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Getting A First Look
Harvey and l*na Gordon of Ixrng Beach and their grandson, Adam Rutledge of Walnut Cove, were
among the 200 or so visitors attending a sneak preview at the new Southport Maritime Museum Friday
evening. Another 100 people visited on opening day Saturday. The museum, located at 116 N. Howe
Street, will he open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Sunset Beach Adopts $1 .3 Million Budaet
BY SUSAN USHER
Sunsci Bcach Town Council adopted a SI. 3 million
budget for the coming year Monday night following a
iow-key public hearing attended by three residents.
The budget was adopted on unanimous vote. Mayor
Pro tern Ed Gore had to leave the meeting early, but
said he also favored the budget as presented Monday.
The budget is based on property valuation of S 186.8
million, an unchanged tax rale of 16.7 cents per S100 of
property and a collection rate of 99 percent, said Town
Administrator Linda Flucgcl. It includes a S716.214
general fund and 5590,723 water fund.
The owner of a SI 50,000 home would pay S250.50 in
ad valorem taxes, same as this year.
The budget reflects increased property valuation and
accommodations tax revenues, an excellent 1992-93 tax
collection rate and a dccline in state funding, said Coun
cilwoman Julia Thomas, finance officer.
Funds arc included to support building inspections as
a separate department, 570,000 for a sewer system
study, plus funds for additional legal and professional
services, a sewer bond referendum and other related
costs; a total of 5200,000 in the general and water funds
for future capital projects; a 2.5 percent cost-of-living
raise for all employees and a 525 per quarter raise for
council member;. That puts their salaries at S700 per
year, with the mayor receiving 51,100.
AnUiipaicu fccuviu! fund ic venues uiCiuuc S3 1 i,9/i in
property tax collections, a low-side estimated S210.000 in
accommodations tax collections and various state-allocat
ed funds. As of June 3, the town had received 5230,000 in
accommodations tax revenues for the current year.
Expenditures by category arc as follows: 55,010, gov
erning bod>; S101.275, administration; S6.700, legal
(double this year); S500, elections; S16.150, public
buildings; 5225.940, policc; 556,145, inspections;
5101,555, streets; S84.676, sanitation; S3, 000, drainage
and watershed; S28.322, planning and zoning, including
a zoning study of Bird Island; 54,569, health (mosquito
control); 514,000, to South Bninswick Islands Chamber
of Commerce for promoting tourism; 518,681, Sunset
Beach VFD; 57,500, Calabash Emergency Mcdical
Services; SI 3,760, cultural and recreation; and a
533,000 reserve fund for future capital improvements.
The water fund reflects anticipated and cuiTcnt
growth, with revenues including S260.323 in retained
earnings and S272.000 in water sales. Expenditures in
clude 5160,000 to buy water and a 51 17,000 reserve fund
for future outlay.
In other business Monday, the council approved a
528,000 contract with Powell & Associates of North
Myrtle Beach, S.C. The contract includes S20.000 for
extensive testing on the island at Sunset Beach to deter
mine wastewater flows, and the town's S8,000 share of a
Phase I preliminary engineering report relating to efforts
of Sunset Beach and the adjacent town of Calabash to
develop a regional sewer project.
POLICE KEEPING Rl ISY
Swimmers Rescued Off Holden Beach
BY DOUG RUTTER
A water rescue olf the east end of
Holdcn Bcach Saturday was just the
start of a busy few days for the
town's water rescue team and police
force.
"It's been a tiring last couple of
days," Police Chief Robert Cook
said Tuesday morning. "It sure looks
like it's going to be a long summer."
Four people wore rescued off
Holden Beach Saturday after a ris
ing tide prevented a man and his
daughter from getting back to shore
on their raft.
Police have also responded two
four other emergency calls since
Saturday, including ones involving a
capsized catamaran and disabled
fishing boat.
On Saturday, police and the water
rescue team were called to the
Lockwood Folly Inlet around 12:30
p.m. to help a man and his daughter
who fell victim to a rising tide.
