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1 ae "News from Next Door" SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,2023 $1.50 W SCAN ME Page 2 Culvert upgrade to open up habitat for river herring Page 3 Pirates move to 3-0 on season with win over Panthers Page 4 Postcards from Ukraine: Receding Russiantideleaves Ukrainianorphans in its wake Hertford taps firm to study water, sewer impact fees Town studying fee to help pay for plant expansion REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer HERTFORD — Hert ford town officials took a first step last week toward charging developers fees to recover the town’s costs of making water and sewer service available for their projects. According to the state’s Public Water and Sewer System Development Fee Act, cities and towns can charge what’s known as a “system development fee” to recoup the costs of mak ing water and sewer service available to new develop ment. The only restriction is that the fee not exceed the actual cost of what’s needed to cover making the service available. Town officials are explor ing a system development fee because developers are currently proposing to build Cole a subdivision off Grubb Street that would likely need town water and wastewa ter services. Accord ¬ ing to town officials, Hertford’s current wastewater system likely would not have the capac ity to accommodate the pro posed subdivision, requiring the town to expand its sys tem. A system development fee would help the town recoup some of the cost of that expansion. Town Manager Janice Cole explained to Hertford Town Council this week that state law requires towns considering adoption of sys tem development fees to first have a study performed by a credentialed firm. Three consulting firms capable of conducting the study sent proposals to the town for its consideration: Willdan, Raftelis and Stan- tec. Cole recommended that Town Council select Willdan, noting she believes that “with some negotiation” its price could be adjusted. Willdan states that its fee for performing the study would range from $29,000 to $34,000 “depending upon the final scope of work agreed to by both parties.” Stantec submitted a pro posal with an estimated fee of $25,455. Raftelis esti mated its fee for complet ing the study at $35,000 if no in-person meetings or presentations are required, or $40,000 if one in-person presentation is required. Willdan’s proposal indi cates the company will post its system development fee analysis on its website for at least 45 days to allow for public comment.The firm states “all written com ments will be provided to and reviewed by Willdan and considered for possible modifications or revisions to the analysis.” More FEES | A6 PIRATES OFF TO HOT START CHRIS DAY/THE DAILY ADVANCE Perquimans County High School receiver Omaree Hunter makes a leaping catch against two Pasqoutank County High School defenders in the first ha If of the Pi rates' 37-14 road victory over the Panthers at Pasquotank High, Friday night. The Pirates are now 3-0 on the young season. See complete story on A8. Hertford eyes pact with Fybe to expand broadband service Hertford voters to have new polling sites East Hertford moves to library, West Hertford to Extension building FROM STAFF REPORTS Voting with a photo ID won’t be the only change in store for Hertford voters when they go to the polls for the town’s Nov. 8 election. Hertford voters will be casting their ballot in a physically different loca tion as well. The Perquimans County Board of Elections voted several months ago to move both town precincts from their former loca tions, Perquimans Board of Elections Director Jackie Greene said Friday. East Hertford precinct is moving from the Perqui mans County Courthouse to the Perquimans County Library at 514 S. Church Street, and the West Hert ford precinct is moving from the Perquimans County Department of Social Ser vices building to the audito rium in the NC Cooperative Extension building at 601 S. Edenton Road Street. More SITES | A6 REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY The Perquimans County Library at 514 S. Church St., Hert ford, is the new site for the East Hertford voting precinct. Voters who formerly voted at the Perquimans County Courthouse will vote at the library starting with the Nov. 8 election in the town of Hertford. Firm already has agreement with EC REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer HERTFORD — Hert ford officials are eyeing a partnership with inter net provider Fybe to make broadband service more widely available in the town. Fybe, a subsidiary of Roa noke Cooperative and for merly known as Roanoke Connect, has entered into an agreement with Elizabeth City to provide one gigabit of internet service.The com pany also has approached the town of Edenton and Pasquotank County in pur suit of similar agreements. Bo Coughlin ofFybe made a presentation to the Hertford Town Council on Aug. 28. He said the com pany is looking at install ing the fiberoptic network in Hertford in 2024. The cost to customers for the service will be $80 a month for one gig and $60 a month for 100 Mbps. In addition, the com pany offers its service at no charge for those who qual ify for the federal Afford able Connectivity Program, Coughlin said. He explained that an example ofa family that would qualify includes a household with children who qualify for free lunch at school under federal guidelines. Coughlin told the coun cil that he was looking for an agreement that would allow the company to attach to the town’s existing utility poles. He also said that as part of the partnership the company could make service available at public facilities to be iden tified through conversations with town officials. Currently Fybe operates in Gates, Hertford, Halifax, Bertie, Chowan and Robe son counties, according to Coughlin’s presentation. More INTERNET | A6 What to know about voter ID Ruritan Club to endow Hunter scholarship $50K to fund awards to local students FROM STAFF REPORTS HERTFORD — For more than two decades, the Bear Swamp/Beech Springs Ruritan Club has managed a scholarship fund it established in mem ory of the late base- ball great Jim “Catfish’ Hunter. The scholarship, presented annually to Perquimans County 6 89076 47144 2 Vol. 88, No. 36 WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved Hunter High School seniors, has been the club’s main charitable focus over the years. Club members also sponsor cam paigns to help the sick and less for tunate ofPerquimans.The Ruritan slogan is “Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service”and the Bear Swamp/Beech Springs Ruritans have always taken its meaning to heart. Recently, club officers Wayne Howell and Diane W. Stallings met with School Foundation Execu tive Director Brenda Lassiter to dis cuss the possibility of establish ing an endowment using the funds currently held by the Ruritan Club. According to Lassiter, the Bear Swamp/Beech Springs Ruritan Club had $50,000 in the scholarship fund it had named for Hunter, who died in September 1999, a year after he was diagnosed with ALS. The club recently presented a check to the PCSF to establish an endow ment for its scholarship fund. More SCHOLARSHIPS | A6 Free ID cards for voters without NC driver's license VERNON FUESTON Staff Writer EDENTON — Vot ers statewide must present a valid photo ID when casting their ballot beginning with the municipal elections this fall. For those voters who do not have a North Caro lina driver’s license, the N.C. State Board of Elections said there are many other alternative forms ofidentifi- cation that poll workers are prepared to accept. The N.C. State Board of Elections released a detailed explanation ofvoter ID pol icy in a 5-minute video posted on its website this week.The video lists accept able forms of identification as well as alternative forms ofID that are free of charge. While a state-issued driv er’s license is the most com mon form of identification that poll workers will see in the upcoming election, many voters don’t have one for the simple reason they don’t drive. For them, an official North Carolina identifica tion card is available free of charge from the N.C. Divi sion of Motor Vehicles. Registered voters may also stop by their county elections office, present some proof of residency, or the last four digits of their Social Secu rity number along with their birth date, and within min utes receive an N.C. voter ID card, also free of charge. The voter ID card is good for identification only when vot ing, while a North Carolina ID card from the DMV can be used in most situations requiring a driver’s license. Other acceptable forms ofidentification include: a U.S. passport or U.S. pass- port card, a college or char ter school ID that has been approved by the state elections board, and an employee ID issued by a state or local government. MorelDS | A7
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