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Tax valuation process winds down
Rhea: Values could increase slightly
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The Bertie Coun
ty tax reevaluation process
is almost complete.
Bertie County Tax Admin
istrator Jodie Rhea gave the
Bertie County Commissioner
a recent update.
“Our department has
spent the two years prepar
ing and now we are starting
to finish up,” said Rhea. “Al
though we do not know the
numbers right now, 1 can say
there may be a modest in
crease.”
“Some taxes may go up.
Some taxes may go down and
some may stay the same,” he
added.
Bertie County like every
other county in the state is
required to do a tax reevalu
ation every eight years.
According to Rhea, the
current reevaluation was
done as a “windshield as
sessment.”
The evaluators would pull
up to the property and do an
assessment by looking at the
property.
The drive-by assessment
cost the county approxi
mately $360,000.
“1 would like to see a walk-
around reassessment or a re
measurement reassessment
completed in the county,”
said Rhea.
During a walk-around re
assessment, the examiner
would get out of the vehicle
and walk around on the out
side of the property.
During a remeasurement
reassessment, the examiner
will get out and remeasure
all of the measurements on
the property.
“There is a lot of missed
revenue across the county.
See TAX, A5
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Theft of
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THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
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Bertie County Schools received the Going the Distance in
novation Award for increasing participation in the North Car
olina Summer Nutrition Program. Pictured is Bertie County
AMANDA BUNCH / Bertie County Schools
Schools employees with the Bertie County Summer Feeding
Bus. The employees distributed school supplies to children
at the summer feeding location.
Summer feeding program
recognized for innovation
WINDSOR - A joy ride
with a neighbor’s ve
hicle landed a Windsor
man behind bars last
week.
Windsor Police Chief
Justin Jackson said offi
cers received a call Jan.
11 about a truck miss
ing from a home on Dal
ton Drive.
Cpl. Chris Leggett and
Cpl. David Lafon report
ed to the home, and the
owner of the vehicle
said his neighbor told
him he had taken his
truck and left it at the
Chowan River bridge.
The victim said he
went outside and found
out the truck was in
deed missing.
The Windsor police
officers drew warrants
and arrested Colin
Rose, 19, of Clark Av
enue in Windsor.
Upon questioning.
Rose told officers where
the vehicle was actually
located, which was at
a private residence in
Hertford. Hertford Po
lice located the vehicle
and notified Windsor
Police.
Rose was charged
with motor vehicle theft
and confined to the Ber-
tie-Martin Regional Jail
under a $5,000 secured
bond.
Thadd White can be
reached via email at
twhite@ncweeklies.com.
ABC Board
revenues
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - When school is
out for the summer, the North
Carolina Summer Nutrition Pro
grams step in to feed hungry
children and teenagers across
the state.
School Nutrition Services re
cently recognized Bertie Coun
ty Schools with the Going the
Distance Innovation Award for
increasing participation in the
North Carolina Summer Nutri
tion Program by 15 percent
through implementation of in
novative strategies.
Bertie County is receiving
th's award for the second year
in a row.
This year, the school nutrition
program implemented a more
aggressive approach of market
ing through social media, add
ed a second mobile meals site
and is currently on a strategic
to increase participation and
potentially reduce expenses.
“Providing our students
with nourishing, healthy food
doesn’t end when school ends
for the summer. Our goal is to
continue to keep their minds
and bodies nourished during
the summer break so they can
be energized when it is time for
them to return to school,” said
Bertie County Schools Nutri
tion Program Director Tiwana
Smallwood.
“By supporting programs
that provide balanced meals
throughout the summer, we are
helping to keep North Carolina
children on the path to success.
See FEEDING, AS
' WINDSOR - Revenue has
increased.
During the audit pre
sentation to the Bertie
County Commission
ers, ABC Board Member
Michael Freeman ex
plained how sales and
operating expenses im
proved in the 2018-2019
fiscal year.
A letter attached to
the audit from auditor,
W. Greene, PLLC, stat
ed, “Our responsibility
is to express an opinion
on these financial state
ments based on our au
dits. We conducted our
audits in accordance
with audience stan
dards generally accept
ed in the United States
of America. Those stan
dards require that we
plan and perform the
audit to obtain reason
able assurance about
whether the financial
statements are free
of material misstate
ment.”
The audited finan
cial statements of the
ABC Board consist
See ABC, A5
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