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SPECIAL
MEETING
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 14, 1968
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
CONVENED IN THE COURTHOUSE IN LILLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA AT 0930
HOURS ON AUGUST 14, 1968, AND WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY THE CHAIRMAN,
MR. M. H. BROCK. THOSE PRESENT WERE: MESSRS. M. H. BROCK, J. E.
WOMBLE, GILBERT BROWN AND C. E. MCLAMB. ALSO PRESENT AT THE
MEETING WERE: MR. W. F. BOWEN, ATTORNEY, AND DAVID W. ALEXANDER,
COUNTY MANAGER.
ABSENT: MR. W. J. COTTON, JR., COMMISSIONER.
OLD BUSINESS ALL OLD BUSINESS WAS SUSPENDED.
NEW BUSINESS
DRY COPIER
SUBSEQUENT TO A SHORT DISCUSSION PERIOD THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS
CONCERNING INVOICES WERE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD:
1. UPON A MOTION BY MR. C. E. MCLAMB, SECONDED BY MR. J. E.
WOMBLE, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THAT THE $369.87 INVOICE FOR
THE DRY COPIER IN THE POSSESSION OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGENT NOT BE PAID, AND FURTHER THAT THE COPYING MACHINE LOCATED
IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE BE UTILIZED FOR NEXESSARY REPRO-
DUCTION WORK.
INSURANCE ON
BUILDINGS 2. THAT AN INVOICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $254.00 FOR INSURANCE
ON THE BUILDINGS BELONGING TO THE HARNETT COUNTY LIVESTOCK
ASSOCIATION BE RETURNED TO THAT ASSOCIATION UNPAID, IN AS MUCH
AS SUCH PAYMENT WOULD CONSTITUTE AN IMPROPER USE OF COUNTY FUNDS.
UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED MOTION BY MR. C. E. MCLAMB AND SECONDED BY
MR. J. E. WOMBLE.
MENTAL HEALTH SOME DISCUSSION WAS ENGAGED CONCERNING THE FINAL SELECTION OF
A SITE FOR THE HARNETT COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER. AFTER CONSUL -
TATION WITH DR. MARSHBANKS RELATIVE TO THE EXACT BOUNDARIES OF THE
PROPERTY, THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WERE TAKEN:
ACTIONS:
1. THAT HARNETT COUNTY PURCHASE A TRACT OF DR. MARSHBANK'S
LAND CONSISTING OF SOME 22 ACRES, MORE OR LESS SITUATED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 421, ONE -HALF MILE EAST OF BUTES CREEK,
AS THE SITE UPON WHICH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THE HARNETT COUNTY
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AT THE AGREED PRICE OF $6000.00 PER ACRE
WHICH INCLUDES EASEMENTS FOR SEWAGE AND WATER LINES. THE MOTION
WAS MADE BY MR. C. E. MCLAMB, SECONDED BY MR. J. E. WOMBLE AND
UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.
ARRANGEMENTS:
2. UPON A MOTION BY MR. C. E. MCLAMB, SECONDED BY MR. J. E.
WOMBLE, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, THAT THE BOARD
DOES AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT COORDINATOR TO HAVE SOIL TESTS MADE
AND TO ENGAGE IN SUCH OTHER ACTION AS MAY BE NEXESSARY IN THE
PREPARATION OF THE SITE.
ADJOURNMENT THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT
1030 HOURS.
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