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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS August 2, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, August 2, 1976, at 10:00 a. m. in the Commissioners Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners ~ Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Richard Whiffed. i - Members absent were none. Others present were 5. M. Gattis, County Administrator, Neal Evans, Finance Director ;, Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the Board, and Jeff Gledhill, County Attorney. A. B. Coleman, Jr., was present for part of the meeting. The Chairman referred to Item I: Persons not on this agenda having business to transact with the Board of Commissioners should make their presence known at this Time. Mr. Thomas Bumphus of State Road 1722 filed with the Board peti- tions requesting the Department of Transportation to extend SR #1722. Upon motion of Commissioner Walker., seconded by Commissioner Whitted, it was moved and adopted that the petitions be forwarded to Mr. Sam Jones, District Engineer, with the request that SR #1722 be reviewed. The Clerk was so instructed. Mr. David Squires of Cheeks Township stated that he was not listed on the Agenda and that he was present to discuss with the Commissioners a chicken house problem that existed near his residence. Hortense Dickson, Orange County Tax Collector, filed with the _. Board a Report of Tax Lien Sale which stated that a sale of Tax Liens for 1975 was held on Monday, June 7, 1976, at 12 o'clock noon at the Courthouse, with Orange County being the sole purchaser of all tax liens for the amount shown plus interest and cost to the date of sale, with the exception of two tax liens sold to private purchasers as listed below: Eno Township Brigadoon Park - 2 Lloyd - Map 22-51D Sold to Mrs. E. T. Broadway $7.95 Hillsborough Township Unknown - 1 lot - Map 9-0-4 Sold to Earl Hayden $44.78 Mrs. Dickson also filed with the Board a Report of 1975 uncol- lected taxes as of June 3D, 1976: Lien Sales Certificates $265,65D.96 Insolvents 29,560.96 This report did nit reflect $1,616.98 in partial payments made on insolvents. •- The Chairman referred to Item XVI: Will the Board of Commis- sioners approve a policy of not computing property tax bills that amount to less than one dollar? The Tax Supervisor desires to institute a policy of not pre- paring tax bills that amount to less than one dollar. Several counties follow this procedure. The Tax Supervisor reviewed this question with our auditors and they suggested it would be a desir- able procedure to follow. The County's direct cast (postage, envelopes, computer service charges for processing, etc.) should far exceed the estimated tax loss this procedure will incur. The County Manager recommends this practice be instituted. Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted that tax bills amounting to less than