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Bpi( 8 PdGE ~'78 MINUTES GF THE ORANGE COUNTY . r BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS June 24, 1974 1 The Board o! Cemmiaaionera o! Orange County mat an Mendtly, Juns 24, 1974, at 8 P.M. in the Cemmiaaionera Room at the Courehause in Hillsborough. • Mpmbern PrA~sAnts Ghdirmen C. trormen Weaker, send CemmiaaionorA Henry 9. Walker, t'lora Garrett, Richard Y,'. Whittnd, and Melvin Whitfield. Members Absent: None. S. M. Gatos, County Administrator, and Hetty dune Hayas~ Clerk to the Board, were also- present. ` The Public Hearing on the Budget had been scheduled for tha Commiaaionera Room, however, the room would not accommodate the number o! persona who were present so.the meeting place was moved to the Superior Court Room. Chairman Walker called the meeting to order and announced that this was the time foz the Public Hearing on the proposed 1974-1975 Orange County Budget. He requested that those present first speak in behalf o! their support for the areas of interest they were representing. Mary Scrogga, Chairman of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Hoard, apoka in behalf of both school unit budgets. She requested that the Board fund in total both budgets for she was of the opinion the programs were vital to each unit if, they were to meet the needs of the respective areas. • Phyllis Sockwell outlined the steps that the School Hoard had planned for the site that would house the vocational school. She stated the School Board planned first for an athletic field and parking area and later for the construe- . Lion of. an Arta and Cultural Building. _ Irma Kirkpatrick, Executive Secretary of the Drug Action Committee, spoke • in behalf of the funding of the Orange-Chatham-Person Mental Health Center. She outlined the cooperation that existed between the two agencies. Catherine Coolidge, the mother of a handicapped child, urged for :the strong consideration of the funding oP the Orange-Chatham.-Peraen Mental Health Centar. Dan Jacobs, a third year Medical Student, training at the Menial Health '' Center, recited from a statistical report the number of murders and sucides that were .occurring in Gaston County and he staked this county did not make available any Mental Health Facilities. Ke said he had been impressed by what was being accomplished by the local staff and staggered by the long waiting list of those seeking help. '. Steve Cole, representaeive for the Hillsborough Jaycees, stated he had seen the results for the Activity Center and that he was encouraged by what he had witnessed, therefore, he was present to speak in behalf of the Activity Work Center. Margaret Berry stated she had a daughter at tha•Work Activity Center and .that she was present to speak for the continued support of the Orange-Chatham- • Person Mental Health center. Bertha Collins stated she had a handicapped son who worked in the Sheltered Workshop in Durham. She reviewed the affects that his employment had had on him and his .family. She stated °If were going to help anybody, I feel we ought to help those who can't help themselves": ' Martha Baldwin stated she had a son in the Work Activity Workshop and 'she-urged the Board to fund the Orange-Chatham-Person Mental Health CenteF as much as they could see possible. • Walter McDade of Efland spoke in behalf of the Mental Health Budget. .Herman Strayhprn stated he had a thirty-three (33) year old mentally retarded son .and that he had been for ovkr one year taking.he and other persons to work at the Sheltered Workshop in Durham. He stated he wished to speak in behalf _ of the support of a local workshop for the retarded and handicapped children of the community. ' Chairman Walker recognized.A. T. (Sandy) `Hadtaon. Mr. Davison identified himself as one of the Trustees far the Confederate Memorial Library. He stated Lhat the library officials had discovered today that three (3) of the four (4) columns that were supporting the porch of the library had rotted ends ' and were swinging free. From an estimate that had been received it was going to cost approximately 53,000 to make.the needed repairs, therefore, he was revuesting that the budget that had been submitted by the Library be amended to include the additional 53,000.