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2~0 The Finance Director stated that the total amount of County monies for the Social Services budget amounted to $665, 145. He stated that the increase this year over last year was very little. The meeting was adjourned. /~ ~/ `~~U/ ~ Richard E. Whitted, Chairman Agatha Johnson, Clerk M2NUTE5 -" ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MAY 11, 1977 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Wednesday, May 11, 1977, at 7:30 p.m., to continue budget hearings for fiscal year 1977-78. The meeting convened in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Donald Willhoit. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator, Neal Evans, Finance Officer, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk. Chairman Whitted stated that the fizst Department the Board would hear from was the Hyconeechee Regional Library. He recognized A. T. Davison, Chairman of the Hyconeechee Library Board. Others from the Hyconeechee Library Board present were Lloyd Osterman, and Cecil Sanford. Mr. Davison informed the Board that the Library Board was request- in an increase for 1977-78 to $117,399. The primary objective for the new fiscal year is to plan, organize, develop, supervise and administer a new library facility in the Town of Carrboro. To support the Carrboro facility, the Library Board is requesting $5,000 from the County for the purchase of books. He stated that the proposed Carrboro Library will be located in the Carr Mill where space has been offered at a cost of less than $3.00 per square foot. The Town of Carrboro is presently working an budgeting of this facility and a sizable amount of money for the library will come from Carrboro. The $5,000 request from the County is contingent upon Carrboro proceeding with plans for the new library. Mr. Davison introduced Mrs. Emma Williams who worked with the Carrboro Library for many years, Mrs. Williams asked that the County support the request for funds to develop the library in the Town of Carrboro. Mayor West, Mayor of the Town of Carrboro, also spoke in support of the library for Carrboro. Other objectives listed by the Library Board were (2) continue to pro- vide traditional book and non-print library services from the Confederate Memorial Library in Hillsborough. (3) continue Extension and Outreach Services from the Orange County Bookmobile. (4) continue to provide Out- reach services to 1) aging, 2) pre-school children, 3) mentally and phyci- cally handicapped, (5) continue the program that provides 16mm films to __ Orange County Schools from the N. C. State Library Film Service, (6) develop as much as possible with existing resources and personnel, the library's present minimum audiovisual services, (7) to develop the "books by mail progran-," a service to rural patrons, ($) assist architect with planning a new Confederate Memorial Library in the Grady Brown School, as head- quarters for the Orange County Library. Another primary objective of the Library Board is to bring the library personnel's salary to a reasonal level, and as comparable to the salary paid other library personnel else where in the State. The Library Board asked that a Library Assistant I position, which had been previously funded through CETA fund, be picked up:. Also, a new position of Library Assistant I, Grade 54, was requested. Apart-time position of Library Clerk was requested for the ordering of films for the School System. Mr. Davison stated that the ordering procedure was a long and costly process.