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<br />MIIiUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
<br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
<br />January 28, 1974
<br />The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in special Executive
<br />Session at 7:00 P. M. on Monday, January 28, 1974 at the Colonial Inn in
<br />Hillsborough, North Carolina.
<br />Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Walker and Copunisaionera Henry S, Walker,
<br />Flora Garrett, Richard. E. Whitted and Melvin Whitfield.
<br />Members Absent: None.
<br />This meeting was held in order that the members of the Board of Commissioners
<br />might discuss with John McKee progress being made by the Consumers Utility
<br />Coxrooration in its move to acouire the utility Properties of the University of
<br />Piorth Carolina at Chapel Hi11.
<br />At the conclusion of their discussion the Executive Session was discontinued.
<br />The County Administrator briefly reviewed with the Board of Commissioners the
<br />recently issued federal requirements for contracting with an engineer for 201
<br />planning work before January 31, 1974• He recommended the Board of County
<br />Commissioners approve a contract with the firm of Rose, Pridgen and Freemon to do
<br />this study since it only involved study of possible sewer lines in the Chapel Hill
<br />Area. He pointed out that this firm had already contracted to do similiar planning .
<br />studies for the Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
<br />The Board of Commissioners agreed to take formal action to approve their
<br />contract at its February session but informally agreed to approve the contrast at
<br />this ajassion.
<br />There being no further businasa to come before the Board the meeting was
<br />adfourned.
<br />C. Norman Walker, Chairman
<br />S. M. Gatti s, Acting Clerk
<br />MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
<br />BOARD OF CO1~R3ISSION~S
<br />January 31, 1974
<br />The Beard of Commissioners of Orange County mat in special called session
<br />on Thursday, January 31, 197!}, at 8 o~cleck P.M. in the Commissioners Room of
<br />the Courthouse in H311aborough, North Caroline.
<br />Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Sdalker and Commissioners Henry S. Walker,
<br />Flora Garrett, Richard E. Whitted and Melvin Whitfield.
<br />Members Absent: None.
<br />Fred Cates, Mayor of the Town of Hillsborough, Allen L1vyd, Jack Martin,
<br />John Roberta and Ralph Neighbours, Members of the Town Board of Aldermen, Mr a.
<br />Barbara Burch, Town Clerk, Harry L. Brown, Accountant and John Fridgen, Town
<br />Engineer, were present.
<br />S. M. Gattis, County Administrator, and Betty June Hayes, Clark to the Board,
<br />were present.
<br />Chairman Walker recognized Mayor Cates. The Mayor aduised the Board that in
<br />order for .the Town of Hillsborough to save Federal and State Grants of $1,350,000
<br />the Town must have, in hand by Tuesday, a sum of $138,000 to apply tv the construction
<br />of a sewerage plant. He stated that the Town could raise $la.0,000 of the $138,000
<br />needed, but that further indebtedness, by the Town, would be prohibited since the
<br />Town had reached its debt limit and the Local Government Commission would not approve
<br />the-borrowing.. of any additional Punda. He stated that the Town now had available
<br />approximately $250,000, but that the complete total of the local share needed amounted
<br />to $338,000. This meant that the Town lacked $98,000 in needed funds. This
<br />additional cost factor had been incurred due to new environmental requirements. The
<br />Mayor stated that the Town would officially come under a Voluntary Compliance
<br />Agreement next Tuesday as the Town had received a court order that it must either
<br />state its intentions of complying with the order or reduce its sewerage capacity.
<br />Mayor Cates stated further that to reduce the capacity would mean a curtailment of the
<br />sewerage now being pumped into the current plant and this would mean that all manuf-
<br />acturing would be slowed and that this could mean a tremendous economic loco to the
<br />Town of Hillsborough and the County of Orange. Ee stated that the Town planned to purchase
<br />approximately thirty-five (3S) acres of property and that they proposed to use this as
<br />s site for a proposed sewerage plant.
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