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~2 Etlnutes of the 9osrd of Commiasiorers January 7: 1957 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, met on mondnyr January 7, 1956, at 10 o'clock A, LS, in the Ccmmi ssionrs's' Roan ¢t the Courthouse in Hillsboror N, C, 1.'ember's present: Commissioners Dwight ti, Ray, Claude Pope, Donn ld Stanford end Henry TTalker. G.embers absent: Chairman B. J. Ef. Hobbs In the absence of Chairman Hobber Commissioner Hny Wns elected to serve ns Acting Chairman. She minutes for the meetings held on December' 3rd, December 11th, 1956 sari Jeaunry 3rd 1957 were rend and approved. Don Afathe ran. County Farm Agent: intr~uced Cyrus Green, who is a new Assistant County AF.entr recently eooointed to Work :rith Etr, L'stheson and ESr. BdW1n Horne s. Reoorts sere given by the following depaztmsnt officials: Don lA¢the sons County Farm Agent and Bd 2er'ns s, Assistant County Farm Agent; Hiss Jessie Trowbridge, Hame Demonstration Agent and t?iss Catharine Pritchett, Assistant Hom= Demonstration Agent? ' Ca she Hoggs~ County Dog Plnrdenp FranY. !.'sddryr Delinquent Tax Collector; and F.. Ei, Lynch, Clerk of Court. The iielf¢re Re ~Ort was presented by Commissioner 0nL4er, and the Elegro Farm Agent and Home Demonstration Agent's annual reports were acknowledged. Eir, Tom Rose, To:m moan€er of Chanel Hill, requested that the Beard ¢dopt n resolution which Would permit all of the eligible lair enforcement officers of the County oP Orange to vote on a referendum to detezmine Whether or' not the I~aw Hnforcement Officers' Benefit ¢nd Retirement randy ns it noolies to eligible law enforcement officers of this governmental unity shell be coordinated With the Old-Age erH Survivors Insurance provisions or the Federal Soci¢1 Security Act, Upon motion oT Conmissioner Y7nllcer) seconded by Commissioners the following re eolutlon Was unanimously adopted: ^A resolution by tF.e Board of Cormvi ssioa.rs of the County oT Orange to pr wide for a referendum by the County's eli€ible law enforcement officers under oz'ovislons of Article 2 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes of North Cezolins and under nrovisions of the Governor's °xecutive Order of Decem- ber 17s 1956. Er IT ,li!D IT IS H^PFBY AF.:ALASD by the Hoard of County Commi ssianers of the County of Orange ae follows: Section 1, Thnt the Board of County Commissioners oT the County of Orange hereby npnlies to the Agent de signnted in the Executive Ord err dated December 17, 1956: by the Governor of IJOrth C¢rolinas to ho]d. on !!ay l5s 1957 a referendum to determine Whether or not the Law Enforcement Officers' Benefit and P.etirement Fu:3, as it aonlies to eldgibla lsW enforcement officers of this governmental unity shall be coonlinnted With the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance orovisions of the Federal Social Security Act. Coverage under the Social Security Act will become effective on the 1 day of Januarys 1957, for all eligible law enforcement officers in service on the data that the agreement is executed by the Secretary of Healths Educations and l'le lfexb. Section 2, Thet the Board of County Commissioners oe the County of Orange egreess Sn considera- tion of the acceptance of this ennlcations that it will designate nn election official to serve as such without comnensetion under the supervision oT and in necordance with instrvetions of the Agent of the Gwernoz and that it :;111 notif~ the eligible voters not less then 90 days orior to i:1ny 15, 1957, date of referendum, Section 3. The Heard of County Commissioners of the County of Orange ha. reby agrees to joins for the purpose oT this referendum and retirement system groan, the follordng political subdivisions: The Toren oT Cnrrboros The Town of Chapel Hill and The Toim of Hillsboro." Etr. 5. f. Gattis was authorized to proceed With the election concerning the referendum pertaining to the inw Enforcement Retirement plan. Upon motion of Commissioner Nell.ers seconded tr3 Commissiorex' Stanford and unanimously edopteds it Wns ordered that the law firm oS Graham G F.anson be Fnid $1 s650,00 for arofo ssiannl services rendered, Upon motion of Commissioner Popes seconded by Commissioner Stanford and unanimously ndooteds it Wns ordered that the law firm of Ltitchells Pershin€r Shetterly & Lfitche ll of Hew Yorks be onid 5594,12 for orofe sslonsl services rendered, Comndssioner R°Y gave a summery of his trip to Fayettev111e pert=fining to the Caoe ?ear River Basin Project. The Cie: Y. to £ae Hoard was requested to turn over to Don L3ethe soar Chairman of the Industrial erd Agricultural Commission for Oran g' Countys sll of the literature and materiel concerning this Project, Acting Chnirrsn P.ay read c letter from Anthotry C. Coley Area Reel 3state i".ensger for the Corps of Engineers requesting that Orange Connty ,join With the IJOrth Caroline Department of Conservation nn3 Develeoment in signing s 10 year lease Which provides for the erection of e 120-Toot radio rely touter on Cates mountain, 1 Upon motion o£ Commissioner Pones seconded by Co::^mi ssioner Stariord and unanimous~v pn sseds it