August 7, 1967 - 11:00 AM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes

August 7, 1967 - Regular1 3Fit widthMeeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonAugust 7, 19+67The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on August 7, 1967, at 11 oclockAM, in the Commissioners Room of the Johnston County Courthouse, Smithfield, North Carolina,with the following members presentH M Johnson, Chairman, J D Bailey, Norman C Denning, Frank B Holding andAdam J Whitley, JrAbsent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Salary of Mental Health Employee - McDaniel ProctorBen Knott with the Mental Health Department appeared before the Board and explained thatin the adoption of the 1967 -1968 Mental Health Budget a salary of 730800 for McDaniel Proctorwas approved, which is the standard pay level for a Social Worker II, which is the classifi-cation of McDaniel Proctor, and since the Board of Commissioners adopted a pay plan at threesteps below the standard range, the State Personnel Board had advised that Mr Proctor couldnot bepaid the salary approved by the Board of Commissioners, and that he could only be paid632400Mr Knott informed the Board that Mr Proctor was employed prior to the adoption of the1967 -1968 budget and it -was agreed that he would receive the salary of 730800 at the standardpay levelAfter a discussion of the matter with Mr Knott, Commissioner Whitley made a motionthat W H Britt, Auditor be authorized to contact Mr Claude E Caldwell, Director of NorthCarolina State Personnel Department and request that an exception be made in the case as theBoard had approved in its budget the salary of 730800The motion was seconded by Commissioner Bailey and carried° 2 Approval and Adoption of Water and Sewer Plan for Johnston CountyJack P Austin, Chairman of the Johnston County Planning Board, along with engineers,Lamay Blackman and Thomas Moore, presented to the Board of Commissioners the completedComprehensive Area -Wide Water and Sewer Plan and recommended its approvalAfter a discussion of the plan with Chairman Austin and the engineers, CommissionerJ D Bailey moved that the Board of County Commissioners give its approval to the plans andadopt it as the Water and Sewer Plan for Johnston County Commissioner Whitley seconded the motion which carried unanimously3 ReportsThe following reports were filed with the Board M W KnottEleanor HooksHarperGodwinWilson BroadwellRubert BarbourL P Creech4 Centennial Fireworks - Town of SelmaElectrical InspectorLibrarianTax CollectorCivil Defense DirectorDog WardenVeterans Service OfficerIn response to a letter from J Hayden Wiggs, Mayor of Selma, requesting the Board ofCounty Commissioners to permit the Town of Selma to use fireworks display at the CentennialAnniversary of the Town of Selma during the week of September 17, 1967, and in which MayorWiggs assured the Board that the fireworks would be controlled by competent personnel andthat the Centennial Commission would be amply insured for any liability, Commissioner Baileymoved that permission be granted pursuant to the provisions of G S 14 -413 for the use offireworks during the week of September 17, 1967, in connection with the celebration of the100th Anniversary of the Town of SelmaThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Whitley and carried5 Road Petition - Castle Haven Sub - Division{ The Board was presented with a petition from Henry H Whitley and others, asking that?I the Board approve a petition requesting the addition of Castle Drive and Circle road in CastleI Haven Sub - Division off the Wilsons Mills road in the West Smithfield areaCommissioner Bailey made a motion that the Board approve the petition and that it bemailed to the State Highway Commission in Wilson, North Carolina, with the request that theroad be added to the County Secondary Road SystemMotion was seconded by Commissioner Whitley and carried1August 7, 1967 Cont6 Notice Application to North Carolina ABC BoardCommissioner Bailey moved that the following application to the North CarolinaABCBoard for licenses to sell beer be approvedCallie McLamb, Corner Main Wall Streets, Benson, N CTrade Name Parrish Hotel Coffee ShopThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Whitley and carried7 Fee - Schedule B License - Unemployment OfficeHarper Godwin, Tax Collector appeared before the Board and advised -that Cornell Coxhad applied to his office for a Schedule B License for the purpose of operating an Un-employment Office in the Town of Smithfield and requested the Boaf d to set a fee as this wasa new type businessCommissioner Holding moved that the fee for the requested license by Cornell Cox beset at 1500 per yearMotion was seconded by Commissioner Denning and carried8 Paving of County LotsCommissioner Holding moved that W H Britt, Auditor be instructed to contract withthe State Highway Commission or some contractor for the paving of the lot adjacent to theGaskin Building and known as the Wellons Lot , and also for the paving of the Old HollandGarage lot; on Johnson Street, for the purpose of parkingCommissioner Wb,itley seconded the motion which carried unanimously9 Re- surface Drive -way - Johnston Memorial HospitalCommissioner Holding moved that the State Highway Commission be requested to re- surfacethe drive leading off 301 highway into Johnston Memorial Hospital and bill the County for itsservicesThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Denning and carried10 Salary - Joyce Wellons Jones - Welfare DepartmentCommissioner Denning moved that the salary of Joyce Wellons Jones, Social Worker I, inthe Welfare Department be increased to 41500 per month, retro- active to July 15, 1967Motion was seconded by Commissioner Whitley and carried11 Final Contribution of County to Library of Johnston County and SmithfieldCommissioner Bailey moved that W H Britt, Auditor and J Narvin Creech, Treasurer beauthorized and instructed to pay to A L Hobgood, Treasurer of the Library of Johnston Countyand Smithfield 10,00000 as budgeted, this being the final payment of the 50,00000 commit-mentThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Holding and carried12 Tax Foreclosure PapersCommissioner Frank B Holding made a motion that W H Britt, Auditor,be instructed totalk with Sheriff Rayford Oliver and inform him that the Board requests that all tax fore-closure papers, delivered to his department by Miss Rhetta Martin, Tax Attorney, be servedimmediatelyThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Denning and carried unanimously13 Civil Defense MapsAfter a discussion with Wilson Jiggs Broadwell, Civil Defense Director, regardingcertain proposed Civil Defense Maps,I Commissioner Frank B Holding moved that W H Britt,Tax Supervisor confer with Mr Bxoadwell and ascertain if these maps would be beneficial to theCounty as tax maps or could be tied in with a tax mapping programCommissioner J D Bailey seconded the motion which carried unanimously14 Salaries - Lexie Wallace and Donnie HillCommissioner Denning moved that the salaries of Lexie Wallace and Donnie Hill, FireTelephone Operators, be increased from 15000 per month to 16500 per month, retro - activeto July 1, 1967Commissioner Bailey seconded the motion which carriedf°EiffmAugust 7, 1967 Cont15 Jury Commission AppointmentCommissioner J D Bailey moved that Alvin Narron of Oneals Township, Middlesex, Route# 1, be appointed by the Board as a member of the Jury Commission for JohnstonCounty for aterm of two 2 years, from the first day of September, 1967, as provided in the GeneralStatutes of North CarolinaThe motion was seconded by Commissioner Frank B Holding and the motion carriedunanimously,16 Pay for Jury Commission MembersCommissioner Adam J Whitley, Jr, moved that the members of the newly created JuryCommission of Johnston County be paid at the rate of 2000 per diem, plus seven 7 cents permile for travel in connection with their duties and to and from their place of residenceCommissioner Norman C Denning seconded the motion, which carried unanimouslyOn a motion made and duly seconded the Board adjourned