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NO CHANGE IN DAYTIME MEETINGS Comm ission ers Set Night Workshops BY SUSAN USHER Ocean Isle Beach Commissioners will con tinue holding all business meetings during the day, but agreed unanimously Tuesday to begin holding evening workshops four times a year. The sessions, as recommended by Com missioner Ken Proctor after consulting with the town attorney, will be held at 7 p.m. the first Monday of February, April, September and November. That will allow board members a week prior to their regular second Tuesday busi ness meeting to consider any issues raised dur ing the less formal workshops. The first work shop would be held on Labor Day, Sept. 5. Commissioners will take turns leading the meetings, with mayor and board expected to at tend. Proctor has pushed the board to hold at least some of its meetings during the evenings to al low more participation by residents and other property owners who cannot attend daytime ses sions. Streets To Be Resurfaced Commissioners also launched the town's largest paving project in recent years, putting out for bid the resurfacing of 26 streets in need of repair. TWo other street projects proposed during Tuesday's meeting will be considered for future action. Neither the foot of Duneside Drive nor the extension of West Fourth Street are included on the town's maps for state Powell Bill gas tax revenues, which means the projects would have to be paved entirely at town or local residents' expense if paved now. The town anticipates adding both sections to the map in July, and will consider including one or both projects in a fu ture budget. Scheduled for resurfacing this spring are Second Street East and Second Street West, Goldsboro, Leland, Pender, Dare, Raeford, Duneside, West Third, Starboard, Asheville, Halifax, Union, Anson, Newport, Beaufort I and II, Wilmington, Tarboro, Fairmont, Monroe, l^aurinburg and Troy streets. Isle Plaza, Drift wood Drive, and Clinton Street Lx>op at town hall. Mayor Betty Williamson said she anticipates work will be completed by mid-May. Tentative bid opening is set for April 21 at 2 p.m. Resurfacing will not conflict with the town's underground wiring conversion project, since utility workers are boring under streets to install conduit rather than making open cuts. Other Business In other business commissioners: ? on the recommendation of the planning board, decided to continue the town's soil, sedi mentation and erosion control program. Planning Board Chairman DeCarol Williamson said that if the program were dropped, develop ers would be required to obtain a state permit for projects where a permit is not required now, with a resulting increase in time, expense and bureau cracy, and loss of local control. ? directed Town Attorney Elva Jess to write a letter objecting to the proposed withdrawal of dedication of a public beach access at the foot of Driftwood Drive, on the premise that the offer of dedication has been accepted through recording of the plat and town maintenance of 15 feet of the 25-foot-wide strip at issue. The property owner has proposed withdraw al to create a 65-foot lot on which stands a house built 3'A feet from the side lot line. Ten feet of the access has been fenced off by the homeown er for some time. "I don't think they should be allowed to withdraw it," said Jess. ? approved an audit contract for 1993-94 with John Caraway at a price not to exceed, $5,850, no change from the current contract. ? authorized staff to proceed with plans to construct a storage shed at the sewage treatment plant, as budgeted. ? heard from Police Chief Curt Pritchard that 68 calls were answered in March, and from Building Inspector Druied Roberson that 46 per mits were issued in town for construction valued at 5470,379, and seven permits in the ETA for construction valued at $141,050. ? heard from Mayor Williamson that ac cording to the Office of the State Treasurer the town rates near the top statewide in its tax col lection rate (an average 99.8 percent, or 2.8 per cent above the state average) in towns of its size, first in investment earnings and third in return on cash investments. ? recognized the Ocean Isle Beach Property Owners Association for donating $2,500 to the police department for equipment. ? heard a complaint about early morning noise from Pat Loftus, who works late and finds her morning sleep disturbed by construction work that begins at 7 a.m. off-season and 8 a.m. June through August. Chief Pritchard said noise ordinance hours reflect a compromise. He as sured Loftus that officers would respond to any complaints about workers starting before the designated time. OIB Sewer Rates Down, Water Rates Up BY SUSAN USHER Starting May 1, Occan Isle Beach property owners will begin paying water and sewer fees based on meter size instead of occupancy units, and on a new billing schedule. Town commissioners adopted the changes unanimously Tuesday after several months of discussion. The rates are part of a larger schedule of fee changes. Sewer rates will fall slightly on the heels of the Phase II installation project and expansion of the treat ment plant. New water rates reflect the town's increased cost for water. Brunswick County went up on its wholesale water rate nearly two years ago. The increase was never passed on to town customers, said Commissioner Debbie Fox, which adversely affect ed the town's capital reserve ac counts. The changes are expected to make the water and sewer utilities each self-supporting and will be moni tored to see if revenues come in as expected. Most residences in town have three-quarter inch meters. For a min imum water bill of 3,000 gallons us age, property owners will pay $10 in stead of $8 for water, and $15 in stead of $18.20 for sewer. The sewer charge for usage over the minimum volume will drop from $2.68 to $2.50 per 1,000 gallons, while the water charge will be $1.90 for each 1,000 gallons over. Rates were also set for 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-inch meters. A location with a 3-inch meter, for instance, with minimum usage of 80,000 gal lons, would pay $280 for water and $300 for sewer. Water service deposits were set at $50 for residential customers and renters, and $100 for commercial customers. On late bills, the town will charge $15 to disconnect and $25 to recon nect. The town doesn't charge for winterization of homes or transfers of ownership. The schedule provides for adjust ments in bills due to leaks. The board also adopted a billing cycle that coincides with Brunswick County's billing cycle. Bills will go out the first day of the month, with payment due on the 15th. On the 16th, a late fee of $5 will be added and a second notice mailed. Water service may be cut off if the bill is not paid by the 23rd of the month, though town staff will work on col lection with property managers to try to insure continuous service for rental units. Other fees established include: ? a minimum charge of $25 per lot for mowing vacant lots; ? setting the cost of town decals used to regain access to the island after an emergency to $5 year round; ? adoption of the state privilege license tax schedule for businesses; ? charges for photocopying, fac simile transmissions involving long distance telephone calls and obtain ing printouts or labels of the tax scroll or water bill customers; and ? elimination of house inspec tions by the building inspector. Weekly Crossword i . CLUES ACROSS CLUES DOWN 1. Spout 1. Prison 3. Paw 2. Solid 5. Spurt 3. Sacred song 7. Remedial attention 4. Object 9. Fabricated 5. Lease 10. Examine 6. Innuendo 11. Well dressed 7. Frightened 14. Dismantle 8. Moderate 15. Windshield cleaner 11. Malice 17. Angry 12. Accumulate 18. Suit 13. Twilled cloth 19. In good time 14. Weep 20. Assuaged 16. Beam 23. Avouch 21. Loft 25. Simmer 22. Go in 27. Impoverished 23. Slightly open 28. Sway 24. Genuine 29. Mongrel 25. 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