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County Seeking Advice On Recycling Program BY TKKKY POPE Brunswick County commission ers will seek suggestions from local volunteers and towns now active in recycling programs before deciding how to keep the scrvicc available to residents. Volunteer groups and towns now active in operating the seven recy cling centers in Brunswick County have been asked to send a represen tative to the workshop set by com missioners for 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the commissioner's chambers at the government complex in Bolivia. Commissioners have been asked for additional funds by Bush's Recycling of Florence, S.C., to help keep the centers open and to add an additional three trailer sites within the county. George Bush, owner of the company, addressed commis sioners at their meeting Monday night, saying he would need the county to provide a supplement of an additional S2CK) per tractor-trailer load to keep the centers operating until June 1991. Bush s Recycling has been providing trailers to the sites at no cost, with the expectation of making at least SI50 per load off of the paper, aluminum cans and plastic collected. "For $350, I feci like the county can work into a program and work with the volunteers and save that money," responded Commissioner Benny Ludlum. "It's just a matter of time before the state's going to make us do it anyway." County Given Drug Proceeds The Brunswick County Sheriff's Department has been awarded $3,690 in forfeited drug proceeds, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. I he county's snare is pan of $740,480 in forfeited drug money that was divided between 31 state and local law enforcement agencies that participated in the investigation of drug eases in eastern North Carolina. Under the provisions of the Com prehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, the federal government can share federally forfeited property with suite and local authorities that assist in lite investigation of drug cases. Federal law says property used to facilitate drug transactions, as well as property representing the pro ceeds of drug transactions, may be seized and forfeited to the federal government. Seizures may be made by federal agents or by state and local enforce ment officers to be "adopted" by federal officials, according to the news release. The purpose of the sharing provi sion is to promote law enforcement cooperation at all levels. Forfeited proceeds arc disbursed directly to the participating law enforcement agencies to be used exclusively for law enforcement purposes. County Issues 323 Permits Permits for construction and im provements valued at 5.2.02 million were issued during August by the Brunswick County Building Inspec tion Department. The office issued 323 permits. Of those 142 were building permits, bringing the total for the calendar year to 1,312. Planner Don Eggcrt, who com piles the monthly report, said 79 of the building permits were for mo bile homes. Seventeen were for sin gle family homes valued at $1,209,633; three for commercial structures valued at $551,440; one lor remodeling, i0 additions and two garages with a combined esti mated value of $225,150. To date this year the office has is sued permits for construction val ued at $22.92 million. During August the department al so issued 128 electrical, 10 plumb ing and 43 mechanical permits. Mums Pampas Grass 4/S5.00 Other Assorted Shrubs LEAH'S NURSERY JUST OFF HWY 17 NORTH OF SHALLOTTE ? 754-6994 MON-SAT 9-5:30 Bush said the cost of irucking the recycling trailers to Florence makes it impossible for him to continue to transfer the tractor-trailer beds with out losing money. In the eight months he has parked the trailers in the county, approximately 276.6 tons of recyclable material has been transferred to the center in Florence. Each trailer contains an average of 5,800 pounds of newspapers, 3,000 pounds of glass, 2,fXX) pounds of aluminum cans and 400 pounds of plastic, he added 'There is a need for 10 trailers in the county at this time," Bush told commissioners. "1 would have to go out and make an investment and buy more trailers." Bush had originally given com missioners a deadline of Sept. 15 to decide whether or not to supplement his program. He told commissioners Mond;iy that no trailers would be moved from the sites for another two or three months. The trailers sit on town property in Sunset Beach, Holden Beach, Long Beach, Calabash, Boiling Spring Lakes, Southport and at the county govern ment center at Bolivia. Persons working the sites arc mostly volunteers, except for South port, where town employees help to run the center. Commissioner Gene Commissioners Preparing To Interview For Manager The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners will set a date Friday to begin interviewing candidates for the county manager's posi tion. At least one commissioner was ready Monday night to get the in terviews started. Following a 90-minutc executive session held to discuss personnel Monday, Commissioner Benny Ludlum asked if the board was ready to set a date to begin interviewing candidates. "I was waiting for you to bring it up," Ludlum told Chairman Gene Pinkcrton after the board reconvened from executive session. However, Ludlum agreed with other board members to wait until Friday to set the date. Commissioners recessed their Monday night meeting until Friday at 9 a.m. to hold a workshop with county volun teers and others interested in the county recycling program. Board Clerk Regina Alexander, who was to contact some of the ap plicants last week to see if they were still interested in the job, was sick Monday and unable to attend the commissioners' meeting. "Whether she has contacted all of them, I don't know," added Commissioner Grace Bcaslcy. County Attorney David Clcgg has been serving as interim county manager. In April, 47 applications were received for the job. At their Sept. 10 meeting, commissioners refused to say how many of the origi nal 47 applicants would be called to sec if they were still interested in tho nncitinn Kv' Pinkcrton said he hopes a workshop "standardized throughout the coun would pull together ideas and see ty." where the county is heading in its Commissioners also approved a recycling program. There is a need, resolution Monday by the Cape he said, for the program to be Fear Council of Governments ask ing slate legislators to address the solid waste disposal issue more closcly during the next session of the General Assembly. Copies will be sent to State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. and to State Rep. David Rcdwinc. In other action Monday, commis sioners: ?Approved a budget amendment for the county parks and recreation department to reflect a $5,000 gain in a state grant and a 55,000 over sight in donations that County Interim Manager David Clegg said involves no county funds. ?Amended a county ordinance that regulates penalties for privilege license violations to show that for each month a business is in viola tion the penalty figure will increase by five percent; ?Accepted petitions from resi dents living on Cumbce Road in Supply and Joe Robinson Road in Shailotte for paving and street im provements; ?Adopted resolutions declaring Sept. 22 as Hunting and Fishing Day in Brunswick County and Oct. 25 as Domestic Violence Awareness Day. The week of Oct. 21-2<S was declared Red Ribbon Week in the county as part of Drug and Alcohol Free Week statewide. ?Approved a request by Nancy Moore, county lax collector, to re lease lllh-ycar taxes, as provided by the general statutes, totaling S30.492.30, taxes that arc "outside the jurisdiction to foreclose or the pursuit of the attorney," Ms. Moore said. ?By resolution, set Oct. 2 as the date for the sale of the county's "two-thirds" general obligation bonds. By state law, the county is authorized to issue bonds in a fiscal year without referendum approval for up to two-thirds the amount by which the county's outstanding in debtedness was reduced the previ ous year. More than SI.9 million for community college facilities, law enforcement facilities and water system improvement bonds are available for sale. ?Heard from Clcgg of the need to revise the county's personnel policy regarding in-housc hiring so that it doesn't interfere with employees on probationary status. 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