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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19760616462 MINUTES:. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Wednesday, June 16, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Wednesday, June 16, 1976, in the Commissioner's Room of the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. All members were present. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator; Neal Evans, Finance Director; and Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Garrett reported on a phone call that she had re- ceived from Representative Trish Hunt concerning the Social Ser- vices proposed "cut-back." Commissioner Walker read a summary that had been prepared in a joint meeting of Statewide County Commissioners and the N. C. Department of Human Resources at a meeting on Friday, June 1$th. Commissioner Walker then read a series of questions that had been raised by the local Social Services Board. He stated that he had not been able to receive satisfactory answers to any of the questions he had received. Discussion ensued concerning the position of the County as it relates to the current Social Services situation. The Finance Director was requested to prepare a comparison Budget on the current recommendations of the County Manager versus the Social Services Budget that had been tentatively approved in March. Chairman Garrett recognized Mrs. Richmond Bond. Mrs. Band was the spokesman for the Chapel Hill Library's Budget request. The Board advised Mrs. Bond tYiat the County Manager's Budget had not cut out any of the requested items. Chairman Garrett recognized Lloyd Osterman, Director of the Hyconneche Regional Library. Mr. Osterman recognized "Sandy" Davison and Francis DeFries, Trustees of the Confederate Memorial Library. Discussion ensued concerning the services of the Library. Chairman Garrett recognized Colonel William Breeze. Colonel Breeze stated that he was present to represent the Soil Conservation Department in its request for the funding of a Soil Technician.posi- tion. He stated that no federal funds were available for the re- taining of the person that was currently employed and that the Soil Conservation Department needed to retain the services of the Technician that was currently on their staff. Commissioner Walker moved that the Board place the position of a Technician in the Soil Conservation Service into the proposed Budget. This motion died for the lack of a second. Further discussion ensued concerning the requested Tech- nician position. No action was taken on the request. Chairman Garrett recognized Bill Heriford, Mary Davison, and Dick BeaucF~aine, of the Emergency Medical Services Council. Discussion ensued concerning the Budget request for this Agency. It was pointed out that the County would be expected to fund all the personnel positions. Discussion ensued concerning the need for a Consultant to supervise the installation of the com- munication equipment. Orange County Emergency Medical Services Council presented its budget recommendation. They requested that the County Com_ missioners consider appropriating $3,700 as one-half the cost for the Emergency Medical Services Evaluation. They requested an an additional $700. for direct Council support for supplies and office equipment. An additional amount was requested to be set 4s~ aside for Contingency matters. Commissioner Gustaveson questioned the future directions and goals of the Emergency Medical Service Council. Mr. Herifprd indicated that the Executive Council were working on evaluation of a set of goals and objectives for the Council and he hopes this evaluation will be completed in August. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that the County Commissioners should make specific request pf the Council in are~,of expansion. Commissioner Gustaveson suggested that a meeting be planned sometime in~August and that from this meeting a policy statement and position could be determined concerning the operation of the communication system. The New Hope Fire District had filed an Amendment to their 1975-1976 Budget in~the amount of $5,000. This amendment had been presented to the Board at a previous meeting. Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted that the amendment of X5,000 in the 1975-1976 Budget for the New Hope Fire Department be approved. The meeting was adjourned to meet again on Thursday, June 17. ~.~~.C~ Flora R. Garrett, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk MINUTES _ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMXSSIONERS Thursday, June 17, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Thursday, June 17, 1976, in the Commissioners' Room of the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Richard Whitted. Members absent were none. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator; Neal Evans, Finance Officer; and Betty June Hayes, Clerk_.to the Board. The Chairman inquired if the Board wished to reconcile the Social Services Budget first before getting into other budget mat- ters. She stated that the Board had asked for some type of com- parison between the first budget. The Finance Director replied that the Board had the direct affiliate of the original budget. Tom Ward, Social Services Director, reported that he had re- ceived artelephone call advising him that the previous letter of June 4th had been recalled and the Friday deadline was no longer effective. He stated, "where we are other than that, nobody seems to know." Discussion ensued. Commissioner walker suggested that with the information that is currently available, he felt the Board should let the tentative budget of March stand and move on to the other areas of the budget, because it appeared that the County would have to submit a revised Budget on the 18th.