In This
Issue :
What is
Your Money Doing for
You?
Storm Drain Stenciling
Hot Hoops
Be Prepared for Hurricanes
Sister
Cities
Save Your Cast-Off
Items
The Carolina Connection
North
Carolina
Big Sweep
Travel Watch on Weston Parkway
Cary Town Band
Concerts
Auditions
for Anne of Green Gables
Conservation
Corner
Dear Bud
"BUD"
is a
Monthly
Publication of the
Town
of Cary.
Past
Issues
What Is Your Money Doing For You?
This new series will briefly highlight some of this budget year’s initiatives so that you will have a better idea of how the Town is using your money to help improve the community.
To help maintain the highest level of service, the Town plans to add about 57 new positions. A total of 18 of these positions are recommended for Fire: nine to meet OSHA regulatory requirements and nine to staff a new special response unit. Sixteen positions will go to Public Works & Utilities, five of whom will maintain the additional parks facilities added in the last few years and five others that will comprise a new public works team focusing on the maintenance and rehabilitation of utility infrastructure in the older parts of Cary. Several new staff will be added to Finance to help reduce customer wait times for new service, changes in service, and for customers having issues with their existing service. The recommended budget also includes a new Police Investigator position whose primary focus will be the comprehensive investigation of domestic violence cases, cases in which follow-up and prosecution are often very difficult.
And with all this, we
continue to have the lowest number of Town staff per
capita in the Triangle.
Police officers per 1,000 w/# of
violent crimes:
"We
do better with less!" |
Our priorities now match those of Cary citizens, and we’re achieving goals faster and more efficiently than any other community around us. And we’re doing it while dropping our tax rate from the 5th lowest in the County to the 3rd lowest - narrowing the tax rate gap between Apex and Raleigh and us.
Hot Hoops 3 on 3 Street Basketball Tournament
Co-Sponsored by Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department, Hot Hoops will be held on Saturday, September 9 and Sunday, September 10, at the corner of Maynard Rd. and Walnut St. in Cary. Team registration forms are available at the Cary Community Center and the Bond Park Community Center.
Cary has about 13,000 storm drains which empty into the Neuse River or Cape Fear River watersheds. The Town is committed to being the first local government to have all its drains marked. The Town is recruiting volunteers to achieve this goal. Volunteers should be at least 10 years old. The Town will provide training and materials to volunteer groups. If you are interested in helping with this project, please contact Stormwater Specialist Betsy Pearce at 469-4038.
Town of Cary Government offices will be closed on Monday, September 4th in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. Yard waste will not be collected during the week of the holiday. Household garbage, curbside trash and recycling material will be collected on a normal schedule during the holiday week.
Remember Hurricane Fran? Hurricane season began June 1st and continues until November 30th. You never know when severe weather may strike. Consequently, the Cary Fire Department encourages you to get ready for hurricanes by taking the following steps:
- Have essential supplies--flashlight, radio, first aid kit, food, and water--on hand.
- Remove dead or diseased branches from trees and shrubs that could become dangerous in high winds.
- Cover windows with plywood panels or storm shutters to prevent windows from breaking.
- Listen for updated weather information on local radio and television broadcasts.
- Prepare to leave the area if advised to evacuate.
For more information about hurricane preparedness, contact your local American Red Cross Chapter, the Cary Fire Department at 469-4056 or visit the Town’s website.
In June, Cary hosted an
official delegation from County Meath, Ireland who came
here to evaluate Cary as a potential Sister City. The
visit was arranged by the Town’s Sister City
Commission, one of
Cary’s many volunteer citizen advisory boards.
Sister Cities promotes cultural exchange, economic
development, government, education, and athletics.
The Irish delegation included County Chairman Brian Fitzgerald, County Manager Joe Horan, and County Meath’s Secretary, Kevin Stewart. County Meath is located just north of Dublin - the nation's capital. The County seat is Navan, a suburb of Dublin.
