West Rowan News, Events, and Fun

Cleveland Community Volunteer Fire Department meets yearly, and today was a beautiful day for the annual meeting which was held in the big garage area housing the firetrucks with the doors open and warm breeze blowing. There were around twenty people present as the voting portion came to a close.  Captain Ron Herion welcomed visitors to the station and gave an overview of the process and details on the new fire station.  Board members voted in today included: Brian Fero Kenny Payne Ryan Haglan Jimmy Roberts Board members serve for three years with four rotating off or up for reelection every year. There are not term limits, so if locals wish to vote for additional terms for a board member, that is okay. The board is made up of twelve members total. Milestones for the Year at Cleveland Fire Dept. Captain Brian Fero gave the yearly round up. All told, there were 538 calls for the past year. Rescue techs were able to take part in trainings, and a new truck was added. The new truc...

  Cleveland, NC town board met today 2-19-2021 at 3:30 p.m. in a special session by Zoom. The meeting was to sort out a new wastewater treatment contract and to take bids for town mowing. Commissioners in attendance included Brian Little, Richard Taylor, and John Bradford. Patrick Phifer, mayor, was also at the meeting. Travis Summit was visible on Zoom for part of the meeting. Gerald Osborne had reviewed the wastewater contract prior. The contractor said that items 8 and 10 on the contract were problematic due to insurance. A lawyer advised against adding the town to the contractor's insurance. Also, Phifer had discussed the wastewater employee mowing the grass and doing weedeating at the water treatment facility. The contractor was fine about doing that, but insurance was an issue.  Commissioners voted to accept the contract with items 8 and 10 removed. Town maintenance will probably mow at the treatment facility as well as at the town park.  The cost of the service was...

      The bulk of the February town board meeting fell after the closed session during the open new and old business portions of the agenda. Items in those categories are not listed on the agenda prior to the meeting. During "old business," Mayor Pat Phifer reintroduced the plan to update the town web site but said that it would be as easy to build a new one as to modify the one in place. Phifer had spoken with Mike Miller and had worked out a lower price than the previous estimate. The cost would be $7,800 to set up a web site and then that would leave a cost of $4664 for updates or maintenance. Total = $12,464. Mike Miller had joined the Zoom screen after closed session, and Phifer said that Miller would be glad to answer any questions.  No one had any questions for Miller, but there seemed to be some indecision. It appeared that the decision would be moved back a month. "I don't understand," said Christine Brown who owns property in the town. She had also joi...