PAY PLAN IN THE WORKS
Shallotfe To Meet Engineers Over Sewer
System Expansion
BY DOUG Rl'TTER before choosing a company to de
Shallotte officials plan to meet sign the expansion.
next Wednesday with representa- "You get a better feel that way."
lives of three engineering firms in- Alderman Carson Durham said of
terested in designing expansion of the face-to-face meeting.
the town sewer system. The board plans to spend one
Aldermen started reviewing pre- hour with each engineering firm
liminarv proposals from Boney & when it reconvenes the workshop
Associates of Raleigh. Houston & meeting next Wednesday at9 a.m.
Associates of Shallotte and McKim Shallotte officials arc planning a
& Creed Engineers of Wilmington at major expansion of their existing
a workshop last Friday. wastewater treatment facility.
Board members spent about two Public Works Director Albert
hours listing strengths and weak- Hughes said the town presently av
ncsses of each firm, but want to erages 14().(KM) gallons per day
speak with engineers face-to-face (gpd) at its plant, which has a maxi
ft 11 fcHih h I'bi i i i
STAFF PttCTC 2Y EK!C CARL
Chilly Dip
It may be a bit to cold for human bathers, but this hooded mer
ganser finds conditions perfect for an afternoon swim up a Holden
Reach canal recently.
Fairley's Decision
Leaves Republicans
Pondering Choices
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whichever candidate doesn't receive
the party nomination for the District
3 county commissioner's seat?
Robert Slockett of Yaupon Beach or
Leslie Collier.
Pfeiffer, who is enrolled at Bruns
wick Community College while be
tween contract jobs in the nuclear
power industry, said he withdrew
because he has a career opportunity
that may take him out of the state.
"That would be unfair to all in
volved." he said. "I thought it would
have been interesting to get some
new blood in there. We need that.
Season Ends
With Demand,
Harvest Called
Below Average
(Continued From Page 1-A)
Marine Fisheries is planning an
"oyster relay" this spring in Bruns
wick County
The relay is a program that pays
fishermen to take oysters from wa
ters that are closed to shellfish har
vesting due to bacterial pollution
and move them to clean waters so
they can he harvested next season.
"The relay has a fairly quick turn
around," Carpenter said. "Barring
any outbreak of disease, anything
we relay this year should be ready
for harvest next season."
Carpenter also said slate officials
wiii piant oyster shells in local
coastal waters this year. Tiny oysters
attach themselves to the shells and
eventually grow to legal size.
"The shell planting usually takes
18 months from the time we do it
until the time you get harvestable
size," Carpenter said.
Don't Put
The Umbrellas
Away Just Yet
Expect temperatures about nor
mal, but rainfall above average for
the next few days, says Shallotte
Point weatherman Jackson Canady.
Canady forecasts at least three
quarters of an inch of rain in the lat
ter part of this week, with average
nightly iows in the lower 40s and
daytime highs averaging in the low
er 60s.
For the period Feb. 22-28 the
maximum high reading was 73 de
grees on the 23rd, with a minimum
low of 26 on Feb. 28. The daily av
erage high was 64; average nightly
low, 43; and daily average of 53,
about 4 degrees above normal lor
this time of year.
Unfortunately, it didn't work out."
At the school board's Feb. 14
meeting, Fairiey was the only mem
ber to vote against dropping a policy
that would have required teachers'
Senate Bill 2 bonus pay to be linked
to student performance on standard
ized tests. If students didn't meet
their expected performance level,
Ihe teachers' bonus pay would be
used for staff development purposes.
Fairiey had written and champi
oned the policy, which had been
adopted by the board and then re
vised and adopted again. His con
tention was that if the schools and
school board are to be accountable
to the public, they need goals with
measurable results.
Teachers protested the require
ment. saying test scores were too
limited a means of evaluating teach
ers' performance and that the policy
would infringe on their right to site
based management. They said deci
sions about goal-setting and bonus
pay criteria should be left to individ
ual schools to determine as they de
velop their performance-based ac
counta
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IUtl.1
The school board took back the
school improvement policy, en
dorsed the concept of site-based
management and directed that the
school system begin the process of
defining what site-based manage
ment actually means in Brunswick
County.
Before Fairiey arrived ai the
meeting, the board also voted to
pass along to Brunswick County
Commissioners a request from
teachers for increased local pay sup
plements.
All five seats on the board are up
for election this year.
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mum capacity of 206,000 gpd.
1"he town is looking for an engi
neering firm to design an expansion
of the system that will serve
Shallotte for the next 10 to 20 years,
when officials expect continued resi
dential and commercial growth.
Aldermen said knowledge of the
existing sewer system and the
Shallotte area are among the
strengths of Boney & Associates,
which designed the town's water
and sewer systems.
However, some town officials
said Friday the firm seems to be un
willing to consider alternatives to
Aldermen
BY DOUG RUTTER
Shallotte Aldermen annexed 10
lots in Brierwood Estates Tuesday
night and hope to bring more of the
golf course community into the
town limits before too long.
