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filtJMa* -TTT-r^y-- - - V ' * ) W* '. . u. * . 1 * * ' " v^Rmr, ?''' ? - 3 v>' 3 ? ' V;-; "V ?' ' THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 37, No. 37 USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, September 17, 1981 20 CENTS ?? ? ' I.. Public hearing set for Hertford power proposal The Hertford Town Council will hold ^ public hearing September 21 on the proposal to discontinue purchasing electricity from the Virginia Electric and Power Company and join the North Carolina Municipal Power Aitacy Number 3. Mayor and Town Manager Mil Cox ?aid that he expects the council to vote On the proposal following the public hearing. ? The proposal wifl be one of the most important issues this council has ever tmd an opportunity to vote on. The decision ? either to remain with VEPCO or transfer to NCMPA 3 - will have a significant and long-term impact on the development of the coubty. The NCMPA 3, a agent of 38 nor theastern North Carolina municipalities ? 14 of them served by VEPCO, and the others by the Carolina Power and Light Company ? intends to purchase from 13 to II percent interest in nine different CPfcL-owned generating plants. The purchase price will be $1.2 billion, with an additional $2.8 billion over the next 12 years for future construction costs. ? The cost will be paid through electric revenue bonds issued by the agency and secured with money received through power generation. No tax revenue will be used to buy the plants, nor will the taxing power of the municipalities be used to secure the bonds. It is, in fact, illegal to do either of those things. Independant studies of the deal project that the future savings to the member cities, through lower power rates, will he $2,347 billion by the year 2003, about 11 percent less than the estimated costs of the staying with their present arrangement. Hertford should save about $13.34 million by 2003. If the proposal goes through, Hertford will begin to receive power from the agency by December. The savings to the member municipalities will be made because the NCMPA 3 is a non-profit organization, and therefore doesn't have to pay income taxes or dividends to stockholders. In addition, the bonds the agency issues for the purchase are tax exempt bonds (i.e. the return to the purchaser of the bond is not subject to federal income tax), and therefore the interest rate on those bonds will be from three to five percentage points lower than bonds issued by private companies like VEPCO or CPfcL. Finally, the agency will save money because the agency will own the generating facilities it uses, and won't have to pay for the inflating costs of new construction. Just as when a home renter becomes a home owner, the agency will have something to show for its money at the end of the year. The professional management services for running the agency will be provided under contract by Electricities, which now provides those services to all NCMPA 3 members Under the proposed agreement, CP&L will continue to operate the purchased plants and will transmit the power to the agency members. Agency members who are presently served by VEPCO, like Hertford, will pay a transmission charge for using VEPCO transmision lines. Rates for NCMPA 3 power will be set by an agency Board of Com missioners, made up of represen tatives of the member cities. The rates will be set to recover costs of ownership, maintenance, financing, operation and administration. VEPCO-served cities will also pay an additional cost (about one-tenth of a cent per kilowatt hour) to cover ? *? X * IN* along with other VEPCO expense* ? the $16.5 million compensation set tlement with VEPCO that allows those cities to transfer to NCMPA 3. The agency will receive its sup plemental power (power needed above the generating capacity of the purchased plants) from CPfcL. VEPCO-served cities will receive supplimental power from VEPCO for the first two years of operation, and then afterwards from CPAL. If the town can save as much money as the studies say it can. it would make this area that much more at tractive to new development. But if that is not the case ? if, for instance, unexpected construction (Continued on page 2) ?Dispute raised over changes at Holiday Island m By JACK GROVE andTOMOSTROSKY ; After a special meeting of the Perquimans County Board of Com missioners Monday, the board decided to delay a decision on whether to allow the developer of Holiday Island to change some lots from camping sites at the resort to residential area. . The decision was delayed until the Woiiday Island Property Owners Association and the Coastland Cor poration, developer of Holiday Island, could work out an agreement on building and maintaining the roads needed for the plot change. In addition, the board wanted to SiVt the &alth Department extra time to determined the present status of the sewage treatment plant ? now Operating without a permit ? and Whether the sewage system can handle the load of resort, both as presently platted and regarding the changes. "There are no philisophical dif ferences (between Coastland and the HlPOA) about what they want to do," said Walter Edwards, attorney for the the HIPOA, adding that the issue was whether the roads and sewers could gfcandle the proposed changes. ? Edwards said that a verbal agreement had been made between the two parties concerning the roads, but he wished to have that agreement Ip writing. - Concerning the sewer situation, Health Department inspector Edward Ptygrce questioned whether under state guidelines the system could even J^adle the present load, not con Qpdering what effect the changes might have. Board attorney John Matthews presented a certificate signed by the Health Department stating that the system could handle the proposed changes, bat Pierce said that there htt been a misunderstanding in the Stealth Department about the prppoaaL "There was a mistake in sluing that." he said. "We wish we ^hdb't sign it" w There was some dispute between Pttsrce