June 25, 1963 - 1:00 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

June 25, 1963 - Special1 2Fit widthMeeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstoniJune 25, 1963The Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in special sessionat 100 P M, June 25, 1963, in the Auditors Office for the purpose of completing the1963 -1964 budget, with the following members presentH M Johnson, Chairman, J D Bailey, Frank B Holding, Norman C Denning andJesse H Austin, JrAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Switchboard Welfare DepartmentSubsequent to W G Massey, Clerk, apprising the Board of circumstances involvedin removing the telephone switchboard in the Welfare Department, which it had beendetermined was under contract with the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company for aperiod of five years, effective March 2, 1962, W G Massey was directed to requestMr Grimmer, Manager of the local Telephone Company, to make a survey to determineactual telephone needs of the Welfare Department2 Tax Rate for Special School DistrictsCommissioner Norman C Denning moved that a tentative special school tax rate of25¢ for the year 1963 -64 be set for the Clayton, Cleveland, Glendale, Corinth Holders,and Wilsons Mills school districts, and that a 20¢ tax rate set for the school districtsof Selma, Smithfield, Benson, Micro, Pine Level, Princeton, Kenly, Archer Lodge, andMeadowCommissioner Frank B Holding seconded the motion, which was carried3 Appointment Courthouse and Grounds CommitteeCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that the courthouse and grounds committee becomposed of Commissioners Austin and Denning, replacing Commissioners Johnson andBaileyiCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion, which was carried4 Fee for Federal Tax LiensCommissioner Frank B Holding moved that a fee of 200 be established for therecording of a federal tax lien and a fee of 200 be established for recording thedischarge of a federal tax lien, as provided by House Bill No 673, enacted by theNorth Carolina General AssemblyCommissioner Jesse H Austin, Jr seconded the motion, which was carried5 Adoption of BudgetCommissioner J D Bailey moved that the following resolution be adoptedWhereas, W H Britt, Auditor, and Evander S Simpson, Superintendent PublicSchools, have presented to the Board their estimated budgets for the County and Schools,respectively, for the fiscal year 1963 -64;Now therefore, be it ordered that the county and school budgets for the year 196364 be accepted tentatively and the tax rate for the year 1963 -64 be accepted tentatively,at the tax rate of 136, which is distributed as followsGeneral Fund 1846Special purpose fund 2323Welfare 2368Revaluation 01Debt Service 045General School 5413Vocational Education 1100Total 136and approves an additional levy of Special School District Tax as followsClayton 25 Pine Level 20 Kenly 20Selma 20, Princeton 20 Corinth Holders25Smithfield 20 Wilsons Mills 25 Four Oaks 20Benson 20 Glendale 25 Meadow 20Micro 20 Cleveland 25Further ordered that the budget be filed with W G Massey, Register of Deeds,and held by him in the office of the Register of Deeds for public inspection for twentyI116June_25,_1463 Contdays pending the final adoption of the budgetCommissioner Jesse H Austin, Jr seconded the motion, which was carriedOn motion made, seconded and carried, it was moved that the meeting be adjourned6Chairman0 -12rk