1974-10-24 Special Meeting
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 24, 1974
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover Board of County Commissioners rret in special session on Thursday,
October 24, 1974, at 7:25 o'clock p.m. in the Superior Courtroom, New Hanover County
Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina, to reconsider the awarding of purchase con-
tracb for Sheriff's Department vehicles, to discuss the Secondary Road Funds allocated
to New Hanover County, and to present the plans, drawings and models prepared by the
architects for the proposed County Government Complex.
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'. Members present were Commissioners Peter R. Davis; Claud 0' Shields, Jr.;
Vivian S. Wright; Chairman W. Douglas Powell; County Manager, Dan W. Eller; County
Attorney, James C. Fox; and Clerk to the Board, Lise K. King. Comm. M. H. Vaughan
arrived after the reconsideration of the awarding of purchase contracts for Sheriff's
Department vehicles and was present for the remainder of the meeting. No members
were absent.
Chm. Powell called the meeting to order.
PURCHASE CONTRACT - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT VEHICLES
County Manager Eller presented the bids for patrol cars for the Sheriff's
Department vehicles which the Commissioners had considered at their regular meeting
of October 21, 1974. These bids were as follows:
Cape Fear Motor Sales, Inc. (Ford)
Tom Reich Chevrolet, Inc.' (Chevrolet)
Harriss Pontiac, Inc. (Pontiac)
Port City Chrysler-Plymouth
- $4,460.58 per car + $89.21 Sales Tax
- $4,549.95 per car + $91.00 Sales Tax
- $4,589.57 per car + $91.79 Sales Tax
- No Bid
Chm. Powell read a letter from Mr. P. R. Smith, Jr., President of Cape Fear
Motor Sales, Inc., stating that Cape Fear Motdr SalE:s, Inc., could not meet the
December 1 delivery date stipulated by the Commissioners at their meeting of
October 21, 1974, but felt this was an unreasonable requirement in that this was
not stipulated in the bid specifications. The lett~r stated further that Cape Fear
Motor Sales, Inc., would guarantee that the units would be built in November if the
spotlights were deleted.
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Chm. Powell asked Chief Deputy Jesse Blanton if the deletion of the built-in
spotlights would be agreeable to the Sheriff's Department, and Chief Deputy Blanton
stated that the Sheriff's Department had used hand spotlights the previous year for
the first time and that they had been satisfactory.
Chm. Powell asked Mr. Smith what the price of the vehicles would be with the
spotlights, and Mr. Smith stated that each vehicle would be $78 less.
Comm. Davis moved, seconded by Comm. O'Shields, that the contract for patrol
cars for the Sheriff's Department be awarded to CapE Fear Motor Sales, Inc., the
low bidder, for nine vehicles at $4,382.58 per vehicle. Upon vote, motion carried
as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, 0' Shields, Wright, ar,d Chm. Powell.
Absent: Comm. Vaughan.
PRIORITY ROAD FOR SECONDARY ROAD'CONSTRUCTION FUNDS
Mr. Wilber E. Rabon, Secondary Roads Council mE~mber, appeared before the Board
along with members of the Department of Transportation to present the priority
rating for roads to be paved from the Secondary Roads Construction Funds administered
by the State. Mr. Rabon stated that New Hanover County would receive $23,095 for
fiscal year 1974-1975. Priorities presented were a~: follows:
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Priority
111
112
113
114
115
SR 1385,
SR 1187,
SR 1519,
SR 1186,
SR 1610
Description
Sampson Street, 0.78 Hiles
Titanium Road, 0.9 Miles
Piner Road, 0.3 Miles
Titanium Road, 1. 3 Miles
Second Avenue, 0.35 Miles
Estimated Cost
$37,000
30,000
15,000
45,000
15,000
Judge Gilbert H. Burnett appeared before the Board and requested that the
Commissioners make SR 1187 the III priority.
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 24, 1974 (CONTINUED)
PRIORITY ROAD FOR SECONDARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION FUNDS (CONTINUED)
Comm. Davis offered the following resolution and moved its adoption, seconded
by Chm. Powell.
RESOLVED that SR 1187, Titanium Road, 0.9 Miles, become the III priority for
the Secondary Road Funds of New Hanover County and that SR 1385, Sampson Street,
0.78 Miles, become the #2 priority.
Comm. Vaughan offered the substitute motion that Horn Road become the #1
priority. Substitute motion died for lack of a second.
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Upon vote, original motion carried as follows:
Voting Aye: Comm. Davis, O'Shields, Wright, and Chm. Powell.
Voting Noe: Comm. Vaughan. (For addition, see Page 39.)
PUBLIC HEARING: COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMPLEX (For addition, see Page 39.)
Mr. Herbert P. McKim, Architect, gave a brief history of the background leading
up to the presentation of the courthouse model which had been prepared.
Mr. George Hartman, Architect, gave a slide presentation of the existing
structures and the proposed courthouse model.
Chm. Powell opened the floor to a question and answer session for the citizens
attending the public hearing.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, Comm. O'Shields
moved, seconded by Comm. Wright, that the meeting be adjpurned. Upon vote, motion
carried unanimously.
Chm. Powell adjourned the meeting at 10:20 o'clock p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Use K. King
Clerk to the Board
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MINUTES OF REGUI~ MEETING, NOVEMBER 4, 1974
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday,
November 4, 1974, at 9:00 o'clock a.m. in the Assembly Room, County Commission
Building, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present were Commissioners Peter R. Davis; Claud O'Shields, Jr.;
M. H. Vaughan; Vivian S. Wright; Chairman W. Douglas Powell; County Manager,
Dan W. Eller; County Attorney, James C. Fox; and Clerk to the Board, Lise K. King.
No members were absent.
Chm. Powell called the meeting to order.
Maj. Arnold Willaford of the Salvation Army offered the invocation.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING, OCTOBER 21, 1974
Comm. Wright requested that on Page 27 under "Reinstatement of Six Social
Services Positions" the record include her statement with regard to a policy adopted
by the Department of Social Services that, if you were the fifth person that walked
in the office to apply for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, you were told
to come back the next day. She asked Miss Hall when she had adopted this policy,
and Miss Hall replied that it had been adopted after the July, 1974, count.
Comm. Wright stated that, after the Board had refused the new people, Miss Hall
had set a policy to irritate the people so that they would complain and then she
had come back to the Board wanting the additional people.
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