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BRUNSWICK COUNTY STATS & STORIES
JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER
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Cooperative Extension's Camp
Brunswick visits the Brunswick
Botanical Garden in Bolivia, NC.
Carolina Recycling Association
recognizes Brunswick County's
multi-jurisdictional disaster debris
contracts. Photo from operations
following Hurricane Florence.
New monument sign outside the
Brunswick County Courthouse is soon
ready for lettering and lighting.

2.
Brunswick County Team Spotlight: July 2021
New Team Members
Welcome to our newest team members who joined us this month:
Name Title Department
Kevin Bacher Social Worker III Social Services
Nicholas Banister Fire Inspector/Investigator Fire Inspections
Baily Batts Social Worker I Social Services
Jack Blowers Deputy Sheriff's Office
Christopher Brewington Social Worker III Social Services
Joshua Bushee Jailer I Sheriff's Office
Aaryn Carter Jailer I Sheriff's Office
Yvonne Cassidy Deputy Register of Deeds I Register of Deeds
Alyssa Coln Special Populations Coordinator Parks & Recreation
Randy Costner Maintenance Assistant III Operation Services
Nicole Davis Social Worker III Social Services
Amanda Jones Jailer I Sheriff's Office
James Kennedy Jailer I Sheriff's Office
Jafar Leacraft Wastewater Operator Trainee Public Utilities
Emily Lee Lead Public Health Nurse – ER Health Services
Seth Mattern EMT Intermediate Emergency Services
Lauren Miller Administrative Assistant I Public Utilities
Maizey Peek Social Worker III Social Services
Raquel Perez Executive Assistant Administraton
Danica Pickard Social Worker III Social Services
Nicholas Todd EMT Intermediate Emergency Services
Stephen Wheeless Deputy Sheriff's Office
George Wilson IV Park Assistant Parks & Recreation

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Brunswick County Team Spotlight: July 2021
Service Milestones
Congratulations to these team members who reached employment milestones with
Brunswick County this month:
Name Department Milestone
Charles Colby Fleet Services 5 Years
Michael Doney Emergency Services 5 Years
Winter Durham Emergency Services 5 Years
Nathan Hester Sheriff's Office 5 Years
Linwood Johnson Board of Elections 5 Years
Maleta Owens Social Services 5 Years
Sherri Sellars Social Services 5 Years
Justin Wittkofsky Parks & Recreation 5 Years
Bryan Batton Legal 10 Years
Charles Braun Public Utilities 10 Years
Bernard Schipano Emergency Services 10 Years
Tommy Babson Operation Services 15 Years
Marc Pages Planning 15 Years
Larry White Public Utilities 15 Years
Donna Fulford Code Administration 20 Years
Timothy Clemmons Sheriff's Office 25 Years
Mary Varnam Operation Services 30 Years
Information provided by Brunswick County Human Resources
Join our team! See our position openings at brunswickcountync.gov/jobs

4.
Board of Elections
• Board of Elections held two separate candidate filing periods for the municipal election,
during which 116 candidates were filed.
• Board of Elections sent 1,630 mailings to voters that notified U.S. Postal Service of an
address change. This effort takes place twice a year and helps us keep the voter rolls clean
by reminding those that have moved to update their address.
• Board of Elections finalized a precinct evaluation project which resulted in 18 precinct
boundary changes, five polling place changes, and the creation of two new precincts.
July Board of Election Statistics
Action Total
Registered Voters in Brunswick County 116,013
New Voters Registered 409
Code Administration
• Zach Batson has passed his Building Level II inspections certification.
• Kenny Jones has Passed his Building Level III inspections certification.
FY21 Fire Marshal Statistics (July 2020 – June 2021)
Action Total
Fire Inspection Program Activities 6,922
Fire Investigations 100
Fire Construction Permits 1,102
July Countywide Commercial & Residential Construction Statistics
Action Building Starts Construction Costs
Commercial Construction 22 $32,310,211
Residential Construction 434 $105,123,319
July County-Issued New Home, Modular, and Townhome Permits

