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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 20060321APPROVED 611 312 0 0 6 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING March 21, 2006 7:30 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen Halkiotis, COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below} NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. 1. Additions or Chancres to the Agenda Chair Jacobs pointed out the minor change to item 5-m, regarding the interlocal agreement between the Tawn of Hillsborough and Orange County. On page 7, the date of the agreement payments should be April 1, 2006. There was also an update on County water supply reservoir levels. Since January 1St RDU is down almost six inches, Piedmont Triad International Airport is down four and a half inches, OWASA's reservoir has never filled up, Hillsborough's reservoirs are at capacity, and Lake Orange is full. There is a replacement item {blue sheet) for item 5-i. There is also a replacement item (salmon sheet} for item 5-j. There is an additional item for reconfiguring STAG funding for Buckhorn Road and it is new item 9-e. There is also orate-arriving application for the Orange County Planning Board. Commissioner Carey suggested pulling the items that have been changed on the consent agenda so that the changes can be noted. These are items i and j. PUBLIC CHARGE The Chair dispensed with the reading of fhe public charge. 2. Public Comments a. Matters not on the Printed Aaenda Jeff Schmitt is from Cedar Grove Township. He said that the Board is going to be meeting about the 10-year CIP. He asked that the Board remember that about a year ago there was a library task farce and their recommendations showed how significantly under funded the library was in the County. He hopes that the Board will think about improving their library and keep this in consideration for the CIP. He said that the library is a very important asset to the citizens. b. Matters on the Printed Agenda {These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda below.) 3. Board Comments Commissioner Foushee reminded the Board that this Sunday the Commission for Women will present Words of Choice at 7:30pm at the Carrboro Century Center. Commissioner Foushee said that she has a concern about citizens not being able to claim items at the landfill that that can be used again. These are furniture or computer type items. The citizens are being told that because of the Orange County policy, they cannot retrieve these items. She would like far the County to revisit this issue. She said that the ability to retrieve some of these items helps some of the citizens to get items that they could not otherwise get. She knows that there are some safety concerns, but it is allowed at the solid waste convenience centers. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he brought an Apple computer and all of the accessories and left it at the solid waster convenience center on NC 57 and a woman took it. He does not understand why this cannot happen all through the County. John Link asked Commissioner Foushee where this occurred and Commissioner Foushee said that it was where the drop-off for household items was. Jahn Link said that they would follow upon that. Commissioner Carey- no comments. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he went by the Buckhorn Road exit this weekend and there was gridlock at this exit going to the flea market. He said that it was horrible and this issue has gotten worse. He talked with DOT today and he formally requested that the Manager and staff find out if the flea market has a traffic plan and he wants to know if sales tax revenue is being collected. He heard from DOT today that there were about 6Q0 tables and maybe the Sheriff should da another raid up there. He said that he does not understand why they are putting up with this. He thinks this is a nuisance and a risk to public safety. Commissioner Carey said that when the Sheriff gave the report last year, he indicated to the Board that they would be asking, as part of their legislative agenda, about trying to get a fee or some kind of tax passed on the booths so that the County can enforce regulations because he does not have confidence in the State to do this. He asked that the legislative agenda packet be pulled so that this is reviewed. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he remembered that and that Geof Gledhill had said that they do not have present authority and would have to seek legislative authority. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he went to a NACo meeting and it dealt with identifying new revenue streams for county governments and also refocusing existing positions and departments whose original need and focus has changed and realigning these positions and resources to meet new demands. He thinks this will be a tight budget year and he thinks they will have to look at all positions in County government and the possibility of realigning some positions. He would like to do this rather than asking for new positions. He wants to use technology to increase productivity. He heard a report at the NACo meeting about a Sheriff in Illinois that has hired a company that will track down Medicaid reimbursements from prisons. Sheriff Pendergrass has also been doing this among other things. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he reported to the Board four months ago that Hoyle King is piling up his junk again and it is still going on and the citizens are irate. He said that this is the last night he will mention Mr. King's name. This has been going on far 20 years. He is tired of it. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Commissioner Carey to carry a message back to NCACC. He said that he read that Tony Rand has proposed for counties to give one-cent sales tax back to the State so they can capture some money to take Medicaid payments off the counties' backs and then there will be an optional sales tax to pay the counties back. He hopes that the NCACC does not buy this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that there was a school collaboration meeting yesterday and they had presentations from the Assistant Superintendent from Wake County, an official from the Department of Public Instruction, and a representative from the John Locke Foundation. There were same good ideas presented on school construction costs. Commissioner Gordon said that her nephew has arrived safely back from duty in Iraq. He was on his second tour of duty. Commissioner Gordon said that a Chapel Hill Town Council member, Laura Easthom told her about the Capital Trees Program (brochure), which has an awards program and an educational program about saving trees. She would like to refer this item to the Commission for the Environment for a recommendation. Chair Jacobs said that he brought this up three years ago and nothing happened and he hopes that something happens this time. Chair Jacobs congratulated Economic Development Director Dianne Reid and her staff for the State of the Local Economy Breakfast last week. He said that he hopes that they can put the cost of community services results an the County's website. This shows that residential development does not pay for itself, but in fact, agriculture and commercial development uses less tax dollars than they actually pay. Chair Jacobs made reference to the school collaboration meeting and said that there was a chart showing the huge spike in the cost of building schools and the State legislature is giving them less support each year. Chair Jacobs said that he and Commissioner Carey met with the Orange County Clean Water Committee in Cedar Grove and the Health Department presented same preliminary findings. They are investigating some passible public health concerns related to cancer in the area due to water quality issues. The preliminary report indicated that there was not anything extraordinary going on compared to baseline North Carolina data. They hope to have a final report in a couple of months. There is a delay because the State lab is slow in responding because they are under funded and under staffed. Chair Jacobs said that last Saturday, Walkable Hillsborough had a transportation forum and there were more than 80 people present. It was a very engaged and creative group. Chair Jacobs said that they did meet with DOT today and they talked about the status of