and Coastland vice-president fa?k Sherrill over the state guidelines, whether the proposed changes would actually increase the toad on the system. Pierce asked the behrd to give him two more weeks to complete his study of the system, and the request was granted _ The sections Involved in the proposal are Q and S. These sections wpre originally platted and registered with the county as camping sites. ^Coastland has listed a proposed change of the two plats to become one section and to change from a camping to a residential (mobile homes and cottages) area. The proposal would change the sections from 265 small lots to 54 larger lots. The revised plat was presented to the county Planning Board and the county Board of Commissioners at their September 8 meeting. At that meeting representatives of the HIPOA's Board of Governors objected that they had not been fully informed about Coastland's plans. In light of this objection, the board asked the developer to meet with the HIPOA board prior to last Monday's special meeting. Last Thursday. Sherrill and James Johttfoa, presdient of Coastland, met with the HIPOA board. Sherrill outlined the proposal which includes: ?54 mobile home or cottage lots ? each lot to consist of a minimum of 12,000 square feet. ?1,400 lineal feet of roads, 20 feet wide and with a rock or marl surface. ?1,400 lineal feet of water lines. ?Hookup of the lots to the existing sewage treatment system at Holiday Island ? the lines were already in place throughout Q and S. The main items of concern voiced by HIPOA centered around future overloading of the sewer system and damage to the road system during the course of construction. Sherrill assured the association that the sewage system was designed to handle all platted sections associated with it. He went on to say that dropping the number of lots from 265 to 54 would reduce the demand on the system by some 50 percent or more in Q and S Holiday Island has a sewage treatment plant and system which currently serves three camping sections. The system includes six (omfort stations and sewer hookups (Continued on page 2) Holiday Island meeting Health department inspector Edward Pierce discusses the sewage system problem at Holiday Island with members of the Perquimans County Board of Commissioners and the developers of the resort. At far right is board chairman JoeNowell. School opening a success , said Harrell In his report to the Perquimans County Board of Education on Tuesday of last week, School Superintendant Pat Harrell described this year school opening as "smooth, organized," displaying none of the transportation and scheduling problems usually seen during the first week of school. "The teachers came in August 17 (two weeks before school opened) and they've worked extremely hard," Harrell said. "They should be com mended." Harrell reported that there was a decline in school enrollment this yeqr, the county schools losing some 120 students. "A large number of people left the county over the summer," he noted. A more detailed report of the first ten days of school will be issued sometime this week. The Board approved the transfer of 11 kindergarten students from Perquimans Central Grammar School, where the two classes are too large, to Hertford Grammar School, where they are too small. The tran sfers, who will stay at Hertford Grammar for the 1981-82 school year only, will be taken from volunteers and from the last 11 students to enroll at Perquimans Central Grammar. The Board also approved a new salary schedule for bus drivers this year. First year drivers will be paid 13.43 per hour, and drivers with one or more years experience will receive A man prepares to tow away the pickup track driven by Frank*? Lawrenct Barrii of Elm CKy. Harris tried to pen another car abort fire mfles I north of Hertford on UJL IT earl- marniM. Hie *** car pulled ?*to m* tlid Harris nrartd and hit a mailbox before tumbling o*er In a ditch. He and another paaaangar were *ilghrtr in 13.58 per hour. This is to meet the state guideline of an average of $3.50 per hour for all bus drivers. Drivers will now be paid in a monthly fee. determined by the estimated distance and time of travel each school day. Formerly, drivers' pay was determined on their day-to day hours. The Board also approved to submit board member Clifford Winslow's name for the annual Raleigh Dingman Award for outstanding boardsmanship. Winslow is the for mer state president of the School Board Association. "He's shown outstanding leadership at both the state and local level," Harrell said. In other action, the Board: ?Discussed the possible reim bursement of travel expenses for teachers who must work at more than one school during the day. ?Discussed joining the North Carolina School Boards Association Sponsored Insurance Program, which would grant liability insurance for school board members and their staff. ?Approved a motion to deny providing non-education related groups with the names of school employees. These groups often ask for employees names and use them for unsolicited sales. ?Approved new plans and guidelines for the Perquimans Union School physical education program. ?Approved completion of the King Street roof project for 12,640; the bathroom renovations at Perquimans Central Grammar School; roof repair at Perquimans Union School; and agreed to cooperate with the Perquimans Union Student Council is replacing the carpet at the school library. New editor named at Perquimans Weekly The PERQUIMANS WEEKLY announces a change in its editorial staff, which took place last week. Tom Ostrosky. 23, has been named the new editor of Weekly. He repla'ces Mildred Allen, who left earlier this month. Ostrosky, a native of Fairfax, Va. (a suburb of Washington, D.C.), previously worked as the sports and general assignment reporter for the DAILY AD VANCE. He attended George Washington University in Washington, where h? graduated with a B.A. in Journalism. f? . 9 Ostrosky intends to make his bone in Hertford
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