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1960-11-21 Regular Meeting Minutes of the Meeting November 'j, 1960 PETIT JURY - The following good and lawful trial of Criminal cases in Superior Court 12th, 1960. Continued citizens were selected to serve as Jurors in the for the weeks beginning December sth and December Jurors - Week beqinninq December 5,1960 - Criminal Term J. T. Jones P. B. Braak Jack F. Hart F. 'YJ. Mohr D. E. Lieske F. H. Schenck Hubert A. Lee Carl M. Ezzell R. L. Butler Stanley Mazur W,l W. Williams J. C. Davis P. F. OlKeef L. C. Thorpe Cliff D. Lewis T. W. Tucker Marvin E. Hinson Donald Parsley Jr. Linwood H. Lewis F. E. Crowell Leslie H. Row Thomas F. Bradshaw M. Page Taylor O. R. Parker Donald F. Parrish 4$19 Market St. B. W. Newkirk Jr. . RFD 1, 6 ox E. W. Wailace ???JA NRne 311 Mac E. G. Vereen Jr. 34 Jackson Dr. B. F. Eichorn 79 Spofford J. R. Reaves Kure Beach, N.C. Calvin W. Lane GeneralCPie,??y§EyBeac hJ'R. Reaves RFD 3, Box ? Lacy Simpson RFD 3, Box 4 53 Hugh MacRae II g RFD 1, a°X I4 Hayne ? ?t Milan E. Wood 2206 Oa . Howard E. Stroupe 3801 S. Front St. J. L. Out12w 2015 Perry Ave. Wm L. Thompson, Jr. 3020 Jefferson Ernest E. Jones Box 122, Ca?oli?a Gilliam K. Horton 505 N. 23rd §f? Graham G. Webster P. O. Box 1594 Norman ldilliamson P.O. Box 432 L. B. King 51.1 S.. 3rd St. J. A. Sneeden 2319 Market St. Robert G. Wells P. O. Box 1525 Robert Allen P. O. Box 1153 L. W. Bordeaux. 3525 S. Front St. Claude B. Jones 1410 S. 7th St. Thomas E. McCallum 5332 Wrightsville Av e.R. Wendell Hickman Jurors - Week beginning December 12, 1960 - Criminal Term L. E. 4Jalke H. F. Snow D. T. Odum J. C. King C. A. Lee J. L. Lamb C. H. Hewlett F. L. Walker L. D. Moore J. H. Johnson Joseph Mighton J. A. Mangum Frank Herbst O. E. Larson Walter E. Cooper Ray Reaves K. K. Kimmell Wrennie Murray Elbert E. Cavenaugh Raymond C. Gerrish E. L. Mathews Sr. Howard D. Bridges Raymond A. Smith Richard Isaac Quigley ADJOURNMENT Box 728, City Joseph L. Conrad, Jr. 1920 Perry Ave. ,lohn Monds 4604 Oleander Dr. M. G. Schnibben 207 S. 47th St. D. J. Hilburn 9 La urel Drive Edward Scott 112 N. 42nd St. Thomas James Jr. RFD 2, Box 99 H. H. Milliken 113 Bell St. J. G. Pittman 120 Castie St. G. Swart 109 Williamson Dr. A. H. Ketchum RFD 2, Box 242 A Oliver L. Rivers Box 161 Carolina Beach A. B. Barefoot Box 385, City Joseph Taylor RFD 3, Box 31Et Claude F. Howell 1312 Orange St. Ralph Poweil 28 Lee Drive, U. G. Woodward 319 MacMillan Ave. Benjamin Kingoff RFD 1, Box 95 Elbert E. Cavenaugh 2407 Poplar St. Donald`Wa112ce Bailey 601 N. Lumina J. L. McKeown 2802 Lyndon Ave. Leon M. Fletcher 511 Centrai Blvd. Norman James Sanders 9 We st Drive Johnny A. Williams Jr. 108 Coloeia,cle E. Harlan McKeithan P. 0. Box 11, City LF212 Oleander Drive 511 E. Shipyard Blvd. 918 N. !}th St. 1139 Country Club Rd. 5803 Roseland Dr. 1139 Country Club Road RFD 1, Box 181 Cas?le 1212 S. Live Oak pWe 104 Stradleigh Road RFD #2, Box 361 210 Sunset Ave. 232 Davie Dr. RFD 2, Box 402 619 Forest Hills Dr. 104 5. 41st St. 115 Bell St. Caro2ina Beach, N. C. 1221 Azalea Drive RFD 2, Box 421 A RFD 2, Box 432 3623 S.Fromt St. 720 Colwell Ave. RFD 1: Box 78 A CaA?,g¢ 119 S. 39th St, y'a .--?- ?S RFD 3, Box 275 2013 Barnett Ave. 3817 Market St. 2008 Klein Rd. RFD 2, Box 251 % Mariah Wilburn, City 115 Greenville Ave. 12 Southern Blvd. P. o. Box 838 2519 van Buren St. 520 wooa st. RFD 1, Box 230 Castle Hayne RFD 3, Box 564 44 Carolina Apts. 212 N. Wallace Ave. 114 w. Shipyard Blvd. 301 N. lsth St. 2407 Poplar St. 16 B. Lake Village 2$42 Burnett Blvd. 5001 Oleander Dr. 261 Lake Forest Pkwy. 311 North 6th St. 2239 Camellia Drive Upon motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, the Board unanimously voted to ad,journ. r.? . . W. G. Houck, Executive Secretary . . Wilmington, N. C. November 21, 1960 ASSEMBLY - The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners held their regular, semimonthly meeting on this date at 9:00 o'clock in the Commissioners Room of the Court House. The foliowing members of the Board were present: Chairman J. M. Hall, Jr., Comm3ssioners L.E. , Broadhurst, Peter H. Braak, J. E. Holton, Jr., and Berry A.