Public Was To Comment Wednesday On
Schools' Proposed $12.1 Million Budaet
BY SUSAN USHER
County residents were to get a chance
Wednesday night to look at the school system's
proposed budget for 1^4-95 before it goes to
the Brunswick County Commissioners
Meeting last Friday, the Brunswick County
Board of Education set the hearing for May ! 1 at
Supply Elementary School starting at 7 p m and
asked local schools to notify parents since there
was no time to advertise the forum.
Since few people will have seen the budget,
administrators planned to present an overview
before opening the floor for comments and ques
tions. Principals of all 12 schools were to be
available to answer questions relating to their
schools.
The school board was to meet today
(Thursday) at I p.m. to adopt its proposed bud
get. which is to be submitted to the county be
fore May 15.
Commissioners will be a-.ked So provide S!2. !
million in operating or current expense revenues,
of which SI 1.3 million would come from prop
erty tax revenues, up from SX 7 million this year.
The schools arc asking for another 32.88 million
in capital outlay funds for site improvements,
vehicle replacement and repair and replacement
of items such a carpeting and air conditioning
units. Of thai 32.88 million. S2.5 million wouid
be needed from county funds and 3385.000
would come from available state half-cent sales
tax revenues.
The request iciin.i> ihv auSCiiCC Cf un}' CS~.
over money from this year's budget, a projected
increase in salaries for state-paid teachers that
must he matchcd for locally-paid teachers, plus
SI. I million in expansion items.
"With all the expansion items we have I think
this offers a lot for the money." said Johnston.
Last summer the board allocated its remaining
S 600.000 in reserves. "We're not in the hole
$600,000," said Finance Officer Rudi Fallon.
"We were just required by the county to use all
of our fund balance this year."
Johnston says the proposed budget is "school
driven" and reflects the "bottoms- up" approach
by which it was developed.
Expansion items are related to instructional
goals They include adding an 11th month of
employment for high school and middle school
assistant principals; a new salary schedule for
teacher assistants; $200 salary supplements for
bus drivers; increased local supplemental pay for
teachers; salary adjustments for custodial
salaries to meet state requirements, plus two new
custodial positions at Lincoln Primary Schooi;
and 22!* teachers. Those include a computer co
ordinator at each school. 3!4 exceptional chil
dren s teachers, another physical education
teacher at Waccamaw Elementary; and six new
dmoom icschcss.
Also included are hiring a principal for the
new Inland school this year to begin planning
for the 1995-96 year while assigned to a "dual"
principaiship at Lincoln; a r.i'.c facila'.or for the
Information Highway project; and $94,000 to
continue the extended day program. JTPA fund
ing of $1 18.000 won't be available next year be
cause the extended day program doesn't include
a job site component
Shorter Financing Sought
The board also voted to ask county commis
sioners to agree to a five-year financing plan for
the new Leland Elementary School that would
eliminate an estimated $800,000 in debt service,
and to commit to using county resources to help
meet school construction needs.
In a cover letter, the school board asked com
missioners:
9 to recognize that the project represents only
a small portion of school system building needs
and that county ad valorem tax money will be
needed it any other school projects die uiiuci tak
en such as a proposed elementary school in the
southwest area;
? to agree to pay the debt service on the
Leland project regardless of how much state
half-cent sales tax revenue is available: and
? to create a separate reserve fund for school
capital outlay needs using the bulk of funds now
set aside in a joint school/sewer fund; and to
agree to continue it by contributing not less than
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After the school board questioned the long
term financing plan that was the county's first
choice, commissioners provided three other al
ternatives for financing over five to 10 yean.
Citizen lip Leads To Two-State Cocaine Bust
BY ERIC C ARLSON
More than $6,500 worth of co
cainc was seized and four people
have been charged with drug offens
es in a cooperative investigation
with South Carolina authorities that
is expected to yield at least two ad
ditional felony arrests.
Detective Lt. David Crocker of
the Brunswick County Sheriff's
Department narcotics squad on
Tuesday said his officers, with help
from State Bureau of Investigation
agents and Horry County narcotics
detectives, were able to shut down a
major source of drugs to the area
thanks to information provided by a
concerned citizen.
In an operation organized by
BCSD Detective Billy Hughes, nar
cotics officers arrested Allen Dale
Brooks. 31. of Hideaway Avenue,
Seaside. Friday in the parking lot of
a Seaside grocery store with a small
amount of powder cocaine. Crocker
said.
