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0605197823 ADJOURNMENT New School Construction -- Capital Reserve Fund Local $1,000,000. Revenue Sharing 500,000. Total $1,500,000. The meeting adjourned at 12 noon. Secretar c424 y Clerk yv NE MEETING OF THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, MONDAY,- 5, 1978 CALL TO ORDER PRAYER APPROVAL OF MINUTES DOT- -DON DUPREE The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, June 5, 1978, in the Commissioners Room, County Office Building, Lillington, North Carolina. Chairman Jesse Alphin and Commissioners W. J. Cotton, Jr., M. H. Brock, W. A. Shaw, Jr., and Lloyd Stewart were present. H. D. Carson, Jr., Clerk to the Board, and Edward H. McCormick, County Attorney, were also present Chairman Jesse Alphin called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m. Commissioner Jack Brock led the morning prayer. The minutes from the May 15, 1978, meeting were read and approved. Don Dupree, District Engineer with the Department of Transportatio appeared before the Board to discuss road matters and situations in Harnett County. REGION "M" MAN- Commissioner Brock made a motion that Joseph Luke Smith he appoint POWER ADVISORY COM- ed as a Harnett County Representative to serve on the Region "M" MITTEE APPOINTMENT Advisory Committee. Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. RESOLUTION RE: 201 WASTEWATER FACILITIES REPORT Commissioner Brock moved that the following resolution of concur- rence in the findings of the 201 Wastewater Facilities Report be adopted. Commissioner Cotton seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. "WHEREAS, criteria for consideration of portions of Harnett County for future Environmental Protection Agency grants for assistance in the cost of design and construction of wastewater facilities is based on the development of a Wastewater Facilities Plan, and WHEREAS, Moore, Gardner and Associates, Inc., have prepared such a plan fo the Northeastern Harnett County area and concurrence with the findings of said plan is required prior to Step II grant request approval, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners of Harnett County concur in the findings of the engineers as presented in a draft 201 Wastewater Facilities report and public hearing held the 23rd of March, 1978, that the recommended alternatives for Angier, Buies Creek /Coats, and Lillington are respectively, A -4, R -5, and 6 -2. The recommended plan for the Town of Angier consists of land treatment following high rate activated sludge treatment. The design capacity of this alternative will be determined following a more detailed evaluation of the infiltration /inflow problem. Immediate construction would consist only of upgrading the treatment facility. The recommended plan for the Town of Coats and the community of Buies Cree is to construct a regional system. Coats' wastewater will be pumped by force main to Buies Creek for ultimate transport to the existing Buies Creek (Campbel College) sewage treatment plant. Immediate construction consists of intercepto for the Town of Coats and the unincorporated community of Buies Creek, and expansiom:of the existing 0.5 MGD contact stabilization plant to a 0.55 MGD s 4 RESOLUTION RE: STATE AID TO NC PUBLIC LIBRARIES extended aeration plant with additional construction of an outfall to the Cape Fear River The recommended plan for Lillington includes expansion of the existing lagoon system to 0.65 MGD by addition of diffused bubble aeration and other minor modifications. Immediate construction also includes construction of interceptor systems to serve the new subdivision west of town pending their annexation by Lillington, and interceptors to serve the minority community of Shawtown pending inclusion of the Shawtown improvements in a Block Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners intend to: (1) provide its local share of the cost of design and construc- tion, (2) provide such lands and rights -of -way as may be needed for implementation of this plan, and (3) provide local collection facilities as needed for the regional system to serve the Community of Buies Creek. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mr. JesseeAlphin, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, is hereby authorized and directed to take such steps as are necessary to secure Step II design grants from the State and EPA." Commissioner Cotton made a motion that the following resolution requesting a proposed revision in the formula distribution of state aid to North Carolina Public Libraries be adopted. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it carried with a unanimous vote. Resolution Pertaining to a Proposed Revision in the Formula Distribution of State Aid to North Carolina Public Libraries WHEREAS, the proposed revision in the formula for distribution of State Aid to North Carolina Public Libraries would see the first $6,000,000 of increases over the current appropriation level from the North Carolina General Assembly obligated for computer networking and WHEREAS, any remaining new appropriations under the proposed revision would be used to bring all North Carolina Public Library Systems to the same per capita level, and WHEREAS, the proposed revision presupposes an increase in the total amount available for State Aid to North Carolina Public Librar- ies from $3.5 million to $7.5 million, and forty -two county libraries would receive increases in State Aid bringing them in line with those library systems which have previously received more than equitable share of State Aid, and WHEREAS, local governments have supported their libraries with local funds under the present State Aid formula and have borne the burden of inflationary increases in the cost of public library services, and WHEREAS, local governments in the past have increased their local support of public libraries while receiving decreasing amounts of State Aid and thereby have lost their incentive to further increas local appropriations, and WHEREAS, the proposed revision would serve to equalize more fully the distribution of state funds and hence provide improved library service in forty -two counties including Harnett: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board of County Commissione of the County of Harnett in meeting assemble, June 5, 1978, recommends to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources that the proposed revision in the formula for distribution of State Aid to public libraries be accpeted as tentatively approved byethe State Aid Formula Committee. I, M. H. Brock, County Manager, for the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of resolution duly adopted at, and recorded in the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of said County of Harnett, duly assembled and held at 10 a.m. on the fifth day of June, 1978. 