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x.19 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMIS52ONERS December 1, 1975 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, December 1, 1975, at 10:00 a, m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker, and Richard E. [9hitted. __ Members absent were none. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator; Neal Evans, Fiscal Officer, County Attorneys, Steve Bernholz and A. B. Coleman, Jr. were present for portions of the meeting; Mark Burnham, Triangle J Council of Governments; and Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk. The Chairman stated that the first order of business would be the election of a Board Chairman and Vice Chairman for the coming year. The Clerk collected the written ballots and the vote revealed that the Chairman for the year 1976 was Flora R. Garrett and the Vice- Chairman for the year 1976 was Richard E. Whitted. The Chairman referred to Item #2 on the Agenda: Recognition of persons present and not on the Agenda desiring to speak with the Board. i1o one came forth. The next item to be discussed was the minutes of previous meetings. The Minutes of November 3, 1975, were reviewed and a correction suggested. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Whined, it was moved and adopted that the Minutes of November 3, 1975, be approved, subject to the correction. The Minutes of November 17, 1975, were reviewed and upon motion of Commissioner Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted that the Minutes of November 17, 1975, be approved. The Chairman referred to Item ~4 on the Agenda: The Board should set a special meeting or meetings to (A) Discuss with persons inte- rested in reviewing possible locations of the County's vehicle Main- tenance facility on the "Crabtree" property; and (B) To select a firm or firms to perform certain facilities and architectural services for the County. The Chairman inquired of the Board if they wished to discuss both items at the same meeting or set separate meetings for each item? The Board agreed that both items could be discussed at the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, 1975, at 7:30 p.m., in the commis- sioners' Room at the Courthouse. Mr. Gattis was requested to contact the interested persons regarding the maintenance facility on the "Crabtree" property and to advise the firms regarding the facilities and architectural services for the County of the meeting scheduled for December 9th. The Chairman referred to Ttem #6: The Board of Commissioners has been requested to name a Youth Needs Task Farce. The Chairman referred to a letter received from the Department of Human Resources requesting that a Task Force be appointed. She introduced Mr. Harry Derr, Director of Court Counseling Ser- matterfhadtbeen5necessitated through rSenateeBi11a750cwhichoauthorized. the Department of Fiuman Resources to set up Advisory Task Forces to work with Counties in accessing youth needs. He stated that the intent of the program was to move the child out of training schools and to