June 6, 1962 - 7:30 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

June 6, 19621 3Fit width617Meeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonJune 6, 1962The Board of Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in special sessionon June 6, 1962, at 7 30 P M, in the Auditor`s Office, for the purpose of adoptingthe 1962 -1963 budget, with the following members presentH M Johnson, Chairman, J D Bailey, Floyd C Price, Sr, RO Gurley andFrank B HoldingAbsent NoneThe following busim ss was transactedResolution1 Rayford Diver, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Carl Worley, Jr, Trustee, andLloyd Gilbert, Administrator, Johnston Memorial Hospital, presented the followingresolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of Johnston Memorial HogltalUpon motion by Dr Earp,,duly seconded by ter Medlin, the resolution herein-after set forth was unanimously passed by The Board of Trustees of Johnston MemorialHospitalWHEREAS The Board of Trustees are desirous of providing adequate beds andother necessary facilities to be able to meet the demands for hospitalization tothe people the Hospital is serving and thereby alleviate existing and overcrowdedconditions; andWHEREAS some of the ancillary facilities, namely, dietary, boiler plant,nursing stations, etc, need upgrading for the present 128 beds; andWHEREAS there are other physician specialists, namely, orthopedic surgeon,urologist, and ophthalmologist not now on the ,Active Staff, but believed to be need -`ad in the community, and it is not believed that this community can attract thesespecialists here without expanding the facilities to aecomodate more patients; andWHEREAS a Hospital Survey Report master plan has been prepared by an Arch-itect, Mr William Moore Weber A I A, Raleigh, North Carolina, outlining theHospitals utilization and developing a long range planning program; andWHEREAS the Board of Trustees are anxious to provide to this county thefacilities necessary for the best medical care possible;NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDThat the Board of Trustees recommends to The Board of Commissioners, JohnstonCounty, that the present 128 -bed, general hospital be enlarged to a 200 -bed generalhospital, expanding and upgrading the existing facilities and to include out - patientclinic facilities, at an overall estimated cost of 2,600,00000, participatingwith The North Carolina Medical Care Commission under The Hill- Burton Act, as fundsare available, with the local share being 45 per cent of tital costs or 1,170,000It is proposed that the local share of the cost of the expansion project be financedby the issue of hospital bonds not to exceed Nine Hundred Seventy -five ThousandDollars 975,00000, and by use of One Hundred Ninety -five Thousand Dollars,4195,00000 from the operating fund of the hospitalThat the Board of Trustees further recomm Ends that an election be held inJohnston County,- on the 25th day of August, 1962, for the purpose of approving anorder authorizing an issue of hospital bonds of Johnston County in an amount notexceeding Nine Hundred Seventy -five Thousand Dollars, 4975900000The Board of Trustees requests the Board of Commissioners, Johnston County,authorize the Board of Trustees to make formal application or applications on orbefore June 30, 1L962 to The North Carolina Medical Care Commission, necessary toaccomplish this expansion program- -even if in stages - -as Hill- Burton Act funds areavailable2 Order Requesting Hospital Bond ReferendumCommissioner R G Gurley moved that the Board of County Commissioners ofJohnston County concur in the recommendations and proposals of the Board of Trusteesof Johnston Memorial Hospital as contained in resolution adopted by the Board ofTrustees of Johnston Memorial Hospital at their meeting on June 5, 1962 and made apart hereof as if fully set out herein, and ordered that a bond referendum in theamount of 4975,00000 be held in Johnston County on August 25, 1962 to carry outthe provisions in said resolutionCommissioner Frank B Holding seconded themotion, which was carried3 County Library SalariesCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that the annual salaries of the employeesin the County Library in the following form and amounts be approvedSalary- Chief Librarian # 2,48600Salary - Asst LibrarianSalary - ClerkSalary - ClerkSalary - ClerkExtra HelpJune 6, 1962 Cont1,762502,820002,700002,1600034500Commissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried4 Annual Audit Contract be Awarded Daniel G MatthewsCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that the 1961 -62 annual audit be awardedDaniel G Matthews Certified Public Accountant, Smithfield, North Carolina for acontract price of 6300000 and covers the following departmentsDescriptionAmountCounty of Johnston, Clerk of Superior Court1265including Domestic Relations Court80000Justices of the Peace Audit - Criminal Records40000Rural Fire Protection Funds39000All Funds of Johnston County including the GeneralBensonmicroFund, General Welfare Fund, Debt Service Fund,72Sinking Fund, Public Library Fund, Health Dept,20Hospital Revolving Fund, Public Law Library, Tax170Supervisor, Register of Deeds, Sheriffs Dept,ClevelandJailer, Treasurers Office and Tax CollectorsOffice this price does not include the runningFurther ordered that theand held by him in theof addint machine tapes on delinquent real andwith Wpersonal property tax receipts or any auditingof Deedsprocedures necessary to determine if all taxof the Registeradoption of thereceipts are accou0ted for150000Commissioner300000Commissioner Floyd C Price, Sr seconded the motion, which was carried5 Transfer of Funds to Agricultural Building FundUpon the recommendation of 4V H Britt, Auditor, Commissioner R G Gurleymowed that all assets in the Sinking Fund account be transferred to the AgriculturalBuilding fund, as provided in Chapter 798 of 1961 Session Laws of North CarolinaCommissioner JD Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried6 Adoption of BudgetCommissioner Floyd C Price, Sr moved that the following resolution be adoptedtWhereas, 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 fiscal year 1962 -63;Now therefore, be it ordered that the county and school budgets for the year1962 -63 be accepted tentatively and the tax rate for the year 1962 -63 be acceptedtentatively at the tax rate of 170, which is distributed as followsGeneral Fund19Special Purpose Funds1265General Welfare Fund2Debt Service0385Revaluation075SchoolsBensonmicroGeneral72Vocational20TOTAL170and approves an additional levy of District Special School Tax as follows;Clayton25Pine Level25KealySelmaSmithfield2525PrincetonWilsons Mills202520Corinth Holders 25Archer LodgeBensonmicro20Glendale25Meadow252020Cleveland25Further ordered that theand held by him in thebudget be filedwith WG Massey, Registerof Deedsofficetwenty days pending the finalof the Registeradoption of theof Deedsbudgetfor public inspection forCommissionerR G Gurley seconded the motion, whichwas unanimouslyadopted619June 6, 1962 ContIOn motion made and seconded, it was moved that the meeting be recessed to r3meet on June 14, 1962, at 300 P M, for the purpose of receiving bids for the air -tconditioning of the Health Center Office;4