June 13, 1969 - 7:30 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Recessed)

June 13, 1969 - Recessed1 2Fit widthMeeting of?the Board of Commissioners for the Countv of JohnstonJune 131, 1969The Johnston County Board of Commissioners reconvened in special session at theresidence-of Commissioner Freddie Adams, Princeton, North Carolina, Friday, June 13, 1969,at 730 PM, with the following members presentJ Dobbin Bailey, Chairman, Norman C Denning, Frank B Holding, Adam J Whitley, Jrand Freddie AdamsMembers Absent NoneThe following business was transacted1The Board of County Commissioners was presented with a petition from the West SmithfieldSanitary District Board, requesting a special levy of 150 per one hundred dollar valuationfor the fiscal year 1969 -1970Following is the petition;A special meeting of the Sanitary District Board of the West SmithfieldSanitary District in Johnston County, North Carolina, was held at the officeof the Sanitary District, within the boundaries of said Sanitary District,;on June 6, 1969, at 8 30 oclock A MPRESENT Welton B Strickland, Chairman, H Shelton Castleberry, W EdwardWallace, and M B MacLeod, Jr_, MembersABSENT Henry H Whitley, memberChairman Strickland introduced the following resolution, which was readBE IT RESOLVED BY the Sanitary District Board of the West SmithfieldSanitary DistrictTHAT an ad valorem tax of one dollar and fifty cents per onehundred dollars of valuation be levied and collected upon a11Y +taxable property within the boundaries of the West SmithfieldSanitary District for the purpose of meeting the obligationsof the District evidenced or that may be evidenced by bonds,bond anticipation notes, certificates of indebtedness and revenueanticipation notes issued against the District and to pay allobligations incurred by the District in the performance of allof its lawful undertakings; said levy and collection of taxes tobegin with theyear 1969Upon motion of M B MacLeod, Jr,, seconded by W Edward Wallace, theforegoing resolution was passed by the following voteAyes FourNoes NoneThis June 6, 1969James A Wellons, JrThe Board of County Commissioners tentatively approved the request2Norman Crumpler, a resident of the West Smithfield Sanitary District, appeared beforethe Board opposing the requested special levy of 150 per one hundred dollar valuationMr Crumpler advised the Board that he felt that a 150 rate was too high and wouldbe burdensomeMr Crumpler was advised by the B,least twenty 20 days, and that if he inof the District to recommend a lower raterequest3 Adoption of Budget TentativelyThe Board of County Commissionersconclusion, Commissioner Adam J Whitley,Dard that the tentative budget would lie open atthe meantime, could persuade the Board of Directorsthe Board would give consideration to a revisedcontinued their study of budget requests and inJr,, moved that the following resolution be adoptedJune 13 1969 ContWHEREAS, W H Britt, Auditor,and Evander S Simpson, Superintendent of Public Schools,have presented to the Board their estimated budgets for the County and Schools, respectively,for the fiscal year of 1969 - 1970;THEREFORE, did order that the County and School-Budgets for the year 1969 -1970 beaccepted tentatively, and the tax rate for 1969 -1970 be accepted tentatively at the rate of180, which is distributed as followsGeneral Fund1276Special Fund2523Welfare Fund3489Debt Service Fund0420Revaluation Fund0292General School Fund6300Vocational Schools1500Special Schools2000Technical Institute0200Total County Wide 180Archer Lodge Fire District1500Beulah Fire District0800Micro Fire District1500Smithfield SanitaryDistrict 150Commissioner Norman C Denning seconded the motion which was carried unanimously4 Revaluation Contract AwardedCommissioner Norman C Denning moved that the Board grant the Revaluation Contractto Associated Surveys Company,Greensboro, North Carolina, at a price of 125,00000, which is3,00000 less than the original bidMotion was seconded by Commissioner Adam J Whitley, Jr, which was carried5Pursuant to the legal readvertisement for bids on the mapping contract for certainareas in connection with the revaluation program, the only bid received being that of RagsdaleEngineers, Smithfield, North Carolina, which was opened The bid price was 19,65000 Thecontract was not awarded and C ommissioner Adam J Whitley was authorized to negotiate with theengineering firm in regards to a lower price6 ResolutionA resolution fixing July 1, 1969, as the day of the regular meeting of the Board ofCommissioners of Johnston County in July, 1969BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Johnston CountySection 1 July 1, 1969, is hereby fixed as the date of the regular meeting of theBoard of Commissioners of Johnston County for the month of July, 1969Upon a motion made and duly seconded the Board aClerks