the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension. There are same rumors about where this stands. There are still two viable options that DOT is looking at. They also asked about the Homestead Road project and they were told that same property owners do not want to sell rights-of-way for easements. The State does not condemn land, and if the property owners are not willing, then the project will not be dropped but will be referred back to the citizenlpublic official group that has been meeting on this issue. Chair Jacobs made two requests: one is to have the County Attorney to speak to the Town of Hillsborough `s Attorney and to the Attorney from the Association of County Commissioners regarding the lawsuit that was filed against the Tawn of Hillsborough over the asphalt plant. The ruling by the State Board of Appeals seriously undermines the zoning authority of local governments. He would like to see if they could get the NCACC to support the Town. Commissioner Carey said to have Geof Gledhill bring the Board an assessment. Geof Gledhill said that the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals was 2-1. He will report back to the Board. Chair Jacobs suggested, after listening to two public hearings and citizens in other venues, that they restart the land use plan update process. He said that they have all tried to be receptive to the responses of the public, but they find themselves with no overt public support for this. He suggested asking Planning Director Craig Benedict and the Planning Board to come back with a proposal far restructuring the update process that puts the Planning Board in charge of the process and to come back April 10th with a proposal.. Commissioner Gordon agreed that this program should be restarted, except that we should keep the principles already adopted by the Commissioners, and also keep the structure describing which boards and commissions are responsible for the various elements of the comprehensive plan. Also, when the land use element is being developed, the affordable housing element and the water resources component should be developed at the same time. She indicated that there had not been enough public support to proceed with the comprehensive plan as presented. Commissioner Carey said that it would be good to restart the process, but it would not surprise him if the Planning Board came to the Board of County Commissioners for direction. He said that one of the key elements that got everybody up in arms was the 5-acre minimum lot size. The Board should be clear with the Planning Board about whether this should be a key element or not. The Board agreed to restart the process. Chair Jacobs said that he would be glad to meet with the Planning Board Chair and the Planning Director. He said that the way he envisions it is that there are no options on the table because there have been no recommendations. He knows that the Planning staff has worked very hard, but he thinks that they should start as though there are no proposals and see what people come up with. Commissioner Halkiotis suggested that since the Board has two of the historically most forceful Planning Board chairs that the County has ever had -Commissioner Gordon and Chair Jacobs - he suggested that they take the current Planning Board Chair to lunch to discuss this issue. He said that both Commissioners were very forceful and this is what it takes to get things done. Commissioner Carey made reference to the county problem of having to spend revenue to address Medicaid issues, and he said that Senator Rand correctly assessed the sense of the legislature that no one over there has the stomach to increase taxes to raise the revenue to address this county problem. He said that as long as it is a county problem, no one in Raleigh is going to fix it. He thinks that Senator Rand sensed this and put this proposal on the table that could address it. Chair Jacobs asked about how many states have this problem and Commissioner Carey said that North Carolina is one of three states that the legislature has passed part of the burden down to the counties. 4. County Manager's Report No report. 5. Items for Decision--Consent Agenda A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve those items on the consent agenda as stated below: John Link read the items on the consent agenda for the public. a. Minutes The Board approved the minutes for October 17, 2005, November 9, 2005, and January 20, 2006 as submitted by the Clerk to the Board. b. Appointments (1} Arts Commission -One Reappointment The Board reappointed Alice Levinson to the Arts Commission to a first full term expiring March 31, 2009. (2) Historic Preservation Commission- One Reappointment The Board reappointed Tam Allison to the Historic Preservation Commission to a first full term expiring March 31, 2009. (3} Orange County Planning Board -Reappointments The Board reappointed Brian Dobyns, Bernadette Pelissier, and Jay Bryan to the Orange County Planning Board to terms ending March 31, 2009. (4} Recreation and Parks Advisory Council -Reappointments The Board reappointed Stephen Peck, Carroll Hawkins, and Deborah Judd to the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council to second full terms ending March 31, 2009. (5} Chapel HilllOrange County Visitors Bureau -New Appointments The Board appointed Bob Ward as the Economic Development Commission representative and Jim Ward as the Town of Chapel Hill representative to the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau. c. Motor Vehicle Property Tax ReleaselRefunds The Board adopted a refund resolution, which is incorporated by reference, related to 33 requests for motor vehicle property tax releases or refunds in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes. d. Community Development Block Grant Award - IDA Program The Board approved the following documents: 1) Code of ConductlHatch Act Policy; and 2} Citizen Participation Plan as required by the FY 2005 Community Development Block Grant Award. e. Impact Fee Reimbursement The Board approved the impact fee reimbursement request from Habitat far Humanity of Orange County, NC, Inc. for $17,628 for four new homes. f. Contract Award - GovDeals, Electronic Auction Services This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda far separate consideration. g: 2005-2006 SBTDC Contract Renewal The Board renewed a contract to continue support of small business development services far Orange County citizens, as stated in the Economic Development Strategic Plan adapted May 14, 1996, and reaffirmed by the Economic Development Commission in its new strategic plan, Investing in Innovation: 2005-2010; and authorized the Manager and the Clerk to the Board to execute the contract. h. Contract with Orange County Speedway -Sheriff's Office The Board approved a contract with the Orange County Raceway {OCR}, Inc. to provide law enforcement coverage at events and races at the Orange County Speedway during 2006 and authorize the Chair to sign subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney. i. RFP Award: Visitors Profile Survey This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate consideration. L Notice of Public Hearing an Orange County's 2006 Legislative Agenda This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate consideration. k. NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Continuation Grant Application This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate consideration. I. Master Plan Process -New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm The Board approved the proposed master plan process and authorized the recruitment of citizens and members to serve on the proposed committee. Staff will prepare a draft Preliminary Concept Plan for Board consideration on May 4 (at the time when appointments would be made}, as well as an action item for a June agenda to allow far the needed survey work to be funded in the proposed FY 2006-07 CIP to occur over the summer, as outlined above. m. Interlacal Agreement between Town of Hillsborough and Orange County for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II Services The Board approved an Interlocal Agreement far implementation of the Stormwater Program for the Town of Hillsborough by Planning and Inspections' Erosion Control Division. n. Proposed Memorandum of Understanding -Haw River Trail Corridor The Board approved, in follow-up to the discussion at the Board's March 13, 