As a result. Det. Hughes obtained
a search warrant for Brooks' home,
where a package containing about
one ounce of cocaine was seized.
Acting on information uncovered
there, Det. Hughes set up a surveil
lance operation that led to the arrest
of Rupert I A-e Edge. 42. of North
Myrtle Beach. S.C., who was appre
hended Monday night in the parking
lot of a Calabash shopping center
with about two ounces of cocaine.
Crocker said.
Both men have been charged with
one count each of trafficking co
caine by possession of between 28
and 200 grams of the drug, traffick
ing cocaine by manufacture, traf
ficking cocaine by transport and
maintaining a vehicle for the pur
pose of keeping controlled sub
stances.
Narcotics officers also seized a
1987 Oldsmobile owned by Brooks
and a 1981 Ford pickup truck be
longing to Edge
Working their way "up the lad
der." Crocker said the officers fol
lowed leads developed in both cases
to assist Horry County authorities in
the arrest of a man and woman in
Conway on charges of conspiracy to
sell and deliver cocaine.
Approximately $7,200 in cash ? be
licved to be the proceeds from drug
sales ? was confiscated in the arrest.
Brooks and Edge face a nsiaiasum
of 26 years in prison if convicted on
all counts. Crocker said the two also
will be charged with similar offenses
in South Carolina. At least two more
arrests are expected in the case
there.
Brooks is being held in
Brunswick County Jail it. lieu of a
$500,000 bond. Edge's bond was set
at $400,000.
Crocker expressed appreciation
for the tip from a local resident that
set the successful investigation into
motion. He encouraged others who
have information about illegal drug
activities to call the narcotics squad
at (910) 253-4797.
Calabash
Votes Yes, No On N.C. 1 79 Re-Zonina
BY ERIC CARLSON
Should residential property along
N.C. 1 79 in Calabash be re-zoned to
allow commercial development?
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i not on wircic u o.
In back-to-back split votes Tues
day night, the Calabash Board of
Commissioners approved one re
quest tor commercial zoning on the
highway while denying another.
Responding to an outpouring of
opposition from residents of Cala
bash Acres and Clariday Woods, the
board voted 4-to-2. with Com
missioners Keith Hardee and Ed
Schaack dissenting, to deny a re
quest to re-zone a strip of lots on the
north side of N.C. 179 between
Georgetown Center and the NAPA
store from residential to commer
cial. The town's planning and zon
ing board recommended the change.
However, the board was told last
month that 140 out of a possible ISO
residents of the area had signed peti
injia uj^juSuig the ChSSgC.
Speaking in support of the re -zon
ing luesday night, Schaack restated
his opinion that the state's plan to
widen N.C. 179 from Shallotte to
the state line will dramatically in
crease traffic on the highway. Re
zoning it commercial would reduce
the number of allowable entrances
to the road and would require busi
nesses to plant vegetative buffers to
reduce street noise in the neighbor
K/yyic hf giiH
At its April meeting, the board
tabled consideration of the re-zoning
because Commissioners Alvin
Leiscy and Teddy Altreuter were ab
sent. Both members opposed the
zoning change.
Tuesday night. Commissioner
Forrest King was absent and Hardee
recommended that the board like
wise put off the vote until a full
board is present.
"! think a precedent was set at
that meeting and we have to give
both sides equal consideration." said
Schaack. who was the only commis
.f iv>i av i to Support Hurdcc *? rnot icn
for a delay.
"That's crap." said Leisey. who
voted with Jon Sanborn. Robert Noe
and Aitreuier to oppose the delay.
The zoning request was denied with
the same split vote.
The second request for commer
cial zoning came from Bob Crocker,
a former planning board member
who asked the commissioners to
change the zoning of four 50-foot
lots on N.C. 179 beside the NAPA
store from MFH-2 residential to
"central business." Crocker said he
has a potential buyer for the proper
ty who wants to build a real estate
office.
Altreuter pointed out that no ad
r
joining property owners have op
posed the zone change.
Sanborn noted that the NAFA
store and a convenience store across
the street arc on property tuat is al
ready zoned commercial.
Noe also said that Crocker's pro
posal was different from the previ
ous request because ii was "just ex
tending an existing commercial
zone."
But Leisey voiced opposition to
the idea of re-zoning any property in
the town from residential to com
mercial, calling such changes a "re
duction" in land use that "violates a
cardinal principal of zoning."
Schaack also opposed the change,
saying the board was not being con
sistent in its policy on such zoning
changes.
