HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 196404203 44 Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners
April 20, 1964
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Monday, April 20, 19643
at 8:00 o'clock P.M., in the Commissioners atom at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Gordon Cleveland,
Carl M. Smith, and Henry S. Walker.
Members absent: None.
Sherman Shelton, County Farm Agent, introduced his District Supervisor, Mr. McNeil, who
requested that Mr. Shelton be granted a leave of absence without pay from May 1, 1964, through
November 30, 1964. This leave of absence is desired to enable Mr. Shelton to become a technical
leader of a group of ten Africans studying agricultural problems in this country. The Board discussed
this matter.
Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Smith, and unanimously
adopted, said leave of absence was granted to Mr. Shelton.
Upon motion of Commissioner Cleveland, seconded by Commissioner Smith, and unanimously
adopted, the program of Community Action, Inc. was endorsed by the Board, and the requested Board
of Directors, consisting of one Board member and two other citizens was approved. Commissioner
Smith, James Wight and Dalton Whitted were appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Com-
munity Action, Inc.
The principal purpose of this meeting was to discuss what action should follow the recently
adopted resolution designating the Orange County Board of Commissioners as the Mental Health Authority
in Orange,County. Present for this discussion were commissioners from Person and Caswell Counties,
the District Health Director, medical personnel from Memorial Hospital and from the counties of our
Health District, and a member of the planning staff of the State Department of Mental Health.
After considerable discussion of the mental health needs and resources in our area,
/the group decided to designate a planning committee fo formulate a mental health program for the
counties in our health district. This committee will be named at a later date.
The Board designated the following persons as members of a committee to study the library
program in Orange County:
Mrs. Richmond Bond
Mrs. Robert Wettach
G. Paul Carr
D. S. Mattheson
S. M. Gattis
D. M. Stanford.
This committee is to be convened at the call of Mr. Stanford.
The County Accountant was given authority and directed to file with the local Government
Commission an application for the issuance of $44,000.00 in Bond Anticipation Notes.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Donald Stanford
Chairman
I 3etty June Hayes, Clerk
S. N. Gattie, Acting Clerk