March 17, 1958 - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

3Fit width?Y9_l LMeeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonMarch 17, 1958The Board of County Commissioners sitting as a Board of Equalization andReview and acting in their capacity as the governing body of Johnston Countyreconvened in special session in the court room; on March 17, 1958, with thefollowing members presentH M Johnso4, Chairman, J D Bailey, R G Gurley , Floyd C Price andFrank B HoldingAbsent NoneThe following business was transactedBoard of Equalization and ReviewNo complaints were filed in person However, W H Britt, Tax Supervisor,reported that he had on hand several petitions, requesting review and equilizationwhich he would present to the Board at a later dateThere being no further business, the meeting was recessed, subject to call 1Board of County Commissioners1 At the request of the Johnston County Agricultural Building Planning Committeeapproximately 200 representative citizens of the county appeared before the Board,requesting the erection of an agricultural buildingJ Noah Williams, Chairman of the Johnston County Planning Committee, acted as Pmaster of ceremonies and introduced the following persons who spoke briefly on theneed for an agricultural building, stressing mainly the need for enlarged quarters, Sconference rooms, storage space, curb market, parking facilities, convenience of thepeople and efficiency of agricultural personnelM A Morgan Former County AgentZeb Hill Past President Johnston County Farm BureauMrs Melvin Lynch President County Council Home Demonstration ClubsMrs Frances Lynch President Selma Home Demonstration Club and DirectorJohnston County Livestock MutualG T Scott Chairman County ASC committeeW Addie Flowers Farmer Beulah TownshipC W Warrick Soil Conservation ServiceDonnell Stancil President Johnston County Farm BureauMrs Victor Penny Curb MarketJohn W Mitchiner president Negro Unit Johnston County Farm BureauB A Henry Sheriff, Johnston CountyFollowing these talks, Mr Williams stated that the county had on hand 25,000which had accumulated for the building of an agricultural building and the countyand town of Smithfield were paying about 500000 annually in rents for the housingof various agricultural agencies He asked that the county take necessary stepsat once towards the erection of the agricultural building and submitted a list ofpersons to be appointed by the Board as a planning committeeHarold Creech, Johnston County Agricultural Planning Committee Secretary,submitted a broachure of 102 resolutions from civic, farm and school organizationsendorsing the resolution for agricultural building, signed by approximately 10,000peopleThe meeting was then thrown open for remarks from the floor and the followingspoke briefly on the proposed agricultural building0 B BaLtten Farmer Beulah TownshipD H Stephenson Farmer Wilsons Mills TownshipA T Lassiter Farmer Cleveland TownshipMrs Victor Penny Farmer pleasant Grove TownshipFollowing these remarks, Commissioner R G Gurley stated that he would favoran agricultural building provided the people wanted a bond issue195March 17, 1958 ContCommissioner Floyd C Price stated that he had for many years favored issuingbonds for an agricultural building and regretted that the people had to appearbefore them requesting that they take necessary steps for an agricultural buildingCommissioner J D Bailey asked all of those present to stand if they were infavor of voting bonds for the agricultural building Approximately one -half ofthose present stoodCommissioner Frank B Holding stated that he was not opposed to an agriculturalbuilding but that it appeared to him that the building requested would be costlyand require a bond issue and he did not want the people mislead about the financialaspects of the projectFollowing the hearing, Commissioner R G Gurley moved that the following per-sons be appointed members of the agricultural planning committee to determine sizeand location of building in accordance with the recommendation of the JohnstonCounty Agricultural Planning Committee as submitted by J Noah Williams, ChairmanHenry M JohnsonC W TarltonSara Ann ButtsLeroy JohnsonTom ScottC W WarrickJoe HullLuther Lee0 B BattenZeb Hill, JrMrs Frances LynchSwade Barbour JrC Harold CreechNoah WilliamsCommissioner Frank B Holding seconded the motion, which was unanimouslyadoptedUpon the recommendation of Commissioner R G Gurley, Commissioner Frank BHolding moved that Mrs Lulu A Jolliff, Superintendent Welfare Department, beadded to the Johnston County Agricultural Planning CommitteeCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted2 Mr E P Koonce, Division Engineer, State Highway Commission, gave the follow-ing report on the work and planning of the State Highway Commission relative to andeffecting the countyRoad damage over and above normal winter maintenance at least 300,000 plusIn addition 150,000 were taken from our Bet funds to give to westerndivisionsOrig Gen Bet Allocation 1,004,632, less 15 or 150,694 for emergencies,25,000 for landscape and 30,000 overdrafts cuts our allocation for yeardown to 70,59776We have already allocated to counties 716,000 which leaves us a balanceof about 32,000 in this fund plus 120,000 in secondary Bet or a totalof 152,000, plus a few balances in incomplete W 0 SMr Koonce filed with the Board two maps which gave the following informationRoads already programmed for construction Gen Bet and Secondary BettermentFunds 1957 -58, which total 13 projects and 353 miles These roads are alreadyprogrammed showing an amount of 106,520 already programmed to grade, drain andplace 6 inches of soil on these roads and an amount of 128,500 programmed forretreatmentwork new surface on paved roadsMap No 2 Federal Aid and Secondary Projects completed or still underconstruction not including interstate, which shows four federal aid secondarprojects in the amount of 483,89721 and Federal Aid Prim arp Projects No 2435amounting to 578,04514 and in an amount totalling 1,061,91}265 for FAS and FAPAlso total amount of interstate under construction Benson to Kenly 3,037,230Mr Koonce advised a group of Wilders Township citizens headed by Ed Johnsonof Clayton, N C # 2, who were at the meeting, that the project in which theywere interested would be hard - surfaced this year in accordance with a cournittmentmade by the Highway Commission3 Commissioner Floyd C Price, Sr moved that Frank B Holding be appointed anagent of the County, subject to conferring with W R Britt, acting County Attorney,as to the legal aspects envolved for the purpose of his bidding up to an agreedamount on the Parrish property, located at the corner of Johnson and Second Streets,Town of SmithfieldMarch 17,19,58 ConthillThere being no further business, the meeting was recessed, subject tocallirman