Halifax Council work session on tap today

Halifax Town Council committees will  hear an update on plans for the

June 21 Halifax Wine Festival when they meet this afternoon at 5:30

p.m. in Town Hall. The festival is being carried out by members of the

Halifax Village Business Association at the Mary Bethune Complex.

Proceeds from the event will go toward the purchase of a town post

clock to be placed in the historic Courthouse Square.

The Current Issues Committee will also hear recommendations from the

Town's Zoning Commission about amendments to the Town's commercial zone

which would allow for a manufactured/modular home sales dealership

within the Town. Also under discussion will be sign permit applications

which have been submitted to the zoning committee from Bill Watkins of

Homeplace Creations and the new Wilco-Hess service station.

Council will also hear an update on the Banister Bridge Replacement

project which got started this week with White Construction Company

having gotten the contract for the work.

They will learn that Halifax County Registrar Judy Meeler is being

invited to come to their June meeting to look into the possibility of a

centralized municipal election voting place in 2010. This year sixteen

people had to be hired to man the four voting precincts within the Town

since the four ward system was established back in the 1980's.

The Finance Committee will review the advertised FY 2008-09 budget of

$929,971 of which $131,054 comes from the Halifax County Service

Authority to cover general obligation bonds borrowed earlier for sewer

upgrades.The general fund budget is balanced at $798,917.