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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, AUGUST 5, 1974 (CONTINUED)
DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIRMAN
By common consent, appointment ot a vice chairman for the Board of Commissioners
was deferred.
RESIGNATION OF COUNTY AUDITOR
County Manager Eller stated that Mr. Patrick G. Ross, County Auditor, had submitted
his resignation as County Auditor to Judge Bradford Tillery to be effective
August 31, 1974.
By common consent, County Manager Eller was authorized to proceed with the search
for a County Auditor and advise the Commission when he had narrowed the search down
to several, final candidates.
DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION OF J. M. HALL, JR.
By common consent, the plaque to be presented to Mr. J. M. Hall, Jr., in appreciation
of his past service as a County Commissioner: was to be like the one presented to
County Mattager E11er by the City Council of Gastonia.
Comm. Davis and Vaughan requested that the resolutiori presented by the County Manager
be a little more descriptive. '
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Comm. Vaughan moved, seconded by Chm. Powell, that the meeting be recessed to go
into executive session to discuss personnel.. Upon vote, motion carried unanimously.
Chm. Powe11 recessed the regular meeting to go into executive session at 4:35 PM.
Chm. Powell recessed the executive session to go into regular session at 4:55 PM.
ADJOURNMENT
Chm. Powe11 moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that the meeting be adjourned. Upon
vote, motion carried unanimously.
Chm. Powe11 adjourned the meeting at 4:55 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Lise K. King
Clerk to the Board
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, AUGUST 9, 1974
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Friday,
August 9, 1974, at 8:00 AM in the Assembly Room, County Commission Building, Wilmington,
North Carolina, to meet with representatives of Ballard, McKim & Sawyer/Hartman-Cox,
Associated Architects, on the proposed courthouse/jail facility.
Members present were Commissioners Peter R. Davis; M. H. Vaughan; Vivian S. Wright;
Chairman W. Douglas Powell;County Manager, Dan W. ELler; and Clerk to the Board,
Lise K. King. No members were absent.
Chm. Powell called the meeting to order.
BOND REFERENDUM TO GO ON NOVEMBER BALLOT
Chm. Powe11 moved, seconded by Comm. Davis, that, in order that the voters and
taxpayers could make the decision as to whether the County should move to develop a
master plan and move toward its completion, that a$7,8~00,000 bond issue be placed
on the ballot for the construction of the courthouse/governmental complex. Upon vote,
motion was approved as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, Vaughan, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Wright.
COMM. VAUGHAN STATED THAT HE FELT A MORAL OBLIGATION TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS
MOTION BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION HAD PREVIOUSLY VOTED TO USE THE PROPOSED
SITE "A" AND THAT, ALTHOUGH HE Ft1VORED A SITE "B" TYPE SITUATION;REQUIRING ABOUT $2,000,000
OF BONDS, HE DID NOT WISH HIS NEGATIVE VOTE TO BRING ABOUT A STALEMATE ON THIS IMPORTANT
MATTER BY VIRTUE OF THE EXISTING VACANCY ON THE COMMISSION, fSee Amendments Page 697)
Comm. Wright stated for the record that she had voted previously for the bond issue's
being placed on the November ballot but that she was objecting to the amount and the plan.
DISCUSSION OF PURCHASE OF CP&L BUILDING
Comm. Davis stated Yor the record that it was his feeling that space and money
from Phase I and Phase II could be removed by the purchase of the Carolina Power &
Light Building and that he,felt this stould be done when the building was vacated by
Carolina Power & Light personnel, that he felt the Commission could stick to the square
footage proposed but that part of that square footage could be in the Carolina Power &
Light Building rather than building a brand new structure.
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, AUGUST 9, 1974 (CONTINUED)
REQUEST OF CITY COUNCILMAN RALPH W. ROPER FROM COP1M. VAUGHAN REGARDING
PROPERTY IN BLOCK WITH CITY HALL
Comm. Vaughan requested City Councilman Ralph W. Roper to take betore the Wilmington
City Council the possibility of their purchasing the three parcels of land on the north
end of the block occupied by City Hall.
ADJOURNMENT
Comm. Wright moved, seconded by Comm. Vaughan, that the meeting be adjourned.
Upon vote, motion carried unanimously.
Chm. Powell adjourned the meeting at 9:45 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Lise K. King
Clerk to the Board
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, AUGUST 19, 1974
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday,
August 19, 1974, at 9:00 AM in the Assembly Room, County Commission Building, Wilmington,
North Carolina.
Members present were Commissioners Peter R. Davis; M. H. Vaughan; Vivian S. Wright;
Chairman W. Douglas Powell; County Attorney, James C. Fox; County Manager, Dan W. Eller;
and Clerk to the Board, Lise K. King. No members were absent.
Chm. Powell called the meeting to order.
Rev. James Pollard offered the invocation.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING, AUGUST 5, 1974
Comm. Wright requested that on Page 689 under "Discussion of Replacement for
J. M. Ha11, Jr." the record show that Mr. Berry A. Williams was elected by the New Hanover
County Democratic Executive Committee as their nominee to replace J. M. Hall, Jr.
Comm. Vaughan requested that on Page 690 under "Appearance of Wilmington Board of
Realtors re County Water and Sewer System" that the following comments of his and of
Col. Paul S. Denison be included in the record: Comm. Vaughan asked if they were not
talking about an $80 million project; and Col. Denison replied that, if Comm. Vaughan
were talking ahout a county-wide plan which they (von Oesen & Associates) would envision
being implemented over a 15-20 year period, $80 million would be as respectable as any
figure he'could come up with.
Comm. Vaughan requested that on Page 690 under "Appearance of Wilmington Board of
Realtors re County Water and Sewer System" that the following comments of Mr. Alex Fonvielle,
former Wilmington City Councilman, be included in the record: Mr. Fonvielle stated
that he was a member of the Wilmington City Council at the time the City's treatment
plants were built and, also, at the time Water Authority legislation was passed. He
stated that, as he recalled, the north plant had about a 20 percent reserve at the time
it was built and the southern plant had about a 30 percent reserve. He stated that he
was positive that the existing plants could not take care of the County. Chm. Powe11
asked if they had been expanded since they were first built, and Mr. Fonvielle replied
that to his knowledge they had not.
Upon motion by Comm. Wright, seconded by Comm. Davis, the minutes of the regular
meeting held on August 5, 1974, were unanimously approved as amended.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: SPECIAL MEETING, AUGUST 9, 1974
Comm. Vaughan requested that on Page 696 under "Bond Referendum to go on November
Ballot" that his remark in all capital letters be changed to "he favored a site 'C' type
situation."
Chm. Powe11 requested that on Page 696 under "Bond Referendum to go on November
Ballot" that the record show that, if Mr. Hall had still been on the Commission,
Comm. Vaughan would not have voted for the,bond referendum to go on the November ballot.
Upon motion by Comm. Wright, seconded by Comm. Davis, the minutes of the special
meeting held on August 9, 1974, were unanimously approved as amended.
EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION TO MAJOR JOE E. JOHNSON
Chm. Powell presented to Major Joe E. Johnson a County medallion engraved with
his dates of service with New Hanover County as an expression of appreciation for his past
service upon his reti:ement from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department.