°Williams; County Attorney John Bright Hill, County Auditor T. D. Love, Commissioners-elect E. R. Mayhan and J. Van .B. Metts, Jr. INVOGATION - , Chairman Hall called the meeting to order, and,as Re'verend C. L. Turpin, Pastor of Pentecostal Holiness was delayed in arriving, asked the Executive Secretary, Mr. W. G. Houck to give a prayer of inuocation. . APPROVAL OF THE WIINUTES - Upon motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by W. Braak,-the minutes of the last meet- ing were unanimously approved as written. :, ?A ,t ? tn7 a Minutes of the Meeting November 21, 1960 Continued PERMANENT REGISTRATION - Mr. Williams observed that during the recent general election, he had visited many precincts and found long waiting lines of voters and since had heard many complaints about the delay in voting. In his opinion, much of the delay was caused by our antiquated system of registration and suggests that the Commissioners take the lead and authorize the Board of Elections to proceed with the arrangements for installing the new permanent system of registration for New Hanover County. Some agreement should be worked out with the City for bearing part of the cost as they use the CountyTS registration in the 17 pre- cincts within the City. Mr. Broadhurst reminded the Soard that he, too, thought a new registration was needed but that no money was included in the Budget for this purpose and he thought that they should wait until the next Budget time in 1961. Mr. Henry C. Bost, Election Board Chairman, advised the Board,that the City Attorney had ruled that it was illegal for the City to participate in the cost of the new registration. It will require legislative enactment in order to make it permissive for the City to share in the cost. He suggested that the County consider establishing a permanent Board of Elections Office which would eliminate the necessity of keeping the books open the four we¢ks before another election as the voters would have access to the permanent office during the entire year and thus save the cost of at least four weeks that are necessary at present for registra- tion. He also suggested that if a new permanent Board of Elections office was not feas- ible that the new registration be set up without a full time office. The present system of holding the polls open could be used with the permanent registration system. He was ? of the opinion that the clerical help to make this change would cost approximately $45.00 per precinct and suggested that it •might be equitable for the City to take over the cost on the 17 precincts within its limits. After a brief discussion, Mr. Williams offered a 0??°• motion that a committee composed of the Chairman of the New Hanover County Board of Com- ? missioners, the Mayor of the City of Wilmington, and the Chairman of the Board of Elect- ions of New Hanover County be appointed to study this matter and bring back recommenda- for implementing the program and that the•County, the City Attorney and the recently elected Representative to the General Rssembly be on the committee in an advisory capacity. The motion was seconded by Mr. Braak and unanimously approved. Mr. Holton suggested that consideration be given to holding future City and County elections simultaneously and that local legislation be sponsored to permit it. APPROPRIATION - County Auditor Love reported to the Board that the general election expenses had exceeded the appropriation in the amount of $3,000 and asked the Board to allocate -? that amount from the General Emereency Fund. Mr. Broadhurst then offered a motion that $3,000 be appropriated from the General Emergency Fund to the New Hanover County Board of Elections, seconded by Mr. Holton and unanimously approved. MAIA / a . / REFUSE DISPOSAL Mr. Braak, reporting as Chairman of the Committee for the trash dump problem, said that they had scoured the County for suitable sites and had located only two places that seemed to meet their needs, one on North NC #132 which belonged to the State antl the other in the northeast section of-the airport property which they thought would be suitable for use under the landfill method: It is readily accessible to the public from Kerr Avenue and Mr. Netts added that it would place the Board of Health in a positiorr to strictly enforce the health laws and would eliminate the smoke hazard at the Airport. Mr. Usry, representing the State Board of Health, explained that the secret of any land- fill refuse disposal operation depended on sufficient fill material, as