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Shailotfe BY DOUG KUTTER Shallotte Aldermen adopted a town budget and a three-cent tax increase for the year that begins July 1, but not before revising the proposed % salaries of town employees. Board members took $3,000 of the $10,000 designated for administrative expenses of the fire department, plus several hundred dollars from the capital outlay for the water fund and liun/l a Ir* - = ... ?.?? uaiccisf Miiunus in iiic inspection. street, and water and sewer departments. The only other change from the original budget was the transfer of $5,000 from street utilities to street improvements. This will reduce the number of street lights the town can purchase next year, but will allow for more grading and paving. The realignment of employee salaries followed a 25-minute executive session called to discuss personnel. Alderman David Clause requested the closed session after just a few minutes of open discussion on the budget and later made the motion to adopt the original budget with the above exceptions. Mayor Pro Tern Paul Wayne Reeves, who raised the issue of unequal salaries during the town's June 8 budget workshop, was absent this week along with board member Jody Simmons. In adopting the budget town board memuers approved the original nro posal of $107,150 for salaries in the police department. That money will be divided among the police chief, a detective and four patrol officers. Prior to the salary adjustments, however, the water and sewer department, which has been budgted funds for an eighth employee in the coming year, would have received $85,324 in wages. And the three town employees paid in the streets department would have earned a combined $35,360. (liven those proposed figures, water and sewer department employees next year would have earned an average of $10,665 while street department employees would have earned an average of $11,786 each. Police department members, meanwhile, would have earned an average salary of $17.1)08. The wages approved Monday night will mean an average salary of $10,860 for water and sewer depart mem employees, siz,i.)j ior street Yaupon VFD To Sell Hot Dogs The Yaupon Beach Volunteer Fire Department will hold a hot dog sale at the station this Saturday, July 2, beginning at 10 a.m. Also expected at the fire house is a dunking booth, which will feature Sgt. Wesley Sewell of the Yaupon Beach Police Department. The fire station is located at 515 Yaupon Drive in Yaupon Beach. AT SHALLOTTE POINT BRING HOME THE&BEACON On Sale At | VILLAGE MART j Bj 'Modular flex computer engineering del 'Deep weathered barnplank coloration 'Rugged galvanixcd frame construction I 'Polyester coated top rails and uprights H Factory registered 15 year ltd. warranty ' 1 i3^l yfrfrB 'I:l l'J lE I ^ ^ PROFESSION POOL MAINTEN Island Village Specialty I Ocean Isle Beach*Next t 579-8828 OPEN MONDAY SA I URD J i Adopts N employees and $15,080 for the inspections department, up from $14,500. The approved tax increase, from 44 cents to 47 cents per $100 of property valuation, met no opposition during the budget hearing earlier this month. Board members speculated that town residents were more concerned about the large increase proposed in the county tax rate. For the average homeowner in Shallotte. with property valued at $60,000. the rate increase will mean another $18 in town taxes next year, from $264 to $282. With an estimated valuation of $56.2 million and collection rate of 95 percent, the town expects to collect $251,332 in taxes. Plant Fxpansion The major expenditure included in next year's budget is $118,950 for improvements of water and sewer service. This represents more than 10 percent of the total $1.1 million budget and will be used primarily for expansion of the wastewater treatment plant. Also, the town has appropriated: $75,000 for trash pickup, up from $60,000, a 20 percent increase resulting mainly from town growth. $65,000 for a fire truck. The town is accepting bids through noon Thursday for a ladder truck. General fund revenues are expected to increase almost $140,000 Accident F In $5,750 I A one-car accident Friday near Bolivia resulted in more than $5,700 in property damage, but no injuries, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. According to Spokesman Ruby Oakley, Randall Breunich Houghton, 40. of Chespeake City, Md., was southbound on U.S. 17 about fourtenths of a mile south of Bolivia when his 1084 Dodge truck ran off onto the right shoulder of the roadway. It continued south along a dltchbank and struck a road sinn. accor (ling to the report filed by Trooper Plant Your ( I 1 mu&zP -ibWI r:i;i rrap: P** 1 mile south of Shallotte W* hw^lll] 7u, i7m4,h2^J iign ' jj Vy^ * fe rr T p ... /'I: ;r. i'l'll'lll'l'Mlfgrp . 