Cary currently has currently has two Sister Cities: Le Touquet, France, adopted in October of 1992 and Hsinchu City, Taiwan, adopted in March 1993. Unfortunately, distance and language barriers have restricted the growth in these relationships that we’d like to see. Cary is also looking at a fourth city: Markham, Ontario Canada, which is a suburb of Toronto.
Get involved with Sister Cities by joining the Sister Cities Association—information is available on the website.
North Carolina Big Sweep
is held on the third Saturday of each September. This
year it will be September 16, 2000. If you would like to
help with the annual stream cleanup, contact your County
Coordinator or call the Big Sweep Hotline at
1-800-27-SWEEP. Wake County’s Big Sweep Coordinator
is Lois Nixon. To contact Lois Nixon call 919-856-6779 or
visit her web site at,
http://www.co.wake.nc.us/keepamer/BigSweepSites.htm .
Last year, over 14,000 people picked up approximately 268 tons of debris from the shores of this state's rivers, lakes, and ocean. Help make it an even bigger, more successful sweep this year!
If you would like to help coordinate sites in Cary next year, please contact Stormwater Specialist Betsy Pearce at 469-4038 or e-mail bpearce@ci.cary.nc.us.
Save Your Cast-Off Items for the Hemlock Bluffs Yard Sale
The Hemlock Bluffs Preservation Society will be holding their annual "Recycle Sale" to benefit Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve on Saturday, October 28, 2000. Now is the time to begin saving your yard sale items to donate to charity. Over the summer, just put any unwanted clothing, toys, furniture, kitchen and/or household goods aside and remember to drop them off at the Nature Preserve during the two days prior to the sale in October (October 26th and 27th between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM). Sorry, no early drop off available. For more detailed information call 387-5980.
Travel Watch on Weston Parkway
The Public Works & Utilities Department began construction of its Water Reclamation System on Weston Parkway. This project will provide reclaimed water to customers for irrigation purposes. Crews will be working on Weston Parkway for the next few months. Please be aware of road conditions and lane closures while traveling in the area. For more information call 469-4090.
Auditions for Anne of Green Gables
Applause! Cary Youth Theatre will hold auditions in September for its fall production of Anne of Green Gables. All the tragedies and triumphs that mark Anne's growth from adolescence to early adulthood will endear you to one of literature’s most unforgettable characters. For more information call 462-3864.
Auditions
at Page-Walker Arts & History Center:
Tues., Sept. 12, 5:00-8:00 PM
Wed., Sept. 3, 5:00-8:00 PM
Performances
at Cary Academy Auditorium:
Fri., Nov. 17, 7:30 PM
Sat., Nov. 18, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Join us on Saturday, October 21st for a wonderful evening with N.C. pianist-composer Loonis McGlohon and his Trio, with guest vocalist Randa McNamara. This engaging concert is a personal musical tribute to the many notable North Carolinians—from Kay Kayser to Roberta Flack to James Taylor—who have left their mark on the library of American Popular Song. The concert begins at 7:30 PM at the Cary Community Center. For more information about this concert or about our season package which includes the New York Big Brass Holiday Concert and the Girls Choir of Harlem, please call 462-3864.
Usher in the fall with these three free concerts co-sponsored by the Cultural Arts Division and the Cary Town Band. All concerts are start at 7:30 PM at the Bandstand on Walnut Street.
September 15 Cary Town Band
September 22 Fuquay-Varina Dixie Land Band
September 29 Blues in the Night
Conservation
Tip: Make sure your home and landscape are water
efficient. Two free videos, "A Consumer's Guide to
Water Conservation" and "Your Own Backyard: A
Xeriscape Primer" are now available for checkout at
area libraries, video stores, and the Stevens Nature
Center at Hemlock Bluffs. After viewing the videos, stop
by the Department of Public Works and Utilities or the
Town's water conservation booth at Lazy Daze for a free
water conservation packet. This packet contains a
showerhead, faucet aerator, shower timer, rain gauge,
toilet dye tablet packet, and a toilet flapper rebate
coupon.
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