February 11, 1985 - 7:30 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Recessed)
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Meeting of Board of Commissioners for Johnston CountyIFFebruary 11, 1985The Johnston County Board of Commissioners reconvened in regular sessionMonday, February 11, 1985, at 730 pm, in the Commissioners Room, JohnstonCounty Courthouse, Smithfield, North Carolina, with the following members presentINorman C Denning, Chairman, Frank B Holding, Vice Chairman, JamesW Cash and John M Booker, DVMMember Absent Howard, BentonAlso present Kramer Jackson, County Manager and Eleanor N Creech,Clerk to the BoardThe Chairman called the meeting to order and the following businesswas transacted1 Industrial ProspectTorn Broughton, Johnston County Inqusktrial Cop rclinfttor, met with thea en an oboard saying that an industrial prospect had purchased property to build a plantoff US 70 on Powhatan Road SR # 1901 , east of Clayton near Cutter Labs andC K industrial sitesAt the request of the County Manager, Ragsdale Consultants have inves-tigated the requirements for providing water and sewer service to the proposedindustrial site The County Manager reviewed the plans and cost with the board;wastewater services and water facilities to the proposed site property line willcost approximately 29,100The County Manager and Industrial Coordinator asked the board if thecounty will provide water and sewer-services to the plant siteAfter discussion, Commissioner Frank B Holding moved that the countyrun water and sewer lines to the proposed industrial site property line,, subject to acommitment from the industry to locateCommissioner James W Cash seconded the motion which was carried2 Revaluation Firms InterviewedAt the request of the Board of Commissioners, Johnnie Stott, Tax Admin-istrator, scheduled the three appraisal firms with the lowest bids for interviews;a Automated Valuation Services, Raleigh Office440,000 conventional; 600,663 computerizedRepresentatives Jerry Kabala, Vice President; Jay Miller, TechnicalCoordinator and Maggie Gordon, representing IBM computer equipmentfor Automated Valuation Services;b Pearsons Appraisal Service, Wilson, NC and Virginia390,000 conventional; 553,707 computerizedRepresentatives Robert Pearson, Owner; Luther Ford, Project Super-visor;c W P Ferriss, Inc, Charlotte, NC485,881 computerized system onlyRepresentatives Bill Ferriss, Owner; Eddie lWitchum, Project Supervisorand Dave Chri smon, On -Site SupervisorI ,Each companys representative provided background information on theircompany and reviewed thoroughly their appraisal processBoard members discussed appraisal procedures with each firm; showingconcern about how the appraisal firms would arrive at a fair market value ofrural farm property The board stated to these firms they want a fair and equitablejob done for all the taxpayers in the countyoniFebruary 171, 1985 ContinuedAfter much discussion with each representative, the board asked theTax Adminstrator and the County Manager to make an investigation of each companyscredentials and capabilities and report back to the board with a recommendationUpon a motion by Commissioner John M Booker, duly seconded by Com-missioner Frank B Holding and carried, the board adjournedNorman C Denning, ChairmanEleanor N CreechClerk to the Board