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-Information courtesy the City of Oxford
The City of Oxford is seeking photos from around the city to use on its website. Desired photos include those of downtown Oxford and pictures of historical homes, buildings or scenery.
Please submit anything you are willing to share to City Clerk Cynthia Bowen by email at cbowen@oxfordnc.org.
The City of Oxford thanks you!
-Information and flyer courtesy the City of Oxford
The Oxford Police Department will offer “Coffee With A Cop” at Uptown Cafe, 101 College St., Oxford, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, from 9 until 11 a.m.
This is a chance for residents to meet their neighborhood officers, ask questions and voice concerns in a relaxed environment.
With questions, please call (919) 693-3161 or email pford@oxfordncpd.org.
-Information courtesy McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center
The McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center, 201 Breckenridge St. in Henderson, will feature “Guys and Dolls” as presented by the Henderson Rec Players on the following dates:
Friday, July 5, 2019, @ 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 6, 2019, @ 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 7, 2019, @ 2 p.m.
Friday, July 12, 2019, @ 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 13, 2019, @ 2 p.m.
Part of the Rosemyr Corporation Henderson Rec Players 2019 Season –
“Guys and Dolls” tells the story of a couple of big New York City gamblers and the women who love them. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, this energetic show features the hit songs “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” “Luck, Be a Lady,” and “Bushel and a Peck.”
Tickets may be purchased by:
DROP IN: 201 Breckenridge Street, Henderson, N.C. Monday – Friday 1:30 – 5:30 p.m
CALL: (252) 598-0662 (M-F 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.)
CLICK HERE: www.McGregorHall.org (Use the eTix official site, online fees apply)
(This is not a paid advertisement)
-Information courtesy Angela Allen, Director, Granville County Tourism Development Authority
The Granville County Beekeepers Association will host the 4th Annual Bee Jubilee on Saturday, June 22, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Granville Expo Center located on Highway 15 in Oxford, NC.
Learn about bees and native NC pollinators ~ Taste many kinds of honey ~ Food Truck Rodeo ~ Cooking With Honey Contest ~ Check out honey bees in an observation hive ~ Learn what it takes to become a beekeeper ~ Cool down, listen and learn with hourly speakers in the Auditorium ~ Shop small and local ~ Hand-made and homegrown goodies ~ Purchase bee supplies from your favorite bee companies ~ Hands-on demonstrations and things to do ~ Goats and chickens ~ Silent Auction ~ Kidzzzz Corner with games, entertainment and education ~ Beer Garden with Tobacco Wood Brewing Co.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Christi Henthorn at 907-738-9047 or log onto the Facebook event page – Bee Jubilee.
-Press Release, Helping All People Excel (HAPE)
Mark your calendars and get ready for the Tri County BBQ Competition on Saturday, August 10, 2019, at the Kerr Lake Country Club, hosted by Helping All People Excel – HAPE, a 501c3.
This fun-filled, family-friendly event will feature 10 – 15 teams competing in the BBQ Competition, along with vendors, raffles and lots of fun for the residents of Vance County and surrounding areas.
Through this event, we want to help build a stronger community while also giving back to the community. Proceeds from the Tri County BBQ Competition will be used to provide college essentials to twenty-five (25) recent high school graduates from Vance County and surrounding areas.
These items will include laundry detergent, soap, toothpaste and twin extra-long sheet – items that are essential for college but in most cases not covered by financial aid or scholarships. As we all know, getting to college is a major accomplishment. We cannot allow this accomplishment to be overshadowed by the struggle of not having what’s needed to survive while living on a college campus.
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. If you would like more information on this event, sponsorship opportunities, a vendor application or how to make a donation, please contact Tracy Mosley at 252-432-1131 or email tmosley@helpingallpeopleexcel.com.
June 17, 2019 – Regular Meeting
Consent Agenda
1. Contingency Summary (p. 1)
2. Budget Amendment #8 (p. 3)
3. Project Ordinance Amendment #3 – Law Enforcement Center (p. 8)
4. School Facility Roof and HVAC Roof Repair Project Ordinance Amendment (p.10)
5. Tax Releases and Refunds (p. 12)
6. Closing of BB&T -DSS/AFDC Checking Account (p. 13)
Recognitions and Presentations
7. Recognition of L.C. Adcock (p. 15)
8. Summer Civic Leadership Program-Intern Introductions (p. 17)
Public Comments
9. Public Comments (p. 18)
Public Hearings
10. Preliminary Assessment Roll – Fieldstone West Subdivision (p. 19)
11. Land Development Code Text Amendment Petition Subdivision Definition (p. 42)
12. Land Development Code Text Amendment Petition Cluster Subdivisions (p. 49)
13. Land Development Code Text Amendment Petition Streetscape Buffer (p. 57)
Grant Matters
14. Home & Community Care Block Grant (p. 66)
Animal Management Matters
15. County Ordinance – Chapter 11: Animals – Second Reading (p. 70)
Human Resources Matters
16. Pay and Classification Study (p. 105)
Appointments
17. Oxford Planning Board – Extraterritorial Member (p. 120)
18. Aeronautics Authority of the City of Henderson, City of Oxford, County of Granville and County of Vance (p. 121)
19. Fire Services Committee (p. 122)
20. Granville County Jury Commission (p. 123)
21. Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees (p. 124)
County Manager’s Report
22. Broadband Contract (p. 126)
23. NACo Voting Delegate (p. 162)
24. Board of Education Property Offer (p. 170)
County Attorney’s Report
25. County Attorney’s Report (p. 173)
Presentations by County Board Members
26. Presentations by County Board Members (p. 174)
Any Other Matters
27. Any Other Matters (p. 175)
Closed Session
28. Closed Session as allowed by G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3) – Attorney-Client Matter (p. 176)
— courtesy Vance County Schools
A forum for interested parents will be held for the North Central Region, which includes Vance County Schools, on the proposed Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities, specifically, the changes in the evaluation and identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The forum will be held on Monday, July 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Butner-Stem Middle School at 501 East D Street in Butner.
