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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 22, 1998
Action Agenda
Item No 16-Q
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SUBJECT: UPDATE ON TOWNSHIP RESIDENCE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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DEPARTMENT County Commissioners
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ATTACHMENT (S) :
Memo dated June 17, 1998 to BOCC
Memo dated June 24, 1992 to BOCC
Update on Township Residence of
County Commissioners, 1992 -98
PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x
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BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES
NO
INFORMATION CONTACT
Commissioner Alice
M. Gordon
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough
732 -8181
Chapel Hill
968 -4501
Mebane
227 -2031
Durham
688 -7331
PURPOSE: To present an update on township residence of County
Commissioners.
BACKGROUND: On June 24, 1992, the County Commissioners received a
report on township residence information for the past 38 year period.
This report is to update that information. Page 7 of this abstract
reflects information for the years 1992 -1998. In summary, over the
past 44 years, there have been 22 years during which three
commissioners resided in Chapel Hill Township. There have been ten
years during which there were two Chapel Hill Township Commissioners
and there have been six years when there have been four Chapel Hill
Township Commissioners and another four years when only one
commissioner resided in Chapel Hill Township.
RECOMMENDATION: Receive this report as information.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Alice M. Gordon
DATE: June 17, 1998
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON TOWNSHIP RESIDENCE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
For your information I have asked Beverly A. Blythe to provide you with a
memorandum concerning "County Commissioners and Their Township Residence," dated
June 24, 1992. 1 have also asked Beverly to provide you with an update of that
information from 1992 to the present.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Alice Gordon
DATE: June 24, 1992
RE: County Commissioners and Their Township Residence
At my request, Sylvia Clements of the Clerk's office has
completed a listing of the members of the Board of County
Commissioners for the 38 year period from 1954 to the present,
along with their township residence. That listing is attached for
your information. The cutoff date of 1955 was chosen because that
was the first year that there were five commissioners on the Board.
Prior to that date the Board had three members. Furthermore, the
township residence of commissioners prior to 1954 was apparently
not available for all commissioners.
I thought this information might be of interest because of
many recent questions concerning the number of commissioners who
have resided in Chapel Hill Township.
Note that the first year that all five commissioners resided
in Chapel Hill Township was 1990. Coincidentally that was the
first year that two women had ever served on the Board at the same
time.
Over the past 38 years, there have been 18 years during
which 3 commissioners have resided in Chapel Hill Township.
There have been 10 years during which there were two Chapel
Hill Township Commissioners.
Finally, there have been 4 years when there have been four
Chapel Hill Township Commissioners and another four years when only
one commissioner has resided in Chapel Hill Township.
The current population in Chapel Hill Township is just under
700 of the total population of Orange County.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF CO?- =SSIONERS PER ELECTED PERIOD h
Year Township
1990 -92 Stephen Halkiotis (Reelected)
Alice Gordon, Verla Insko (Elected
Moses Carey, Don Willhoit
CH: 5
1988 -90 Moses Carey, Don Willhoit (Reelected) CH: 4
Shirley Marshall, John Hartwell, Stephen Halkiotis E: 1
1986 -88 Shirley Marshall (Reelected)
CH:
4
John Hartwell, Stephen Halkiotis (Elected)
E:
1
Moses Carey, Don Willhoit
1984 -86 Don Willhoit (Reelected)
C:
1
Moses Carey (Elected)
CH:
3
Shirley Marshall, Ben Lloyd, Norman Walker
LR:
1
1982 -84 Norman Walker (Reelected)
C:
1
Shirley Marshall, Ben Lloyd (Elected)
CH:
2
Richard Whitted, Don Willhoit
H:
1
LR:
1
1980 -82 Richard Whitted, Don Wil'lhoit (Reelected) CH: 3
