Shallotte Officials Plan
Changes In Sewer Policy
BY DOUG RUTTER
Shallottc officials plan to changc
a policy so people developing land
outside town would have to request
annexation ir they want to hook on
to the sewer system.
The existing policy leaves it up to
the board of aldermen to dccidc if
sewer lines should be extended be
yond the town limits. In the past,
the board has handled requests on a
case-by-casc basis.
But aldermen said last week
they'd like to do away with the dis
cretionary aspect of the policy and
leave no doubt that developers who
want town sewer service will first
have to request annexation.
"Maybe we need to update our or
dinance so it's just that plain," May
or Pro Tern Paul Wayne Reeves said
at a town meeting last Wednesday.
Aldermen want their town attor
ney revise the policy so that a request
for annexation would be a prerequi
site for out-of-town sewer service.
In a March 18 letter to Mayor
Sarah Tripp, the Shallottc Planning
Board had recommended that alder
men review the sewer extension
policy.
Planning Board Chairman Kerbie
Ward wrote that several developers
feel the town can provide water and
sewer service outside town because
the town can recover some of the
cost through development fees.
Shallottc increased its capital re
serve fees and implemented new
acreage fees last year to raise some
of the money that would be needed
to expand the town's treatment ca
pacity. The fees outside town are
double in-town fees.
However, Ward stated in the
memo that planning board members
don't think the intent of the devel
opment fees was to provide water
and sewer service to people outside
the town.
Reeves, who serves on the plan
ning board, said its members don't
think sewer service should be ex
tended outside town unless the land
owner intends to request annexation
and come into the town.
"Personally, I feel the same way,"
Mrs. Tripp said. "In all of our dis
cussion. ..I never got the impression
we were going to extend sewer out
side becausc of our space."
Town officials said last week they
don't mind extending water service
out of town bccausc the there is vir
tually no limit on the water source.
It's a different story with sewer,
however, because the town has
about a 200,000 gallon per day limit
on the capacity at its plant.
Alderman Wilton Harrelson said
the fees for out-of-town landowners
were designed for people who re
quested annexation. "The town is in
the business of providing a service
rather than selling a service," he
said.
Other Business
In other business last week, al
dermen:
? Annexed approximately two acres
in Bricrwoad Estates, as recom
mended by the planning board and
requested by ihc owner, 5 rierwood
Golf Promotions. The land is locat
ed at the intersection of Country
Club Drive and Bricrwood Road.
? Rczoncd about 15 acres owned by
Henry and Betty Carter. They had
asked for the land to be rezoned
from RM-30 (residential) to High
way Business. The property is lo
cated off U.S. 17 near its intersec
tion with N.C. 130 East.
S Asked the town attorney and town
staff to research a proposed contract
between Shallottc and Brunswick
County. If the contract is accepted.
Police Chief Rodney Gausc said the
county insurance policy would cov
er town officers if the sheriff's de
partment called them for assistance,
and vice versa.
?Tabled action on a proposal to re
pair the police department roof until
bids could be obtained. The board
also tabled a request for the town to
pay insurance on a vehicle fire
fighters use to run errands and for
training. Fire department officers
were unable to attend last week's
meeting.
Car Sets Ocean Isle Condos On Fire
A car that burst into flames Sat
urday at Occan Isle Beach caught
part of a condominium project on
fire, causing an estimated 550,000
in damage.
A Chevrolet Monte Carlo, owned
by Joseph and Dana Duca, of Lynd
hurst, Ohio, was parked in a space
beneath the Occan Cove condomin
iums, according to Occan Isle Beach
Police Officer Jerry Bass' report.
Dee Trodgon of Route 7, Shallot
tc, told officers that she heard an ex
plosion at the condominiums. When
she turned to look, she saw a ball of
fire coming from beneath the build
ing where the car was parked.
A neighbor. Shelly Gurganus,
called the Ocean Isle Beach Police
Department Officer Bass reported
that he and Ocean Isle Beach volun
teer firefighters arrived on the scene
at approximately 12:53 p.m.
The car had been parked there for
about two hours prior to the fire,
Dana Duca told police. She stated
that some children had been spotted
earlier playing with fireworks near
the car, Bass reported.
"We were lucky," said Ocean Isle
Fire' Chief Terry Barbcc. "We had
plenty of people on the beach and
put it out rather quickly."
Barbce said six condos at Ocean
Cove sustained either electrical or
smoke damage from the fire. The
plywood beneath the building
caught on Tire.
The car was also parked next to
an electrical panel box that burned
in the blaze. Electrical service will
not be restored to the building for
possibly four weeks, Barbee said.
Brunswick County Fire Marshal
Cecil Logan estimated damage at
around 550,000.
Ocean Isle Commissioners To Name
Firm To Design Sewer System Expansion
Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Belly
Wiliiamson says she expects the
board of commissioners to choose
an engineering firm next month to
design expansion of the town's sew
er system.
Commissioners met with repre
sentatives of three companies last
Thursday to discuss plans to expand
the system so it can serve the entire
town.
Representatives of Andrew and
Kuske of Shallolte, Houston and
Associates of Shallolte and Boney
and Associates of Raleigh attended
the workshop.
Mrs. Williamson said the board
probably will choose one of those
three firms at the April 9 town
meeting.
The discussion last week was
similar to talk at a Feb. 19 work
shop when the board met with a half
dozen engineering firms.
"We just got into a deeper discus
sion about some of the alternatives
the town needs to look at," Mrs.
Williamson said.
Ocean Isle officials are consider
ing adding a holding pond at their
sewer plant so wastewater could be
stored until it could be applied to
spray fields.
The town could use the holding
pond in the summer to store excess
wastewater, and then spray the wa
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JOE HEWETT, left, was sworn in last week as a new member of the Shallotte Board of Aldermen. He
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Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sun
day at Shallottc Middle School. Ad
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Held every other year, the event
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but that's not its main purpose.
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quilting, encourages the continual
improvement of quality in local
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Homcmakcrs will also display
items they have made for donation
to the Ronald McDonald Home in
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Items will be entered for judging
or for exhibit only.
First, second and third place rib
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will be presented for best in show,
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and is presented at the close of the
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fashioned in their choice of either
mauve, blue, green or earth tones.
The names of the crafters participat
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from Boiling Spring Lakes, will al
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The drawing is a fund-raising pro
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