Dateline: January 18, 2007
Aldermen approve radio ads
The city had been
considering purchasing billboard advertising with revenue from the Motel
Bed Tax to encourage people to visit the town, but radio station owner Pat
Robertson told the board January 9 that he thought there was a more
effective way to spend the money.
“We feel like we can do
a better job than a billboard,” Robertson said.
The radio spots will
feature generic “Experience Clarendon” ads, building on a marketing
theme started by Clarendon Economic Development Corp. The ads would be
altered to promote major events in the city.
Aldermen approved
spending $360 per month on the promotion.
In other city business,
Mayor Mark White reported that he had been told by CISD Superintendent
Monty Hysinger that the county would hold joint elections for the school,
college, city, and hospital district for $250 split four ways. County
Clerk Fay Vargas would charge $7 per hour for early voting, and this would
be split four ways also. The board approved entering into a contract for
election services with the county.
Alderman Janice Knorpp
went over a list with City Superintendent Jim Roberts of items needing
tending to. Some of her concerns included clearing gravel from
intersections; replacing water meters at the jail and nursing home; water
standing at 7th and Gorst; debris between 4th and 5th streets; trash and
repairs needed on Hawley Street; trees growing under the bridge at City
Park; tree limbs and trash in a tinhorn on Sully; potholes on Ellerbe,
Parks, and other streets; and moving a Dumpster in the 700 block of
Collinson to prevent further erosion of the pavement.