southern pines town council – Moore County Edition

Jul

05

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Southern Pines approves FY 23-24 budget with $0.29 tax rate

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SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, June 13, with quite a few public hearings on the agenda. The council held four public hearings, with the first being the second hearing for the proposed FY 23-24 budget, which includes a reduction in property tax rate down to $0.29. The only significant change to the budget since last month’s hearing was an increase in the solid waste fee from the previously proposed amount of $17 a month to $17.25 a month. “This is a direct result of Moore County letting us know here in the last couple of…

Southern Pines approves Whitehall Master Plan

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SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, May 9, with two public hearings on the agenda. The first hearing was for the proposed 157-acre Whitehall Master Plan at Reservoir Park. “We had three goals with one plan,” said Parks and Recreation Director Cindi King. “The three goals were resource preservation, passive recreation and publicly accessible.” According to King, for resource preservation, the town will focus on the preservation of the longleaf pine stands and red-cockaded woodpecker habitats, the capitalization of infrastructure at Reservoir and Elizabeth Rounds, the restoration of the pond to attract waterfowl, the maintenance of…

Southern Pines Country Club granted special use permit

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SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, February 14, with multiple property hearings on the agenda. The first action item was an architectural review for the Fort Bragg Federal Credit Union on Brucewood Road, in which the applicant had made a few deviation requests for the property. “The first item is the access location,” said Bob Koontz of Koontz Jones Design. “The ordinance talks about entrance locations being at the front of the building, but in this case, we’ve oriented the building to fit on the site and to be as unobtrusive as possible, and orienting the…