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1955-08-08 Regular Meeting621? hleeting of August 4, 1955 - Continued BASIS FOR TAX LEVY 1955 - 1956 BUDGET RATG General F5u?d ? 486,707.01 $p .1068 . A. & E. 18?459.20 .0160 Aid to Blind 11,493.00 .0104 Aid to Dependent Children 334,800.00 .0412 Aid to Per. & Tot. Dis. 173,880.00 .0286 Old Age Assistance 3920940.00 .0485 Welfare Fluid 112,000.00 .0663 - Worlmens' ComPensation 3,528.59 County liome b'und 75,530.93 .0379 Health Fund 75,012.90 .0288 Hospital • 113,479.45 .0779 J. C. Wessell Sanatorium 30,000.00 .0249 Sub-Total $1,827,531.08 • ?p .4873 School Bond Fund 2540420.00 .1973 School Books FLind . 18,000.00 • .0153 School Bldg. 13and • 107,510.61 • School Federal Pund 91,755.50 School Regular 3400000.00 .2387 • School Supplement F'und 384,000.00 .2000 School Veterans' Program 11,243.55 , School - Wilmington College. " 112,000.00 • .0500 School Pension 12,257.36 .0114 Sitb-Total $1,331,187-.02 ? .7127 Capital Reserve Total $3,159?018.10 $ 1.20 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Acting i:lerx The regular weekly meeting of the Attgust 8, 1955 at 10:00 A.M. Present: R. T. Horton, Chairman Trask, Cicero P. Yow, County Atto Board in the absence of Mr. T. R. S4ilmington, N. C., August 8, 1956. Board of New Hanover County Commissioners was held on Monday, and Commissioners Ernest Mayhan, L. E. Broadhurst, Raiford rney and T. D. Love, County Auditor, acting as Clerk of the Woody who is on vacation. The Reverend Hoy Noland, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church opened the meetirg with prayer. The minutes of previous meeting were approved upon motion by Mr. Broadhurst and seconded by Mr. Mayhan. P1r. Hortan advised that the Salt Marsh Mosquito Program would begin spraying operations this week if tlle weather permitted. rir. Horton accepted from the Sheriff an invitation to all the Commissioners to attend the annual banquet of the Sheriffs' Association to be held at Carolina Beach. Mr. E. B. Wright of the Volunteer Fire Departruent had a resolution from the Seagate Fire Depart-TQ-4$t,_ ment wliich saas called to the attention to the Commissioners and upon motion by Mr. Broadhurst, it was seconded by Mr. Mayhan and it was agreed that the proper resolution be drawn up by the County Attorney, and same forwarded to the proper authorities. Mr. }lorton read a letter from the Agricultural Home Extension in which was the resignation of --70g'"t-t-- Mrs. Peterson, and informed them that Mrs. Hall would return to saork by the fY.rst oP September. There were no objections. Mr. Iiorton read a letter from Dr. Charles S. Sale, representating the Medical Society of New Han- over County inviting the Commissioners to a Symposium to be held on Friday, August 19, at 4:00 P.M. Mr: Horton also had a letter from the \rorth Carolina Department of Revenue relative to informa---Y?,6G tion to be furnished them in regard to distribution of the beer and wine tax. A questionnaire was to be completed and returned to the Department of Revenue with the hope that Idew Hanover Coun- ty would receive a larger distribution of this tax. Mr. Horton read a letter from the Wilmington Azalea I`estival Committee in wkich they outlined a meeting to be held Thursday, August 18, 1955 at 8:00 P.M., and in which they asked that the Board of Commissioners appoint a representative to be on hand at this meeting. No action was taken on this matter. ' Mr. Horton also read a letter from the State Conservatinn and Development Department in regard to6jol` a resolution that soas adopted at the meeting of this Department at Morehead City, N. C., in July. The resolution recorwnended improvements alon„ the various Watemays of ATorth Carolina. Mr. Horton turned over to. the Coi.ulty Auditor a check from the North Carolina State Board of Asses- )pl+,?. sment covering New Hanover County's portion of intangible taxes for the year 1955. The check caas 9 in the amount of $49,122.12.. hir. Horton read a letter from Representative Carlyle in regard to the Commissioners' resolution asking that an LST be named after Neza Hanover County. Mr. Carlyle stated that approval made for these names was made in May, therefore notiung could be named for New Hanover County at this time. ? Mr. Horton reported in regar•d to his recent trip to Raleigh, N. C.,, for a meeting with Honorable _47 A. H. Graham of the StaCe Highway Commissiou in regard to an additional bridge across the Ca.pe Fear River. Air. Horton was of the opinion tkiat the trip was successPul and stated that it was learned ? ,622 Meeting of August 8, 1955 - Continued that money must be appropriated from starplus funds of the State and it would be necessary that the Governor of ATorth Carolina be contacted in regard to this. He 1'urther stated that a resol- ,_ t? had been prepared and forwarded to the Governot; to Mr. Graham and to A1r. Heide Trask of he North Carolina State Highway Commission. Mr, Horton urged all to do whatever in their pow- er to help further this project in any way possible. ? Mr. Horton then read a Grand Jury report and informed the