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Most people spent more time getting to the March 10 Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners meeting than it took to sit through it.

Due to a schedule conflict, a College of The Albemarle presentation was removed from the night’s agenda leaving an already short meeting even shorter.

Speeding through the remainder of listed agenda items, the only actual business for commissioners was approval of a consent agenda and resolutions designating Child Abuse Prevention Month and Autism Awareness Month and the opposition of a proposed automobile insurance rate increase.

Introduced under the mayor’s agenda, commissioners declared April as Autism Awareness Month, noting that while no cure exists for autism it is well-documented that individuals with autism lead significantly improved lives with early and intensive treatment throughout their lives, and declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month calling on all citizens, community agencies, faith groups, medical facilities, elected leaders and businesses to recognize that child abuse and neglect is a community responsibility affecting both the current and future quality of life of a community and to increase participation in efforts to support families, thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening the communities in which we live.

The third and final resolution is in opposition to a proposed 22.6 percent automobile insurance rate increase from North Carolina Rate Bureau.

A previous 28.4 percent rate increase request in February 2023 resulted in a settlement average of 4.5 percent increase per year for two years. It appears the bureau has adopted a strategy of regularly submitting astronomical rates in order to negotiate sizable increases.

The requested insurance rate increase will go to N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who has 60 days to review the rate increase and approve it, deny it or negotiate a lower rate to become effective October 1.

Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners oppose the N.C. Rate Bureau’s insurance rate request and urge Causey to deny or greatly limit any automobile insurance rate increase for 2025.

The consent agenda passed with February 10 minutes, the January monthly report, budget amendments and transfers for a Local Programming Development Initiative Grant funds from the Government Education Access Channels Committee, funds for Public Works Complex generator replacement, fiscal year 2025/2026 Proposed Government Education Access Channel Budget, a North Carolina Land and Water Fund Grant, and a lease purchase agreement for vehicles, machinery and equipment.

At the end of business, commissioners adjourned for the night.

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