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Board Breaks Ground
Calabash ABC Board broke ground last Tuesday for a new self-service ABC store to be built by Graka Builders Inc. of Whiteville at a cost
of about $178,000. From the left above are Jack Scarborough and Jay Houston of Houston & Associates, designers of the project; Mayor
Doug Simmons; Commissioner rhyllis Manning; Assistant ABC Store Manager Kathy Tucker; ABC board chairman Sheryl Hardee and
ABC board member David Arthur. Not pictured are ABC Store Manager Roy Wrenn and ABC board member Suzy Moore.
HALF MILLION BUDGETED FOR SEWER EXPANSION
Ocean Isle Sticking With 7 7 -Cent Tax Rate
BY DOUG R UTTER
Occan Isle Bcach Commissioners
haven't proposed any change in the
tax rate in next year's budget, which
includes funds for sewer system ex
pansion and land acquisition at the
airport.
The proposed budget includes
5500,000 for sewer system expan
sion and S30.000 for engineering
fees.
Town officials recently hired
Boney and Associates of Raleigh to
design expansion of the system,
which commissioners want to ex
tend to serve the east end of the is
land.
The town board also has included
S175.000 in the budget to buy land
at the east end of the airport. Com
missioners expect half of the money
to come from a state grant.
Based on a tax rate of 17 cents
per SI 00 of property and a lax valu
ation of $305 million, town officials
expect to collect S5 14,446 in taxes
next year.
Other sources of revenue in the
general fund include S56.000 in
ABC store revenue and rent,
S50.000 from the accommodations
lax fund and S46.000 in building
permits and fees.
General fund expenses included
in the proposed budget are
5226,287 for the police department,
S96.690 for administration, S84.169
for streets and 583,342 for sanita
tion.
Transfers from the general fund
include S225.000 to the sewer fund,
574,100 to the airport fund and
S50.000 to the water capital project
fund.
Board Wants Road Resurfaced
Ocean Isle Beach officials want the state to resurface First Street,
which has become bumpy under the weight of heavy trucks and dam
aged by utility line cuts.
Commissioners adopted a resolution Tuesday asking the N.C.
Department of Transportation to put a fresh layer of asphalt on the street
that runs parallel to the ocean.
"It's in very bad need of resurfacing," said Mayor Betty Williamson.
Copies of the request will be sent to the DOT's district engineer and
N.C. Transportation Secretary Tommy Harrelson.
"I'm sure it will probably be a year or so before funds arc available
but at least we can put our name down," Mrs. Williamson said.
Ocean Isle Bcach Streets Commissioner Odell Williamson pointed
out that the state DOT recently resurfaced main roads at Holden Bcach
and Long Beach.
"We've just got to make sure we get our turn at bat," Williamson
said. "I have noticed that the squeaking axle tends to get the grease."
Ocean Isle Bcach officials expect
$357,700 in accommodations tax
revenue next year, which includes
$32,700 carried over from this year.
Commissioners have proposed
using S88.200 of the accommoda
tions tax money for the sanitation
contract, $50,000 for an erosion
control fund, $50,000 for police and
administration and S30.500 for
tourism promotion.
In the $416,332 water fund, town
officials expect to spend S 140,606
to purchase water from the county
and $1 10,853 for operations.
Commissioner met in executive
session for nearly an hour at their
meeting Tuesday to discuss employ
ee salaries recommended in a posi
tion classification and pay plan
done by the Cape Fear Council of
Governments.
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Mayor Betty Williamson said the
proposed 1991-92 budget includes
salary increases of about 5 percent.
The town board might adopt the pay
plan later this month.
A public hearing on the proposed
budget has been set for Tuesday,
June 25, at 8:45 a.m. in the town
hall.
Other Business
In other business Tuesday, com
missioners:
?Heard from Mayor Williamson
that a public hearing on the land use
plan update is scheduled for Tues
day, June 25, at 9 a.m. in the town
hall. A copy of the plan is available
at the town hall.
?Voted to incorporate into the town
code two ordinance amendments
that had been approved May 12,
1987. One prohibits building activi
ty in June, July and August before 8
a.m. and after 8 p.m. The other pro
hibits dogs on the strand from April
1 through Sept 30.
