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- 3t~u <br />MINUTES OP THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />HOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />June 25, 1974 <br />The Hoard of County Commissioners of Orange County met on Tuesday, June <br />25, 1974, at 8 P.M. in the District Courtroom of the Police Building in Chapel <br />Hill, North Carolina. <br />Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Walker, and Commissioners Henry S. <br />Walker, Flora Garrett, Richard E. Whitted and Melvin Whitfield. <br />Members Absent: None <br />S. M. Gattis, County Administrator, and Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the <br />Hoard, were also present. <br />The Chairman announced that this was the time, date and place for the duly <br />scheduled Public Hearings on the petitions that had been received from the <br />residents of the Oaks Subdivision and the Briarcliff Subdivision relative to <br />the creating of a special Service District for the purpose of securing Eire <br />protection. <br />Chairman Walker stated the matter would be heard individually as the two <br />petitions must be considered as separate issues. <br />Chairman Walker recognized R. H. Williams, the Assistant Fire Chief for <br />the Town of Chapel Hill, and Cynthia McSwain, Assistant Town Manager for the <br />Town of Chapel Hill. He stated that Mr. Williams and Ms. McSwain were present <br />to represent the Town of Chapel Hi11 at this Public Hearing. <br />Chairman Walker announced that the Hoard would consider the petition <br />from The Oaks first. He opened the floor for comments from those who were in <br />favor of establishing the special Service District. <br />Trisha Stanford Hunt stated that she had been designated as the spokesman <br />for the residents of The Oaks. The fprmulators of the petition had expected a <br />ten (100) cent tax levy and upon learning of the proposed thirty (300) cent <br />tax levy from the Town of Chapel Hill the residents had agreed to withdraw their <br />request, therefore, in behalf of The Oaks she was requesting the withdrawal <br />of The Oaks petition if the Town of Chapel Hill insisted on the thirty (300) <br />cents tax rate. <br />Chairman walker announced that the Board would now consider the petition <br />from the Briarcliff Subdivision. He opened the floor for comments from those <br />who were in favor of establishing the special Service District. <br />A resident from the Briarcliff district inquired as to how the thirty (300) <br />cent tax rate was arrived at and he stated he felt the thirty (300) cent rata <br />was unfair. <br />Cynthia•McSwain, the Assistant Town Manager, presented a breakdown of the <br />1974-1975 cost of fire service operations: <br />Budget 1974-75 - Operations <br />Debt Service'- Fire Station <br />5 8,165 - 1975 ~- Average <br />13,.020 - 1976 <br />Equipment - Amortized over five years <br />$ 3,956 - 1975 _- Average <br />3,242 - 1976 <br />Fire Stations -- 141,210 <br />Amortizes over 20 years with cost <br />with cost of money at 6% <br />Fire Trucks - 85,080 .•. <br />only 2 of 6 amortized over 10 years <br />wikh cost of•6% _~~ <br />Non Departmental,Charges: <br />Fringe benefits (.1545% $68,645 <br />of 417,914 salaries} <br />Vehicle Ins. 744 <br />Liability Ins. 1,048 <br />Fiscal Services (5.85% <br />of Finance Budget) 6,960 <br />Manager's Office (9.75% <br />based on budget % and <br />Personnel % - 13.7) 12,841 <br />$463,574 <br />10,592 <br />3,599 <br />11,297 <br />11,132 <br />90,.238 <br />1 <br />Actual Fire Costs $590,432 <br />