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278 Minutes of the Board of Ccmmissioners August 6, 1962 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, August 6, 1962, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' room at the courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C. Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Clarence Jones and Donald McDade. Members absent: Commissioner Henry Walker. The minutes of the previous meetings were read by the Clerk and approved by the Board. The following department officials presented reports for the month of July 1962: Casbe Boggs, Dog Warden E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court Jim Wight, Welfare.Superintendent C. D. Knight, Sheriff and Welter Wrenn, Veterans Officer V Commissioner McDade reported that be accompanied Bill Windham of Efland to Raleigh and that their meeting with Governor Sanford concerning Mr. Windham right of way problem was encouraging. Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Jones, and unanimously adopted, Willis Knight of Dogwood Acres was appointed to a three (3) year term on the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustments. Mr. Knight's appointment is to effectively immediately. The Clerk was instructed to notify J. T. Dobbins, Chairman of said Board of Adjustment of this appointment. Chairman Stanford read a letter from Barry Winston, Attorney, from Chapel Hill, N. C. Mr. Winston requested that he be considered for the position of Solicitor of the Orange County Recorder's Court when the time of appointment of this position arrives'in December of this year. Chairman Stanford read the letter of resignation received from Walter Wrenn, Director of Orange County's Civil Defense Program. Mr. Wrenn's resignation is to become effectively immediately. Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Jones, and unanimously adopted, action to appoint a new Civil Defense Director was tabled. Chairman Stanford read a letter from Charles B. Turner,. Administrative Assistant of the Planning Board of Chapel Hill and Its Environs. This letter advised the Board of Commissioners that the term of Walter Spearman is currently expiring and requested that this facancy be filled. No action was taken on this request. Chairman Stanford read a letter from Mrs. B. B. Forrest, Chairman of the Orange County Planning Board. This letter reviewed the activities of said Planning Board during the past year. The Tax Supervisor reported on the investigations that be and the County Attorney had been making on all the companies who bad submitted bids for the re-appraisal and mapping to be done in Orange County. It was their recommendation that the bids submitted by American Air Survey and Associate Surveys be accepted. A discussion ensured concerning these bids. Upon motion of Commissioner McDade, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted, the bid of $21,200.00 of American Air Surveys for the mapping of county property was accepted. Upon motion of Commissioner McDade, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted, the bid of $52,$00.00 of Associate Surveys for the re-appraisal of county property was accepted. Jim Wight, Welfare Superintendent, brought to the attention of the Board that the vacancy created by the resignation of Harold Webb bad been filled by Sherman Shelton. The unexpired term will run until July of 1961. . The County Attorney brought to the attention of the Board the problems which now exist in the disposal of property encumbered by assistance liens. He requested that a committee be appointed to investigate these cases and that this committee be given the authority to make the decisions necessary to settle these matters in a manner that would be of the beat interest of the county. Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Jones, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Be it resolved that the County Accountant, the Director of Public Welfare and the County Attorney be and the same are hereby appointed and constituted a committee to investigate in appropriate cases and principally in cases where assistance liens in favor of the County are in effect against property of deceased assistance recipie. means of collecting or settling such liens and said committee is delegated the power