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Regular Meeting - November 2, 1970
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 2, 1970
ALL TO ORDER
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners
convened on Monday, November 2, 1970, in the Commissioners' Room,
Courthouse, Lillington, N. C. Those present were: M. H. Brock,
Chairman, D. P. Ray, Jr., Vice Chairman, W. J. Cotton, Jr. member,
C. E. McLamb, member and Gilbert Brown, member. Also, H. D. Carson
Jr., Clerk to the Board and Gerald Arnold, County Attorney.
Chairman Brock called the meeting to order at 9:10 A. M. and
James Pardue, Lillington Baptist Minister, offered the morning prayer.
READING AND APPROVAL
OF MINUTES The minutes of the regular meeting of October 5, 1970 and any sub-
sequent meetings were read and approved with one exception, that
being upon the naming of the committee to study the fire situation
of the county. The minutes stand corrected to list the names of
persons serving on the committee as appointed by Chairman Brock as
follows: Commissioner W. J. Cotton, Jr., Attorney Gerald Arnold,
and Fire Chiefs Ralph Hanna, Charles Nordan and Eugene Stewart.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
ROAD PETITIONS
Item 1
The following road petition was presented: For black topping 1.6
miles, 22 occupied homes, number 1124, Anderson Creek township.
To be added to the system, .7 mile, 6 homes, school bus route located
Johnsonville Township.
ACTION:Upon a motion by Commissioner McLamb, seconded by D. P. Ray,
the foregoing road petitionand request for addition to system were
approved.
DR. B.B. BLACKMON Item 2.
Chairman Brock read to the Board a letter from Dr. B. B. Blackmon,
expressing appreciation on behalf of the Harnett County Mental Health
outreach. He furthermore, read to the Board the following resolution:
TAX COLLECTOR
TAX AND WELFARE
LIEN ATTORNEY
TAX SUPERVISOR
A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY FATETTEVILLE PRESBYTERY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, U. S. MEETING IN MAXTON, NORTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 13, 1970.
We, as Ruling Elders and Ministers of the Fayetteville
Presbytery, Presbyterian Church, U. S., express our grateful
appreciation and supprt for the services of mental health and
healing being carried on by our Regional Mental Health Centers
located in Pinehurst, Fayetteville, Buies Creek and Lumberton.
We welcome this sharing in concern for the wholeness and healing
of people, in this age of tensions and conflicts.
We urge continued support for the programs of our Mental
Health Centers by county and state government, and by Church
and Civic groups.'
We direct that copies of this Resolution be snet to the
appropriate committee of our state government, to the boards of
county commissioners concerned, and to the Directors of our
Mental Health Centers.
Item 3.
Mr. Earl Jones, Tax Collector, presented the report for his department
Item 4.
Attorney Marshall Woodall, Tax and Welfare Lien presented the follow-
ing report to the Board:
Collection on Taxes
Name
Neta M. Wade
J. Reynolds Byrd
Willie Womack Heirs
Viola Wester Brock
Township
Lillington
Stewarts Crk.
Upper L. River
Black River
Gase No. Amt. Coll. Fee
SD 3662 $700.00 20.00
" 3321 500.00 10.00
" 3740 136.97 20.00
" 3182 245.32 10.00
$1,582.29 $60.00
Item 5.
Mr. Thomas Allen, Tax Supervisor requested the Board to refund to
Telford Miller $ Wife, an amount of $102.34, representing taxes
charged in error.
ACTION: Commissioner Cotton made a motion to refund the aforementioned
amount to Telford Miller $ Wife, Commissioner Brown seconded the motio
and it carried.
Mr. Allen informed the Board of the progress in preparing for the
revaluation.
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SOCIAL SERVICES
DIRECTOR
FIRE CHIEFS
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C. R. AMMONS
Mr. F. C. Hubbard, Social Services Director appeared before the Board
regarding the installation of a Public Address System in the new county
Building.
ACTION: Commissioner McLamb made a motion that the County purchase the
P A System to be installed in the building, Commissioner Brown seconded
the motion and it carried.
Mr. F. C. Hubbard described the expenditures of the Medicaid Fund in
relation to budget projections, indicating that at the present rate
of expenditures, the shortage of funds at the end of the fiscal year
would be some $48,000. Chairman Brock agreed to inform the State
Board of Social Services by letter prior to Legislature meeting.
Item 7.
Ralph Hanna and Charles Nordan came before the Board, representative of
the committee appointed to determine the needs of fire prevention in th
county. Mr. Hanna was the spokesman and indicated that an Inspector wo
be in the best interest of the people in this between - budgets - period,
who could point out places in the county that would need attention. Th
information would be placed in the hands of the district fire chief for
whatever acceptable action. This, in his opinion, would be the beginni
for the county in preparing for a fire marshall office and would be of
benefit to the people of the county.
