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KENANSVILLE — As various buildings near completion and new ones get ready to break ground, the Town of Kenansville has been busy with zoning requests.
According to Town Manager Anna West, the Town of Kenansville has been dealing with zoning requests due to all the new buildings at the Duplin Commons, among those are the Duplin County Senior Center, the transportation building and its wash out station, also “James Sprunt Workforce request with their new building,” said West. “The animal shelter is almost finished, and the other one that’s a non-building is the State Employee Credit Union,” which will be placing an ATM, once it’s approved by the town. “All of that is going on from a zoning standpoint.”
On Feb. 6, during the town’s board monthly meeting, the board approved an amendment to the definition of its government offices and facilities. The amendment proposed by the town’s planning board, modified the language for the definition of a government facility, to include public safety centers, and removed a line that excluded jails and correctional institutions. This amendment was necessary now that the County has approved the construction of the new detention center.
In other business:
Discussed options for CPA firms, currently the one they are looking at has an approximate bottom line of $27,000. According to town officials the CPA firm they are considering is one of the few that audits municipalities.
West introduced their new hire, Michelle Jones, who is now the administrative assistant.
“She is a retired school principal and English teacher,” said West, adding that Jones hit the ground running. “She’s revamped our Facebook page, for the Parks and Rec and for the town of Kenansville, and she’s working on our website right now.”
The town is asking all utility customers to verify their billing preferences by returning the letters they were mailed along with their utility bill. Town officials are asking customers to complete the form and return it to Town Clerk Amanda Lesesne.
West updated the board about her meeting with Stroud Engineering on Feb. 31, who will be at the March meeting with their recommendations for the $8 million grant.
The town is working on finalizing and updating their personnel policy, job descriptions, performance appraisals, and corrective procedures to have in place. West explained that they are working on the salary survey and will add a social media policy into the personnel manual.
According to West, they have rewritten the wastewater treatment plant operator job with the guidance of the League of Municipalities.
The Town also acknowledged they have received a “$10,000 check from Southern Bank Foundation for the playground.
West announced that they received a call from the League of Municipalities, letting them know they received a $30,000 grant for grant services.
“We have a designated representative that will be working with us,” said West. “She says we have $30,000, and that’s about 20 hours worth of work. We just need to determine what we want.”
Police Chief Jackie Benton updated the board sharing that the new cars are in. “We got them lettered up. Hopefully next week we get them to the shop to start getting the lights and regular stuff in, so we can get them in use,” said Chief Benton.
