May 31, 1960 - 7:30 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)
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Meeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonnMay 31, 1960The Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in specialsession on May 31, 1960, at 730 P M, in the Auditors Office for the purposeof reviewing the 1960 -61 budget, with the following members presentH M Johnson, Chairman, R G Gurley, J D Bailey, Floyd C Price, Srand Frank BHoldingAbsent NoneThe Eollcwing business was transacted1 The following officials appeared before the Board in behalf of their budgetTj requestsNora PSoutherland Clerk of the Superior CourtW I Godwin Judge Johnston County Recordersand Domestic Relations CourtT L Upchurch Tax CollectorC W Tarlton County Farm AgentH F Palmer Negro County Farm AgentWilson Jiggs Broadwell Civil Defense DirectorB A Henry SheriffL P Creech Veterans Service OfficerJ N Creech TreasurerW G Massey Register of DeedsW H Britt Auditor2 A discussion was held with Nora PSoutherland, Clerk of the Superior Court,relative to a plan outlined by the Board at a prior meeting for auditing anddistributing all funds of cases that had accumulated in the Clerk of the SuperiorsCourts office under the late H V Rose, Clerk of the Superior Court, with theassurance by Mrs Southerland that she would cooperate in this work, which wouldbe under the supervision of W H Britt, Auditor3• J Narvin Creech, Treasurer, spoke on behalf of the State Retirement Systemfor the employees of the county4- WG Massey, Clerk, was requested to notify Robert A Spence, Attorney forthe Town of Smithfield, and Joseph H Levinson, Attorney for the Town of Benson,that the Board would hear theca at 300 PM on Monday, June 6, 1960 in connectionwith their requests for a contribution to the Smithfield and Benson Armoriesi5 Commissioner J D Bailey moved that the audit contract for the year 1959-60be awarded to Daniel G Matthews, of Smithfield, N C, at a price off35oco forthe Justices of Peace office; 420000 for the Rural Fire Departments; 123000for the regular county audit, excluding the Clerk of the Superior Courts officeand Johnston Memorial Hospital and the office of the Clerk of the Superior Courtfrom May 7, 1959 to June 30, 1960 at a price of 4000 per day not to exceed,0120000Commissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was adopted6 The appropriations for the 1960 -61 budget were reviewed but no definitedecisions were reachedOn a motion made, seconded and carried, it was moved that the meeting berecessed to meet Wednesday, June 1, 1960, at 3 30 PM, in the Register of Deedsoffice for the purpose of continuing work on the budgetChairmanrk