2006 work session, entering into a memorandum of understanding (MOU} with the State of North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) and other local governments regarding planning for a Haw River Trail Corridor, and authorize the staff from ERCD and Recreation and Parks to participate in the subsequent discussions and planning efforts. o. Amendments to Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance (First Readingl This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate consideration. ~ SUP-A-1-06: Partnership Academy Alternative School for Orange County (Class A Special Use Permit) The Board continued, held open, and adjourned the public hearing until the Board of Commissioners' meeting at 7:30 p.m. on April 10, 2006 at the Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough to receive additional information and to make all evidence submitted part of the record; and referred the application to the Planning Board for a recommendation to come back to the Board of County Commissioners on April 10, 2006. VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: f. Contract Award -GovDeals, Electronic Auction Services The Board considered awarding a contract for disposal of surplus properly via electronic auction from GovDeals of Montgomery, Alabama, subject to County Attorney and staff review; and authorizing the Chair to sign. Commissioner Carey said that he supports this, but he has questions. He said that he read the agreement but he did not see the element of flexibility in setting up restricted areas on the website. Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones said that they can do this for the website. It does not have to be included in the agreement. Commissioner Carey asked, if the website can be partitioned, what would the vendor charge and Pam Jones said a minimum of $5.00. Commissioner Carey suggested setting the minimum fee at $5.00 for whoever goes to the reserved site. Commissioner Carey asked about the process for reviewing the list of things going up for auction by the Board of County Commissioners and Pam Janes said that the Board has authorized her to sell anything below $5,000, and she would come back with items that are more. She said that she could provide a list of things that are on the website. Commissioner Carey verified that staff time would be reduced because the buyer would have to pick up the item and it would not be stored and taken somewhere else by a staff member. Commissioner Foushee commended the staff for moving to a very efficient way of disposing of surplus items. She asked when they could begin using this process and Pam Jones said very soon. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about the staff time being reduced through technology and if this would be saving the County money and Pam Jones said yes. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about staff time usage last year involved in this process and Pam Jones said that they did not estimate staff time because it was almost impossible to do so. Public Works would work for a solid two weeks bringing things out of storage for an auction. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about profit last year and Pam Jones said about $30,000, but they probably did not break even with staff time involved. Chair Jacobs added that the Town of Chapel Hill and the Town of Hillsborough are also using this. Pam Jones said that they are also working with OCS because they are also starting this process. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to award a contract for disposal of surplus property via electronic auction from GovDeals of Montgomery, Alabama, subject to County Attorney and staff review, and to authorize the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board. VOTE: UNANIMOUS i. RFP Award: Visitors Profile Survey The Board considered awarding a contract for a Visitors Profile Survey from Equation Research of Charleston, South Carolina at a cost of $10,000, and authorizing the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork. Chair Jacobs pointed out the one sentence that was changed: "Research by staff indicates that this is the first time a study of this nature will be conducted for the Bureau." A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to award a contract for a Visitors Profile Survey from Equation Research of Charleston, South Carolina at a cost of $10,000, and authorize the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork. VOTE: UNANIMOUS L Notice of Public Hearing on Orange County's 2006 Legislative Agenda The Board considered providing notice of the Board of County Commissioners' plans to hold a public hearing on April 10, 2006 on potential items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2006 North Carolina General Assembly Session. Chair Jacobs said that they tried to create more time to consider legislative items by postponing the hearing from April 10th to April 18th. Since several County Commissioners could not attend and it was a short session, they questioned the necessity of having a breakfast. If the other three County Commissioners wish to keep it, they can change it. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to direct the Clerk to the Board and the County Manager, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners, to publish a notice of the Board's intent to hold a public hearing on April 18, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to receive public comments on potential items far inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2006 North Carolina General Assembly Session; and that the Board change the County Commissioners' regular meeting calendar for year 2006 to cancel the joint legislative breakfast for the BOCC and Orange County's legislative delegation scheduled for April 24, 2006. VOTE: UNANIMOUS k. NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP} Continuation Grant ApplicationThe Board considered approving the state grant application for the continuation of program services provided through the NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) for FY 2006-2007 and authorizing the Chair to sign contingent upon staff and County Attorney review. Commissioner Carey asked Trish Vandersea to come forward to explain this. Trish Vandersea said that the abstract is for their continuation grant with the North Carolina Department of Corrections. As of 1994, they have been requesting funds for this and in the past ten years they have funded the pre-trial services program. As the abstract states, as of July 1, 2006, they will no longer be able to provide funding through the CJPP allocation for pre-trial services. They just wanted clarification that the request is for continuation of funds for Freedom House and Project Turnaround and intensive outpatient treatment. The staff is currently researching other funding options for the pre-trial services program, but it is their expectation that through the outside agency funding process, they will be coming to both Orange and Chatham Counties for the $41,000. Commissioner Halkiotis asked the Manager about the lack of funds and the County's responsibility for the shortfall and John Link said that they have made appropriations from the social safety net. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve the state grant application for the continuation of program services provided through the NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) for FY 2006-2007 and authorize the Chair to sign contingent upon staff and County Attorney review. Chair Jacobs said that they have asked the Manager to track budget amendments and they will now track unfunded mandates. The County has spent almost $750,000 in Orange County taxpayers' money in the last three and a half years, picking up programs that the legislature no longer funds. VOTE: UNANIMOUS o. Amendments to Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance (First Reading) The Board considered approving, on first reading, suggested amendments to the Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance. Commissioner Gordon said that there are a number of amendments based on historical experience, but this is an amendment to an ordinance. She does not understand why it was not put out for public comment. She asked if it could go to a second reading so the public could have a chance to comment. Geof Gledhill said that it is listed as a first reading because it is an ordinance that does not require a public hearing. If the Board approves this unanimously, a second reading is not necessary. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to direct the staff to set up a public comment period. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Chair Jacobs said to put it on the April 10`" agenda. 6. Resolutions or Proclamations a. Resolution To Recognize Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass far Expenditure Reductions Through Alternative Funding The Board considered a resolution recognizing Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass and the Orange County Sheriff's Department for implementing significant improvements in County law enforcement services without increasing costs to County taxpayers. Commissioner Halkiotis said that, on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, they appreciated the Sheriff's report of January 10, 2006 about what the Sheriff's Department is doing and saving money. He also referred to an article in yesterday's Chapel Hill Herald about changes in the jail, which stated that everyone seems to be happy that there is a suitable meeting area for defense attorneys and clients. The Sheriff took the initiative to do this. He read the resolution. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiatis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve a resolution recognizing Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass and the Orange County Sheriff's Department for implementing significant improvements in County law enforcement services without increasing costs to County taxpayers. RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE SHERIFF LINDY PENDERGRASS FOR EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS THROUGH ALTERNATIVE FUNDING WHEREAS, Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass has served the citizens of Orange County since 1982 and has successfully implemented significant improvements in County law enforcement services without increasing costs to County taxpayers; and WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office recently purchased a Special Response Team {SRT) truck and equipped it with barricade shields, tactical lights, and weapons, all through donations {$40,000} from private citizens; and WHEREAS, deputies and members of the department have received specialized Homeland Security training at a cost of aver $45,000 funded through federal grants; and WHEREAS, by housing Federal Inmates for the U.S. Marshal's Office, the department for 2005 provided a revenue stream of $1,780,470 to the Orange County General fund; and WHEREAS, Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass has instituted energy conservation measures by reducing vehicular mileage by 10,000-15,000 miles per month without comprising citizens' safety; and WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office worked with the Orange County School System and received over $240,000 in grant funding from the COPS Program for cameras and video equipment to enhance school security; and WHEREAS, since 1994 by participating in the Federal Surplus program, the Sheriff's Department has received equipment {trucks, ballistic helmets, weapons, etc.) worth $1,084,633 at no cost to Orange County tax payers; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby acknowledge the fiscal creativity and hard work in providing security and safety for the people of Orange County by Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass and the entire Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff accepted this on behalf of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Resolution Honoring Sports Endeavors The Board considered recognizing Sports Endeavors far the development and operation of Passback, a program which collects used but still playable gear and sends it to teams and organizations unable to afford even the most basic soccer equipment, and authorizing the Chair to sign. Economic Development Director Dianne Reid read the resolution. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve a resolution recognizing Sports Endeavors for the development and operation of Passback, a program which collects used but still playable gear and sends it to teams and organizations unable to afford even the most basic soccer equipment, and authorize the Chair to sign. RESOLUTION HONORING SPORTS ENDEAVORS, INC. WHEREAS, Sports Endeavors, Inc. was created from a high school business project conceived by Mike Moylan, and WHEREAS, the business was started in the basement of the Moylan family's Durham home and operated by other family members while Mike attended college, and WHEREAS, the company purchased the former White-Hickory Furniture factory on US 70 East in Hillsborough in 1991 and has invested extensively in renovating and expanding the property, and WHEREAS, under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Mike Moylan and Chief Operating Officer Brendan Moylan, Sports Endeavors mission is "to be the world's leading authentic grassroots soccer and lacrosse company, building Strang relationships in a vibrant, creative and ethical environment - to inform, inspire and innovate," and WHEREAS, the company has grown aver the years to employ 500-525 persons at peak seasons, and WHEREAS, the Moylans started the Passback program after a family friend sought used equipment to send to a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi, and WHEREAS, increased Passback donations have permitted the program to expand to include groups in the United States as well as developing countries, and WHEREAS, Passback gear has found its way to all corners of the globe, from a small school in Zimbabwe to an after-school program in inner-city New York, and WHEREAS, last year Passback paid almost $16,000 to ship 62,756 items, with a retail value of over $470,000, to 174 groups, including 44 Hispanic recipient groups and 41 Hurricane Relief donations; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners formally recognizes Mike and Brendan Moylan and Sports Endeavors, Inc. for creating the Passback program and commends them for serving as model corporate citizens of Orange County. This the 21St day of March 2006. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 7. Special Presentations a. Proposal to Establish the Orange County Child Care Task Force and Suggest Individuals to Serve The Board considered a proposal to establish the Orange County Child Care Task Force and to suggest community representatives to serve, and provide feedback or take action accordingly. Social Services Director Nancy Coston said that this is a follow up to the retreat. The recommendation of the group that met for the breakfast in November, and with the feedback from the County Commissioners at the retreat, they were asked to came back with a plan for who would be on the task force and the charge. They have had input from Child Care Services Association, the Orange County Partnership far Young Children, the Manager's Office, and Commissioner Foushee. They are recommending 20 appointments to the task force and the charge is "to create community awareness of and support far the benefits of early childhood education, to increase private, business, and public financial contributions far child care subsidies or scholarships, and to improve workplace support for children and families." Commissioner Foushee said that her hope would be that once this task force meets their charge, they will have strategies to meet the child care needs in the County. Commissioner Halkiotis said that 20 years ago childcare advocates came out 300 strong and the challenges are still there today. He said that he hoped Commissioner Foushee would chair this task force. Commissioner Gordon said that this is an excellent idea and she used to do research on child language development at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. They studied the importance of early childhood education. She said that at the forum sponsored by the Walkable Communities group in Hillsborough, one of the groups said that it was important to ask employers to have childcare at their facilities so that people could use public transportation to get to work. Commissioner Carey agreed with all. Chair Jacobs said that this year the County appropriated an additional $50,000 this year out of the social safety net for childcare. Chair Jacobs said that on page 3, attachment A, there is a typo. It should be Economic Development Director and not Economic Services Director. His only concern is that there are na users of childcare involved. He thinks that this perspective would be very helpful. Chair Jacobs said that he is going to bring this issue up at the Carolina North Committee. He said that they need to talk about human equity and issues of child care for staff, faculty, and students. PUBLIC COMMENT: Michele Rivest, Executive Director of Orange County Partnership for Young Children, said that she is thankful to the Board of County Commissioners for their support and consideration of this task force. She thanked the County Commissioners for putting in $50,000 for childcare. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve a proposal to establish the Orange County Child Care Task Force and to suggest community representatives to serve, adding four childcare users to the list. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Report on Field-grade Mobile Computers and Printers for the Building Inspections Division The Board received a report from the Building Inspections Division on a proposed system of mobile field grade computers with integrated (GPS} Global Positioning System, printers, and associated docking devices. Susan Mellot, Supervisor of the Orange County Building Inspections Division, said that she was requesting approval of equipment to implement a mobile computing program for the division. She gave a PowerPoint presentation. Public Service Streamline the Process Share the Data Field Grade Mobile Computers The Inspection division proposes that through the use of field grade mobile computers and enhancements to our current software, a mobile inspection system would be provided to increase our level of service to the citizens of Orange County.(A comparison of rugged versus conventional computers is attached for review) Mobile Computing Far Field Inspectors Would Significantly Improve: Efficiency Customer Service Communication Public Safety Efficiency Reallocation of 2500 employee hours from data entry in the office to inspections in the field. This equates to a savings of $75,000 through reallocation of county resources at $30.00 per employee hour.•Searchable State Building codes in the field; 3,798 pages, 11 volumes available on the jab-site. Time studies available for improved staff allocation throughout inspection jurisdiction. •Serves as backup far emergencies or disasters; all units are able to work autonomously until power is restored and servers/routers are functional. Utilization of bar-coding far majority of the data entry, thus eliminating user error.• Decreased paper usage; savings of 20 cases (1000 reams} _ $480. z •All permit information available to each inspector on jab-site. Reallocation of 2500 employee hours from data entry in the office to inspections in the field. This equates to a savings of $75,000 through reallocation of county resources at $30.00 per employee hour or one position. The number of inspections can increase as much as 15°~ before an additional inspector would be needed; thus delaying the need for additional field staff. By Saving Paper, We Save More Than Money Customer Service •Improves consistency and quality of inspections by correlating State Building Code with problems identified; detail printout left with citizen/contractor for reference. •More time for citizens-less for data entry; 2500 employee hours reallocated to citizens. This equates to $75,000 of county resources at $30.00 per employee hour. Chronic problem areas will be analyzed for most frequent violations, then used as educational programs for citizens, contractors, and businesses.• All associated project notes available on job-site provides better customer service. •Increases professionalism and uniformity by enabling inspectors to select from pre-defined code sections. •Will serve as backup during emergencies or disasters; no downtime! Detailed Feedback to the CitizenslBusinesses Communication •Continued maintenance of $215,000 Land Records {911} Address Verification Project by acquiring GPS coordinates of new structures during construction phase. •Standardized, bar-coded code deficiencies for citizens /businesses ;enhanced communication. •Detailed permit information available to inspector on job-site, provides inspector with access to entire open case load.• Code related reference material available to inspector and citizens on job-site. •Ability to review complete inspection history of a permit, including comments and notices. •Will serve as backup during emergencies or disasters; no downtime. •Look-up of all inspections outstanding, including those that have been scheduled for future dates. •Ability to capture digital photos and sketches, providing building history to share with the Revenue office, Land Records and ENIS. Maintain new building location data; GPS coordinates and digital photos taken at each entrance to large structures. This data to be provided to Land Records and EMS (911) Public Safety •Provide GPS coordinates with associated address identifier at the entrance of each structure for rapid emergency response by EMS 911 & fire. •Provide digital photographs (front, sides, and rear} of completed structures far use by emergency response (EMS 911) and Land Records for entry into buildings. •Provide GPS coordinates with associated address identifier for driveways and private roads where location is not evident from a main public roadway or multiple structures are located on same driveway or private road. •All structure information will be available to inspectors during emergencies or natural disasters. •Accurate monitoring of water resources through GPS identification of wells and septic systems. Who Is Mobile Computing - North Carolina Highway Patrol (since 1997) • Panasonic Toughbook • Itronix - Guilford County Inspections (2005) • Panasonic Toughbook - Progress Energy Corporation • Itronix - Greensboro City Inspections • Panasonic Toughbook - Chapel Hill Police (2004) • Panasonic Toughbook - (REA) Piedmont Energy Corporation (10 months) • Xplorer Units - Hillsborough Police Department (6 months) • Panasonic Toughbook Inspections Budget Data •Inspections revenue projected to be approximately $709,800 for fiscal year 200512006. •From July 2005 through December 2005, taking amid-year revenue snapshot, the Inspections Division is $51,000 above projected revenues. •Current fiscal year revenues are up 14% from same period last fiscal year. •In nine out of the last thirteen years, the Inspections Division has exceeded budgeted revenue projections. Fiscal year 2003-2004 Inspections Division exceeded budgeted revenues by $165,000. Savings Increased Productivity Savings With Current Staffing Levels• Integration of existing software to Orange County's web-based GIS for location maps in lieu of ArcView licenses per workstation (50 workstations @ $ ~, 200 per license) •Design and implementation of mobile inspection software in-house •In-house savings far support, training, and upgrades Startup Costs •(9) Rugged laptop computers with vehicle /desk docking and integral GPS ($5,400 per unit) •10 Mobile Vehicle Mounted Printers ($500 per unit} •Trade-in of {6) IBM ThinkVision Desktop Computers (2 years old; preloaded with required software) •Total Startup Costs The Future Is Now •GPS structure coordinates for EMS (911) •Increase inspectors' efficiency •Sharing essential data across departmental boundaries •Saving staff time •Saving money •Environmental savings through less paper usage •Increased Citizens' safety •Improved customer service Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is proud of this and he takes full responsibility for asking the staff to come and make this presentation. He said that this all started in December when he was watching a program on television about New Orleans where the building inspectors were given a gift of ruggedized laptops and were able to pull a satellite photo of what New Orleans looked like before Katrina and after. A few days later he saw someone from Piedmont Electric with a ruggedized laptop. This prompted him to talk with the staff about making this presentation. This will remove duplication of services and save the County money. There are similar issues with environmental health. He said that if they are not utilizing technology to the maximization of efficiency and saving staff time and money, then they are not part of the 21St century. He wants to highlight people