The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, NC

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August 10, 2012

Town council faces relatively light agenda

Editor and Publisher John H. Walker

TARBORO — Members of the Tarboro Town Council will face a relatively brief agenda when they meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Council Room at Town Hall.

Before getting into the actual agenda of consent and action items and reports, the town will recognize Finance Director Karla McCall on being awarded the comprehensive annual financial reporting award by the Government Finance Officers Association.

The council will also receive a pair of recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding zoning map amendments.

The first change involves a request made by Holderness and Bridgers Joint Ventures, Inc. to rezone 282 feet on the south side of Anaconda Road from I-1 (general industrial) to B-3 (general commercial. The property consists of approximately 1.9 acres.

The second change involves a request made by Kermit and Lotrala Perkins to rezone approximately 5.52 acres, consisting of both woods and vacant lots, on the right side of northbound St. Andrew Street as it intersects with North Carolina Highway 33. The change would be from RA-6 (general residential) to B-3 (general commercial).

As part of the consent agenda, the council will process adjustments to both the 2011 and 2012 tax levies as well as receiving a request to approve the transfer of control of the cable franchise for local provider Suddenlink Communications.

The council is expected to approve the request.

In the action item portion of the agenda, the council will hear a budget amendment pertaining to program donations for the Tarboro Police Department.

TPD anticipates up to $5,000 will be received from local businesses and individuals and that the monies will be used to help fund National Night Out, Shop with a Cop, PAL (Police Athletic League) and a Citizens Police Academy.

In another budget amendment involving the police department, council will consider an expenditure of $628 from a Bureau of Justice Bulletproof Vest grant — which requires matching funds — so that an Aug. 31 deadline can be met.

A third budget amendment regarding the police department involves two-wheel transportation and not police cruisers.

The town has been awarded funding for five bicycles and two mobile data terminals by the Governor’s Crime Commission and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

The amount of the total grant is $10,000, with the town required to put up $2,500 of the money to receive the other $7,500 in federal funds.

The action item with the biggest rice tag, a 2000 kW diesel generator for the Superior Essex facility on Anaconda Road, was saved for last.

PowerSecure of Wake Forest was the successful bidder on the project — with a total installation cost of $1,284,675 plus taxes of $69,372.45 for the 16-cylinder Caterpillar-powered generator and a 5,000 fuel tank.

The agreement includes a five-year maintenance program with a monthly monitoring/dispatch fee of $1,240.



 

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