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MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTX BOARD OF COMMISSXDNERS ~ 7 , ~. 4'79 August 15, 1972 The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in regular session in the District Courtroom of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina on Tuesday, August 15, 1972, at S o~clock P.M, Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett and Commissioners William C. Ray, Renrq S. Walker, Ira A. Ward and C. Norman Walker. Members Absent: None -- Chairman Bennett reported to the members of the Board that he had received a telephone call from Cliff Benson, Commissioner oP this Highway District. ~-~~~ Chairman Bennett instructed the Clerk to incorporate in the minutes the fact that he as Chairman and Commissioners William C. Ray, Henry S. Walker and C. Norman Walker met with the members of the Mebane Town Board of Aldermen for the purpose of discussing the request of the Town oP Mebane for the Board to re-aonaider and alter the agreement signed by the County and the Town relative to the monies owed by the Town for the installation of water and sewerage lines to the Industrial Park Area. The County requested the Town of Mebane to secure an opinion as to whether or not the agreement Gould legally be altered and to also secure figures on the cost of the treatment of water and sewerage now being utilized by the Industrial Park Area. Orange County did decline, at this time, to .take any action on the request~~' Chairman Bennet pt resented an Ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE OF OR PDSSESSIDN FCR CCNSIIMPTIDN CF BEVERAGES TN CERTAIN NON-RETURNABLE OR DI$FDSABLE BEVERAGE CDNTAINERS WITHIN THE TOWN CF HILLSBOROUGH." This Ordinance had been presented to the Board by Fred 3. Cates, Mayor, Town of Hillsborough. Dissuasion ensued. It was agreed to take the matter under advisement. Chairman Bennett presented two letters from citizens who opposed the location of a sanitary land fill on the Eubanks road and he presented s letter in support of the area. He also read a letter Prom B. B. Olive, Attorney at Law, Durham, North Carolina. Said letter made reference to the public hearing of August 3, 1972, which was called for the purpose of rezoning of the Hancock property as a landfill site. Mr. Olive requested the Board to declare the publ3a hearing null and void and he cited eight reasons for his request. Discussion ensued relative .. to Mr, 01ive~s letter. Upon motion of Commissioner William C. Ray, seconded by Commissioner Ira A. Ward, it waa moved, that the Clerk notify Mr. Olive that the Board of Commissioners declines to declare the public hearing of August 3, 1972, null and void and that this decision is contingent upon the securing of an opinion from L. M. Cheshire, County Attorney. The Clerk was further instructed to send a copy of the letter ~ . to Charles M. Johnston, Chairman of the Orange County Planning Board. Chairman Bennett called for a vote on the motion. Commissioners William C. Ray, Ira A. Ward and Henry S. Walkex voted aye. Commissioner Norman Walker voted nay. Chairman Sennett declared the motion passed. ~ Chairman Bennett read a letter from Burnie Hillenbrand, Executive Director of NACO, urging the Boards support of the Revenue Sharing Bill which was now before the Senate Appropriations Committee. Said bill being designated as House Bill 1L~.370 (THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1972). Discussion ensued. Uoon motion of Commissioner William C. Ray, seconded by Commissioner Norman Walker, it was moved, that Orange County send telegrams, one to each of the North Carolina Senators and one to Senator John McClelland, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in support of House Bill ~11}37D. Chairman Sennett Galled for a vote on the motion. Commissioners Henry S. Walker, William C. Ray and Norman Walker voted ay®. Commissioner Ira A. Ward abstained from voting. Chairman Bennett declared the motion passed. Commissioner Piorman Walker brought to the attention of the Board the matter of the unsitely condition of the Caldwell school building. He stated that the citizens of the area were anxious to have the building demolished as they felt it was an eye sore in their community. Discussion ensued ae to the ways that said school property might be improved. Upon motion of Commissioner William C. Ray, seconded by Commissioner Aenrq S. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the Clerk write a letter to the School Board to request the School Board to clean and to clear the Caldwell school property. __~~'