The State Port
SOUTHPORT N.C.
VOLUME 66/ NUMBER 39
50 CENTS
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BUDGET PROPOSAL
Long Beach
tax remains
at 39 cents
By Richard Nubel
Municipal Icditor
In Ins capacity as budget officer,
town manager Jerrv Walters has sub
mitted a proposed $b.3-millfon bud
get tor the I own of Long Beach in
fiscal year 1 W7-W.
Here is the cost-ol-li\ mg informa
tion:
■ I he budget proposal includes no
property tax increase.
■ 1 he budget proposal includes no
water rate increase.
■ A solid waste fee increase is al
most assured, but will be determined
bv council.
What
about
Tbwn manager Jerry
Waiters' lean budget proposal
of this week leaves to town
council one important ancN.
controversial question: How
will Long Beach raise
$330,000 for a Sea Turtle
Habitat Restoration Project if
the opportunity arises?
Walters’ proposal indicates
the need might be there, but is
silent on how to raise the
money.
The Sea Turtle Habitat Res
toration project - under design
by the U. S. Army Corps of
See Thirties, page 6
The budget contains
a recommendation
for Town Hall
expansion and a
commitment to
expand the town
recreation center
I he budget proposed hv Walters is
about $300.00(1 less than the budget
approved by council for the current
year and anticipates no increase in the
town’s present tax rate of 39 cents per
$ 1(H) valuation. It anticipates no in
crease in the present water rate, as
water purveyor Brunswick County
has proposed no rate increase. An in
crease in residential solid waste col
lection fees, now S3.48 per month,
could reach as high as $7.28 per
month depending upon how council
opts to dispose ot vard debris and
w hat form recvclmg eltorts take in the
coming \ ear
Walters' budget proposal, with its
zero tax increase proposal, was di:
trihuted to councilors Friday and w ill
be the sulgect ol upcoming budget
wiirkshops. W lule Walters stud, in his
budget message, that the proposal re
fleets council’s budget wishes ex
pressed at a March workshop, the
manager's proposal ot last year was
drastically changed after presentation
to ciiiincil in Mat. 1 990
Council last year added over $1.1
million to Walters’ proposal of one
year ago. at the same time adding
See Long Beach, page 11
Erosion problem
More beachfront
areas threatened
B\ Kicluird Nuhel
Municipal Intiloi
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vioii lino.ileus propel t> destruction in once sale soolums ol the Long
Ii waterfront il no beach nourishmonl program is undertaken. council
I lucsrlas niglil.
moii conirol coiimiillcc chairman Russ Morrison told council areas
,| 4()th Sued SL could he llirealened lo die exleni eastern areas ol
Khlronl are now it nothing is done to holster Ironial dunes.
,ai's presentation came at the request ol councilor Lrances Allen.
.. heduled debate ol heachlront cotulitions. asking if homeowners had
\ p,r exemptions horn Coastal Area Management Act provisions to
a decks and il mix sea turtles had set nested in Long Beach.
iM .sported no turtle nests as set and said Division ol Coastal
■ mein ol lie nils were expediting exemption permit requests, taking
,nous In lacsimdc
iM,n said the Long Beach wulcrlronl was m "\ei\ serious condo
,d llirealened to become wot sc
■ ,,p4T>lh Snort t axi could he ax bird ax the cast end." Mtnnxtni
, don't get a nourishment program going, we will he in the
maiioii as in the cast ll erosion Breaches the dune in the west, we
, a sexeie piopcitx loss "
M,n s .oiiuneiUs come as toxxn council prepares to debate town
, p-iix Walters' budget proposal lor the fiscal yeni to begin Jul\ I
, .p,isal salls loi establishment of a capital project ordinance which
■ aiu a piopi wed lund of S 1 1(1,000 -- the low n s share ol a sea
|,lLll |ash'i.111on pio|ecl now uiulei design bx the L S Arms
See Couneil, page 9
The short new of (1 rent t I,tikes tin d- Him- install i de'Ve'nr noz
zle on the end of pipeline as a non: iduneni ol Bald th oil Island's South
Photo l>> |iiii M;«n»fr
Beach (and deepening (it the Smith Island channel I (joes into the second
Meek. The project is expected to end around June I.
Rate - lays same
County budget figures
$5 million for schools
By Terry Pope
C\iuntv hditoi
County manager Jmi \ - ■ ■ 1 pto
poseil 1W7-‘)S counts 1 ■ a! a -cts
aside $5 million lor tl.r. n i. Idi
lions to South Brunts i • Mi Idle
School and Bo 11 \ i a I l .-t u\
School and hinds to huild • ' a ill
an emergency medical m i nl
station in the South|«Ti t i •• I md
community
. The property la\ iate a. ,I
the same as last y eat os - .
$ 10(1 v aluation - it t Ik ; ' :
$S4.3-mil lion budeci i| r
Brunsvy ick ('ount v i om m i
lit\ -toil! nc'A
i sitions arc
nposed, most I v in
nergencv medical
rvices. solid waste
id public utilities
mi mill
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,|' ir k mu Hu necil I' 'I mum ■ m [■!. a
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Set Itutllift. |).tue I 0
Flat-rate
! for fire,
rescue
.1 llcdllle U ' helk't ll \ i || L1111CCl
lift’ .iik] k-m in. departments
iri 11 cured inil' lhe |iri>|*ised
I MM" 'IS e i Mints budget
\ lire and rescue funding
i mii mi Hee s proposal a ,is
presented Momlav In the
Hi u i is vs ick ( i mills Board ot
( ’ mimissii^ieis hut no formal
.uiion rs as taken I he tlat-rate
plan would assess s X.()()()
See Kate, page 6
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Explanation in writing
County defends tap policy
By Terry Pope
County Fidiloi
l lit11 mm. tew peo|-I. :
liclv criticized a mundaa a ■
policy countv commissi. in
earlier this month h a tin
ter s\stem
Alter sev ctal tcaidi m ■
commi^rnntrt Minidat to ■
the new ordinance is urn on 1
the hoard defended is poll
sir uc ted comm a: I mi
Marshal 1 to put in w 1111 na 1
it\ ot torcinu residents t. .
ot-ser\ ice tees and tap n
home can access a c. aim .
I don't think pcopk i
amount ot moncv that m a
mentour water ssstem s.,. i
What we're trvinu, to do is get this system
a an equitable basis so that those who
“nefit from it pa\ tor it.
II Sue
5 coiiiiiiissioiu i
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v* 'lut s insane
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.i as is a s a. s:.s 1: v. s a i. 1 n e i e
II. . ,K .1 1 ■ "lake 'III a slein a I|iiil.ihle
!>' ill Kate mtTc.iscs to nniniop.il
. list. micrs has been the answer m the
past because “I a lack ot counts ssa
tcr users
Since l'*S" no mandators tap-on
pokes has existed lor residents who
hse alone counts ssater lines 01 in
special assessment districts (S \l)s)
'I’toperts osx nets in SADs ate as
-■ eased the cost td extending lines into
their neighborhoods, but propetls
oss nets along counts capital improse
meitt lines base nesei been assessed
lot hasing counts ssater asailable.
\oss laced ss ith tees that ntas range
I lorn sot hi [n s 1. | ill I residents ss ho
sas ikes base good .sell ssater don’t
-ce ss hs tiles must pas tor counts
ss a tel
See I’olies, page 9
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