4A - The Morrisville and Preston Progress, Wednesday, May 24,1995
Morrisville budget adopted, money set aside for sewer
By BfFF ELLER
The Mcmsville town board Mon
day night adopted a hold-the-line
budget which included no tax in
crease but set aside money to help
finance an expansion of water and
sewer lines.
Following a hearing, com
missioners unanimously adopted
the $4.4 million budget.
"This budget was a lot of work
this year because of the water and
sewer. Many departments didn’t
have increases, but I want the
citizens of Morrisville to know that
we have money," said Com
missioner Bill Ufferman.
Morrisville officials are in the
midst of negotiations and planning
for a huge sewer and water project
with Wake County and Raleigh.
The town is now setting aside funds
to pay for those expanded facilities.
The budget includes $1.4 million
left in the general fund to pay prin
cipal and interest on the water and
sewer connection to the city of
Raleigh.
The budget goes into effect at the
start of the new fiscal year July 1.
The budget was based on a tax
valuation for the town of Morris
ville of $342 million, up from $329
million last year, said Bill Cobey,
town manager.
The tax rate is 52 cents per $100
valuation of property, plus eight
cents per $100 valuation for the
Morrisville fire district tax.
Included in the budget is a five
percent salary increase for all town
Town Board Briefs
NEW FLOORING APPROVED
Work should begin soon to install
new tile flooring in the Luther
Green Center, on Church Street, to
bring the facility into compliance
with federal Meals on Wheels re
quirements.
The town board last Monday
night voted to spend $1,530 for the
new tile flooring, and to have town
work crews install a handicapped
ram and bathroom at the center.
The Luther Green Center is the
headquarters for the town-
sponsored Meals on Wheels pro
gram to feed the indigent. The town
pays for food preparation and
delivery, and had been losing
$7,700 annually in federal rebates
because the building doesn’t meet
federal requirements, said Bill
Cobey, town manager.
The authorization to spend the
money passed by a 5-0 vote.
BOARD SETS PUBLIC
HEARING ON RESIDENT’S
REZONING REQUEST
The town board set June 12 as the
date for a public hearing on the
Robert Bowman’s request to the
town to annex his home on Avia
tion Parkway into the town limits.
Leisa Powell, town planner, said
Bowman had asked for the annexa
tion in light of the triple water rate
he pays as a non-resident.
CIVIL PENALTIES
SUSPENDED - -
PENDING CLEAN-UP
Wallace Baker, code enfOTcement
officer reported that three property
owners cited for non-compliance
with the town’s appearance laws
have been given additional time to
clean-up their property.
William Harrington of 802
Church St. the Hansley heirs of
N.C.54, and Johnnie McCrimmon
of 11120 Chapel HUl Rd, have
been given additional time with
civil penalties waived during the
period to meet town appearance
laws.
A fourth property owner, Gerald
Perry of Aviation Parkway has had
his case sent to the town attorney
for collection of non-compliance
. penalties totalling $2,020.
HOPELINE
ASKS FOR FUNDS
Ann Roberson-Royster a
volunteer for Hopeline asked the
town board for $1,000 for the 24
hour arsis line’s operating budget
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SAULS EXPRESSES
AWKWARDNESS’
Former mayor Ernest Lumley,
present as a spectator at the board
meeting Mon(tey thanked the board
for the plaque and ceremony at Sat
urday’s Day At The Park festival.
Mayor Pro Tern Billy Sauls, lead
ing his first meeting in Lumley’s
absence paid his own special
tribute to Lumley.
"I don’t feel awkward sitting
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employees who have been with the
town since January. Only one new
employee, a police officer, will be
added to the staff.
The police department budget is
$641,495 up nearly $70,000 from
the current year.
Cobey said the increase is due to
the hiring of the new officer, whose
salary will be 75 percent federally
funded, increases in equipment and
vehicle maintenance and the 5 per
cent salary inaease.
The cost of getting a business
privilege license in MorrisviDe will
go up. from $20 to $50.
Cobey has budgeted revenue of
$18,282 due to the business hcense
inaease, up from $5,560 collected
this fiscal year.
There is no change in the water
and sewer rate, already among the
highest charged in Wake County.
Those rates will stay at $2.49 per
thousand gallons for water, and
$7.24 per thousand for sewer.
There also is a monthly administra
tive charge of $3.07 per bill.
The total dollars in the new
budget actually are declining by 13
percent, Cobey said, because the
town will not make a large payment
to Raleigh for water capacity, and
because there will be a smaller
transfer of money to the water and
sewer fund.
Other highlights of the budget in
clude the inaease of salaries for the
commissioners and maya.
Commissioners salaries were in
creased $1,000 a year to $4,500 and
the Mayor’s salary upped $1,000 to
$5,500.
The board voted Monday night,
after approving the budget, to up
the pay of Mayor Pro Tem Billy
Sauls to $5,500 since he’s perform
ing the duties of mayor.
Commissioner Ufferman made
the motion, Sauls abstained, and it
passed unanimously. Sauls as
sumed the lead of the board when
former mayor Ernest Lumley
Stepped down earlier this month to
move to Middlesex.
The fire department will get
$33,000 for equipment needed for a
truck the town plans to purchase,
and week-end incentive pay of
$16,875 for voluntea firefighters
has been included in the new
budget.
Thae is a reduction of $10,000 in
the amount the town will give to
the Morrisville Chamba of Com
merce. The Chamba will get
$25,000 in budget year 95-96.
Ufferman expressed concern for
continuing the effort to extend
sewa service to all parts of Morris
ville, in addition to those areas
being newly developed. "It is very
important that we get the grants, or
whatever to get sewer to the rest of
Morrisville," said Ufferman.
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