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BOOK 6 PACE 6 42 <br />MINUTES pF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />June 15, 1967 <br />The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina <br />met in adjourned session in the basement of the orange Savings & Loan <br />Building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Thursday, June 15, 1967 at <br />8:00 o'clock P.M. <br />Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners <br />William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith, Henry S. Walker and Ira A. Ward. <br />Members Absent: None <br />Lucius M. Cheshire, County Attorney, and Phillip Green, Assistant <br />Director of the Institute of Government were present. <br />Discussion ensued concerning a ruling which had been issued by <br />Judge Farthing from the Orange County Superior Court relative to the <br />zoning suit which had been filed against the County. The Board felt <br />it would be advisable to confer with A: B. Coleman, Jr., opposition <br />counsel, to see if Mr. Coleman would agree to a hearing without a <br />jury trial and if same could not be arranged then it was agreed that <br />the issue should be resolved at the next term of Superior Court. <br />There being no further business to come before the Board said <br />meeting was adjourned to meet again on Monday, June 19, 1967 in <br />the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. <br />Harvey D. Bennett <br />Chairman <br />Betty June Hayes, Clerk <br />S. M. Gattis, Actfing Cleknk <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />MINUTES OF TEE ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />June 19, 1967 <br />The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina <br />met in adjourned session in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse <br />in Hillsborough, N. C. on Monday, June 19, 1967 at 8:00 o'clock P.M. <br />Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners <br />William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith, Henry S. Walker and Ira A. Ward. <br />Jefferson Strickland, Community Services Consultant, presented <br />to the Board his letter of resignation effective July 1, 1967. <br />Chairman Bennett,in behalf of the Board, thanked Mr. Strickland <br />for the services and interest which he had rendered to the County <br />and expressed regret concerning Mr. Strickland's resignation. <br />Dr. Bill Hollister and Dr. J. Wilbert Edgerton were present <br />and presented a proposed Mental Health Program and a proposed budget <br />of $10,000.00 annually for the first five years of said program. <br />Emphasis were placed upon the need for such a mental health program <br />and attention was called to the fact that professional help could <br />be secured for this program from the professional staff of the <br />University. <br />There being no further business to come before the Board said <br />meeting was adjourned to meet again on Monday, June 26, 1967 at 8:00 <br />P.M. to begin budget hearings. <br />Harvey D. Bennett <br />Chairman