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Foxfire public safety personnel staying busy

Written by Laura Douglass, Times Reporter

Thursday, 18 February 2010

    The Foxfire Fire Department, an auxiliary station initially opened in 2002 with assistance from West End Fire Rescue, is now regularly manned during business hours with a first responder who is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
    “Being so close they will be able to respond quickly – this is a real benefit to Foxfire Village,” Councilwoman Page Coker reported to the Village Council on Tuesday, February 9.
    The brief business meeting was presided over by Finance Director Leslie Frusco in the absence of Mayor George Erickson and Mayor Pro Tem Ed Lauer.
    Coker also reported the Foxfire Police Department responded to 126 events in January, and that there were four vehicular accidents related to the inclement weather including two traffic deaths.

Finance
    2009 Delinquent property taxes total $62,178 plus the Village is due an additional $11,000 in delinquent accounts dating to 2008, reported Frusco.
    Reminder notices of delinquent accounts will be mailed in March and tax liens will be advertised in April.
    Frusco reported the General Fund at $711,597 including $45,000 in Powell Bill funds and $20,000 restricted to Stonehill Pines. The Water Fund stands at $276,269 including $33,312 for completion of the water line along the Woodland Circle Extension project, and $135,000 in restricted funds for new wells.
    An annual bank loan payment of $103,000 for the Woodland Circle Extension project is due in April 2010.

Streets
    Faded street signs in the Village have been replaced, reported Councilman Vic Koos, along with burned out street lights.
    “Lights right against the roads on big silver poles are state-controlled,” Koos explained. “If you see any light burned out anywhere feel free to call me and we’ll contact Progress Energy or any lights along Village roads we’ll take care of.”
    Public comment
    “The Council is committed to allowing the public a chance to offer comments and suggestions,” Frusco said in presenting a motion to adopt the Board of County Commissioners standard public comment policy for Foxfire Village Council meetings.
    Unanimously approved, the public comment period will be held at the beginning of each meeting for a maximum period of thirty minutes.
    Each person wishing to address the Council must sign in, indicating contact and topic information. Each speaker will be allotted one three minute period and one additional three minute period, if yielded by another person who has signed up to speak..

Other business

    In other business on Tuesday, February 9, the Foxfire Village Council:
    •   Reappointed Rhea Boelter, Dan Boelter, and Karl Bernet to three-year terms on the Board of Adjustment.
    •   Approved a signed letter of support for a Broadband wireless network proposal that would connect all Moore County buildings and municipalities, and fire and rescue squads.
    •   Heard from Frusco that Zoning had approved one set of plans and two requests to combine residential lots.
    •   Heard from Mick McCue that the Long Range Planning Committee have submitted a process overview beginning with interviews of council members, staff and fellow boards, to be followed by a public survey and focus groups.

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