Joint Workshop
Courthouse Complex
Senior Center Conference
Room
The joint workshop of the Camden
County Board of Commissioners and Camden County Planning Board was held
Chairman Jeffrey B. Jennings
Vice Chairman Samuel K. Shaw, Sr.
Commissioner J.C. Rountree, Melvin Jeralds, Clayton Riggs
Clerk to the Board Ava Murgia
Planning Board members:
Chairman James Burnham
Vice Chairman Rodney Needham
Members Calvin Leary, Gladys Banks, Juanita Staples and Terri Griffin
Bob Woodrow was absent.
Also present was Dave Parks, Permit Officer.
Chairman Jennings reconvened the meeting and asked the Planning Board to call their meeting to order.
Planning Board Chairman Burnham called the Planning Board to order.
Board of Education Chairman Wayne White called the meeting out of recess.
Chairman Jennings stated the purpose of the workshop was to
receive comments from the technical review staff regarding the developmental
impact on the infrastructure of
Consideration of
Agenda
Commissioner Rountree made a motion to approve the agenda as presented.
Technical Review
Staff
South Mills Water
Association (SMWA) – Joe Jackson
Mr. Jackson stated that the SMWA is presently operating at
40% capacity and cannot grow because of discharge problems unless a water plant
is built and they have no intentions of building a water plant. There has been an increase in customer
base of 16.9% over five (5) years with the majority of the increase in the last
two (2) years; an increase of 7.4% of water sold over five (5) years. The heaviest month of usage was 385,000
gallons per day. At the present
time the SMWA is capable of servicing a minimum of 555 users and a maximum of
1250 users. Capacity limits are set
by Waste Water Discharge and the Waste Water Division has informed them that
they cannot grow any larger than it is right now because of discharge limits.
The six hundred (600) gallons per minute capacity for twenty one (21) hours a
day is what SMWA’s capability will be forever. Currently there is 200,000 gallons
dedicated from SCWSD and cannot get to South Mills unless increase in water main
size and installation of a pump station.
SMWA draws water from
David Credle stated the maximum capacity per day is 720,000
gallons, minus two (2) hours for start-up and shutdown (660,000); minus 20% the
state requires water systems to start design work to increase production at 80%
of plant capacity for a total of 528,000 gallon capacity. SCWSD’s average water use per day is
225,000 gallons for
Eric Weatherly, Hobbs Upchurch, gave an overview on the status of the sewer system which should be on line in the core area by summer 2005.
Dr. Dunn stated the school figures show Grandy exceeds
capacity by 33 students; 53 High School students before the high school reaches
capacity. There has been a 14%
growth since the beginning of last school year to the beginning of this school
year. Dr. Dunn stated there are
plans to enlarge
Alvin Shaw asked the Commissioners before they approve new development, to let the applicants know that there is no door-to-door pickup and due to increase of students, the seating capacity of the buses are increasing, which is more costly. Cul-de-sacs need to be larger for the turning of the sixty four (64) passenger school buses. Three (3) buses have been added in the last two (2) years which is at capacity now and the last new bus was in 1998 at a 160,000 mile replacement.
South Mills Fire
Department (SMFD) – Kenny Swinson
Kenny Swinson stated there are presently twenty (20)
volunteer firefighters with two (2) engines, a tanker and brush truck with an
average of 80-100 calls per year.
SMFD has decreased from twenty eight (28) firefighters to twenty
(20). It has been hard to maintain
volunteer membership and even had to get the preacher to join just to pass the
state fire inspection. The tanker
is twenty five (25) years old and rusted.
The brush truck is thirty (30) years old and was donated by
Pasquotank. One (1) Engine is
eleven (11) years old and the other is a three (3) year old engine, which is
financed. With current fire tax the
SMFD can only afford to finance one (1) new fire truck. Fire station is not located where it is
needed and they are currently looking for three (3) to four (4) acres of land to
build a new fire station in the middle of the fire district. The hydrants will not supply enough
water to fight a fire for new development.
County needs to raise the fire tax to 8 cents and then to 10 cents. Sooner or later firefighters will have
to be paid in
Tim Peoples stated that in the
year 2001, 242 applications were received from
Robbie Tarkington stated plans
for the next five (5) years include building a new fire station in
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Perry stated his office
needs four (4) more Deputies and when transport is needed to a mental facility,
it ties the Deputy up for eight (8) hours.
There is no Deputy full time at the satellite office. Sheriff Perry stated there were 5,891
calls in 2002; average daily calls of 19.6l. The coverage provided by the Sheriff’s
department is in twelve (12) hours shifts with one (1) Deputy for days, two (2)
for nights, one (1) for weekend days; two (2) for weekend nights. Sheriff Perry stated his office needs
three (3) Deputies to cover the day shift now because when the day Deputy
receives a dangerous call, he has to request mutual aid from
The Planning Board adjourned their meeting and the Board of Education adjourned their meeting.
Commissioner Jeralds made a motion to go into closed session pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3) for the purpose of consultation with attorney and pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a)(6) for the purpose of discussing personnel. The motion passed with Commissioners Rountree, Jeralds, Shaw, Riggs and Chairman Jennings voting aye; no Commissioner not voting; no Commissioner voting no; and no Commissioner absent.
The Commissioners entered closed
session at
There being no further matters to
come before the
The Commissioners re-entered the
regular session at
Commissioner Riggs made a motion to amend the agenda to enter into close session pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a)(5) for the purpose of discussing land acquisition. The motion passed with Commissioners Rountree, Jeralds, Shaw, Riggs and Chairman Jennings voting aye; no Commissioner not voting; no Commissioner voting no; and no Commissioner absent.
The Commissioners entered closed
session at
There being no further matters to
come before the
The Commissioner re-entered
regular session at
Commissioner Jeralds made a motion to amend the agenda to enter into close session pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3) for the purpose of consulting with an attorney. The motion passed with Commissioners Rountree, Jeralds, Shaw, Riggs and Chairman Jennings voting aye; no Commissioner not voting; no Commissioner voting no; and no Commissioner absent.
The Commissioners entered closed
session at
There being no further matters to
come before the
The Commissioner re-entered
regular session at
There being no further items to come before the Board, Commissioner Shaw made a motion to adjourn. The motion passed with Commissioners Rountree, Jeralds, Shaw, Riggs and Chairman Jennings voting aye; no Commissioner not voting; no Commissioner voting no; and no Commissioner absent.
The meeting adjourned at
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Jeffrey B. Jennings, Chairman
ATTEST:
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Ava Murgia
Clerk to the Board