1951-08-22 Regular Meeting283
Wil.mington, N. C., August 22, 7.951.
Pursuant to recess taken Monday., August 20, 1951, the Board met at 10:00 o'c].ock A.M.?
to receive bids for the purchase of two electric kitehen ranges for the County Home
" as advertised.
Present: Addison Hewiett Chairman, Jas. M. Ha71, Claud 0'Shields, Hai J. Love and
County Auditor C. F. Smith. .
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only bid received was submitted by the Tide VJater Company as fo'lows:
"I Two Ao.'lll HRG7A 361" Heavy Duty Hotpoint Conmercia]_ Eiectric Ranges finished with
Permalucent which are 36" high, 36" wide, and 36" deep. Each range wi17. have three 12" x
24" cast iron top sections with Calrod heating ur.its. Each top section is equipped with
independent automatic controls which wili ai?ow the cook to select any temperature
r.ecessary for top surface cooking. Each of these units wi1.1 carry a temperature from
2500 to 850° Fahrenheit for cooking. There are also no hotspots ir, any section of the
cooking top of these ranges. It has the same temperature on the outer edge of the unit
as it has in the center of the unit."
'0 Each range has an oven depth 26J"9 wide 221", height 12j". They are also ii?sulated
with a heavy minerai rock wool which retards the waste of heat from the oven. They car,
be furnished as shown by the descriptive.foider attached, with legs for setting on cor:crete
base or with four 411' high legs."
" The F.O.B. price of the 111 HRG7A range is $771.40. Two of these,-ranges would be
$1,542.50 less Federa] Tax $80.40 totaling $7.,462.10, less 15% discount $?219•32• Total
price delivered to the County Home wi1J. be $1.,242.'78".
The matter of moving the present kitchen to a location to be provided in the dining room
and divorcing the present cooking arrangements for both inmates and prisoners and settirig-
up separate cooking facilities and dir.ing room for prisoners in the prison building, was
discussed. Therefore the question of purchasing one or two ranges arose. Thereupon
Mr. Love moved and it was seconded by Mr. 0'Shields and carried, that action on awarding
the bid be held in abeyance pending a decission of the matter.
The, meeting then adjourned.
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Wilmington, N. C., August 27, 1_951.
The regular weekly meeting of the Board wa.s held at 10:00 o'clock A. M.
Present: Jas. M. Hall Vice Chairman, Claud 0'Shields? Thurston C. Davis, Ha2. J. Loveg
Eoc3nty Attorney Marsden Bel.lamy and C.F.Smith County Auditor.
Copies of the minutes of August 20th and 22nd tiaving been previausly given to each member
of the Board, and-iio_, coTrections indicated, reading of the same was therefore dispensed with.
Mr. C. R. Morse? City-County Tax Coll.ector appeared to complain of the termination
/ of the services of a clerk in'the back tax department, and cailed atter:tion to the
operation of his department with the same nurnber of clerks since 1942, and due to the
ir.crease in business, the department would be handicapped if the force is curtailed.
T herefore, on a motior; offered by Mr. T:ove and seconded by Mr. Davis, the Board voted
its approval to continue the services of the clerk in question, if the City so desires*
the Countv's Fireman,reoorted
Mr. Burroughs/on a fire at Winter Park Sunday night, August 26th, that destroyed the home
--- ??? of Mr.Wil7.iam Dyke, and stated that response to the fire was delayed due to failure in
getting the ca11 through to his department promptly.
Upon motion of Mr. Love, seconded by Mr. Davis, it was agreeable to the Commissioners to
have the stecial term of civil court convene or. October 22, instead of September 24,
requested by the Bar Association, which change vras occasioned by the inability to provide
a judge to hold the special, term September 24.
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A letter was received from bfajor T. G. 0'fieal, Director of Civil Defense, advising that
his contract with the City of Wiimington as Director of Public Safety,, will expire August
.? RkS 31, ar.d upon cessatior of his duties desires to be relieved of the duties and responsibilities
of Director of Civi] Lefer,se, and requested the City and Couxity to inver.tory and take over
property now under the jurisdiction of the Wiimington-Nevr Harover County Civil Defer.se
Administration. Thereupon Mr. 0_!5bte].ds was, upon motioi_ of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr.Love'
appointed to inventory the property with a representative of the City.
A communication was received from &Ir. A..Wiibur C1ark, Third Division State Highway
Commissioner, advising that the State Highway GeL3era1 Counsel has been instructed to
draw up the necessary agreement between the City, County and State Highway Commission
for the lighting of the north East River bridge, to be forwarded to this body for approval
and execution.
Upon motior, of Mr. Love, seconded by Mr. 0'Shields, the Board approved the appointment of
Messrs George W. Trask and E. M. Butler to succeed themselves$ and E.Raynor P111son to
replace Mr. Harriss Newman,rexiFed, as members of the Board of Trustees of Commurlity
Hospital for a three year term begir:ning July 1, 1951, on nomination of the Board of
T rustees in accordance with the by-laws of the institution.
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