1. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
State of the Boro
Chamber Breakfast
8/10/2016
2. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Overview:
• Old Town Hall Opens
• Budget Initiatives FY 16-17
• Planning – Gateway
• Updates Other
3. Old Town Hall Reopening – July 12, 2016
Swansboro Board of commissioners celebrate
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11. Public/private partnership
• Town has contributed to date approximately $67,500 to the project
Item Outlay
Environmental Sampling (Pre and
Post)/Est.
$850
Electrical Repairs (Attic)/Panel Box $750
Chimney Capping $2,310
HVAC $19,080
Mold Remediation $6,500
Gutter System $15,491
Roof System $14,730
Flooring repairs (sub-floor) $300
Drainage/Sod $2,500
(200) Chairs for Auditorium $5,000
Total $67,500
12. Public/private partnership
• One Harbor Church contributed to date $42,687.40 in
cash/repairs/renovations and agreed to a yearly lease for Sunday
worship $15,600/annually
13. Path to restoration
• June 21-22, 2016 Swansboro Historical Association hosts a live
instructional on the restoration and preservation of the flooring in the
Heritage Center side with John Wood, Restoration Specialists (NC
State Historic Preservation Office)
• Swansboro Historical Association direct financial layout is
approximately $3,000 (paint, flooring)
• Over 500 hours between 10 volunteers, ripping up floors, laying new
floors, painting (Core group)
• For 9 years Bob and Anne Shuller have collected historical documents
and made many trips to Raleigh for historical data (1,000’s of hours)
16. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Budget Initiatives 16-17
• Fire Truck Replacement for 1704 (bid
process complete – Contract August
• Police Vehicles (2)
• Sleeping Quarters Fire
• Infrastructure: Drainage Improvements,
Adding manpower through Enterprise
Fund, Watershed Management Plan
• Public Works Equipment
19. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Planning
• All R-districts except R-6 will be for single-
family only consistent with existing
residential neighborhoods and land use
plan
R-8, R-10, R-15, R-20, R-40
27. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Fire:
• Chief Tessing sworn in July 1, 2016
• Has added 12 volunteers to the
organization since his arrival
• New lighting for the bays installed
• EOC enhancement underway
Public Works :
• Old water tank demolition underway
28. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Finance:
Audit for 2015-16 underway
29. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Parks n Rec:
• BOC adopted resolution for
proceeding with CAMA grant for
Bicentennial Park
• Ward Shore – seeking grants for
enhancement project – and
replacement of sea wall
30. Town of Swansboro • Friendly City by the Sea
Parks n Rec:
• Church St. Gazebo project opens in
April
• Trillium Inclusive Playground -
$275,000 awarded – project under
construction, estimated completion
