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ENGINEERS ADVISE AGAINST IT Sewer System Owner Offers Calabash A New Pure hase Plan BY ERIC CARLSON Lasi March, when a plan to pur chase the Carolina-Blythc Utility Co. was the cornerstone of a pro posed regional sewer system, com pany owners rebuffed Calabash's ef forts to negotiate a reduction in their S4.5 million asking price. Last week, as Calabash and Sun set Beach awaited likely approval of loans to build their own treatment facility, Carolina-Blythc 's owner told members of the Carolina Shores Property Owners Association that he has a new purcl&sc proposal for the town to consider. But planning engineers for the joint system warned Calabash Com missioners Tuesday night that Caro lina Blythe's collection system is in disrepair, that it docs not have the capacity to serve the entire town and that purchasing it would result in higher rates for sewer service. Calabash commissioners Jon San born, Stuart Thorn and Robert Noc all attended the Carolina Shores meeting as members of the POA and heard Carolina-Blythe owner Billy Bumclt say that the town should re consider its original plan to buy his company. "The 4.5 million asking price re mained constant," Sanborn told the other commissioners Tuesday night. "But everything else has changcd." He said Burnett is now offering better terms for purchasing the com pany, including a proposed SI. 5 mil lion down payment, some "up-front operating cash" and a 15-year note at interest rates comparable to feder al loans. Burnett also said Carolina Blythe is prepared to immediately take on the disposal of 300,000 gallons of sewage per day that the town tem porarily needs to serve the down town area while a permanent treat ment plant is built, Sanborn said. And he is offering to do so for less money than the Little River Water and Sewer Authority, which has agreed to take on the town's waste Schools, County Board Reach Funds Agreement (Continued From Page 1-A) at the commissioners' public hearing on the budget. "Each of us was expecting the other to initiate contact," said Bax ter. "It got lost in the shuffle." When the new Lcland school (in tended to relieve cun-ent overcrowd ing and provide for anticipated growth) wasn't funded, she said, "we knew we didn't have three or four years to wait. We decided this process was the best solution for us." District 2 member Polly Russ said she was pleased with Tuesday's ses sion. "This process worked better," she said. "The mediator was able to cut down a lot of unnecessary dialogue. "As a result we're going to be able to at least get started on the new school and we will be able to ad dress the fact that we have capital outlay needs over the next five to 10 years to be met." While he would have preferred getting a chance to discuss the school board's budget requests earli er, District 2 County Commissioner Jerry Jones indicated he also thought Tuesday was time well spent, given the circumstances. "I'm glad we went through the process today," he said. "1 felt like we did accomplish something. As boards we know where cach other stands. "My biggest catch was where they thought we could come up with S5 million at once." The two boards first convened jointly at 9 a.m. at Brunswick Community College, expressing their respective positions and con cerns face to face before moving to separate rooms to begin the negotia tion process. The school board's delegation in cluded board members Thurman Gausc, Yvonne Bright, Russ and Baxter, Peterson, Superintendent Ralph Johnston, Assistant Superintendent Jan Calhoun, Staff Development/Public Information Director Gloria Yount and Finance Officer Rudi Connor. School board member William Fairley was out of town on a prior commitment. The county's delegation included Commissioners Donald Shaw, Tom Rabon, Wayland Vereen, Jones and Warren, County Manager Wyman Yelton, Clerk to the Board Kelly Barefoot, Finance Officer Lythia Hahn, county attorney Michael Ramos and additional legal repre sentation, attorney Cyrus Faircloth of Sampson County and his assis tant. Court-appointed mediator Andy Little of Mediation Inc. of Chapel Hill moved between the two parties, working first with one board, then another as they gradually shaped a Driver Charged After Accident Two persons were injured in a one-car accident that happened Friday, Aug. 6, at 8:15 p.m. on Blue Banks Road in northern Brunswick County. According to the report filed by Trooper D.A. Lewis, driver Jere miah E. Green, 18, of Lcland, was operating his 1987 Nissan truck "in a careless and reckless manner" along Blue Banks Loop Road (S.R. 1422) about 9.5 miles northwest of Navassa, weaving to one side of the road and then the other. He lost con trol of the vehicle and struck a tree. He and his passenger. Jay Green, 16, also of Lei and, were transported to Cape Fear Hospital in Wilm ington with serious, but non-inca pacitating injuries. Lewis charged Jeremiah Green with driving without a license and careless and reckless driving. compromise. The boards spent much of that time "educating each other" in re gard to the budget process and their respective roles and concerns, said Baxter. Three commissioners left the ses sion Tuesday evening temporarily to conduct a previously-scheduled pub lic hearing on several zoning changes. walcr for up to four years. "If you can get that price without committing to purchase the plant, do it. Don't hesitate," said engineer Jim Billups of Powell Associates. "But keep in mind that Billy Burnett docs not make that decision. It's up to the Public Utilities Com mission," added Powell engineer Joe Tombro. Although they agreed that any savings on temporary disposal would benefit the town, the engi neers cautioned commissioners that the town could run into problems in purchasing the Carolina Blythe sys tem. Tombro said the system's treat ment capability is currently being ungraded, but most of that additional capacity is already committed. If the town purchases the company, it would have to honor those commit ments. leaving only enough capaci ty to scrvicc downtown Calabash. "You would still have to build an other plant if you want to sewer the rest of the town and the ETJ (extra territorial jurisdiction)," Tombro said. Billups said that a closer inspec tion of the Carolina Blythc system revealed "a significant infiltration problem" in the collection lines. He said infiltration is commonly caused by deteriorating pipe and poorly fit joints that allow rain water to seep into the system, overloading its treatment capacity. "Wc found some problems," Biilups said. "We brought a Farmers Home Administration staff person down to take a ride around the area and there happened to be a heavy downpour. We went by the Carolina Blythc plant and found sewage run ning out onto the ground." Billups estimated that the town B I N 6 0 Thursday Nights ? Doors Open 6:15 pm Calabash VFW Post 7288 Carter Rd., Trader's Village, Calabash, 579-3577 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Games begin at 7:30 PM Minimum "Buy In" $5.00 Minimum Pay Out $650.00 Maximum $725 Snacks Available ? No Children under 12 NEW SMOKE-FREE AIR SYSTEM C1W3 THE BRUNSWCK BEACON could spend more than 5150,000 just to inspect the system for infiltra tion. Repairing a leaking length of sewer line often costs more than putting in new pipe, he said. Commissioner Noc said he felt the board "would be remiss" if it didn't explore a revised offer from Carolina- Bly the. Sanborn agreed, saying that Burnett had offered to make a "first-class presentation" of his proposal to the commissioners. But a member of the audience, Tom Roberts, criticized the way Burnett announced his offer. "If he wants to sell to Calabash, why did he come to the POA and not to Calabash?" Roberts said. 'And why isn't he here tonight? I think he just wants to stir up trou ble." Board To Discuss Rezoning PUD The Calabash Planning and Zoning Board will hold a spccial meet ing Monday, Aug. 23. at 7 p.m. to discuss a proposal to rezone a tract currently designated for planned unit development (PUD) to allow mul ti-unit residential development. The property is located west of N.C. 179 between the Landing II de velopment and the Heritage Haven development. 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