Varnamtow
BY DOUG RUTTER
Varnamtown officials want to continue
the community's good relationship
with Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire
Department, but a required contract
between the town and the department
remains up in the air.
The contract was presented to town
aldermen by the department last j
month and discussed again Monday
night during the board's regular
monthly meeting.
Aldermen voted to try and work out
a contract with the department under
which the new town would continue to
receive firefighting services, but
would not have to make any donation
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turn, the department would be allowed
to solicit donations in town as it
has in the past.
A committee consisting of Mayor
Tracie Varnum and Aldermen Ennis
Swain and John David Dawson will
take the town's counterproposal to
fire department officials before any
contract is signed.
The document is required to show
fire insurance companies that homes
within the town limits are covered by
a local fire department, according to
Mayor Varnum. Although the town is
not required to pay for fire protection,
a contract proposed by the
department includes a blank space
for the town to commit funds on a
quarterly basis.
Aldermen considered starting
payments to the department next
fiscal year, which begins in July, but
hope to put off the payments until the
town receives its first tax property
tax revenues next January.
Board member Ada McDonald said
the request for financial support was
premature. "They're asking for
quarterly payments, and we don't
have any money," she said.
Alderman Marion Davis also
pointed out that the department
already receives donations from
town residents and that nart of thp
county tax collection Is given to the
department each year. With a portion
of the town tax going toward fire
protection, he noted, "They're going
to be taking three shots at our
people."
Grant Sought
Varnamtown will be among a
number of coastal municipalties in
the North Carolina applying for state
funding of a CAMA land use plan in
1989.
Aldermen agreed this week to apply
for a matching grant which would
finance most of the cost of the plan.
Mayor Varnum said the state grant
would be for $5,600 and the town
would be required to pay $560 toward
development of the plan.
Varnum said the town had to apply
for the grant no later than March 31.
He said the town board can decide
whether to accept the grant or turn it
down when grants are awarded this
fall.
The Town of Holden Beach has also
applied for a state grant to update its
land use plan. Ocean Isle Beach officials
are considering applying for a
similar grani.
Numbers On The Way
Official house numbers will soon be
coming to Varnamtown.
Alderman McDonald said Monday
that county officials are expected to
start numbering property in the Supply
area in approximately six months
in preparation for a 911 emergency
telephone system.
Once in place, the house numbering
system will provide permanent
addresses for all town residents.
To prepare for the numbering,
Mrs. McDonald said the town will
have to name all of the streets in
town?a project she will continue to
work on with residents.
Festival Planned
The town may receive some needed
revenue through a town festival
tentatively planned for May 6.
The community celebration is being
organized by the women of Varnamtown,
according to spokesperson
Tonya Robbins.
She said it may include a parade
and will also feature the sale of food
and crafts.
Board members were receptive to
the idea and asked coordinators to
contact tne mayor once aetans nave
been worked out. A special meeting
may be called to set the date of the
celebration.
"If we can get our ladies involved
in our town, we can get things done,"
said Mayor Varnum. "That is the
kind of citizenship that will build our
town into a good town and a strong
town."
To prepare for the festival,
residents have also planned a roadside
litter cleanup for Saturday,
April 22.
Search Continues
The search continues for land and a
building for a Varnamtown Town
Hall.
After hearing this week that no progress
had been made on the project,
Mayor Varnum made an appeal to
landowners in town. Aldermen hope
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Varnamtown Seeks
Boundary Change
After only six months as an incorporated
community, the Town jKp&| : 'a . *
of Vamamtown is seeking a
change in its municipal boundary
Aldermen voted this week to ?ggg[g|
authorize state Rep. David Redwine
to change tlie town limits to .(
run along the western right-of- .nBr
way line on Stone Chimney Road psjw***. j. n_ 3lm',
and the northern right-of-way
line of Sabbatli Home Road. The ffiSnfri
vvi^uihic lUilllO JJI COCHLljr lUil ,
down the center of those streets. |BB|
Mayor Tracie Varnum said the KSy,k , >m
revision would not bring in any
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speed limit on a road if the cor- SBV
porate limit line runs down the
center of that road, he said. IH^^P
to either purchase or lease a building
with an option to buy.
"We need to get out of our chur- MAYOR PRO TEM Enr
ches," said Varnum. "We need to get t,lc Varnamtown town 1
into our own office and town hall." reads a description of tl
Since incorporation last fall, the Report Rcfuh
town board has met alternately in the At the close of this wee
town's two churches. The next Alderman Roger Robins
meeting will be Monday, April 17, in recent report in the Willi
Dixon Chapel United Methodist ning Star that he had f
Church at 7:30 p.m. county taxes for 1988.
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lis Swain, standing, points out a proposed change in
boundary Monday night as Mayor Tracie Varnum
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