that are saving the County money. He recognized Dan Bruce far this proposal. Commissioner Foushee said that the key word is efficiency, and other departments would benefit from this. She asked about air cards and if these would be used to transfer the data. Susan Mellot said that Information Technology does not have that capability yet, but they would like to move in this direction. Commissioner Foushee would like to support them in this request. Commissioner Carey said that he supports this. Chair Jacobs asked if the Chapel Hill Police Department uses this and Commissioner Foushee said yes. Susan Mellot said that they have a Panasonic Toughbaok. Chair Jacobs asked where the funding would come from for the laptops and Susan Mellot said that they feel they will have additional revenue that they did not project this year. John Link said that they recommend continuing to look at this from a capital perspective as to how to fund the hardware for the Inspections department. He would also like to look at how to find funding for hardware for EMS, Environmental Health, etc. Chair Jacobs would like to explore usage of wireless communications and to reorder the Information Technology priorities. He also thanked staff far their willingness to improve service to the public and he thanked Commissioner Halkiotis. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to receive the report as information; direct the Manager and staff in concert with Commissioner Halkiotis to conduct further assessment of this project (to integrate it with similar initiatives in other departments to ensure compatibility of software and efficiencies in data capture and creation of a shared database); and direct the Manager to incorporate funding within the Information Technology project of the 2006-16 Capital Investment Plan far the best way to implement this undertaking. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8. Public Hearings-NONE 9. Items for Decision--Regular Agenda a. Next Steps on District Elections for the Board of County Commissioners far a November 2006 Referendum The Board considered providing 1} an opportunity for the Board to consider the public comments made at the March 2, 2006 Board meeting on district elections for the Board of County Commissioners for a November 2006 referendum: 2) to provide the Board an opportunity to consider the content of a Resolution calling for the referendum; and 3) to give the Board the opportunity to provide comments, questions, and any further direction to staff. Geof Gledhill said that the information in the agenda abstract tells the history of this process and at the last Board of County Commissioners meeting he was directed to come up with a transition plan and process for them to direct a resolution on a referendum on proposal 5. After public comments at the last meeting, the Chair and Vice-Chair asked staff to redirect proposal 3, which is another variation of a district/at-large system with seven County Commissioners -four of them from districts. They are putting forward proposal 3 with statistical data and maps and he has drafted a transition plan for aseven-member Board for consideration. Chair Jacobs said that the reason they put this an the agenda with proposal #3 is because he wants to make a motion far staff to prepare a resolution, a map, and a transition plan to be sent fo referendum in November 20Q6, far aseven-member Board of County Commissioners, with two members from residential districts in rural Orange County, and at /easf two members and not more than three members from a residential district in Chapel Hill Township, with the remainder being at--large members. These seven Commissioners would be nominated and elected at-large. This proposal is reflected in Proposal 3, but need not be Limited exactly to the district designs in Proposal 3. He said that he does not think this is about preserving their power, people's criticisms, threats, or campaign promises. He said that this is about democracy with a small `d', listening to the citizens, and balancing sometimes competing concerns to do what is best in the long term interest of Orange County. Commissioner Halkiatis seconded the motion, Commissioner Gordon said that the transition plan labeled as hers on page 3 started out as her plan, but it has been edited by the County Attorney. Commissioner Gordon said that she wanted to clarify where they were before this meeting. She made reference to page two and what they did at the February 16th work session. The first thing is that the Board decided that there would be a total of five members on the Board of County Commissioners in a district plan. She recalls that Chair Jacobs did not want five, but seven. All of the other four Commissioners agreed on five members. The next thing that was determined was that the district map would be the one designated as proposal 5. The third thing was that they decided that members elected from district 1 or district 2 must reside in their respective district, but the qualified voters of the entire County would nominate all members of the Board. This was where there was a split 3-2 vote. The three people that wanted the representatives to live in the district but everyone in the County vote for them were Chair Jacobs, Commissioner Halkiotis, and Commissioner Foushee. The other two wanted the people to reside in the district and be nominated in the district. Commissioner Carey said that he has been consistent in his position about five or seven Commissioners, and he has heard members of the Board raising concerns about unintended consequences early on in the process and using that concern as a reason not to do anything on this matter. He has been consistent about the fact that something should be done, but he still does not support going to seven Commissioners because, if you go to seven Commissioners immediately, you cannot go back to five. He said that if they go to seven County Commissioners and elect all of them at-large in both the primary and the general election, it does not move them closer to what the citizens asked for in the district system. He said that what the citizens wanted, in his opinion, is to have one or two districts that da not include Chapel Hill Township. He said that if this concept of aseven-member Board does not include nomination within the district, then he would vote against it. If they go to seven members, he would like to consider map #2 because it will protect more rural areas and separate them out from the urban areas. He said that he was not aware that the Chair and the Vice-Chair were going to bring these decisions up again that were made already until he saw the agenda package. Commissioner Gordan said that she supported proposal 5 with two Commissioners being elected in one district and one in the other district and those would be nominating districts. She echoed what Commissioner Carey said -that the most important thing being brought forward to the public was that they wanted to be able to vote for people only from their district. She thinks that afive-member Board is a more efficient Board. She explained the difficulty in drawing a map that follows the one person, one vote principle while also keeping the mostly rural districts separate from the mostly urban districts. She said that the only mathematically simple system is to make Chapel Hill Township one district, and to make the other six townships another district, because the population is almost perfectly in a two to one ratio. She argued that if they go to a seven member Board it would be hard to draw the map without putting some of Carrboro into a primarily rural district. She said that if they do that, the people of Chapel Hill Township will not vote far it. She hopes that if they vote for the motion, that they will change the map and the number of commissioners that will come from the mostly rural districts and from the mostly urban districts before they let the public vote on it in the November referendum. She does not agree with the details of Commissioner Jacobs' proposal. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the current system has worked well and has more diversity than it has ever had - it has two African Americans, two women, and two ethnic men from the northeast. He said that the Board is here because the majority of citizens voted them in. He does not want to go back to the "balkanization" of Orange County politics. He is opposed to nomination by district because that person would only care for that district and not the rest of the County. This is not haw to address the challenges of the 21St century. He said that when he hears that the rural areas are not represented, he is personally offended because he lives in a very rural area. He thinks that people want different political philosophies, and not necessarily rural representation. He said that this becomes a red state and blue state issue. He said that he heard the citizens say very clearly that they wanted seven representatives. He said that this is an expansion of democratic opportunities. Commissioner Foushee apologized to the citizens for not being present at the March 2, 2006 meeting. She said that her initial commitment was to the seven-member Board, and her commitment is again to aseven-member Board. She said that the minutes reflect that the majority of the public wants them to move to seven Commissioners. She supports district representation, but she believes that it can be accomplished by more than one strategy. PUBLIC COMMENT: Ann Medenblik -had to leave early. Bill Faison lives in Cedar Grave. He said that he represents the majority of the County by land area, if not by population. He said that the residential plan put forward is not a district election plan and does not allow anyone in the more rural part of the County to elect or even nominate anyone to represent their community on this Board. He said that the essence of what is being sought is that they need to give the more rural part of the County the ability to elect someone to serve on this Board. They would recommend that the County Commissioners accept the proposal that was already given, by increasing the Board to seven, with four of those elected from the Chapel Hill Township, one elected from the Efland/Hillsborough and surrounding areas, one elected from the rest of the County, and one elected at-large. He said that what is proposed now is an at-large election, which has nothing to do with one person, one vote because it is all at-large. He said that the idea of having representatives from various land areas in the country is fundamental to the way of government - it is the way the North Carolina House, the North Carolina Senate, the House of Representatives, and the U. S. Senate are organized. It is also the way that a number of counties in North Carolina elect the County Commissioners. He said that they would ask that a referendum be put on the ballot for this fall. If the County Commissioners will not put forward the citizens' proposed referendum, then they could put both proposals on the referendum and then let the citizens pick one of the proposals. Will Raymond is a resident of Chapel Hill and he has worked for many years to get out the vote. Recently, he was a candidate for Chapel Hill Town Council and he came before the Board of County Commissioners many months ago when this issue arose for the first time, and he suggested that if they were going to open this up, then they need to have some real change. At that time, he requested that the Board of County Commissioners offer the citizens a real choice in the system. His first idea is cumulative voting, the second change is non-partisan representation, and the third is to move to aseven-member Board. He said that he represents the Independents, and that it is not about geography anymore, but issues. He said that he would like to request an alternative referendum on the ballot that would combine elements of cumulative voting, seven members, and non-partisanship. Dolly Hunter said that the most important issue to her is nomination by district and they can stay with five members. She thinks that this will satisfy a lot of things that the citizens are requesting. Artie Franklin lives in Chapel Hill. He thanked them for bringing back proposal 3 and he would like for them to consider district nominations with seven members, which will address the issues of concern by petitioners. Bob Strayhorn said that he wanted to assure the Board that this has been discussed in the rural communities for at least the last 20 years. This is the reason they went to the petition process. He said that he is a born Democrat and he is a Southern Democrat. He said that when they started this process, they all agreed that they did not want to take away any power from Chapel Hill and their representation. They just wanted same rural people on the Board that could represent the concerns of the rural people. They did not want to target anybody and he hopes that they have not. He is proud to say that the group he represents wrote no negative letters to the editor. He is asking the Board to give it the consideration that the people asked for. He is disappointed with some of the discussions. Robin Cutson said that you can have Democrats with different ideologies. She said that the discussion always moves toward rural versus urban. She said that she has heard in many of the discussions that poor people are more conservative. She said that one of the most important things is not disenfranchising the poor. This means listening to them and giving them a voice. She said that if poor people are indeed more conservative, then maybe they need a voice so that their needs can be made known. She would like to move away from the discussion of liberals versus conservatives. She said that this might be a class issue and she hopes that, as good Democrats, that they would want to give those people a voice, which means nomination by districts. A countywide vote would not give them a voice. Jamie Daniel said that he is a registered Republican and this is about people and not about politics. He said that they are asking to have someone that they see everyday to represent them from the northern part of the County. Chair Jacobs said that he has been a resident of rural Orange County for over 30 years and he thinks that he understands rural Orange County. He thinks that this Board, and especially him and Commissioner Halkiotis, as residents of rural Orange County, have done a good job of representing its interests. He said that he has tried to separate his personal feelings from what people are saying that there is no one from rural Orange on this Board and no one is representing rural Orange County's interests. He knows that this is not true and he knows that it is not personal. He is not worried about Chapel Hill's power ar his own power, but what is best for Orange County. He thinks that this road is an endless road and there are endless permutations. He personally thinks that the examples of Congress and our legislature are hardly ones that he wants to hold up as representative of good democracy and action. He thinks the essence of what is being done, is that they as the Board of County Commissioners are trying to do what is best. He thinks that it is true that they are all trying to listen. He said that he is conservative by nature and he has tried to balance his concerns with the concerns of the people that he has listened to. He thinks the proposal an the table will advance the interests of rural Orange County and will guarantee that there will be two members of the Board that will always reside in rural Orange County, but it will not divide Orange County into special interest areas that are based solely on geographic interests. He said that he respects Commissioner Cordon's opinions, but he thinks that they can draw a map that is adequately reflective of proportional representation with aseven-member Board that either has two or three members from a district that is in Chapel Hill Township. VOTE: Ayes, 4; no, 1 (Commissioner Carey} Commissioner Gordon said that she does not favor the details of this proposal, especially with respect to the way the maps would be drawn and to the number of representatives in each of the districts. However, she is voting for the seven member board because she would like to see something move forward to be put on the ballot, and it will have to come back to the Commissioners for approval of the details. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to include nominating of County Commissioners by district and electing County Commissioners at large, regardless of the adopted map. VOTE: Ayes, 2; Nays, 3 (Chair Jacobs, Commissioner Halkiotis, Commissioner Foushee} MOTION FAILED b. Authorization to Release One-Time Supplemental Funding to OPCILME to Facilitate Divestiture/Transition of Cross Disability Services (UNFUNDED MANDATE} The Board considered authorizing the release of a one-time County supplemental appropriation in the amount of $41,012 to OPCILME to facilitate the divestiture (transfer} of Cross Disability Services to Crass Disability Services, Inc. {XDS, Inc.), anon-profit organization established by existing OPC operations staff, with a projected start-update of May 1, 2006. John Link said that this is an example of the intended measured process of renovation of mental health. Judy Truitt and her staff have worked to divest an important service and continue the creation of anon-profit (Cross Disability Service). During the budget process, they indicated that there would be two or three occasions during the year when there would be divestiture of certain services and that there would need to be some bridge money while the existing non-profit took over an OPC Mental Health service. They had earlier transitioned Kidscope to the Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project and XDS, Inc., is the second example. This is funding for one month so that the new non-profit can begin providing services. This program provides intensive treatment to individuals with multiple diagnoses. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve authorizing the release of a one-time County supplemental appropriation in the amount of $41,012 to OPC/LME to facilitate the divestiture (transfer} of Cross Disability Services to Cross Disability Services, Inc. (XDS, Inc.}, anon-profit organization established by existing OPC operations staff, with a projected start-up date of May 1, 2006. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Halkiotis asked if there was going to be a reimbursement and John Link said that he did not think so. c. Business Personal Property Audit Contract The Board considered approving a contract with Evans and Associates to initiate a pilot program of auditing business personal property accounts, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney, and authorizing the Chair to sign. Jahn Link said that this is an innovative project to have a consulting firm work with the Tax Assessor's Office to go out and conduct non-local business assessments as to personal property accounts. They think that this is an efficient way to audit the business accounts and derive additional revenue. A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve a contract with Evans and Associates to initiate a pilot program of auditing business personal property accounts, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney, and authorize the Chair to sign. VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. Request from Tawn of Carrboro far Land Transfers The Board was to consider a request from the Town of Carrboro far the conveyance land, within the Town limits, that is owned by the County. DEFERRED e. Reconfiguring STAG Funded Buckhorn Road EDD1Community Water/Sewer Protect to Allow Gravelly Hill Protect to Move Forward with County Funding Jahn Link said that they are pursuing the reconfiguration of federal funding as they try to provide water and sewer to the new middle school and the BuckhornJCentral Efland areas. The Board asked for assurance in writing from State officials and from the office of Congressman Price that the redirection of the federal funding would not hurt the use of the federal funding. There is a response from Robert Blowe from Construction Grants and Loans that they would have no problem with the redirection of the STAG (State and Tribal Assistant Grants} funding. There is also an email from Congressman Price's office that there is flexibility in the use of the funds and a problem is not anticipated. He urged the Board to send the draft letter from the Chair back to Mr. Blowe indicating the intent to make the change, and hopefully he would respond back quickly. Chair Jacobs thanked Congressman Price for this money. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to receive the letter and email as adequate assurance that reconfiguring the County's STAG funded utilities projects will not affect the currently existing level of STAG funding available to the County; and authorize the Chair to sign the letter to CGLS, indicating the Board's intent to reconfigure the STAG project such that the portion of the utilities to serve the Gravelly Hill Middle School will be broken out of the STAG process and expedited by funding that portion solely by County funding sources and that utility extensions that will serve the northern Buckhorn community and the Central Efland community be combined to move forward within the STAG funded process. VOTE: UNANIMOUS f. Appointments 1. Orange County Board of Adjustment-New Appointments A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Samantha Cabe with a term expiring June 30, 2008. A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to appoint Thomas Brown as the alternate with a term expiring June 30, 2009. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 2. Orange County Planning Board -New Appointments A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to appoint Joel Knight for the Little River Township position, with a first full term expiring March 31, 2009. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon to appoint Judith Wegner to the at-large position #6, with a partial term expiring March 31, 2007; and David Brower to the at-large position #7, with a first full term expiring March 31, 2008. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey to appoint Tony McKnight to the at-large position #7. It was answered that Mr. McKnight is also running for Orange County School Board. Commissioner Carey still wanted to nominate him. Commissioner Foushee suggested leaving the partial term position open (position #6} until the school board elections. The Board agreed. The appointments were Joel Knight for position #2, Judith Wegner for position #7, and position #6 will be left open until after the school board elections. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Egualizatian and Review Board -New Appointments A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Margaret Brown, Jerry Kruter, and Jane Sparks, with the remaining applicants as alternates. VOTE: UNANIMOUS The Board agreed to appoint Jane Sparks as Chair. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 4. Commission for the Environment -New Appointments A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Lucy Adams to the at-large position #6 with a term expiring December 31, 2007 and Matthew O'Brien to the at-large position #8 with a term expiring December 31, 2007. A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Brian Rosa to the at-large position #15 with a term expiring December 31, 2006. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5. Recreation and Parks Advisory Council -New Appointments A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Keith Bagby and Chuck Habgaod to partial terms ending December 31, 2007. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6. Agricultural Preservation Board -New Appointments A motion was made by Chair Jacobs to appoint Patrick McGarry to the at-large position #13 with a term expiring June 30, 2008 and Spence Dickinson to the at-large position #14 with a term expiring June 30, 2009. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 7. Cable TV Advisory Committee -New Appointments A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to appoint Bill Boyarsky to the at-large position #2 with a term expiring December 31, 2007. A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to appoint Kendra Van Pelt to the at-large position #3 with a term expiring December 31, 2007. A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Dan Barker to the at-large position #5 with a term expiring December 31, 2007. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to appoint Craig Lloyd to the at-large position #7 with a term expiring December 31, 2007. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8. Boards County Commissioners Serve On The Board was to consider the list of boards and commissions on which the BOCC serve and select those boards on which the BOCC wishes to continue serving and discuss changes. DEFERRED 10. Reports-NONE 11. Closed Session-NONE 12. Adjournment With no further items to discuss, a motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 p.m. Barry Jacobs, Chair Donna S. Baker, CMC Clerk to the Board