Town of North Redington Beach News
January 25, 2011
Commission Cancels Election
It is now official. There will be no municipal election for the town on March 8. The town commission passed an ordinance to cancel the voting after three incumbent officials whose terms were up drew no opposition at the close of the filing period in December.
Returning to office as a result are Mayor Bill Queen, and commissioners, Gary Curtis, seat one, and Richard Bennett, seat two.
The officials will be sworn in for new two-year terms at the first regular meeting of the town commission following the election date. That will be March 10.
The other commission members are Jerry Knight, seat three, and Curtis Blocker, seat four.
Did You Know…..
The town has barely grown since 2,000, taxable values continue to fall, there are more women than men who live here, and the median age is a lot higher than for the state overall.
These were among the interesting facts that Mayor Queen shared with commissioners and residents at the January commission meeting. Consider the numbers:
The town’s population in 2009 was 1,517. In 2000 it was 1474. The gain, a modest 43.
Taxable value of all properties in 2009 was $421,258,310. In 2010, it was $381, 571, 220, a decline of almost $40 million.
Town boundaries cover 0.8 square miles, but there are six miles of roadway.
The mix of residential and commercial land uses envisioned in the town’s comprehensive plan is reflected in the structures on the ground. There are 415 single family homes, 714 condominium units, three multi-family complexes with more than 10 units and 12 multifamily developments with under 10. There are 142 commercial properties.
As of 2009, there were 795 female and 672 male residents. The median age was 57.8, compared with a median age in the state of 38.7. Among the residents, 60 per cent are married, 13.8 per cent divorced, 12.4 per cent widowed, 10.7 per cent never married and 3.1 per cent separated.
Median household income in town is $53,807 as compared to $44,736 for the state.
Tourism Up
D.T. Minich, executive director of the local convention and visitors’ bureau, reported to a meeting of officials from the beach communities that tourism continues to rise from the lows of several years ago. He noted that the most stable measure of tourism trends is the county bed tax, and that so far this season it is up some 8 per cent.
Minich outlined an ambitious promotional campaign to attract more visitors, with a special promotion in the metro New York area.
He also reported that since it’s opening the new Dali museum has been averaging 2.000 visits a day; and that tourism is expected to get another boost in the early fall with release of the movie about Winter, the injured dolphin, who was given a prosthetic tail and nursed back to health at the Clearwater Maritime Museum.
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