1958-07-23 Special Meetingr.2,82
7:30 P. M. July 23, 1958 Wilmington, N.C.
SPECIAL MEETING
CONVENTION -
A special called meeting of the Neu Hanover County Board of Commissionera was held in the Com-
misaioner's Roam at 7:30 P. M. this-day for the purpose of discussing the Budget Requests of the varioua
Couaty Oepartmeats, 'PRFSIIdT:.,'Cha3rman J. M. Halli Jr., Commissionera L. E. Broadhurst, Jamea E.
Holton Jr.; Ernest R. Maqhan and Berry A. Williams, County Attorney John Bright Hill, County Auditor
T. D. Love? and Commissioner-IIect Peter H. Braek.
OPENING -
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman who snnounced that the reading of the minutes
of'the previoua meeting would be dispensed with. He also explained to the Board that if they desired to
make thia an officisl meetingg it would be necessary to waive the legal notice required.
WAIVER OF NOTICE -
._.? Mr. Williams offered a motion that all legal requirements of notice of the meeting be waived
Cand that this meeting constitute a legal assenbly of the Board. Thia motion was secondeQ by Mr. Mayhan
and unanimous]y adopted. , . .
COMMtJNITY HOSPITAL - , „
N1r, Williams offered a motion that $720,000 be appropriated for hospitalization and all iadi-
f gent hospital costs be charged against that appropriation on a per diem basis until such time as the Com=
mun3ty Hospital xas turned over to the Board of Trusteea as approved at the meeting on September 30, 1957.
There was no aecond to this and the Chairman ruled it dead.
After e further discuasion of the Coffinunity Hospital Budget, Mr. Aolton offered a motion that
'the Coamunity Hospital Budget Requests be approved tirith the exception of salarq increases, and that
$120,000 be appropriated out of ABC Fhnds xith the proviso that $3,000 could be used,as an adjuatment
`vhereverequities are apparent. This motion was seconded by Mr. N'ayhan and when the vote was cast, Mr:
1Jilliame voted °NO" on the issue, but the Chairman ruled that it rras sdopted by the majority of the Bcard.
BOAFD OFIDIICATION -
The Chairman opened the discuasion on thia Department by eacplaining that he had had a:conversa-
tion xith Mr. E. A. Laney, Chairman of the Finance Committee and Acting Chairman of the Board of Fducation.
,f Mr. Laney has assured him that the Board of Fducation does not want a controversy between the Board& and
that there would be no raise in any of the salary schedules except thoae controlled bp the tppe certifi-
cate held and the length of services. The Board diecussed the matter freely among themsolves and finall,p
on all the items requested in the Budget until they reached the Janitors' Salaries. The ma3ority of the
Board were favorable to adjustments in this category and Mr. Williams o£fered a motion that Janitors'
Salaries be increase3 from $30,500 to $33,000. This motion was seconded by Mr. Mayhan and when the vote
was calle3, all of the Commissioners v,oted in the affirmative, except Mr. Hroadhurat who vote3 °NO°.
Mr. Williams then offered a motion? seconded by Mr. Mayhan that the School Budget be approved
in detail and that all departmenta be put on written notice that they must keep within the approved Bud-
get items. The question rras never called on this motion and no action was taken. •
Mr. Williams then offered a motionI seconded by Mr. Mayhan that in view of the Yact that the
information requested from the Board of Education had been supplied in aufficient detail Lo meet the re-
quire,ments made sometime ago about the Supplementary School Fundp the Board relesse the funds impounded
at their regular meeting on Monday,,July 21, 1958. 7'he question was never called on this motion and no
action was taken. .
Mr. Broadhurat then offered a motion that the Suppleaientary School Budget be approved exactly
the same as last year. He received no second to this motion, and the Chairman ruled 3t dead.
COIINTY GOUERNMIIVT - ,
Mr. Williams offered a motion tkiat funds be ineluded in the Budget for the employment of a County
Manager. There was no second to this motion and the Chairman ruled it dead. •
1nulnVUtlvlrJ ?
The Board, at this time, decided that they were sufficient7,y in agreement on the figures de-
?1? cided npon to adjourn and asked the County buditor if he could bring a recapitulated Budget figure by
`t 12:00 A. M. tomorrow. A9r. Love agreed that it would be possible and they instructed him to include a
$5j000 item for groins.at the Northern end of Carolina Beach and present it at the next meeting.
RECESS -
Mr. Williams then of£ered a motion that the Board recess until 12:00 Nobn.. July 24th for the
purpose of adopting the Tentative Budget Estimate. The motion was seconded by Mr. Holton and unanimously
adopted.' •
12:00 Noon, Ju],y 24, 1958 Wiimington, N.C.
RECFSS MEETING
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Purauant to the Recessed meeting on July 23rd, the following menbera of the Boax+d met at the above time in
the Comnissioner's Room for the purpose of adopting the Tentative Budget for 1958-59. PRESF3dT: Chairman
James M. Hall, Jr., Commissioners L. E. Broadhiirst, James E. Holton, Jr,, Berry A. Williama, County
Auditor T. D. Love, County Attorney John Sright Hill, and Commissioner-Elect Peter H. Braak. Commiasion-
er Ernest R. Maqhan was absent from the meeting.
OPENING
The Chairman opened the meeting'and atated its purpose and then requested Countq Auditor. T. D.
Love to give them the result of yesterday's Budget deliberationa. ' Mr. Love stated that the total Budget
6ppropriation would amount to $5,362,111.55 and if they added the $5,000 for the groins at Carolina Besch
and the $305.00 agreed on for the Negro $ome Agentg the total Budget xould be $5 367? 416.55 and that iP he
used $125,000.000 as a base, he could hold the County Tax Rate at not more than ?1.15 per 100 valuation.'
TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION -
Mr. Holton then offered a motion that the County Commiasionere approve the Budget of $5,,367,416.55
to be appropriated in detaa as follows:
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