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9~ Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commissioner Whitted, it was moved and adopted that the County send two persons to the Energy Conference in Atlanta and that $350.00 be allocated from the Contingency Fund to these two representatives. Item #8 was deferred - (Honorable Dalton Loftin representing the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department. This group desires to borrow from the Farmers Home Administration to construct a fire station. Agreement from the County that the County will levy the special. fire tax to repay the loan is required.) Mr. Loftin was not present. Commissioner Walker moved that the remainder of the Agenda items _ be deferred until Tuesday, October 28. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned to meet again on Tuesday, October 28, 1975. Flora Garrett, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS October 28, 1975 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, October 28, 1975, at 7:30 p.m. in the Commissioners' Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norm Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker, and Richard E. Whitted. Members absent were none. Other present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator; Neal Evans, Fiscal Officer; William Blue, from the Firm of Winston, Coleman and Bernholz, County Attorneys; and Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk. Chairman Garrett referred to Item #1 on the Agenda: Public Hearing - The Orange County Board of Commissioners will present to the general public recommendations of the Conveners for appointment to the Area Four Regional Board of Health. Recommendations for appointment to this Board will be received from the general public at this hearing. The Chairman announced that this was the time and place for the Public Hearing to set up a Health System Agency Board for Regions J and K and to receive from the public recommendations for appointments to this board. She informed the Board that Orange County had three members to the Conveners and requested Dr. William Cromartie, a Convener, to talk about the Convener's responsibility. Dr. Cromartie stated that North Carolina was responsible for implementing a new Federal Planning law. The Governor had appointed 15 persons to make up the Conveners and to represent a 11 county area surrounding Wake County. The Conveners were divided into providers, consumers and elected officials (5 each). He stated that the main responsibility of the Convener group -~ is to determine a process by which the initial Board of Directors of the Health Systems Agency is selected. Once the Board is selected, the Convener group is abandoned. He informed the group that it was required by law that 51~ of the Health System Agency Board and not more than 60~ of the Berard be consumers. The number of members to the Board from each County is based on the ratio of population.