June 11, 1959 - 8:00 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

June 11, 19591 2Fit width1Meeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonJune 11, 1959The Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in specialsession on June 11, 1959, at 800 P pi, in the Auditors Office, Courthouse,with the following members present,H M Johnson, Chairman, R G Gurley, Floyd C Price, Sr, J D Bailey andFrank B HoldingAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Commissioner J D Bailey moved that the new equipment bid of MotorolaCommunications and Electronics, Inc, in the amount of 608200 as submitted to theBoard on June 1, 1959 be accepted, with the county retaining the old equipment,and contingent upon the receipt of OCDM Matcning- FundsCommissioner Frank B Holding seconded the motion, which was adopted2 Commissioner J D Bailey moved that the motion adopted by the Board at aspecial meeting on June 9, 1959 namely, t was moved by Mr J D Bailey andseconded by Mr R G Gurley that the county purchase the Thornton Building acrossfrom the courthouse at a price of X42,50000 , be rescindedCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was carried3 Commissioner J D Bailey moved that the county appropriate 4500000 for thepurchase of the Thornton Building, located on the east side of the Johnston CountyCourthouse, owned by Dr Vi E Thornton, of Goldsboro, N CCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted4 After examining and reviewing the dog claims, which were investigated by MrRubert Barbour, Dog Warden, and submitted by W H Britt, Auditor, the followingmotion was adoptedOn a rnotion made by Commissioner Floyd C Price, Sr, seconded by CommissionerR G Gurley, it was moved that the following clai -as filed on account of loss offowls and swine by unknown dogs be paidPerson Date Description Amt Presented_ Amt AllowedR R StanleyR #1 Smithfield 8 -8 -58 27 chickens 2700 1000Geo W HobgoodR #1 Angier B -27 -58 5 pigs 7500 2500VV R LambertR #1 Benson y -3 -58 1 hog 2200 750Myrtle JerniganR #1 Selma 9 -6 -58 12 hens 54 Pullets 8700 2500John H MassengillR #1 Four Oaks 10 -9 -58 10 laying hens 1500 500Landon JohnsonBenson 11 -12 -58 36 rabbits 8674 2500L H StephensonR #1 Willow Springs 11 -21 -58 12 pigs 22000 6000Leslie ParnellR #1 Angier 12 -1 -58• 4 shoats 4000 -D H Johnson JrR#2 Benson 12 -5 -58 2 hogs 4000 1800Eunice F WallR#, Clayton 1 -28 -59 25 hens 4 roosters 4150 1250Rudolph A HowellSmithfield 2 -25 -59 8 wild turkeys 8000 2500Randolph LeeR #2 Four Oaks 3 -3-59 6 roosters 47 hens 10000 2000Raymond E PoundsR #2 Clayton 3 -7 -59 1 calf 7000 2000P D McLambR #1 Clayton 3 -20 -59 100 biddies 1500 500S i, coatsR #2 Clayton 6 -3 -59 11 chicks, 1 henJ A Jackson 12 chickens 1030 500R #2 Clayton 6 -5 -59 45 pullets 4500 15005 Upon the recommendation of W H Rri tt, fuditor, the following motion wasadoptedOn a motion made by Commissioner R G Gurley and seconded by CommissionerFloyd C Price, Ser, it was moved that 32953 be appropriated from the contingent305June 11, 1959 contfund and transferred to the Commissioners Appropriation Account for the purposeof reimbursing that account for expenses incurred j6 Upon the recommendation of W H Britt, Auditor, the following motion was fadopted iOn a motion made by Commissioner R G Gurley, seconded by CommissionerFrank B Holding, it was moved that 5346500 be appropriated from the contingentfund and transferred to the Election Expense Account for the purpose of payingexpenses incurred in that account7 Commissioner R G Gurley moved that the following resolution be adoptedN,hereas, W H Britt, Auditor, and Evander S Simpson, Superintendent PublicSchools, have presented to the Board their estimated budgets for the County andschools respectively for the year 1959 -60;NOW THEREFORE, be it ordered that the county and school budgets for the year195 -60 be accepted tentatively and the tax rate for the year 1959 -60 be set at1 0, which is distributed as followsGeneral County 43General Welfare 23Debt Service County 06General Schools 68Vocational Tax 2o10and approves an additional levy of district special school tax as follows;Clayton 25 {enly 20Selma 25 Glendale 25Sri thf ie ld 25Benson 20Micro 20Pine Level 25Princeton 20Wilsonfs Mills 25FURTHER ordered that the budget filed with WI G Nassey, Register of Deeds,and held by him in the office of the Register of Deeds for public inspection fortwenty 20 days pending the f_rnal adoption of the budgetCommissioner Frank BHolding seconded the motion, which was unanimouslyadopted8 Commissioner J D Bailey moved that all bids submitted for the installationof air conditioning units for the courtroom of the Johnston County courthouse assubmitted on May 19,1959 be rejected, contingent upon the Board receiving bids ata later date, preferably during the winter or early spring for the air conditioningof the courtroomCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was adoptedThere being no further business, the meeting was recessed, subjeetto callZ?irmanActing Clerk