May 28, 1973 - 8:00 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Recessed)

PanFit width459,Meeting of Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonMay 28, 1973The Johnston County Board of Commissioners met in special session in the Auditors Office ofthe Johnston County Courthouse, Smithfield, North Carolina, Monday, May 28, 1973, at 8 oclock pm,with the following members presentNorman C Denning, Chairman, Frank B Holding, Freddie Adams, Howard Benton and HoytCastleberryMembers Absent NoneThe following business was transacted1 Johnston County Community Action - Budget RequestPaul Keller, Executive Director, Johnston County Community Action, appeared before the Boardand explained that he had been unable to arrive at a figure to request for 1973 -74 from County fundsdue to the fact that he does not know how much money Community Action will receive from the FederalGovernment, however, Mr Keller asked the Board of Commissioners to reserve 15,000 in contingency sothat it will be available if this agency finds it needs financial support from County governmentMr Keller at this time renewed his request of 10,000 from revenue sharing, 5,000 to purchasea mini -bus and 5,000 to operate the antipoverty out-of-county transportation program This programfurnishes transportation services to medical clinicsThe Board took no action on Mr Kellers request at this time2 Council on Aging - Budget Request for 1973 -74Mrs Sandra Raulerson, Director,-Johnston County Council on Aging, met with the Board andpresented her budget request for County funds for the year 1973 -74The Board advised Mrs Raulerson that they want some idea of the towns that will be contributingto the Council on Aging and what their contribution to the Council will be Mrs Raulerson explainedthat she was requesting funds from the towns based on the same formula 10? per capita as from thecounty governmentThe Board took no action on this request at this time3 W G Massey - Register of Deeds - Budget RequestMr W G Massey, Register of Deeds, appeared before the Board and presented the budget requestfor his department for 1973 -74 Mr Massey in his request urged the Board to consider the adoption ofa classification system for county employees that are not under State classification CourthouseemployeesThe Board took no action on Mr Masseys request pending further budget study4 Department of Social Services - Budget RequestMrs Edith Park, Director, Department of Social Services, Mrs Jane Cunningham, Mrs JuliaElsee and George Mast, Board Members, appeared before the Board of Commissioners and presented thebudget request for the Department of Social Services for the fiscal year 1973 -74 In presentationof their budget Mrs Park and board members urged the Board of Commissioners to seriously considerthe continuation of several local programs such as child -care services adoption, child-abuse protection,foster -home care and juvenile delinquency and some adult services that will not be funded by the Stateand Federal Government after June 30, 1973Judge William I Godwin present at the meeting stated that juvenile court would be paralyzedwithout the services of these probation officers with the Department of Social Services and furthercommented that they were doing an excellent jobMrs Park futher explained that as of January 1, 1974, the Social Security Administration underSSI Supplemental Security Insurance will take over the funding of Aid to Blind, Old Age Assistanceand Aid to Permanently and Totally DisabledThe Board listened very attentively to Mrs Parks budget, but took no action on the requestat this time5 Revenue Sharing Planned BudgetCommissioner Howard Benton moved that Johnston County plan to expend its revenue sharingallocation for the entitlement period beginning January 1, 1973 and ending June 30, 1973, in thefollowing manner based upon an estimated total of 486,645480May 28, 1973 ContNorman C Denning, ChairmanEleanor N CrelkO, ClerkiOperating - Maintenance ExpendituresPublic Safety 21,64500 05 Libraries3,00000 06 Social Services for Aged and Poor66900000Total Planned Expenditures 71964500OperatingMaintenanceCapital ExpendituresEducation 105,00000215 Health100900000205 Recreation Culture10900000 205 Others Water and Sewer1009000000205 Others Landfill100900000205 iTotal Planned Expenditures 4159000,00Capital ExpenditureCommissioner Hoyt Castleberry secondedthe,motion which was carried unanimouslyI6 Courthouse Drawing and County Seal forCounty StationeryCommissioner Howard Benton called to the attention of the Board thathe and Mr Massey hadbeen working on a drawing of the Courthouse and a County seal to be placed on county stationery MrBenton explained that he thought the Board should adopt a county -seal or a drawing of the Courthouseto be placed on all county stationeryAfter discussion, Commissioner FreddieAdams moved that CommissionerHoward Benton andW GMassey proceed with this workCommissioner Frank B Holding secondedthe motion which was carriedUpon a motion by Commissioner Frank BHolding, duly seconded by Commissioner Hoyt Castleberryand carried the Board recessed to meet again Wednesday, May 30, 1973, at 8 oclockpmNorman C Denning, ChairmanEleanor N CrelkO, Clerki