March 5, 1962 - 11:00 AM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes

March 5, 19621 3Fit widthMeeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonMarch 5, 1962The Board of Commissioners of Johnston County met in regular session on March5, 1962, at 1100 A M, in the Commissioners Room, with the following memberspresentH M Johnson, Chairman, J D Bailey, Frank B Holding and R G GurleyAbsent Floyd C Price, Sr1 Roadsa Commissioner R G Gurley moved that the State Highway Commission be requestedto add to the Johnston County Road System and maintain that certain road describedas followsBeginning at Lena Steads on SR 1143 runs thenceto W J Massengills on SR 1185 and being adistance of 1 milePetition enclosed with this order For reference see Claude A Williams,Four Oaks, N CCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carriedb Luther Worley, of Route # 1, Princeton, acting as spokesman for a group com-posed of 6 citizens requesting improvement of SR 2529 was referred to J I Lynch,District Engineer, for investigationJc The request of Paul Dussault of Selma, N C, R #3, acting as spokesman for agroup of approximately 6 citizens requesting assistance on drainage problem relatingto SR 2307, was referred to J I Lynch, District Engineer, for investigation`d J I Lynch, District Engineer, conferred with the Board on road problemseffecting the county, and reported that no headway was being made on securingright of way agreements for the paving of Roads # 2509 and 2510e The request of W P Daughtry, acting as spokesman for a group of threecitizens, requesting improvement of SR 2514 was referred to J I Lynch, DistrictEngineer, for investigationf Commissioner J D Bailey moved that the State Highway Commission be requestedto investigate the hard - surfacing of that certain road in Pleasant Grove Township,described as followsBeginning at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, runs thenceto White Memorial Presbyterian Church, and is known asSR 1536, being a distance of 17 milesPetition enclosed with this order For reference see Mrs Thelma W StephensonRoute # 1, Willow Springs, N Cg Mr Worth Johnson, of R#3, Four Oaks displayed pictures of Road No 1160 whichhe wished the Board to discuss and consider as the road needed to be straightenedand hard - surfaced Mr Johnson explained that it would be difficult to secureright of way agreements for this road, but that he intended taking the request tothe Governor and Mr Joyner, and would appreciate the Board giving his ideas ofthis road serious consideration in the meantimeW G Massey, Clerk, was requested to send a copy of Mr Johnsons requeststo J I Lynch, District Engineer, for his consideration2 Law EnforcementMr Worth Johnson, of R#3, Four Oaks filed a written request, requesting thatthe Board ask or have the Sheriff and all his deputies and all township constablesto bring or carry everything to the courthouse that is taken or captured by saidofficers that is used in any small or large for the purpose of manufacturing liquor,that said material be sold at public auction and the funds so derived be used inthe school funds of Johnston CountyAction was deferred on this request3 Antioch Fire DepartmentS J Hinton, R #l, Middlesex, representing Antioch Fire Department, filed averbal request for a loan of 10J000 for said fire departmentCommissioner R G Gurley moved that a loan of 100000 be made to theAntioch Fire Department applicable to the months of March through December withregular payments of 10000 per month to begin January 1, 1963, subject, however,to W R Britt, County Attorney, and W H Britt, Auditor, determining that the589March 5, 1962 Contthat the deed from S J Hinton and others to the Antioch Fire Department had beendrawn and filed in the Register of Deeds Office as other requirement9 had been metand approved by R G Gurley, Johnston County Fire Commissioner, as contained inagreement executed by R G Gurley, Fire Commissioner, and others,- dated February23, 1961 and,on -file in the office of w H Britt, AuditorCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried4 Archer Lodge Fire DistrictCom issioner R G Gurley introduced the following resolution and moved thatit be adoptedResolution Designating the Boundaries of the Archer LodgeFire DistrictWhereas at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of JohnstonCounty, convened and held on Monday, March 5, 1962, the matter of fixing and declar-ing the boundaries of the Archer Lodge Fire District was duly presented to theBoard; and it appearing to the Board that the Archer Lodge Fire Department hascomplied with the provisions of resolution providing for the establishment of firedistricts in Johnston County, which was duly adopted by the Board of County Commiss-ioners on October 3, 1955; has met the minimum requirement for personnel and equip-ment required by said reslution, and is receiving financial assistance from theCounty, and the Archer Lodge Fire District having been fixed and established bymetes and bounds, and duly submitted to the County Board of Commissioners forapproval;Now, therefore, be it resolved that the boundaries of the Archer Lodge FireDistrict to be served by the Archer Lodge Fire Department be officially designatedand fixed as followsBoundariesBeginning at a point 1 on 1720 Highway 05 miles south of intersection of1700 and 1720; thence in a northerly direction to point 2 on Highway 1700, about05 mile east of intersection of 1700 and 1720; thence to a point 3 on Highway1720, about 05 mile o th of Intersection of 1700 and 1720; thence in a northerlydirection to a point ?4 on Highway 1741, about 04 mile south of intersection of1742 and 1741; excluding all property on roads, 1720, 1741 and 1748 between points3 and 4; thence in a northerly direction to a point 5 on 1742, about 04 milenortheast of intersection of 1741 and 1742; thence in a northerly direction to apoint 6 on Road # 1716, about 02 mile east of intersection of 1701 and 1716;thence in a northwesterly direction on Road # 1702, to a point 7, about 02 milenorth of intersection of 1701 and 1716; thence in a northwesterly direction to apoint 8 on Road # 1003, about 01 mile north of intersection of 1003 and 1716;thence in a westerly direction to a point 10 on 1715, about 05 mile northeastof intersection of 1715 and 1700; excluding all property on road 1715 betweenpoints 9 and 10; thence in a westerly direction to a point 11 on Highway 1714,about 05 north of intersection of 1714 and 1700 ; thence in a southerly directionto a point 12 on 1700, about 04 mile west of intersection of 1714 and 1700;thence in a southerly direction to a point 13 on Highway 1706, about 21 mileswest of intersection of 1706 and 1700; thence in a southerly direction to a point14 on Highway 1705 }}; about 24 miles south of intersection of 1700 and 1705; thences e c ° hlal 8 a 7 ¢ i? 0 y °? l i? ? w o?ggiiUrsec ton of miles 1704 ando n eisection o n , a out 0, mile s u o in rsac1703; thence in a southeasterly direction to a point 17 at the intersection ofhighways 42 and 1003; thence in a northerly direction to a point 18 on Highway1735 , about 02 mile east of intersection of Highway 1003 and 1735; thence in anortheasterly direction to the point of beginningCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried5 North Carolina Association of County CommissionersW G Massey, Clerk, was directed to write Mr R B Jordan, Jr, Presidentof North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, at Troy, N C and adviseMr Jordan that though the Board appreciated the fine services being rendered byMr Alex McMahon, Secretary and General Counsel of the North Carolina Associationof County Commissi ners, that they did not look with favor of any increase in theassessment of the county to provide for additional personnel in Mr McMahons officedue to stringent bugetary commitments6 Associated Surveys, Inc Progress ReportUpon the recommendation of W H Britt, Auditor, it was moved that AssociatedSurveys, Inc be paid 382500, representing progress made by them in their appra-isal work, as contained in Progress Report No 2, which is on file with W HBritt, AuditorCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried4?,OI1March 5, 1962 Cont7 Payment W R Britt Pleasant Grove Community BuildinCommissioner J D Bailey moved that 10000 be appropriated from the contin-gent fund and transferred to the miscellaneous account of general government forthe purpose of paying William R Britt, County Attorney, 10000 for preparationof by -laws, conferences and public meetings in connection with Pleasant GroveCommunity Building and also mimeorgraphing approximately 50 copies of by -lawsCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was carried8 Civil DefenseW R Jiggs Broadwell filed a written report on the activities of the CivilDefense Program Said report was ordered filed with W G Massey, Cleric9 Johnston County Board of EducationCommissioner J D Bailey moved that the action by the Johnston County Boardof Education in obtaining an option probably to be followed by the purchase of 30acres of land from Mr and Mrs A F Bowen on the west side of Highway 301, justnorth of Oak Grove Inn, for the sum of #18,000 be approvedCommissioner R G Gurley seconded the motion, which was carried10 Johnston County Health DepartmentDr Robert D Phillips apprized the Board of the activities and problems con-fronting the Health Department emphasizing the dental plan program for the countyand extended them an invitation to attend a meeting of the Board of Health at800 P M on March 20, 1962, at which time important phases of the health programwould be discussed11 -- Availability of LotWilliam B Wellons, Attorney, advised the Board of the availability to pur-chase lot on Highway 301, approximately 2 acres in size, for the location of theproposed agricultural building12 Boarding HomeCommissioner Frank B Holding acquainted the Board with proposed plans forrepairing floors at the Boarding Home whereby the water pipes would be placedabove the floor level Authority was given Commissioner Holding to proceed accord-ing to his plans1-3 Delinquent Tax R J NobleW G Massey, Clerk, was directed to call to the attention of W R Britt tax problem of Richard J Noble, represented by A M Noble, his father14 Water Equipment CompanyOrdered that later equipment Company be paid 6187, representing repairsand labor on water pump at the Produce Market15• ReportsThe following reports were filed with the Board;T L Upchurch Tax CollectorAssistant Home Economics AgentH F Palmer Negro Agricultural AgentAssistant Agricultural AgentM W Knott Electrical inspectorMrs Willye Wright Assistant County LibrarianD R Clifton JailerOn motion made, seconded and carried, it was moved that the meeting berecessed, subject to callanCI