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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02071966429 FEBRUARY 7th. 1966 The Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday Feb. 7th. at 9:00 A.M., with all members present also present with the Board were the County Attorney and the Clerk to the Board. Chairman Brook presided and called the meeting to order. The invocation was offered by Commissioner Womble. The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved. The following reports from the County Officers were approved and filed. Register of Deeds Clerk Recorders Court Clerk Superior Court Veterans Service Officer Tax Collector Electrical Inspector n n Inez Harrington Kyle Harrington Elizabeth F. Matthews Jean M. Irvin W. Earl Jones B H Sellers L. Perry Cameron Roy Godwin R. L. Gray, Assistant Superintendent of County Schools, appeared before the Board and discussed the program for the schools in Harnett County. The Board of Commissioners and Board of Education will meet jointly on February 15th. at 9:00 A.M. in the Education Building. Commissioner Mixon moved, seconded by Commissioner Womble, that a committee be formed of five (5) men to serve and be known as Cape Fear River Commission of Harnett County with Frank Lewis as exofficio member. Motion carried. Danny Watkins and A. J. Stephenson appeared before theBoard and discussed Group Insurance for the county employees, and the county participate in the cost. A committee of Herbert Carson, Commissioner Cotton, and Commissioner Mixon were named to investigate the possibility and report to the Board. Frank Lewis, Assistant Director.of Civil Defense, discussed with the Board the Fire District and its benefits in Harnett County. The Board of Commissioners canvassed the votes of on Saturday, January 29, 1966, between the hours o Department located int he Erwin Park Area, Erwin, in District at which time the question was presented as J #7314 $pe�ial Election ld p'MM'' at the Erwin he Fire the Erwin Fire Protection follows: In favor of Tax for Fire Protection in Erwin Rural Fire protection District. Against Tax for Fire Protection in Erwin Rural Fire Proteotion District. The Board found the Voting in favor - voting against - fb llowtng: 446 99 The Board, therefore, certifies that the program was p and the Tax Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed levy for the property incorporated within the boundaries with the Board of Commissioners and to set a tax levy in assessed valuation of real and personal property located Erwin Rural Fire Proteotion District, and the auditor is discharge all expense of said election. assed by a to prepare ®f' the Pap the amount within the hereby aut majority vote, a special tax heretofore filed of 8¢ per $100.00 boundaries of the horized to pay and Commissioner Cottm moved that the above motion be adopted, seconded by Commissioner Womble, and unanimously adopted. Commissioner Cotton Moved Seconded By Commissioner Womble That The Following Resolution Be Adopted: WHERE Commissi held in declared that at tection R E S O L U T I O N AS, the Harnett County Board of Elections has filed with the Board of oners of Harnett County its statement of the result of the special election the Erwin Fire District, on January 29, 1966, wherein it is determined and that 850 voters were registered and qualified to vote in said election, said election 446 votes were b Est in favor of levying a tax for fire pro- in said Rural Fire Protectio3k,,.dctt99 votes were cast against levying 430 such tax for fire protection in the Erwin Fire District; and WHEREAS, it appears from said statement of the result of said election that a majority of the qualified voters of said Fire District who voted in said election voted in favor of levying said tax, and that no complaints have been made to this Board agatnet the regularity of said election, and that notice of said election was duly published; NOW, THEREOFRE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Harnett: SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners has prepared and does adopt the following statement of the result of the special election held in the Erwin Fire District on January 29, 1966; STATEMENT OF RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN ERWIN FIRE DISTRICT, JANUARY 29, 1966. At a special election held in the Erwin Fire District on January 29, 1966, 850 voters were registered and qualified to vote. At said election 446 votes were cast in favor of levying a tax not to exceed 15% cents on the one hundred dollars property valuation for Fire Protection in the Erwin Fire District, and 99 votes were cast against levying said tat, and that a majority of the qualified voters of said Fire District who voted on \the question of levying such a tax at said election voted in favor of levying said tax, and that the levying of said tax was thereby approved by such voters. This statement is given by order of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Harnett, this 7th day of February, 1966. M. H. Brock Chairman J. E. Womble Commissioner. H. M. O'Quinn Commissioner W. J. Cotton, Jr. Commissioner Willard Mixon Commissioner SECTION 2. That the foregoing statement of the result of said election shall be signed by a majority of the members of this Board and delivered to the Clerk, and the latter shall thereupon record it in the minuted of the Board, and such statement shall also be filed in'the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners and a copy thereof posted at the Courthouse door in Lillington, North Carolina, A notice in substantially the following form, with the signature of the Clerk to this Board appended thereto, shall be attached to said statement of the said election which is to be posted at the courthouse door; To the citizens and taxpayers of Harnett County: No right of action or defense founded upon the invalidity of the election mentioned in the foregoing statement shall be asserted; nor shall the validity of such election be open to question in any court upon any ground whatever, except in an action or proceeding commenced within thirty days after the publication of the foregoing statement. Motion carried.. + Inez Harrington Clerk, Board of Commissioners for the County of Harnett, North Carolina. 431 The Board of Commissioners canvassed the votes of the Special Election held on Saturday, January 29, 1966, between the hours of 6:30 A.M. and 6:30 P.M. at the Flatwood Fire Department located on U. 3. Highway No. 401 south of Lillington in the Flatwood Fire Protection District at which time the question was presented as follows: In favor of Tax for Fire Protection in Flatwood Rural Fire Protection District. Against Tax for Fire Protection in Flatwood Rural Fire Protection District. The Board found the following: Voting in favor- 107 Voting against - 2 The Board, therefore, certifies that the program was passed by a majority vote, and the Tax Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a special tax levy for the property incorporated within the boundaries of the map heretofore filed with the Board of Commissioners and to set a tax levy in the amount of 15¢ per $100.00 assessed valuation of real and personal property located within the boundaries of the Flatwood Rural Fire Protection District and the auditor is hereby authorized to pay and discharge all expense of said election. Commissioner Cotton moved that the above motion be adopted, seconded by Commissioner Womble, and unanimously adopted. Commissioner Cotton moved, Seconded by Commissioner Womble That The Following Resolution Be Adopted: R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Harnett County Board of Elections has filed with the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County its statement of the result of tie special election held in the Flatwood Fire District, on January 29, 1966, wherein it is determined and declared that 157 voters were registered and qualified to vote in said election, that at said election 107 voters were cast in favor of levying a tax for fire pro- tection in said Fire District, and 2 votes were cast against levying such tax for fire protection in the Flatwood Fire District; and WHEREAS, it appears from said statement of the result of said election that a majority of the qualified voters of said Fire District who voted in said election voted in favor of levying said tax, and that no complaints have been made to this Board against the regularity of said election, and that notice of said election was duly published; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by theBoard of Commissioners for the County of Harnett: Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners has prepared and does adopt the following statement of the result of the special election held in the Flatwood Fire District on January 29, 1966; STATEMENT OF RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN FLATWOOD FIRE DISTRICT JANUARY 29, 1966 At a special election held in the Flatwood Fire District on January 29, 1966, 157 voters were registered and qualified to vote. At said election 107 votes were cast in facor of levying a tax 15¢ cents on the one hundred dollars property valuation for Fire P the Flatwood Fire District, and 2 votes were cast against levying that a majority of the qualified voters of said Fire District who question of levying such a tax at said elebtton voted in favor of and that the levying of said tax was thereby approved by such vote This statement is given by order of the Board of Commissioners of Harnett, this 7th day of February, 1966. M. H. Brock - Chairman Commissioner J. E. Womble Commissioner H. M. O'Quinn Commissioner W. J. Cotton, Jr. Commissioner Willard Mixon Commissioner not to exceed rotection in said tax, and voted on the levying said tax, rs. for the County 432 Section 2. That the foregoing statement of be signed by a majority of the members of this and the latter shall thereupon record it in the statement shall also be filed in the office of County Commissioners and a copy thereof posted North Carolina. the result of said elec Board and delivered to minutes of the Board, the Clerk to the Board at the Courthouse door Lion shall the Clerk, and such of Harnett in Lillington, A Notice in substantially the following form, with the signature of the Clerk to this Board appeneiddthereto, shall be attached to said statement of the said election which is to be posted at the courthouse door; To the Citizens and taxpayers of Harnett County: No right of action or defense founded upon the invalidity of the election mentioned in the foregoing statement" shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of such election be open to question in any court upon any ground whatever, except in an action or proceeding commenced within thirty days after the publication of the foregoing statement. Inez Harrington Clerk, Board of Commissiore rs for the County of Harne tt, North Carolina. Motion a arried. Commissioner Mixon moved, seconded by Commissioner Cotton, that the Following Resolution be Adopted: R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the Board of County Commissioners of Harnett County that the President's proposed budget for the fiscal year 1966 -1967 makes no provision for an appropriation of funds for furtherance of the New Hope Reservoir; and WHEREAS, the Cape Fear River flows through the heart of Harnett County for a distance of approximately thirty miles and because of floods and the threat of floods on giany thousands of acres of land adjacent to said river basin, the County of Harnett and its people are suffering a loss of many thousands of dollars; and WHEREAS, the United States Corps of Engineers has determined that the expenditure of the funds in the development of the New Hope Project would not only control the flood stage of the river, but would provide for an even flow of water in the Gape Fear River at all times greatly enhancing the value of the land now in the flood area and would contribute immeasurably to the development of the land adjacent to said river basin; and WHEREAS, any delay, caused by lack of appropriation, in the development of said project is not believed to be economically feasible, but rather is short- sighted economy; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that tte Board of County Commissioners of Harnett County does hereby recommend to the North Carolina Delegation in Congress and particularly to the Honorable B. Everett Jordan; United States Senator, that every effort be exerted to restore the necessary funds for the development of said New Hope Project for the fiscal year 1966 - 1967; The foregoing resolution was unanimously adopted. Motion carried. The Following Jurors Were Drawn For Term of March 14th. 1966. 1. Richard E. Patterson 2. Thomas H. Steele, Sr. 3. Roy Byrd 4. J G Mason 5. Fred Ammons 6. L P Harrington 7. D. Henry Rawls 8. Earl H. Lever 9. Clayton Clark 10. Luther P. Dawson 11. Andrew Yarbrough 12. J H Williams, Jr. 13. James Moore 14. Jerry Allan Ray Criminal Court Beginning Broadway # 1 Dunn # 4 Bunn le ve 1 Fuquay # 1 Coats Lillington # 2 Fuquay # 1 Dunn Bunn le ve l Lillington Lillington Erwin # 1 Angier # 2 Angier # 2 Upper Little River Averasboro Stewarts Greek Buckhorn Grove Lillington Hectors Creek Averasboro Stewarts Greek Lillington Lillington Stewarts Creek Black River Black River" 433 15. Leon Peacock 16. Thomas Gene Jones 17. J R Owen 18. Noah Faircloth 19. Wilton J. Byrd 20. L Z Freeman 21. Daniel Lee 22. Edward Earl 23. Eugene E. Matthews 2a. Robert B. Blalock 25. Edward A. Thomas, Jr. 26. Daniel C.Collins 27. Harry E. Dawson 28. H G Taylor 29. John Sears 30. Colon Thomas Fore 31. Marshall S. Patterson 32. Kent B. Glover 33. Dewey T. Avery 34. Clyde Tart 35. Charles McCullers 36. Hayes Phillips 37. Thomas J. Lewis 38. W R Bowling 39. Clayton E. Tart 40. Johnnie B. Cutts 41. J W Pope 42. Charlie G. Biggs 43. Ronnie Lewis Godwin 44. W J Brown 45. Raythell G. Godwin Dunn 812 E. Divine St. Fuquay # 1 Angier Coats Bunnlevel Lillington Box 237 Linden # 1 Dunn Angier # Erwin # Bunnlevel # 1 Fuquay # 2 Lillington # 2 Angier Fuquay # 1 Fuquay # 2 Lillington Bunnlevel # 1 Erwin # 1 Angier # 1 Dunn Erwin Box 772 Bunnlevel # 1 Fuquay # 2 Bunnlevel # 1 Angier # 2 Spring Lake 1420 HWY. 87 North Lillington Box 224 Lillington Bunnlevel # 1 Angier # 2 Averasboro Buokhorn Black River Grove Stewartscreek Lillington Stewarts Creek Averasboro Black River Stewarts Creek Stewarts Creek Hectors Creek Lillington Blank River Buc k horn Buo k ho rn Lillington Stewarts Creek Stewarts Creek Black River Averasboro Duke Stewarts Creek Hectors Creek Averasboro Hectors Creek Anderson Creek Lillington Lillington Stewarts Creek Black River C. R. Ammons, County Extension Chairman, appeared before the Board and presented Annual Narrative Report for Harnett County for year 1965 and recommended Harnett Agricultural Extension Advisory Board as follows: Harnett County Agricultural Extension Advisory Board Term Ending 1966: W. M. Harper, Rt. 1 Fuquay J. E. WoMble, Lillington Lloyd Stewart, Rt. 1. Broadway Mrs. M. M. Jernigan, Rt. 2, Lillington Mrs. Callie Arnold, At. 2, Lillington Term Ending 1967: Haywood Hall, Angier Bobby Wicker, Lillington W. J. Cotton, Kipling Mrs. Rachel Spears, Lillington Mrs. Irene Roberts, Lillington Term Edning 1968: Herman Green, Dunn William McAuley, Rt. 6 Sanford Mrs. M. R. Hudson, Rt. 1 Benson Heath Hinson, Dunn Jo Ann Park, Lillington Officers: President Vice President Secretary Member Member (Executive Committee) The Board accepted the recommendations. Farmer Business Orgn. Farmer Home Demonstration Home Demonstration Business Orgn. Business Orgn. Farmer Business Woman Home Demonstration Business Orgn. Farmer Home Demonstration 4 -H Adult Leader 4 -H Club Member Bobby Wicker Herman Green Mrs. M. R. Hudson Jo Ann Park Mrs. Callie Arnold (over) - -- 434 The Following Road Petitions Were Approved: To improve that road SR 2047 in Anderson Creek Townshippwhieh is 1 -8/10 miles Petition mailed To add to State System that road in Stewartts Creek Township which connects Highway 401 and SR 2030 a distance -of 9/10 mile. Petition mailed (3) To add to State System that road of 4/10 miles in Lillington Township. Petition mailed known as Jim Tart Road a distance Vernon Porter, Consultant of the Economic Opportunity Program in Harnett County, appeared before the Board and introduced Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller who will have charge of the Vista Program and who explained the training of workers in the various job training and the allocation of Federal Funds for this training of unskilled laborers in Harnett County and workers known as Job Corps. W. Earl Jones appeared before the Board and presented a detailed report of tax collections for the county. The Board ordered that the 4 acres of land in Johnsonville listed to Mrs. Arabella White, Cameron, N. C. Rt. 2 and listed in error and valued at $1872.00 and now valued at $1123.00.. Refund to her $12.85. The Board recessed to reconvene on February 15th. at 9:00 A.M. . _JP /1-. -Arc'e-",.-magefee hair man Clerk to Board The following names were drawn of Judge of Superior Court. 1. James Lynwood Dupree 2. Vernon Tew 3. Jerry Milton Manning 4. Janes Woodrow Ivey 5. Walter Holmes 6. Willie Lee Mitchell 7. James Edward Moore 8. Jack J. Allen 9. C H McLamb 10. Delmas B. Rhye n or Jury Duty on February 21st. 1966, by order Angier Dunn Dunn Dunn Dunn Dunn Coats Bunnlevel Spring Lake Erwin Black River Averasboro Duke Averasboro Averasboro Averasboro Grove Stewarts Creek Anderson Creek Duke