1951-07-25 Regular Meeting2 ( c,
Meeti-g of July 233 1951, co-t?-ued.
Ey i-ue-do a^ el'iort has bee- nsde to give the public the idea that due to the
hospitai biil vre passed ctt the last sessio^ of the Legisiature, City taxes a.re bei^g
i-creased. 4Ve feel that the public shou7d k^otc th3t u-der the provisio-s o£ the
Poweil. Bill, vahich we both active).y sunpor.t, the City of i'lilni-gto^ wi1.l get
• appror.imately S130,000.00 fro!, the State of Torth Caroiina duri^g the -ext fiscal. year.
This is a- e-tirel.y -ew source of rcve-ue for the City of UJiini^gto-. Ir1e r-erely me-tio^
this iact, so that the public ca- judge for itse?i whether our efforts i^ the
Legislature caused a tax i.-crease. -
VJe feel that this-e-tire huiaballo co^cer^i^E the hospital is -othi^g r.iore thar
a- effort or the part of some City afficials to cover up their deficie-cies as
admi-istrators whe- a tax rate i^crease of thirty.ce-ts is i^ the offi-g, despite a
^ew source of reverue givi^g the City $130,000.00 i- additio^a1 fu^ds for the cor.,i-year,'" g
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Addiso- Hew7.ett,Jr. After ar exte-ded discussio- of the matter ^o
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The Board the^ proceeded with the trarsactio^
Upon motio- of Mr. 0'Shields, seco^ded by Pr7r.
of rot exceedi^g $400.00 to Duke Hospital for
patie^t at State Sa-atorium tra^sferred to Dul
Sa^atorium,
actio^ was taken,
oi Cou-ty busi-ess.
Davis, the board authorized the payrne^t
operatio- for Pir. Lymo^ Frankli^ Batton,Cou-ty
ce Hospital for operatio-A recomme^ded by the
A request of Col. 7+a.lter Nlheel_er. Con,ra-di-F 0?'ii.cer, 137th Air Group, co-ducting
r.r.-a-euvers at T'ew Harover Cou-t,y 9irport, to temporary closc th3t part of Sta.te Highway
o^ the- south side of the "ationa.l Guard qu.qrters, desig-ated as that pa.rt of road K,
?-?I?an co-^ecti-g road Ja^d L et the 3irport a, q safety measure duri^g r:?a-euvers, u7as upo^
. ti motio° of iir. Ha11, seco-ded hy i,Tr. U'Shields, approved a^d referred to NIr. .9. VJilbur
Clsrk, Third Divisio^ Stqte Highwa,y Corrmiesio-er at rayettevilie.
.9 request oP i?ir. J.K.Ba-err,:a-, Ch3?rr,a^ of t"e ;olt1d of irustees of St.A^drews-Cove^a^t
P,resbqteriar Church to abate the 1949 ?:axes due o- property i^ block 48'7, purchased
from P.A.Dawso^ through Jas.E.Holt.o-lir.,,4Ee^t for Church purposes, Ja^uary 8, 1949,
vaas upo- motio- of i:ir. Hall, seco-ded b,y iuir. Tove, decii^ed o^ opi^ior of the Cou-ty
4ttor^ey that ow-ership of the property was ^ot in the church Jaruary 1, 1.949, ?^d the
- Cou^ty, therefore, wou].d ha.ve ro right to ab.e.te the taxes.
Upo- motio- oi ??r. Love, seco^ded by Lir. Davis, the buiJ_di^g o^ 1ot ovi^ed by Johr Gore
i^ block 10, SE4 lot 4, assessed at ?i150.00, v?as o^ recor.une^datio- of the Cou^ty Auditor
-1 ?C?( reduced to 50.00 0^ accou^t of its di7apidated co^ditio^, a^d settleme^t of taxes o^ that
basis for the years 1939 a-d 1940, a-d 1946 through 1950 vras authorized.
A petitio^ of three property ow^ers submitted o^ State form R,10- requesting that
n+, improvemerts to Cherry .4verue i^ Audubo^, Har^2tt Towrship, be exte^ded to F7_oral
Farkway, was upo^ notio^ of ATr. Q'Sh?eids, seco?ded by TaIr. Davis, approved a^d refe.rred
to Pr_r. A. V;i'Ihur Clark, State Highway Co:;,missio^er at Fayetteville for co^sideratio-.
.? /L85 , 1he Commissio^ers agreed, o^ suggestio^ of T;ir. 0'Shie'ids, to check the status of previous
-DP,,,„,o petitio^s forroad improveme^ts a^d drai^age requests.
A commu^icatio^ was received fror! Hecorder H. Wi-iieid Scith recor:ime-di^g the appoi^tme^t
df Sgt. Robert lVi?iia,ms of the 4Vitr:ii-?to- Po7 ice, DePartme-t,to the positio- of Investigati^g
49r? Officer for the Recorders Court, o^ e tempcrgr;,.'hasis for six iao-ths o^ leave of abse^ce
~ fror.i the City Police Depa.rtrce-t to fu1 iii 1 the assig-r.^.e-t %:?it% the Court. no action was
take^.
? A request for diai-age improveme-ts in the roster-rii11 Deve7opMe-t area at Ha^by Beach
-?? by dragli^e oper?tio^ to deepe? the ditch th:cugh said area to the He-iiker ditch, a
-? alsta.^ce of l800 feet, vras gi.ve^ favorable co-sideratio- after previous cotnr,iittme-ts
for dragli.-+e service ha.ve bee- completed.
Upo? motio~ of I,,4r. 0'Shie7ds, seco-??ed by ?42r, Tove, Cou-ty bilis T?'os. 5725 to ?018
/- were approved for payment.
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A recess was the^ take^ u^tit 10:00 o'clock A.M.,
f?o£ the Cou^ty's budget.
Je.'s42----+4 Ci_erk.
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VJed-esday, July 259 for furi.her study
t'dilmirgto^,T'.C., July 25, 1.951•
Pursuant to recess take^ JuLy 23, 1.951, the Board met at 10:00 o'c7ock A.M.
' Prese^t: Addiso^ Hewlett, Chairna^, Jas. M. Ha'1, Claud 0'Shieids, Thursto^ C. Davis,
Hal J. Love a^d Cou^ty 9uditor C.F.Smith.
' ?? (} Mr. H.M.Rola^d, Supt., of Schools ?va= prese-t
?(y3'? wereNd?cussed,epartieularly salaries a-d lo?^?
a budget?.for school bard expe^se suggested by
charge for school eve^ts a,t the Stadiur? by 4%
^o actio^ vr?.s take^. Hoivever the school budpe
i^ the tax levy. •
to discuss the school budget. Various items
pay of bus dri.vers. The matter of setti^g up
Iair. G'Shiel.ds a^d i~cre?'si^g the gate receipt
to suppl_erae^t the fu^d was discussed, but
t v:as accepted as prese^ted without i~crease
.9t the i^vitatio^ of the Boasd, Recorder H. Yii-fieid Smith ?npeared ta discuss the
appoi^tme-t of a^ I-vestigatio^ Officer for Recorders Court, a^d o^ his recomme^datio^ a^d
o- rr:otio- of It1r. Ha' 1, seco^ded bv i,4r. Davis, Ser€e^t Robert 19i1liams of the 4Viini-gto^
Police Departme-t vras a;;poi~ted to fili this a.ssig^me^t o- ieave of alase^ce from the City
Po7ice Departme-t 1'or a mar,imurr. period oi sir. morths at a salary of $300.00 per mo-th
in c?udi^g tra-sportatio^ expense, subject to terr.;i-atio^ of this service at a^y tir.e duri^g
the period it may appe?r to the best i-terest.
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n4eeti^g of Ju1y 23, 1951, co^ti^ued.
Other departme^ts of the Cou^ty budget v.ere co-sidereQ i- detail.
Upo^ motio- of Mr. 0'Shields, seco^ded by P,ir. Love, the budget for the 1'lilmi-gto^
Port Commissio^ was approved for $11,938.00 as prese-ted.
A recess was the^ taker u^til 10:00 o'clock A.T,;., Mo^day, Ju7_y 30? to further co-sider
ihe 6ou^ty's budget with the vievr of approvi^g the same a-d fixi^g the tax rate for the
fiscal year 1951-1952.
? Clerk.
VJi1mi^gto^, PT . c., Tu1y 30, 1951.
The regul.ar weekly ineeting of the Board -aas hel.d at 10:00 o'cJ_ock A. M.
PrQse^t: Addiso^ Hewlett, Chairna-, Jas. M. Hall, Claud 0'Shields, Thursto- C. Davis,
Hal J. Love a-d Cou^ty Attor^ey n4arsde- Beliamy.
Copies of the aiirutes of ineeti^g of July 23, 1951, having bee- fur^ished to the members
, of the Board,a^d approved, readi^g of the mi^utes,was therefore dispe-sed 1^,ith.
