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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19820216 004 : 1 99.. _ 2. 3. 4• 5. FEMIJARY 16, 1982 6. 7. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in re;,1 ar session an Tuesday, 16, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the C=rLissi��rs' Room, Orange 00untY dourt- 8, February . 9. house, Hillsborough, North Carolina. 10. OoQtmissianers present: Chairman Richard E. Whitted, and Ccatmissioners 11. Norm Gustavesan, Shirley E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit. 12. Agenda Item A: Board Comments 13. ctmitissicner Willhoit added a Resolution on Volunteers for Youth; Clai''man 14. Whitted added a contract for the YE'I'P program and consideration of an Eno rgy x5. Comi.ssion appointment. 16. B. Audience Comments 17. Mr. Barbo=, Ms. Williamson, and Messrs. Cox and Jones were present and wished 18. to speak to agenda item E-4 regarding the Eno State Park. Ms. Patti. Paddock wished 19* to address the Board regarding E-3, Northside space al..lociaticn. .0. Mr. Fred Smith, who is monitoring the Board of Commissioners meetings for -l. the inter-Faith Council told the Board that there was an editorial in the 22. News and Observer of this date which talked about President Reagan.breaking his 23. pramise not to ignore the aged of the country. 24. - C. Minutes 25. commissioner Willhoit wished to delay approval of the Minutes of October 29, 26. 1981, until the Tax Supervisor verified the figures. 27. Ooumissioner Gustaveson moved, seconded by C mnissicner Willhoit, to approve 28. the Minutes of November 2, 1981, as submitted. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. 29. o mmissioner Gustaveson moved, seconded by C=missiner Willhoit, to approve 30. the Minutes of November 23, 1981, as'submitted. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. 31. D. Reports-Ms. Gloria Williams, Director of JOCCA '2. Ms. Williams presented a report on the funding status of JOCCA. Ms. Williams 3. said that the cuts to JCCCA were 25% rather than the expected 45%. 34. The Board expressed concern that Orange County funds be spent 35. in Orange County; this money is going to Chatham as well as any Federal match Orange 36. County draws down. The Board said it wished JOCCA to fund directors at its centers 37. in Orange county, Cedar Grove and Efland. Ms. Williams told the Beard that Orange 38. 39. 40. -- � 0500 = 3• '46 county money was spent in Orange County; however, the match was spent in Chatham County. The Board also raised the question of the weatherization program, feeling • that it should be a higher priority than JOCCA had made it. Cmni.ssioner Gustaveson suggested that this Board should send JOCCA a letter stating its n •. desires with regard to funding for orange County Center Directors and the priority ranking of the weatherization program. • Ms. Williams was thanked for her report to the Board of C=dssion rs. -. ... --- • E. Items for Board Decision: - 1. Audit contract: C�*�+zsioner Custaveson moved, seconded by 0=nissioner Marshall to approve the Manager's reca+end tion to award the audit contract for the County to Thomas, might, Trent, Icing and empa1y. Commissioner W-itted said he preferred to get other proposals, saying for bond rating, the Big 8 fi.rnis are better. commissioner Gustaveson said he had felt that the County had not received per- sonal attention for the last few years from the audit firm. Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by oxctnissioner Whitted, to table the motion-on the floor. Vote: Ayes, 3 (Connnissi.cners Marshall, M-fitted and WillhoiLj-; noes, 2 (Commissioners Gustaveson and Walker). The motion to table passed. cmamissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Ommissicner Marshall, to ask the Manager'to get more proposals for a County audit. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. Chairman Whitted asked that Big 8 fixms be.included and that Peat, Eck, and Mitchell be ,invited to submit a proposal also. 2. 1982-83 Budget: CcaTnissi:oner Wil hoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Gustavescn, to accept the budget Preparation, Calendar, Guidelines and Policy as submitted by the Manager with two changes; the public hearing is to be on June 8, 1982 (not June 7) and the meeting on June 22, 1982 to adopt the budget is to be a Board meeting, not a public hearing. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. 3. Northside Space Allocation: Assistant County Manager Bill Laws presents agency space allocation as detailed by the Manager's office. Some Board maters jfelt that space for the driver's license examiner was inappropriate use of that building. Other tm bers noted the strong cammmity feeling for the Sheriff's Office located in the building and against the driver's license examiner's location i there. Other Board members felt that both uses were inappropriate for a residential I i area. opposition to locating Day care in the Cafeteria building was also voiced; reasons were that the Mental Health Center has money for locating a day hospital there as well as this building (the cafeteria) being a possible site for the Willie M. program. Ms. Pattie Paddock, Director of the Con=ity School for People Uhder Six i (hereafter referred to as Day Care), told the Board that locating the day care facility in the Cafetria was attractive to them. But they had no money for the renovation or the move. She,,-added a :concern was also a lack of permanency for Day Care.space- 03ndssimer Wilahoit said that on March 1st the Board would formlate what j would go to public hearing. Instructions to the Manager were to delete the i j driver' license office. the Board set March 16, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. in the :s Nutrition loan at the Northside Multipurpose for a public hearing on the space allocation of the site. A. Eno River State Park Measure Plan: Mr. Don Cox, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the Orange Soil and-Water Conservation District, presented this Plan to the Board. He stated the history of the Eno liver Park and said this was for the development of the Cates Fond area only in accordance with the RC & D program. He said there was no land acquisition involved, no local funding requested and orange County was being asked to sign the contract as one of the Sponsors of .the Park. Mr. Stuart Barbour, representing the Eno River Group, asked the Board of ourmi.ssioners to withhold approval of this Plan and to delay any action for sixty days to permit the Eno River Group time to study the Plan and prepare a list of questions for submission. Mr. Barbour said this is a waste of taxpayer's money and asked the Board to say no to the spending of tax money. Ms. Sandy Williamson;- representing the Eno River Association, said Mr. Barbour's concerns have no relation to the document the Board was being asked to approve. She said there is no land acquisition involved and this pertains only to the develop- mnent of one section. She added the com[rnrnity had been consulted as well as a study of the archaeology of the site completed. 7he goal is to preserve and protect the Park with access for the public. Mr. Cox said the environmental impact assessment had been widely circulated for this site and at that time he had answered a long list of questions. submitted I by Mr. Barbour. There will be no negative environmental impact. Mr. Jones, representing the neighbors of the Eno State Park, said he lived at the Cates Ford area of the Park and the Elio River State Park is a good neighbor. The park is an asset to the area and all would benefit from the implementation of the proposals contained within this Plan- cca nissionar Willhoit moved, seconded by 0 miissioner Gustaveson, to approve the Eno River State Park Public Water-Based Recreation Development, RC & D Measure Plan # 37-6001-135-029, and to authorize the Chair to sign it. I Commissioner Walker suggested delaying action until the Eno River Group had._ .. - I had sufficient time to study it and to allow others to speak. Other Board members i said there had been along process of public input and discussion. Vote: Ayes, 4 (Commissioners Gustaveson, Marshall,. Whitted and Willhoit): noes, 1 (Ommrissioner Walker)- 5. Status Report on Planning Department Objectives: Mr. Polatty, Plarring Director, presented..a summary of the written report the Board had received.out- i lining accenplishm~nts and objectives for the Planning Department. 6. ,joint Public Hearing with Planning Board: The Board of Oamnissianers rescheduled the joint public hearing (which should have been held on February 22nd) for March 8, 1982. 7. Board of Equalization and Review: Commissioner Willhoit moved., seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, to adopt the Resolution establishing the Board of Equalization and Review for Orange County (a copy of that Resolution is on pages of this book). Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. Commissioner Willhoit said in his motion it was'his. intent that th&.per diem be %0.00- 8. Proclamation—School Bus Safety: Commissioner Gustaveson moved, seeded by Commissioner Walker, to adopt the point proclamation (see page of this book) issued by Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Bill and Carrboro proclaiming the week of February 21-27 School Bus Safety Week in Orange County. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. 9. Volunteers for Youth: Commissioner Gustaveson moved, seconded by C I-- missioner Whitted, to adopt the Resolution for Volunteers for Youth, Inc. Vote: ayes, 4 (Commissioner Gustaveson was out of the room at the time of the vote); noes, 0. Commissioner Willhoit asked the Chair to write a letter and to enclose a copy of this Resolution. to Mr. Charles Petty with-a copy to Ms. Virginia i Wiez noting the Board's enthusiastic endorsement for the Volunteers for Youth, Inc. program. 8b. YETP Grant: Coamissioner Marshall moved, seconded by aon¢nissioner Wil]hoit, to approve YETP grant # 2-3494-3820 and # 2-3498-3820 and to authorize the Chair to sign it. Vote: - Ayes, 4 (Commissioner Gustaveson was out of the room at the time of this vote); noes, 0. Energy Cburnissicn: Chairman Whitted moved, seconded by coamii.ssioner Willhoit, to appoint Mr. Monroe Tickle to the Energy cmymi.ssion 'as the repre- sentative of the Chapel Hill-Carrbam Schools and as rec=ended by that entity. Vote: Ayes, 4 (aarmissioner Gustaveson was out of the room at the tip of this vote): noes, 0. 9. Executive session for legal matters: Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Chairman Whitted, to convene in executive session to consider legal matters. Vote: Ayes, 4 (CmTnissicner Gustavescn was not in the room for this vote); noes, 0. The Board of Commissioners convened in executive session for the purpose stated above. i Richard E. #bitted, Paulette Pridgen-Pond, Clerk I I