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Capital Project Ordinance
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Be it ordained by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners that pursuant to Section
13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following capital project is
hereby adopted.
Section 1.The project authorized provides funds to purchase County-owned vehicles and
major equipment. The project will be financed with proceeds from .the County's
portion of the one half-cent sales taxes and proceeds from private placement
financing .arrangements.
Section 2.The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the project within the
budget contained herein.
Section 3.The following revenue is anticipated to complete this project:
Through FY 2003-
04
FY 2004-05 Through FY
2004-OS
Sales Tax $498,295 $50,000 $548,295
Bond Funds $0 $0 $0
Private Placement Loan $0 $1,520,331 $1,520,331
Grant Funds $0 $0 $0
Other $0 $0 $0
Total Funding $498,295 $1,570,331 $2,068,626
Section 4.The following amount is appropriated for this project:
Through FY
2003-04
~ FY 2004-05 Through FY
2004-05
Land/Building $0 $0 $0
Desi n $0 $0 $0
Construction $0 $0 $0
Equi ment & Vehicles $498,295 $1,570,331 $2,068,626
Total Costs $498,295 $1,570,331 $2,068,626
Section 5. This ordinance supersedes all previous Equipment and Vehicle Capital Project
Ordinances.
Section 6. This ordinance shall remain in effect from July 1, 1998 until June 30, 2005.
Adopted this 15th day of March 2005:
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Commissioner Halkiotis said that when he was in Washington, D. C. he heard that you
better get what you are going to ask for as quickly as possible and no one should look for much
money after 2006. He said that interoperability is an issue all over the country. He is
supportive of this.
A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to
approve the County's participation in the submission of a regional grant application for 2005
Homeland Security grant funds.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS
Commissioner Gordon suggested deferring the appointments due to time constraints
and all agreed.
c. Approval of Equipment and Vehicle Purchases for Fiscal Year 2004-05
The Board considered approval of equipment and vehicle purchases for County
departments, excluding Information Systems and Solid Waste, for fiscal year 2004-05
(attachment 1); approval of the Equipment and Vehicle Capital Project Ordinance (Attachment
2); and authorizing the Finance Director and County Attorney to execute the documents
necessary to complete funding not to exceed $1,100,700 for the thirty-six month financing
arrangement and not to exceed $419, 640 for the fifty-nine month financing arrangement
through RBC.
John Link said that the Board asked the staff to pursue how to increase the number of
alternative-fueled vehicles. They tried to identify where they could start using compressed
natural gas vehicles. The staff has identified one in Environment and Resource Conservation,
one in Health Administration, and three in Public Works. He has also volunteered to drive a
CNG vehicle as soon as the CNG facility is established. The intent is to retrofit some existing
vehicles designated for public safety in the future once the County has some experience in
CNG vehicles.
Budget Director Donna Dean said that they are asking the Board to approve the
equipment and vehicle replacements and the financing package. The recommendation totals a
little over $1.5 million and will be financed from three to five years. The interest rates are
between 3.42 and 3.6%. The projected annual debt service payment for this package is
$487, 000.
Commissioner Halkiotis said that the retrofit figure of $9-15,000 sounds funny to him.
He is alarmed that the State does not offer alternative fueled vehicles. He thinks the Board of
County Commissioners needs to hook up with Chapel Hill and write a letter to the Governor that
the people need to rethink what they have done in State contracts. It does not do any good to
promote environmental issues when there are no options on State contracts.
A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to
approve equipment and vehicle purchases for County departments, excluding Information
Systems and Solid Waste, for fiscal year 2004-05 (attachment 1); approve the Equipment and
Vehicle Capital Project Ordinance (Attachment 2); and authorize the Finance Director and
County Attorney to execute the documents necessary to complete funding not to exceed
$1,100,700 for the thirty-six month financing arrangement and not to exceed $419,640 for the
fifty-nine month financing arrangement through RBC.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS