HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19560305~~ Lfi notes oT the Board of Commisslo ne rs
"larch 5, 1956
1'he Orange County Board of Commissioners met on ;.fond ay, March 5, 1956, at 10
a'clnc!c A, ih
hiemb ers present: Che irmen R, J. ;l. Pobb s, Co _ni ssioners Edwin S. Ls Hier, Dwight
Pay and Henry 5. :'te lice r.
Idembers absent: Commissioner Sim L, Etls nd.
The :ninu tes far the meeting held on February 20, 1956 were reed by the Clezrc and
approved by tt.~e Board.
The follovri ng persons submitted road petitions:
hits. E. o 'Nerd of ?.feb ape
B, B, Cl eyton
?.enr,! Haith
Stenh en Garrett
She Clerk was asked to write tF..e District EnEi veer on tk:.e neti flop sutra it tad by
. _. Clayton,
Thomas Atwater requested that the dog tax be reduced in Orange County or ttet the
"'. Cou my issue kernel license or pay e bounty on fox tails or have a maximum fee for the
j oe op le wt:o have a large number of dogs for various re es nn s. The County Atto trey was
'. asked to im'es ti ge to the legality of nay ing e bounty on fox tells,
Arnold Kirk appeared end informed the Boe rd thst he vres still interested in our-
'~cnasin¢ tk:.e icra Dodson ?roperty. The Clerk made reference to the minutes recorded
lip :f,tnute Docket 5 on page 606, where the Board agreed to sell idr, Kirk the prooerty
i if the lien in the amount of yi1,360, 00 v+as settled, ni r. Kirk was requested to see
'~', Lir, Paul Ranson, County Attorney, abo ct the title of said property.
Dr, Garvin requested the Board to have its renresen to tl ve seek more State aid
~~'.for the lcc¢1 Ee el th Den artme nt, TY.e Bos rd acre ed to take this matter under advisement
The C1 ark of Court and Sheriff asked that the Ao ril Soe ciel Term of cow rt be
!oostnoned. Bit. Lynch was requested to write the Chi et Justice abcut the delay in the
special term of court.
The Cieri< of Court subml tt ed his regular monthly ten ort.
goon motion of Commiss io net Lania r, seconded by Comrissioner Pay and unanimously
passed, the Reel star of Deeds was authorized tc issue to "dr, >:. A, Boyd s cart!"led
copy of the minutes of the Feb rue ry 20, 1956 meeting.
Permission was granted to the Business 3 Pr otessi opal Wonen's Club of Hillsboro
to use the courtroom Sn the new courthouse for e candidates mee ti ne on Aar11 2lt, 1955.
Chairmen Hobbs read a letter Eton !Sts. Dina H. 'rla tth ews, District Office ?tape ¢er
of the Social Security Ad mi ni.stra flop oT Durh e:n, i4. C., requesting that the large
vacant room adjoining the storeroom si foetal on the first floor of the courthouse be
made avei lsble for her Pi elri Pao res art at ive.
Upon motion of Co:rnl ss loner Pay, seconded by Commissioner Jalker and unanimously
approved, the Field 3en res er.ta ti ve of the Social Security Administretlon was granted
p erra ssion to use the room adjoi Hint the storeroom on the SLrst floor of the court-
house until such time as the County finds it. necessary to make toil time use of this
space,
Upon :notion of Commissioner Leni er, secondec by Caanis si oner ':^7e lker and one Hirano
passed, the following motion was adapted: The County Attorney is on a salary basis
and will not 'oe na id a tee for making collections of old age 11 ens, but a deduction
of ten per cent from amounts collected by him will be Hale to reimburse the county
for e portion of the Attorney's salary.
Cnon motion of Comni ss loner :'lel'rer, seconded by Co::vni ss loner Pay and unanimously
pass el~the foil o:ving bi 11s incurred by the issuance oT the s34, 000.00 school bonds
~•vere eutho ri zed to be paid:
So :.ti tch ell Persh inx of .`law `!o ric - $208.9L.; and
To The Law FLrm of Graham & Henson - p12$.00.
The SheMff merle his monthly report,
I Coreni ssioner t4elker submitted the re aular monthly report of the 7lelf are Department.
ITh ere was a net increase of w177. 00 in tY.e Pelf ere program for the month of Feb ruery,
':1,956,
Comp iss inner i4alker ten orted that the 3elfare fund for the Adult 2oa rd in¢ Home
'pro grain would become over expended in earth, and that the Plelfare Department hsd no
immediate est i.m ate of hew Hoch coney would be needed to carry this program through
'khe remel:;d er of the fiscal yesr.
' Uc on motion of Commissioner Lanier, seconded by Commissioner Psy, a:vd ura nimously
passed, it ::•es ordered to et the Superintendent o: 'ilelfare Snclude in her monthly repo rt
~tk:e asou nt that the Boarding Horne for Adults is over expended and at e later dete
'~. wh en tk:.e emeunt of the def iclt in the program becomes more def ir,i te, ad dl ti opal
j ¢po ro on ations from the Genet el Fund 8merg ency Aoo ro nrl ation trill be :cede.
hits, Parker presented tY. tee aid to bl i..^.d -rants which were accented. Anew gr¢nt
~a was issued to Edgar hffirkhem in the amount of 543 00 and the grants of Edne r2 and
',Eredw erd "bode were increased from 537.00 to 543.00 each,
~~ Girs. Pe rker requested th et hits. Srarc es Cruciani~s ss la ry be increased from the
istar ting sela ry of $200.00 to 5210.00 oer month. This is the merit incr ee se w'rich
I is due ;rs, Cruc is ni under the new Job cla ssi Tic eti on program recently edooted by
jtY.e county,
Opon motion of Commis si on er Lenier, seconded by Con:mi sa ion er Ray end unan Smously
'. anor ove d, Chs irmen Hobbs, Coanis sin per 'Y¢lker and "dr. Gat tie were requested to in-
veatigate the persons apnlying for the vancy being created by the resiana t±on of tAr,
''.Hume Claytor as Couniy Dog "lar den, and to report on this ;natter et tY.e ;tar ch 19th
mee ti ng.
She re being no fur th.er business, the meeting wes adJ ourn ed.
R, S, nT. F.sbbs
Chei rman
Betty Sune Heyes
Clerk
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