HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19621002Minutes of the Orange County Board of Commissioners
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October 2, 1962
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, October 2, 1962,
at ten o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' room at the courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Clarence Jones,
Donald McDade and Henry Walker.
Members absent: None
The minutes of the last meeting were read by the Clerk and approved by the Board.
The following Department Officials presented reports for the month of September, 1962:
Cashe Boggs, Dog Warden
Frances Dansk, Asst. Home Demonstration Agent
Jim Wight, Director of Welfare
E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court and
Walter Wrenn, Veterans Service Officer
A discussion arose concerning the forthcoming zoning hearing. It was agreaded that certain
rules governing said meeting should be instituted, in order, to provide for an orderly meeting.
H. Conway Browning, resident of the Eno Community, spoke in behalf of the Eno Fire Association
and requested that the A.B.C. Store #h be enrolled as a member of said Fire Association. Mr.
Browning stated that the fee for commercial buildings was 4100.00 and that the A.B.C. Board would
pay this fee if the Board of Commissioners would authorize said payment. Mr. Browning's request
was taken under advisement.
The following road petitions were submitted and the Clerk was requested to mail same to the
State Highway Commission.
1. Road lf1956 (southern end)
2. Terrace View Road
3. Markham Drive
4. Old Oxford Road
5. Howell St. Extension X1907
6. Oak Grove Church Road
A petition signed by citizens living on road ,#1713 requesting that the name of the road be
changed to Mount Herman Church Road was presented.
Upon motion of Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Walker, and unanimously adopted,
road #1713 was named Mount Herman Church Road. The Clerk was requested to mail a copy, of said
petition to the State Highway Commission and to inform James A. Boland of said action.
Chairman Stanford presented a copy of the "Orange County Records Inventory". Said inventory
had been made.by the State Department of Archives and History. The purpose of the inventory, was to
determine which records should be microfilmed for security purposes and which should be repaired,
and to provide county officials with schedules of retention and disposal.
The disposal schedules contained in the inventory was discussed. Upon motion of Commissioner
Walker, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted, each department official was
authorized to proceed with the recommendations of the Department of Archives and History as given
in the "Orange County Record Inventory", pertaining to the disposal.of records in their respective
offices.
The Clerk was requested to write the State Department of Archives & History commending them
on their program and expressing to them the appreciation of the Board of Commissioners for said
inventory and other services rendered to Orange County.
George Levings, County Attorney, ask in behalf of the Orange County Bar Association for
permission to have affixed on the doors of the courtroom a copy of the Canons of Professional
Ethics.
Upon motion of Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted,
the Orange County Bar Association was granted permission to affix &'•eopy of the Canons of
Professional Ethics on the doors of the courtroom.
A discussion arose concerning the „park area" in Oakwood Development which is being claimed
by the Town of Chapel Hill. The county had advertised this property for tax sale. The County
Accountant was requested to i.nvestigate,this matter.
The County Accountant and the County Attorney were requested to investigate and make a report
to the Board at their next meeting on the matter of the legal requirments necessary to enroll the
Eno Fire Association District with the Insurance Commission at Raleigh, N. C.
There being no further business this meeting was adjourned.
Betty June Hayes Donald Stanford
Clerk Chairman
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