May 17, 1966 - 2:00 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Recessed)

May 17, 1966 - Recessed1 2Fit widthtMeeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonMay 17, 1966The Beard of County Commissioners of Johnston County met in special session on May 17, 1966 inthe court room at 2;00 P M, for the purpose of opening bids and awarding contracts fttt, the extensionof water and sewer lines from the corporate limits of the Town-of Smithfield to the Sylvania Products,Inc plant, with the following Commissioners presentH« M Johnson, Chairman, J D Bailey, Frank B Holding, Jesse N, Austin, Jr, and Norman C,BenningAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1, Bids Water and Sewer LinesThe following bids for the baying of water and sewer lines from the corporate limits of the Townof Smithfield to the Sylvania Products, Inc plant, consisting of1 400 L Fplus f min s 16hater and Accessories2 16a0 L Fplusminus12Water and Accessories3 5600 L Fplusminus6Water, Main and ,Accessoriesaccording to plans and specifications submitted by Ragsdale, Engineers, Smithfield, N C, were receivedand tabulated as followsThe awarding of contracts was deferred pending further study and investigation of the foregoingproposals2 Tax Com laint Mrs Kenneth Ta bor Stanley Motorsl IncSubsequent to a t ax complaint of Mrs Kenneth Taylor whereby Mrs Taylor and others are heldresponsible for an amountof 106233, representing taxes, interest and oasts due Johnston County forthe gears 1955, 1956, and 1957 assessed against Stanley Motors, Inc,, covering one lot valued at0000 and,personal property, Commissioner Holding moved that the County accept 675,09, an amountless accrued interest of 38724, as payment in full of taxes for the years 1955, 1956 and 1957 assessedagainst lot of Stanley Motors, Inc,, located on North 2nd Street, Town of Smithfield, in view oflitigation as tax foreclosure suit was begun in 1959 and answer to said suit was filed denying liability,Commissioner Austin seconded the motion, which was carried,3 Widening Farm Path Count Rome Pro ertAfter hearing a request from Boyce A Starling,, Agent for C C Mangum, Inc, Commissioner Holdingmoved that C C Mangum, Inc be granted, the right and privilege to crown, clay, maintain and widen toa width of 17 feet farm path, on the County Home property beginning at a point on S R # 1503 and leadsto the Munden farm for the purpose of enabling said C C Mangum, Inc, to remove sand from the Mundenfarm, subject to W G Massey, Clerk, ascertaining that no damages for granting this request will inureto the County, -Commissioner Denning seconded the motion, which was carried4 Princeton Development Ca orationThe following letter of the Princeton Development Corporation was presented to the Board by MrR A Oliver, Jr, and Mr, Melvin Edwards,, of Princeton May 175 1966Mac Henry JohnsonChairman Johnston County Board CommissionersSmithfield, North Carolina,Bear Mr, JohnsonOur President, Mr Carl, R Gurley, met with you during your regular meeting in April of 1964 andrequested assistance from the County in installing vater and sewer facilities to an industrial siteadjoining the town limits of Princeton The cost of these facilities total 9,703,00, evidenced byRogers Construction Companies letter of proposed change dated march 26, 1964 and approved by Boney andNewcome, engineers, A copy of this was furnished you with our letter dated April 6, 1964,Installation of these facilities was made during improvements to our municipal system with proceedsfrom a prior Bond Issue, We have paid the town for 1 portion of the cast incurred in this project,Our ,present situation is as follows1 We own a five acre tract of land adjoining the town limits of Princeton, N C with waterand sewer available2, We have a firm cram ,mittment from the Business Development Corp of N C for a 90,000 loansubject to our ability to supply additional funds for a proposed plant,17, 1966 Cont3 We have a contract with Carrol V Singleton of Henderson, N C for the constructionof a sixteen thousand square Foot building to house a sewing plant4 We have a lease agreement with Princeton Manufacturing Co,, Inc for the proposedbuilding guaranteed in writing by Dobi e Originals, Inc of New York5 We need additional capital to provide our equity an the buildingWe propose to sign the contracts and hereby petition you, as the governing body of the county, toassist -ns to whatever extent you can on the cost of water and sewer provided for this projectThe contract price of the plant is 116,989 and an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 worth of machinerywil 1 be installed upon, completionYour favorable consideration will be appreciatedFours very truly,R A Oliver, JrSecretary TreasurerAfter discussing the problem confronting the Princeton Development Corporation, action was deferredpending Mr Olivers bringing to the Board at their next meeting a break - down of the cost incurred bythe Corporati