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00039 Serving Mac/is on And Northern Buncombe Counties Thursday, April 14, 1988 Hot Springs OKs Vote On Beer, Wine By HASS1E PONDER Staff Writer The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen agreed Monday to allow town residents to vote on whether to allow the sale of beer and wine for off premises consumption in Hot Spr ings. Aldermen had discussed the pro posed referendum on the sale of beer and wine at last month's meeting, but did not act on the issue. Before a vote , by the aldermen could be taken, the board had to check on legal questions surrounding the sale of beer in town. At the present time, Hot Springs is the only town in Madison County that has a state ABC (liquor) store. If voters in the town approve the sale of beer and wine, Hot Springs will be the only town in Madison County selling those beverages. The town board has agreed to call for the referendum on the beer and wine issue because of the additional revenue the sale of those beverages could mean for the town, said Hot Springs Mayor Kenny Ramsey. "If the sale of beer is voted in by the people of Hot Springs, it will generate much-needed revenue that will other y wise more than likely come from raising water rates and taxes and such," Ramsey said. Additional revenues for the town Alderman Won't Resign After All By HASSIE PONDER Staff Writer Hot Springs Alderman Wesley Staude has decided not to resign from the Board of Aldermen. Staude announced his resigna tion from the board three weeks ago due to "personal reasons " But, after receiving "numerous phone calls and visits" from peo ple who voted for him, Staude has decided against the resignation. Because the Hot Springs Board of Aldermen had not taken action accepting Staude's resignation, the resignation never actually took effect. Staude has now decid ed to simply withdraw his letter of resignation and keep his seat on the town board. Staude said that his initial deci sion to resign was not due to any disagreement with the board or town. "I needed to find a full-time job, that was my main reason for deciding to resign," he said. Staude was the only incumbent alderman in Hot Springs to seek re-election in last year's municipal election. -Continued on back page Regional, state and federal officials meet with the Marshall Board of Aldermen to BILL STUDENC PHOTO discuss the town's plans to update its waste water treatment facility. Madison Democrats Criticize Sheriff For 'Overspending' By BILL STUDENC Editor The Madison County Democratic Party endorsed Saturday a resolution criticizing Sheriff Dedrick Brown, a Republican, for "reckless spending" of county funds. The party, during its annual county convention, also conynended two members of the Madison County Board of Commissioners for taking steps to curb Brown's "appetite for overspending " Zeno Ponder, longtime Madison County Democratic leader, introduc ed the resolution, which also criticis ed the spending habits of another Republican - President Ronald ; i "Whereas our president, Ronald Reagan, has miserably failed to i balance Ms budget, and whereas our i sheriff, Mr. Dedrick Brown, has fail ed to live within his budget, and whereas two county commissioners, chairman Bobby Capps and member John Hensley. have publicly stated the facts and perhaps curbed Mr. Brown's appetite for overspending, now tlmfefore this convention goes on record commending the action by Mr. Capps and Mr. Hensley, and we regret that Mr. Reagan continues spending 9500 million each day, seven daj* a week as he has for seven-and a -ha If years," Ponder said m his resolution. "We abhor such reckless spending of our children's future." Commissioners Capps and Hensley, at a March 7 meeting, agreed to give Brown an additional 146, MO to keep his department operating through the end of the fiscal year But even with the extra money, Brown was forced to make cutbacks in sheriff's department per sonnel. Commissioners recommended that he lay off three deputies, but Brown decided to lay off four dispatchers, who also serve as jailers, and close Madison County Jail. The commissioners and Brown have since found themselves in a run ning battle over funding for the sheriff's department Capps and Heasley purchased advertising space - in The News Record outlining their position, prompting Brown to take out an ad the following week explaining his side of the dispute Commissioner Reese Stoen, who was absent from the March 7 meeting, cast a resounding - and the only - "no" vote to Ponder's resolu Continued on back page v Hf ? ? Mary's Restaurant TT , Changes Hands, To Get New Name would be in the form of beverage and sales tax, he said. Town officials have been cutting back in various municipal departments because of decreasing