Anne Barnes (served through Dec. 1981) H: 1
Shirley Marshall appointed Jan. 182) LR: 1
Norm Gustaveson, Norman Walker
1978 -80 Norm Gustaveson, Norman Walker (Reelected) CH: 3
Anne Barnes (Elected) H: 1
Richard Whitted, Don Willhoit LR: 1
1976 -78 Richard Whitted (Reelected) CH: 3
Don Willhoit (Elected) H: 1
Norm Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker LR: 1
1974 -76 Norman Walker (Reelected) CH: 2
Norm Gustaveson, Jan Pinney (Elected) E: 1
Flora Garrett, Richard Whitted H: 1
LR: 1
1972 -74 Flora Garrett, Richard Whitted (Elected) CH: 2
Henry S. Walker, Norman Walker E: 1
Ira Ward (Served until Sept. 1973) H: 1
- (Melvin Whitfield served 9/73 - 11/74) LR: 1
1970 -72 Henry S. Walker, Ira Ward (Reelected) CG: 1
Norman Walker (Elected) CH: 2
Harvey Bennett, William C. Ray E: 1
LR: 1
Township Legend: B = Bingham, C = Cheeks, CG = Cedar Grove, CH = Chapel
Hill, E = Eno, H = Hillsborough, LR = Little River
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Year
1968 -70 Harvey Bennett, William C. Ray (Reelected)
Carl Smith, Henry S. Walker, Ira Ward
1966 -68
1964 -66
Carl Smith, Henry S. Walker (Reelected)
Ira Ward (Elected)
Harvey D. Bennett, William C. Ray
Harvey D. Bennett (Reelected)
William C. Ray (Elected)
Gordon Cleveland, Carl Smith, Henry S. Walker
Townshin
CG: 1
CH: 3
E: 1
CG: 1
CH: 3
E: 1
CG: 1
CH: 3
E: 1
1962 -64 Gordon Cleveland, Carl Smith (Elected) B: 1
Henry S. Walker (Nominated to serve in place of CH: 3
Donald McDade who was elected.for 4 -year term, E: 1
but died on November 21, 1962)
Harvey D. Bennett, Donald Stanford
1960 -62 Donald Stanford (Reelected) B: 1
Harvey D. Bennett (Elected) CG: 1
Clarence Jones, Donald McDade, Henry S. Walker CH: 1
E: 1
H: 1
1958 -60 Henry S. Walker B: 1
Clarence Jones, Donald McDade CG: 1
Donald Stanford, R.J.M. Hobbs CH: 1
E: 1
H: 1
1956 -58 R.J.M. Hobbs (Reelected) B: 1
Donald Stanford (Elected) CG: 1
Claud T. Pope (Died 8/57, replaced by Donald McDade)CH: 2
Dwight M. Ray, Henry S. Walker E: 1
1954 -56 Four -year terms: Henry Walker C: 1
D. M. Ray CH: 3
Edwin S. Lanier (Resigned 11/2/56) E: 1
Two -year terms: R.J.M. Hobbs
Sim L. Efland (Resigned 12/3/56)
Note: At the February 2, 1953 meeting, a group of citizens petitioned
that the size of the Board of Commissioners be increased from
three to five members. The Board agreed and recommended that
enabling legislation be requested. It was decided that at the
November, 1954 election three candidates would be elected for
four -year terms and two would be elected for two -year terms and
that in the future all candidates would be elected to serve four -
year terms.
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COMMISSIONERS' TOWNSHIP RESIDENCE **
NAME
Moses Carey
Alice Gordon
Stephen Halkiotis
Verla Insko
Don Willhoit
Shirley Marshall
John Hartwell
Ben Lloyd
Norman Walker
Richard Whitted
Anne Barnes
Norman Gustaveson
Jan Pinney
Flora Garrett
Henry S. Walker
Ira Ward
TOWNSHIP
CH
CH
CH
CH
CH
CH
Eno
Cheeks
Little River
Hillsborough
CH
CH
CH
CH (Elected)
Eno (Moved to)
Eno
CH
Harvey Bennett CH
William C. Ray Cedar Grove
Carl Smith CH
Gordon Cleveland
CH
Donald Stanford
Bingham
Clarence Jones
Hillsborough
Donald McDade
Cedar Grove
Claud Pope
Cedar Grove
R.J.M. Hobbs
Chapel Hill
Dwight M. Ray
Chapel Hill
Edwin S. Lanier
Chapel Hill
Sim L. Efland
Cheeks
** This listing goes back to 1954.
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Update on Township Residence of County Commissioners
1992 -1998
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Per Elected Period since 1992
YEAR
1996 -98 Margaret Brown (elected)
Moses Carey (reelected)
Bill Crowther, Alice Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis
1994 -96 William Crowther (elected)
Alice Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis (reelected)
Moses Carey, Don WIlhoit
1992 -94 Moses Carey, Don Wilhoit (reelected)
Alice Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis, Verla Insko
Commissioners Townshia Residence (Since 1992
Margaret Brown
Chapel Hill
Moses Carey
Chapel Hill
Bill Crowther
Hillsborough
Alice Gordon
Chapel Hill
Stephen Halkiotis*
Hillsborough
Verla Insko
Chapel Hill
Don Willhoit
Chapel Hill
*Commissioner Halkiotis moved from Chapel Hill township to
Hillsborough township
NOTE: Commissioner Elect Barry Jacobs resides in Cheeks Township
TOWNSHIP
Chapel Hill: 3
Hilsb: 2
Chapel Hill: 3
Hilsb: 2
Chapel Hill: 4
Hilsb: 1
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