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BY DOUG BUTTER
About 40 residents of the Varnamtown community
gathered Monday night to learn and form opinions about
something which has been a hot topic of conversation in
that area for several years.
Meeting for about 90 minutes at Gospel Center Baptist
Church Fellowship Hall, residents received a general
education concerning the advantages and disadvantages
of incorporation as well as the procedure a community
must follow to become a town.
Jake Wicker of the N.C. Institute of Government and
State Rep. E. David Redwine provided general comments
throughout the meeting, while also answering
specific questions raised by members of the incorporation
committee and residents.
Outlining the advantages of incorporation, Wicker
said the ability of local government to respond to community
needs is the maior benefit all areas rocoiuo
through incorporation.
Wicker, who has been with the Institute of Government
for more than 30 years, said towns can do as little or
as much as the people want. He said services commonly
provided by incorporated areas include police and fire
protection, garbage pickup, water and sewer and street
maintenance.
In the area of disadvantages, he said taxes top the
list. "If something is done," he joked, "there is a good
possibility that somebody will have to pay for it."
He added that regulation of property and personal
conduct can be both an advantage and disadvantage,
depending on each individual situation.
Wicker said the only way the area could become incorporated
would be through a special act of the N.C.
General Assembly.
Weather To
Be Warmer
The weather should be warming up
a bit in the Shallotte area over the
next few days, according to Shallotte
Point meteorologist Jackson Canady.
Canady's weather outlook calls for
temperatures to be above average,
ranging from the mid 40s at night to
the upper 60s during the day.
Rainfall is expected to be near normal
at about one-half inch.
For the period of March 15 through
21, the average daily temperature
was 47 degrees, which was seven
degrees below normal, Canady said.
The average nightly low
temperature was 33 degrees, and the
average daily high temperature was
61 degrees.
The minimum low temperature
was 23 degrees on March 16, and the
maximum high temperature was 73
degrees on March 21.
Canady measured 1.13 inches of
rainfall during the period.
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He said before approaching the state legislature, 1
residents would first have to determine the name of ine
town, exact boundaries, interim town board members,
how the governing board would operate and several other
details contained in a model town charter he presented to
the committee.
Redwine told committee leaders that he would need
all pertinent information included on the town charter
before the General Assembly reconvenes In mid-June if
the area is to be incorporated this year.
Recounting previous experiences with areas considering
incorporation, Redwine told those in attendance
that he would require a referendum of voters in the proposed
town limits before the area could become incorporated.
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Although committee member James Callan pointed
out that the area's registered voters had already supported
incorporation through a petition, Redwine said he
would require a referendum.
"It may seem to be very repetitive, but I have found
that people feel better about exercising their right to
vote," he said. "Whatever I do, I want to make sure I'm
following the wishes of you folks."
The result of a canvass of area voters earlier this
year was 126 in favor of incorporation and 26 opposed.
One major topic of discussion Monday centered
around the local governing board. As with any operations
of a town. Wicker informed area residents that they could
establish the governing body as they saw fit.
He said board members could be elected at large or
from equally-populated districts or wards. Wicker also
said the town could set up partisan or non-partisan elec
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street, that it is up to the town board to decide what
streets will be maintained. He added that the state must
take care of all major roads leading into town or running
through town.
In response to a question from area resident Terry
Varnam, Redwine said any town with a population of at
least 300 can hold a referendum to have an ABC store.
This minimum population mark was reduced last year
from 500.
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million for the tax base of the proposed town. He said his
research of the area's tax base was 60 percent complete.
A tax rate has yet not been discussed.
In response to several question from audience
members, Wicker said towns do not have to provide services
such as fire and rescue or police. He added that
municipalities are not required to develop land use plans,
construct a town hall, purchase liability insurance or
establish zoning restrictions.
Although the state does not require towns to provide
any services, Wicker added that incorporated areas must
maintain balanced budgets, follow proper accounting
procedures and undergo an annual audit.
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with various state agencies, he said, "While a town is not
required 10 do very much, they are required to do a lot if
they do anything."
According to a map outlining the proposed area of incorporation,
the southern border of the town would run
along the northern property line of the newly-developed
golf course community Lockwooa Foily. On the east, the
town would border the Lock wood Folly River.
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(S.R. 1120). The proposed town limits also include about
16 lots west of Stone Chimney Road and south of Sabbath
Home Road.
On the north, the proposed boundary runs along northern
lot lines of properties located north of Varnumtown
Road.
Answering a question of Terry Varnam Monday
night, Ennis Swain, chairman of the incorporation committee,
said the idea to exclude the subdivision Riverside
II but include the neighboring Riverside I within the proposed
boundary was approved at a previous public
meeting. Both of these areas are located north of Varnumtown
Road near the river.
Fellow committee member Roger Robinson added
that the original proposed boundary had to be altered
after learning that it was best to establish town limits
along existing lot lines or natural borders.
In addition to those mentioned, John David Dawson
also serves on the incorporation committee. The only action
taken by residents Monday night was approval of
Pam Galloway as secretary to the committee.
The next community meeting date was not determined.
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