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Etlnutes of the 9osrd of Commiasiorers
January 7: 1957
The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, met on mondnyr January 7, 1956, at 10 o'clock
A, LS, in the Ccmmi ssionrs's' Roan ¢t the Courthouse in Hillsboror N, C,
1.'ember's present: Commissioners Dwight ti, Ray, Claude Pope, Donn ld Stanford end Henry TTalker.
G.embers absent: Chairman B. J. Ef. Hobbs
In the absence of Chairman Hobber Commissioner Hny Wns elected to serve ns Acting Chairman.
She minutes for the meetings held on December' 3rd, December 11th, 1956 sari Jeaunry 3rd 1957 were
rend and approved.
Don Afathe ran. County Farm Agent: intr~uced Cyrus Green, who is a new Assistant County AF.entr
recently eooointed to Work :rith Etr, L'stheson and ESr. BdW1n Horne s.
Reoorts sere given by the following depaztmsnt officials:
Don lA¢the sons County Farm Agent and Bd 2er'ns s, Assistant County Farm Agent;
Hiss Jessie Trowbridge, Hame Demonstration Agent and t?iss Catharine Pritchett, Assistant Hom=
Demonstration Agent? '
Ca she Hoggs~ County Dog Plnrdenp
FranY. !.'sddryr Delinquent Tax Collector; and
F.. Ei, Lynch, Clerk of Court.
The iielf¢re Re ~Ort was presented by Commissioner 0nL4er, and the Elegro Farm Agent and Home
Demonstration Agent's annual reports were acknowledged.
Eir, Tom Rose, To:m moan€er of Chanel Hill, requested that the Beard ¢dopt n resolution which
Would permit all of the eligible lair enforcement officers of the County oP Orange to vote on a
referendum to detezmine Whether or' not the I~aw Hnforcement Officers' Benefit ¢nd Retirement randy ns
it noolies to eligible law enforcement officers of this governmental unity shell be coordinated With
the Old-Age erH Survivors Insurance provisions or the Federal Soci¢1 Security Act,
Upon motion oT Conmissioner Y7nllcer) seconded by Commissioners the following re eolutlon Was
unanimously adopted:
^A resolution by tF.e Board of Cormvi ssioa.rs of the County oT Orange to pr wide for a referendum
by the County's eli€ible law enforcement officers under oz'ovislons of Article 2 of Chapter 135 of the
General Statutes of North Cezolins and under nrovisions of the Governor's °xecutive Order of Decem-
ber 17s 1956.
Er IT ,li!D IT IS H^PFBY AF.:ALASD by the Hoard of County Commi ssianers of the County of Orange ae
follows:
Section 1, Thnt the Board of County Commissioners oT the County of Orange hereby npnlies to the
Agent de signnted in the Executive Ord err dated December 17, 1956: by the Governor of IJOrth C¢rolinas
to ho]d. on !!ay l5s 1957 a referendum to determine Whether or not the Law Enforcement Officers'
Benefit and P.etirement Fu:3, as it aonlies to eldgibla lsW enforcement officers of this governmental
unity shall be coonlinnted With the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance orovisions of the Federal Social
Security Act. Coverage under the Social Security Act will become effective on the 1 day of Januarys
1957, for all eligible law enforcement officers in service on the data that the agreement is executed
by the Secretary of Healths Educations and l'le lfexb.
Section 2, Thet the Board of County Commissioners oe the County of Orange egreess Sn considera-
tion of the acceptance of this ennlcations that it will designate nn election official to serve as
such without comnensetion under the supervision oT and in necordance with instrvetions of the Agent
of the Gwernoz and that it :;111 notif~ the eligible voters not less then 90 days orior to i:1ny 15,
1957, date of referendum,
Section 3. The Heard of County Commissioners of the County of Orange ha. reby agrees to joins for
the purpose oT this referendum and retirement system groan, the follordng political subdivisions:
The Toren oT Cnrrboros The Town of Chapel Hill and The Toim of Hillsboro."
Etr. 5. f. Gattis was authorized to proceed With the election concerning the referendum pertaining
to the inw Enforcement Retirement plan.
