HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19711103 MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
402 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
November 3, 1971
The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in adjourned session
in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina at
3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 3, 1971.
Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners William C.
Ray, Henry S. Walker, Ira A. Ward and C. Norman Walker.
Members Absent: None
Hal B. White and Pearce Walker, representatives of the Valley Forge
Corporation, and John Pridgen, Engineer, were also present.
This meeting was held for the purpose of discussing with the representatives
of the Valley Forge Corporation the possibility of how water and sewerage
facilities might be provided to their plant site which is located Southeast of
Hillsborough.
Chairman Bennett recognized John Pridgen, Mr. Pridgen stated that the cost
of providing a twelve inch (12") water line to the Valley Forge site would be
approximately $26,400 plus engineering fees and that sewerage service with a
twelve inch (12") gravity line would cost approximately $36,000. Discussion
ensued relative to the cost of construction of the two lines.
Chairman Bennett suggested that the County provide $26,000 to the project
and that the Valley Forge Corporation provide the remainder of the monies
needed to complete said project.
Mr. White•stated'that the County's proposal must be presented to his
company for final approval, however, he felt the suggested arrangements would
be satisfactory
Chairman Bennett recognized Mrs. Ross Scroggs, Chairman of the Chapel Hill
School Board, Dr. Holton,cSchool Board Member and Dwayne Moore, Acting Superintendemt
of the Chapel Hill School System.
Mrs. Scroggs stated that low bids on the Ephesus Church Road School totaled
$708 643 and that the school board had been able to reduce this bid to the sum
of $�i6 ,287 by eliminating some items, however, this still left the school
v board $227,537 short in funds needed for then construction of said school. Mrs.
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Scroggs stated that the school board had been unable to sign a contract for the
ti construction because there was not sufficient appropriation for said project.
>, Mrs. Scroggs inquired if there were any unappropriated funds that could now be
k appropriated and applied towards the construction of the proposed school. She
rostated that it was understood, by the school board, that any funds appropriated
1 would be charged against the school boards appropriation during the next budget
U year.
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The County Administrator stated that the General Fund did contain a
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sufficient unappropriated surplus, but this money was used as working capital
during.the months of Jul7, August and September as this was the period in which
tax collections were very low and other County expenses were very high and that
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0 any significant use of this working capital would place the County in a serious
position during this period of time.
e Upon motion of Commissioner Henry S. Walker, seconded by Commissioner Ira
A. Ward, it was moved and unanimously adopted, that $!�l�,000 of interest earned
W on certificates of deposit held by the Chapel Hill School Unit be appropriated
ro to the New Building and Grounds Account of their Capital Outlay Budget, that
„ $2,000 be transferred from the Purchase of New Sights Account to their New
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ON Building and Grounds Account, that $25,000 be transferred from the Old Buildings
3;H and Grounds Account to their New Buildings and Grounds Account, that $227,500
o m of Unappropriated Surplus in the General Fund be transferred to Unappropriated
a w Surplus of the School Capital Outlay Account. This transfer is to be repaid by
W ro the School Capital Outlay Fund in the 1972-1973 budget year and that $227,500
e [ of Unappropriated Surplus in the School Capital Outlay Fund be appropriated to
h the Chapel Hill School Unit New Building and Grnudd Account.
.40 There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was
adjourned to meet again on Thursday, November 4, 1971, at 8 P.M. in the
Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Harvey D. Bennett, Chairman
S. M. Gattis, Acting Clerk
# "These actions leave the school unit needing $227,500 in'order to sign their
contract. Consequently, $227,500 of unappropriated General Fund surplus is
transferred.:temporarilg School Outlay Fund in order that this school unit might
sJ;gn,the contract in question. These funds will automatically be transferred back
to the General Fund on June 30, 1972."