By Sonny Jones
The Bladenboro Board of Commissioners took no action Monday night after spending an hour in closed session for a personnel matter, then took about three minutes to approve a budget amendment related to yard waste disposal.
Mayor Rufus Duckworth reconvened the meeting that had been continued from Monday, Aug. 9 and immediately asked the board for a motion to go into closed session to discuss a personnel issue. After some hesitancy, the board agreed to the motion.
Upon returning to open session, the board agreed to a budget amendment to pay $26,211.50 to PAL-J Farm LLC for yard waste disposal. PAL-J Farm LLC is a land preparation company in Bladenboro, according to filings with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office.
In other town news, Bladenboro will not offer one-stop voting for November’s municipal elections, Town Administrator Oryan Lowry confirmed.
The Bladenboro board voted a week ago not to offer early voting if the Bladen County Board of Elections did not have a site in Bladenboro. On Aug. 10, the Board of Elections decided to only use the Elections Office in Elizabethtown for early voting.
Bladenboro would have paid $2,270.83 to offer early voting.
Bladenboro residents will be able to vote Nov. 2 at two locations in town. Sue Elkins Hester, Joey Todd and David Hales are running for mayor to replace Duckworth, who chose not to run. Lisa Levy, Greg Sykes and Jeff Atkinson are joined by former Town Administrator Blake Proctor running for three seats on the board.
Elizabethtown and White Lake are the only municipalities in Bladen County that will offer early voting. Each town will pay $3,406.25.
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