?Heard from Police Chief Curt
Pritchard that officers wrote 66 tick
ets in May, many of them for illegal
parking on sidewalks and in "no
parking" zones near the east end of
the island. "I won't say that it's
solved yet, but it is improving," said
Commissioner Debbie Fox.
?Approved several changes in the
budget for this Fiscal year. The town
received more money than expected
in the general fund, water depart
ment, occupancy lax fund, airport
fund and sewer department The to
tal income was about 563,500, and
most of it was put into contingency
funds.
?Heard from Mayor Williamson
that the town will apply for federal
flood insurance premium discounts
available through the new Com
munity Rating System. Homeown
ers at Sunset Beach and Holden
Beach will receive 5 percent dis
counts on their premiums when they
come up for renewal starting Ocl 1.
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House Money Package
Before State Senate
Budget and financc issues contin
ue to dominate discussion in both
houses of the state's General As
sembly.
Rep. E. David Redwine, in his
weekly report, said the House pas
sed a revenue package Friday that
totals $698.7 million for the 1991
92 fiscal year and S756.8 million
for the 192-93 fiscal year.
In addition, the House has recom
mended 5507 million in cuts, the
largest in state history.
The bill is now in the Senate,
where members will incorporate
their version and return the bill to
the House for concurrence.
A conference committee repre
senting both houses will debate and
iron out questions relating to items
handled differently in the two ver
sions and begin negotiating the final
1991-92 budget.
The house revenue package was
added on to H.B. 83, the House
Appropriations Committee budget
packeL
Redwine said its measures in
clude:
?A half-cent sales tax expcctcd to
generate S22S million;
?Local option half-percent sales
tax, with local reimbursements cov
ered, expected to generate S237.8
million;
?An increase from I percent (an
580 cap) to 2 percent (a SI 60 cap)
in sales taxes on farm and manufac-'
luring machinery, expected to gen
erate S29.5 million;
?An increase from 7 percent to 8
percent in the corporate income tax
rate, generating 580 million;
?Adoption of a "throwback" rule
that would affect multistate corpora
tions and generate about S12 million;
?Adoption of an 8 percent individu
al income lax bracket for net tax
able income exceeding S 100,000 for
married couples Filing jointly;
560,000 for a single; $80,000, head
of household; and S50.000 for mar
ried couples filing separately, with
anticipated revenues of 568 million;
?An increase from 2 cents per pack
to 7 cents per pack in the cigarctic
excise tax and an excise lax on oth
er tobacco products, to produce rev
enues of S32.3 million;
Also, an increase from 2 percent
to 3 percent (keeping S 1 ,500 cap) in
the sales tax rate on boats, aircraft,
railway cars and locomotives, for
$2 million;
?Changes in administration of the
soft drink tax, for revenues of
$500,000.
?Repeal of the sales tax exemption
on purchases by the N.C. Department
of Transportation, for new General
Fund income of $8.7 million.
?To offset the losses in the trans
portation budget, the package pro
poses fee increases that would result
in a $600,000 annual gain, as fol
lows: motor vehicle record fee from
$4 to $5; learner's permit, special
identification card or duplicate driv
er's license, from S5 to S10; permit
for oversize or overweight vehicle,
S5 to $10 and S25 to $50; license
fees for motor vehicle dealers, man
ufacture! s and sales rcpcscntatives
that range from $5 to S75, to $10 to
SI 00; penalty for late title applica
tions, from S5 to $10; and impose
S10 penally on late title work sub
mitted by a dealer.
Redwine can be reached in Ra
leigh at 919-733-5787 or at Room
632, Legislative Officc Building,
Raleigh, N.C. 27603-5925.
Calabash EMS Elects Officers
Kathy Morfit will serve as presi
dent of Calabash Volunteer EMS for
the 1991-92 year.
She was among officers elected at
the unit's annual meeting on June 4.
Other officers are Sharon Benton,
vice president', Grace Ratigan, trea
surer; Maryn Hall, secretary; Joan
McMahon and Jeannie Cameron,
two-year board members; Dick
Guarino, one-year board member;
and Jay Morman and Alan How
arth, continuing board members.
Mark Christy has been elected
chief of the squad.
For the year ending May 31, the
squad responded to 515 calls; work
ed 1,890 man-hours and traveled
21,749 miles while providing
around-the-clock service, a news re
lease indicated.
A highlight of the year's accom
plishments is purchase of a new am
bulance, to be delivered at the end
of June.
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