All interested parents are invited to attend.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND PRESS from Dywanda Pettaway, Clerk to Board of Education
The Granville County Board of Education will hold a special meeting to interview candidates for the vacant District 1 seat on the Board of Education on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at 2:30 pm, at the Granville County Public Schools Central Office, 101 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina.
According to information from the Granville County Chamber of Commerce, the HR meeting for June is Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 12 noon.
The host for the meeting will be the Granville Vance Public Health Dept. (101 Hunt Dr., Oxford, N.C.). Lindsey Bickers Bock, Health Educator will be speaking on the educational programs that are offered through the Health Education Dept.
RSVP to wanda@granville-chamber.com or 919-693-6125 by Monday, June 17th, if you would like to attend.
-Press release and additional information courtesy Tanya Evans, District Manager, Duke Energy
In an email to WIZS News and other media outlets, Evans said, “I am sharing a bit of good news regarding electric rates. Due to fuel savings achieved from the joint dispatch of our generation fleet (one of the advantages of the merger several years ago), we are proposing an adjustment to our fuel rate in order to pass those savings along to our customers.”
Duke Energy Progress files annual adjustments with North Carolina Utilities Commission for customers in North Carolina
If approved, typical residential customers will see their monthly bills go down $4.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Duke Energy Progress today made its annual filings with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) for costs associated with fuel, compliance with the state’s renewable energy portfolio standard (REPS), cost recovery under the Joint Agency Asset Rider (JAAR), and implementation of energy efficiency (EE) and demand-side management (DSM) programs.
In its filing, Duke Energy Progress is proposing a decrease in monthly fuel costs as part of an annual adjustment of the actual cost of fuel used to power North Carolina homes and businesses through renewable, natural gas, nuclear and coal-fired generation. By law, the company makes no profit from the fuel component of rates.
The fuel rate is based on the projected cost of fuel used to provide electric service to the company’s customers, plus a true-up of the prior year’s projection. The NCUC is responsible for reviewing the actual fuel costs required to serve customers to ensure an accurate adjustment is made each year.
The percentage change on a typical bill would be an average decrease of 3.3 percent for residential customers, 4.4 percent for commercial customers and 1.9 percent for industrial customers. The total monthly impact of all rate changes for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month would be a decrease of $4, from $120.95 to $116.95.
The new fuel, REPS and JAAR rates would go into effect Dec. 1, 2019, and the new EE and DSM rates would go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
Helping customers save
Duke Energy Progress works to actively manage its fuel contracts to keep fuel costs as low as possible for customers. Savings achieved from the joint dispatch of Duke Energy’s generation fleet in the Carolinas also help to minimize the company’s fuel costs.
Duke Energy Progress is also committed to helping customers take control of their energy use and manage their bills. The company offers energy-saving tips and innovative efficiency programs for every budget to help customers realize additional savings.
For example, the Home Energy House Call is a free in-home energy assessment, valued at $180, designed to give Duke Energy customers more information about how they use energy in their home and strategies to save money on their monthly bill.
To learn more about these programs, visit duke-energy.com/savings.
Duke Energy Progress
Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns nuclear, coal, natural gas, renewables and hydroelectric generation. That diverse fuel mix provides about 12,700 megawatts of owned electric capacity to approximately 1.6 million customers in a 32,000-square-mile service area of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the largest energy holding companies in the U.S. It employs 30,000 people and has an electric generating capacity of 51,000 megawatts through its regulated utilities, and 3,000 megawatts through its nonregulated Duke Energy Renewables unit.
Duke Energy is transforming its customers’ experience, modernizing the energy grid, generating cleaner energy and expanding natural gas infrastructure to create a smarter energy future for the people and communities it serves. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure unit’s regulated utilities serve approximately 7.7 million retail electric customers in six states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. The Gas Utilities and Infrastructure unit distributes natural gas to more than 1.6 million customers in five states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The Duke Energy Renewables unit operates wind and solar generation facilities across the U.S., as well as energy storage and microgrid projects.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune’s 2019 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, and Forbes’ 2019 “America’s Best Employers” list. More information about the company is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos, videos and other materials. Duke Energy’s illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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