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Page 2A KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR Thunday, April 11,1>74 Annexation Discussed Monday Night By JAY ASHLEY Mirror Staff Writer A public hearing on paving, curb and guttering assessments on Maner Rd. raised the matter of voluntary and involuntary annexation in the City Commission meeting Monday night. When the public hearing was held, a resident of Maner Rd., Tony Wells, told the board the contractor who poured the curb and guttering, Skidmore, had taken a con crete saw and “cut through my driveway”. Mayor John Moss said he knew of "four or five” similar situations in the area and noted the contractor had apparently cut the driveways anticipating curb and gut tering further back from the street than it was actually poured The matter of assessments continued into annexation when one resident asked if “non-city dwellers are assessed the same as dty dwellers.” City clerk, Joe McDaniel said, “yes, we assessed them”. Jack White, city attorney, noted he had been instructed by the city board to send registered letters to residents outside the city limits asking them if they if they wanted to come into ^e city voluntarily or go through the procedures of involuntary annexation. White said he had not sent the letters because “I have talked with several of the residents and the feeling seems to be that if we insure them im mediate sewage facilities, they would be willing to come into the city voluntarily.” White then turned to a spectator, Betsy Allen, and asked if his impression were correct. “Not in my case,” she said. “I don’t receive city water rates and do not have my garbage picked up by the dty and I’m tired of the papers saying we do. I don’t want ^o ANYBODY SEEN DUFFY? Dnffy is an Irish Setter and he has been missing from 403 Neisler Dr., Kings Monntaln, since Wed., Apr. 3. In the above photo Duffy is the dog on the right and that’s David Neisler with him. Hayne Neisler (left) holds Riley, Duffy’s son. Parks Neisler is in the middle. Duffy was last seen near the hospital. Henry and Marilyn Neisler have had Duffy for six years and they want him back. There’s a |2S reward (or his return. Call 739-5058. KM Taxpayers Gei Fee-Break At Lake (From page 1A> Public launching area- $7,600 Total- $25,000 ’The annual schedule of fees presented shows the break Kings Mountain taxpayers will receive: Annual boat fee- $25 for regular, $15 for KM’ers Daily boat fee- $4 regular, $2 for KM’ers. Fishing licenses- $10 an nually regular, $5 for tax payers. Daily fishing license- $1 regular, 50 cents for tax payers. (Fishing license for 12 years and older. Under 12 is free). Pier and-or dock fees- $25 Ramp for single residential lot- $25 Ramp for muli-use- (to be determined by negotiation). Water Use: Lease for single residential up to 300 feet- $125 annually. Additional footage- 20 cents per foot. Lake Authority member M.C. Pruette read the budget and stated, ‘‘the fees here sound mighty cheap to me” Member Ray (Jline said, “well we’re just getting started with this and things can be changed if need be.” On a motion by Corbett Nicholson and seconded by Brooks Tate, the proposed budget was adopted subject to dty commission approval. The mayor then presented a map of the lake and noted the leasing committee needed to start working on leasing agreements with lake property owners. Moss said the city owns “eight vertical feet around the lake for pollution and flood control as provided by state law and the leasing committee needs to begin setting rules and regulations for that area." The mayor also indicated some areas should be “non- leasable” and kept for dtizen’s use. Mayor Moss expressed pleasure over the budget committee’s work and said the next order of business would be getting a leasing com mittee report and then safety committee recommendations. ‘The Lake Authority then discussed the matter of Lamar (Buddy) Young and come into the city.” Attorney White stated, “annexation is something a dty can do under law to insure orderly growth of the city.” He noted there were several “spotty” areas in the dty where one lot was inside the limits and an adjoining lot was outside. Another resident. High Lancaster, asked how the assessments were determined and said at one point “I found myself in the dty surrounded by the county. I didn’t know I had a choice or I would have stayed in the county.” City clerk McDaniel noted an estimate of the total job was taken and divided by two. Ihe city pays 50 percent of the cost with the residents paying the other 50 percent. ‘Iten front footage is totalled and divided into the 50 percent to determine “cost per foot” assessments. As far as assessing non-dty dwellers. Jack White said, “the point we are debating tonight is whether we can legally assess non-city residents.” The attorney said under state law residents cannot be billed for more than 50 percent of the toal cost of paving, curb and guttering and that it was his recom mendation the board draft a petition for voluntary an nexation and those who would not take it, be brought under the involuntary annexation procedures. Following the public hearing. Commissioner Corbett Nicholson moved the dty have Skidmore repair the driveways