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MINUTES OF ?VECB ff,89 Y BOARD
<br />December 6, 1965
<br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday,
<br />December 6, at ten o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners room at the Courthouse in
<br />Hillsborough, North Carolina.
<br />Members present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, Commissioners William C. Ray,
<br />Henry S. Walker, and Carl M. Smith.
<br />Members absent: Commissioner Gordon B. Cleveland.
<br />The minutes of the previous meetings were read by the Clerk and approved by the
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<br />Chairman Bennett brought to the attention of the Board that his tenure as Chair-
<br />man of the Board expired as of this meeting. Chairman Bennett turned the Chair over
<br />to Sam Gattis, County Administrator, for the purpose of conducting the election for
<br />Chairman of the Board.
<br />Mr. Gattis distributed ballots to each member. Commissioner Bennett was unani-
<br />mously elected to serve as Chairman of the Board for a two-year term.
<br />Mrs. Harden Johnson and a delegation from the Oak Grove Community presented a
<br />request for the paving of SR Road #1117. Chairman Bennett requested that Mrs. John-
<br />son present a road petition to the Clerk and that said petition would be forwarded
<br />to the State Highway Commission.
<br />E. M. Lynch, Clerk of Court, presented a contract for Mrs. Faye Hulet, Court
<br />Reporter. Said contract granted to Mrs. Hulet a salary of $150 per week.
<br />Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Ray, it was moved
<br />and adopted, that Chairman Bennett sign the contract between Orange County and Mrs.
<br />Faye Hulet, Court Reporter.
<br />Paul Siebel, Community Services Consultant, and George E. Levings, County-
<br />Attor-ney, presented to the Board the following Articles of Incorporation of the Commissio
<br />on Economic Opportunity of Orange County, North Carolina, Incorporated.
<br />ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
<br />OF
<br />THE COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF ORANGE
<br />COUNTY, N. C., INC.
<br />(A Non-Profit Corporation)
<br />We, the undersigned natural persons of the age of twenty-one years or more, act-
<br />ing as incorporators for the purpose of creating a non-profit corporation under the
<br />laws of the State of North Carolina, as contained in Chapter SSA of the General Sta-
<br />tutes of North Carolina, entitled "Non-Profit Corporation Act," and the several
<br />amendments thereto, do hereby set forth:
<br />1. The name of the corporation is The Commission on Economic Opportunity of
<br />Ozange County, N. C., Inc.
<br />2. The period of duration of the corporation shall be unlimited.
<br />3. The purposes for which the corporation is organized are:
<br />(a) To guide the development of and coordinate community action programs in
<br />Orange County, N. C., in accordance with and under the provisions of the Economic
<br />Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452) as amended and as may be amended from
<br />time to time; and
<br />(b) To undertake any programs for which funds are provided for the benefit and
<br />general welfare of the People of Orange County, N. C.; and
<br />(c) To be available to serve, and to serve as a designated agent for Orange
<br />(County, the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, the Chapel Hill School Dis-
<br />trict, the Town of Hillsborough, and state or federal governments or agencies there
<br />in promoting the general public welfare; and
<br />(d) To engage in any other lawful activity pursuant to and in furtherance of the
<br />above stated purposes.
<br />4. The corporation is to have no members.
<br />5. Directors of the corporation are to be appointed by the Board of County
<br />Commissioners of Orange County, N. C.
<br />6. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is as fol-
<br />lows:
<br />Orange County Courthouse
<br />Margaret Lane
<br />Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina
<br />The name of the initial registered agent of the corporation at the above address is
<br />Paul Seibel.
<br />7. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors shall b
<br />twenty-eight, and the names and address of the persons who are to serve as directors
<br />until the first meeting of the corporation or until their successors are appointed
<br />and qualified are:
<br />Mr. Billy Walker, Route 1, Hillsborough, North Carolina
<br />Mr. Frank Williams, Route 1, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
<br />Mr. Bobby Joe Miller, Route 1, Hillsborough, North Carolina
<br />Mrs. Floy T. Oldham, Jr., Professional Bldg., Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C.
<br />Rev. A. J. Holman, P. 0. Box 573, Hillsborough, North Carolina
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