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Rules Would Allow Sunset To Control Junk Cars, Nuisance In ETA BY SUSAN USHER A cat left on a public street, or on private property without the owner's permission. Truck skeletons rusting in a backyard. An empty trailer with broken windows, heavy weeds or harboring mosquitoes or rats. Any of those vehicles would come under Sunset Beach authority whether inside the town limits or within its ex traterritorial area (ETA) if the town council adopts a new ordinance on junked, abandoned and nuisance vehicles. A public hearing will be held Monday. April 4. at 7:30 p.m. at town hall The hearing isn't required but was suggested by the planning board. The proposed rules were drafted because of problems with junked automobiles in the I'TA. said Planning Board Chairman Richard Good. I he current ordinance can't be enforced outside the town limits. The police de partment would enforce the new ordinance within town and the building inspector in the F.TA The ordinance would cover automobiles, trailers and boats within the strict legalities of "abandoned," "junk" and nuisance." For a vehicle to be "junked." it must lack a current license plate, be partially dismantled or wrecked, cannot move in the manner originally intend ed. be at least five years old and appear to be worth less than $100. One such vehicle would Ik allowed in a rear yard if entirely concealed from public view by a cover ing or enclosure kept in good repair. The ordinance closely follows state law and spells nut requirements for notification of owners and for towing or otherwise removing a vehicle. "It's a rather cumbersome process." said Good. Swap Details Pondered It u ill be up to Building Committee members Julia lliomas and Oierri Cheek to negotiate for the town de tails of a proposed swap of lands between Sunset Reach and Sea I rail Corp Council memlH.'rs agreed to the swap Monday night, contingent upon reaching a mutually satisfactory plan for the Use and disposal of the existing town hall. The town is interested in building a new town hall on a larger Sea Trail-ow ned lot .it the corner of N.C I 79 and River. Sea Trail would receive the land on which the existing town hall stands. It doesn't want the building, but the town wants use of it until the new facility is ready. After that, "if it can be sold, I think wc should made every effort to sell it," said Councilman Herb Klinkcr. Appraisers value the existing town hall at between and S64.(MKI. Cheek asked that terms relating to the building be agreed upon before the swap becomes final, while 'lliomas urged the council to move quickly or face an other year in cramped quarters with limited parking. Mayor Pro-tem lid Gore, w ho is also a principal in Sea Trail Corp.. said he thought an agreement could be leached, i he amount ot time should tie understood and it needs to be reasonable. 1 believe it can be worked out." Still Sonie Questions Council members didn't rule out holding a second public meeting before the April 5 sewer bond referen dum to explain again the proposed rate structure for the South Brunswick Water & Sewer Authority. Mayor Mason Barber said some people don't understand how the rates were determined and how the cost of the sys tem will be recovered. Meanwhile, individuals with questions are being re ferred to town hall staff and the consulting engineers on the project. For a vehicle to be "junked, " it must lack a current license plate, be partially dismantled or wrecked, cannot move in the manner originally intended, be at least five years old and appear to be worth less than $100. If the April 5 sewer hond referendum passes, council agreed with Barber to hold a workshop to explore op tions for property owners io hav e separate meters lor ir rigation water. Sewer rates are based on water usage. I"he council also named Gore anil klinker to work with the town's appointees to the South Brunswick Water & Sewer Authority Convert It To Cash Changes in the town's vacation leave ordinance adopted Monday will mainly benefit department heads and the town administrator?employees who haven't been taking all of their vacation each \ear and may have "lost" some of it as a result. They Can now convert some of those unused hours to cash Starting this year Sunset Beach town employees must take at least 40 hours of vacation consecutively unless they have not accumulated that mueli as a result of working less than a full year. An employee may accu nuilate no more than 160 hours of vacation leave as of June 30 each year. An employee can opt to be paid at his or her existing hourly salary rate lor any vacation ac crued during the past year and not taken if that employee has taken the required 40 hours of vacation and would still have a balance of at least 40 hours accrued after the cash conversion. In a related motion made by Councilman Cherri Cheek, council agreed to pay Town Administrator I inda Fluegcl $1,931.66 (before deductions) for IIS hours of vacation not taken before 1987. At the time she was the only employee in the office. "It was pay due and well deserved and we need to not let this happen anymore." said Cheek. Accrued employee vacation is considered long-term debt. The town's auditor recommended either making restitution to employees for the hours accumulated or taking the value to date ($1H.l>42) off the books. Council also amended the short-term disability leave policy to provide that employees can use a combination of accumulated sick leave or vacation leave to subsidize their disability benefits, not to exceed their basic rate ol pay. Other Business Along with other minor actions, the board made sev eral other ordinance changes at the recommendation of its auditor: ?Authorized the town administrator to collect de posits. late payments and reconnection fees for water service, and to disconnect customers overdue by 45 days. ?Kstablishcd cash management and deposit proce dures. The proposed resolution designating United Carolina Bank in Calabash as the town's depository was changed to NationsBank in Sunset Beach on Gore's rec ommendation. Gore is a director of NationsBank, which happens to be the only bank with a branch located in Sunset Beach. The town had been using the Calabash tains no lettering or graphics. UC'B branch for years out of "habit." said l-'luegel. MBv consensus accepted DOT's offer to extend ?< hanged the utility maintenance easement in the Sunset Beach Bridge openings at the top of the hour public works ordinance from 20 feet to 10 feet for uni- from April through November this year instead of formitv with the town's subdivision ordinance. October. In IW3 bridge openings dropped from 512 in ?Authorized l-'luegel to begin applying to the N.C. November to 24S in December The town had wanted Office of Coastal Management for a stormwater system hourly openings year-round or half-hour openings dur planning grant. At point effort would begin costing the ing winter town money, she will seek additional guidance from HSet aside for now disposal of the town's elevated council. water tank. 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