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  Cleveland, NC town board met tonight 12-12-2022. The mayor and all commissioners were present. Town Audit Eddie Currick was on hand tonight to go over the town audit. He said that the town books look fine and that the new financial officer Rebekah Brown has done a good job. The auditor noted that our numbers this year are a bit different from previous years. The big difference is that the town was minus $388,000 for the year. The town had been saving to do projects, and commissioners had, in fact, set aside quite a bit more money than actually spent. Of course, the board does plan to continue with street lighting and signs for this upcoming year, so the surplus will likely be spent with the next phase of decorative lights. Some of the budget did go to new police vehicles (and outfitting the vehicles), but most of the money spent for 2022 was for the streetlights. Water Tower Refurbishment Begins Commissioner Gerald Osborne said that the town water tower is out of ...

One of the biggest decisions at the monthly Cleveland, NC meeting for October 2020 was to spend $128,000 on street lights. The lighting issue was not on the meeting agenda and was introduced by Mayor Patrick Phifer.  The lights discussed would be a lamp style similar to the lighting in Faith, NC. The lights would have an option to hang decorative flags. Phifer said that he had seen flags in other towns featuring military heroes and notable community members. He noted that the county would help pay for flags in an effort to help in "branding" across the county.  The cost of new lighting could be spread out over ten years, but it would be more costly to make monthly payments. Per Commissioner Richard Taylor, the payment plan option would cost the town $75,000 more than paying up front.  In addition to the purchase cost of the street lamps, monthly power costs would increase from $830 currently to $1377.  In a unanimous vote, town board approved the new lighting. Phifer...