Keith Sawyer of the water rescue
team said they lost contact with the
bottom of the ocean and couldn't
make it back to shore on their rait
Two other men at the beach went
inui to the water to help and swam
out to the raft, which was about 200
feet offshore.
The water rescue boat took three
of the people out to the Super Salty
/, which was wailing farther olf
shorc. Sawyer said the other man
swam ashore after getting a life
jackct from the rescue boat.
'"lhey were making headway,"
Sawyer said of the victims. "As long
as they kept a hold of the float they
would have been OK. But they were
tired. They were glad to see us."
Sawyer said none ol the four peo
ple were injured. "They were all in
good shape, just tired."
Police identified the man and
daughter as Ken Gallimore and 13
year-old Erin Gallimore of Ashe
boro. Dwight and Greg Jackson of
Racford were the men who tried to
help.
Police also responded to another
call late Saturday afternoon when a
boy was having trouble gelling
ashore in the 1 100 block of Ocean
Boulevard West.
The child managed to gel back to
the beach on his own and wasn't in
jured. said Holden Beach Police
Officer Mike Hamilton.
Police were called on to tow a
boat asiiutc late Monday night after
its motor quit and the boat drifted
out Lockwood Folly Inlet.
Chief Cook said the 16-foot fish
ing boat broke down in the water
way and its anchor wasn't big
enough to hold the boat.
Holdcn Beach Police Officer Bill
Jordan saw flares fired from the boat
and the water rescue boai was used
to tow boat ashore around 3 a.m.
Two men and one woman from
Lumbcrton were apparently fishing
in the boat when the motor stopped
running.
"They were terrified," Cook said
Tuesday. "1 don't think they'll get
back in the water."
Earlier Monday, police and the
water rescue team had responded to
a report of a capsized catamaran in
the ocean.
The sailboat overturned in the wa
ters off 803 Ocean Blvd. West with
three men on board, said Officer
Hamilton.
Water rescue teams from Holden
Beach and Ocean Isle Beach were
en route when the men drifted
ashore around 953 Ocean Blvd.
WesL
All three were wearing life jack
ets and were not injured. Hamilton
said two of the men were from High
Point and the other was from
Lexington.
"They didn't look like they were
in that much distress." he said.
'They wanted to go back out and try
it again."
Also Monday, police were called
to search for two young girls who
were reported missing on the beach,
said Hamilton.
The girls, who were 7 and 9, were
walking on the beach with their
mother when the disappeared.
After a one-hour search on the
beach, Hamilton said the girls were
found back at the house their family
was renting.
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TAX RATE REMAINS SAMF
Shallotte Passes Budget On 4- 1 Vote
BY DOUG R UTTER
ShalloUf- Alrfcrmrn approved the
town's new SI. 2 million budget on
4-1 vote Tuesday night m a niccurig
rhanM:tefi/Al hv MirnriM: arTicnd
ments and political innuendo.
For the fourth straight year, how
ever, the property tax rate was kept
at 47 cents per $100 of property.
The owner of a $100,000 home will
continue to pay $470 in taxes.
Paul Wayne Reeves was the only
board member to vote against the
budget. His vote followed unsuc
cessful bids to change the employee
retirement pian and get sidewalks
ImKtc f ? tr\e\e rA
Reeves also said he was dissatis
fied with the way employee pay
raises were handled and the amount
of the raises in some cases.
On a separate 3-2 vote earlier in
the meeting, aldermen agreed to ac
cept the pay raises recommended by
supervisors. The amount of the rais
es varies from 5 percent to 18 per
cent, said Town Clerk Mary Etta
Hewctt.
Roncy Cheers and Reeves both
opposed that motion. Cheers said he
favored 5 percent raises for every
one, while Reeves said he wanted to
revise some of the recommended
salary hikes.
Board members had rcjcctcd
Reeves' idea to change the retire
ment plan, a move he said would
save the town about SI 8,000.
