HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19561211Linutas of the Hoard of Carsnlssfonsxs
December 11, 1956
Board of Commissioners continued their meeting of December 3rd in nd,iouraed session at the City
Hall in Chapel ilill on Tue sd¢Y, Decembnr ll, 1956 at 6 o'clock P, },i. Acting Chairman D. id. Asy
continued ass presiding officer. tdembers prnsent: Commissioners R, .7...1, Hobbs, Henry 5. S7¢lker~
Claud T, Pcoe~ D. t„ Pay ard Donald Stanford,
~, Acting Chairman Ray placed the floor open for nominations for the of_`ise of Chairmen of the
Hoard for the coming t~eo years, Cormissioner Plelker placed fn nemiaation the name of Commissioner
Hobbs, This motion was seconded by Gonmi ssioner Stanford, Tlo other names rare placed in nomination
and Commissioner Rny enlled for n vote on this motion. R..7. ni, Hobbs rms elected Chairmen o£ the
Beard for the coming two years by the following vote: Ayes - Commissioners Ray, P7elker~ Pope and
Stanford, Noes - None.
A genezal discussion of the proposed P.ecx'eation District election pas held. After consider¢tion
of s request from the Tax Supervisor to hold this election ea soon as possibler it w¢s agreed to hold
a public hearing on this question as required by the special statute governing this matter. Commis-
sioner Ray moved this hearing be held on January 3. 1957 at the Torn Nell in Chapel Hill, This
motion was seconded by Commissior~r Stan__"ord~ and when a vote pas enlled by Chairman Hobbes the
motion ens unanimously adopted. The matter of verifying the petition submitted $' citizens interested
3n the Recreation District was breught up. The Hoard of Commissioners found es a fact th_t the 1,153
signers of this petition constitute more than 15° oC the resident freeholders of this desgribed area
as there appear to be approximately 3.050 resident freeholders of the ¢rea.
Commissioner Ray moved that pfx's..7ackie Burton Clsytonr employee qT the CL=rk of Caurt~ Who was
on official leave of absence in July of 1956, be granted a one step increase Sn sa]ary effective
Clovember 1. 1956. the date of her return to pork, This is to place her in the same o¢y level as
other employees with e similar length of service. This motion n¢s seconded by Commissioner 'aniker.
and unanimously approved by the Board. Zt w¢s agreed among the members oT the Beard that this was
action on a individual case em not a statement of policy at present, This may or may pat become
policy at n later date,
Honorable A]ax Sici!nhon. member of the staff of the Institute of Government and Cheirrsn of the
Beard of Cmmnlssioners of the Greater Chaoel Hill Fire District appeared before the Hoard to file a
resolution passed by the Fire District Hoard which reds as follows:
"T0: Zh^. B0:1.9D OF COiF1;:ISSIOhERS OS ORMIGr COUP;TY
THE BOARD OF ALDFAiF.TI OF Tfl; T017!i OF CP.APFL HIL I.
Plea the undersigned members of the Greeter Chaoel Fill Fire Protection District Commission, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 69-25•ll ox' the General St¢tutos of *lorth CeroL+n2~ and upon
anolicntion of the owners of property in the territor,/ hereinafter described do hereby unanimously
recammand to your Honorable Bards that the following described territory be withdrawn from the
District, this territory having been incozporated into the Town of Chaoel Hill:
The Pines Restaurant property. the University tSotor Lodge propcrtyr the Glemood School
nronerty~ Hidden Hills and Fates N.ills~ all of which territory is more definitely
described in Elinute gook 10~ of the Torn of Chaoel Hillr pages A2 to 44r and Which rras
incorporated into the Tmm of July 9r 1956.
PIe respectfully request that your Y.onorable Boards eopx we this recoesnendation~ in order that.
upon such npproval~ the territory of the District may be reduced by era lu3ing the above described
territory,
/s/ John Alexander Meliahon
Commissioner
/s/ Crnn P. Childress
Conmissionar
/a/ ^. G. !Serritt
Cwmissioner^
The approval oT this request was asked by Lir, tdciSahonr made a motion b7 Commissioner Rey seconded by
Commissioner Stanford and unanimously approved by the Board,
Fire District Commissioner E:r7.fehon then discussed with the Board the possibility of expansion of
the Fire District by petition as opposed to expansion by elections. At the conclusion of this dis-
cussion the Board rewested 6L. ;idfahon to set out in the form ors special legisl¢tive act for Orange
County, procedures whereby any defined area mey~ upon petition of a mnj ority of the Treeholdars within
the stated area, be ¢nnexed into a fire district. 6Sr, Netlahon agreed to do this prior to the next
meeting of the baen4 ard to send n draft oT the proposal for pre sent¢tion at that time,
Commissioner Ray moved that the Honorable i, J, Phipps bs reappointed for a tno pear texas ¢s
Judge of the County Rscorder's Court. This motion was seconded by Ccnmissioaer flelker~ and approved
6y the Bcaxd. With ell members voting in the affirmative,
It rms suggested that voting for the position of Solicitor of the Recorder's Court be done by
secret ballot. Aonllcationa frc:,~ several members of the Har mire presented prior to tF.e time a vote
was taken. i7hen the ballots were counted three Com-SSsioners favored Honorable Roy Li. Cols ¢nl two
Commissi orars favored HonorabL J. Q. LeGrand. Theresspon~ Eonorable Roy Li. Cole was appointed for
e two year term ¢s SoLcitor of the Cponty Recorder's Court,
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Conmiesioner i7elker mooed that the firm of Grehsm and Panson be appointed ass County Attorney for
two year ten, Isis motion was duly seconded by Cocmissioner ?ope and unanimously passed by the Board
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