"How can we all of a sudden do
something different a mile or two up
the road?"
Again there was a 4-to-2 vote,
this time with Schaack and Leiscy
opposed, to approve the zoning
change from residential to commer
Cmi
In another matter, the board voted
5-to-l, with Leisey dissenting, to
prohibit the South Brunswick Water
and Sewer Authority from purchas
ing the Carolina Blythe sewage
treatment plant, which currently
serves the Carolina Shores portion
of the town.
"I can-'t see how you can tell
somebody that he can't sell his com
pany to the authority," Leisey said.
**l don't think it's legal."
Altreuter said she had been ad
vised that the move was legal, but
probably not enforceable.
In other business, the board
agreed to hire Ed Bowman as
Calabash Code Enforcement Officcr.
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Budget Talks Under
Way In Varnamtown;
Public Input Sought
BY DOUG R UTTER"
Although they have one of the
smallest governmental budgets in
the county. Vamamtown officials
have wasted no time getting started
on their 1994-95 spending plan.
Mayor Pro Tern Ennis Swain re
ported at Tuesday night's town
board meeting that the finance com
mitter held its first meeting April 18
and will meet again next Monday at
7:30 p.m.
"If you have any input, let some
of our members know," said Swain,
who serves as chairman of the com
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tions."
Alderman Win Mymford rrcom
mended the town set aside $60 next
fiscal year for a telephone answering
machine for town hall. While work
ing there one recent morning.
Mumford said the phone rang a
dozen times in 90 minutes.
"Every time it was some different
legislative agency .insiug io ialk iu
the mayor or town clerk, and I told
them I was just the maintenance
man," Mumford joked.
Vferasstfows's finance committee
is expected to present a proposed
1 994-95 budget to town aldermen at
their June 13 meeting. A nuhlie
hearing has been tentatively planned
for June 27.
One major item that may or may
not be considered as part of the new
budget is trash pickup.
Mumford reported Tuesday night
that Waste Management of Bolivia
would charge the town 510,200 j>sr
year for once-a-week, door-to-door
trash pickup.
For 51,500 extra, the company
would provide a 90-gallon trash
container for cach home so residents
wouldn't have to buy their own
garbage cans.
Based on an estimate of 200
homes, Mumford said the cost per
homeowner would be $5! per year
without the container or 558.50 with
the container. Either way, the cost
per family would be less than 55 per
month.
Mumford said Waste Manage
ment would bill the town. !t would
be up to town officials to collect
money from each resident, unless
the board decided to pay for the ser
vice with town funds.
A /C Unit Installed
King s Heating &. Air Condi
tioning of Shallonc recently in
stalled a new five-tun package heat
pump at town hall, which should
help keep things cooler this summer.
Mumford said King's submitted
the lower of two bids the town re
ceived. The unit cost $4,500, and the
town will have to pay an electrician
about $100 for wiring.
Aldermen had included $4,000 in
this year's budget for the air-condi
tioning unit. They voted Tuesday to
transfer $600 from the reserve hind
to cover the extra cost.
Thwn Tim Nnkv?
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Mayor Judy Galloway said sever
al residents want the board to adopt
a noise ordinance, but town officials
took no action Tuesday night.
"The biggest problem with an or
dinance like this is we have no way
to enforce it," Mumford said.
"10 establish an ordinance that
can't be enforced is worse than no
ordinance ai ail, becausc if you can't
enforce it your other ordinances be
come a joke." he said.
Board Supports Parks
Aldermen adopted a resolution
Tuesday night supporting Senate
Bill 733, which would earmark part
of the st*te excise >flT for develop
ment of parks.
Town officials are in the early
stages of planning development of
their three-acre park off Vamam
town Road.
Aldermen said Tuesday they want
it to include a Softball field, play
ground equipment, restrooms and
parking area.
Howard Capps of Wilmington, a
professional planner who is working
on the town's land use plan, has
agreed to design the park at no
charge.
Toilets For Sale
In other business Tuesday, alder
men voted to seii an old door io
Mkiget Vanrnm for $30. Varnum
had purchased a storm door from the
tov>n last month for SiO.
The town board also is interested
in selling two large fans for $15
each, one small fans for $10, two
toilets for $!5 apiece and a sink for
$10.
Planning Board Meeting
Alderman Ada McDonald said
the planning board will meet Mon
day, June 6, at 7 p.m. to work on the
land use plan.
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