HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19630409MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF.OOUNTY CC*ZSSIONERS
April 9, 1963
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, April 9, 1963, at eight o'clock p.m.
in the Commissioners room at the courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey D. Bennett, Gordon Cleveland,
Carl M. Smith and Henry Walker.
Members absent: None
The Chairman read the following letter addressed to the Board from G. P. Carr, Superintendent,
Orange County Schools: (April 5, 1963)
We received from Miss Betty June Hayes under date of March
20, 1963, a letter requesting that we give you our opinion
relative to combining the school units of Orange County.
At the meeting of the Board of Education on Monday, April 1,
the board considered this question briefly. No board action
was taken but the opinion expressed generally was that it
would be a fine thing if we could combine the two units but
that there are many obstacles to be overcome. The board
did not spell out the difficulties which would be entailed.
The principle purpose of this meeting was to name members of the Carrboro Planning Board and
the Carrboro Board of Adjustments. Several persons were proposed for membership on each board, After
some discussion of the.proposed names, the following persons were nominated to the Carrboro Planning
Board;
Upon nomination by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, Tom Goodrich was
nominated for a term of 3 years.
Upon nomination of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Smith, Don Lowe was'nominated
for a term of 2 years.
Chairman Stanford called for a vote, and both men were unanimously elected.
The following persons were nominated for membership on the Carrboro Board of Adjustme nts:
Upon nomination of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Smith, Jessie Basnight was
nominated for a term of 3 years.
Upon motion of Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, Aubrey Howard was
nominated for a term of 2 years.
Chairman Stanford called for a bote, and both men were unanimously, elected.
The Board discussed briefly the proposed State School Board issues. The Board supported the
proposed $100 million school bond issue, to be distributed on a per student basis, and requested
the County Accountant to advise our legislator of this fact.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Donald Stanford
Chairman
S. M. Gattis
Acting Clerk