AT HOLDEN BEACH
Commissioners Adopt $1.5 Million Budget
BY DOU<; R UTTER
Holden Beach Commissioners
adopted a SI. 5 million budget Mon
day featuring an increase in water
bills but no change in the tax rate.
For the second year in a row, pro
perty owners will pay taxes based
on a rate of 18 cents per $100.
With a lax valuation of almost
$230 million, town officials expect
to collect more than $370,000 in
taxes next year. The owner of a
SI 00,000 home will pay SI 80 in
taxes.
Other revenues expected next fis
cal year arc S45.000 in utility fran
chise tax, $43,450 in street assess
ments, $35,000 in local sales and
use tax and $108,000 in funds car
ried over from this year.
Some of the major expenses in the
1990-91 budget include SI 94, 806 for
the policc department, SI 57,484 for
public buildings, S152.743 for ad
ministration, $96,500 for streets and
$90,014 for sanitation.
Commissioners have set aside
SI 00,000 for a new garage and ren
ovation of the existing garage so it
can accommodate the police depart
ment.
A new part-time secretary in the
inspections department is included
in the budget. Town officials also
plan to upgrade one of the police of
ficer positions to sergeant.
The proposed budget also includes
$40,000 to continue the underground
wiring project and $40,000 for side
walks.
Commissioner Bob Buck said
Brunswick Electric Membership
Corp. plans to resume work soon on
the wiring projcct, which has been
delayed bccausc of a lot of requests
for new service.
Speaking about the proposed
sidewalks, Mayor John Tandy said
the town needs something for the
safety of children and bicyclers who
now have to use the edge of the
road.
"I'd just like to see us run with
that ball pretty hard," Tandy said.
"We've just talked and talked and
done nothing."
In the water fund, town officials
expect to collect S296.013 in
charges and S2 1 ,500 in tap and con
ncction fees. Budgeted costs include
SI 3 1,250 in water purchases,
S78.218 for debt service and
S57.105 in salaries.
Water customers will sec an in
crease in their bills starting July 1,
when the minimum quarterly charge
jumps from S30 to S36.
Town officials had planned to in
crease the charge for cach 1,000
gallons of water in excess of the
2,000-gallon minimum.
However, Buck said the town fig
ured out the budget using an incor
rect figure. The town advertised a
proposed increase from SI. 20 to
SI. 40 per 1,000 gallons of water.
But the actual charges would have
gone from SI .50 to S 1 .70.
Commissioners agreed Monday
night to leave the budget as it was
presented and not increase the rate.
"This was simply an error, and now
it's straightened out," Tandy said.
As part of the budget adoption
Monday night, commissioners
agreed to temporarily postpone the
allocation of occupancy tax funds.
Buck suggested the "freeze" until
the town gets a legal opinion on
whether it has complied with slate
law in setting up the S260.000 fund.
In the occupancy tax fund, com
missioners have earmarked S65.000
for a capital reserve fund for dune
replacement and spread out the re
maining $195,000 in eight areas.
Allocations include 560,000 for
policc, S50.000 for sanitation,
S4 0,000 for administration, S20,000
for public buildings, S10.000 for
fire protection, S8.000 for beach pa
trol and S7.000 for gas, oil and tires.
Holden Beach resident Harold
Steorts, an auditor, suggested at the
June 17 budget hearing that the
town use specific line items when
showing occupancy tax expenses.
Buck said the town's auditor,
Minton Padgett, was not in a posi
tion to give a legal opinion, but said
the town could contact the Local
Government Commission. Buck
said a legal opinion probably could
be obtained by August.
Other Business
In other business Monday, com
missioners:
?Voted to pay four employees for
vacation days they were unable to
lake this fiscal year due to work de
mands. The action followed a 15
minutc executive session called to
discuss a personnel matter.
?Approved the final plat for Yacht
Watch subdivision, as recommend
ed by the planning and zoning
board. Alan Holdcn is developing
the subdivision off Brunswick Ave
nue West.
?Voted to drop out of the Cape Fear
Council of Governments. Town
board members said they weren't
getting enough out of the organiza
tion to make the $600 annual mem
bership fee worthwhile.
?Heard from Mayor Pro Tcm
Gloria Barrett that the town board
recently reviewed the hurricane
plan with town employees and
members of the evacuation and
damage assessment teams. Town
staff plans to include a reminder on
the July water bill that homeowners
can't get back on the island follow
ing an evacuation without a vehicle
sticker.
Beach Looking At Nudity Ban
BY DOUG RUTTER
Rules against public nudity arc becoming trendy in the South Bruns
wick Island beach communities.
Not to be outdone by their neighbors at Sunset Bcach and Ocean Isle
Beach, Holdcn Bcach officials arc considering an ordinance that would
prohibit nudity in public places.
Mayor John Tandy said he isn't aware of a nudity problem on the is
land, but he knows the ordinance is needed. "1 haven't seen it (nudity),
but I'm sure it's out there."
Town commissioners are looking at an ordinance that would make it
illegal for any female over the age of nine "to willfully expose her
breasts in any public area."
Exposing is defined as "the revealing of the female breast with less
than a fully opaque covering on any portion thereof lower than the top of
any part of the areola."
