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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
CONTINUED MEETING OF JULY 7, 1986
JULY 8, 1986
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in continued session
on July 8, 1986, 7:3o p.m. at Lincoln Center, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT• Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners
Shirley Marshall, Moses Carey and Norman Walker.
BOARD MEMBER ABSENT• Commissioner Ben Lloyd.
ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill.
STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant
County Managers Albert Kittrell and William Laws, Finance Directar
Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Purchasing Director
Pam Jones, Health Director Jerry Robinson, Budget Analyst Donna Wagner
and Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead.
A. ITEMS FOR DECISION
.CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE TRANSFER (FIRST READING)
(A copy of the resolution is contained in the minutes for July 23,
1986 upon approval of the second reading)
Albert Kittrell presented for consideration of approval a
resolution approving the transfer of Village Cable's Cable Television .-
franchise to Prime Venture I, Inc. He explained that Village Cable has
signed an agreement with Prime Venture I for the purchase and sale of,>
the assets used in operating the cable system in the County. Prime`'=`
Venture I has agreed to adhere to the County Cable Television Ordinance,
maintain a local office and retain many current employees of Village
Cable.
Motion was made by Commissioner Walker, seconded by
Commissioner Marshall to approve the resolution as presented.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
SECOND REGULAR MEETING IN JULY
Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall to set the second regular meeting in July for July 23 at 7:30
p.m. in the Courtroom of the old Post office, Chapel Hill.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
2. WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE (FIRST READING)
(A copy of the corrected Ordinance is in the permanent agenda
file in the Clerk's office) (A copy of the approved Ordinance will be in
the official ordinance book in the office of the Clerk to the Board)
Ken Thompson presented for approval the first reading of the
ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Providing for the Conservation of Water
During a Water Shortage, Restricting. the use of Water and Water
Withdrawals, and Allocating Augmented Stream flow from Reservoirs".
He reviewed the changes made by the Board and noted that Table
I includes a new column for usable storage.
Don Cox made reference to the 90$ Alert condition and noted
that this condition may happen very frequently and restrictions would be
unnecessary in many cases from May to October. He stated he had a
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problem with the instream .flow at that level. In June the CFS was .5
and last week it was .2. He asked that exceptions be allowed in the
Ordinance for special situations.
Everett Billingsley, Executive Director of OWASA, pointed out
that deep watering once a week is better than watering every day and
that exceptions do not generally work.
Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by
Commissioner Carey to approve the Water Conservation Ordinance as
corrected and presented by the County Manager.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADDITIONAL 1 2 CENT SALES TAK
Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner
Carey to schedule a public hearing for July 23, 1985, 7:30 p.m. in the
Courtroom of the old Post Office in Chapel Hi11 for the purpose of
receiving public comments on the levying of the additional 1/2 percent
local sales and use tax.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
VOTING DELEGATE FOR THE NCACC CONFERENCE
Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner
Grey to elect Chair Don Willhot as the Orange County voting delegate
for the NCACC Conference.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
PLANNINGLINSPECTION FEE SCHEDULES (A copy of the schedule is in the
permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office).
Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall to adopt the planning/inspection fee schedule as presented by
the County Manager.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
A BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS HELD.
Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall to continue the meeting to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 1986 in
the Board of Commissioners' Room, Orange County Courthouse,
Hillsborough, North Carolina.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
The meeting was adjourned.
Don Willhoit, Chair
Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk