08171981HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING, AUGUST 17, 1981
CALL TO ORDER
PRAYER
MINUTES APPROVED
M. H. BROCK ELECTED
OUTSTANDING COMMIS-
SIONER OF THE YEAR
AT THE NCACC CONFER-
ENCE
CABLEVISION
BIDS FOR INDUSTRIAL
TRAINING CENTER
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in regular ses-
sion on Monday, August 17, 1981, in the Commissioners Room,
County Office Building, Lillington, North Carolina, with the
following members present: Lloyd G. Stewart, Bill Shaw, M.
H. Brock, Rudy Collins, and Chairman Jesse Alphin presiding.
Vanessa W. Young, Clerk to the Board, and Holt Felmet represent
ing the law firm of Woodall & McCormick were also present.
Chairman Jesse Alphin called the meeting to order at 7 :30 p.m.
Commissioner Bill Shaw led the evening prayer.
The minutes from the Harnett County Board of Commissioners
meeting of August 3, 1981, were approved as read.
Chairman Jesse Alphin informed the persons present that
Commissioner M. H. Brock at the 1981 North Carolina Association
of County Commissioners Conference held in Winston -Salem was
given the award of The Outstanding Commissioner of The Year
on Saturday night, August 15. Chairman Jesse Alphin stated
that it was obvious by the response of the group at the con-
vention that this award was well deserved. The Board expressed
their appreciation to Mr. Brock for the excellent contributions
he has made to the County and congratulated him as being the
recipient of this award.
Holt Felmet, Attorney with Woodall and McCormick, presented to
the Board and Ordinance Amending the County ordinance entitled
"An Ordinance Providing for the Method of Franchising the
Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of a Cable Television
System in the County of Harnett, State of North Carolina" for
the Board to review. Mr. Felmet stated that this amendment
will also be distributed to the Cablevision Company which has
submitted a proposal to the County for a franchise.
Mr. Wayne Faircloth, Acting Director of the Harnett County
Department of Human Resources -- Manpower, appeared before the
Board and informed the Commissioners that on August 7, 1981,
bids were received by the County for equipment for the Indus-
trial Training Center. A committee consisting of Mr. Elbert
Price, Dean of Administrative Services from CCTC; Mr. Don Buie,
Director of Continuing Education with CCTC; and Mr. Elton
Strickland, Lead Machinist Instructor of the Harnett County
Industrial Training Center, evaluated all bids and prepared a
report on its selections, and a statement of justification for
its selections from the bids submitted. Mr. Faircloth distri-
buted a copy of this report to each of the Board members for
their study. Mr. Faircloth recommended that the Board award
the bids as submitted in the proposal prepared by the Commit-
tee, consisting of Buie, Strickland, and Price, contingent upon
the availability of CETA funds. Commissioner Shaw made a
motion that the Board award the bids for the Industrial Train-
ing Center as follows contingent upon the availability of CETA
funds. Commissioner Collins seconded the motion and it
carried:
Item A - 2 Engine Lathes accept the bid of $38,334.40 from
the Wrenn Tool Company
Item B - 2 Vertical Milling Machines & Accessories accept the
bid of $15,830.42 from the Bridgeport Textron Company for the
Series I Vertical Milling Machine
Item C - 1 Drill Grinder accept the low bid of $3,012.41 from
the Tidewater Supply Company
Item D - 2 Surface Grinders 6 -12 Hydraulic accept the low bid
of $14,443.78 from the Bridgeport Textron Company
Item E -1 Vertical Metal Cutting Band Saw accept the low bid
of $5,263.44 from Tidewater Supply Company
Item F - 1 20" Drill Press accept the low bid of $2,760.71 from
the Tidewater Supply Company
Item G - 1 Cutoff Band Saw accept the low bid of $3,336.32 from
the Wrenn Company
Item H - 1 Surface Plate (24 x 48) and stand accept the low
bid of $819.52 from the Smith - Courtney Company
Item I - 1 Gage Block Set accept the low bid of $696.80 from the
Smith- Courtrwy Company
Item J - 4 Angle Plates accept the low bid of $249.60 from the
DoAll Carolina Company
Item K - 4 Combination Set 12" accept the low bid of $219.44
from the Smith - Courtney Company
Item L - 4 Combination Set 6" accept the low bid of $81.12 from
the Smith - Courtney Company
Item M - 1 Rotary Table 12" accept the low bid of $946.40 from
the Smith - Courtney Company
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PETITION TO PAVE
ROAD IN COATS
GRANT
BUIES
WATER
OFFER FOR
CREEK -COATS
DISTRICT
APPOINTMENT TO
THE JURY COM-
MISSION
EXPENDITURE
REPORT
4 -D PROGRAM
CONTRACT
CHARGE TO THE
TAX COLLECTOR
Item N - 3 Work Benches with lockers under top accept the low bid
of $1,079.52 from the Tidewater Supply Company
Item 0 - 4 Vises for workbenches accept the low bid of $686.40
from the Tidewater Supply Company.
Item P - 2 Indicators .200" range accept the bid of $135.20 from
the Smith - Courtney Company
Item Q - 1 Horizontal Milling Machine and Accessories accept the
low bid of $21,551.30 from the J. H. Elliott
M.H. Brock, County Manager, informed the Board that the County
had received a petition from the Town of Coats to add a road in
Coats to the Secondary Road System for Maintenance. Commissioner
Brock made a motion thatthe County forward this petition to the
North Carolina Department of Transportation. Commissioner Collins
seconded the motion and it carried.
