Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, May 20, 1993
BILLS
From Page 1-A
He said the new schedule would
give the city a smoother cash flow
and cut down on potential losses.
The Council also agreed that the
late fee would be S10 on residen-
tial customers (the same as it is
now) and one percent for delin-
quent bills over $1,000.
The Council also agreed that,
beginning sometime next spring,
the city will go to a "cycle billing"
system in which half of the city's
customers would be billed on the
15th of the month and the other
half on the last day of the month.
"All utilities are doing this to
even out the work load, improve
cash flow and hold down bad
debts,” Wood said.
In another matter Tuesday night,
the Council approved a new medi-
cal insurance policy which will re-
quire employees to pay 45 percent
of their dependents’ coverage.
Wood said only six cities in the
N.C. League of Municipalities still
pay a portion of dependent cover-
age, and indicated that Kings
Mountain will have to gradually re-
quire employees to assume those
COSts.
"Several years ago Kings
Mountain was paying 90 percent of
dependent coverage,” he said.
"We've been trying to get it down
because medical costs are astro-
nomical."
Finance Director Jeff
Rosencrans pointed out that the
city pays over $600,000 for medi-
cal coverage and collects property
taxes of about $900,000. Wood
said that adding in other insurance
charges such as workman's com-
pensation, the city is paying almost
$1 million per year for insurance.
The City Council stopped short.
of taking action on requiring cm-
ployees to pick up an additional 10
percent a year until dependent-paid
coverage by the city is phased out.
"If things level out maybe we
can level out,” said Mayor Scott
Neisler, "but the way it is now we
have to reduce our cost of depen-
dent coverage."
"We need to take a look at this
every ear and sec what kind of im-
pact it has on employces,"”
Councilman Phil Hager added.
Councilman Jim Guyton said
paying dependent coverage is giv-
ing married employees a benefit
that single employees do not re-
ceive. "The fact that some are mar-
ried and some are single doesn't
have anything to do with their cm-
ployment,” he said.
Wood said the city is still paying
$148,000 a year toward dependent
coverage. "We can't keep absorbing
15 and 20 percent increases," he
said. "The cost has gotten out of
hand and we can't keep eating it."
"Our health insurance is within
$300,000 of the property taxes we
collect," said Councilman Al
Moretz. "You can't let health insur-
ance eliminate jobs."
In other action Tuesday, the
Council:
BM Authorized staff members to
begin suggesting streets that need
to be paved under a Community
Development Block Grant program
that would provide $90,000 in
matching funds. Paving would
have to be done in low to moderate
income areas.
BW Approved the purchase of a
$13,000 used garbage truck to be
used to make trips from the city's
trash compactor site at Public
Works to the county landfill. Wood
said purchasing the truck would al-
low the city to discontinue the use
of a private container service and
save money in the long run.
RATES
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"The commercial rate is still be-
low what other cities are charging,"
Wood said. "We still subsidize our
cost out of the general fund.”
Wood said the county has in-
creased landfill fees from $19 to
$23 per ton, and is considering go-
ing to $28 per ton.
The new rates are effective June
30.
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The Council approved a 2.7 per-
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rates
Council members said increas-
ing rates is not a popular thing to
do, but is necessary because of ris-
ing costs.
"I hate seeing everything go up,"
said Norma Bridges. "Two percent
isn't much but when everything's
going up two percent it's going to
hurt some people."
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City accepting fireman applications
The city of Kings Mountain will be accepting applications for the posi-
tion of volunteer fire fighters May 24-28 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5
p.m.
Applicants must be in good physical condition, possess a valid North
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Applicants must possess a high school diploma or GED.
BODY
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Law enforcement and rescue
personnel searched the woods for
several days, but to no avail.
Members of Mrs. Black's family
found the body Friday about three
miles from the spot where the two
went into the woods.
Special Agent Dan Crawford of
the State Bureau of Investigation
said he will not know the cause of
death until the State Medical
Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill
makes some kind of ruling. A
Gastonia newspaper reported that
Black had been shot, but Crawford
said that has not been determined.
"The body was decomposed and
it takes a little longer for them to
do their examination to determine
the cause of death," Crawford said.
"It could take a week to 10 days."
Crawford said the body was
found about a quarter of a mile off
Van Dyke Road near the South
Carolina state line. The body was
identified by using medical records
and physical markings.
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