April 24, 1967 - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Recessed)

April 24, 1967 - Recessed1 2Fit widthMeeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonApril 24, 1967The Johnston County Board of Commissioners met in its office in the Courthouse, Monday,_April 24; 1967, with the following members presentH M Johnson, Chairman, NormanC Denning, Adam J Whitley, Jr, J D Bailey andFrank B HoldingMembers absent NoneMThe following business was transacted1 Auditing Contracts - Daniel G Matthews, CPACommissioner Holding moved that Daniel G Matthews, CPA, be awarded the contracts forauditing the 1966 -67 County Accounts set out as followsAll funds of Johnston County, including General Fund, General Welfare Fund, Debt ServiceFund, Sinking Fund, Public Library Fund, Health Department, Hospital Revolving Fund, Public LawLibrary Fund, Tax Collector, Tax Supervisor, Register of Deeds, Sheriff s Department, Jailorand Treasurers office 184000Rural Fire Protection FundsClerk of Superior CourtJustice of the Peace AccountsTOTAL360006000030000 310000Commissioner Bailey seconded the motion, which carried unanimously2 Hospital Addition - Psychiatric UnitLloyd Gilbert, Administrator of Johnston Memorial Hospital came before the Board andverbally reported the progress being made by the Board of Trustees and the Mental HealthAuthorities towards the addition of the twenty 20 bed psychiatric unit to the presenthospital Mr Gilbert suggested that some person be appointed as spokesman or representativefor the Board relative to the above mentioned projectCommissioner Holding made a motion that J Marvin Johnson, Chairman of the HospitalBoard of Trustees be appointed as spokesman or representative for the Board of CountyCommissioners relative to the construction of the psychiatric unit at the present hospitalCommissioner Whitley seconded the motion, which carried3 Right -of -Way Request - Jones Brothers Furniture Company, IncCommissioner Denning made a motion that Jones Brothers Furniture Company, Inc, begranted a right -of -way across the Johnston County Produce Market property for the purpose oflaying a water line and that the Clerk to the Board notify Mr Street Jones, Jr of theBoards actionCommissioner Holding seconded the motion, which carried4 Bid - Demolition Old Holland- Garage BuildingPursuant to an order of the Board, and after due advertisement, bids for demolishingand or removal of the Old Holland Garage Building on Johnston Street in Smithfield, wereopened and reviewed There was only one 1 bid submitted, this was by J H Fortson WreckingCompany, Inc, of Wilson, North Carolina as followsApril 24, 1967Mr W H BrittJohnston County Board of CommissionersSmithfield, North CarolinaDear SirI am placing bid to demolish Old Holland Garage property on Johnston Street, Smithfield,N C I will take building down leave lot clean I will furnish all labor and equipment andinsurance to do this work I will do this wor in 25 calendar days For my pay I am toreceive all material and the sum of 60000J H Fortson Wrecking Co, IncJ H FortsonNo action was taken on the proposal and Commissioner Holding and W HBritt, Auditorwere directed to negotiate with the bidders in an effort to get a reduction in the pricesubmitted and report back to the Board on Monday, May 1, 1967i`jApril 24, 1967 Cont5 Sponsorship - Johnston County AirportCommissioner Holding moved that W H Britt, Clerk, be authorized to advise the FederalAviation Agency of the Boards intention to assume the sponsorship of a Johnston County AirportCommissioner Whitley seconded the motion, which carriedIt was the concensus of the Board members that it would be advisable to have an AirportSteering or Advisory Committee to work with them in the matter of working toward a CountyAirportThe following persons were selected to serve on this CommitteeMB WilsonSmithfield, N CCP Worley, JrSelma, N CEdCrawfordSelma, N CJEd JohnsonBenson, N CHElwin WatsonKenly, N CWB OliverPine Level, N CAL HobgoodSmithfield, N C6 Road Petition - G T PriceA petition requesting the State Highway Commission to add to its County System a pathconnecting SR 1934and SR 2153, signed by G T Price and others of ONeals Township, waspresented to the Board asking its approvalCommissioner Holding made a motion that the petition be approved by the Board and thatit be mailed to the State Highway Division with a recommendation that the request be grantedCommissioner Bailey seconded the motion, which carried7 Letter - State Highway Commissioner - Status N C 50Commissioner Holding moved that W H Britt, Clerk, be ordered to write Mr Carl Renfro,State Higbway Commissioner, inquiring the status of any pending improvements to Highway N C50 between Benson and GarnerThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Whitley and carried8 Paul Keller, Director of Johnston County Community Action, Incj Paul Keller, Director of Johnston County Community Action, Inc, appeared before the Boardand discussed the progress of some of the projects his organization is now working on,and alsothe possibility of future programs He informed the Board that he had not used all of theCounty appropriation provided for his Agency in the 1966 -67 Budget He asked that 650000 ofthe balance of this appropriation be turned over to his Agency prior to July l, 1967, in orderthat it could be carried over into next years budget He explained that he did not need itI now, but probably would next year in order to help finance some future programs that should,be coming upThe Board took no action on Mr Kellers requestUpon a motion made and duly seconded the Board adjourned