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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
5. NOVEMBER 3, 1980
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7. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session
g. on Monday, November 3, 1980, at 10:00 A.M., in the Commissioners Room,
9. Orange County Courthouse, in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
10. Commissioners present: Commissioner Richard Whitted, Chairman,
11. and .Commissioners Anne Barnes, Norman Gustaveson, Norman Walker and
12. Don Willhoit.
13. Chairman Whitted called the meeting to order.
14. Agenda Item 1: Agenda Modifications
15. Three items were added to the agenda:
16. Agenda Item 11 : . Standard of Values
17. Agenda Item 12: Road Maintenance
18. Agenda Item 13: Special County/School Board Meeting
19. Agenda Item 2: Comments from the Audience
20. A. Matters on this agenda - No Comments
21. B. Matters not on this agenda
22. Representatives of the Prisoners Advocacy Council desired to discuss
23. further conditions existing in the County Jail as well as the last
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inspection report prepared by the state. The Chairman pointed out again,
25. that operation of the jail fell within the pervue of the Sheriff, a
26. constitutional and elected officer. Most of the issues apparently being
27. raised by this group were not within the power of this Board to correct.
28. Commissioner Barnes asked the jail inspection report be placed on a
29. future agenda of this Board and that this Council be advised when the
30. matter would be discussed. Commissioner Willhoit requested the Sheriff
31. provide the Board an update regarding progress made toward correcting
32. deficiencies pointed out in the last jail inspection report.
33. Agenda Item 3: Minutes of October 21, 1980 Meeting
34. Commissioner Willhoit requested quotation marks be placed around
35. the word"foreign"used on page 4 line 9 of the Clerks draft of the minutes.
36, Commissioner Gustaveson moved the minutes as corrected be approved.
Commissioner Walker seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, O.
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L�. Agenda Item 4: Tax Refunds and Releases
5. Within the category of Refunds:
6. A. Lula Bell Swann: As this property is not situated within the
7. Town of Carrboro, Commissioner Willhoit moved a refund of $18
8. be approved. Commissioner Norman Gustaveson seconded the motion.
9. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
10. B. Robert H. & Barbara Frey: As the Tax Supervisor had originally
11� identified and valued this property incorrectly, Commissioner
12. Gustaveson moved a refund of $157:09 be approved. Commissioner
13. Don Willhoit seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
1!}. C. Lonnie N. Crabtree: As this parcel of property is 49 acres in
15. size rather than 54 acres as shown on our tax records,. Commissioner
16. Anne Barnes moved a refund of $43.65 be ,approved. Commissioner
17. Norman. Gustaveson seconded the motion. Vote: . ayes, 5; noes, 0.
18. D. W. G. & Joy Thomas: As the Board decided a clerical error was made
19 in appraising this property as a two story dwelling rather than a
2O. one and one-half story unit, Commissioner Willhoit moved a refund
' 21. of $710.26 be approved. Commissioner Anne Barnes seconded the
22. motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
23. E. Robert A. Vaillancourt: As the Board has found;a clerical error
2�. was made in appraising this property as having a basement which in
25. fact did not exist, Commissioner Norman Walker moved a refund of
26. $227.80 be approved. Commissioner Anne Barnes seconded the motion.
27. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
28. F. McCullagh Leasing, Inc. : As the Board found this property to be
29. garaged and registered in the State of New York, Commissioner
30. Anne Barnes moved a refund of $64.40 be approved. Commissioner
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31. Norman Gustaveson seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
32. Within the category of Releases:
33. A. Richard B. Copeland: As the property owner states he owns no
34. property and that he resides with his parents, Commissioner
35. Banes moved a release of $18.84 be approved. Commissioner Walker
36. seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
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• B. Cynthia Ann McDonald: As the property owner states she owns no
5- property and resides with her mother, Commissioner Norman Walker
6. moved a release of $20.80 be approved. Commissioner Anne Barnes
7. seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
8. C. W.H.B. Development: As the Health ,Department has certified this
9. property not suitable for a septic tank disposal system, Commissioner
10. Richard Whitted moved the valuation of a track of property (#14708)
7 1. be reduced from $8,300 to $4,150. Commissioner Anne Barnes seconded
12. the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
13. D. Robert J. Shankle: As the Health Department has certified this
11l.• property not suitable for a septic tank disposal system,
15. Commissioner Richard Whitted moved the valuation of track #9642
16. be reduced from $9,000 to $4,500. Commissioner Barnes seconded
17. , the motion. Voter ayes, 5; noes, 0. •
18. E. Residential Services, Inc.: The Board tabled action on this petition
19. as the property owner did not appear.