Chairman Brock commended those interested presents for their suggestion
of the committee. He agreed to take them under consideration and meet
again on November 16, 1970 for a continued discussion of the matter.
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Item 8.
Mr. C. R. Ammons, Chairman of Extension Department came before the Boar
with a report of his department. He then offered the following letter ;
for the action of the Board.
Dear Mr. Brock:
I want to submit herewith my resignation as Chairman of the Harnett Cou ty
Agricultural Extension Service to Become effective December 31, 1970 fo
active duty. My accumulated leave of thirty working days will therefore end
February 15, 1971.
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I have reached my maximum annuity in my retirement programs and I want o take
this opportunity to thank each and every member of your Board as well a�. all
past Boards for their cooperation in developing the Agricultural Extens on
Program for Harnett County during these past years.
Harnett County has two great assets - the human resources and the natur 1
resources. Of the two, the human resources are the most important in m
judgement.
The Agricultural Extension work is designed to help people to develop p
to meet the needs of all people not only on farms but also people in th
cities and towns.
I plan to continue to live here and I want to say that I shall count it
privilege to serve the county or any of its citizens in any way that I
Thank you again for your fine cooperation. I remain
Respectfully yours,
/s/ C. R. Ammons
C. R. Ammons
County Extension Chairman
P.S. I want to commend to you each and everyone of our other Extension
personnel as conscientious, courteous and loyal workers. They are a gr
ACTION_: Chairman Brock informed the group that this matter would be co
idered and a determination would be made accordingly.
RETIREMENT
MRS. EDWARDS Item 9.
The following letter was read to the Board:
Dear Mr. Brock:
I am requesting in writing that Mrs. Velma S. Edwards
Assistant Register of Deeds of Harnett County, who has re-
ached her 65th birthday be permitted to remain in service to
Harnett County under the Participating Unit of North Carolina
Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.
Mrs. Edwards is a valuable employee of Harnett County and
has given good service to the citizens for many years and her
service is greatly needed: "?SHe'lTas no health problems or per-
sonal responsibilities and there will be no loss of time from
work.
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RETIREMENT
MRS. EDWARDS CONT. Any consideration shown her will be greatly appreciated by
her many friends in the county.
CASWELL CENTER
Kind personal regards to you and the members of the Board.
yours truly,
/s/ Inez Harrington
Register of Deeds
Harnett County
ACTION: Commissioner McLamb made a motion that Mrs. Velma Edwards be
allowed to continue to work until such time as she would desire to
retire, provided the State Department would approve the request.
Commissioner Ray seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
Item 10.
A letter was read to the Board from Caswell Training Center, Kinston
requesting a contribution.
ACTION: Commissioner McLamb made a motion to contribute to Caswell
Center in the amount of $25.00. Commissioner Cotton seconded the
motion and it carried. Chairman Brock then ordered an amount of
$25.00 be forwarded to the Caswell Center, Kinston, N. C.
AMERICAN RED CROSS Item 11.
The following resolution was presented to the Board by Chairman Brock:
To: Mr. Jack Brock, Chairman of County Commissioner- of Harnett Co.
From: The Exec. Committee of the Harnett County Chapter American Red
Cross
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on October 22, 1970, the Executive Committee
on behalf of the Red Cross Blood Program passed a resolution
in support of the services to the citizens of Harnett
County as follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Harnett County
Chapter of American Red Cross do hereby ask for a contri-
bution in the amount of $1,000.00 from the Harnett County
Commissioners to assure the continuation of the American
Red Cross Blood Program in Harnett County for the coming
year of 1971.
The Executive Committee of the Harnett County Chapter
of the American Red Cross greatly appreciates the County
Commissioners considering this request.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
/s/ H. D. Mabe, Jr., M. D.
Chairman
/s/ Earl H. Mahone
Finance Chairman
/s/ J. Clyde Adams /s/ Carlton E. Best
Vice Chairman Blood Chairman
/s /J. Ray Israel, M. D.
Lillington Area Blood Chairman
ACTION:Commissioner Ray moved to adopt the foregoing resolution in
the appropriation of $1,000.00 to the Red Cross Chapter, Commissioner
McLamb seconded the move and it carried unanimously.
R. A. GRAY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT Item 12.
Superintendent of Schools, R. A. Gray, came before the Board with an
invitation for the Commissioners to visit in the company of the Board
of Education and others, all of the schools in the county during the
first part of December. Chairman Brock accepted the invitation and
the confirmed dates of the visits will be determined at a later date.
ADJOURNMENT With no further business, the meeting adjourned and the Commissioners
accepted an invitation to lunch in the kitchen of the County Jail.
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Recordiijig Secretary