well as conscien- tious, regular attention. He informed the Board that the national average for commerci2l haulers in such a venture was 501 a ton. He cited several municipal operations which were very satisfactory such as Rocky Mount and Durham. He offered to lend his assistance in laying out such a plan for New Hanover County. After briefly discussing the various aspects of the problem, Mr. Williams offered a motion that the Board accept the offer of Mr. Usry and adopt the landfill method and authorize the same committee to select a site and work ouL a financial agreement with the contract haulers and proceed to estabiish a landfill refuse disposal operation. It was seconded by Mr. Holton for the purpose of discussion. He observed that the move started out because of the seaaulls being attract- ed by the garbage and using the airfield runways and it now develops that it is the method which is ob,jectionable rather than the location and in his opinion the reclaiming of val- uable land around the deep ravine for industrial use is worthy of further consideration. He suggested that a special low area be selected for dumping of large limbs and stumps. When the question was finally called on the motion, Mr. Broadhurst-voted "NO", but as all other members of the Board voted "YES", the Chairman declared the motion adopted. YEAR ROUND ADVERTISING Mr. C. R. Baugham,. Mr. William L. NisbeL, and Mr. W. H. Sutton, representing the local.Merchants' Association, reminded the Board thafi, at a,joint meeting with the City Council on June 6, 1960, they had explained a plan for luring new business into New Hanover County to•replace the retail trade which will be lost after the move of the ACL Railroad Company employees. Their plans called for an expenditure of $20,000 in advertis? ing fifty miles beyond the City, $12,500 of which has been subscribed by the Merchants themselves and the City of lntilmington has appropriated $5,000 and in order to complete the county-wide effort, they request an appropriation of $2500 from the County. The check is to be made to the•15ew Hanover County Advertising Fund which has been set up for the purpose of handling this outside promotion. They have raised all of the other funds throuyh pledges and contributions from all types of business in the County and only need the agreement from the County to authori2e their outside agency to proceed with the pr.o- gram. After a brief discussion, Mr. Holton offered a motion that since this was a eounty- wide effort, $2500 be appropriated from the Advertising Fund to the New Hanover County Advertising Fund. County Auditor Love informed the Board that all but $900.00 of the budgeted appropriation had been earmarked and suggested that $1700.00 be transferred from the Industrial Development Fund. Mr. Holton agreed to include this transfer in his motion and the entire motion was seconded by Mr. Braak and when the ballot was taken, the votes were unanimously favorable. ? , Minutes of the Meeting November 21, 1960 Continued / JOINT PROPERTY SALE The Executive Secretary from J. H. Williams for a piece of #70 and Parts of Lot 1& 2. It is have appraised it at $400.00. Mr. subject to the approval of the Cit and unanimously carried. RETAINING WALL informed the Board that he had an offer of $400.00 ,jointly owned foreclosed tax property located in Block 321 x 100' fronting on Queen St. The Property Assessors Holton offered a motion that this offer be accepted, ,r Council. The motion was seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, Pursuant to the agreement with the attorney for the Peoples Saving 8 Loan Assoc- iation on December 7, 1959, Mr. G. Dudley Humphrey now advises the Board that a,Joint 1ltrs,"` retaining wall will not be necessary but that they wou.ld like to establish a boundary line agreement and upon motion of Mr. Holton, seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, the Board unanimously authori2ed the Chairman to sign such an agreement to be drawn by Mr. Humphrey and approved by the County Attorney, John Bright Hill. STATE OWNED PROPERTY The Executive Secretary was instructed to prepare a list of the property owned by the State in sort of payment arrangement should be made with them ed that the Federal government was considering such a the county. 