20. F. ATO Fraternity: As the Tax Supervisor has recommended to the Board
21. - that the personal property owned by the ATO Fraternity is worth no
22. more than $2,500, Commissioner Norman Walker moved the valuation
23. of personal property of the ATO Fraternity be reduced from $14,900
24. to $2,500. Commissioner Anne Barnes seconded the motion.
25. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
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4.. Agenda Item 11 : Standard of Values
5• The Tax Supervisor filed with the Board the Standard of Values to
6. be used in the property revaluation. The Board received this material
7. and instructed the Clerk to make it available for public inspection prior
8. to adoption.
9• Agenda Item 5: Highway Safety Grant to Erect Secondary
Road Identification Signs
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11. Commissioner Gustaveson moved the Manager file with the State
12. Department of Transportation a grant application for funds to assist in
13. erecting secondary road identification signs. Commissioner Wilihoit
143 seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
15. Agenda Item 6: Community Development Funds to be used at
Northside Multipurpose Center
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17. Commissioner Gustaveson moved the Chairman execute an agreement with
18. the Town of Chapel Hill relating to use of Community Development funds to
19. renovate space within the Northside Multipurpose Center for use by the
20. County's Department on Aging. Commissioner Wilihoit seconded the motion.
21. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0. Commissioner Barnes requested the staff prepare d.
22. status report concerning progress of work currently going on at this facility.
23. Agenda Item 7: A Grant to Continue a Homemaker-Health
Aide Program
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25. Commissioner Barnes moved the Chairman be authorized to execute a
26. grant application with the State Department on Aging for funds to continue
27. a Homemaker-Health Aide Program. Commissioner Whitted seconded the motion.
28. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0. •
29. Agenda Item 9: Appointments
30. Commissioner Gustaveson moved David Shanklin be appointed to fill
31, the unexpired term of Lindsey Efland on the County Planning Board.
32.. Commissioner Barnes seconded the motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
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Agenda Item 8: Preliminary Plan of Lebanon Heights
Subdivision
a Commissioner Norman Gustaveson moved the Board accept the recommen-
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dations of the County Planning Board to approve the Preliminary Plan of
Lebanon Heights Subdivision. Commissioner Norman Walker seconded the
Imotion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.
Agenda Item 10: Cable Television Franchising
The Chairman corrected the wording of this agenda item by deleting
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the word "certain" that immediately preceeded the words "non-incorporated"
from the agenda as originally written.
Commissioner Willhoit summarized the report of the Cable Television
Advisory Committee and then moved the County Attorney prepare a non-exclusive
franchise agreement the County might execute with The Village Companies.
Commissioner Barnes seconded the motion. The Chairman called for discussion
on the motion.
Representatives of Village and Alert Cable T.V. were present and
responded to questions posed by the Board. Commissioner Willhoit asked
I if the government channels of Village and Alert could be interconnected.
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Jim Heavner responding for Village by saying his company would utilize
programs originated by Alert if they were made available to Village.
Alert inquired what would be the status of the plant it had already
constructed in the non-incorporated areas around Carrboro and Hillsborough.
After a brief discussion of this point the issue was referred to the
Cable T.V. Advisory Committee for consideration. Vote: Ayes 5, Noes 0.
Agenda Item 12: A Road Matter
Commissioner Gustaveson reported state road 1918 after passing
Clearwater Lake was in a poor state of repair, He was particularly concerned
about the uphill portion starting at the end of the pavement. The Board
requested the Clerk write the Department of Transportation advising them
of its concerns about the condition of this road. The Board also requested
their thanks be extended to the Department of Transportation for its
prompt response to the letter concerning speeding problems and other traffic
hazards existing on Smith Level Road south of Carrboro..
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1 I Agenda Item 13; A Special Meeting with the County's
School Board
Commissioner Gustaveson suggested the Board of Commissioners and
both county school boards hold a joint meeting sometime during January,
perhaps.January 29, 1981. At this meeting the School Finance Advisory
Committee might make an interim report, the Boards could look at a
different budget format the Chapel Hill School administration is con-
sidering and some consideration of the long range effects of the supple-
mentary taxes might be undertaken.
It might be reasonable for this to be a dinner meeting held in one .
of the school lunchrooms. The Manager was directed to contact the
school boards about this meeting.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting
was adjourned.
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'.ichard E; Whetted, Chairman
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