Atlantic Beach town council worked to preserve the future of its town.
Tuesday night’s council meeting started as a special called meeting with a number of resolutions on the agenda.
They included council approval of the sale of land, law enforcement services for North Myrtle Beach, selection of a town attorney, a water tank for North Myrtle Beach, and opening the streets on 2nd and 30th avenue South.
After some spirited discussion council did not approve the sale of the land.
Interim town manager Charles Williams said the land had been sold last week and the money generated from that sale was going to be used to pay bills and keep the town running.
Just last week, Williams told council if they did not sell the land, he'd be forced to shut the town down.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Williams told News13 that since the land sale was not approved, he was going to send the town's employees home.
Councilman Donnell Thompson said he doesn't know if the employees, including the police officers, will lose their jobs.
Thompson said council asked Williams to please inform them if he is going to do that.
Thompson also said council refused to approve the sale of the land because they are not in favor of selling any of the town's assets.
“We’re probably going to have to tighten our belts up even more, we’re going to have to rely on Horry County more than we do today more or less maybe for the policing assistance and there are tough things that you have to do during tough times, hopefully our taxes will come in soon an we’ll be able to get the town back to where it should be, I think we’ve done a great job so far of paying all the bills that have been paid over the last five or six months, we’ve done some great things here, we’ve gotten all the drugs off the street…you can’t come in this town and buy drugs anymore, you can’t come in this town and buy sex anymore.” said Thompson.
Thompson said the budget problems the town is having right now are a short set-back, but he says once they are able to get back on track, Atlantic Beach will be prosperous.
Williams said the town of Atlantic Beach is not going to go anywhere because it is more than just a government, it’s a community and he has no interest in seeing the town fail.
Williams is contracted by the state Municipal Association to work with town officials on a financial recovery plan until December.
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