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Jeff Davis photo Looking for river life . . . The annual Rocky River Festival last week had school kids from around Chatham County busy learning about the Rocky River and its life. Third graders from several schools visited on Tuesday and Wednesday and made their way through display after display that had been set up for the students. Above, Chatham Charter student Madison Marini peers in the water, looking for crawdads and bugs. For more on the Rocky River Festival see inside this weeks Chatham News/Chatham Record. Lucier named chair of air quality board By Randall Rigsbee Dr. George Lucier, chairman of the Chatham County Planning Board, has agreed to serve on the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants. Lucier will serve a four-year term as chair of the board beginning May 1. “Your experience and background will be valuable assets as the Science Advisory Board continues to evaluate scientific data on toxic air pollutants and your contribution to the work of the board will be beneficial in addressing health problems facing North Carolina’s citizens resulting from exposure to air toxics,” William G. Ross Jr., secretary of the NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (NCDENR), wrote to Lucier. The Scientific Advisory Board was convened to aid the DENR in making assessments of potential health hazards resulting from exposures to toxic air pollutants. The board is comprised of five people with expertise in the fields of environmental health, occupational medicine, toxicology, risk assessment, and biostatistics. The SAB meets regularly to perform risk assessments on toxic air pollutants emitted in the state. The board’s recommendations are considered by the DENR in drafting proposals for acceptable ambient air level concentrations for toxic air pollutants in North Carolina.
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Tax rate stable in proposed plan By Randall Rigsbee For the third straight year, Chatham County manager Charlie Horne is recommending the county’s tax rate remain unchanged for the upcoming fiscal year. Horne presented his recommended budget, which he descried as a “solid budget with no frills,” to county commissioners last week. The recommendation calls for a tax rate of 64.64 cents per $100 of valued property. Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the proposed budget on May 17 at 6 p.m. in the District Courtroom in Pittsboro. Horne’s budget recommends a general fund budget of $53,251,385, a 6.4 percent increase over the current fiscal year. Horne said he expects general fund revenues, excluding appropriated fund balance, to increase by 4.6 percent. The county’s utility fund calls for a $3,411,486 budget, which is a 2.7 percent increase. The waste management budget proposed at $2,263,338 is a 0.7 percent increase from fiscal year 2003-04. On a total property valuation of $4.97 billion, Horne is recommending the county maintain the current tax rate of 64.64 cents. One penny generates $482,467.
Candidates file for county, school boards By Cara Rotondaro The filing period for candidates for elected office opened Monday at noon, though some candidates were lined up at the Board of Elections office in Pittsboro as early at 10:30 a.m. Pandora Paschal, Chatham County deputy elections director, said four candidates for local office were lined up and waiting at the noon start time. The first was former mayor of Pittsboro Mary Wallace, who is running for a seat on the county board of commissioners. By press deadline Tuesday, four candidates – Democrats Wallace, Mike Cross and Barry Gray, and Republican Andy Wilkie – had filed to run for the seat in District 2 currently held by commissioner Margaret Pollard. One candidate – Democrat Patrick Barnes – filed to run for the County Commissioner District 1 seat Tuesday. Incumbent Bob Atwater has announced he will not seek re-election to the seat, though he did file to run for the District 18 state Senate seat. Two candidates filed by mid-day Tuesday to seek seats on the Board of Education. Incumbent Ernest Dark Jr. is seeking re-election to the District 2 seat and Norman Clark is seeking election to the District 1 seat.
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