Brierwood's developers requested
annexation of the lots on Fairway
Driv e, most of which arc vacant and
privately-owned. Aldermen have
asked the town planning board to
recommend zoning for the lots.
In the meantime, aldermen said
Tuesday they are interested in an
nexing other unincorporated areas in
Brierwood Estates.
Some residents in the old section
of Brierwood. which surrounds the
back nine of the golf course and is
not part ol Shallotte, approached the
town board last year seeking water
service to their property.
When it was discovered that
Brunswick County could provide
the water cheaper than the town, al
dermen gave the county permission
to extend water lines into the area.
Chris Lane, who works with the
developers of Brierwood. said the
county has included the unincorpo
rated area as part of Special
Assessment District (SAD) 19.
The county is currently accepting
bids for construction of the SAD.
Lane said, so town officials may
have to act quickly if they want to
be the ones who provide water ser
vice to the area.
Alderman Carson Durham said he
would like to see the town board
consider providing water service to
the area as a means of enticing prop
erty owners to request annexation.
"It's right at our back door. It
should be part of the town," Durham
said. "If we can sit down and talk
about this thing I believe we can
work it out."
Lane said most homeowners in
the area want water service but do
not need sewer service and do not
want to pay town taxes.
Lane said Brierwood's developers
support annexation of the area be
cause sewer service would help
make a lot of land marketable that is
unsuitable for septic systems.
lie also indicated that the devel
opers would be willing to bring the
streets in that section of Brierwood
up to town standards before dedicat
ing them to the town.
Nobody showed up for a public
hearing on the Fairway Drive annex
ation at the beginning of Tuesday
night's meeting, but Town Clerk
Mary Etta Hewett said it cost the
town about $80 to advertise the
he tin Hg in ioCti! iicw s.
Mayor Sarah Tripp, who was ab
sent Tuesday, has proposed that peo
ple who request annexation from
now on start paying a $50 fee to
help cover the cost of advertising.
the present system. erences and see how each company
Houston & Associates is seen by has performed previous projects and
board members as a company that if they have met schedules and bud
wouldn't be afraid to take an innov- gets.
alive approach to sewer expansion. Pay Plan Coming
The firm also has a knowledge of Rose Ann Mack, management
Shallotte and a vested interest in the services director with the Cape Fear
community's growth. Council of Government, told alder
Aldermen indicated they like the men Friday she hopes to have a po
number and experience of the engi- sition classification and pay plan for
neers at McKim & Creed, although the town sometime in April.
the Firm is not as familiar with the Mack planned to meet with all
Shallotte area as the other two com- employees this week to explain the
panics. plan and hand out questionnaires
As part of the decision-making that will be used to draft job descrip
process, aldermen plan to check ref- tions.
Mack will then recommend a pay
plan for Shallotte after comparing
the salaries of its town employees
with employee salaries in towns of
similar size with like needs.
From a list of municipalities in
four southeastern North Carolina
counties, aldermen asked Mack to
compare Shallotte's salaries to those
in Southport, Burgaw, Tabor City
and Whiteville.
"I think it's difficult to pick towns
that are exactly like yours." Mack
said. "Thtfse are all growing towns,
and they flH have a central business
district th;?t"s lively."
Approve Brierwood Annexation
Shallotte property owners who re
quest conditional use permits, vari
ances or rezoning already must pay
$50 to cover advertising costs. The
mayor has suggested adding annexa
tion to the list.
Most town hoard members said
Tuesday they are in favor of the pro
posal. A public hearing has been
scheduled Tuesday, March 15, at
7:15 p.m.
Alderman Roney Cheers said he
is against the proposal. "I have a
problem with taxing every facet of
your life. If you go to the bathroom,
somebody's going to tax you for it,"
he said.
But Alderman Morris Hall said
the way things are now. town tax
payers are paying to advertise public
hearings on annexation.
"I don't feel I as a taxpayer
should have to pay for Mr. Jones to
advertise his property in the paper. If
he wants to be in town and he wants
the services he should pav for it,"
Hall said.
Other Business
In other business Tuesday, alder
men:
?Agreed to renew the town's au
dit contract with Brock. Padgett and
Chandler of Shallotte. The 1993-94
fiscal year will be the final year of a
three-year contract with the firm.
The audit should cost about the
same as il did last year, S8,2(K).
?Authorized Police Chief Rod
ney Cause to apply for a $7,500
state grant offered by the Governor's 95 budge'- 'own Attorney Mark
Highway Safety Program. The grant Ix'wis has advised the board in the
would help with enforcement of the past that towns may not legally do
state scat belt law. Most of the mon- nate to organizations such as VIC,
ey would be used to pay overtime but aldermen agreed to consider the
for police officers. request.
?Received a funding request Hlleard from Alderman Hall that
from Pete Barnettc of the Brunswick he wants the police department to
County Volunteer & Information start writing tickets tor littering. Hall
Center (VIC). After explaining said motorists throw trash out of
VIC's programs. Barnette asked the their windows as they drive through
town to include SI.(KH) in its 1994- town.
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