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The issuance of the Authority's Industrial Revenue Bond (J. P. Stevens & Co.,
Inc. Project), in the principal amount of $5,000,000 is hereby approved.
MOTION from Commissioner Mills, second from Commissioner Murdock, to approve
this resolution. VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
WATER -SEWER NEEDS, IRF.DELL COUNTY: William A. Mills, County Commissioner, gave
a report to the board on a meeting, he had attended as a board representative regard-
ing, water -sewer expansions in the county.
Mr. Mills said he and Joe H. Troutman, Chairman of the County Commissioners,
had attended the meeting,. Mr. Mills said it was his opinion that water -sewer needs
and planning, therefor should be a county -guided program. He said he throught the
county should go to the appropriate source --state or private enterprise --for con-
sideration of doing, a water -sewer comprehensive plan For the entire county to see
what it was going, to cost. The plan should include the present systems.
Mr. Deal, county manager, added that it would probably have to be a private
engineering, firm.
The county manager was directed to get some cost figures to see what it would
cost to do this comprehensive plan.
STATEMENT FROM WILLIAM A. MILLS: Mr. Mills spoke to the board regarding a
meeting he had attended on Thursday, August 11, 1983.
Mr. Mills said at the reouest of the Chairman, Joe It. Troutman, and several
other people throughout the county and in direct response to a letter Mr. Troutman
had received from Reverend Charles Roman, he attended this meeting, to make a
response to the intimidating, acts of violence aimed at the Blacks. Reverend Roman
had accused the county commissioners of "dragging their feet" and not showing
concern.
Mr. Mills said he wanted to publicly defend the county commissioners because
he believed the board had always been resnonsive to the county. The reason the
board did not respond as quickly as it could have, he said, was that the board
members had just snent two arduous months hammering, out the budget. Each of the
board members has been on vacation through most of July, and August 2nd was the
first time the board members were all together. A matter like this needs to be
discussed with all board members, Mr. Mills said.
The board members did discuss it and decided what they would like to do.
Another reason for not responding as quickly, Mr. Mills said, was questioning
whether it was the board's statutory responsibility to respond.
Mr. Mills said the meeting, went well; each incorporated municipality was
represented. The county attorney, Robert N. Randall, Joe Troutman, Chairman, and
Bill Mills discussed for one and one-half hours the concerns of the Black Community
regarding the unethical acts of intimidation that have recently occurred in the
county. It was decided that each of the local governing board in the county should
exnress their concerns because it is harmful, not just because of the intimidating ,
nature, but particularly for the reputation of our county and state, Mr. Mills said.