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HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Minutes of Reconvened Meeting
(Joint Meeting with Board of Education)
October 19, 2001
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in a reconvened session on Friday,
October 19, 2001, in the Commissioners Meeting Room, County Administration
Building, 102 East Front Street, Lillington, North Carolina. The Board of Education
• met in joint session with the Board of Commissioners to consider proposed voting
district plans.
Members present: Teddy J. Byrd, Chairman
Beatrice Bailey Hill, Vice Chairman
Walt Titchener
Tim McNeill
Commissioner Dan B. Andrews was absent.
Staff present: Neil Emory, County Manager
Wm. A. (Tony) Wilder, Assistant County Manager
Dwight W. Snow, County Attorney
Kay S. Blanchard, Clerk to the Board
All five members of the Board of Education were present.
At 1:00 p.m., Chairman Byrd reconvened a Board of Commissioners meeting that
recessed October 18, 2001. Board of Education Chairman Harrington Morrison called
the Board of Education portion of the session to order.
Chairman Byrd stated that the purpose of this joint meeting was to determine a plan
• for redefining electoral district boundaries for the Board of Commissioners and Board
of Education members. Chairman Byrd stated that the Board of Commissioners
unanimously chose Alternate 4 Plan. Chairman Morrison stated that the Board of
Education chose Alternate 4 Plan with a 3 to 2 vote.
Commissioner McNeill moved that the Board adopt a redistricting plan known as
Alternative 4 with the following change: a census block in Lillington near the
intersection of 13`h Street and Hwy. 27 which is predominately African -American
shall be moved from District 4 into District 1 by allowing the District 4/District 1 line
to run from Highway 421 to Highway 27 along 13t' Street. Further, the Board
instructs, directs, and authorizes its county manager, attorney and other managerial
officers to prepare a resolution adopting the plan, to submit the proposed plan to the
U.S. Justice Department for preclearance under and pursuant to the provisions of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965, and to prepare, submit, and file a motion in the cause and
other pleadings in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North
Carolina as might be deemed advisable by them. Commissioner Hill seconded the
motion and it passed unanimously. It
The Board of Education adopted a similar motion made by Board of Education
member Jim Bennett and seconded by Craig Matthews. Its motion passed 3 to 2 with
Billy Tart and Ronny Holmes casting the dissenting votes.
There being no further business, Commissioner McNeill moved for adjournment.
Commissioner Titchener seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The
Harnett County Board of Commissioners' reconvened meeting, October 19, 2001,
duly adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
Kay S, lanchard, Clerk to the Board