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434 The Gabarrus County Commissioners met at their regular meeting Monday, April 4, 1966, at 10:00 a.m. at the Courthouse. Present: Chairman, C. Frank James Commissioners, Oren Hill, McNeil Petrea, Frank McCray, Smoot Lyles Meeting called to order by Chairman James. Prayer by Rev. A.H. Higginbotham.~ Minutes of March meeting were read and on motion of Commissioner Lyles, seconded by Commissioner McCray, the following resolution was offered: RESOLVED, that the record of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on March 7, 1966,with respect to the vote on the matter of Alline Belk Cromer, a recipient of O.A.A. checks, be corrected to read as follows:~ "Abstained from voting: McCray and Lyles have had no notice of the matter abstained from voting until after Mr. Llewellyn, county attorney, talked with Mr. Brown." Voted for: Lyles, McCray Voted against: James, Petrea, Hill Mr. Guy Stewart, of W. T. Grant Co., came before Board concerning garbage removal at the Cloverleaf Shopping Center. Dr. Workman was contacted and he is to talk with Mr. Stewart and see what can be done about this matter. The Surplus Food Dept. requested a cooler to keep 2250 lbs. of margarine during the summer months. Commissioners agreed for McCray to discuss this with I. B. Morris to see what procedure has been used in the past. M. S. Lyles made motion, seconded by W. Frank McCray, that the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, for some weeks prior to the last meeting of the last meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County, a matter concerning welfare checks being issued to one Alline Belk Cromer, then deceased, came to the attention of some of the county officials and a part of the Board of Commissioners; and k~EREAS, for some weeks prior to the last meeting of the County Commissionersi the matter of the said welfare checks was freely discussed by some of the county officials and a part of the Board of Commissioners, all without informing or permitting Commissioner Lyles or Commissioner b~Cray to know of the matter until it was brought up as a part of the business of the meeting held on March 7, 1966, and all without giving said Commissioner Lyles or Commissioner McCray an op- portunity to know or consider the same; and kMEREAS, proper procedure in the affairs of the county require that any unusual events which come to the attention of any of the county officials and which require consideration by the Board of Commissioners should be brought to the attention of the entire Board and not secreted around among a part of the Board. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. That the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County do firmly resolve that from this day forward there be no further effort made on the part of any county official or on the part of a majority of the Board of Commissioners to keep secreti from the minority members of the Commissioners important matters; 2. That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County to the end that it may be preserved in perpetuity. Voted for: Lyles, McCray Abstained from voting: Petrea, Hill, James, because they do not feel motion is necessary. (Continued)