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062089RANDOLPH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MINUTES June 20, 1989 The Randolph County Board of Commissioners met in special session at 7 p.m. on June 20, 1989 in Courtroom B, County Courthouse, Asheboro, NC, to hold a final public hearing on the naming of roads and to work on the proposed budget. Commissioners Frye, Langley, Davidson and Comer were present. Commissioner Petty was absent. Chairman Frye declared the public hearing to be in session. Hal Johnson read a list of changes in recommended names for roads since the last public hearing. Charles Johnson, Rt. 3, Denton, asked that 1102 be named Johnson Farm Road rather than Foggy Top Road. Howard Lineberry asked that 2140 be named Jacob -Shelton Road rather than Plum Tree Road. Richard Lamb presented a petition signed by 13 of the 14 residents on 1516 asking that it be left as Lamb Road, not renamed to Richardson Lane. Phyllis Richardson asked that 1516 be named Richardson Lane. Becky Lamb of 1516 asked that it remain Lamb Road so residents won't have the expense of getting addresses changed on checks, driver's license, etc. An unidentified gentleman asked that 2632 be called O.H. Staley Road. Wes Brown, Randleman, said a petition had been brought to the last meeting asking that 2113 be called Brown's Country Road. R. E. Scott, Rt. 1, Ramseur, asked that 2873 be called River Road instead of Riverside Road. Jean Powers, Rt. 2, Bennett, asked that 2876 be changed to Curtis Powers Road. An unidentified person asked that 2938 be changed from Purvis Farm Road to Nuby Purvis Road. Kelly Lee asked that 2824 be Lee Valley Road, not Pinehill Road. Linda Jones, Rt. 4, Asheboro, presented a petition to call 2835 Ross Harris Road. The 21 names represent 17 households of the 30 on the road. . Floyd Collins, Rt. 3, Ramseur, requested that "Country" be dropped from Ferguson Country Road for 2479. An unidentified person asked that 2843 be called Clyde King Road. Minutes 6/20/89 Page 2 George Gregson asked that 2105 be Gregson Road. Max Hinshaw, who said he was representing Climax Fire Department, questioned several road name recommendations and changes. He asked that the following roads be named as shown: 2140 - Russell Road 2113 - Polecat Creek Road 2105 - Free Dairy Road 2108 - Wayne White Road 2111 - Ward Road 2137 - Kirkman Road 2141 - White's Memorial Road 2142 - Walker Store Road 2132 - give each of its 3 sections a different name 2136 - give each of its 3 sections a different name 2445 - Kimes Road Olan Grubb asked that 2654 be named Macon Farm Road. An unidentified person asked that 2911 be called Kemp Mill Road. I Noone else asked to speak and Chairman Frye closed the public hearing. Approval of Fire and School District Tax Rates Larry Brower, Guil-Rand Fire Chief, told Commissioners that their department needs a 1(,' increase in their fire tax rate because their vehicles are wearing out and are very expensive to replace. They are also requesting an increase from Guilford County Commissioners. On motion of Comer, seconded by Langley, the Board approved a tax rate of llG (a 1� increase) for Guil-Rand Fire District. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board approved all other fire tax rates as requested, except Fairgrove. Fairgrove's request for an increase will be considered tomorrow night. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board approved school tax rates as requested. A copy of all fire and school tax rates requested and approved is included by reference. Budget Amendment - Health Department George Elliott explained that he had put $24,810 in his 89-90 budget for contract work for the closing of the Seagrove and Melancton dumpsters and for grading, concrete, fencing and signs for Farmer and Coleridge dumpsters. Since the contract work has been done in June, it must be paid for from the current budget. On motion of Langley, seconded by Comer, the Board approved Budget Amendment #30 to allow this contract work to be paid for from the Fund Balance of the current budget. A copy is included by reference. Minutes 6/20/89 Page 3 Position Request - Health Department George Elliott asked that the Board approve a full-time community health assistant in the 89-90 budget. He said a person in this position could relieve nurses of some of their duties. There are currently 4 nurse vacancies and the remaining nurses have a very heavy load. Southwest Middle School Funding On motion of Langley, seconded by Davidson, the Board voted to request the State to approve an additional $229,950, making a total of $2,377,950, from the Public School Building Capital Fund to be used to construct the Southwest Middle School. Facilities Plan Chairman Frye stated that the County has discovered that the Board of Education has several needs which would not be accommodated by the Stedman Building. Additionally, moving the Board of Education would be costly. The facilities committee is recommending that Social Services move to the Stedman Building with Board of Education expanding into Social Services' present space at McDowell. On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board voted to move Social Services to Stedman and Board of Education into most of Social Servics' vacated space. The Health Department will expand into the remaining portion of Social Services' vacated space. Register of Deeds Equipment Frank Willis reported on work he and Ann Shaw, Register of Deeds, had done concerning equipment and costs for her re-creation project. Her problems are space, quality of records, and having 3 systems already in place and adding another system. They decided the best approach would be to eliminate micro- filming first, which would take about 3 years. Then the books would be repro- duced, which would take another 3 years. Compensation for Board of Commissioners Mr. Willis advised the Board that general statutes allow board members to set their compensation only at budget time. He noted that in comparison to the 5 counties above and 5 counties below Randolph in population, our board's compensation is the lowest. Adjournment On motion of Davidson, seconded by Comer, the Board adjourned.