/ Upo-• motio^ of Nir. Davis, seco^ded by Mr. Love, Mr. C. H. P,4orse, T=+x Collector, was
authorized a-d directed to advertise the sale of la-d for taxes o^ce a week for four
weeks as required by lavJ, o^ rJhich said i.a^d the 1950 tares have -ot bee-+ paid, said
sale to take piace o- the first Pdo^day i- Septer?ber, 1.951.
Upo^ motio- of Mr. Davis, seco-ded hy Ii4r. Love; 1.1r. C. R. ?riorse was re_elected City-
Cou-ty Tax Co1J_ector for the two years term begi--i^g October 1, 1951, a-d his bo^d fixed
at $37,500.00 each by the City a-d Cou.-ty as heretofore. Sin:i].ar actio^ havi^g bee- take-
by the City Cou-cil.
Only o-e bid was received for the purchase of the oic] Hed Cross Sa^atorium property as
advertised. Due to u-settled co~ditiors -d a-ticipqted activities by the U^ited States
Air Force at the ^ear-by Bluethe-thal Fie7d, -?~d the Board aiso feeli-g th3t other bids
f-- should have bee^ received, I?:r. Tove moved a-d it was seco-ded by IeIr. 0'Shields a-d carried,.
that further efiorts to se'i the sajd property be he1.d i.^ abeya-ce, a-d the iz-;?ope^ed bid
was ordered retur-ed to 1.1r. Garla-d S. Curri- who subnitted the same.
Upo^ motio- duly n^de a-d seco-ded, Clare•-ce Da~~er, re,'eral Poi^t Tow-ship, vaas gra^ted
a-d abatenent of $2.00 poi i tax a ccou-t of doubl e cha.rge for the year 1950. ,It appeared
--? that poli taxes was charged o- his re?.l estete list for Kure Beach a-d paid, a-d also
charged o- his perso-a7. list for Federal. roirt toya-ship.
Upor motio^ of ?4r. G'Shieids, seco-ded hi ll4r. D^vis, tiie Board authorized the resal.e of
property at Seabreeze a-d 7ot 1,3, i.- b?ock 10, VJiI r,:i^gto^ Beach, §old" for tfixe5',-to
Mrs. Ethel Nurri^ upo- payme^t of a'1 the t3yes -a^d experse d'ue the Cou^tp i- co^^ectio^
therewith, a,rr:ou-ti-g to $571..45, to e-qb1e he?. to redeem the property.
?- A letter was r?ce5.ved fron P?,r. H. M. Rolq-d Secretar}> of the Board of Educatio- of new Hanover
4e Cou-ty accomparied by the fol.lovii-g resolutio-:
Exerpt fron the hfi^utes oS the Board o£ Educ3tio^
Ju^e 7_9, 7.951. '
"' Foilowi^g a discussio^ by the Board of Educatio^ for the ^eed for additio^a1. fu^ds to
complete their prese^t buildi-g progran, upo- motio- of hfr. La~ey, seco^ded by Mrs.Iuieister,
the attached resolutio^ vias approved.
VJHEREAS, the Board of Educatio^ has u^dertake,r a program to equalize school feci.l.ities
throughout the cou^ty, a-d
YJHF REA5, this program, formerly approved a-d i^ part u^der co^structio-I has -ot sufficiert
fu^ds to complete the program, and
VVHEREAS, the classrooms; assembly roons, cafeterias a^d toilets are a^ecessary part of
school facilities, hereby
bE IT RESOLVED, thfit the F'ew Hanover Cou^ty Board of Educa.tio^ requests the Tlew Hanover Cou+^ty
Board of Commissio^ers to levy the sw-.9 of approxim-,tely $40,000.00 for the purpese of buildire
toiiets, assembly rooLns, classroons, 3^d cafeterias. This sur.: is ^eeded to Meet the co-stitutio^al
requiremerts for the ma.i^te^a^ce of *'eva Ha,nover Cou^ty Schools. .
c? This resolution was adopted Vaith_.the fo"ovai°F vote: -•?, ;
Ayes: Hogga.rd - ;-;-?;
La^ey °
Roe ' Ivieister .
Craig
Absent:La^de^
^;o :None S/S ft.31.Rola^d,
Secretwrp of the Board.
Uoo^ aiotio^ of h4r. D^vis, secc-ded by b_r. I:ove, *he foreFoi^g request was approved as a
?^ecessary expe^se o£ the Cou-ty, a-d the Cou-ty 9ttor-ey wras authorized a-d directed .
to take steps ^ecessary for the issua-ce of said bo-ds,witn the bo-d Attor^eys, upo^ bei^g
fu.r^ished with certificate from the Cou-ty Auditor shoivi^g the anou-t of bo^ds th?at may be•
issued withi^ the linitatiors required by lava.
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