Brad Moses was sworn in Tuesday night as the new Webster representative on the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority. Moses takes a seat held by Chairman J.C. Alexander, who resigned last month after announcing plans to move out of the county. Chuck Wooten was elected vice chairman of the authority. Also Tuesday, new Chairman Mickey Luker appointed a land committee composed of TWSA members Marion Jones and Keith Ward and Executive Director Jerry King to find a new location for the authority. " We need one-and-a-half to two acres, with 3,000 to 3,500 square feet for office space and enough room for a warehouse and our equipment," Luker told the three, who are charged with finding a place within the Sylva city limits. " Our goal is to have some prospects by our September meeting," Luker said. - Herald photo be Rose Hooper |
At its July 12 meeting, Webster Town Board members approved Brad Moses to represent the town on the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority.
Moses, a senior financial specialist at First Union Bank in Sylva, replaces J.C. Alexander, who resigned from the board last month after announcing plans to move out of the county. Moses was sworn in during TWSA's regular board meeting Tuesday. Webster Mayor Steve Gray told the board that an anticipated vote on TWSA's wish to move its headquarters outside the Sylva city limits is now a " moot issue." " The Sylva Town Board voted it down at its meeting July 5," Gray said about the proposed amendment to the TWSA bylaws. The amendment was sought by the TWSA board because the authority has outgrown its present office space and needs expanded storage facilities, TWSA Executive Director Jerry King said. While TWSA's board approved the amendment, the change needed to be approved by each of its establishing governmental bodies - Sylva, Dillsboro, Webster and Jackson County - to become effective, according to TWSA attorney Raymond Large. Jackson County commissioners approved the change at their July 5 meeting. " Since Sylva voted it down, there's no reason for us to vote on it," Gray said. In other Webster business, Gray reported that repair work was recently completed to the town's existing sidewalk in preparation for expanding the sidewalks to the Webster town limits sign. Webster paid Buchanan and Sons of Whittier $3,886 to remove and replace approximately 50 linear feet of 30-inch curb and guttering and removing and replacing 60 square yards of concrete sidewalk, he said. |