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A list of increased level of services provided additional sources of
revenue were aeaured was filed with the Beard. These areas of service were:
1. Improved Vocational Education
2. F~larged FLindergarten Program
3. Additional Instructional Supplies
!~. Additional Teaching Personnel such as Elementary P.E., Art and Music
5. Increased Teacher Supplements
6. Elimination of Student Feea
It was suggested that the Board of Commissioners aonaider the adoption !
of the Local Option Sales Tea[ is order that additional funds might be made
available for the school programs.
There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was
adjourned to meet again on Thursday, July 1, 1971.
Harvey D. Bennett, Chairman
S. M. Gatti s, Acting Clerk
MINUTES OF THE tlRANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
July 1, 1971
The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in adjourned session
in the Commissioners Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina at
8:30 o~clock P.M. on Thursday, July 1, 1971.
Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners William C.
Ray, Henry S. Walker, Ira A. Ward and C. Norman Walker.
Members Absent: None -.
This meeting wee held for the purpose of disaueaiag with the Orange County
Board of Education their proposed budget for the 1971-1972 fiscal year.
The following persona were present: Robert Haas, Chairman of the Orange
County Board of Education and Board Members Oscar Compton, Belton Edwards,
Roger Marshall and Roland Scott, George Williams, Superintendent and Roy
Roy Deal, Assistant Superintendent.
George Williams reviewed the budget request in detail pointing out each
area in which any substantial change was being requested.
In summary the Superintendent stated the Current 8kpense budget sa
requested would allow for no real increase in the operational level of the
system. It would allow only for replacement of some state teachers that were
being withdrawn beasuae of new teachers allocation Pormulas. The Capital
Outlay budget request would provide funds to complete the gymnasium now under
aonstruation, erect a School Administrative Building, complete the School
Garage and leave a small sum to commence work on a football field.
Roger Marshall and Robert Haas, suggested that the Board of Commissioners
enact by resolution the local option sales tax and make a portion of the
funds derived from this source available to the schools in the form of new programs.
Burch Compton, Commander of the Orange County Rescue Squad, Gordon Liner,
FYnance Officer and Robert 3trayhorn, Building Committee Chairman, met with the
Board to discuss the possibility of the County financing a Resoue Sauad facility.
The Board informed Mr. Compton that this matter was still ender consideration
and would be resplved when the final budget was completed.
Upon motion of Commissioner Ira A. Ward, seconded by Commissioner Norman
Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the County lease to the Orange County
Rescue Squad for an indefinite period the following items of ecuipment, that
were acquired through a grant from the Highway Safety Committee, for the sum of
$1.00: Base Station, Remote Consoles, Line Kit, !.~ Freq_uencq Sequential Monitors,
lr.F`reouency Mobile Units and 3 Portables with attachments.
There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was
adjourned.
Harvey D. Bennett, Chairman
3. M. Gattis, Acting Clerk