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COUNTY
REPORT
B y
DAVID STICK
Dare County Commissioner,
Atlantic Township
When our Board took office
four and a half months ago we had
what I considered a mandate from
the people to seek out and elimi
nate inefficiency and unnecessary
spending, to make changes in pro
cedures when we found them not
in accord with the laws and regu
lations set down by the State, and
to make sure that all citizens and
taxpayers were being treated fair
ly in all areas in which the county
government is involved.
Have we sucessfully followed
this mandate? In order to find
out I have gone back through the
minutes of our meetings and have
made an attempt to evaluate what
the Board has done since taking
office. Here is what I find on the
credit side:
1. —At a cost of less than S3OO.
we have secured for each member
of the Board a complete set of all
laws specifically dealing with Dare
County. So far as can be deter
mined these laws had never been
compiled before.
2. —ln order to save the Board’s
time and give every property own
er equal opportunity to have a full
and fair hearing when he feels he
is being overtaxed, we have set up
a new procedure in which all such
complaints are referred to the
Tax Supervisor, who is required
to investigate each one fully and
make a complete report to the
Board. With this information the
Board is then in a position to make
an intelligent decision on each in
dividual tax complaint case.
3. —We found that some county
employees handling public funds
were improperly bonded, and
others were not bonded at all, and
have now arranged for the proper
bonding of all such employees.
4. —Because the County was
badly in debt when we took office,
and because there was no way to
determine whether or not we were
going further in debt each month,
the Board has set up an account
ing system in which the County
Accountant each month presents us
with a detailed breakdown show
ing whether expenditures are over
or below the budgeted amount in
every category of government.
5. —We have attempted to or
ganize our meetings by preparing
an agenda in advance, and attend-
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the market areas in North Carolina are growing in
spending power. This spending power attracts busi
ness of all kinds, which in turn makes more jobs,
higher wages, better living. But, some areas are
growing faster than others.
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ket areas of North Carolina are the same areas that
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ing to the monthly routine in our
morning sessions, and new busi
ness in the afternoons.
6. —We have appointed a new ;
ABC Board—for the first time '
since the ABC law was passed—
with representation from different
parts of the county, and note that <
receipts have shown an increase i
since the appointments were made, i
7. —We have set up a system for I
the payment of bills whereby, ap- i
patently for the first time, each j
member of the Board has a com- 1
plete list of all bills for payment
and can check on everyone before
payment is made.
8. —We have appointed a new
County Attorney who shares with
the Board a fresh outlook on
county affairs.
9. —ln order to simplify the co
ordination of tax listing between
the county and the two incorpor
ated towns within its boundaries,
we have set up separate tax list
ing districts for Manteo and Kill
Devil Hills.
10. —We have made a number of
changes in the method of handling
the minutes of the Board. A ste
nographer now takes the minutes;
the name of each member present
is recorded as voting for or
against each and every motion;
copies of the minutes are sent to
each Board member following the
meeting, while his memory is
fresh; the routine lists and re
ports are separated from the main
body of the minutes; and the min
utes themselves are catalogued,
with each different subject being
given a number and a subject
heading.
11. —We have instituted a force
ful program for the collection of
all delinquent taxes owed the
county, or the foreclosure or at
tachment of all property on which
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delinquent taxes are owed. We
have named a new Delinquent Tax
Collector, who will be able to go
out through the county to collect
back taxes.
12. —We have taken steps to
plainly mark all streets within the
county, to remove existing ob
structions from them and prevent
other obstructions from being
built, and to establish rules and
standards for the grading or pav
ing of such streets by private par
ties.
13. —We have changed our meet
ing day to the first Monday in
the month, in line with the method
used throughout the State.
These are some of the specific
things I feel we have accom
plished. There are others I do not
have time to detail here, and in
addition we have made preliminary
investigations, as a Board, of the
operations of most county depart
ments, and are in the process of
making other changes designed to
improve efficiency.
On the other hand, there are
some things we haven’t had much
success with as yet, including the
following:
(A) —We have appointed a spe
cial committee to work for the
bridging of Oregon Inlet, and
despite the terrible condition of the
ferry service, have seen our argu
ments fall on deaf ears to date.
(B) —We have spent consider
able time investigating the law en
forcement system now in effect,
have agreed that additional im
proved law enforcement is essen
tial, but have been unable to reach
final agreement on the best meth
od for accomplishing this aim
with the limited funds now avail
able.
(C) —We have decided to insti
tute a county-wide mosquito con
trol program, but have been unable
to work out certain important de
tails.
(D) —We have neither the auth
orization nor the money to spend
for community harbor and channel
projects throughout the county,
and have been unable to date to
find away for the county to share
in the cost of such essential proj
ects without asking for special
taxation.
(E) —We have not yet been able
to keep spending of all depart
ments within the amount budget
ed, with the result that the county
accounts for this fiscal year still
are not in the black.
And finally, because of limita
tions of time, we have been unable
to familiarize ourselves with the
details of several important county
operations, including the manage
ment of the Dare County Airport.
It takes a lot of time and a lot of
work to become familiar with the
many phases of county govern
ment, and to make carefully
planned changes for their improve
ment. But every member of the
Board is working at it, day in and
day out.
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ASHEVILLE STORE MANAGER
Chas. L. Burrus, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Burrus of Engelhard is
manager of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company store in Ashe
ville. He is a graduate of Engel
hard High School, served 3 years
in the Navy, then attended Elon
College and received his A. B.
degree in business administration
and was employed by the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company in
Greensboro, receiving his basic
training. He is married to the
former Fannie Sutton of Burling
ton and they have two children Pa
tricia Lynne and Cherry Ann,
ages 6 and 4 years. They live in the
Haw Creek section of Asheville.
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