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COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER


September 23 - September 29, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 38


Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Leicester • Erwin Hills • Alexander • West Buncombe • Newfound


Fifty Cents


Town zeroes in on manager candidate


By Matt Tate Te Town of Weaverville is clos-


ing in on a new town manager who will replace the retiring Mike Mor- gan. Councilman Doug Dearth said


meetings with the lead candidate were held earlier this week. Te candidate could not be iden-


tified because a final offer has yet to be made, he added. Dearth be-


lieved that an official offer would be extended once background checks were cleared with the town, a pro- cess he estimated would last seven- to-10 days, although Mayor Al Root cautioned it could take a few days more than originally anticipated. Morgan, who has been with the


town since 1992, announced earlier this year he would be retiring. He plans to step down by the end of October. If the offer is accepted, the can-


didate would need to give their current employer a 30-day notice period, meaning the new town manager would not join the town until around the first week of No- vember. Despite the lack of overlap,


Dearth said the candidate has had detailed discussions with Morgan, department heads and council members, which should enable a smooth transition. Te town commissioned Stephen


Water district under mandatory conservation


By Matt Tate Te Woodfin Water Board moved


to place the district’s customers un- der mandatory water conservation measures Monday (Sept. 20) be- cause of the low reservoir levels. With little rain in the recent


weeks and less predicted in the fore- cast, the board’s restrictions will ban customers from at-home car washing, filling recreational water


devices and lawn watering. Plant watering will still be permitted with portable containers not larger than three gallons. Te water at the reservoir on


Blackberry Inn Road is currently about 14 feet down from normal levels. District director Joe Martin said


while the restrictions are far from a salve, they do offer some relief. “It does help some. Even if it is just symbolic, we do see some dif-


ference,” he said of the conservation measures. In other matters, the timetable of


operation for the new water tank at the end of Baird Cove Road is still several weeks away. Tere is some water in the tank,


but it still needs certification from the state. Te tank’s manufacturers will also need to re-inspect several poor performing valves. Te tank has been a long time


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Straus with Developmental Asso- ciates to help identify a candidate and provide assessment exercises designed to test performance. Te town settled on six poten- tial candidates, Dearth said, to go


through the process. “Out of the process, one candi-


date seemed to clearly stand out from the crowd,” he said. “We be- lieve we are on track to get an out- standing candidate.”


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