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3 <br />Report from the Department of Revenue of the net sales tax <br />receipts for the two-month period ending July 31st was presented to the Board. <br />There was a general discussion about -the status of the school <br />merger program but no formal action was taken by the Board. <br />The County Manager reported on the request Hof Dunning, Ltd. <br />for sanitary sewer service. Mr. Harris stated that any practical plan for <br />service for this facility would be predicated upon obtaining an easement upon <br />the adjoining property, and he would investigate the possibilities of obtaining <br />such an easement. <br />The County Manager asked that the Board advise what the policy <br />would be about providing custodial services in the County Office Building, <br />particularly with respect to the school building floor or suite of offices. <br />The Board advised the County Manager that the County Maintenance Department <br />would be responsible for the custodial services at the County Office Building and <br />if allocations of County office space are found to be overtaxing the present staff, <br />to authorize Mr. Hugh Brewer, Superintendent of buildings and grounds, to <br />secure, an additional employee for this purpose. <br />The County Manager reported to the Board that the committee <br />appointed by the Chairman to recommend improvements at the courthouse had <br />held a meeting and was in the process of securing estimates on which to base their <br />recommendatinns. These recommendations should be available to the Board <br />shortly. <br />There was a discussion about the feasibility of water lines to <br />industrial sites secured by a performance bond. No formal action was taken, <br />but the County Manager and the County Attorney were directed to prepare instruments <br />for examination by the Board. <br />The County Manager presented to the Board a map showing the location <br />of the proposed sites for trash containers to serve the communities in the rural <br />parts of the County. The locations as designated'on the map were discussed and <br />upon motion of Commissioner William H. Cooper, seconded by Commissioner <br />Gordon A. Wicker, unanimously adopted, it was resolved to, approve the sites as <br />shown upon the map and to authorize the County Manager to secure. encroachments <br />and licenses. <br />The County Manager called to the attention of the Board the <br />recommendation of the Convention of the North Carolina Association of County <br />Commissioners that public hearings be held upon the question of the proper method <br />of .assessment of farm lands for taxation. Chairman Wicker said the meeting <br />should be held sometime in October after the farmers have been able to complete <br />harvesting their crops, and that the :matter should be scheduled for that time. <br />Mr. John D. Pegram appeared before the Board relative to the <br />application for the Federal grant for the Senior Citizens program in Le . e.County <br />and requested the Chairman to contact the Director of the Triangle J. Council <br />of Government to speed up processing of the application. <br />County Commissioners reported to the Board-with respect to the <br />securing of a well at the sanitary landfill site and was authorized to have a 24 inch <br />well drilled on the site. Chairman Wicker directed that steps be taken to see <br />that gravel was placed in'the well to insure its efficient operation. <br />Mr. E. M. Underwood, Jr, appeared before the Board, and advised <br />the Board that it should have in mind the redemption of the bond anticipation notes <br />