Commissioner Stewart made a motion that the Board adopt the follow-
ing resolution accepting a grant offer for the Buies Creek -Coats
Water and Sewer District. Commissioner Collins seconded the
motion and it carried.
WHEREAS, the Buies Creek -Coats Water & Sewer District has submitted an
application for grant assistance from County Allocated Funds under the Pollution
Control Account of the Clean Water Fund to aid in the cost of construction of
approximately 29,500 lineal feet of 8 inch thru 10 inch collection sewer to
serve the area within the corporate limits of Buies Creek, and
WHEREAS, the Enfironmental Management Commission in a meeting on July 9,
1981, by resolution assigned priority certification for State grant funds to
the project from the County Allocated Funds in the amount of $148,613.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Section 1. That the Commissioners hereby accepts the offer for State Grant
Project No. WC -441 for the Rules Creek -Coats Water & Sewer District in the
amount of $148,613.
Section 2. That the Commissioners do hereby makes the assurances as
described in Section II-- Assurances of the Offer and Acceptance Agreement for
State Project No. WC -441.
Section 3. That M. H. Brock, County Manager, is hereby authorized to
execute this Offer and Acceptance.
Done this Seventeenth Day of August, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty -one.
Commissioner Collins made a motion that A. D. Arnold, Rt. 2, Fuquay Varina, be
appointed to the Harnett County Jury Commission, Commissioner Shaw
seconded the motion and it carried.
The expenditure report for the month of July, 1981, was filed
with the Board.
Commissioner Brock made a motion that the Board adopt the following
resolution concerning the 4 -D program. Commissioner Collins
seconded the motion and it carried.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County that
a contract of employment between the County of Harnett and Woodall &
McCormick, P. A. be and the same is hereby approved. The County Manager,
M. H. Brock, is hereby authorized to execute the same on behalf of the
County.
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners issued the following
charge to Thomas Allen, Tax - Collector:
COUNTY OF HARNETT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
TO: The Tax Collector of Harnett County
You are hereby authorized, empowered, and commanded to collect the taxes
set forth in the tax records filed in the Office of the Tax Supervisor and
in the Tax Receipts herewith delivered to you, in the amounts and from the
taxpayers likewise therein set forth. Such taxes are hereby declared to be
a first lien upon all real property of the respective taxpayers in the County
of Harnett, and this order shall be a full and sufficient authority to direct,
require, and enable you to levy on and sell any real or personal property of
such taxpayers, for and on account thereof, in accordance with law.
Witness my hand official seal this Seventeenth Day of August, Nineteen
Hundred and Eighty -One.
PROCLAMATION Commissioner Collins made a motion that the Board adopt the
RSVP following resolution proclaiming the week of September 6 - 12, 1981,
HARNETT COUNTY RSVP WEEK. Commissioner Stewart seconded the motion
and it carried.
Whereas, the Nation will be observing the Tenth Anniversary of the
Reitred Senior Volunteer Program; and
Whereas, there are over 300 senior citizens in Harnett County who serve as
RSVP volunteers; and
Whereas, the effective and efficient delivery of services by many agencies and
institutions in the County is dependent upon their volunteer aid; and
Whereas, the RSVP volunteers are giving their time, talents, experiences, and
energies to accomplish these ends; and
Whereas, the services rendered are making a tremendous impact on the welfare of
the county's citizenry; and
Whereas, all citizens of the county are deeply appreciative of the services
these volunteers provide;
Therefore, as an expression of their appreciation, the Harnett County Board
of Commissioners hereby proclaims the week of September 6 through September 12 to
be HARNETT COUNTY RSVP WEEK and commends this observance to its citizens.
MEDICAID DEBT M. H. Brock, County Manager, informed the Board that the County has
received a letter from John A. Williams, Jr., Executive Assistant to
the Governor and State Budget Officer, that the County has an outstand-
ing Medicaid debt of $87,724.08 for the period FYE 1979, 1980, and that
if the County does not make arrangements with the Division of Medical
Assistance before September 15, 1981, to repay this indebtedness,
the State will withhold the intangibles, beverage, sales and /or
franchise taxes owed to the County. The Board stated that the reason
the County had not paid this indebtedness was to illustrate their
displeasure in the change of the formula by the legislation, whereas
it was mandated upon Counties to pay a larger share of the mediciad
costs. It was stated that even though their portest has received
some attention, the formula has not been changed, and the County's
share of the costs is continuing to rise. Mr. Brock stated that in
1979 the County's praticipation in medicaid was $202,887. In 1982, the
County has budgeted $475,000 as its share. It was stated that
Governor Hunt did get the General Assembly to appropriate $5,000,000
to be distributed among the counties to help relieve them from some
of the additional costs incurred by the counties because of the change
in the formula. Mr. Shaw stated that when the formula changed, it
hurt the smaller counties. M. H. Brock, County Manager, recommended
that the County pay this indebtedness. Following a discussion of this
matter, Commissioner Brock made a motion that the Medicaid Budget,
Code 611 -182, be amended by $87,724.00 and that the County Finance
Officer be directed to pay this outstanding debt. Commissioner
Stewart seconded the motion and it passed upon the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners Stewart, Brock and Alphin Noes: Commissioners
Shaw and Collins
JURY COMMISSION Commissioner Stewart made a motion that compensation for the jury commissioners
be set at $40 per eight -hour day plus 21¢ per mile reimbursement. Commissioner
Shaw seconded the motion and it carried.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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