WASTE INDUSTRIES HIRED
Holder i Beach Dumps Trash Hauler
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Moldcn Bcach dumped its tnish
hiiulcr of the last tour years after get
ting what town officials think is a
better deal from a competing firm.
Commissioners voted unanimous
ly Monday night to hire Waste
Industries Inc. of Wilmington to han
die both garbage pickup and recy
cling starting May 1 .
llie town will pay the sanitation
company $99,940 over the next two
years to remove trash and h>13,lM) to
provide a central recycling station.
Chambers of South Carolina Inc..
which has handled trash pickup on
the island since 1988, will slop serv -
ing Holden Beach at the end of April.
Waste Industries was awarded the
trash contract after submitting a pro
jx>sal that will save the town money
by changing the summer pickup
schedule.
Each residence will continue to
have trash picked up tw ice a week
during June, July, August and
September when vacation rentals are
;u their peak.
The new hauler will service half
the island on Monday and the other
half Tuesda> and half the island
Thursday and the other half Friday.
Trash pickup won't be changed the
other eight months of the year, when
the hauler will cover the entire island
every Monday.
By picking up trash lour days a
Cat Is Available
Animal Control Supervisor Ro
bert Grissett holds a black and
white female cat that is avail
able for adoption at the Bruns
wick County Animal Shelter
off N.C. 211 south of Supply.
The " very loving and affection
ate" cat would make someone
a good pet, according to the an
imal control program. Adop
tion costs $17, including an
adoption fee and rabies vacci
nation. The cat and other pets
can be seen at the shelter Mon
day through Friday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
week instead of two during the sum
mer, Waste Industries cut S23.820
from its two-year contract bid
Chambers did not offer a similar
alternative, even after town officials
re-advertised for bids to give the
company a chance to match its com
petitor.
Waste Industries also submitted a
bid lor recycling that was nearly
$4 .(XX) less than Chambers.
The company will provide a con
trully-located station where residents
and visitors can drop oil newspapers,
aluminum cans, plastics and glass.
Commissioners accepted the rccy
cling center plan in lieu of a proposal
for curbside recycling that would
have cost the town about S30.(XX) |vr
year.
Waste Industries, which h.xl previ
ously served Holden Beach, currently
serves the three beach towns on Oak
Island as well as Boiling Spring
lakes.
Also, Brunswick County recently
awarded the company a contract to
take care of collection and transfer
station operations.
Holden Beach will save about
S16,(XX) over the next two years be
To Attend Meeting
Officials from Holden Beach,
Sunset Beach. Boiling Spring Lakes,
Long Beach and Bald Head Island
are among those expected to attend
today's meeting of the N.C. League
of Municipalities (NCLM).
The NCLM regional meeting is
being held today (Thursday) at 10
a.m. at the Coastline Convention
Center in Wilmington.
Heading the list of discussion top
ics will be the restoration of tradi
tional iocai revenues that were
frozen last year by the N.C. General
Assembly.
The state legislature froze or took
the growth from two traditional lo
cal revenue sources last year ? reim
bursements and state-collected local
revenues.
The freeze is expected to cost
North Carolina towns and cities an
csumatcd S73 million over a two
year period, according to the
?CLM.
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NOTICE
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
FAIR HOUSING COMPLIANCE
TOWN OF NAVASSA
As a recipient of a Small Cities Community
Development Block Grant for Community
Development, the Town of Navassa has developed
and implemented a recipient plan to further Fair
Housing which includes a complaint procedure for the
purpose of receiving and responding to complaints
generated as a result of perceived violations of Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. The Town's Fair
Housing Plan and Complaint Procedure is available
for inspection at the Clerk's Office, Town Hall, from
9:C0 AM to 5:PM Monday through Friday, except
Holidays.
Charlene Alston,
Town Clerk
cause the town board voted to rc-ad
vertisc for bids at its March 18 meet
ing. The proposal to seek new bids
only passed by a 3-2 margin.
Town Manager Gary Parker said
Monday that Waste Industries
dropped iLs trash contract by about
SI2,(XK> in the second round of bids
and lowered its recycling proposal by
nearly S4,(XX>.
Other Business
In other business Monilay night,
commissioners:
?Met m executive session for ap
proximately I 1/2 hours to discuss
"legal and personnel matters."
Following die session. Mayor Wally
Auslcy said the board had authorized
further negotiations regarding a
pending lawsuit.
?Asked Parker to seek bids lor reno
vations to the town-owned home on
Davis Street, which serves as police
headquarters. Planned improvements
include bringing all wiring, plumbing
and heating up to code, making the
resuoom accessible to the handi
capped. building new interior walls
and installing a new heating and air
conditioning system. Parker esti
mates the tost at between SI 0,000
ami $12,000.
?Voted to spend up to $5,000 to con
tinue the sidewalk on the north side
of Ocean Boulevard as far cast as
Rothschild Street. The town has al
ready spent S 80,000 to run a side
walk east from Greensboro Street
past Roger Street. Parker said the tin
budgeted money needed for the ex
tension could be taken from the dune
replacement reserve fund and reim
bursed in the 1992-93 budget.
?Urged Parker to continue working
on a beach access grant application,
but told him to forget about a grant
that would help fund police enforce
ment of the seat bell law. Town offi
cials said seat belt enforcement on
holiday weekends would create a
traffic jam and upset visitors.
?Tabled for later consideration a pro
posal to give the town's public works
employees "comp time" when they
take a beeper home on weekdays and
weekends. Commissioners will dis
cuss the issue this spring while work
ing on the new budget.
Water Rescue To Incorporate?
Holden Bcach officials plan to meet with local cmergcncy volun
teers later this month to discuss the future of the community's water res
Cue piugiani.
A proposal to incorporate the water rescue team like a fire depart
ment or rescue squad will be discussed at the town board's April 23
meeting.
Town Manager Gary Parker said volunteers with the program think
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Holden Bcach Commissioners organized the program following two
drownings in the surf and a boating accident that claimed three lives last
summer.
The bo^fr.! designated Tri-Beach Volunteer Fire Department as the
lead agency for the program and spent about SI 5, 000 for a boat and oth
er equipment.
Keith Sawyer, a volunteer fireman, heads the team of about 10 peo
ple who have been certified in water rescue and will respond to emer
gencies on the water for the first time this year.
Also on the agenda April 23 will be discussion of a proposed farm
ers' market in die parking lot under the Holden Bcach Bridge.
Commissioners Gay Atkins said Monday she would like to allow
farmers on the island to sell fresh produce one weekday morning per
week.
The town's mid-month meeting, originally scheduled for April 22,
was changed so it won't conflict with a Brunswick County Cooperative
r Extension Service workshop the same night.
Management of wastewater treatment and disposal ? a hot issue at
Holden Beach ? will be the topic of the public workshop to be held in
the Brunswick Community College teaching auditorium at 7 p.m. April
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