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September 2006 • Vol. 3, No. 3 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. Town Hall 247-4353
Slate November
Vote on Change
Of Government
Pine Knoll Shores voters will decide at
the November 7 General Election whether
the Town's form of government should be
changed from mayor/council to council/
manager.
Town commissioners, who support the
change, voted 4 to 0 at a special meeting
August 15 to put a referendum on the
November ballot that would amend the
Town Charter to provide for the change
in the form of government. Commissioner
Danehy was not present for the vote.
A switch to the council/manager system
would place primary responsibility for
the conduct of everyday operations of the
municipal government in the hands of a
professional town manager, leaving the
council as a largely policy-making body.
While some current officials did not look
with favor on such a change in the past,
it is now generally agreed that the strong
growth and redevelopment the Town is
experiencing, coupled with the increasing
complexities of government, requires
the consistent day-to-day professional
management a town manager would
provide.
A change in the manner in which the
town is governed has been the subject of
discussion for some time. A town-wide
(Vote on Change) Continued on Page 15
Monday Morning Must
Put Out the Trash
If you live in Pine Knoll Shores, what's
the first thing you should do on Monday
mornings? Put out the trash! At least that's
what town officials are urging citizens to
get into the habit of doing.
Theurging comes after two recent incidents
in which trash remained uncollected in
some areas when it was put out after
garbage collectors had already made their
pickups in that neighborhood. In each case
householders in the effected areas were used
to having their trash picked up later in the
day, and did not expect an early morning
collection.
The first problem occurred after the
Memorial Day weekend when Waste
Finally underway! Targeted for completion in 2007, construction of the new clubhouse
of the Country Club of the Crystal Coast has begun.
New Clubhouse Becoming
A Reality at Country Club
By Bill White
the club's Clubhouse Construction Group
are shooting for completion next spring. The
new building, which will afford sweeping
views across Bogue Sound, is a single story
structure offering some 11,000 square feet
of space, much of it devoted to spacious
banquet and meeting facilities that can be
divided into smaller units suitable for groups
of various sizes.
In anticipation of the coming of the new
clubhouse, the club's 18 hole golf course was
reconfigured a few months ago. The front
nine essentially became the back nine and
the back nine the front nine. The change put
the first hole, formerly the 10'\ out in front
of the clubhouse. The old first hole, now the
10* is located across Oakleaf Drive from the
club's parking lot and did not offer the sound
views that the new first hole features.
Social events at the club, formerly known
as Bogue Banks Country Club, have been
(New Clubhouse) Continued on Page 4
By next summer, members and visitors
to The Country Club of the Crystal Coast
in Pine Knoll Shores should be able to sit
on the back deck of a new clubhouse with
a cool drink in hand and not only enjoy
a commanding view of Bogue Sound but
applaud or chuckle at the efforts of golfers
teeing off in front of them.
Pilings to support the new clubhouse
were driven last month and members of
Industries, the waste collection contractor,
started pickups early in the hope of avoiding
delays expected to be occasioned by traffic
going to and from the newly reopened
aquarium More recently. Waste Industries
has been trying different routes in the hope
of finding a formula through which the job
can be completed in one day.
While the experiment with new routes
may be temporary, town officials point
out that there are many circumstances
under which trash collectors may find it
necessary to depart from established routes:
traffic accidents, road work, flooding after a
heavy rain to name a few. If trash is put out
(Monday Morning Must) Continued on Page 4
Interest Grows
On Wastewater
Treatment Front
By Charlie McBriarty
Increasing attention is being given to the
sewage systems and their impact on the
Town of Pine Knoll Shores. Many of the
homes, condominiums, hotels, and other
facilities in the town were built in the 60's
and 70's. During the intervening years
the concern for and understanding of the
environmental impact of these systems
has grown. As a consequence, county
and state rules and regulations governing
systems have been modified to reflect this
improved understanding and the need
to protect the environment. In addition,
the technology regarding these systems
has experienced increased attention and
significant advancements have been made.
Finally, the impact of failure of these aging
wastewater treatment systems, experienced
elsewhere, has sent out warning signals to
individual citizens, owners of multiple-
occupancy facilities, community leaders,
and the mayor and commissioners that
something must be done now to avert a
system failure in Pine Knoll Shores.
What.to do with the aging sewer
systems in the town has been a topic that
has generated a great deal of attention.
Opiruons have been expressed in the Letters
to the Editor section of the local newspaper.
It has been an agenda item of many condo
and homeowners associations. It has also
been a topic of discussion at board of
commissioners meetings.
There appears to be differences of
opinion about what needs to be done
about wastewater systems in Pine Knoll
Shores. Most Pine Knoll Shores home
owners maintain their own septic system.
Many of them appear to take the position
that they are responsible for the care,
maintenance, and upkeep of their own
(Wastewater) Continued on Page 4
LABRIE LAWRENCE J ETUX
144 BEECHWOOD DR
PINE KNOLL SHORES, NC 28512
Standard
Pre-Sort
Permit #35
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