7,-+ ask the County Property Assessors to the County. It is felt that some in lieu of taxes. The Chairman_observ- measure where it owned property in INDUSTRIAL APPRECIATIOM WEEK - ??„(,nt~ The Chairman informed the Board that the State Association of County Commission- e,,.. ? ers had sponsored a move to observe a week designed to recognize and express appreciation of the contribution of the existing industry to each county and to the State as a whole in an effort to provide a good business climate. The Governor of North Carolina has issued a proclamation designating the week of November 28 through December 3, 1960 as Industry Appre- ciation Week. He has been appointed Chairman for this County to organize the program. He explained that in addition to the publicity to be given this event by the news media, a visitation schedule had been arranged for representatives of the governing bodies of the City and County, as well as the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Association and Committee of 100 to visit with ten of the largest industrial manufacturers in the County and invite others to participate as guests at a luncheon to be sponsored by the City and County, the , cost of which he did not feel would exceed $300.00. He requested approval of the Board for participation in this event. The Board unanimously approved this effort by common consent. FIRFARMS ORDINANCE - The Chairman reminded the Board that at the last meeting they had passed an ord- inance restricting the use of firearms in the County with the understanding that further consideration would be given to amending it if there seemed to be sufficient ob,jection to any of its provisions. He asked the Board if any of them had received such complaints and since there were none expressed, Mr. Holton offered a motion that as there was no serious objection to the ordinance governing the use of firearms in the County, that the Ordinance be adopted as originally approved. It was seconded by Mr. Braak and unanimously carried. CHRISTMAS GIFTS - ? Mrs. Helen B. Sneeden reminded the Board that it had been customary in the past to send small tokens to the institutions in which New Hanove.r County citizens were being cared for at Christmas time. There was no difference of opinion on this matter and Mr. Holton offered a motion that $125.00 be appropriated for this purpose which is the same as last year, to be distributed on a pro-rata basis to the number of citizens involved. Tt was seconded by Mr. Williams and unanimously approved. HURRICANE DONNA DAMAGE CIAIMS - On September 19, 1960; the Executive Secretary discussed the advisability of authorizing Henry Von Oesen and Associates to make preliminary estimates and present other claims for damage done to County property by Hurricane Donna and received the unanimous ?- approval of the Board. This action, however, was inadvertently left out of the minutes for that date and is now being inserted for approval "nunc pro tunc". Investigation was accordingly made and estimates prepared for the office of Civil and Defense Mobilization which requires a resolution authorizing a signatory. Upon motion of Mr. Braak, seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: BE IT. RESOLV£D- by fhe -Chairman-of.._ the :Board' o:f Coan.ty• Commissioners of. New- Hanover County-, that . .. J: = M. s Ha Tl;. Jr.• . CHair»t:an. of i:he Bo'a:rdc•of Cou,nty-C,o'mmiss.io.n-er:s-rbe- 'and. he- is hereby authori2ed to execute for and in behalf of New Hanover CoutYty, a public entity established under the laws of the State of North Carolina this application, to ihe Governor of the State of North Carolina for certain Federal financial assistance as set out in the United 5tates, Public Law 875, 81st Congress, as amended. A v Passed and approved this, the day of , 1960. /S/ J. M. Hall, Jr. Chairman Peter H. Braak, Vice Chairman L. E. Broadhur,st, Commissioner PETITIONS FOR RELIEF Mrs, Helen B. 5needen, Superintendent of Public Welfare, presented a peUition to C,l1e? admit Lyman Frank Batten to the County Home for personal care. He is a diabetic and had tuberculosis with a marked emphysema. Mr. Holton moved that this petition be approved. It was seconded by Mr. Braak and unanimousiy carried. 