All posts by : Mike Hoffer

With budget season in full bloom, I decided to run a little experiment. I’ve always said that Carolina Beach defies comparison, but it still can’t hurt. How much does it cost to live here, compared to other beach towns? So I compared a Carolina Beach ...

** First things first... we did a poor job explaining this to the public at last night's meeting. (11/4) I take responsibility for that, because I like to think of myself as a decent communicator. I was not on my game. My apologies to anyone at the meeti ...

With malice toward none and charity to all, let it be said… we need free parking this December. I will speak on this at Tuesday’s Town Council meeting (11/14) and if there is support, I’d like to vote on it at the next workshop. (11/28) Why not ask fo ...

… and other thoughts on the CB Lake dredge project, playground and general improvements. Let’s get right to the headline shall we? I’m saying it. The geese gotta go! We’re in the process of making about $3 million worth of improvements to CB Lake. ...

Last week the Town of Carolina Beach purchased a 3 acre property adjacent to our 7 acre municipal complex (which contains Town Hall, Police Department, Operations Department headquarters, the Federal Point History Center and the Rec Center.) The price ...

With the new stop light coming to the Hamlet Avenue / Lake Park Blvd intersection, now is a good time to introduce you to “Lake Park 2025.” (My term… nothing official.) In 2025 Lake Park Blvd from the bridge to Carolina Sands Drive will be repaved. Th ...

Budget 101 Most, if not all, municipalities operate with an annual budget that runs from July 1 to June 30 of the following year. It’s called a "fiscal year.” A fiscal year is a period of time lasting one year but not necessarily starting at the be ...

A temporary committee was formed to study the parking issues. The Committee was made up of the Chair of each standing town committee. So these people have not only been serving the town, but they’ve also been selected by their peers to be leaders. The Co ...

** Blue text = Mike's opinion ** Consent Agenda This is where we approve a bunch of administrative things all in one go. The biggest here being the 2023 budget calendar. Here we go with the 2023/24 Budget process… Open House, Wednesday, January ...

The Current Sitch Last Tuesday (10/11) Council voted 4-1 to approve a set of new parking rules for 2023. I was the dissenting vote. Not that I’m opposed to all of the changes, but I felt that we weren’t ready to vote on a complete policy for 2023. Why ...