Holden To Vote Again On Appointment Issue BY DOUG R UTTER Holder) Beach Commissioners may finally dccide the fate of a con troversial appointment issue that has been debated off and on since it was introduced nearly three years ago. Commissioners are expected to dccide next week if residents ap pointed to the planning and zoning board or board of adjustment should be allowed to serve more than two consccutive three-year terms. The town board voted 3-2 in favor of the idea at its April 8 meeting. Since the pro posal wasn't ap proved by at least a four fifths margin, a second vote is BUCK required to set tle the issue. The deciding vote is expected when the board meets Monday at 7 p.m. in town hall. Bob Buck, the town commission er who originated the proposed poli cy shift in 1988, supported it last month along with board members Gloria Barrett and Judy Bryan. Gay Atkins and Kenner Amos voted against the plan. Town commissioners appoint members to both boards, which arc made up of five regular members and two alternates who vote only when a regular member is absent. There are presently no limits on the number of terms someone can serve. If the proposed change is ap proved again next week, island resi dents would not be allowed to serve more than two consecutive three year terms. Appointed board members who serve two terms in a row would have to sit off the board for at least one year before they could be ap pointed again. The proposal applies to regular members and alternates. Until last month. Buck's plan hail received very little support from the town's elected officials or the public. Ms. Atkins, the only person be sides Buck who was serving as a commissioner when the idea was in troduced in June 1988, said the pro posal was opposed at a recent pub lic hearing. In previous discussions of the idea, she has stated that commis sioners often have a hard time find ing enough people who will volun teer to serve on a board. Members receive no pay for their service. Amos said last month that town commissioners should be allowed to make appoinunents without being restricted by an ordinance. "I think it's up to the board to lake care of these things." If approved, the policy shift would affect five of the 13 regular and alternate members on the two present boards, accoiding to plan ning board member Sid Swims and town hall staff. Bill Provides Way For Authority To Repay County $5.6 Million A bill introduced this past week by Rep. E. David Redwinc would clear the way for counties in gener al ? and Brunswick County in particular ? to get repaid through the issuance of revenue bonds for funds ad vanced to authorities. In 1982 Brunswick County and the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority entered into a contract. It provided for the county to issue S5.6 million in county general obligation bonds to finance the authority's con struction of raw water collection, transmission and stor age facilities on the Cape Fear River. The county agreed to this because they would be the authority's only water customer. The contract provided that, upon any other customer beginning to purchase raw water from the authority, that the authority would begin paying back the county both principal and interest on the portion of the coun ty's general obligation bonds which financed the au thority's initial facilities. !t did not specify how this would be done. RecenUy the authority entered into contracts to pro vide water to two customers in New Hanover County, Takeda and Cape Industries. Under Redwine's bill, the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority would be required to issue rev enue bonds. The proceeds of these bonds would be used to repay Brunswick County its original S5.6 million contribution to the authority, with interest. Redwine has also introduced a series of bills relating to the environment. ?H.B. 960 would have state offices begin using reusable hand towels statewide by Jan. 1, 1994. ?H.B. 961 would prohibit distribution, sale and offering for sale plastic containers ? such as cooking oil bottles and peanut butter jars ? made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Because of their rigidity they arc very hard to rc cyclc. ?H.B. 962 would authorize the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources to deny a permit for a sanitary landfill or a solid waste incinerator to an applicant that docs not submit an approved waste reduction plan. Redwine says this bill would cause a city or county to have a plan in place to reduce its waste. ?H.B. 1109 would "refine and improve" existing solid waste management law (S.B. Ill) regarding the state's solid waste reduction goal. Instead of only reducing the solid waste streatm through recycling, it would provide for source reduction, re-use, recycling and composting. Using 1991-92 as the base year, goals for reduction would be 25 percent by 1993, 30 percent by 1994 and 40 percent by 1995. Further, it requires all slat agencies to develop a solid waste plan whether or not they generate waste, and re quires the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources to identify materials in the waste stream that arc marketable or should be recovered. Redwine can be reached at the Legislative Office Building, Raleigh, NC 27603-5925, 919-733-5787. 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