It also would be illegal for anyone vo appear in public "in such a state
of dress or undress so as to expose to the view of others the human male
or female pubic area, pubic hair, anus, vulva or buttocks with less than a
fully opaque covering."
Commissioners reviewed the ordinance at a special meeting Monday
and could adopt it at their July 1 meeting.
If Holdcn Bcach adopts the public nudity ordinance, it would be the
third South Brunswick Islands community to do so this year.
Ocean Isle Beach Commissioners adopted a nudity code in May.
Sunset Beach Town Council got the ball rolling in January when it
adopted a similar ordinance following two straight 3-2 votes.
Holdcn Bcach Town Attorney Kenneth Campbell suggested Monday
the board define '^public area" in the ordinance. The Ocean Isle Bcach and
Sunset Beach ordinances ban nudity on public beaches, streets and parks.
"I think public area is any area that's outside your home," Mayor Pro
tcm Gloria Barrett said.
Campbell also recommended the town re"ise the penally section,
which says a $25 fine would be payable at town hall "upon conviction".
The attorney said a person convictcd of breaking a law would pay
the fine in district court, and not at the town hall. He said the town could
probably just take out the words "upon conviction".
Sid Swarts, acting chairman of the Holdcn Bcach Planning and Zon
ing Board, pointed out that many of the town ordinances, including its
leash law and outside light regulations, say fines are payable "upon con
viction".
County Inspects Food And Lodging Places
Brunswick County environmental
health specialists inspected 50 rest
aurants as well as other food service
and lodging facilities during May.
Sanitation grades for restaurants
and food or drink stands are based
on a system of scoring where an
"A" is given to scores of 90 percent
or better; a "B" to scores of at least
80 percent and less than 90 percent;
and a "C" for a score of at least 70
percent and less than 80 percent.
The permit would be revoked for
any establishment that receives a
score of less than 70 percent
Grades resulting from May in
spections by the Brunswick County
Health Department are as follows:
Restaurants: B & I Shop & Pay,
Southport, inactive; Blue Water
Point Cafe, Long Beach, permit is
sued; Bob's Pizza Shack, Long
Beach, 93; The Breakers, Ocean
Isle, 92.5; Cougar Pit Shop/DBA
Boswell's Gas & Grocery, Hwy. 87,
Boiling Spring Lakes, 96.5; Coun
try Comer Restaurant, Leland, 95;
Crabby Oddwaters, Sunset Beach,
97.5; Dos Amigos, Ocean Isle, 95;
Duffer's Restaurant & Lounge,
Long Beach, 92; Edna's Restaurant,
Long Beach, 94; Ella's Seafood
Restaurant, Calabash, 90; Express
Stop, Yaupon Beach, 92; Famous
Subs & Pizzas, Southport, 90.5,
Ginny's Chicken House, Holden
Beach, 92; Half-time Sports Bar,
Leland, 95; Happy Belly Deli,
Seaside, 96.5; Hardee's, Southport,
93.5; Hillco Deli, Shallotte, 91.5;
Holden Beach Pier & Grill, Holden
Beach, 93;
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Also, Joe's Bar-B-Quc, Shallottc,
81, Joyce's Grill & Tavem, Seaside,
93.5; Kentucky Fried Chicken,
Shallouc, 95.5; Lctino's Cafe' &
Tavem, Calabash, 90; Maco Truck
slop, Maco, 93; and McDonald's,
Southport, 94; Minuteman Food
Mart, Seaside, 75.5; Ocean Air
Restaurant, Thomasboro, 90; Ocean
Crest Windjammer, Long Beach,
92.5; Olde Brunswick Store & Grill,
Boiling Spring Lakes, 92; Olde
Brunswick Town Cookery, Ltd.,
Belville, Inactive; The Original of
Calabash, Calabash, 96; Oyster Bay
Golf Links, Sunset Beach, 97; The
Pearl Golf Links, Calabash, 90; The
Pharmacy, Southport, 90.5; The Pit
BBQ Foods, Yaupon Beach, 90.5;
Pizza Hut, Leland, 93; Pizza Hut,
Shallotte, 95; Pizza Hut, Southport,
96; Quick & Easy, Holden Beach,
93.5; Sandfiddlcr Ltd., Shalloue,
94.5; Sea Captain Restaurant,
Southport, 90; Senior Citizen Nu
trition Site, Leland, 96; Shelia's
Country Kitchen, Calabash, 95;
Ship's Chandler Restaurant, South
port, 96.5; Sim's Country Bar-B
Que, Calabash, 96; Skats, Seaside,
93; Sonja's Grill, Supply, 96.5;
Trawler's Oyster Barge, Calabash,
91; The Turtle Cafe, Southport, 90;
and Wilson's Deli & Bakery, South
port, 94.
Food Stands: Coastal Beverage,
Calabash, 96.5; Comer Store, Ash,
91.5; Han-dee Hugo's, Southport,
93.5; Handee Hugo, Shallotte, 95;
Kim's Oriental Food, Leland, 97;
Leland Ball Park, Leland, 88;
Long's General Store, Ash, 93; Mr.
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