that had t^n cut with the balance the dty owes and then repair the rest with dty money. A request by Fred Finger of Lambeth Roper to be reimbursed for $^ in water lines that firm laid was also approved In other business the board: - held a public hearing and passed a resolution adopting assessment rolls for Caldwell St. to Maner Rd. More (friveways in this area also need repair. - adopted a resolution declaring cost incurred at street intersections and or dered preparation of preliminary assessment rolls for Charles St. from York Rd. to end. - transferred one taxi franchise from Frank Price of Price Cabs to James E. Dellinger. - sent to the zoning board a request by Richard Owens to rezone property off York Rd. from R-20 to Heavy Industry and a request from Martin Harmon Jr. to rezone property off York Rd. from R-20 to Heavy Industry. - tabled for study three bids on cathodic protection of the city’s natural gas system. - granted a request from the Kings Mountain Housing Authority to meter electricity at six future public housing sites rather than meter in dividual units. -named the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad the “lead emergency agency at the John Moss Reservoir”. - heard a report from Jack White concerning a request from the school board to donate $15,000 for seating at the Barnes Auditorium on the high school campus. Superintendent of schools, Don Jones said the request had been made before the school board discovered the procedure would be very complicated and long. Instead the superintendent urged the city board to initiate a program to beautify the area around the auditorium in cluding curb and guttering. - voted to expend $1,700 in covering exposed catch-basins in the Southwoods develop ment and continuing in vestigating to determine of the developer has any liabilities there. - heard recommendations from Jack White concerning water drainage in South- woods. White said he had mimerous complaints from citizens asking for drainage pipes to accomodate excess water. White said the people “built their homes at the bottom of hills knowing (frainage would come into their yards and I don’t think it’s a responsibility of the city in these cases.” - scheduled a meeting concerning bowling facilities in the city for April 22. - voted to retain the policy of giving city employes with five years service or more, two weeks paid vacations. - approved budget of $25,000 submitted by Kings Mountain Lake Authority. YOU KNOW WHY YOU TAKE YOUR PAncmpnoNS TO URUTH ORUOB PUABM DO mx YOUR ntmoR Where in the Wbrld but- SMITH^^^ORUSS WHERE YOU CAN FIND A WORLD OF SAVINGS! PHARMACY fCATURi: Triaminicin for cold misery Fast rdief of nasal congestion, common cold headache. Pack 12. R f »1.19 value bwWnvFmi OUR MAN IN WHITE ...you can depend on him ALL $ALE SPECIALS effective THURSDAY thru SUNDAY OPEN DAILY 9 A M TO 9 P M K M Plaza SUNDAY 1 to 6 P M KM Plaza. 95* BmkAmeiihwio uHiCcomku WE HONOR BOTH CARDS his creosote pier piling. In their Mar. 7 meeting the Authority voted to allow Young to keep his wooden pilings but then on Mar. 10, the city board voted to have Young tear then down ac cording to regulations adopted. The regulations called for concrete pilings. Jack White recommended the Authority rescind their ap proval of creosote pilings and ask Young to comply with the “concrete” regulations. In other business the board: - heard Corbett Nicholson, Glee Bridges, Jack White and Ray Cline named to the leasing committee. - designated the KM Rescue Squad the lead emergency and rescue agency for the IMce. Bridges Service Is Today Funeral services will be conducted today at 4 p.m. for Howard Bridges, 35, of Rt. 1, Kings Mountain, who die(l ‘Tuesday in Charlotte Memorial Hospital after an illness of several weeks. Rites will be conducted at Shady Grove Baptist Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. Frank Taylor, Rev. Allen Morrison and Dr. diaries Edwards. Masonic rites and burial will follow in the church cemetery. A Gaston County native. Bridges was a former partner in Bridges Barber Shop in Kings Mountaui, a graduate of Tryon High S(diool and -g mason and former master of Fairview Lodge Number 339 of Kings Mountain. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bridges; his wife, Mary Lou Mauney Bridges; one son, Timothy Bridges; one brother, Dennis Bridges; and one sister, Mrs. Leo Myers, all of Kings Mountain. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Oxford Orphanage in Oxford, N.C. Harris Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral arrangements. Wolgreen Laborotory ASPIRIN TABLETS Reg. $1.19 pure 5 gr tablets. None hnerf EAStER BUNNY GOODIES I * ■ <•' itf- stuffed Basfer Animals I R^. 14.95 $399 EGG DECORATING MACHINE Make countless designs with no messy dyes! save; REc.s 1.37 Chocolate Coverod JMoffecI Milk EGGSI Bon $ BtM MBk Cliiocolofo ^ _ .1 Halite pkg. #||!i RABBITS fsolid milk chocolat^ Bmatt Aorgo i 49‘ 791 I DECORATING PEN SET OOc :¥ Add-A-Cdor. 6 pen* in 6 colors ^ ^ €amdy €hkkB Robbiff EASTER BASKETS Looded with treats for good From wrapped. Chocefcito ^ rshmallow I^gs49 Almond type malted milk robin eggs Lb. Bog ®'9 candy-coated •99» in gay colors.
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