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Budget Approved

The Town Commission has approved the budget for 2008-2009. Action came at the regular commission meeting on September 11 after a second and final public hearing. There were no public comments offered at the hearing.

Prior to adopting the budget, commission agreed unanimously to keep the millage rate for the town at 0.7511, the lowest rate in the county for any municipality with full time employees. The rollback rate that is allowed by law would have raised the rate to 0.8193, but the commission opted to stick with the lower number to reinforce taxpayer breaks enacted by the legislature and voted in by the public in Amendment 1.

As a result, general fund revenues will drop to a projected $715, 372 in the new budget year, almost $12,000 under the current year. Expenditures are proposed at $842,614, an increase of around $78,000 over this year’s projection. The commission will tap reserves, if needed, to make up the difference. The town generally spends less than its budgeted amount. The commission did restore $8,000 for July 4 fireworks, but this will require cooperation from neighboring communities.

Construction Woes

Motoring through town was a little more complicated in recent days as heavy construction equipment was brought in to deal with sewer problems.

Biggest tie up was on 173rd Avenue at Town Hall. A major line that carries waste water from Redington Shores to the county lift station located next to the North Redington garage sprung a leak that kept crews working for days. As of this writing, temporary repairs had been made pending an engineering analysis that will seek to establish a permanent bypass for the line. Look for more work ahead.

Crews were also working on Gulf Boulevard near the town line with Redington Beach near the Park Circle Bed & Breakfast. One of the median’s new palms had to be temporarily removed to allow work on a broken line there.

Beach Preservation

Mayor Bill Queen represented North Redington Beach at the annual meeting of the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association. The group represents virtually all cities and counties in the state that are located along the vast waterfront that distinguishes Florida. It also has over 1,000 individual members, all of whom are working to assure that beaches are maintained.

Ironically, the meeting was scheduled just as Hurricane Ike was bearing down on the gulf, but the path of the storm posed no threat to the meeting site. People who regularly walk our beaches, however, were quick to notice how the extra wave action created by the storm, even as it was passing far to our west, created erosion on our beaches.

Among the programs supported by the Association are the regular renourishment activities that are a cooperative effort of county, state and federal agencies