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Ths County Administrator presented a »etition for a road off of sR 1359. Upon motion of Commissioner Henry S. Walker, seconded by Commisaianer William C. Ray, it was moved and adapted, that said petition be accepted. The Clark presented a petition for Allen Street. Upon motion of Commissioner Tra A. Ward, seconded by Commissioner F_en_ry S. ~,Jalkar, it was moved and adopted, that said petition ba accepted. The County Administrator presented a latter from Mrs. Mmgdalena Beebe, 1511 Cumberland Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Said letter requested that the -~ 3oard release Mrs. Beebe from the late listing penalty which had been imposed against her property and she cited that sickness and over sight wsa the reason she had failed to list by the required date. Discussion ensued. Upon motion of Commissioner Ira A. Ward, seconded by Commissioner Harry 5. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the request of Mrs. Beebe be dented. The County Administrator stated that a clerical error was responsible for a late listing penalty being charged against Clark M. Rogara, 500 Sharon Road, Chapel Rill, PTorth Carolina and Mr. Gattis requested that the 3oard authorize the release of this penalty as there was no delinquency on the part of Mr. Rogers. Upon motion of Commissioner Ira.A. Ward, seconded by Commissioner Renry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the request of the County Administrator relative to the late listing penalty of Clark M. Rogers be granted. Nir, Gattis stated that he had received a request from William Hall, 107 Holt Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina, relative to the Homestead Exemption Statute, in that, Mr. Ra11 stated he had filed his request for exemption, but that his tax notice did not reflect that he had been granted such an exemptior_. Ms. Gattis stated that his office had been unable to locate the exemption form, but that it was possible that said form had been misplaced or lost. He stated that Mr. Hall was knowledgeable of the contexts of the form and that he, therefore, believed such a form triad been oompleted. Upon motion of Commissioner Henry S. Walker, seconded by Commissioner William - C. Ray, it was moved and adopted, that the Tax Supervisor ba permitted to grant to Ms. Ra11 the Romestead Exemption which was authorized under G.S. 105-277.1. The County Administrator presented a letter of request from Dr. Thomas Griggs, one of Orange County~s Medical Examiners. Said letter requested the County to provide money for the purchase of two pager receivers. Said letter stated that these 4natrumenta would provide accees to the medical examiners at all times and to th.e County~s law enforcement and medical personnel through the North Carolina Memorial Hospital page operator. The cost of the pagers are X329 each or about $660. Discussion ensued. Upon motion of Commissioner William C. Hay seconded by Commissioner Ira A. Ward, it was moved and adopted that the sum of 660 be appropriated from the General Fund Emergency for the purchase of two Motorola pagers for the Medical Examiners who are on the staff at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Chairman Bennett recognized Fred Cates, Mayor of the Town of Rillsborough. Ns. Cates stated that he wsa present in behalf of the Hillsborough Town Board to express the appreoiation of the Board for the service and the cooperation which had bean rendered by Chairman Harvey D. Bennett and Commissioner William C. Ray to the Town. Chairman Gannett recognized Tom Ward, Director of the Social Services Department. Mr. Ward stated that it was now mandatory that all day Care Centers be licensed, Re stated that no real problem had arisen unt31 now, but that the Social Servioea Department found itself in a position of being unable to administer the portion of the law which required that each center be inspected by an electrical inspector and a building inspector. Re stated that in the past that members of the local fire department had performed the necessary inspection, but that they now found themselves without official capacity and, therefore, the members were dubious about the impending penalty *.ahiah could be incurred in case of afire. Mr. Ward requested that the Board consider designating someone as an official inspector and that the local fire department could act as the official building inspector. Commissioner Norman Walker stated that he had talked with ~'ohn Forrest, who had conducted previous investigations, but that he was now refusing to act due to the lack of an official capacity to act as &:°ire and building inspector.