04161973I ADJOURNED
The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. /,
2/ 22/(f Recording Secr tary
Cha' any o` the Board
C erk to the B
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD APRIL 16, 1973.
The Board of Commissioners met in special session on April 16, 1973, 7:30 p.m. in the
Commissioners Room, Courthouse, Lillington, N. C. The following commissioners were
present: M. H. Brock, D. P. Ray, Jr., C. E. McLamb, and W. J. Cotton, Jr. Also
present, H. D. Carson, Jr., Clerk to the Board.
Those meeting with the Commissioners were:
Abe Elmore, Mayor of Dunn
Edward McCormick, Mayor of Lillington
Jack Marley, Mayor of Angier
George Joseph, Mayor of Erwin
Ronald Coats, Mayor of Coats
Wiley Bowen, Dunn City Attorney
Frank Lewis, NCACC Representative and Lillington native
Arvelle Tart, Dunn Commissioner
Robert Nicholl, Dunn City Manager
Wade Lucas, Dunn Dispatch
Luci Uzzle, Raleigh Times
Joseph A. Stephens, Angier Commissioner
Robert Ogburn, Angier Manager
Earl Price, Angier Commissioner
Johan Caudle
Chairman Brock informed those attending that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss
the 1C sales tax issue. He asked the mayors, councilmen and managers to express their
views on the lfi sales tax as to the levying by resolution or by majority vote.
Ronald Coats, Edward McCormick, Abe Elmore, George Joseph and Jack Marley each voiced
his opinion and each stated experience of little opposition to the tax and advocated
their desire that the Commissioners levy it by resolution. Dunn Commissioner Arvelle
Tart and Manager Nicholls voiced their affirmation of the levying of the tax by res-
olution. Frank Lewis talked favorably for the levying by resolution.
Commissioner Ray made the following motion, which was seconded by Commissioner McLamb
and those voting affirmatively were W. J. Cotton, Jr., C. E. McLamb and D. P. Ray, an
"That a public hearing be held on the second day of May, 1973, for the purpose of
considering the levy of a one percent (1 %) local government sales tax, at 10:00 a.m.
at the Courthouse in Lillington, North Carolina; that the following notice be publish publish-
ed in the Harnett County News, advising the citizens of the time, date and place of the
hearing:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER LEVY OF 1% LOCAL GOVERNMENT SALES TAX
NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County will hold a
public hearing to consider the levy of a one per cent (1 %) local government sales tax
at the following time, date and place:
10:00 a.m., May 2, 1973, Harnett County Courthouse.
All - interested citizens have the right to be heard and are invited to attend and pre-
sent their views to the Board of Commissioners as to whether the proposed tax is wise .
or unwise; whether the tax should or should not be levied: whether local conditions
require the imposition of the tax; whether other means of taxation available to the
county and municipalities within the county would be more equitable; or any other
reasons for or against the levy of a one per cent (1 %) local government sales tax as
an added source of revenue for Harnett Countyand the cities and towns within the
county." Signed H. D. Carson, Jr., Clerk to the Board "
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1Commissioner Cotton moved to adjourn the meeting and by common consent of the Board
did adjourn at 8:20 p.m.
Ch ma
Clerk to the
!CHECKS WRITTEN DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1973.
1
E
0437
U9438
19439
1 9440
19441
9442
9443
9444
9445
11 9446
19447
9448
19449
1 9450
19451
9452
9453
9454
'9455
9456
9457
9458
j 9459
9460
9461
9462
9463
9464
9465
9466
9467
! 9468
9469
9470
(I 9471
9471
9473
9474
1 9475
9476
s 9477
1 9478
9479
1p 9480
119481
119482
9483
9484
119485
119486
9487
9488
19489
119490
1194 9 I
[ 9492
Amanda McFarland
Mrs. W. W. Arrington
Mrs. Barry Emerson
William Marks
L. E. Bottiglier, Postmaster
Robert Junior Burnette
C. H. Avery
Arletha Armstrong
Mrs. Terry Teasley
Mrs. Lennie Arnold
Mrs. Grady Adcock
Mrs. J. E. Bradford
Boy's Home
Cristal Evans
Mrs. David Ferrell
Mrs. E. C. Flowers
Mrs. A. M. Ivey
Mrs. Erwin Johnson
Mrs. Willie Johnson
Margie Johnson
Lettie Johnson
John Wayne Jernigan
Bessie Lee
Mrs. D. C. McKinney
Etta McNeill
Amanda McFarland.