235 REGION "M" FAMILY PLANNING Commissioner Brock made a motion that the following con - ADVISORY COMMITTEE sumers and providers of family planning services be appoin ed to serve on the Region "M" Family Planning Advisory Committee: Consumers - -Ms. Barbara Jean Smith, 207 W. Duke Street, Dunn, NC 28334; Ms. Mildred Gerald, 502 E. Harnet Street, Dunn, NC 27334 Providers - -Ms. Ann Plumber, Department of Social Services, Lillington, nc 27546; Ms. Sara Flowers, Lee - Harnett Mental Health Center, P. O. Box 457, Buies Creek, NC 27506; Ms. Dorothy Hales, Western Harnett High School, Route 3 Lillington, NC 27546. Com- missioner Cotton seconded the motion and it carried unani- mously. UDIT CONTRACT- -John Ingra- Written request was presented to the Board by John Ingra- am and Associates ham and Associates for the contract to audit the accounts and records of the County for the fiscal period, July 1, 1977, through June 30, 1978, for an amount not to exceed the maximum of $2,300. Commissioner Cotton moved the con- tract be awarded to John Ingraham and Associates, Commisr sioner Stewart seconded the motion, and the issue carried. TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT TAX SUPERVISOR'S REPORT Earl Jones, Tax Collector, presented the report on the activities of his department for the month of May and his plans for the month of June. Thomas Allen, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and requested a tax refund for Mr. Larry V. Jarmon & wife, Judy, Hector's Creek Township, in the amount of $24.81, on the value of house and 19.08 acres which were burned. Com- missioner Cotton made a motion that this refund be granted Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. TAX ATTORNEY'S REPORT The following report of the Tax Attorney, Marshall Woodall was presented to the Board: TAX SUITS COLLECTED: DISMISSALS OR CANCELLATIONS FILED: Name Suit No. Amount Coll. Attorney's Feq Anderson Creek Township: Clarence & Dula M. Covington 78 CVD 0183 $ 96.07 $ 40.00 Averasboro Township: James Eason 78 CVD 0343 248.39 40.00 Genevise C. McLean 77 CVD 0853 206.62 40.00 Duke Township: John A. Darroch 78 CVD 0065 334.57 40.00 Neill's Creek Township: Obbie Lewis McLean 75 CVD 0058 131.00 20.00 Willie Nell Sykes 77 CVD 0586 135.32 40.00 Stewart's Creek Township: General Johnson Viola McNeill Covington TAX SUITS COMMENCED: Averasboro Township Rubye G. Cameron Walter L. Hudson Raeford Nelson Jackson Iva B. Jernigan Roy W. Norris Marvin Price Albert Purcell, Jr. Dwight Register Darius Royal Heirs Marvin D. Tart Charles Allen Taylor Ernest Cecil Thornton Barbecue Township: Jasper Gillis EXPENSES: Harnett County Register of Deeds 75 CVD 0044 623.78 20.00 77 CVD 0636 208.71 40.00 $280 .00 78 CVD 0424 78 CVD 0425 78 CVD 0421 78 CVD 0422 78 CVD 0433 78 CVD 0426 78 CVD 0430 78 CVD 0431 78 CVD 0427 78 CVD 0429 78 CVD 0423 78 CVD 0428 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 78 CVD 0347 10.00 Recording Moses Tripp Deed - 71 CVD 0848 $ 130.00 3.50 236 STATEMENT OF INVEST- MENTS GIFT OF PROPERTY- - DR. B. P. MARSHBANKS FIREWORK PERMITS 1111 111 REIMBURSEMENT- - SOIL CONSERVATION Sheriff of Cumberland County Sheriff of Cumberland County U. S. Post Office Service of Summons 4.00 Oscar Robert Parker and wife Service of Summons 78 CVD 0345 Certified Mail Iola Young 75 CVD 0053 2.00 1.40 10.90 TOTAL $420.90 CountyManager, M. H. Brock, presented the Statement of Investments,and the monthly expenditure report to the Board. Property situated near the Village of Buies Creek, Neill's Creek Township, Harnett County, North Carolina; and further described below was presented to the Board of Commissioners as a gift to the Harnett County Ambulance Service from B. P. Marshbanks, Jr., and wife, Mary Jane W. Marshbanks: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE, A CORNER WITH THE COUNTY OF HARNETT 2.496 acre tract (Book 507, Page 186), said corner located North 60 degrees 30 minutes East 386.0 feet from an iron pipe, a corner of said 2.496 acre tract of the County of Harnett (Book 507, Page 186) in the northeastern margin of the right - of -way of U. S. Highway #421; and runs thence North 60 degrees 30 minutes East 25.0 feet to a new corner marked by a stake; thence North 26 degrees 30 minutes West 100.0 feet to a new corner marked by a stake; thence South 58 degrees West 41.0 feet to a corner in the original line of the County of Harnett 2.496 acre tract; thence as said County of Harnett line, South 37 degrees 25 minutes East 100.0 feet to the Beginning, and being 3,300 square feet more or less. For reference, see deed from Charles Brady Denning and wife, Clara Denning, dated January 1, 1966, and recorded in Book 478 Page 72, Harnett County Registry. Commissioner Cotton made a motion that the Board accept this gift of property. Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Commissioner Cotton moved that M. H. Brock, County Manager, be given the authority to issue fireworks permits to various groups in the County. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. Commissioner Stewart made a motion that Chairman Jesse Alphin be authorized to execute a letter from the United State Depart ment of Agricultural stating that Harnett County agrees to reimburse the Soil Conservation Service $14,000 for the period July 1, 1978, itthtJune 30, 1979, relative to the Soil Survey pr gram in the County, as in accordance with the cooperative agreement between the Harnett County Board of Commissioners and the Soil Conservation Service dated June 26, 1975, (Contract No. AG37SCS00122). Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. - ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m. eo% \Secretary ./ r ha 'rman Clerk s