Newspapers / The Duplin Times (Warsaw, … / Feb. 26, 1981, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Duplin Times (Warsaw, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
hw? PROGRESS SENTINEL ^Ol. XXXXVNO 9 USPS 182 860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 FEBRUARY 26, 2982 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX County Plans To . Collect Taxes Duplin County plans a major drive to collect more than SI million in delinquent taxes, according to County Attorney Russell Lanier. A change in the way delinquent taxes are col lected will enable the county to seize personal property of those owing back taxes more quickly and easily than in the Ajist. he added. The new Approach will make it eco nomically possible to collect even small delinquent tax bills. Lanier said the county never has made this much of an effort to collect delinquent taxes. Computerization of countv records makes the plan workable, he said. The plan eliminates com-, ^icatcd court proceedings to W.ize property on which taxes arc owed. Lanier said. Information and forms for garnisheeing wages and at (aching bank accounts of delinquent taxpayers have been programmed into the county's computer, he said. Lanier said the paper work that required many man hours prior to computeriza- * tion now can be done in minutes. During the next 12 months, information on per sonal property will be pro grammed into the computer to enable the sheriff to seize any item needed to meet delinquent tax bills. Those items will be .sold, on the courthouse steps. The system first will de termine who is delinquent in each township. This infor ina"^n will be provided to the clerk of court. Lanier said. Property owners then will be notified by cei'ified mail of their tax delinquency. The clerk will make out the docket and order the sheriff to collect whatever property is necessary to meet the delinquent bill. The system may require adding one worker in the tax office and one deputy. Lanier said. Prior to this year, after serving notice to property i owners of tax liens against the property, the county then had to go to court to enforce collection, often a long de laying process. County Finance Officer Russell Tucker said the couniy usually has collected 95 percent of a year's taxes by June of the following ' year. In 1980, the county * billed S4.J60.0I4 in property taxes. They were due Dec. 31. Through January, $743. 071 remained uncollected and due. Taxes can be collected for ten years after fhey arc due. Tucker said $1,343,007 re mains unpaid over the 10- | vear span. a American Red Cross ? Duplin Chapter Report At a recent meeting of the Duplin O mntv chapter of the America:) Red Cross, Llovd B. Stevens. 1980 fund cam paign manager, gave the fcHimsng report v.ith community, workers ai?d . amounts:' Albertson. Hazel Ruth ^Kornegay. $173.; Bowdens. Jean Wilson and Bettie Carl ton. $43.11; Beulaville. Bill Thigpen and Chaiiie Chasten, $234.68: Calypso. Rev. Louis Galloway, $153.32; Charity. Glorious Bovkin, $50.; Chinquapin. George London and 'Jt"1 SMMSK time* tfVi//ell?$215.0(1: KeiiTChs; ville. Rev. Troy D. Mfullis. $664.64; Magnolia. Marjorie Piekett. $66.00; Rockfish. Ethel Alston. $51.35; Rose Hill. Rev. Clark Porter and Irene Carr. $873.00; Smith's. Sheila Futrell. $78.53; Teachey. Rev. Larry Blount. $40.36; Wallace. Emily Jessup and Robert Smith. S3S1.76; Warsaw. Ray Roberts and R.E. Wilkins, $?,34. OH; and Wolfscrape. 'John Goodson. $107.40. The combined total amounfed to $4,014.43 and was reported to be the best campaign in about ten years, according to the secretary and treasurer's records. REP. DOUG CLARK, center, has been appointed to the House agriculture eom Vmittcc of the 1981 General Assembly. He is shown at the first meeting with Committee Chairman Vernon James, right, and Agri culture Commissioner Jim Ciraham at the Raleigh Farmers Market. DK. HUGH POWELL, left, of Rose Hill, has ^received an award from N.C. Commissioner "of Agriculture Jim Graham for 20 years' service to the N.C. Department of Agri M ? HI ? culture. He is presently serving as director of the Rose Hill Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. First Signs Of Spring SPRING-LIKE VvcATHER TO CONTINUE The spring like weather that has given the area a respite from the chilling winter is expected to continue through Friday. The extended forecast calls for fair weather with highs in (he low 60s and lows in the 30s. The warming trend will continue through Friday with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 60s to around 70? Always the first sign of spring are the daffodils shown above. Board Of Commissioners Approves Money For Hospital The Board of Commis sioners approved $100,000 last week for remodeling the first floor of the south wing into rental offices for private ? physicians. The plan presented bv Herb McKim of Ballard. McKim & Sawyer, a Wil mington architectural firm, calls for tearing out present partitions and establishing two offices. One would be used by two physicians working together and the other by one physician. The project also includes paved parking for 27 vehicles. The offices will be rented at fees comparable with similar privately-owned of fices. The rental payments /will be credited to the hos pital account. Hospital Administrator Richard Karrell said the office space is needed as soon as possible. He said an obstetrician - gynecologist planning to locate in the area would rent one of the offices almost immediately. Two in ternal medicine specialists have indicated they are seriously considering locating in the county and would use the larger office, he told the