Mrs. Edwin Morris
Mrs. Terry Teasley
Mrs. Herman Tew
Mrs. Joseph M. Wall
Mrs. J. A. Walker
Void
Woodall, McCormick & Arnold
Elizabeth F. Matthews, C. S. C.
Ellis Barbour Insurance Ag.
Lillington Esso Station
Giles Texaco Service
Lewis C. Rosser, D. S.
Void
W. H. King Drug Co.
Lafayette Drug Co.
L. C. Gregory, D. S.
Everson Ross Co.
N.C. Police Information Network
Brock Chevrolet Company, Inc.
Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
Twyford Printing Co.
Void
Lillington FCX
Chief Boiler Inspector
Layton Supply Company
Storr Sales Company
Kaiser Ag -Chem.
LBC & W Associates of N.C.
Raleigh Blue Printers
Permastamp- Carolina Marking Dev.
90.86
81.59
14.61
250.95
1,000.00
94.15
50.00
20.00
78.69
192.50
97.50
96.10
69.50
192.20
182.70
96.10
192.50
20.64
20.64
101.00
86.60
6.00
387.50
271.80
30.96
86.60
179.20
91.35
133.75
192.50
101.00
Void
50.00
31.00
352.00
786.29
203.89
2.00
Void
27.16
8.41
4.00
3.34
460.50
74.81
150,000.00
28.33
Void
7.45
10.00
69.71
189.97
29.'28.
1,085.24
20.26
31.59
B. Home Care
Sal. in full for March, 1973.
Postage for postage meter
40 hrs. work with Garbage Program
5 days as Court Officer
Gen. Assistance
B. Home Care
n
n
n
71
Sp. Money
Boarding Home Care
n
n
11
n
n
n
n
Re: non -suits
Court Costs in tax suits 69 -CVD -1171, 71 -CVD -653.
Inv. dated 2 -5 -73, Crime Lab
Mar. Acct. Sheriff's Dept.
Mar. Acct. Sheriff's Dept.
Refund for gasoline for trip to get prisoner
7013
Mar. Acct. Sheriff's Dept.
Refund for gasoline Co. Car.
8478 Sheriff
4-73-0143 -
Mar. Acct. Sheriff's Dept.
Investment in CD
10968 Auditor's Office
7477, 7011, Courthouse
7307054,7307102, 7307053,7307052,7307101,Harnett Co.
March- Acct. - Courthouse
91658,91659,91932 Auditor's Office.
436753 -Co. Aud.
4798, Pro. Services rendered.
38641 Rrg. of Deeds
PS 23355, Reg. of Deeds
1.9493
9494
9495
;9496
9497
9498
9499
9500
9501
9502
9503
9504
9505
9506
9507
9508
9509
9510
9511
9512
9513
9514
9515
9516
9517
9518
9519
9520
9521
9522
9523
9524
9525
9526
9527
9528
9529
9530
9531
9532
9533
9534
9535
9536
9537
9538
9539
9540
9541
9542
9543
9544
9545
9546
9547
9548
9549
9550
9551
9552
9553
9554
9555
9556
9557
9558
9559
9560
9561
9562
9563
9564
9565
9566
9567
9568
9569
9570
9571
9572
9573
9574
9575
9576
9577
19578
The Dunn Clinic
Dr. J. R. Israel
Dr. J. K. Williford
Dr. F. X. Fallon
State Board of Health
Johnson's
Earnest West
Cavins' Business Products, Inc.
IBM Corporation
Walter Crosland
Social Casework
Morris Wade Sales Company
Gray & Creech, Inc.
Bowen Office Equipment Co.
The Daily Record
M. H. Canady
Rebecca S. Coleman
Winchester Surgical Supply Co.
Club Cleaners
Lida R. O'Quinn
Dr. Catherine Beyer
R. S. Landauer, Jr. & Co.
Dr. A. W. Peede
Harnett County News
Modern Laundry & Cleaners, Inc.
Lillington Medical Clinic
Wilbourne Furniture Company
Carolina Power & Light Co.
Void
N. C. Natural Gas Corp
Town of Lillington Water Dept.
Carolina Power & Light Co.
N. C. Communications
McKnight Drug Company
Morris Wade Sales Company
Motorola Inc. Communications
The E. .. Thomas Drug Company
Powell's Pharmacy
Lafayette Drug Co.
Adams and Kinton Nursing Home
Beacon Ambulance Service
Dr. H. D. Mabe
Dr. R. B. Daly
9536 Lillington Medical Clinic
State Commission for the Blind
Purchase and Contract Division
Carl 0. Jones
Godwin Building Supply Co.
