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  The Cleveland, NC town board held a "special meeting" today at 3 p.m. at town hall. All members of the board were present except Commissioner John Bradford who had forgotten about the meeting which was set up Monday at the Town Board monthly meeting. It was unclear what the topics of the special meeting might include. No agendas were provided. The time was used by Miller & Davis PR firm of Salisbury, NC to pitch for their company to build a web site for Cleveland, NC and for the firm to maintain the space.  The cost estimate from Miller/Davis is $31,150 for a year of web building and updates. The company thinks set up of a web site for Cleveland would run about $7,850 (one time) with a $450 yearly upkeep fee. Miller/Davis would anticipate needing to do four hours of work monthly on the web space at a cost of $250 and $350 to keep up social media. Part of the yearly cost would include a video which is planned and two or three others over time.  Per the representative...

  Cleveland, NC town commissioners covered a lot of ground Monday 11-9-2020 at the monthly meeting. Several items on the agenda involved wrapping up items for the year and/or shifting funds around due to some incoming coronavirus grant money previously.  Some items will become projects for the new year - 2021. Downtown Lights Project - Expand and Hurry   The decorative lights project which was approved during the last monthly meeting will be moving forward, since the board voted to invest in lighting at the last meeting. Commissioner Gerald Osborne said that he thought the town should commit to the entire project and not just with lights down to the bridge. His reasoning was that with changes over time and with different board members coming and going, the full project could never come together.  "If we're spending that much money, we need to do the whole thing," said Osborne.  Mayer Pat Phifer said that he agreed with Osborne but that the project had to b...

Last night the Cleveland, NC zoning/planning board met at the Cleveland town hall. The meeting was scheduled for last week, but the meeting room was needed for voting 2020. Zoning included no business; planning focused on alcohol sales for area restaurants and details for food truck guidelines. The planning board finalized some of the wordings on the rules/guidelines for alcohol sales in town limits. The information will go on to the town board and to an open meeting for residents to respond.  Food trucks took more time. Fees, rules, and bad behavior were the main concerns.  The town clerk had gathered some data about fees charged by local towns that allow food trucks. A board member asked about a "happy medium." The clerk said the $50 for an annual permit and/or $25 for a single event were common amounts.  Board member Jim Brown said that the fee should be at least $250 and that "fifty dollars is chump change."  Bryan Little (town board and zoning/planning) said: ...