1971 - 02-01-71 Regular Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

HOOK 7 PAGE 507 Messrs. Tommy C. Mann, T. C. Griffin,. and J. Shelton Wicker appeared before the Board on behalf of the Mental Health Authority. Mr. Ralph McCoig, Administrator, accompanied the delegation. Mr. Mann served as spokesman and requested additional funds in the amount of $7, 000. 00. The short- age is due to the authority's inability to use funds for matching purposes due to a change in Federal Procedures, There was an extensive discussion but no formal action was taken at this time. The Chairman directed the Clerk to secure six (6) copies of the Resi- dential Building Code. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved the County Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds be authorized to rent uniforms for his maintenance crews. Commissioner William H. Cooper reported on the coming bond issues. Commissioner Perry White reported on his trip to Atlanta to attend confeiEnce on revenue sharing. Mrs. Manly Oldham appeared before the Board and reported on tenants of hers who received welfare benefits but failed to pay her the rent. She com- plained because the Department of Social Services would not pay her the rent and demanded from the Board the rent and damage for destruction of the interior walls of her house. The Board explained they were not permitted to make pay- ments under the circumstances outlined by her. The monthly bills were reviewed and were approved for payment upon motion of Commissioner William H. Cooper, seconded by Commissioner Perry White, and unanimously adopted. The Clerk reported he had received a petition from 25 citizens of Lee County requesting a public hearing on the condition of housing in Lee County and the desirability of the creation of a housing authority for Lee County. The Board instructed the Clerk to advertise the hearing for March 15th, 1971. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker moved the Department of Social Services be authorized to contract with the Mental Health Authority for senvices in the amount of $3, 000. 00. The motion was seconded by Commissioner William H. Cooper and upon a roll call vote it was unanimously adopted as follows: AYE: Cooper, Rogers, White, G. Wicker and F. Wicker NAY: None Commissioner William H. Cooper moved the sum of $900. 00 be trans- ferred from the Contingency and Emergency Fund to Civil Defense Fund to supp- lement the Civil Defense Directors salary. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a roll call vote it,was unanimously adopted as follows: AYE: Cooper, Rogers, White, G. Wicker and F. Wicker NAY: None Upon motion made, seconded, and duly adopted, it was resolved to adjourn the meeting until 9:30 o'clock a. m. on Monday, February 15, 1971. Franklin D. Wicker, Chairman Kenneth R. - NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COUNTY Presented for registration on the /4:~ day 192at_9.~LsA M, recorded in Boo -2-page sb J. Chandler Eakes. Register of Deeds