P-0210 - Recognizing Heroism 06-26-1995-C

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10 A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the proposed amendments as presented at public hearing on February 24, 1997. 3 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 4 5 B. 1996-97 AUDIT PROPOSAL AND CONTRACT 6 A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Carey to award 7 the audit contract for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997 to Deloitte 8~ Touche, LLP, in an amount not 8 to exceed $56,300 and authorize the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board. 9 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 10 11 ~ C. RECOGNIZING HEROISM POLICY ~p - ~- q 12 The County Commissioners considered a revised policy for recognizing heroism. They 13 decided to maintain the language in the present policy and incorporate it into the new policy. 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to 15 approve the revised policy including incorporating the language from the present policy in the revised 16 policy. 17 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 18 19 D. MEMBERSHIP TO THE GREATER TRIANGLE REGIONAL COUNCIL -- 20 The Board considered whether or not to continue their membership to the Greater Triangle 21 Regional Council 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Carey to 23 approve a contribution of $1,000 to this Council. 24 VOTE: AYES, 2; NOS, 3 (Commissioners Brown, Gordon and Halkiotis) E. BID AWARD _ PUBLIC WORKS PAVING PROJECT 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Brown to 28 award a bid and approve a contract, contingent upon Attorney and Staff review, to Blythe Constnaction, 29 Inc. for paving pursuant to Alternate #3 in the bid submitted April 29, 1997, in an amount not to exceed 30 $176,800 and to authorize the Chair to sign on behalf of the Board. 31 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 32 33 F. RIVER PARK 34 As a member of the work group associated with this River Park, Chair Crowther made this 35 presentation, utilizing the map of the park site. He said that they have worked with many groups in 36 developing this proposal. The concept plan addresses previous concerns about the amount of acreage 37 for the park and the appraised value of this area which the County will continue to own. The agenda 38 abstract addresses the concern about additional parking for County use. On June 14, the 39 Occoneechee Tribe plans to do a ground blessing. The tribe will provide all funding for the Indian 40 Village. He asked that this be made a part of the County's master park plan. John Link said that the 41 lower part of the parking lot floods once every two years. He indicated this on the map of the park site. 42 Commissioner Halkiotis expressed a concern about the pavilion being under water. John Link said that 43 the 100 foot flood should not approach the area where the pavilion will be located. 44 45 A motion was made by Chair Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the use 46 of County land located south and east of the new County Courthouse as shown on the map, as a park 47 site. VOTE: UNANIMOUS