04051983HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING, APRIL 5, 1983
CALL TO ORDER
PRAYER
MINUTES, APPROVED
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RESOLUTION RE:
SECONDARY ROADS
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in regular session' on Tuesday, April
5, 1983, in the Commissioners Room, County Office Building, Lillington, North
Carolina, with the following members present:' M.H..Brock, Bill Shaw, Rudy Collins,
Lloyd Stewart, and Chairman Jesse Alphin presiding. Vanessa W. Young, Clerk to,
the Board, and Robert Morgan, County Attorney, were also present.
Chairman Jesse Alphin called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Reverend Dodson led the morning prayer.
The minutes from the Harnett County Board of Commissioners meetings of March 21,
and March 31, 1983 were approved as read.
Ray Stone, Highway Maintenance Engineer with the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, appeared before the Board to discuss road matters and situations
in Harnett County
Commissioner Brock moved for the adoption of the following resolution concerning
secondary roads in Harnett County; Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and
it ',carried:
HARNETT COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
R_E; 5 0 L U T 10'N
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS D0 hereby
request the North. Carolina Department of Transportation Board to allocate
sufficient funds out of the Secondary Road Construction Fund to purchase 4,000
tons of ABC materials to used on unpaved rural roads in Harnett County.
This the Fifth Day of April, Nineteen Hundred and Eight- three.
ATTEST:''
s /Vanessa` W. Young
Vanessa W. Young, Clerk
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD -OF- COMMISSIONERS`
s /Jesse Alphin
Jesse Alphin, Chairman-
ADDITION OF ROAD Commissioner Lloyd Stewart presented a petition to Ray Stone requesting the
AT BENHAVEN FIRE North Carolina Department of Transportation to add the road at the new Benhaven
$_RESCUE TO SYSTEM Fire and Rescue Station in Olivia to the State Secondary Road System for Mainten-
ance and made a motion that the Board support this petition;: Commissioner
Shaw seconded the motion -and it carried.'
AMENDMENT TO TRANS.
PLAN
May Marshbanks,'Chairman of the Transportation Advisory Board, presented for the
Board's consideration an amendment to the County's Transportation Plan. Following
a discussion of this request, Commissioner Collins made a motion that the following
amendment. to the Transportation Plan be approved; Commissioner' Shaw seconded the
motion -and it carried:
REVISIONS TO HARNETT COUNTY -
TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN
MARCH 31,1983
Management of UMTA 16 (b) (2) Vehicles
Harnett County has been designed as the lead organization to assign and coordinate
the use of all UMTA vehicles.
The vehicles will be registered in the name of the county and will be insured
the county under the county fleet insurance policy.
;Title to the vehicles will remain inithe name of the applican
County Council for Senior Citizens, Inc.
by
agency, the Harnett
The Harnett County Council for Senior Citizens; Inc., has been designated as the
primary user of the original UMTA vehicle, and the 1977 Dodge, 12 passenger van
has been assigned to that agency to provide transportation for the elderly.
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Five new UMTA vehicles have been approved for Harnett County by the North Carolina
Department of Transportation and delivery is expected by May 1, 1983. Harnett
Production Enterprises has been designated as the primary user of four of the
new vans. Upon arrival, four vans, one equipped with a wheelchair lift, will be
assigned to Harnett Production Enterprises to provide transportation for the
handicapped in conjunction with the Sheltered Workshop. Funding for the operation
of these vehicles is included in the Lee - Harnett Mental Health /Mental Retardation/
Substance Abuse Authority budget.
The other new van, equipped with a wheelchair lift, will be assigned to the
Association for Retarded Citizens to provide transportation for residents of the
Group Home and that agency has been designated as the primary user Harnett County
will be reimbursed by the Harnett County Council for Senior Citizens, Inc., Lee -
Harnett Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and Harnett County Association for
Retarded Citizens for the cost of the insurance coverage for the vehicles they
operate as primary users.
The agencies assigned the vehicles will be responsible for budgeting operational
costs for the vehicles and for assuring proper maintenance and repairs. The
county garage will provide oil changes and routine maintenance charging only the
cost of materials and supplies. Major repairs will be the responsibility of the
agency assigned each van.
When not in use by the above designated agencies, the vehicles are available to the
elderly and handicapped and to groups and agencies related to county government.
The cost for this secondary use of UMTA vehicles will be approved by the County
Manager.
Anyone driving one of the UMTA vehicles must have a Class B License.
The applicant agency, Harnett County Council for Senior Citizens, Inc. will be
responsible for preparing and submitting the required reports to the North Carolina
Department of Transportation
APPLICATION FOR Stan Williams with the Region "M" Council of Governments informed the Board that
FUNDING FOR the Harnett County Ambulance Service has prepared and would like to submit two
AMBULANCE applications to receive funding for the purchase of two ambulances through the
Governor's Highway Safety Program. Mr. Williams explained that the funding would
be 25% from GHSP with a local match of 75 %. Following a discussion of this request
Commissioner Collins made a motion that the County make application through the
Governor's Highway Safeway Safety Program for one vehicle with the County providing
a match of 75 %, Commissioner Brock seconded the motion and it carried.
