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MIIiUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
January 28, 1974
The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in special Executive
Session at 7:00 P. M. on Monday, January 28, 1974 at the Colonial Inn in
Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Walker and Copunisaionera Henry S, Walker,
Flora Garrett, Richard. E. Whitted and Melvin Whitfield.
Members Absent: None.
This meeting was held in order that the members of the Board of Commissioners
might discuss with John McKee progress being made by the Consumers Utility
Coxrooration in its move to acouire the utility Properties of the University of
Piorth Carolina at Chapel Hi11.
At the conclusion of their discussion the Executive Session was discontinued.
The County Administrator briefly reviewed with the Board of Commissioners the
recently issued federal requirements for contracting with an engineer for 201
planning work before January 31, 1974• He recommended the Board of County
Commissioners approve a contract with the firm of Rose, Pridgen and Freemon to do
this study since it only involved study of possible sewer lines in the Chapel Hill
Area. He pointed out that this firm had already contracted to do similiar planning .
studies for the Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
The Board of Commissioners agreed to take formal action to approve their
contract at its February session but informally agreed to approve the contrast at
this ajassion.
There being no further businasa to come before the Board the meeting was
adfourned.
C. Norman Walker, Chairman
S. M. Gatti s, Acting Clerk
MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF CO1~R3ISSION~S
January 31, 1974
The Beard of Commissioners of Orange County mat in special called session
on Thursday, January 31, 197!}, at 8 o~cleck P.M. in the Commissioners Room of
the Courthouse in H311aborough, North Caroline.
Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Sdalker and Commissioners Henry S. Walker,
Flora Garrett, Richard E. Whitted and Melvin Whitfield.
Members Absent: None.
Fred Cates, Mayor of the Town of Hillsborough, Allen L1vyd, Jack Martin,
John Roberta and Ralph Neighbours, Members of the Town Board of Aldermen, Mr a.
Barbara Burch, Town Clerk, Harry L. Brown, Accountant and John Fridgen, Town
Engineer, were present.
S. M. Gattis, County Administrator, and Betty June Hayes, Clark to the Board,
were present.
Chairman Walker recognized Mayor Cates. The Mayor aduised the Board that in
order for .the Town of Hillsborough to save Federal and State Grants of $1,350,000
the Town must have, in hand by Tuesday, a sum of $138,000 to apply tv the construction
of a sewerage plant. He stated that the Town could raise $la.0,000 of the $138,000
needed, but that further indebtedness, by the Town, would be prohibited since the
Town had reached its debt limit and the Local Government Commission would not approve
the-borrowing.. of any additional Punda. He stated that the Town now had available
approximately $250,000, but that the complete total of the local share needed amounted
to $338,000. This meant that the Town lacked $98,000 in needed funds. This
additional cost factor had been incurred due to new environmental requirements. The
Mayor stated that the Town would officially come under a Voluntary Compliance
Agreement next Tuesday as the Town had received a court order that it must either
state its intentions of complying with the order or reduce its sewerage capacity.
Mayor Cates stated further that to reduce the capacity would mean a curtailment of the
sewerage now being pumped into the current plant and this would mean that all manuf-
acturing would be slowed and that this could mean a tremendous economic loco to the
Town of Hillsborough and the County of Orange. Ee stated that the Town planned to purchase
approximately thirty-five (3S) acres of property and that they proposed to use this as
s site for a proposed sewerage plant.