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MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 7 FACE 55 October 2, 1967 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, October 2, 1967 at ten o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, Commissioners William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith, Ira A. Ward and Henry S. Walker. Members Absent: None The minutes of the previous meetings were read by-S. M. Gattis, acting clerk, and approved. Upon motion of Commissioner Ward, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted that Roy Cole, Attorney from Chapel Hill, be appointed as judge of the County Recorders Court to fill the unexpired term of W. Marshall Smith who resigned from this position and that the salary of four hundred dollars ($400.00) per month be established as compensation for said position. Commissioner Ward reported on the progress being made in the survey of the boundary lines between Durham and Orange Counties. He stated that maps would be made available sometime in October. The following letter of resignation was submitted by C. T. Kaylor, Chairman of the Orange County Planning Board: "I think it only fair to the Commissioners to tell you that in the very near future I am going to have to give up my work with the Planning Board. Early in 1968, I will probably be out of state for several months in connection with my work at the medical school. So the Commissioners Should begin now to look for someone to replace me on the Board. So far as I know, I can stay on duty until January; this ought to give the planning board time to come up with specific recommendations on the still-unfinished subdivision regulations as well as multifamily units. If you could, at your early convenience, find someone as my replacement it would perhaps give him time to be with us and observe how the. Board has been working. (Hopefully, he won't be too disillusioned.) Let me know, please, when you are seriously considering someone so the planning board, too, can know about him because, after all, they have to work with him. It was decided that the public hearing on the question of creating the Dogwood Acres Sanitary District would be held at the home of George Spranzy on Thursday, November 9, 1967 at 7:30 p.m. The following letter from the Health Planning Council for Central North Carolina was presented by Chairman Bennett: "In a letter dated April 47 1967 the Orange County Board of Commissioners requested Health Planning Council to review and respond to the proposed Orange- Person County Mental Health Program. We have now received a copy of the proposal from Dr. J. Wilbert Edgerton, and have given it thorough and careful consideration. I am happy to report that the Board of Directors of Health Planning Council, meeting on September 6, 1967, unanimously approved and endorsed the proposal. We were struck by its comprehensiveness and the careful attention which has been given to the organizational structure of this two-county venture. We believe that it has every possibility for successfully delivering a much needed service to the people in these two counties, with excellent prospects for expanding the service area to include still another county. In the discussion, members of the Council made w-number of suggestions for the improvement of the plan. The Board also expressed the hope that there would be deliberate liaison between the Orange-Person program and that of the Durham Mental Health Authority. The proximity of the two agencies seemed to offer con- siderable potential for mutual benefit. These suggestions have been discussed with Dr. Edgerton. We will watch with considerable interest the development and implementation of the proposal, and assure you of our continuing readiness to be of assistance in this and all other health projects which might arise." Chairman Bennett was authorized to sign the following contract between Orange County and Wachovia Bank & Trust Company: