As we have previously reported, the mandatory public hearing on the Town Manager’s recommended Town budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which begins July 1, will be held at the Town Council’s meeting tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. in the Pitts Center.
(See articles published on The Beacon, 5/27/25, regarding expenses and revenues in the budget and the proposed 4-cent tax-rate increase.)
The Council also will hear public comments on Zoning Text Amendment 25-03, a legislative bill prepared by the Town staff to amend Town Code sec. 36-300, pertaining to special use permit applications and their approval, so that the guiding standards for the Town Council’s decision-making on such applications are clearly set forth.
See ZTA 25-03 at https://www.southernshores-nc.gov/media/12086.
The Town Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of ZTA 25-03 at its May meeting.
For the June 3 agenda and meeting packet see: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/soshoresnc-pubu/MEET-Packet-686a7ccfca9f411ea997dca909fffcf0.pdf.
The Town Council has until June 30 to approve a budget for FY 2025-26.
In other agenda business, the Council will consider proposals from Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE), the beach nourishment engineering consultant that managed the 2022-23 project for Southern Shores, Duck, Kitty Hawk, and Kill Devil Hills, for 1) monitoring the Southern Shores beaches in 2025 and 2) “pre-planning” the four towns’ 2027 nourishment project.
CPE monitored the Town’s beaches during the past two years and proposes to do so again for approximately the same price ($35,639). We see no reason why the Town Council should not unanimously approve CPE’s service contract for this purpose.
CPE will collect data that measures volumetric and shoreline changes and enables an evaluation of the performance of the beach nourishment project, i.e., how well it is holding up.
The pre-planning for a second beach nourishment project that has not yet been approved by the Town Council involves the performance of “pre-permitting” tasks and a “native beach sediment analysis.”
CPE explains in a letter to the Town, which is included in the meeting packet, how it will perform these services and prices them collectively at $22,635. This proposal also requires a signed contract.
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Regrettably, we are unable to attend or to live-stream tomorrow’s Town Council meeting. We will report on the meeting as soon as we can.
Thank you.
THE SOUTHERN SHORES BEACON, 6/2/25
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