REAPPOINTMENT OF Commissioner Collins moved for the adoption of the following resolution reappoint -
HALFORD COLEMAN TO ing Halford Coleman to the Metro Board; Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and
METRO BOARD it carried:
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Chapter 162A, Article 4, as amended, provides that the Board of
Commissioners shall appoint three board members of a duly created Metropolitan
Water District; and
WHEREAS, the term of Halford Coleman expired on April 14, 1983;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners for the County
of Harnett that Halford Coleman be and he is hereby reappointed to the District
Board for a term expiring April 14, 1986.
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
By: s/ Jesse Alphin
Jesse Alphin, Chairman
ATTEST:
s/ Vanessa W. Young
Vanessa W. Young, Clerk
BUDGET AMENDMENT Commissioner Shaw moved for the adoption of the following amendment to the
INSPECTIONS Inspections Budget; Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and it carried:
UDGET AMENDMENT
ANPOWER
Code 540 -014, Travel F, Meetings, Increase by $4,000
Code 540 -002, Salaries $ Wages, Decrease by $2,600
Code 540 -016, Maintenance & Repairs, Derease by $400
Code 540 -033, Materials €, Supplies, Decrease by $1,000
Commisisoner Brock moved for the adoption of the following amendment to the Harnett
County Department of Human Resources -- Manpower Budget; Commissioner Collins
seconded the motion and it carried:
BUDGET AMENDMENT
HEALTH DEPT.
Code 10-565-119, Joint Account, Increase by $50,000
Code 10- 565 -120, Title II -B, Decrease by $25,000
Code 10- 565 -122," Title IV, Decrease by $25.,000
Commissioner Shaw moved for the adoption of the following amendment
County Health Department, Tuberculosis Budget; Commissioner Stewart
motion and it carried:'
to the Harnett>
seconded the
Code 10- 594 -014, ,Travel '$ Meetings, Increase by $640
Code 10 -594 -078, Medical '$ Surgical Supplies, Increase by $360
BUDGET AMENDMENT` Commissioner Brock moved for the adoption of the following amendment to the Ai
AIRPORT Budget, Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it carried:
port
Code 650 -013, Utilities,, Increase by $900
Code 650 -015,, Maintenance $ Repairs, Decrease by $900
BUIES CREEK/ COATS Marshall Woodall, Attorney for the Buies Creek/Coats Wastewater District, appeared
WASTEWATER DISTRICT before the Board concerning easements of, property involving the.Buies Creek /Coats
EASEMENTS OF PROPERTY. Wastewater District. Following +a discussion of this project,' Commissioner Stewart
made a motion that the County Manager acting; together' with Commissioner Collins
choose three freeholders' familiar with the price and value of land in the area
of Buies Creek and Coats" assist the District in determining the fair value that
Should be paid for the easements to be given ta the landowners whose land is to be
crossed with the Buies Creek -Coats sewer lines; Commissioner Shaw seconded the
motion and it carried.
TAX REFUND
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
PROGRAM
AMBULANCE SERVICE
PEE INCREASE
Thomas Allen, Tax Supervisor, requested a refund to Johnny G. & Joyce Ballard,
Rt. 7, Box 263, Dunn, NC ° 28334, in the amount of $203.04. Their lot and house
was priced incorrectly for 1981 and 1982. Commissioner Shaw made a motion that
the aforementioned refund be approved; Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion
and it carried.
Mr. Allen also requested that a penalty to Mr. Walter C.iSchref£ler for late
listing be relieved. Commissioner Stewart made a.motion that penalty be released;
Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it carried.'
Commissioner Stewart made a motion that the late listing penalty to James Currin,
Upper Little River Township, be released; Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion
and it carried.
M. H. Brock, County Manager, informed the Board that at the last Board meeting,
C. P. Stewart reported to the -Board the serious financial situation of the
Community Schools Program. Mr. Brock explained that in order for these programs
to continue to operate approximately $6,074 was needed and the. Board of Commis
sioners have been requested to help with this deficit, Commissioner Brock made
a motion that the County appropriate $4000 to help operate the Community Schools
Program this Fiscal Year, Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and it carried.
Dan Gardner, Captain 'of.the.Harnett County Ambulance Service, requested the
Board to increase the fee fax Ambulance Service charges from a base rate of $40
to $50 and increase the fee charged for transportation from the county line from
65¢ a -mile to $1.00 a mile. Commissioner Brock made a motion that these fee
increases be approved;, Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and it carried.
The following tax attorney's, report was filed with the Board:
NAME SUIT NO AMOUNT COLLECTED ATTY. FEE
Duke Township
Thurman 4 Ida McLean 82 CvD 0558 263.81 55.00
Archie McNeill, Jr. 81 CvD 1077 219.83 115:00
Johnsonville Township
Glenn E. Saunders 82 CvD 0589 374.19 55.00,
Neil Freeman' Stroud 82 CvD 0591 180.35` 55.00
Billie Wade Buie 82 CvD 0590 292.59 55.00
Lillington Township
Jerry Andxae $' Ray
Anthony Smith 82 CvD 0629
Neills'Creek Township
Tripp Interprises, -Inca
D. H. F, Helen Baker
Fannie McLean
No suit
No suit
No suit,
151.97 55.00
5678.84
139.49
60.43
25.00
25.00
25.00
221
ADJOURNMENT
NAME SUIT NO. AMT. COLLECTED ATTY. FEE
Stewart's Creek Township
New Suit Started
Booker T. SMith
83 CvD 0275
10.00
$ 7361.50 $ 475.00
There being no further business, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners
meeting of April 5, 1983, duly adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
airman
Clerk
KOL L
Secretary