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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19660906480 MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS . September 6, 1966 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, met in regular session at the County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina, the re place of meeting, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., on Tuesday, September 6, 1966, Monday, September 5, 1966, having been a legal holiday. Members Present:. Chairman Harvey D. Bennett and Commissioners Gordon B. Cleveland, William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith, and Henry S. Walker. Members Absent: None Also present: Betty June Hayes, Register of Deeds and ex officio Clerk of the Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Smith introduced the following resolution which was read: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION AND FILING OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF BONDS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange: Section 1. The Register of Deeds and ex officio Clerk of the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to publish a Notice of Intention To Apply TO The Local Government Commission For Approval of Bonds in The News of Orange County on September 8 and 15 in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF BONDS NOTICE is hereby given of intention of the undersigned to file application with the Local Government Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina, for its approval of the issuance of the following proposed bonds of the County of Orange, North Carolina, which bonds shall be subject to the approval of the voters of said County at an election: $560,000 WATER BONDS for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for the construction of a waterworks system in Orange County, including the construction of a dam and water storage facilities, the installation of mains and lines, and the acquisition of necessary land and rights of way. S 90,000 SANITARY SEWER BONDS for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for the construction of a sanitary sewer system in Orange County, including the acquisition of necessary land and rights of way. This notice was first published on the 8th day of September, 1966. Any citizen or taxpayer objecting to the issuance of all or any of said bonds may file with the Local Government Commission a verified statement setting forth his objections as provided in Section 159-7.1 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, in which event he shall also file a copy of such statement with the undersigned at any time within ten days from and after such first publication. A copy of this notice must be attached to the statement so filed. Objections set forth in said statement shall be for consideration by said Commission in its determiantion of whether or not it may hold a public hearing as provided by law on the matter of issuance of said bonds. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF ORANGE BETTY JUNE HAYES Clerk of Board of Commissioners Section 2. The County Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to file an application with the Local Government Commission for the approval of said $560,000 Water Bonds and $90,000 Sanitary Sewer Bonds mentioned in the Notice of intention set forth in Section l of this Resolution. Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Thereupon, upon motion of Commissioner Cleveland,seconded by Commissioner Smith, the foregoing resolution entitled:. "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION AND FILING OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF BONDS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION" was passed by the following vote: Ayes: Commissioners Bennett, Cleveland, Ray, Smith and Walker.` Noes: None -.1 Discussion ensued concerning the proposed Lake Orange project. Commissioner Ray suggested that a meeting of the County Board of Commissioners, the property owners, who were donating the land for the proposed lake, the consulting engineer and the County Attorney be arranged in order that the plans for land acquisition might be discussed and general agreements necessary for the project might be understood by all the parties involved. The County Administrator was requested to schedule such a meeting at the earliest convenient date.- Chairman Bennett informed the Board of his recent conversation with Judge Hamilton Hobgood concerning the present facilities and services of the County Jail. The Board decided to inspect the facilities and reply to the Court concerning said matter. Discussion ensued pertaining to the County Planning Board and the proposed Zoning Ordinance. No action was taken as copies of the proposed Ordinance had not been officially presented to the Board. The Clerk was authorized to forward the following road petition to the State Highway Commission: 1. Lake Shore Drive (SR 01160) Chairman Bennett advised the Board that he planned to meet with Dr. 0. David Garvin, the County Administrator and the Architect for the Medical Care Commission to discuss the problem of the exterior design of the proposed Health Building. Pete Grimes, Agent of the State Board of Welfare in charge of the Community Coordinator Program, introduced to the Board Jefferson Strickland, who was being proposed by the State Welfare Board as the Community Coordinator for Orange County. Upon motion, seconded and unanimously adopted, Jefferson Strickland was accepted as the Community Service-Consultant for Orange County. -.The County Administrator was.requested to inform Mr: Grimes of-the Board's action. Dr. Roy Lindhal, Roger Marshall, Grey Culbreth, Dr. Willard Swiers and G. Paul Carr, representatives of the two School Units of the County were present. The following list of Capitol Outlay needs of the School Units were presented and the request made by these representatives that the listed Capital Outlay expenditures be included in a School Bond Issue. COUNTY UNIT PHASE I (URGENT) A. Junior High School $ 11200,000.00 B. Equipment for Junior High School $ 240,000.00 C. Garage and Administrative Office $ 100,000.00 PHASE II (NEEDED AFTER THREE YEARS) D. Additon Orange High School $ 550,000.00 E. Elementary School (12 rooms) $ _ 300,000.00 TOTAL $ 2,390,000.00 Less Funds Available $ 4000 Net $ 1,990,000.00 CHAPEL HILL Elementary School (24 Rooms) $ 650,000.00 Junior High School S 11500,000.00 High School Addition $ 700,000.00 Phillips Addition $ 290,000.00 Miscellaneous Alterations $ 50,000.00 Elementary School (24 Rooms) $ 720,000.00 Administrative Office $ 222.000.00 TOTAL $ 4,132,000.00 4S2 It was noted that some funds will be available from the sale of the Lincoln School property in Chapel Hill, which will defray part of the construction costs for the Chapel Hill unit, however, the available amount is unknown as this property has yet to be sold. Discussion ensued concerning these requests. The County Administrator was directed to advise the County Attorney of the requests for a school bond issue and have him initiate the necessary legal proceedings in order that a school bond election in the amount of $3,000,000.00 might be held on or about December 13, 1966. R. J. Smith, Sr., Chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, reported that during the last twelve months the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board had deposited: with the North Carolina National Bank the sum of $1,400,000.00 and had deposited with the Central Carolina Bank & Trust Company the sum of $767,000.00. Upon motion of Commissioner Cleveland, seconded by Commissioner Ray, Chairman Sennett was authorized to sign the following blind aid grants. Mabel Roberson from $42.00 to $14.00 Allen S. Taylor from $18.00 to $21.00 Sophronica Sykes from $75.00 to $100.00 Matilda Pickett from $149.00 to $158.00 Garland Smith No Change Clarence Foust Terminated There being no further business to come before the board said meeting was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, September 13, 1966 at 8:00 o'clock P.M. and on Monday, September 19, 1966 at 8:00 o'clock P.M. in the Commissioners room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Harvey D. Bennett Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS September 13, 1966 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, met in adjourned session at 8:00 o'clock P.M., on September 13, 1966, at the County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina, the regular place of meeting. Present: Chairman Harve,7 D. Sennett, Commissioners Gordon B. Cleveland, Will C. Ray, Carl M. Smith and Henry S. Walker. Absent: None The purpose of this meeting was to reply to the letter, given below, which had been received from the Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc. "The Orange-Alamance Water System, Incorporated, P. 0. Box 187, Mebane, North Carolina, has applied to the Farmers Home Administration for assistance in the installation of a community domestic water system which will serve the area from Eno River in Orange County to Back Creek in Alamance County, along Highway 70-A. For a more complete analysis of the system, please refer to the attached map. Farmers Home Administration regulations require that all applications for such facilities be presented to the County Commissioners of the counties involved for review and comment. We would appreciate your review of our proposal and request your comments for use in the development of our project. May we have your comments by September 15th 1966 if at all possible."