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Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, June 27, 1985 City Budget Approved From Page 1-A this fiscal year’s budget. Street improvements have a high priority in the budget with $500,154 earmarked for maintenance and capital im- provements of the city street system. The Lake Authority rojected revenue for 1985-86 is projected at $120,000 and Mayor John Moss said the beach area at Moss Lake at- tracted hundreds of citizens last weekend and that total planning of this years’ budget anticipates 22 weeks of opera- tion this summer with as high as 40 weeks of camping. Childers questioned the $20,000 earmarked for con- cessions at Moss Lake but Moss said that the “menu” would provide far more than “crackers and potato chips” and that a high increase in boating and fishing permits is also expected to contribute to lake receipts. He explained that the additional figure of $27,500 for contigencies in the fire department budget is in compliance with the Fair Standard and Labor Act and said that all employees of the city received a three percent raise. Childers said he thought there might be a typographical error in the computation of salaries in the ‘cemetery department but Moss said that the increase had been figured for all Smiloyees and was reflected in the budget. Childers ques- tioned an anticipated $72,000 to be spent for professional services but Moss said that this fee includes all con- sultants, auditors, engineers, legal services, etc. and covers the whole base of the city services. Childers said that since the city is install- ing its own central com- munications system in early July he questioned an ex- pense of $48,800 for telephones at City Hall but the mayor said this figure was only an anticipated figure and that with the in- stallation of the new system and a new touch phone system later in the year that receive ‘costs would be reduced. Childers also questioned a $20,000 figure for anticipated land sales, but Community Development Director Gene White explained that the city now has 11 residential lots available for sale and six reasonably good business lots. “We have tried to be fairly realistic in the budget”, said the mayor. Childers said that the new budget authorizes 142 full time and eight part time employees but that currently there are 165 full time employees and nine part time employees. ‘‘Are 24 of these to lose their jobs July 1?” he asked the mayor. Mayor Moss said that currently some employees are working under projects not expected to last the entire year. In the General Fund, the Police Department accounts for a big slice of the budget-at $547,570 with salaries for 24 employees expected to be $335,464 with an additional 410,000 for emergency over-. time, $42,992 for group in- surance and $33,786 for group retirement. Uniforms are ex- pected to cost $10,000 and $6,000 is budgeted for court appearance by city officers, a new item in the budget this year. The Administrative Department Budget is $245,252 which includes salaries for five people, plus six commissioners. Salaries for five people, including Mayor John Moss, City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Asst. City Clerk Judy Harmon, and Secretaries Katie Wilkes and Nina Cole, are set at $97,160. Commissioners expense for six commissioners is budgeted at $30,385. Profes- sional services amounts to $20,000, group insurance at $7,991; retirement at $8,035; travel expenses at $3,000. In the Fire Department the total budget is projected to be $206,032 which includes seven employees plus 28 volunteer firemen. Salaries are an- ticipated for seven employees to be $92,781 and volunteer firement will receive $10,000. Contingen- cies are budgeted at $27,500. Utilities account for $10,000 and concessions for $20,000. In the Cemetery Depart- ment four employees will clude supplies estimated at $2,500, with telephone and postage estimated at $500 and repairs and maintenance at $1500. In the General Department Bill Stone Selected KM Lion Of The Year From Page 1-A membership pin went to Lion Davis. The club received the coveted Governor's Award given to the club in District 31C for outstanding service and participation in the many programs of Lions Interna- tional, including aid to the blind, the White Cane drive, the broom project, Boys and Girls Home activities. Presi- dent Davis also received a § plaque from Kings Mountain Lions for outstanding ser- vice. New officers, in addition to President Barrier, include First Vice President Tim Gladden; Second Vice Presi- dent Edwin Moore; Nationwide Is Now On City’s Side The city board of commis- sioners Monday night award- ed the city’s property and casualty insurance coverage to Nationwide at a low bid of $61,151 plus $29,177 for workmans compensation and upon recommendation its in- surance consultant C.J. Spivey. Other bidder was Travelers Insurance at bid of $107,336. In related action, the board voted to change its present group insurance plan to the new Pre-Admission Review (PAR) Plan which makes all employees who work at least 20 hours per week on a per- manent basis. Secretary Howard Bryant; Treasurer Connie Allison; Tailtwister Dougle Davis; Lion Tamer C.P. Barry; Don Crawford, Luther Bennett and George B. Thomasson, directors. A 6,571 in salaries and a budge of $74,749 will in- professional services account for $25,000 in the budget with building maintenance at $15,000. In Community Develop- ment, where two are employed, the salaries ac- count for $37,429 in the budget total of $51,595 which also in- cludes $400 for telephones and $1,000 for travel expenses and $4,118 for retirement and $2,657 for insurance. Under general capital pro- jects, paving, curbing and guttering is projected to cost $172,000 with $42,000 for general equipment and an estimated $228,760 for the B.O.R. Project at Moss Lake. The Board also approved revenue sharing funds total- ing $141,149 with the police to share in $59,282; the streets to share in $50,814; and sanita- tion to account for $31,043. Revenues from water, sewer and gas are expected to total $10,319,548.00 with $30,000 from the Clean Water Grant. Charges for utilities amount to $1,068,000 as com- pared to $1,185,582 last year. Capital improvements ac- count for $305,000 in the budget. The city expects to buy two aerators and one mixer at $20,000 for the wastewater facilities; one titrator, four turbidity meters, CL two scales, and a storage building at cost of $15,000 for the water plant; a $12,000 pump station for wastewater pump stations; and spend $155,000 in con- struction of a raw water pump extension, a water hydrant replacement, a water line to Fulton and Margrace Road, a water meter program, sewer to Kindswood Apts. and new water and sewer lines for a total cost of $108,000; $75,000 worth of new electric lines, transformers and poles and equipment and gas regulator stations, low pressure con- nector, gas line extensions and equipment for a total of $75,000. Moss said proposed 1985-86 i idera- tion the tight constraiyiggof municipal funding frdm budget takes into co Washington and Raleigh. The budget sets into place proposals for the develop- ment of programs to increase and replace lost revenues. The Hydro-Electric Pro- ject, the Kings Mountain Utilities District, and the An- nexation Program will pro- vide the economic capability to sustain the operation of Ci- ty Government for the Citizens of Kings Mountain. The budget also provides for projected merit increases and a salary increase of 3% for permanent employees of the City of Kings Mountain, as of September 2, 1985; and continuing current fringe benefits. D3 RELATE LH LTE TUTTE HO DN DOWNTOWN KINGS MOUNTAIN Large Selection LADIES SPORTSWEAR Koret Of Calif. *Santa Cruz *Izod *Fire Island Personal Petties REDUCED i) % To ¢ 0 % ‘NEW OFFICERS OF LIONS CLUB—Pictured are newly installed officers of the Kings Mountain Lions Club. Front row, from left, Tim Gladden, Howard Berrier, new president; George Thomasson, C.P. Barry and Luther Bennett. Back row, from left, C.A. Allison, Robert Davis, Edwin Moore, Johnny Reavis and W. Donald Crawford. The officers were in- stalled Tuesday night. 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