5.
Communications
July Communications Statistics
Action Total Change from
Previous Month
Media/Open Records Requests 36 –20
Facebook Likes 13,123 +47
Facebook Followers 14,048 +58
Facebook Engagement (Reactions/
Shares/Comments)
703 –5
Twitter Followers 4,498 +28
Tweet Impressions 41,900 –5,500
LinkedIn Followers 337 +20
Cooperative Extension
• Sydney Blair, 2020-2021 4-H State Reporter, and Autumn Apple, 2020-2021 Southeast
District Vice President, were inducted into the 4-H Honor Club at NC 4-H Congress.
• 4-H assisted the Lincoln Elementary School Garden Committee on installing a weather
station for students to learn about different aspects of weather.
• Camp Brunswick visited the Brunswick Botanical Garden and made their own pollinator
seed bombs.
• Extension Master Food Volunteers (EMFVs) met to discuss plans for fall Family and
Consumer Sciences programming, which will include training new volunteers. They also
practiced their cooking skills and tested new recipes together. There are currently nine
EMFVs that contributed over 200 hours of service during 2020.
Emergency Services
• Brunswick County Emergency Medical Services was selected to join the Pediatric
Emergency Care Coordinators Plus (PECC+) Program, an advanced pediatric training and
education program developed by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill School of Medicine in partnership with the NC Office of EMS and funded by the EMS for
Children Innovation and Improvement Center. Twelve EMS agencies throughout the state
of North Carolina were selected following an application and interview process for the
highly selective program. The PECC+ Program representative for Brunswick County EMS
is Kimberly Gardner, Paramedic and Captain, who will serve as the Pediatric Emergency
Care Coordinator (PECC). The PECC+ Program will provide specialized pediatric training,
educational opportunities, and other resources to Brunswick County, including online
educational courses for individual providers working in Brunswick County EMS.

6.
Children in Camp Brunswick
visit the Botanical Garden
Cooperative Extension
2,217
Requests for EMS Service
Emergency Services
JULY 2021 STATS SNAPSHOT
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Phone: 910.253.2995 / Email: meagan.kascsak@brunswickcountync.gov
Extension Master Food
Volunteers practice
their cooking skills
Cooperative Extension
99
Pediatrics Clinic Patients Served
Health Services

7.
July Emergency Services Statistics
Action This
Month
Previous
Month
Requests for Service 2,217 2,062
Units Responding 2,315 2,114
Transports 1,216 1,155
Busiest Shift B Shift A Shift
Busiest Unit Medic 3 Medic 3
Busiest Hour of Day 4–5 p.m. 12–1 p.m.
Busiest Day of the Week Saturday Tuesday
Trauma 30 21
STEMI 6 9
Code Stroke 17 21
Code Sepsis 4 9
Use of Airlink 5 2
Engineering
• Brunswick County Courthouse Renovation Update: Work continues on Phase 2 of the
county courthouse renovation with structural repairs underway to the front portico slab
and ongoing interior renovations.
Health & Human Services
Environmental Health
July Environmental Health Statistics
Action Total
Food and Lodging Establishments Inspected 114
Food and Lodging Establishments Visited 116
Food and Lodging Permits Issued 10
On-Site Water Protection Program Improvement Permits Issued 43
New Private Wells Inspections 21
Private Wells Sampled 21

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Health Services
• The Brunswick County WIC Program was one of six counties in the state selected to
participate in the pilot of a USDA/Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC grant which
aims to decrease barriers of access to WIC services and increase focus on tailored nutritional
needs. The pilot is set to begin in early 2022.
• COVID-19 funding at the federal levels has increased the WIC Cash-Value Benefits for
participants to purchase fruits and vegetables to $35 per month from June to September. In
the first two months of this increase in benefits, North Carolina has seen an increase in fruits
and vegetables cash-value benefits redemption from $500,0000 to $831,0000.
• WIC Provided Novant Health with 100 goody bags full of outreach items and pamphlets to
hand out to expecting women at their annual Community Baby Shower on July 24.
July Health Services Statistics
Action Total
Pediatrics Clinic Total Patients 99
Pediatrics Clinic New Patients 10
WIC Food Benefits Issued 2,870
WIC Appointments Scheduled 1,197
WIC Appointments Completed 1,018
WIC New Participants 116
Social Services
July Social Services Statistics
Action Total
Adult Medicaid Applications 149
Family and Children's Medicaid Applications 260
Receiving Special Assistance 110
Households Receiving Food Stamps *
Work First Applications 8
Work First Family Assistance Cases Received 110
Child Support Collections $518,818
Child Support Cases 3,530
Total Children in Foster Care 169
Foster Homes in County 32
*Data unavailable from the NCDHHS at time of publication.

