June 24, 1963 - 3:00 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

June 24, 1963 - Special1 2Fit width113Meeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonJune 24, 1963The Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in special sessionon June 24, 1963, at 300 P M,in the Commissioners Room, for the purpose of continuingits study of the 1963 -64 budget, with the following members presentH M Johnson, Chairman, Norman C Denning, J D Bailey, Jesse H Austin, Jrand Frank B HoldingAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Treasurers OfficeMr W A Wall, Sales Manager, Burroughs Corporation, of Raleigh proposed thepurchase by the Treasurers Office to modernize and improve his bookkeeping systemthe following equipment1 style F 1557 Typing Sensimatic Accounting Machine, with17 memory units 693500Less 8 Governmental Discount 55500Plus North Carolina Sales Tax 19140Total 657140Mr Wall explained the advantages of the machine, and what benefit the countycould expect from its operationAction was deferred2 HospitalCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that the hospital budget as presented beapprovedCommissioner Norman C Denning seconded the motion, which was carried3 Health and Welfare DepartmentsCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that no classiciation change be made in thepersonnel of the Health and Welfare Departments, which would result in salary adjust-ments, during a fiscal yearCommissioner Norman C Denning seconded the motion, which was carried4 LibraryCommissioner J D Bailey moved that the 1962 -63 library budget be amended to showthe acceptance from the state library of a contribution amounting to 113285, and thatit be shown that this amount was disbursed for the purchase of booksCommissioner Jesse H Austin, Jr seconded the motion, which was carried5 Health and Welfare DepartmentsCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that the salary range of professional workersin the Health and Welfare Departments be raised to one grade below the effective rangeJuly 1, 1963, adopted by the North Carolina Merit System Council, and that the clericalworkers in the Health and Welfare Departments be raised to the standard grade effectiverange July 1, 1963, adopted by the North Carolina Merit System Council, and that re-solution adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on May 27, 1963 assigning salaryranges to various classes in the Health and Welfare Departments be amended accordinglyAnd further moved that the two clerical positions in the Health Department bedesignated as Stenographer I and I, and that the seven clerical positions in the WelfareDepartment be designated as Clerk II, Stenographer II, Stenographer I, Typist I, TypistI, Typist I, and Typist ICommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried6 Treasurers OfficeUpon the recommendation of W H Britt, Auditor, Commissioner Frank B Holdingmoved that 30000 be appropriated from the contingent fund and transferrred to theTreasurers fund for the purpose of defraying expenditures incurred in that accountCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried7 Tax Collectors OfficeUpon the recommendation of W H Britt, Auditor, Commissioner Frank B Holdingmoved that 520000 be appropriated from the contingent fund and transferred tothe111-- _- June -24 -1963 _Cont - -_Tax Collectorts fund for the purpose of defraying expenditures incurred in that accountiCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried8 JailCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that 100000 be appropriated from the con-i tingent fund and transferred to the jail fund for the purpose of defraying expenditures,incurred in that accountCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried9 Vocational Education Tax RateCommissioner J D Bailey moved that order of the Board on June 17, 1963 as con-tained in paragraph eight relating to the tentative establishment of a 14¢ tax ratefor vocational education and a 17¢ tax rate for special school districts be rescinded,and that the following motion be inserted in lieu thereofMoved that the vocational education tax rate for the year 1963 -64 be set at 11¢Commissioner Jesse H Austin, Jr, seconded the motion, which was carried10 Schools- Payment Book Room ServicesCommissioner Norman C Denning moved that James A Barbour be paid 10000 forclerical services rendered in book room for the school year 1962 -63; and that Jasper LLewis be paid 10000 for book room services rendered for the quarterCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carriedOn motion made, seconded and carried, it was moved that the meeting be adjournedto 100 P M, June 25, 1963, for the purpose of completing the 1963 -64 budget lChairman— Clericii