P-0405 - Orange County Water and Sewer Policy 09-03-1991-G2

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APPROVED g-17-91 • MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 3, 199.1 1 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, September 3, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Old County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Stephen Halkiotis, Commissioners Alice M. Gordon, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Rod Visser, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes, Accountant Howard Fitts, Human Resources Director Elaine Holmes, Accounting Technician Deborah Jefferies, Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones, Public Works Director Wilbur McAdoo, Social Services Director Marti Pryor-Cook, Senior Accounting Technician Debbie Smith, Soil Scientist Jerry Stimpson, County Engineer Paul Thames, EMS Director Nick Waters, Planners Emily Cameron, Eddie Kirk, Mary Scearbo and David Stancil. NOTE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS IS IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA Vice-Chair Halkiotis added to the agenda an Executive Session for the discussion of a personnel matter. Commissioner Willhoit added to the agenda an appointment to the Southern Human Services Planning Committee. II. AUDIENCE COMMENTS A. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA - NONE B. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA Gordon Brown, Attorney representing a group of citizens in the Efland community, presented to the Board a petition. In summary the petition made reference to the Efland sewer line and the contracts signed for the construction and provision of sewer service to 191 parcels in the Efland area. He stated that for approximately half of the 191 potential users who originally signed contracts with the County, sewer service is not yet available. The conditions which created the emergency in 1984 still exist today. He stated that many have inadequate or failing septic systems. Many have made significant out- of-pocket expenditures to repair or replace their systems with little prospect that they will function properly or adequately in the long term. In several areas, raw sewage flows to the surface or runs in the ditches. The 161 citizens who signed the petition asked that the Board of County Commissioners: