Published by the Town of Pine Knoll Shores in the Interest of its Citizens
Town Hall 247-4353 September 1998 Fire and Rescue 911
Proposed Town Water System
Each of you received a water survey ballot. There were 2277 survey ballots mailed
and 111 ballots were returned. There were 401 ballots marked yes and 376 ballots marked
no. The remaining 1500 ballots that were mailed were not returned. We believe these
ballots convey implicit approval for the Commissioners to do what they believe is best for
the Town.
In light of these results, your Commissioners voted unanimously to continue with the
water project. As soon as the State and Rural Development approve our design plans, bids
will be advertised. This should occur within the very near future.
At this point, your Commissioners would like to express our appreciation to all of you
who took the time to fill out and return your survey ballot to Town Hall. We would especially
like to thank those who voted yes in support of your Commissioners in their endeavor to get
control of your water system and thereby, bring to you, our citizens, the best water and
water rate possible.
We would also like to thank those who took the time to write comments on your
survey ballot. Each and every suggestion was reviewed to see if there were any suggestions
that had not already been considered. We are happy to report that there were no new
thoughts or suggestions that had not been thoroughly reviewed and discussed.
To make our municipal system financially viable, all residential units will be charged
an availability fee of $10.00 per month regardless of whether they are connected to our
municipal water. An equivalent will be charged to businesses. This will be in addition to
fees charged by Carolina Water Service to its customers who remain connected to its
system. This municipal availability fee will cover the cost of repaying the water system loan,
installation and maintenance of municipal fire hydrants, and water loss during training of
firemen.
Carolina Water Service controls the current location of fire hydrants in Town and they
can do what they wish with them. In feet, they have removed two hydrants without consent
of the Town. One point in determining homeowners fire insurance rates is the distance of
residences from fire hydrants. Municipal control over location of hydrants will remove some
of the current uncertainties and we trust will promote low fire insurance rates.
Again, our sincere thanks to all of you.