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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-2000-044 Water Quality Improvements Progran Grant Project Ordinance G "-err Water Quality Improvements Program Grant Project Ordinance Project Number 11-440 Be it ordained by the Orange County Board of County Commissioner's that pursuant to Section 13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina,the following grant project is hereby adopted. Section 1. The project authorized is the Water Quality Improvements Program as awarded to the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the US Department of Agriculture. The planned five-year project, to be reviewed annually,is anticipated to extend until September 30, 2003. This five year grant provides funding for a Conservation Specialist position. Funds will provide technical assistance to landowners and farmers in identifying, planning, and implementing nutrient run-off reduction practices to reduce the amount of nitrogen entering the Neuse River basing by 30%. Section 2. Under the terms of the agreement, Orange County will administer the grant as fiscal agent. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within the rules and regulations contained in the Joint Agreement between Orange County, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation District and the budget contained herein. Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project: Intergovernmental(1998-99) $33,050 Intergovernmental(1999-00) $33,836 Intergovernmental(2000-01) $34,744 Total Intergovernmental $101,630 Section 4. The following amount is appropriated for this project: Community Maintenance - Water Quality Improvements Program $101,630 Section 5. The finance officer is hereby directed to maintain within the grant project sufficient specific detailed accounting records to provide the accounting to the grantor agency required by the grant agreement and federal and state regulations. Section 6. Funds may be advanced from the general fund for the purpose of making payments due. Reimbursement requests should be made to the grantor agency in an orderly and timely Manner. Section 7. Copies of this grant project ordinance shall be made available to the finance officer for direction in carrying out this project. Section 8. Positions authorized through this grant project ordinance include: 1.00 Full-Time Equivalent Positions—Conservation Specialist This position is authorized through September 30, 2003. Section 9. This project ordinance is in effect until June 30,2001 Section 10. This ordinance supersedes all previous water quality improvements program grant project ordinances. Adopted this 29'day of June 2000 U�2p - e2oou- Dye G - �9-z�© � ebb The Board approved a lease for Suite 105 at 501 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC to Brokerage Resource, Inc. for$1,100.00 per month and taxes-in-lieu of$100 per month. v. Bid Award— Leachate Collection Piping The Board awarded a bid for Leachate Collection Piping for$26,241.33. Z. Bid Award_Orange Countv Landfill Phase 4 Construction Geosynthetics The Board awarded a bid for Phase 4 Construction - Geosynthetics at the Orange County Landfill to Clary Hood, Inc. of Kissimmee, Florida in the amount of$346,000 and authorized the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork, and authorized the County Manager to execute change orders as may be necessary during the course of the installation, to the extent project funds are available for this work. Other bids received are listed below: Reynolds - $432,500 Clary Hood - $346,000 Plastic Fusion - $450,479 Serrot International, Inc. - $457,906.60 aa. Budget Amendment#13 The Board approved budget ordinance amendments, grant project ordinance, and a capital project ordinance for fiscal year 1999-2000. bb. Adoption of 2000-2001 Grant and Capital Project Ordinances The Board approved grant project ordinances and selected capital project ordinances in accordance with the actions taken by the Board of Commissioners at the June 20, 2000 budget work session. cc. Change in Board of Commissioners' Meeting Schedule The Board approved a change in the Board of Commissioners' meeting schedule to change the joint meeting with the two school boards from September 21, 2000 to September 25, 2000. VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA b. Minutes A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the highlighted draft of the minutes for March 21 st and the minutes for March 23rd with the changes as shown on the green sheet. VOTE: UNANIMOUS m. Contract for Orange Count v Video Production The Board considered approving a contract with Horizon Video Productions, Inc. to produce a 10-12 minute video about Orange County's departments and services to be presented at new employee and board and commission orientation sessions, to citizens on cable access television, and to community, civic, and educational groups. Commissioner Brown said that her interest in this was that the Commissioners have not had any opportunity to discuss it and what it would be like. She would either like to hold this item and the next item to have a presentation on it, or to put some very specific language in the contract specifying when the Commissioners would be part of the review process. Commissioner Jacobs said that there were three separate communication efforts going on—a message to the people, an update of the web site, and this video. He does not see that these three are in any way coordinated and he would like to see it be a coherent message. Commissioner Gordon said that there could be some language added to say that the video, the web site, and the message to the people would articulate a common and coherent theme and message. Also, the Board of Commissioners would approve the effort at key intervals to be identified by the Commissioners. This common theme is specified in the Strategic Communications Plan. Commissioner Brown suggested having a presentation on both of the project concepts—the web site design and the video — by the proposed companies so that the Commissioners could see what 11