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BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE MAY 17,20171 A5 The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Continued Budget— From A1 income would be drawn from court fines and forfeitures. There is also a budget of $375,000 for capital outlay. “The overall reduction for the 2017-2018 budget would be approximately $ 1,515,700. This is with information given by the state about average daily membership (ADM) and the reduction in force,” said Dr. Hill. “How many terminations will there be?” asked Bertie County Commission Vice Chairman Ernestine Ba- zemore. “Currently there are 28 terminations for this school year,” replied Dr. Hill. “Will there be any next year? The public thinks the cuts came from the wrong de partments and they should have come from central of fice,” said Commissioner Tammy Lee. According to Dr. Hill, the school board is still working on the workforce reductions for the central office. Commissioner Ron Wes son asked, “Will the approxi mate $800,000 be paid off by the end of the year?” The $800,000 being dis cussed is part of the nega tive fund balance from the current fiscal year. “Yes, it should be cor rected,” said Bertie County Schools Finance Director Lisa Rabone. An itemized list for local funding expenditures includ ed: * $350,000 for payments to charter school, * 50,339 for office of the su perintendent, * $73,000 for legal servic es, * $254,419 for the board of education, * $13,828 for human re sources, * $75,000 for financial ser vices, * $625,502 for mainte nance, * $176,374 for transporta tion, * $145;000 for custodial operations, * $871,340 for utilities, * $110,082 for communica tion services, * $32,550 for e-rate, * $10,034 for regular cur ricular, * $8,000 for security sup port services, * $9,511 for media, * $107,216 for co-curricu- lar, * 32,803 for social work, and * $106,000 for regular in struction. There was no project de tails included for the capital outlay fund entry. “We are trying to be trans parent and giving every thing,” said Dr. Hill. “One meeting the board was looking at new activ ity buses. It would be nice to see line items for capital outlay funds,” said Commis sioner Stuart White. Commissioner White also inquired about Bertie Coun ty having to pay $5,500 rent for the use of a building at the Bertie Early College High School for Bertie County Emergency Services. “Taxpayers’ dollars have already paid for the build ing. I think this needs to be looked at again,” added White. Trucks From A1 which had previously been changed and adopted by the Windsor Planning Board. The guidelines allow food trucks to operate inside the business district, but not in residential or in office and industrial areas. Food trucks are allowed to operate from 6 ?i.m. un til 7 p.m. unless they are within 150 feet of residential property. If so, the allowable hours change to 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Commissioner David Over- ton said he wanted to make sure brick and mortar busi nesses in town were treated fairly with respect to a mo bile competitor. “I’m not against food trucks,” he stressed. Holland and Town Admin istrator Allen Castelloe said the town would charge rent if food trucks located on town property, but when they were on private prof>- erty, the decision would belong to the owner of that property. Commissioner Jon Pow ell then asked whether the new regulations would affect fundraisers for churches and other nonprofit organi zations. Holland said the new zon ing ordinance only covered self-powered vehicles, and Castelloe added it would be self-powered, for-profit ve hicles. “It’s good to have an an swer, because that question will come up,” Commission er Amy Williford said. Holland also said the regu lations would not have any affect on the vendors at emy town-sanctioned events such as the Sage Festival. From there, the discus sion centered around the advisability of allowing food trucks on public property. Holland said the food trucks would be allowed on public property, according to the ordinance, but with a rental fee set by the town commissioners. “Initially, 1 was concerned about the businesses al ready here who pay taxes, water bills and electric bills and the possibility food trucks would take away busi ness,” Castelloe said. “1 was originally opposed to it be ing on public property. If it is on private property, those property owners already pay taxes.” Overton said he felt the same way, and was con cerned about the advisabil ity of allowing for-profit busi nesses to locate on public property. Williford said there were two ways to look at the situ ation. “A lot of food trucks have a strong social media pres ence,” she said. “When they post where they will be, people follow them. It could bring people into town who may not normally come here.” Holland said the town would charge daily rental that would allow other tax payers to feel the food trucks were paying their fair share. Castelloe added the town would look to see whether they could come up with a reasonable fee that would be in the same neighborhood as brick and mortar businesses pay daily. The figures discussed ranged from $100 per day to $200 per day. Mayor Pro-Tempore Cathy Wilson asked Castelloe for his recommendation. He said he would suggest adopting the ordinance, but changing it to say they could locate on designated public property. The board agreed to do so, and designated the boardwalk area behind Speedway as the only ap proved location at the mo ment. Powell made the motion to approve the ordinance with Castelloe’s recommended changes and Wilson offered a second. The motion was approved by a 5-0 vote. MAKE YOUR IMAGE COUNT! Get Business Cards - Fast and Affordable Cooke COMMUNICATIONS NORTH CAROUNA IXC CALL TODAY! 252-792-1181 Principals ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR In a later email, Fields- Bunch said the high school was currently under the direction of the two assistant princi- From A1 pals - veteram adminis trators William Ledford and Tony Hoggard. Lee was suspended Friday, according to Fields-Bunch. Aulander is currently being led by Curricu- lum and Instruction Di- ijv’ rector Dr. Linda Justus. Fields-Bunch said there is no return date set for either of the two principals. % Grant From A1 Lawrence Carter Jr. of fered a second, and the motion passed without objection. In other business, the board: * asked for an update on the street sweeper, which they were told runs each Thursday be ginning in the business district to allow it to be finished before busi nesses open; * received an up date on the deadline extension for proper ties which are eligible to seek buyout or el evation due to flooding concerns; * heard an update on elevation of two previ ously-approved prop erties in town; * approved a $300 per month lease for the Farmer’s Market with John Sherron; * voted to give $1,000 to Pound the Sound; and * gave preliminary approval to closing King Street for the Sage Festival. yj 24 HOUR emergency service no hidden delivery fees - GAS APPLIANCE SALES & SERVICE PRE-BUY & LOCK IN PROGRAMS YEARLY Wednesdays Only! Bring in 2-20 lb cylinders- Buy 1 refill-get 2nd refill half price! COUNTY W HEALTH WINDSOR oma 104RhodesJlvenue Windsor. NC 27983
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