revenues coming into the town, Ramsey said. "Right now, we get the cans and the bottles, and everybody around us gets the taxes from it," Ramsey said. Ramsey said he could not estimate how much revenue the town may receive. "This has been thrown around and around for years, but ever since the county voted beer out in 1948, it's not come back up for a vote," he said. Beer and wine sa les could also help boost Hot Springs as a destination for -Continued on back page Marshall, State Reach Sewage Discharge Pact I By BILL STUDENC Editor t Marshall and state officials met Monday to iron out an agreement that, if approved, would enable the town to continue discharging treated wastewater into the French Broad River. That tentative agreement came as the Marshall Board of Aldermen hosted a gathering of regional, state and federal officiate to discuss possi . ble grants for more than *1 million in ' planned improvements to the town's $ wastewater treatment plaqt. If the N.C. Department of Natural i Resources and Community Develop ment (NRCD) approves the agr^e ment, Marshall can continue operating its wastewater treatment plant - despite the fact that the plant will still not comply with U.S. En vironmental Protection Agency stan dards. EPA announced Jan. 30, 1984, that all public treatment facilities must, by July 1, 1988, comply with federal standards for the discharge of wastewater into streams. Marshall, which is attempting to obtain state and federal funding for im provements to its wastewater treat ment system, will be unable to meet that deadline. State NRCD officials have fre quently warned the town that into the French Broad Rhror has not met water-quality standards. NRCD has threatened to obtain a permanent injunction that would have prevented the town from discharging into the Freneh Broad River until it is able to meet those standards. But Mike Parker of NRCD's Division of En vironmental Management, Marahall town attorney Edwin Mashburn and Heath Dobson, engineer for Marshall's sewage treatment plant Improvement project, met Monday in an attempt to forestall an injunction. The men were able to reach agree ment on a proposed consent order giving Marshall a strict timetable to follow in implementing planned im provements to its sewage treatment system. The tentative agreement also spells outs fines that will be levied against Marshall for failing to meet those deadlines. fc The consent OMfcir, wtiieh. must be signed by a Superior Court judge, calls for tbe UWn to submit its im proven) ent plans to NRCD by Dec. 90. The town must award contracts by June 30, 19M, and complete construc tion by either June 30, 1901, or Dec. 30, 1901 depending upon a ruling from NRCD officials in Raleigh Town officials are hoping they will have a full year to get the new system in compliance with the federal regulations. State officials say they -Continued on back page ? Monkeying Around Fire Department's Circus Coming After Ballfield Dispute Resolved By BILL STUDENC Editor It may not have been the greatest show on earth, but it was the best show in town Monday night when Marshall officials found themselves in middle of an argument over whether the Mar shall Elementary School baseball field should be the site for a circus. The Marshall Volunteer Eire Department had scheduled the Roberts Bros. Circus to come to town today (Thursday), not know ing that the Marshall Boosters Club had already laid claim to the baseball field. And that left some question as to whether the circus, used by the tire department as a fund-raising activity, would go on. That ques tion was answered during a lively discussion at Monday night's meeting. "We don't want to make these people (Boosters Club) made, but at the same time, where do whe tell these circus people to put their monkeys and stuff?" asked David Worley of the fire department. 'When that man drives up with his elephant, what do I tell him - 'Park that elephant, mister, we're having a little problem over the field,' " Worley said. The fire department had made plans for the circus several mon ths ago, but apparently did not check with the town board, he i said. "We thought, to be perfectly I honest, that we had the town's 1 blessing to have a circus. Now I see I was grossly overexpecting," be said. "To my knowledge, it's never teen brought before the board (hat there was a circus coming," said Alderman Ed "Doc" NUes Worley said the fire dep.) tmeft could not break its contract with the circus without paying f substantial penalty The fire ed the circus as an amual event, he said. Frwn Staff Rep Liston i tjmr, been rated as (to etiechve member of the ?Uv?s ? Unttr K ?C U (to ax* '^Senate. TtWM " tto N.C the. M ?! eff?ctivi eg 0| irt.'jsliian.P -;?rect,r?
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