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Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners 333
<br />February 3, 1964
<br />The orange county Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, February 3, 1964,
<br />at 10:00 o'clock A.M., in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C.
<br />Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey Bennett, Gordon Cleveland,
<br />Carl M. Smith, and Henry S. Walker.
<br />Members absent: None
<br />Commissioner Cleveland, Chairman df the committee appointed on December 2, 1963, for the
<br />purpose of attempting to break the poverty cycle in North Carolina, present@d the proposals which
<br />were jointly being submitted by the counties of Orange and Chatham to the North Carolina Fund.
<br />Commissioner Cleveland assured the Board that no binding commitment of the Orange County Board
<br />of Commissioners had been made in said proposal.
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted,
<br />Chairman Stanford was authorized to sign said proposal to the North Carolina Fund on behalf of
<br />Orange County.
<br />Two representatives from the Eno Fire District were present and requested that the County
<br />enter into a contract with said district for the purpose of being able to obtain lower fire insurance
<br />rates for the citizens of said area. The County Attorney was asked to formulate a contract.
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Smith, and. unanimously adopted,
<br />Orange County was authorized to enter into a contract with the Eno Fire Protection District at a fee
<br />of $10.00 per.month for the next six (6) months.
<br />E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court, again brought to the attention of the Board the matter of the
<br />additional work involved in his office due to the increase of the Recorder's Court docket and the
<br />additional terms of Superior Court. Due to this situation, Mr. Lynch requested that he be authorized
<br />to employ another deputy Clerk of Superior Court. No action was taked on said request.
<br />The Superintendent of County Schools and the members of the Orange County Board of Education
<br />met in Joint session with the Board of County Commissioners for the purpose of appointing a member for
<br />the A. B. C. Board. -----
<br />IIpon motion of Delmar Brown, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, and unanimously adopted, Dr. V
<br />D. D. Carroll was re-appointed to a three (3) year term on the County A. B. C. Board; said term to
<br />begin at the expiration of his present term.
<br />The following department officials presented reports for the month of January, 1964:
<br />Jim Wight, Welfare Director
<br />E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court
<br />Thomas E. Bivins,Veterans Service Officer
<br />Betty June Hayes, Register of Deeds
<br />Burch Compton, Civil Defense Director, presented to each member of the Board a copy of
<br />Orange Count Operational Survival Plan. The Board had authorized the publication of said plan. Mr.
<br />oo__nd tha with the is=n of said plan, Orange-County now has met the requirements to
<br />become a part of the States Civil Defense Program. The Board complimented Mr. Compton on his diligent
<br />efforts in.completing said plan.
<br />John Henry Williams of Route #1, Chapel Hill, N. C., along with a delegation from the White
<br />Cross area, asked that the Board recommend to the State Highway Commission that road #1951 from the
<br />Chatham County line be paved. Mr. Williams stated that a road petition had been previously filed.
<br />The Board assured Mr. Williams that such recommendation would be forwarded to the State Highway
<br />Commission.
<br />H. H. Ivey of Route #1, Chapel Hill, N. C, was present and requested that.road #1950 be con-
<br />sidered.for paving and/or improvements. Chairman Stanford informed Mr. Ivey that a petition most be
<br />secured for said road, and that only then could the Board act on his request.
<br />Jim Wight, Welfare Director, presented his semi-annual report and two blind aid cases.
<br />Remus Smith, Sr.,.Chairman of the A. B. C. Board, presented their report for the last six
<br />months of operation, ending December 31, 1963.
<br />George Watts Hill, Acting Chairman of the Community Health Organization Committee, and George
<br />M. Stockbridge, Executive Secretary of said Committee were present. The following letter was presented
<br />along with a booklet setting forth the proposal for a Regional Health Planning Council:.
<br />"RE: HEALTH PLANNING COUNCIL FOR CENTRAL NORTH CA..OLINA
<br />Attached is a "Proposal for a Regional Health Planning Council"
<br />as prepared by the Community Health Organizational Committee by direction
<br />of the Durham Chamber of Commerce.
<br />On page 5 of the booklet on Income Budget is suggested of 710,000 each
<br />from Government, Health Interests,- aCororations and Individuals. We
<br />have informal but valid assurances that the funds suggested of Health Inter-
<br />ests will be available on a matching basis; $4,450 in cash ha,s been collected
<br />from Corporations and Individuals, also on a matching basis. We will meet
<br />that `10,000 goal.
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