Harnett County Sheltered Workshop
Warren Bros. Oil Co.
Perry Bros. Tire Service
Tractor and Auto Supply Co.
Norris and Truck Clinic
Machine and Welding Company
Robertson Stamp and Seal Works
Stewart's 66 Service
Twyford Printing Company
Bowen Office Equipment Co.
Exxon Company,USA
Dr. Catherine Beyer
Dr. C. L. Corbett
Hogue Electric Company
Killo Exterminating Co.
North Carolina State Library
Mavis B. Flemmings
Allegra Griffin
Raymond Porter
Allie P. Williams
Void
Void
Marvin Baker
M. H. Brock
C. E. McLamb
Mrs. J. A. Walker
Harnett County Dev. Comm.
J. A. Johnson Construction
Carolina Power & Light Co.
Town of Lillington
Carolina Tel & Tel. Co.
Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co.
Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co.
Xarolina Power & Light Co.
J. A. Johnson Construction Co.
Bertha M. Taylor
Lewis Bottiglier, Postmaster
Lola O'Quinn
25.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
900.00
19.00
10.15
10.13
51.50
23.54
18.50
118.45
183.72
10.51
8.24
2.50
4.95
54.70
8.40
3.54
40.80
10.20
32.00
29.95
39.65
217.00
98.72
882.74
Void
361.24
94.15
71.68
121.21
8.04
17.38
32.50
35.00
18.20
33.15
11.57
40.00
25.00
7.00
20.00
1,804.59
142.00
54.72
5.10
83.14
13.06
240.17
13.97
281.79
88.11
2.82
174.98
13.91
18.74
38.29
180.00
130.00
36.00
15.00
297.88
14.36
13.37
99.10
41.09
Void
Void
58.00
15.00
45.90
233.86
250.00
660.00
9.34
8.70
333.93
641.86
175.12
27.97
1,667.54
223.30
8.00
7301520 Gallaway
7301133, 7301869.
7301216 Gamble
7301027, 7301134.
R43, page I.
County jail acct.
Co. Jail Acct. for March.
No. 4863, Dept. of Social Senlces.
7A37442, Dept. of Social Services
Cleaning Office for April
Ren. Social Service, Casework for 2 years.
H003123 -SS Dept.
79610 -SS Department
No. 7742, Co. Agt.
I yr sub 5 -5 -73 through 5 -5 -74
Meeting in Fay. Expenses 2- 23 -73.
Exp. reimbursed lunches.
Harnett Co. Health Dept.
March Acct. Health Department
Expenses reimb.
Travel Expenses
293275 Harnett Co. Health Dept.
Health Dept. McDougald, McLeod, McLean & Campbell/
Mar 8 ad Rabies
Mar. Acct. for Co. Jail & Health
Co. Jail & Sheriff Department
6646 - 6967 Ext. Dept. and Co. Jail
Per Statements
Per Statements
Per Statement
Per Statement
Nos. 1596,1141,CD Agency
No. 009792, CD Agency
No. H003713, CD Agency
April Acct. Co. Agency, No 334.26
March Rent.
Re: Douglas Grimes
Feb. Acct. Social Services Department
Re: William Bowling
Re: Thelma Lee
WIN Ex. Mable Surles
WIN Sallie Cummings
Re Della Cameron
Cp's part for Aid to the Blind
Typewriter, Desk, and Chairs.
Mar. Jnaitor. salary.
No. 19593, Co. Sheltered Workshop
Co's part lights and fuel
No. 00976 - Garbage Progr ®m.
50434,50921,50251,Landfill Operation
No. 6303, Garbage Program
2011, 1859, Garbage Program
7344, 6994, Garbage Program
No. 47524 Co. Auditor
Mar. Acct. Garbage Program
No. 10718 -Maps Dev. Commission
4633 -5426 Co. Dev. Commission
Harnett Dev. Commission
March PS Clinics
Ap & FP Clinics March
Service to Co. Library
Jan, Feb. Mar services to Library
8361 Books.
Refund for error in listing taxes
Refund for error in listing taxes.
Gen. Assistance
Refund for Reg. Fee to N.C. Association of CComm.
Travel for March.
B. Home Care
Petty Cash
Dragline Services for Garbage Program
Per Statements
Per statement
Per statements
Per statements
1,
Per statement.
