11141983AREA III SCHOOL - LATER REFERRED TO AS TRITON HIGH SCHOOL
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EMERGENCY MEETING,. NOVEMBER 14, 1983
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in an emergency meeting:on Monday,
November 14, 1983, in the Commissioners Room, County Office Building, Lillington,
North Carolina, with the following members present: Lloyd G. Stewart, M. H. Brock,
Bill Shaw, -Rudy. Collins, and Chairman Jesse Alphin presiding. Vanessa W. Young,
Clerk to the Board, and Robert Morgan, County Attorney, were also present. A
special meeting of the Board had been duly advertised and posted for today, Novem-
ber 14, 1983, at 9 :00 a.m. Due to lack of proper notification to. the Board members
the special meeting was cancelled: Chairman Alphin called an emergency meeting of
the Board for 4:00'p.m._ to discuss the appropriation of funds for the contruction
of the Area III school. The bids on the school were opened on Tuesday, November 8,
1983, and County needs to appropriate the funds for this project before the Board
of Education can -award the contracts for construction. The Board of Education has
a meeting scheduled for tonight to award the contracts
CALL TO. ORDER Chairman Jesse Alphin called the meeting to order at 4 :45 p.m.
PRAYER Hoke Smith;- Chairman df the Board of Education, led the afternoon prayer.
PURPOSE OF MEETING Chaiivian-Alphin then recognized M. H. Brock, County Manager, to explain the purpose
of the meeting. Mr. Brock explained that the Board of Education has received and
opened the bids for the Construction of the Area III High School_ The total fund-
ing request by the Board .of Education for this - project is $9,000,000 with an
anticipated completion date of July, 1985, and all bills would probably be paid
by September 1985: Mr. Brock presented for the Board's consideration a resolution
funding the construction of the Area III school over a three- fiscal year cycle.
He-stated that the first paragraph appropriated $6,772,571 for the Fiscal Year
1983 -84 as follows: 'Balance in Capital Reserve Fund as of 6- 30- 83-- $5,228,571;
I Reserve Fund -- $1,000,000; One -Half Cents Sales Tax -- $144,000; and
Interest -- $400,000: He stated that this commitment was firm, and he could not
foresee any problems receiving these anticipated revenues. Mr. Brock also stated
that the Board of Education dilnot feel that they would be using any of the
$5,228,571 at first, and it could remain on investments earning interest. Mr. Broc
explained that the second paragraph of the resolution appropriated $1,464,000 "for
the Fiscal Year 1984-85. Of which, Mr. Brock explained, $1,000,000 was in the
Capital Reserve Fund. He informed those present that this commitment of $1,000,000
was contingent upon the continued enactment of Revenue Sharing. He explained that
he had contacted the'North Carolina Association of County Commissioners as well as
officials in Washington, D.C. today and was informed that the House and Senate-
have passed the Bill but_President Reagan has referred it to Committee. As the
bill is now, there is -an increase in the amount of funding, and the Committee is
trying to resolve this increase and bring it down to the current level of funding.
In paragraph three, Mr. Brock explained that the Board has appropriated the
remaining - funds, $763,429, needed to meet the requested amount of $9,000,000. He
continued to state that he did not think that the Board of Commissioners could
appropriate these funds for the third year because it is beyond their current
terms of office.
Following these comments:; by Mr. Brock, Chairman 'Alphin ' recognized Mr. Morgan, the
county attorney. Mr. Morgan "stated_that it is his recommendation that another
paragraph be added to the resolution stating that the Board of Education shall
contain a- provision in the contracts with the contractors that no work shall be
performed during' any fiscal year for- which -funds are not then available or have
been levied for the fiscal year
Following`a discussion Commissioner Brock moved for the adoption of the following
resolution, Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it passed upon the following
vote: Ayes: Commissioners Alphin, Stewart, Brock, Shaw, and Collins; Noes: None;
Absent: None;'Abstained:'None.
HARNETT COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA.
RESOLUTION
' Be It Resolved that the Harnett County Board of Commissioners does hereby
make the following appropriations for the construction, of the Area III High School
for the F. Y. 1983 -84:
Balance in°Cpaital Reserve Fund as of 6 -30 -83 $5,228,571
Capital Reserve Fund 1,000,000.
One- Half Cents Sales Tax 144,000
Interest 400,000
$6,772,571
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Be It Further Resolved that the Harnett County Board of Commissioners does
hereby make the following appropriations for the construction of the Area III High
School for the F. Y. 1984 -85; the appropriation for the Capital Reserve Fund is
contingent upon the continued enactment of Revenue Sharing:
Capital Reserve Fund $1,000,000
One -Half Cents Sales Tax 364,000
Interest 100,000
1,464,000
Be It Further Resolved that is is the intent of the Harnett County Board of
Commissioners to appropriate $763,429 for the F. Y. 1985 -86 for the construction of
the Area III School out of the Capital Reserve Fund, One -Half Cents Sales Tax
Contribution, and the Interest Earned on these two accounts; and
Further, Be It Resolved that the appropriations herein made are such to the
condition that any continuing contracts entered into by the Harnett County Board
of Education shall contain a provision that no work shall be performed during any
fiscal year for which funds are not then available or have been levied for the
fiscal year.
Adopted in an emergency meeting of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners on
this the 14th Day of November, 1983.
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
s /Jesse Alphin
Jesse Alphin, Chairman
ATTEST:
s /Vanessa W. Young
Vanessa W. Young, Clerk
Alton Gray, Superintendent of Harnett County Schools, and Hoke Smith, Chairman of
the Harnett County Board of Education, gave brief comments and expressed their
appreciation to the Board for their support of the school system.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners meeting
of November 14, 1983, duly adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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Kalman /
Clerk
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Secretary