board. Commissioner W.J. Costin. who made the motion to have the work done, said it is one way of helping the hospital achieve financial in dependence from the county government. The county contributed $75,000 to the hospital's maintenance in the last fiscal year. The board will finance the work with $60,000 from revenue sharing funds. $25,000 from hospital capital outlay funds and $15,000 expected from Duke Endow ment funds. The board approved the offer of S8.4bb.76 for library furniture from Omega Enterprises of Rose Hill, the county workshop for the handicapped. The Omega workers will make the circu lation desk, two reading tables and shelving for books and periodicals. The board received $27.t>0() front the state for library construction Monday. The Division of Cultural Re sources indicated the county might receive a similar amount in July. The new library will be ready for occupancy in March, according to Bobbie Williams, county librarian. Wallace Mayor Melvin Cording came before the board to respond to criticism last month of the magis trate's office in the Wallace cityhall by County Clerk of Court John A. Johnson. Cording told the board it is not the town's responsibility to supply office space for a magistrate, although the town does furnish the magis trate the office in the town hall. If more space is re quired. he said, "we simply have no more space avail able." Cording said the office measures 10 feet by 14 feet and that its location is con venient for the police depart ment. Commissioner Franklin Williams said the office is no mote cramped for space than other magistrates' offices in the county. Johnson asked the board a month ago to move the office front the town hall to another location. The board appointed Cals in Mercer, chairman of the county soil and water district, as county contract administrator to act as the county's watchdog over the contracts to he let in the next year for the Limestone ? Muddy Creek Watershed project in the eastern area of the county. The part time position will pay $h.4() per hour plus 22 cents per ntilc for travel. Sheriff T. F.. Rcvclle re ceived approval for part time help to replace a clerk who will he on maternity leave until April 1. The hoard also approved the hiring of a special deputy to work with Deputy Karl Whitaker. who is retiring March 15. The special deputy will he pro moted to Whitaker's position at that time. Juvenile Delinquency Group To Meet The Duplin County Task Force on Community Based .Alternatives will meet on Thursday. March 5, in KenansvUle in the civil courtroom in the courthouse at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is part of the annual review process for funding up coming programs and is open to the public. The intent will be to gather input from the community to help decide on programs to be funded for next year to help troubled youth in Duplin County. The task force is made up of representatives from both local and state child-serving agencies as well as con cerned citizens. Their parti cipation is voluntary. The task force was appointed by the county commissioners as part of a statewide move ment intended to find local alternatives for youth with problems rather than institu tional commitment. Any private citizens, group or club representative is invited to attend and parti cipate. according to Mark Vinson, chairman of the task force. * n,? Receives Water Bids Ramey Inc. of Clemmons entered the lowest of 23 bids for five additional miles of waterlines on the county water system. Alfred Dixon, system ad ministrator. said the low bid totaled $%.2*b.b0. The sys tem's engineering firm. Municipal Engineering Service of Garner, estimated the cost at SI30.000 prior to the bid opening. The second lowest bid ? at $103,541 ? came from Mercer & Sons Construction Co. The third lowest bid. S103.724. came from Blue Contracting Co. Johnson Brothers Inc. entered the highest bid at $187,622. Dixon will recommend a contractor tor the project to the county Board of Com missioners at its March 2 meeting. In most instances, the losest bid is accepted. Construction will begin about the middle of March. The extension is part of a SS00.000 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment project. The remaining money will be used to re habilitate or replace 37 homes. The original system in eluded 18 miles of water lines between Kcnansvillc and Grecnevers. It cost S384.000 and serves 110 customers. The extension will add 33 customers. January water billings totaled $1,212. Hardison Reppointed To Retirement ? ' ". < System Board Of Trustees Lieutenant Gov. James C. Green announced the re-ap pointment of Senator Harold Hardison to the North Caro lina Retirement System Board of Trustees. Senator Hardison has served on the 13-member board since 1973. ureen explained that Har disou was chosen because "he has the ability, experi ence and compassion to ad minister effectively a program of such importance to the retired employees of the state." The retirement system is large, having an investment '? I portfolio valued at over $3 billion. By comparison, the budget of the entire state is S10 billion. Hardison said that the N.C. Teachers and State Employees retirement system '"is one of the soundest retirement pro grams in the United States. It 1 Jr t is looked up to by other states as a model for their own programs." The board of trustees ad ministers the retirement system for over 180.dOO state employees and several thousand employees of various local municipalities.
The Duplin Times (Warsaw, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 26, 1981, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75