Commissioners that items in this re- ?j port in connection with the Court House were being attended to. Mr. Mayhan inquired as to the possibility of getting a City Water Main to the County Home. Mr. ' Horton informed him that this matter had been checked into before and it would be necessary that a line be run from the Timme Corporation's line and that it would cost the County aUout $5,000. S Mr. Horton then outlined reports from the John C. jaessell Sanatorium iahich had sixteen (16) pa-- tients and also a report from the Fartu Abent fo'r the month of July. Mr. Mayhan inquired as to when delivery would be made of cars ordered for the Sheriff's Depart- `?d? ment and Mr. Horton reported that he had kept in touch with this matter and that they were due ??iv to be delivered sometime during the coming weelc. Mr. Mayhan then inquired as to whether or not the llog S+)arden had been instructed to report to the ?? oAJ She=riff's Department. P4r. Horton advised that he was having a meeting with the Board of Health on Wednesday of this week, and after this meeting this matter would be attended to. Upon motion made by Mr. Mayhan and seconded by Mr. Broadhurst all bills were approved for paymeDt ? 1A that were presented. Mr. Horton extended an invitation to all Commissioners to attend a luncheon at the Optimist Club at 1:00 as they were asked to serve on a panel in regard to County activities. Upon motion made by Mr. Broadhurst and seconded by Mr. Trask the meeting recessed until 2:00 P.M. ? The meeting wa's reconvened at 2:00 P.P1., and immediately taken into consideration was the regular Budget of the School Board. Mr. Horton informed the Commissioners that the School Board had re- ?L9 quested a meeting for Thursday, August 11, 1955 in regard to this matter. After discussion, it was found that the cut of $15,000. which had been made in this Budget could be restored under the tax rate of $1.20. A motion was made by Mr. Broadhurst and seconded by P4r. Trask that this Budget be increased from $325,000. to $340,000. There were no objections and the motion was carried. . The matter of cuts which had been made in the Tdelfare Department's Budget which totalled $15,000. were discussed and it was agreed that the Budget be increased iF funds were found available and the Auditor was expected to malce the necessary increase in the Budget if it was found that theee increases Could be made and the $1.20 tax rate be retained. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. T. D. Love - Acti.ng Clerk Wilmington, N. C., August 15, 1955. The regular weekly meeting of the Board was held this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M. Present: R. T. Horton, Chairman and Commissioners Raiford Trask, J. M. Hall, Jr., Ernest R. Mayhan, L. E. Broadhurst, Cicero P. Yow, County Attorney and T. D. Love, County Auditor. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Reverend Ray B. Noland, Pastor of Grace Baptist ChurCh. The minutes of ineeting of August 8, 1955, were upon motion of Mr. Broadhurst, seronded by Mr. Mayhan,.approved as recorded. ? The Chairman read a letter received from the Board of Education advising that the Board of Educa- tion in special Session August 9, 1955, accepted the offer of the County Commissioners to restore ?? ?15,000.00 to the School Regular Budget, and formally ad d a regular Budget totalling 0340,000.00 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956. This action, they said, will make unnecessary the joint meeting of our two Boards scheduled foi Thursday, August 11. Upon motion of Mr. 13roadhurst, seconded by Mr. Piayhan, the Board granted a request of the Super- Gf intendent of Publie Welfare to restore a sufficient amount of the $15,000.00 cut in his Budget ? to Lake care of over expenditures in the APTD Account to date. Thereupon $5,000.00 was alloca- ? ed for APTD and $1,000.00 for Old Age Assistance. - The Chairman announced a meeting of the Sheriff, City Officers, Chamber of Commerce, Carolina Ic,-/ Power and Light Company, State Patrol and Chiefs of Police of the various Cocmnunities, was held ~(j last Thursday to decide on plans to be set up as to the best thing to do in the huri^icane emer- ` gency, prior'to the storm, during the storm and after the storm. i The Chairman told the Board his survey of the County last caeek revealed that more damage was done to public property at the Beaches by Hurricane Connie than Hurricane Hazel. Sand was not washed ,Q? upon the strand, but was washed into the sea. The sand dunes thro?an up on the strand after- the -?? Hazel storm helped. It was the consensus of the Board to follow the same procedure for securing rehabilitation funds following the Hazel Hurricane disaster of October 15, and to employ an engineer to make a survey to ascertain the damage in the unincorporated areas preparatory to making application for Feder- al-State rehabilitation funds. It is to be understood that pay for his services will be con- tingent upon receipt of such funds. And, upon motion of Mr. Trask, seconded by A4r. Braedhurst, the following resolution was adopted: - I?_t . , ,