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Preview: Oak Ridge Town Council meeting, July 7
by CHRIS BURRITT
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OAK RIDGE – Oak Ridge Town Council plans to consider approval of a policy to allow vendors to sell beer and wine at Music in the Park events next summer.
Approving an alcohol policy comes a month after the council voted unanimously to adopt the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board’s recommendation to modify the summer music series. The council approved three changes to help pay for more-expensive bands with a wider following: signing up sponsors, adding food trucks and allowing alcohol sales.
Last month the council decided to wait until the July 7 meeting to consider adopting a policy to regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol during concerts. The changes will apply to four of the six monthly concerts in the Town Park amphitheater, starting the second Saturday in April 2023.
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The council also plans to consider approval of a contract for developing a landscape and site plan for the Farmhouse Community Center, the new name of the historic Redmon house. The work is part of the $455,000 appropriation in the new fiscal year’s budget for the restoration of the old farmhouse at Linville Road and Lisa Drive in Town Park.
In other business, the council plans to consider approving a $16,809 contract with Greensboro-based Audio & Light Inc. to update the sound system in the council chambers.
The upgrades are designed to enhance the quality of communications during council and other Town Hall meetings. Council members have complained occasionally about their inability to hear others speaking since the 2020 expenditure of $16,275 to buy a system for recording and livestreaming public meetings in Town Hall.
The council will also consider matching the $4,560 raised by the Special Events Committee in the quarter ended June 30 for development of the Veterans Honor Green.
In addition, the council will consider matching another $19,112.87 raised by the committee in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
That amount exceeded the $34,000 in matching funds budgeted by the council last year. As a result, the council agreed to pay last year’s unmet match during the new fiscal year.
Those two matches totaling $23,672.87 bring the veterans site restricted fund to $123,844.74, Town Clerk Sandra Smith told the council in a July 1 memo. Due to inflation driving initial estimated prices up, the project is now estimated to cost $194,000.
Separately, the council plans to consider establishing a restricted fund to support the town’s Conserving Oak Ridge through Easements (CORE) grant fund. Town Manager Bill Bruce is also recommending the council allocate $20,000 for the new fund.
Bruce is also asking the council to un-restrict $2,900 in the historic heritage grant fund and move the money to the general fund.
The town manager plans to provide an update on three topics: Heritage Farm Park, the water-for-fire-protection study and code enforcement at property located at 8364 and 8346 West Harrell Road (the property owner is storing unlicensed vehicles at the location, according to Planning Director Sean Taylor).
The council also plans to discuss a personnel matter in closed session. want to attend/watch?
The 7 p.m. meeting at Town Hall this Thursday, July 7, is open to the public. The meeting will be livestreamed on the town’s YouTube channel. For more info, visit www.oakridgenc.com. ... See more News Briefs on p. 6
Saturday, July 16, 6:30p–9:00p
Summerfield Community Park Amphitheater (5404 Centerfield Rd.) the Castaways
beach, oldies, top 40 ... free concert
brought to you by: The Taco Bros food truck and Kona Ice on site! and Kona Ice on site!
Free parking at 5404 Centerfield Road, Summerfield Elementary, and Medearis Street Trailhead. Bring your blankets, chairs, and friends.
Inducted into the Carolina Beach Music Hall of Fame! Carolina Beach Music awards: “Favorite New Group,” “Collaboration of the Year,” and “Blues Album of the Year.” .. . and our next music event will be August 20
www.summerfieldnc.gov