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JULY 2021 STATS SNAPSHOT
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Phone: 910.253.2995 / Email: meagan.kascsak@brunswickcountync.gov
Congrats to
North Carolina
Dixie Softball!
World Series Co-Runners Up
Parks & Recreation
168,230
Reading Minutes Logged During
Summer Reading Program
Library
Congrats to
North Carolina
Junior Dixie Boys!
World Series Finalist
Parks & Recreation
37,006
Blocked Network
Infrastructure Threats
Information Technology

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Veterans Services
July Veterans Services Statistics
Action Total
Appointments / Walk-ins 199
New Clients Added 44
Telephone Calls 604
Email Responses/Sent Emails 216
Faxed Correspondence 28
Electronic Claims/Documents Submissions 109
Completed North Carolina applications for license plates,
hunting/fishing licenses, and property tax exclusions
54
Information Technology
July Information Technology Statistics
Action Total
Website Visits 334,434
(41% mobile devices)
Trouble Tickets Addressed 195
Calls (External/In and Out) 107,459
Inbound Emails Received 283,797
Outbound Emails Sent 134,768
Malicious Emails Blocked 173,250
Blocked Network Infrastructure Threats 37,006
Library
• The Tails and Tales Summer Reading Program ended with 363 kids turning in reading
records, reporting 168,230 minutes of reading time. Books-to-keep, take-home crafts, and
plenty of prizes were sponsored by the four Friends of the Library groups, a BEMC grant,
Alligator Adventure, and Pirate Voyage.
• New for August: Check out Libre Loot from Harper (910.457.6237); Read Boxes and
Launchpads from Rourk (910.754.6578).

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July Library Statistics
Action Total
Door Count 29,856
Total Circulation 36,452
eBooks Checked Out 3,528
NCKids eBooks Checked Out 297
Programs 97
Program Attendance 1,953
New Library Cards Issued 370
WiFi Use 1,119
Operation Services
• Operation Services receives a Carolina Recycling Association Recycler Award for its multi-
jurisdictional disaster debris contracts. In 2016, Brunswick County expanded its disaster
debris operations by implementing two, multi-jurisdictional disaster debris contracts.
This allowed any participating municipalities to activate the contract on their own and
experience county-wide costs savings. Following Hurricane Florence in 2018, the total
quantities of debris managed and/or recycled under these contracts were 708,119 cubic
yards of vegetative and 3,843.02 tons of construction and demolition debris. The total
amount of reimbursement from FEMA was over $11,700,000.
July Operation Services Statistics
Division Open Work
Orders as of
June 30, 2021
Requested
Work
Orders
Completed
Work
Orders
Open Work
Orders as of
July 31, 2021
Building
Maintenance
130 300 275 155
Custodial 10 24 32 2
Construction
and Grounds
15 9 7 17
Vector Control 3 1 1 3
All Divisions
Total
158 334 315 177
July Fleet Services Statistics
Vehicles in
Shop
Assigned to
Repair
Finished Pending
Total 422 347 75

12.
Mosquito Control
• Mosquito Control received 93 requests in July. Staff applied larvicide to 15.77 acres and
adulticided to 5,018.8 acres for adult mosquitoes. Due to five rainfall events in July with over
one inch of precipitation, mosquito populations are increasing across the county.
Parks and Recreation
• Congratulations to the North Carolina Dixie Softball World Series Co/Runners Up (shared
with Louisiana). We couldn’t be more proud of all of these girls for representing Brunswick
County and North Carolina. Thanks to all the parents and families for their support
throughout this season and the tournament. Thanks to all the coaches.
• The North Carolina Junior Dixie Boys are the 2021 Junior Dixie Boys World Series Finalist.
They fought hard in some really hot and humid conditions but in the end lost the
Championship Game to Mississippi. Keep working hard Gentlemen and look forward to
what the future holds for all of you. You represented the State of North Carolina well, on and
off the field. Hope to see everyone back in 2022.
Planning & Community Enforcement
• Focus on Roadside Vending Violations during the 2021.
• Compliance Officers are rotating working weekends thru Aug. 31, 2020.
July Planning Statistics
Projects & Case Facilitation This
Month
Previous
Month
Planning Board Facilitation (Rezonings,
Major Subdivisions, Planned Developments,
Text Amendments, Plans, Resolutions)
5 6
Board of Adjustment Facilitation
(Special Use Permits, Variances, Appeals)
3 3
Technical Review Committee Facilitation 5 7
Municipal Board Facilitation & Planning Services for
the City of Northwest
1 1