Aldermen also didn't like his idea to
impose more limits on who could
drive town vehicles home.
The only change in the proposed
budget Tuesday was the deletion of
$2,000 that had been earmarked for
the South Brunswick Islands Cham
ber of Commerce.
Cheers, Reeves and David Gause
voted to cut the funds, while Al
dermen Wilton Harrelson and Mo
rris Hall voted to support the cham
ber.
Reeves, who had supported the
chambcr donation earlier, said he
wanted to delete the funds after talk
ing with 12 chambcr members who
own businesses in Shallotte. They
all spoke poorly of the chambcr, he
said.
Mayor Sarah Tripp spoke in sup
port of the business organization. "I
think with the new board they have
we ought to give them a chance,"
she said.
Atter trie tight vote to deicie the
chambcr fund, board members voted '
unanimously to put the money into
the contingency fund.
Despite the last-minute maneu
vering Tuesday night, the tax rate
was kept at 47 cents, where it has
been since 1988 when it jumped
three cents.
There was no talk of increasing
the rate this year, but there was men
tion of reducing it. Alderman
Cheers' proposal to cut one penny
off the tax rate died, however, when
nobody seconded his motion.
Based on an estimated valuation
of $74 million and 95 percent col
lection rate, Shallotte expects to take
in S33 1,162 in taxes this fiscal year.
Town officials also expect to col
lect $48,400 in overdue taxes and
$3,500 in penalties and interest from
uaCS.
Other rnsior sonrcci of ccrvcm!
fund revenue include $115,000 in
sales tax, $66,000 in utility franchise
tax and S36.000 in Powell Bill.
Major expenses in the budget are
$249,728 for police, $120,000 each
for streets and sanitation and
$1 17,620 for administration.
Shallottc expects to spend about
$54,6000 for the fire department and
$30,797 for inspections.
i nc waici auu sewer fund for the
1 OOO-OI f* coal unor fr*ta 1 c C/1AQ
Expected revenues arc $314,800 in
user fees, $49,500 in connect fees
and $40,000 in capital reserve fees.
Water and sewer users wili pay
more this year. Rates have been
raised by 50 cents per 1,000 gallons
for sewer and by 5 cenls ner 1.000
gallons for water.
"Qur's are in line with other
towns," Mrs. Hewctt said Tuesday.
"As a mailer of fact, our sewer rates
are very low compared to Ocean Isle
Beach."
Bcfutc auupuiig the new budget
Tuesday, aldermen approved two
changes to the 1991-92 budget.
The board moved SI 9,074 from
capita! reserve to cover nn^xnemed
COS!? "n 'I" vuatrr furvl and trans
ferred $50 from pubic buildings to
governing body to cover legal fees.
New Sians Are In The Works
Slate officials arc stepping in to fill a need identified last month by a
Vamamtown alderman.
Bccausc of the experience of a family member, Ada McDonald be
came aware of a gap in com.nunication between the state and shellfisher
mcn that sometimes causes problems for both.
Regulatory signs, such as those used to warn of areas being closcd to
shellfishing, cany plenty of big words in small print, she said, but aren't
understood easily even by those working the river who can read well.
For those who read not at all or not very well, it's an impossible task.
Mrs. McDonald suggested mounting signs that use international
symbols.
The stale cottoned to the idea. Two hours after Mrs. McDonald con
tacted State Rep. E. David Redwine, the legislator had an answer from
state Division of Marine Fisheries Director William Hogarth.
"He agreed with it 100 percent," Redwine reported Tuesday.
The division plans to increase the size of print used when posting
regulations and it will use international symbols. For "No Shellfishing,"
for instance, symbols of an oyster, shrimp and clam would be marked
with a slash for "no," said Redwine.
" He said the division would start in Brunswick County putting up
the new signs" when they are ready.
Neither Hogarth nor Mrs. McDonald could not be reached for com
ment Tuesday.
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