HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19730716MINTITES CF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COP^J4ISSIONERS BDDK S P„GE 9~
Juts 16, 1973
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in adjourned session on
Monday, July 16, 1973, at B o'clock p.m. in the District Courtroom of the
Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Plembers Present: Chairman C. Norman ldalker and Commissioners Henry S.
Walker, Flora Garrott and Richard E. Whitted.
Members Absent: None
S. M. Gattie, County Administrator, and Setty June Hayes, Clerk to the
Board, were also present.
Chairman Walker announced that this was the date that had been established
by the Board of Commissioners for the holding of a Public Hearing on the
proposed 1973-1974 Orange Counts Budget.
Jan Penny of Chapel Hi11, N. C. inquired as to how much sal ea tax money
was brought into the county funds last year. The County Administrator advised
him that the gross amount received from sales tax money was between $6SD,000.00
and X700,000.00, and that of that amount Y650,000.00 had been included as
estimates in this peer's budget.
Henry Patterson of Chapel Hill, N. C „ stated that he believed that the
relatior_ship between the character of a town and the qualitg of the school
system was reflected by the programs of said school unit, and that he would
like to see the Charoel Hill-Carrboro School System have the foals that it needed
to do the job that waa required.
Chairman Walker read letters of endorsement of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
School System from Nis. Marie Peachae Wicker, Frances S. & Mason Merrill, and
Agna and Peter Calingaert.
Dr. Sam Holton, member of the School Boerd,poir_ted out that an article
was printed in the Durham Morning Herald ea of today pointed up the lack of
skill labor in the Triangle Ar®a. He urged the Board to aonaider the sersous
need that did exist for a vocational program in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School
unit.
Dr. Ken Howard questioned the County Administrator about tax assessment
values, per tentage of taxes collected during this past year, and General Fund
receipts. Other interested citizens spoke in behalf of the proposed Chapel
Ri11-Carrboro School Budget. Thane were over fifty (50) people in attendance
at the Public Hearing.
Chairman Walker ther_ declared the public hearing adjourned, and he then
recognized Lloyd Osterman, Director of the Regional Library System. P?r.
Osterman was accompanied bs A. T. (Sandy) Davison and Don S. Matheson, members
of the Confederate Memorial Library Board. For a copy of the proposed budget
for the Orange County Public Library see gages 95 through 96 in
Commissioners Minute Docket Book Number 8.
_ P2r. Osterman informed the Board that the feat General Assembly did enact
legislation that would include libraries under the necessary expense items for
county budgets, and said expenses could not be taken from the ad valorem tax
collections.
The matter of the need of adequate.librars space was discussed as the
proposed budget did include X125,000.00 for a new library building. Don S.
Patheson stated that new space and favilities will b® necessary in the near
future as the gro;rth rate of the community will depict the accurate need. I'Rr,
Daterman stated that the new proposed facility was based on a survey and plans
would be made on a twenty (20) year projection.
There being no further business to come before the Board said meeting was
adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, Juls 17, 1973, at 8 o'clock p.m.
C, Norman Walker, Chairman
Betty June Hayes, Clerk