Upon motion of Commissioner Nell.ers seconded tr3 Commissiorex' Stanford and unanimously edopteds
it Wns ordered that the law firm oS Graham G F.anson be Fnid $1 s650,00 for arofo ssiannl services
rendered,
Upon motion of Commissioner Popes seconded by Commissioner Stanford and unanimously ndooteds it
Wns ordered that the law firm of Ltitchells Pershin€r Shetterly & Lfitche ll of Hew Yorks be onid
5594,12 for orofe sslonsl services rendered,
Comndssioner R°Y gave a summery of his trip to Fayettev111e pert=fining to the Caoe ?ear River
Basin Project. The Cie: Y. to £ae Hoard was requested to turn over to Don L3ethe soar Chairman of the
Industrial erd Agricultural Commission for Oran g' Countys sll of the literature and materiel concerning
this Project,
Acting Chnirrsn P.ay read c letter from Anthotry C. Coley Area Reel 3state i".ensger for the Corps
of Engineers requesting that Orange Connty ,join With the IJOrth Caroline Department of Conservation
nn3 Develeoment in signing s 10 year lease Which provides for the erection of e 120-Toot radio rely
touter on Cates mountain,
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Upon motion o£ Commissioner Pones seconded by Co::^mi ssioner Stariord and unanimous~v pn sseds it
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res ordered titst Orange County :pin With the Department oT Conservetion nrc3 Development in the signing
of said 10 year le¢se.
Upon motion of Commissioner Stanford, seconded by Commissionsr Pooe and unanimously apprpvsd, it
was requested that Orange County~s Senator, A`.r. °.dnin levier, be ¢sked to sunoort a local ¢et, -
aonli cable only to Orange County, concerning the amending of the sw resting to rural Tire protection
districts, to provide ¢n additianel meens of enlergement of thq territory of such e district Upon
petition of emn,{ority oT property owners.
Upon motion of Commissloner Stanford, seconded by Commissioner Pope and unanimwsly passed, the
' following persons were appointed to serve with the Itdustri¢1 end Agr icultursl Cormission until
December 31, 1958r nt Which time these eppointments gill expire:
Township
Hingham N!anley Snipes, Rt, 3, Hillsboro
Charlie Stanfard> Rt. 1, Chapel Hill
47iley Perry, Rt. 2, ESehane
Palter Lloyd, Rt. 2, E'¢bene
Cedar Grave Csude PoFe, Cedar Grove
Levis Kennedy, Rt, 2, Hill¢boro
Zeb Horton, Ceder Grove
Tom Hlli s, Cedsr Grove
Cheoel H111 Collier' Cobb, Jr., Ch¢oel Hill
0=mice Perd, 307 Pritchard Ave., Chncel Hill
Rsymond Ardrevs, Carrtoxo
ESrs, T. U. Andrews, Rt.. 1, Chapsl Hill
Cheeks Robert Nichols, ^f lend
LS. P. Efl_rd, Jr., ?fsnd
Thamns 'r:ele, Sfsnd
Hill Dorsett, °f Ltd
Pnp E?rs. Csrence Link, Rt. 2, Durham
Reid Roberts, Rt, 1, Hillsboro
G, F Truesdn le, University
itr s, C¢rl 1"e lkar, Rt. 1, Hillsboro
Hillsboro Don ESstheson, 'rillsbpro
Hob Panest, Hillsboro
Sidney Creep, H111sbaro
.7, L. E1111er, .Rt, 1, Hillsboro
Z~ittle River Hob Eluzray, Rt. 2, Rougemont
Atrs. Clyde P.pberts, P.t, 1, 9111sboro
61rs, Clyde Ytalker, Rt. 2, Rougemont
Hryant Hexry, Ht, 1, F.urdle ?.Sills
Upon motion of Commissioner flalksr, seconded by Com~i ssipner Stenford and unnnimausly eoorwed,
E:r. S. '.;. Gnttis was aut!!oriaed to te):e sealed bids for the s¢le end remwel of the hoifse located
Sir,-ed istely behin3 the courthouse.
A gr'ouo of citizens from the Chncnl Nill-Carr'boro area npceered and g¢ve their views in fevor
of the orpposed Chapol Hill-Carrtoro fiecre¢tion District, nrd eskad the Hord to not exclude the
Cnaborp Aren from tf:e proposed Recreetion District, nrd to grant them the opportunity to vote on
se id issue.
Thero bs irg no further business, this meeting was adj aur'ned to meet ag¢in stet in the month.
Dwight Ei. Ray
Acting CFeirstan
Betty June Hayss
Clerk