By Erin Smith
The Tar Heel Town Board met on Tuesday night and heard from Howard Sessoms regarding the need for the board to adopt a a golf cart ordinance.
Sessoms said he is considering purchasing a golf cart for his wife to allow her to be more mobile. He said he began to make inquiries what he had to do for the golf to be legal to operate on the town streets.
Sessoms said, as the state law is written, it is currently illegal to operate a golf cart on the public streets in Tar Heel. He explained that under the state law, you must have liability insurance, the operator of the golf cart must be a minimum of 16 years old, and in order to operate the goal cart after dark, it must have lights.
“I’m asking the town council to adopt a golf cart ordinance,” said Sessoms.
He noted that the town of Elizabethtown recently adopted a golf cart ordinance. The town of Bladenboro also has a golf cart ordinance in place.
Mayor Roy Dew said, “We have talked about an ordinance but have not adopted one.”
He assured Sessoms that the board will explore creating an ordinance.
In other business:
*The board voted to purchase two “bump” signs and posts.
*The board also voted to approve payment of an invoice for the installation of a new drain pipe and paving the street in the area where the work was performed. Mayor Dew told the board they initially approved $25,000 for the work in an earlier meeting. However, the completed work actually ran over budget by $1,500. The board voted to approve the additional $1,500.
*The board also set Monday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. as the town’s Christmas party. The board’s next regular meeting will take place in January.
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