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11061978278 HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING, NOVEMBER 6, 1978 CALL TO ORDER PRAYER APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in regular ses- sion on Monday, November 6, 1978, in the Commissioners Room, County Office Building, Lillington, North Carolina, with the following members present: Commissioners M. H. Brock, Lloyd G. Stewart, Bill Shaw, W. J. Cotton, Jr., and Chairman Jesse Alphin presiding. 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 9:10 a.m. Edward H. McCormick, County Attorney, led the morning prayer. The minutes from the October 16, 1978, meeting were read and approved. DOT- -Don Dupree Don Dupree, District Engineer with the Department of Transport ation, appeared before the Board to discuss road matters and situations in Harnett County. SECONDARY CONSTRUCTION Commissioner M. H. Brock introduced and moved for the adoption PROGRAM of the following resolution requesting additional priorities be added to the 1978 -79 Secondary Construction Program. Com- missioner Cotton seconded the motion and the issue carried. WHEREAS, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolu- tion in special session on the Sixth of March, 1978, requesting the North Carolina Department of Transportation to improve the secondary roads (Priorities 1 through 13) in Harnett County with the fund appropriated for the fiscal year 1978 -79; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation was unable obtain the necessary right -of -ways on Priorities 3, 4, and 6: and WHEREAS, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners approved by resolu tion on September 18, 1978, the addition of Priorities 14 through 18 to the 1978 -79 Secondary Construction Program; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation was unable t obtain the necessary right -of -ways on several of the priorities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Harnett County Board of Commis- sioners, that the following Priorities 19 through 25 be added to the previously approved 1978 -79 Secondary Construction Program: 19. SR 2036 Anderson Creek 3.6 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC Fx Pave $55,00 20. SR 1535 Buies Creek 0.57 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC $ Pave 24,00 21. SR 1426 Kipling 1.2 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC F, Pave 48,00 22. SR 2032 Bunnlevel 0.9 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC $ Pave 36,00 23. SR 1157 Southwest Harnett 0.4 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC $ Pave 12,00 24. SR 1835 I -95; Dunn 1.65 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC € Pave 35,00 25. SR 1126 Western Harnett 2.7 mi. Grade, Drain, STBC F Pave 81,00 School Done this Sixth Day of November, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy- Eight. AMENDMENT -- SPECIAL Commissioner Stewart made a motion that the Special Appropria- APPROPRIATIONS, Code tions Budget, Code 54 -191, be amended in the amount of $10,500 54 -191 for 201 planning monies received from the State ($1,500) and EPA ($9,000). Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion, and it carried with a unanimous vote. CONTRACT FOR CATERING MEALS TO COUNTY JAIL Commissioner Cotton made a motion that M. H. Brock, County Manager, be authroized to negotiate the following described contract for the furnishing of meals to the Harnett County Jail by the Harnett County Youth Center. Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion, and it carried with a unanimous vote. This contract is hereby executed between the Department of Correction Division of Prisons, Harnett"'Youth Center and the County of Harnett. The purpose of this contract is the furnishing of meals to the Harnett County Jail by Harnett Youth Center. That for the purpose and subject to the terms and conditions herein- after set forth the County of Harnett agrees to purchase meals from Harnett Youth Center. The terms and conditions of this contract are as follows: 1. Cost will be at the prevailing rate established by the Department of Correction which is currently at seventy -five cents per meal and may be increased as necessary due to escalating food cost consideration. 2. Individual insulated containers for each meal served will be furnished by the Harnett County Jail. Containers for liquids will also be furnished by the Harnett County Jail and may be in either separate or bulk fern, NOBLES PROPERTY 3. Harnett County Jail designated personnel will call the Harnett Youth Center Kitchen Supervisor on duty well in advance of each meal time (normally approximately one hour) with notification of the number of meals desired for the next meal period. 4. Harnett County Jail authorities will be responsible for picking up prepared meals at each meal time at Post #1 at Harnett Youth Center. 5. Incidental items, eg., silverware, napkins, etc., that are needed to facilitate each meal will be furnished by the Harnett County Jail. 6. Billing for services rendered will be initiated by the Administrative Office of Harnett Youth Center at the end of each calendar month and submitted t the Harnett County Manager's office for payment. Payment for meals provided wil be in the form of a check made payable to the N. C. Department of Correction - Harnett Youth Center and will be rendered to the institution by the tenth of the following month for meals provided during the prior month. 7. This contract will commence approximately January 1, 1979, and will continue indefinitely provided that either party shall have the right to termin- ate this contract upon thirty days notification in writing to the other party. In testimony whereof said parties have executed this contract in triplicate one of which is retained by each of the parties and one copy retained by the Assistant Secretary for Fiscal Affairs, Department of Correction. Commissioner Cotton made a motion that Harnett County exercise the following described option to purchase property lying in the Town of Lillington, from Charles M. Nobles and wife, Patsy H. Nobles. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and the issue carried. THIS OPTION, made and entered into this 23rd day of October, 1978, by and between CHARLES M. NOBLES and wife, PATSY H. NOBLES, of Harnett County, North Carolina, parties of the first part, and the COUNTY OF HARNETT, a public body politic and corporate of the State of North Carolina, party of the second part, said parties for convenience being referred to sometimes as the "Owners" and the "County" respectively; W I T N E SSE T H: That for and in consideration of the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.) paid to them by the County, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledge, the Owners have given and granted and by these presents do hereby give and grant unto the County of Harnett, the sole and exclusive right to purchase from them those certain lots lying in the Town of Lillington, Township of Lillington, Harnett County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being a lot 110 ft. by 165 ft. on Ivey and Second Streets in Lillington, the Southeastern corner of Block No. 10 of the Town of Lillington and more particularly described in separate tracts as follows: First Tract: BEGINNING at the intersection of Ivey Street with Second Street and runs with the northern margin of Ivey Street, North 68 degrees 30 minutes West 105 feet to iron stake corner; thence at right angles to Ivey Street and parallel to Second Street, North 21 degrees 30 minutes East 75 feet to new iron stake corner; thence parallel with Ivey Street and at right angles to Second StreetSouth 68 degrees 30 minutes East 105 feet to iron stake in the western margin of Second Street; thence with the western margin of Second Street South 21 degrees 30 minutes West 75 feet to the Beginning iron stake corner, and being a lot 75 by 105 feet in the Town of Lillington. See deed from Mary B. Carlson to John T. Cash and wife, recorded in Book 421, Page 281, Harnett County Registry. This is the same property conveyed to Charles M. Novels and wife, Patsy H. Nobles from Mary B. Carlson, widow, by deed dated April 29, 1966 and recorded at Book 486, Page 133, Harnett County Registry. Second Tract: The combination of two lots as described below with the one exception below: A lot, the Southeastern corner of Block No. 10 of the Town of Lillington as described in Deed dated April 14, 1948 by H. T. Spears, unmarried, to Lucile Spears Johnson, recorded in Book 305, at Page 453 of the Harnett County Registry, being a lot 165.0 feet x 66.0 feet with 165.0 feet front- ing on Second Street and 66.0 feet fronting on Ivey Street. And a lot, adjacent to the above and on the West side thereof, as describec in Deed dated December 6, 1950 by the various heirs of H. T. and Lucie Spears to Lucile Spears Johnson recorded in Book 562 at Page 150 of the Harnett County Registry, being a lot 44.0 feet by 165.0 feet, with 44.0 feet fronting on Ivey Streetand with a depth of 165.0 feet. 2 0 1 LESS AND EXCEPTING: A lot, the Southeastern corner of Block No. 10 of the Town of Lillington as described in deed dated May 9, 1962, by Lucile Spears Johnson and husband, Walter Lee Johnson to Mary Bethea Carlson, recorded in Book 415 at Page 169 of the Harnett County Registry, being a lot 105.0 feet x 75.0 feet with 105.0 feet fronting on Ivey Street and 75.0 feet fronting on Second Street. This is the same property conveyed to Charles M. Nobles and wife, Patsy H. Nobles, from Lucille Spears Johnson and husband, Walter Lee Johnson, by deed dated July 8, 1977, and recorded at Book 657, Page 940, Harnett County Registry. The terms and conditions of this option are as follows: 1. Price The purchase price for the property described herein shall be Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) 2. Term The exclusive right to purchase under this option shall exist and continue from date until 9th day ofLJuly, 71979. 3. Zoning - Possible Refund The County's intended use for the above described property requires that it be reclassified as commercial property bearing the zone classification designated as C -1 under the zoning code for the Town of Lillington (see Town Ordinance 18 -4). Upon failure of either the County or the Owners to obtain a re- classification to C -1 within the time period during which this option can be exercised, the Owners• shall, without demand therefore, refund to the County the Sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred ollars ($4,500.00) of the Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) amount hereinabove referred to within thirty (30) days following the expiration date of this option. The Owners will, upon request by the County, join with the County in a petition or request for the Town to rezone the property from its present zone designation to C -1. 4. Delivery of Deed Upon the exercise of this option, Owners will execute and deliver to the County a good and sufficie deed conveying marketable title to said lots or tracts of land in fee simple absolute to the-County and free and clear from all encumbrances, but subject, of course, to valid ordinances of-the town and country. 5. Possession Owners shall be entitled to continue possession of the_premises for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days after the County exercises its right to purchase under this option. Owners shall not be res- ponsible for the payment of any rental during such period and agree to vacate the premises within such ninety (90) day period. 6. Taxes Owners shall be responsible for a prorata portion of County and City Taxes levied against said premises for the calendar year in which deed is delivered to the County. The prorataportion of said taxes shall be computed by multiplying the total taxes due for said year by a fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of days during said year that the Owners owned said property prior to deliver of the deed and the denominator of which is 365. t 7. Exercise of Option If the County does not exercise this option and tender the balance of the purchase price on or befo e midnight of the expiration date as determined in Paragraph 2 above, then this option shall be null and void and the County shall have no further rights hereunder and the Owners shall be entitled to retain said Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the purchase price of this option, subject, however, to pro- visions of Paragraph 3 above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Charles M. Nobles and wife, Patsy H. Nobles have set their hand and seals hereto this the 23rd day of October,.1978. /s/ Charles M. Nobles /s/ Patsy H. Nobles NORTH CAROLINA HARNETT COUNTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I, Elaine McNeill Brown, a Notary Public of said State and County, do hereby certify that Charles M. Nobles and wife, Patsy H. Nobles, each personally appeared before me this day, and acknowledge the due execution of the foregoing Option. Witness my hand and notarial seal, this the 23rd day of October, 1978: /s/ Elaine McNeill Brown Notary Public My Commissioner Expires 8 -1881 281 AMBULANCE SERVICE Glenn Cox, Captain of the Harnett County Ambulance Service appearec REPORT before the Board and presented a report of his department for the Action on Accounts period of July through October, 1978. Commissioner Cotton made a motion that the clients of the Harnett County Ambulance Service be given a period of 90 days from the date of the services to pay their accounts. If the client has not submitted payment at the end of the initial 90 -day notice, personnel from the Ambulance Service will personally contac the client and notify him that if payment is not received within 30 days, the deliquent account will be conveyed to the Tav Collector's Office for collection. Commis- sioner Shaw seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. REFUND TO MRS. MARVIN POOLE Commissioner Brock made a motion that a refund in the amount of $40 be granted to Mrs. Marvin Poole. N. Orange Avenue. Dunn, North Carolina, for ambulance fees she had paid to the Harnett County Ambulance Service. Medicare reimbursed the Ambulance Service for the expenses accrued by Mrs. Poole. Commissioner Cotton seconded the motion. and it carried with a unanimous vote. INSULATION REPORT William Guy, Insulation Inspector for the County, appeared before the Board and filed the report of his department for the month of October, 1978, with the Board. CD BLOCK GRANT Sam Sally, Director of the Harnett County Housing and Urban Develo SAM SALLY'S RESIGN- ment Office appeared before the Board and announced the approval ATION of the Harnett County Small Cities Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $500,000. The Board was also informed that Sam Sally will complete his tenure of service with the County on the tenth of November, 1978. The Commissioners expressed their appreciation to Mr. Sally for the fine work and many contributions he had made toward the growth of the Community Development Program in this County and wished Mr. Sally "Good Luck" with his new endeavor. Sam Sally informed the Board that his association with the County had been very beneficial and rewarding. TAX SUPERVISOR'S REPORT TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT Thomas Allen, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and dis- cussed the Tax Revaluation, the progress of programming the com- puter. and other functions relating to his department. Earl Jones, Tax Collector, appeared before the Board, and reported on the activities of his department for the month of October, 1978 and his plans for the month of November, 1978. TAX ATTORNEY'S The following Tax Attorney's report with filed with the Board: REPORT TAX SUITS COLLECTED: DISMISSALS OR CANCELLATIONS FILED: NAME SUIT NO. AMOUNT COLL. ATTORNEY'S FEE Barbecue Township: Maurice T. Pittman and 78 CVD 0560 Charles Call Festus Neill and 78 CVD 0565 Eula A. Walker Black River Township Mildred Lanier Buckhorn Township: Frank L. Arnold Grove Township: J. D. Fish TAX SUITS COMMENCED: Duke Township: Duncan R. Porter Annette A. Barfield Arthur Williams Minnie McNeill Walter Jefferson Price William R. Moore Eva D. Norris David H. Morrison E. C. McLeod Mrs. Macy Moore Paul J. Kohler Bennie Lee Stone EXPENSES: $ 140.28 179.38 78 CVD 0557 ' 762.60 78 CVD 0661 380.39 75 CVD 0018 798.59 78 CVD 0768 78 CVD 0769 78 CVD 0770 78 CVD 0772 78 CVD 0771 78 CVD 0782 78 CVD 0784 78 CVD 0783 78 CVD 0796 78 CVD 0799 78 CVD 0800 78 CVD 0801 78 CVD 0845 $ 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 65.00 Total$225.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 $130.00 282 EXPENDITURE REPORT RENTAL OF BUILDING ADJOURNMENT Sheriff of Wake County 78 CVD 727 Harnett County News 74 CVD 1628 Sheriff of Cumberland County 78 CVD 782 U. S. Postal Service 74 CVD 2099 Service of Process 'Notice (Ruby Hudson) Service of Process Certified Letter 2.00 35.20 2.00 2.20 $41.40 Total $396.5 M. H. Brock, County Manager, presented the expenditure report and the Statement of Investments to the Board. The County Manager informed the Board that Harnett County was investigating the possibilities of renting a building located on Main Street in the Town of Lillington where the FCX was located. The building has been renovated and constructed into office and storage space. Mr. Brock explained to the Board that because of the expansion of Harnett County and its departments there is a demandfor additional space. Commissioner Cotton made a motion that M. H. Brock and Bill Shaw be authorized the authority to negotiate the possibility of renting this facility and having an option draw for a five -year lea if the facility adequately meets the present needs of the County. Commissioner Shaw seconded the motion and the issue carried. The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m. 0 e