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HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING, JULY 14, 1980
CALL TO ORDER
PRAYER
HOMER C. TAYLOR, DOT
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in regular session
on Monday, July 14, 1980, 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. 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 a.m.
Commissioner Bill Shaw led the morning prayer.
Mr. Homer C. Taylor, Assistant District Engineer with the North
Carolina Department of Transportation, appeared before the Board
to discuss road matters and situationsin Harnett County.
The meetings from the Harnett County Board of Commissioners
meetings held on June 16 and 20 were approved as read.
APPOINTMENTS TO REGION Commissioner Collins made a motion that Mr. James Goff,
"M" ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Jackie McLamb, and Mr. M. H. Brock be appointed to the
Region "M" Development Advisory Committee, Commissioner Stewart
seconded the motion and the issue carried.
APPRECIATION TO
ALTON GRAY FOR SERVICE
ON LEE - HARNETT MENTAL
HEALTH BOARD
MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
ON NORTHEAST METRO
HVAC SYSTEMS
APPOINTMENT OF
CONNIE WOOD TO
LEE - HARNETT MENTAL
HEALTH BOARD
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
CENTER
Chairman Jesse Alphin presented a plaque to Mr. Alton Gray
which represented the Board's appreciation for the seventeen
years he had served on the Lee - Harnett Mental Health Board.
Commissioner Brock made a motion that the maintenance contract
for the heating, air conditioning and temperature control units
on the Northeast Metropolitan Water District Building be awarded
to Environmental Management Systems, Inc., of Raleigh, North
Carolina, Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion and the
issue carried.
Commissioner Collins made a motion that Connie Wood be appointe
to serve on the Lee - Harnett Mental Health Board. Commissioner
Brock seconded the motion and the issue carried.
Earl Jones, Tax Collector, appeared before the Board and pre-
sented the report on the activities of his department for the
month of June, 1980, and his plans for the month of July, 1980,
to the Commissioners.
Commissioner Brock made a motion that the Board of Commissioners
adopt the following resolution concerning the Industrial Educa-
tion Center for Harnett County. Commissioner Shaw seconded
the motion and the issue carried:
WHEREAS, there is a pressing need for an Industrial Education Center in
Harnett County to increase the job skill level, raise the per capita
income and enhance the potential for industrial development in the County;
and
WHEREAS, this need was fully described in the original proposal
Harnett County submitted to the Economic Development Administration for a
county Industrial Education Training Center on September 10, 1979; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary for the County to update its application
for an Industrial Education Training Center.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMIS-
SIONERS, that:
1. The County will not develop this Industrial Education Center into
a community college facility at any time in the future nor will the
training center have any relationship to a high school; and
2. The County will accept the responsibility to maintain the grounds
and buildings and to operate this facility as a County public
building; and
3. The County will make only this one request for federal assistance
in establishing an Industrial Education Center in Harnett County;
and
4. The County will designate $75,000 as the local match in the funding
of the Industrial Education Training Center plus meet other finan-
cial needs which may arise.
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PROPOSED
MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
WITH JOHNSON CONTROLS
Rolin Choate with Johnson Controls appeared before the Board
and presented a proposed contract for the Board's consideration
on the HVAC systems of the County Office Buildings. Commis-
sioner Stewart made a motion that this contract be . referred to
a committee consisting of M. H. Brock and Bill Shaw for review .
and that this committee be authorized tOE take action concerning
this contract. Commissioner Collins seconded the motion and
the issue carried.
BLALOCK SUBDIVISION Commissioner Collins made a motion that the plat for Blalock
Subdivision in Black River Township be approved, Commissioner
Shaw seconded the motion and the issue carried.
CHARGE -OFF DELINQUENT H. D. Carson, Jr., County Finance Officer, made a request to
TAXES FOR 1968 and 1969 charge off delinquent taxes for the years of 1968 and 1969,
as in accordance with a resolution passed by the Board of
Commissioners on July 1, 1970, recorded in Minute Book 12,
Page 402. Commissioner Brock made,. motion that this request
be approved, Commissioner Collins seconded the motion and the
issue carried.
REFUND -- GORDAN L.
TOWNSEND, JR., AND
MARY QUINN
TAX ATTORNEY'S REPORT
EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE
REPORT
FIRST CITIZENS BANK
OF ANGIER NAMES AS
DEPOSITORY FOR METRO
BILL SHAW NOMINEE
TO SERVE ON CARDINAL
HEALTH BOARD
CONTRACT OF EMPLOY-
MENT - IV -D PROGRAM
Thomas Allen, Tax Supervisor, appeared before the Board and
requested a refund to Gordon L. Townsend, Jr., and Mary
Margaret Quinn, Dunn, North Carolina, on two houses which were
torn down about 5 years ago. The amount of the refund
would be $72.32. Commissioner Collins made a motion that the
Board approve this refund to Gordon Townsend and Mary Quinn in
the amount of $72.32. Commissioner Stewart seconded the
motion and the issue carried.
