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Minutes of the Board of Commissioners
September 6, 1960
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, September 6, 1960,
at ten o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' room at the courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
Members present: Chairman R. J, M. Hobbs, Commissioners RavoldxM¢Dadxy Clarence Jones,
Henry Walker and Donald Stanford.
Members absent: Commissioner Donald McDade.
The minutes of the August meetings were read by the Clerk and approved by the Board.
A discussion arose concerning the parking lot and the space used by county employees. The
County Accountant was instructed to notify all departments that the parking lot immediately behind the
courthouse was to be reserved for county employees and that all employees were to use this lot, in
order, that the area in front of the courthouse and the area at the side of the courthouse could be
left available for the public. The County Accountant was also requested to contact the Town of
Hillsboro and request that the area in front of the courthouse be designated as a twenty (20) minute
parking zone.
The following department official presented reports for the month of August, 1960.
Frank Frederick, Delinquent Tax Collector
Mrs. Evelyn Raper, Asst. Home Demonstration Agent
Jane Parka, Welfare Supt. and
Combs Boggs, County Dog Warden,
The following road petitions were approved and the Clerk was requested to forward same to
the State Highway Commission.
1. Cheeks Township - second road on right hand of highway 70 about -
1 mile back toward 70-A, near Wade's Temple Holiness Church.
2. Chapel Hill Township - road designated on. the enclosed map
3• Hillsboro Township - known as Alma Street, Dothan Ave. k
Terrell St.
A letter signed by five (5) women employees requesting that they be included in the pay plan
adopted July, 1960, =a read by Chm. Hobbs. The Clerk was instructed to incorpoate the letter
in the minutes of this meeting. No further action was taken on said request.
"Dear Sirs:
It is with humility that we appeal to you gentlemen today to express our desire to be included
in your plan plan adopted July, 1960.
We appeal more especially since approximately $10,000.00 revenue above anticipation has already
been forth coming in the way of intangible tax.
However, since no exclusions were set forth in your pay plan we ask and request that this letter
be placed on file in the minutes of Commissioner's Meeting of September 6, 1960, for future reference.
With much sincerity,
Is/ Mary D. Walters
/s/ Priscilla Lloyd
/s/ Faye S. Patterson
Isl Allene H, Willdams
Is/ Virgin R. Teer
A letter from Jos. It. Johnson, Supt. of the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit, was read by
Chm. Hobbs. The letter requested permission to revise the allocations made in the 1960-61 budget so
that it might be more adequately applied to the needs of said Administrative Unit. The Board agreed
that aside from the funds specidldty earmarked for building projects the Chapel Hill Board of Fducation
had full authority to expend their capital outlay budget as they deemed proper.
The County Accountant presented to the Board a pamphlet which is being used by some counties on
which is being set forth a diagram showing how the tax monies are being spent.
Upon motion of Comr. Jones, seconded by Comr. Walker, and unanimously adopted, Comm. Stanford
and the County Accountant were authorized to proceed with the preparation of a similar pamphlet on
which information wpuld be presented as to how Orange County tax dollars are spent. The expenses
for said pamphlet is to be taken from the Emergency Fund.
Chm. Hobbs presented a request from the Bank of Chapel Hill asking that more deposits of county
funds be made to this bank. A disucssion ensued on said request. The County Accountant was directed
to report to the Board at their next meeting how county funds had been deposited in the past year and
to secure information about how other counties handled their excess funds.
The County Accountant reported that the County new has $40,000.00 invested in Savings § Loan
Associations, these funds are owned by the School Debt Service Account. As this fund no longer has
sufficient assests to own these investments the Account recommended that their ownership be
transferred in the following manner: to the Farm Program Fund $20,000.00; to the Property
Revaluation Fund $20,000.00.
Upon motion of Comr. Jones, seconded by Comr. Walker, and unanimously adopted, the foregoing
recommendation by the County Accountant was adopted.
There being no further business this meeting was adjourned.
R. J. M. Hobbs
Betty June Hayes Chairman
Clerk