Services rendered Garbage Program
April Salary
1008¢ stamps
298.03 Wohk on Tax Books
136
9579 Alice Shomper
9580 June S. Britt
9581 Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
9582 N.C. Blee Cross & Blue Shield
9583 Elizabeth F. Matthews, C.S.C.
9584 Carolina Power & Light Co.
9585 Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co.
9586 N.C. Natural Gas Corp.
9587 Town of Li11ington
9588 .Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co.
9589 Dougald McRae
9590 Carolina Power & Light Co.
9591 Mrs. J. A. Walker
9592 Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
9593 Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
9594 Bank of North Carolina, N.A.
9595 M. H. Brock
9596 Waymond E. McDougald
9597 Southern National Bank
301.03
147.97
49,525.17
1,674.62
60.00
563.29
40.10
48.12
4.80
42.34
270.00
56.14
53.40
1,741.34
2,111.33
2,713.15
216.54
129.14
7,400.00
SALARY CHECKS WRITTEN FOR THE MONTH.OF APRIL, 1973.
499
500
501
{ 502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
M. H. Brock
W. J. Cotton, Jr.
D. P. Ray, Jr.
C. E. McLamb
Gilbert Brown
Edward H. McCormick
Thomas Allen
Lottie Patterson
Rachel S. Korpulinski
W. Earl Jones
Alice Schmincke
Edna W. Butts
Jackie J. Pate
Wade H. Stewart
Edna K. Newton
Madie Lee Morgan
Lemuel C. Gregory, Jr.
James V. Griffin
B. F. Temple
Roger W. Lyon
James E. Turnage
Lincoln Neal
Stanley Byrd
Lewis C. Rosser, Jr.
Henry D Hood III
Johnny Halcomb
Clyde F. Pate
Billy G. Wallace
Fred D. Freeman, Jr.
Rufus H. Parrish
Henry J. Jacobs
John H. Atkins III
Tony.-L. Bridgers
H. d. Carson, Jr.
Rachel W. Blanchard
Patsy H. Nobles
Thomas H. James
Lee Vernon Harris
Dories McKoy
Waymond E. McDougald [Void]
Void
Flora Green Milton
Clyde L. Ross
Inez W. Sessoms
543 Blanchie W. Raynor
Paul B. Drew
B. E. Sturgill
116.00
113.50
120.00
120.00
100.00
300.00
636.22
329.22
286.68
601.71
348.22
317.84
283.60.
708.22
315.11
300.79
461.02
603.69
387.19
623.01
476.16
428.06
427.19
384.94
472.22
511.94
399.48
532.79
404.76
406.76
406.76
596.91
286.62
720.00
340.19
300.79
323.14
271.20
241.92
168.71
430.19
316.22
283.06
272.07
236.44
445.23
Work on Tax Books
Work on Tax Books
April Payroll
Group # 043 0012 001.
68 -CvD- 954,71 -CvD- 811,734, 73 -Cvd -408.
Per statements.
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1t
Per Statement
n
Services rendered Bd. of Elections.
Per statement
B. Home Care
Matching contri for SS and Health
Matching contri for Gen Emp. and Policeman
Emp. Ret Contri.
11 1/2 days Acting Co. Manager, plus travel.
16 days work -Co. Jail.
