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~,.~,( ~ FI,CE 5~~ County Administrator, S. M. Gattis, asked the Board if they were aware that if Commissioner Ira Ward~a motion was defeated that the matter of an assessment ratio would net be settled. Chairman Walker called for a vcta on the motion. Commissioners Ira A. Ward and Heriry S. Walker voted aye. Commissioners Flora Garrett and ; Riahard E. Whitted voted nay. Chairman Walker voted nay. Chairman Walker then declared Commissioner Ira A. Ward~a motion defeated. Upon motion of Commissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Riahard E. Whitted, it was moved that Orange Countp adopt an assessment ratio of one hundred per cent (1000 for the peal-of 1973; but that the Board will take into consideration a downward adjustment of the 1973 tax rate in order that tax collections for the year 1973 might more nearly equal tax collections for the year 1972 and that special district tax rates will also be revised downward in order that special district collections in-1973 might more nearly equal aollectiona for the year 1972. Chairman Walker called for a vote on the motion. Commissioners Flora Garrett and Richard E. Whitted voted aye. Commissioners Renry 5. Walker and Ira A. Ward voted nay. Chairman Walker noted aye and he then declated the motion passed. Chairman Walker presented a report to the Board from the foreman of I, the Grand Jury. The report wsa filed with other data for the Commissioners. The Board reviewed the Legislative Bulletin that had been received i from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. Representative James Green of Bladen County, Chairman of the Roads Committee was requesting that the Boards of Commissioners advise him as to their opinions relative to the current.highway system. Discussion ensued. Commissioner Ward stated I it is the opinion of the Drange County Board that each County Board should have the privilege of reviewing the proposed road programs which have been ' allocated in their Countp; and that each Board should be informed sa to the criteria that was established for the selection of the proposed projects. This would provide a method by which County Commissioners could be informed as to those roads that were being plated on the State system and they, in turn, could answer the questions that are received from the public sa to the "whys and wherefores" concerning the road program. The Board feels that ~ this would establish a better chain pf communication between State and Local government. Another suggestion would be, since the Board has no direst authority for the selection of the roads that will be paved and/or improved, that the Clerk to each Board of Commissioners act as a receiving agent for the petition, but that the approval of the County Board would not be necessary and the Clerk could be authorized to forward the petitions directly to the - District and/or Division office. -. - - - - " - - ~ The Clerk was instructed to write Proctor Scarborough, the newly appointed Highway Commissioner, and inquire as to when it would be convenient for him to meet with the Board and to state also that the Board desired to have the Division Engineer and the District ~igineer present for the meeting. A letter from Edwin Gill, Gtate Treasurer, was presented. Said letter requested the Board to oppose recent Federal Legislation that would repeal the tax exempt privilege on all State and Local government bonds. Discussion ensued. The Clerk wsa instructed to write to Congressmar. L. H. Fountain, Congressman Wilbur Mills, Chairman of the House and Waya Committee and to Sam Ervin and Jesse Reims, Senators far the State expressing the concern of the Board over the proposed legislation. Chairman Walker stated that he had received correspondence from Clyde Patton, Chairman of the Wildlife Commission, stating that a Regional meeting would be held in Graham and that it was the desire of the Commission to have the feeling of the Board relative to opening all areas of hunting for Orange County on the same dates as Butner, Durham County, Person County, Caswell County, Granville County and Waite County along with other game refuges. Commissioner Flora Garrett was in opposition to the opening of Eno Township for hunting. No action wsa taken on the matter. Upon motion of Commissioner Richard E. Whitted the meeting was adjourned to meet again on Thursday, March ls, 1973. C. Norman Walser, Chairman Bette June Hayes, Clerk . _ , 5. _.