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JULY 2021 STATS SNAPSHOT
See a great stat? Contact the Communications Department to learn more.
Phone: 910.253.2995 / Email: meagan.kascsak@brunswickcountync.gov
Brunswick County
recognized with
a 2021 Carolina
Recycling Association
Recycler Award
Solid Waste & Recycling
199
Community Enforcement Cases
Opened & Worked
Planning & Community Enforcement
Did you know?
The Public Utilities Locate
Crew responds to 22,000+
calls a year through the
811 Call Before You Dig
program
Public Utilities

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July Community Enforcement Case Statistics
Action This
Month
Previous
Month
Community Enforcement Cases
New Cases 19 57
Cases Closed 44 43
Cases Open & Worked 199 208
Number of Cases Per Officer 56.86 59.43
Number of Officers 3.5 3.5
Community Improvement Solution (CIS) Program
Total Structures Currently Participating 16 N/A
Number of Structures Removed Through Program 6 0
Before and After Shots of the CIS Program in Action
Community Enforcement's Community Improvement Solution Program assists with
structures only in the unincorporated areas of the county that are in violation of a Brunswick
County Ordinance or code to help bring the property into compliance. Here are some
before and after shots of a property with one participating structure. Operation Services’
construction crew performed the demolition and clearing work.
Before During After
Public Utilities
• The Public Utilities Locate Crew provides a very valuable service to the County. They respond
to more than 22,000 calls on average to locate ticket requests each year. Each ticket request
averages 300 linear feet through the 811 Call Before You Dig program. This crew locates water
and sewer force mains, gravity sewer, and low pressure sewer.
Recently, they were tasked with locating all County public utility lines for a fiber optic project
within the Town of St. James. These locates included over 73.73 miles of water lines and 72.17
miles of sewer of lines.

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Register of Deeds
July Details of Instruments Recorded (Number Recorded)
Instrument Type July 2021 July 2020 Difference
(+ or –)
Year-to-Date
FY 2020-2021
Deeds and
Deeds of Trust
2,873 3,016 –143 2,873
Plats 61 57 +4 61
UCCs 64 51 +13 64
Cancellations/
Miscellaneous
1,966 2,106 –140 1,966
Marriage
Licenses
84 88 –4 84
Notary Oaths 45 59 –14 45
Instruments with
Excise (Included
in Above Totals)
1,205 1,240 –35 1,205
Total 5,093 5,377 5,093
Solid Waste and Recycling
• We have a large stockpile of mulch available at no charge to all county residents.
• The Fall Free Cleanup Week is Monday, Sept. 13-18, 2021.
July Landfill Numbers
Action Total
Total Number of Incoming Loads (scaled) 6,793
Average Loads per Day (scaled) 251.59
Total Tons Received 20,694.28 (41,388,560 pounds)
Average Tons Received per Day 766.45 (1,532,900 pounds)
Total Tons of Scrap Metal Recycled 89.72 (179,440 pounds)
Total Tons of Electronics Recycled 23.36 (46,720 pounds)
Total Tons of Scrap Tires Recycled 147.32 (294,640 pounds)
Total Tons of Shingles Recycled 0
Total Household Hazardous Waste
Event Participants
20

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Looking for more stats?
Check out these links for information available online.
Board of Elections
• Weekly voter registration and other statistics:
public.tableau.com/profile/brunswickcountyboe#!
Code Administration
• Monthly reports: brunswickcountync.gov/permit-reports
Finance
• Monthly financial reports with summary information for general and enterprise funds,
key indicators of revenues and expenditures and cash and investments:
brunswickcountync.gov/finance/reports
Tax Office
• Property record cards and collections information: tax.brunsco.net/itsnet
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• Phone: 910.253.2995 / Email: meagan.kascsak@brunswickcountync.gov
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