April W.H. Tax
546 Ruth Sturgill
547 Gladys Walker
548 Helen R. Crews
549 Emma Lee West
550 Naomi F. Hawley
551 .Glyness Meeks
552 Madeline Hawley
553 Patricia McDonald
554 Mary P. Avery
555 . Annie Lee Sawyer
556 Sandra B. Dickens
557 Bobbie S. Mize
558 Bonnie B. Temple
559 Bonnie B. Beasley
560 Harvey V. Godfrey
561 Majorie G. Wade]
562 Glenn C. O'Kelley
563 Egeta Williams
564 Joyce G. Pulliam
565 John D. Davis
566 Jimmy F. Ragland
567 Jane H. Smith
568 Gayle M. Adams
569 Joy L. Dawson
570 Don A. Martin
571 Roxanne R. Ayers
572 Benita J. Beasley
573 Paulette M. Gomedella
574 Robert E. Harrison
575 Emmett J. Allen
576 Mazelle M. Stephenson
577 Carra G. Avery
578 Mary L. Wagoner
579 Daniel c. Welch
580 Esther T. Butts
581 Margie Harrington
582 Kathleen Thomas
583 Pauline Sanford
584 James E. Goff
585 H. W. LLoyd
586 Charles E. Hammond
587 William N. Conoley,.Jr.
588 Lincoln Blanding
589 Juanita S. Hight
590 Bettie. E. Giles
591 Mary W. Jones
592. Virginia L. Simmons
206.33
156.76
733.12
768.67
368.23
406.94
368.94
422.83
400.90
305.63
317.80
254.95
275.08
397.57
646.32
555:43
601.23
564.85
580.03
572.26
560.66
518.70
175.85
508.14
489.96
275.77
281.04
409.49
407.19
465.74
473.04
396.02
410.52
437.54
410.85
426.22
434.21
484.22
355.30
401.00
301.05
231.20
219.85
252.41
277.20
244.00
197.48
1 593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
Ida P. Hinnant
Ophelia McLean
M. Irene Lassiter
Lida R. O'Quinn
Hattie E. Barnes
Rebecca S. Coleman
Louise M. Lloyd
M. H. Canady
Hoyt B. Fowler
Donald Ray Womble
Brenda L. Johnson
Alta Pearl Pope
Margaret N. McDonald
Herbert E Hudson
Jean M. Irvin
Thomas T. Lanier
Lillian B. Smith
280.05 610
210.43 611
779.87 612
635.97 613
580.65 614
595.90 615
566.86 616
648.63 617
617.04 618
611.82 619
358.97 620
308.81 621
342.63 622
490.76 623
424.11 624
625.63 625
322.13 626
Roy S. Godwin
Corbett A. Coats
Robert J. Burnette
Alvis Lee McKay
Andrew M. Anderson
William Fred Hall
John Jay West
Virginia S. Warren
Tony M. Tucker
Bessie W. Moss
Muriel F. Cann
Myrtle D. Register
Margaret R. Randall
Flora Margaret Shaw
Janet H. Johnson
Nina P. Bethune
Melanie Beth Hamilton
70.61
382.94
363.55
143.11
115.80
112.30
103.56
313.10
728.25
367.01
574.08
581.21
508.80
248.18
160.52
173.56
73.44
MAY 2, 1973 - PUBLIC HEARING TO COMPLY WITH PROPER GS IN THE LEVYING OF THE I¢ SALES TAX.
Public hearing, set for I0:a.m., May 2, 1973, in the Superior Courtroom, Courthouse, Lillington,
was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, for the pur-
pose of hearing discussion relevant to the levying of the I% sales tax.
The Chairman, after calling the meeting to order, indicated that proper legal notification had been
made in the mwspapers and that the people of the County were duly notified of the holding of the
public hearing.
All members of the Board were present, with the exception of Duncan P. Ray, Jr., Vice Chairman, being
hospitalized in the Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dunn, N. C.
Chairman Brock asked the County Attorney, Edward H. McCormick to take charge of the hearing and allow
all persons present whishing to be heard, a chance to speak.
Issues to be spoken to: 1. should the It sales tax be imposed
2. is this tax more equitable than other taxes.
Then, if levied, should collection thereof be on per capita basis (giving more to the county) or should
collection be on ad valorem basis, (giving municipalities more).
Mayor W. P. Elmore, Dunn, presented the following written statement:
"Mr. Chairman and members of the County Commissioners
1 would like to submit here today a copy of the resolution the Dunn City Council approved on September
7, 1972, asking the County Commissioners to levy the extra It sales Tax for Harnett County.
No one is more aware of the increase in costs and the demand for better and more services than you
Gentlemen of the County Board of Commissioners. Those of us who are in places of responsibility in our
respective municipalities are also being called on for better and more services, and just to stand
still is more expensive each year;
No one wants to pay more taxes, but if we as elected officials are to carry out the programs that we
now have, and improve them and expand them, then we must have more revenue. In the past, it has been
that we increased the property tax, but it is not realistic to continue to make real property carry
the large share of the financing of these services.
Harnett County is surrounded by other counties who have levied this tax and now 83 out of the 100 coun-
ties have already levied this increase.
Considering the fairness of this tax, 1 submit that we should levy the I% sales tax and spread the cost
to all persons on a fair and equal basis.
William P. Elmore, Mayor Dunn. N. C.
Jonah Caudle, Dunn, N. C. spoke against the commissioners' levying the taxes, wanted it to be only upon
the vote of the people.
Hoke Smith, Mrs. Haywood Hall, Alton Gray and Mayor Ronald Coats spoke in favor of the tax being levied
by resolution of the Commissioners.
The Board took no definite action but did indicate that a resolution was being prepared for the May
meeting and would be taken under consideration at that time at the May Meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
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Secret y
Chairma
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Clerk to the Board