'A 6,???.? Minutes of the Meeting November 21, 1960 Continued i BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA - The Chairman informed the Board that he had authorized the Executive Secre- tary to write a letter to the recently appointed Advisory Committee for securing the USS Battleship North Carolina for our State as an appropriate shrine. He is of the opinion that we should encourage this effort as it will be a great attraction to lure more tour- ists to New Hanover County. The Board unanimously approved this action by common consent. INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT A letter was received from Dr. Albert Coates, Director of the Institute of Government at the lJniversity of North Carolina, describing the million do2lar building whdch was a result of a large gift of $500,000 from the Knapp Foundation and inviting the Commissioners and other interested public officials to a dedication ceremony start- ing with registration at 2:30 P. M. Wednesday afternoon, November 30 and continuing un- til noon the next day and requesting a picture of the Board to be placed under the pict- ure of the New Hanover County Court House now on the wall in the Joseph Palmer Knapp Building, which is the home of the Institute of Government. The Chairman urged all of the Board possibie to attend this event. Messrs. Braak and Metts requested the Execu- tive Secretary to make proper registrations for their attendance. COUNTY ASSIGNMENTS - Mr. Williams reminded the Chairman that he is now serving on the USO and SENCSA Committees and suggested that as he was retiring from the Board, new appointments should be made to fill this vacancy. BEER LICENSE PERMITS The following applications for Beer Licenses were reviewed and ordered turned over to the Sheriff for his investigation and consideration. Laura O. Alexander T/A Laura's Coffee Kitchen RFD 1, Box 271 Jesse Graham Yarborough 1?21 Drive In Highway &21, City REPORTS - The foilowing reports were reviewed and ordered 4'iled for information: 1- New Hanover County Airport Reports of Disbursements and Income. 2- USO Cluh Report for October 1960. ?I 3- Wilmington Public Library Report fot October 1960. 4- " Colored " " " 5- County Farm Agent's Extension Report. L_RETIRING CONdNISS10NER5 Chairman Hall reminded the Board that Messrs. J. E. Holton, Jr. and Berry A. Williams would be retiring from the Board as of December sth and expressed to them the gratitude which he felt for the unselfish service they had rendered the citizens of this County and expressed the good wishes for their future endeavors in whatever they chose to do. ADJOURNMENT - Thece being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. !dilliams moved to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded by Mr. Hoiton and unanimously approved. r W. G. Houck, Executive Sec etary Wilmington, N. C. December 5, 1960 ASSEPBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners assembled today for their regular semimonthly meeting in the Commissioners Room of the County Court House at 10:45 with the foilowing members present: Chairman J. M. Hall, Jr., Commissioners Peter H. $raak, L. E. Broadhurst, E. R. Mayhan and John lfan B. Metts, Jr, and County Auditor T. D. Love. City Attorney Cicero P. Yow attended the meeting in the absence of County Attorney John Bright Hiil, who was ill and unab2e to be present for the meeting, INVOCATION - Reverend R. W. Graham, Pastor of 6doodburn Presbyterian Church, who was scheduled to serve as Chaplain for the meeting was unable to attend and }iad requested Reverend E. G. Connette, Jr. of St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church to substitute for him, however, as the meeting was not opened until after the new Commissioners were sworn in, Mr. Connette had to leave and the Chairman asked Executive Secretary Houck to open the meeting with prayer. APPROUAL OF THE MINUTES - • Upon motion of Mr. Braak, seconded by Mr. Broadhurst, the minutes of the last meeting were approved unanimously as written. ? ORGANIZATION - The Chairman announced that the first order of business would be the reorganiza- tion of the Board and opened the nominations for Chairman. Chairman ?- Mr. Metts then offered a motion that Mr. J. M. Hall, Jr. be reappoint- ed Chairman for th'e ensuing year. it was seconded by Mr. Braak, who offered a motion that the nominations be closed which was seconded by Mr. Broadhurst and when the ballots were cast, Mr. Hall was unanimously chosen as Chairman. Continued- i L?