meeting until May
6 at 7 p.m. at, when they meet the
Parks and Recreation Advisory
Board for a program/dinner meeting
at the Sandpiper Restaurant in
Leland. That meeting will then be
continued until May 13 at 9 a.m.,
when conunissioners meet to review
applications for the county
manager's Job.
•Proclaimed the week of May 11 as
“Land Use Week," urging residents
to participate in planning for the
county's future land use. A series of 7
p.m. meetings has been set for that
purpose as follows: Monday, May 11,
Leland Senior Center; Tuesday, May
12, South Brunswick High School;
Wednesday, May 13, West Brunswick
High School; and Thursday, May 14,
Public Assembly Building,
Brunswick County Government
Center, Bolivia.
Officer Joins
Some Voters Will Go To New Polls
(Continued Fi
Waccanww Township," .she noted.
Residents of the affected areas won't luive to re
register to vote, Britt said. Related paperwork has been
completed for all but Secession, which will require
fieldwork to confirm who actually lives within the
precinct boundaries.
Once ail the changes are made at tlie office, all
registered voters will be sent cards notifying of their
precinct name and polling place, and giving tlicm an op
portunity to notify the office of any needed changes or
corrections.
These arc the first precinct line cluingcs in the
county since the creation of Boiling Spring Uakes
several years ago, but with recent changes in federal
election laws that are expected to affect the county,
they won't be the last.
Britt said the current changes were made with
those new laws in mind.
“After the 1990 census," .she explained, “township,
precinct and census block boundaries must be coter
minus. With these changes, we have made a step in tluit
direction.”
“Cotermlnus" means they share a boundary with a
major physical feature, a township, census block or
municipal boundary.
Brunswick County's compliance at this time is
voluntary, since the new laws specifically apply only to
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counties with a population of 55,000 or over according to
the 1980 census.
There are still several other nonconforming areas,
where precincts overlap township lines and the like.
These will be adjusted in advance of the 1992 elections.
"We don't know what we'll have to do. We'll have to
take an overall look at the county."
But changes arc expected in the southwest comer
of the county, with the growth of the Shinglctrec
(Calabash) and Grissettown (Ocean Isle-Grissettown
area). Shinglctrec, while not the largest precinct in
terms of population, had the highest voter turnout last
November.
Creation of additional precincts increased the de
mand for voting machines, leaving only one spare, ac
cording to Britt. Her office plans to request upgrading
of all nuichines in the upcoming budget, in time for the
1983 elections.
The county’s machines, which scan handmarked
paper ballots, were retrofitted in 1985 to, among otlier
improvements, read both sides of a bjillot, reducing the
amount of paper fed into the machmes' bins and in
creasing the number of voters they could accom
modate.
Britt said the machines can be upgraded to a more
current model, with a credit given for each existing
machine.
Temperatures Expected To Cool
Temperatures will range below
normal over the next few days, while
precipitations remains about
average, Shallotte Point
meteorologist Jackson Canady said
Tuesday.
That means the area can expect
temperatures to average from the
tow 50s at night into the lower 70s dur
ing the daytime, with about one half
inch of rainfall.
For the period April 28 through
May 4, Canady recorded a maximum
high temperature of 87 degrees oh
May 1 and a minimum low of 39
degrees on the 29th.
An average daily high temperature
of 81 degrees combined with an
average daily low of 55 degrees for a
daily average temperature of 68
degrees, which Canady said is “just
about normal.”
Narcotics
Squad
A second municipal officer has
joined the Brunswick County In
teragency Drug Squad.
Detective Sgt. David Crocker, head
of the unit, said Battista Delia was
recently sworn in and authorized to
make arrests out in the county.
Delia was recently promoted to
detective with the Long Beach Police
Department As a member of the
drug squad, he will pool information
on narcotics activities with the
sheriffs department, execute search
warrants and help with joint in
vestigations.
Sgt Rodney Gause of the Shallotte
Police Department is the only other
non-county officer who works with
the squad.
Cro(^er said persons with informa
tion on illegal dnig activities can con
tact these local officers or the
sheriffs department.
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