7- ???. -i "m" ffP? W..-: it!? .v " 1' t , .! I-M-I i ;;. ! * A1 "V Q ANCE Shops ? lGA Chemicals Equipment*^ AY SALARIES ew Budget "I'm suspicious whe spending my mone) suspicious when it < somebody else's." next fiscal year to $597,579. This is mainly due to the increase in taxes, which should bring an extra $30,000 to the town; inclusion in the budget, for the first time, of the fir* department's $40,000 in savings and certificates of deposit; and an additional $25,000 in county revenues. In the water and sewer fund, revenues are expected to increase nearly $150,000 next fiscal year to $511,465. In addition to $118,950 from the capital reserve fund, extra revenues are anticipated from two other sources. Sales tax revenues are expected to be $27,000. an increase of $15,000 over the current fiscal year, while water charges should bring in $278,104 in the 1988-89 fiscal year for an additional $30,000. The budget reflects no change in water or sewer rates. Insurance Discussed In other business Monday, aldermen postponed a decision on life Damages R.V. West. The boat and trailer being pulled behind the truck continued south along the ditchbank and struck a telephone switchbox. Houghton pulled the truck across U.S. 17 and stopped on the left shoulder of Midway Road, S.R. 1500. According to West's report damages to the boat and trailer were estimated at $5,500, with another $250 in damages to the Department cf Transportation signage No citation was issued in the 12:05 p.m. accident. harden Now! Vegetable Plants Cabbage-Collards Onion Sets, etc. Landscaping Plants Shrubs Supplies Fruit Trees Shade Trees Pecan Trees We Have Everything You Need for the Farm & Garden Now Open Til 5 PM Sot. 1988 IHt BBUNSVtK * BEACON I W ?*-* r?>i ft njfu,r' J)1' IJ J* l&'l I i ? " J:. i K 1 I ?. v. H io Guard ool and Spa Products Computer Water Analysis laintcnance*Spo & Spa Needs I < 3 I ??> > BtACQH ; REVISED With Three n it comes to y and more romes to spending ?Wilton Harrelson Shallotte alderman whether to change health insurance companies following the report of Pan-Arnerican life representative R.W. Cheers. The town board discussed insurance about 40 minutes, reviewing policies and estimated costs to the town, before setting the matter aside and beginning its discussion of the budget. Although Cheers admitted that he has very little experience with the insurance company, he added that he was acting as a concerned citizen and trying to save the town whatever money it could. The town budgeted $14,110 for health insurance this year for all town employees and has projected nexi year's cost at $18,535 with the addition of one employee in the streets department. Board members, uncertain whether they could get a policy with the benefits they presently have with COMPLETE INTERIOR DECORATING SERVICE ?Mini blinds ?Vertical blinds ?Micro blinds ?Carpet ?Wallpaper ?Draperies ?Pictures Ruby Floyd Hwy. 9QA. #3 Seoe de Mortn 579-B091 198<L THE BRUNSWICK BEACON Buying alotofa onetl J.M. I t. 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Transfers amounting to $8,900 were "If there's any way we can sav*. made in the police, streets, public money for the town. I'm all for it." buildings and fire department, said Aldennan Wilton Harrelson. "But I don't feel I can make a deci- .sion on that tonight." HiL Aldermen also voiced concerns mabout employees having to fill out m questionaires to qualify for the insurance, something they did not have ^ to do for coverage under the present \ "I'm suspicious when it comes to spending my money and more suspicious when it comes to spending CENTIPEDE SOD somebody else s. added Harrelson. 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