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,~n,J Chairmah_.Walker:presented.:'twd:.letters from Fred ,S.~.Gatesy.;Mayor..of.the Town of Hillsborough. During the session Of the last town boaxd meeting of the Tvwn of Hillsborough, the Commissioners by resolution agreed to replace the sidewalk as shown on the attached description, along King Street and into the old Court House. The existing cracked and chipped concrete walk would be removed and replaced with a brick sidewalk similar to the one just completed at the new Town Hall. This came to our attention as a result of the up~-coming bicentennial and we want to spruce up the Town for this occasion. The estimated cost of this project is $3,500 of which we are prepared to pay for half. It the County Commissioners will agree to this, the work will be completed within ten days of the date of this letter. The Town Board Commissioners by resolution requested that I contact you and hopefully mak arrangements for the Town of Hillsborough to come under the jurisdiction of the County Building Inspector, Mr. Roland Wagoner. I would suppose that if we could make agreeable decisions in this matter, it might be best to handle it on a fee basis as we are presently doin with the zoning officer. At any rate we are willing to accept any offer or decision that you of the Board of County Commissioners make in this regard. Again, we find ourselves as we did in the situation of the zoning officer, building permits being issued within the corporate limits of Hillsborough of approximately one per month which makes it awfully difficult to maintain a building inspector. I hope to hear from you soon an this matter. biscussion ensued on the requests contained in said letters. No action was taken on the request for monies to repair the sidewalk. The request that was being made by the Town of Hillsborough for the County Building Inspector to serve both the County of Orange and the Town of Hillsborough was pursued. The County Administrator explained that the General Statutes of North Carolina would allow the I County to enter into an agreement with the .Town of Hillsborough relative to the services of the County Building Inspector. Further discussion ensued. The County Administrator was instructed to have the County Attorney prepare a Resolution for the consideration of the Board on the matter of allowing the Building Inspector to serve both the County and the Town. The County Administrator presented the following letter from Edward 5. Johnson, President of the Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company. The Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company has applied to the Farmers Hame Administration for a loan to assist in financing our operations as follows: construction of fire house $24,000 purchase of radio equipment 5,000 purchase df pumper truck 36,600 overhaul of donated tanker 1,000 purchase of land for firehouse ~2 000 Total 6~ 8,600 Although the period of the loan will be for 30 years (with annual payments totaling $4,531) we anticipate being able to pay if off within 20 years. Our present status is as follows. A tract of land at the intersection of SR 1114 and SR 1006 has been purchased and the firehouse is under construction. We expect to take occupancy by October 1. A Sean pumper truck was ordered and delivered in July although its full complement of equipment has not yet been delivered.' A truck has been donated to the company and is presently undergoing modifications to make it suitable for use as a tanker. Radio equipment has been ordered and will be installed as soon as the firehouse is ready. This system will become a part of the county-wide WX4000 system. Training through the Community College system has begun and will be completed during the fall. Even with its. limited equipment and training, the company has successfully answered one fire call. FHA requires that any fire fighting service it aids be consistent with county-wide pions. Therefore we would appreciate your reviewing the above information and commenting on it. In order for us to keep on schedule with our rather complex negotiations with FHA, we would appreciate a letter of response by Friday, September 6.