The following tax attorney's report was filed with the Board:
SUITS COLLECTED, DISMISSALS OR CANCELLATION FILED.
NAMES SUIT NO. AMOUNT COLL. ATTORNEY'S FEE
Averasboro Township:
Rufus and Arnetha Bethea 78 CVD 0340
Johnsonville Township:
James C. Gilchrist
Lillington Township
75 CVD 0008
316.07 55.00
289.35 75.00
Beulah Murchison McLamb 71 CVD 0787 279.82 45.00
Yvonne Murchison 79 CVD 0693 126.17 40.00
Upper Little River Township
W. E. Buie Heirs
S. D. 2810 179.66
10.00
$1,191.07 $225.00
M. H. Brock, County Manager, filed a copy of the Quarterly
Expenditure and Revenue Report with each of the Commissioners
Upon motion of Commissioner Brock, seconded by Commissioner
Collins, the First Citzens Bank & Trust Company of Angier,
North Carolina, is hereby named as DEPOSITORY for the Northeast
Metropolitan Water District of Harnett County, North Carolina.
Commissioner Brock inforemd the Board that Burr Webster had
submitted the nomination of William Alexander Shaw, Jr., to
serve on the Cardinal Health Board. Commissioner Collins made
a motion that the Board of Commissioners write a letter of
endorsement to Cardinal Health concerning this nomination.
Commissioner Brock seconded the motion and the issue carried.
Commissioner Stewart made a motion that Chairman Jesse Alphin
be authorized to execute the following contract concerning the
IV -D Program in the County. Commissioner Shaw seconded the
motion and the issue carried.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF HARNETT CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
THIS CONTRACT made and entered into this the first day of July, 1980,
by and between the Harnett County Department of Social Services, IV -D Division,
party of the first part, and Edward H. McCormick, Attorney, party of the
second part:
W I T N E S S E T H:
THAT WHEREAS, the party of the first part desire to employ said party
of the second part as its counselor at law for the County of Harnett upon the
following terms:
1. This Contract shall begin on the first day of July, 1980, and shall
exist and continue until terminated by either of the parties.
2. Said party of the second part, upon reasonable notice, is to be
available for consultation, legal advice and representation on all legal matters
arising from the duties of the party of the first part under Sections 128 through
140 of Chapter 110 of the North Carolina General Statutes and Title 42 of the
United States Code, Sections 651 through 660 and the federal regulations
lawfully promulgated pursuant thereto.
3. Said party of the second part agrees to comply with all the requirements
of Sections 128 through 140 Chapter 110 of the North Carolina General Statutes,
Title 42 of the United States Code, Sections 651 through 660, and the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto relating to the performance of program
legal services including, but not limited to, maintaining such records as are
required by the party of the first part, to make said records available for
federal or state audit if required, and to make financial, statistical, and
program progress reports as are required.
4. For his services under this contract, the party of the first part
agrees to pay the party of the second party Forty Dollars ($40) per hour for
each hour spent by the party of the second part providing legal services under
the Child Support Enforcement Programs of the North Carolina Department of
Human Resources. Such hourly rate shall encompass all expenses, including but
not limited to, those for salary, supplies, office space, heating and maintenance
for office space, telephone service, long distance telephone calls and travel.
The party of the second part is not to be reimbursed for any extraordinary
expense incident to performing the services included under this agreement;
except, that the party of the first part agrees to pay all court costs and filing
fees which are required to be paid in conjunction with services provided by the
attorney under this agreement.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF said parties have executed this contract in triplicate
originals, one of which is to be retained by the party of the first part, one
of which is to be retained by the party of the second part, and one
of which is to be filed with the Child Support Enforcement Sections, Division
of Social Services, Department of Human Resources, Raleigh, North Carolina.
NEW FIRE ACTIVATION M. H. Brock, County Manager, informed the Commissioners that the
SYSTEM FOR COUNTY County was still having trouble with the encoder at the sheriff's
department and that N. C. Communications had submitted a proposal
for the Board's consideration on a new county fire activations
system which would replace the defective system. Commissioner Shaw
made a motion that the County appropriate $12,025 for the purchase
of this equipment, Commissioner Collins seconded the motion
and the issue carried.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Harnett County Board of Commis-
sioners Meeting of July 14, 1980, duly adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
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