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Yard sale
The South Point United Methodist Church Weekday School will have a yard sale, Saturday.
The event is 7-11 a.m. Everything will cost $1.
Proceeds will go to the weekday school for classroom and playground supplies. The South Point United Methodist Church Weekday School operates Monday-Friday, 8:30-11:30 a.m., with classes for children 1-4 years old.
The church is at 510 South Point Road in Belmont.
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Mount Holly budget approved
By THOMAS LARK
- Thu, Jun 12, 2008
MOUNT HOLLY—By a unanimous vote at its Monday regular meeting, City Council approved the 2008-09 budget of City Manager Eric Davis.
Councilman Perry Toomey and Councilwoman Carolyn Breyare made the respective motion and second for the $8.6 million budget.
Davis said his budget includes:
•a one-cent decrease in the tax rate per $100 of valuation to 53 cents.
•$750,000 in capital reserve.
•$500,000 in improvements to Tuckaseege Park.
•the allocation of $250,000 from the fund balance for technology to aid the Mount Holly Police Department and Mount Holly Fire and Rescue.
Davis added that his budget means he will pull double-duty, becoming also the city’s budget officer.
He pointed out that the council would be able to amend the budget at its discretion at any time during the year as needed.
Also by a Toomey-Breyare motion, the council unanimously approved the Capital Improvements Plan or CIP. Toomey commended Davis for his work on this.
“This is a good plan,” he said, “and it’s an aggressive plan. It’s something we need as a city.”
Davis explained that the plan, instead of sitting on a shelf, will be seen for minor adjustments every year by the council. The CIP will show how the city can pay for various items, and it will show tax and utility rates.
Mayor Robert Whitt said he liked the idea, and he reminded the council that the CIP won’t be carved in stone.
“It’s a fluid document,” the mayor said. “And it will put something in front of you to show the goals we’re working towards.”
Councilman David Moore said he still wanted to see one more staffer on hand at the MHFR’s Catawba Heights Station.
Whitt said even more staffers are needed there.
“You need three, not one,” he said, but he allowed that “you have to stay within budgeted boundaries.”
In other news, the council heard from local financial expert Todd Van Der Meid, who is among the lead organizers of Mount Holly’s “Alive After Five” concert series. Van Der Meid said the next concert downtown is June 26, with beach band the Catalinas.
“There haven’t been any problems with this event,” he said, citing a recent consultation with MHPD Chief David Belk.
Van Der Meid requested and received the council’s permission to once again have the sale of beer and wine at the event, thanks to a Breyare-Toomey motion. But this motion wasn’t unanimous. It passed five to one, with Councilman Frank McLean being the lone dissenter.
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