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~}~~fl emergency services communication system. P4r. Heriford, will report that bids for the Orange and Chatham Counties emergency communications system are ready to be let. This equipment will be acquired with grant funds obtained from the Johnson Foundation and from the State of North Carolina. It is reasonable to assume that if this project does not move forward we will lose the State grant and quite possible the Johnson Foundation Grant. zt is equally reasonable to assume that neither the State or the Johnson Foundation will approve acquisition of this equip- ment until a central dispatch site is identified and a method to finance operations of this center is assured. Mrs. Garrett recognized Mr. Heriford who stated the bids must be .- made on P4ay 11, 1976 and there were several items that needed to be clarified before that time. (1) 21r. Heriford inquired about the site of the proposed Dispatching Center. He stated that dispatching would be both in Orange and Chatham Counties and the Commissioners needed to decide where the center would be located. It had been suggested that the Dispatch Center be in the Chapel Hill. Police Department, but Mr. Heriford stated that it was the consenses of the Executive Committee of the Orange County Council that the Dispatch Center should be supervised by the County and should be located in or near Hillsborough. The Board agreed to wait until after hearing Joe Nassif's report on May 6, to learn where Mr. Nassif recommends the Dispatch Center should be, before giving an answer to Mr. Heriford. .Zr. Heriford said the (2) Since Orange County has agreed to contract with the vendor for both Orange And Chatham Counties, the Board needed to decide who would oversee this project. That someone who knows about radio communications is recommended. Pir. Heriford suggested that this same person could be someone who would supervise Dispatch service when the project began operation. Mr. Heriford suggested further that this could be done on a package basis by hiring someone to come in and check out the vendors and perhaps work for several months. This person could supervise operations and verify proper installation of the equipment and then someone with less technical knowledge could then take over and operate the equipment. The Board suggested that the COJEP4S representative appear before the Board of Commissioners again at budget time and present a written request for thr position. The third itme of concern of PRr. Heriford was Dispatch Personnel. He stated that Orange County would need 6'~ people to man the Dispatch Center. EMS needed to know how these people would be employed, who would pay their salaries. He stated that there were no monies available through the Grant for personnel. Mr. Heriford was requested to include this personnel matter in his budget request and to present it to the Board at the new budget year. Chairman Garrett referred to Item XII: An appropriation of $75,00. for the "Fountain of the One Hundred" project on the Bicentennial Plaza. (For Copy of "Fountain pf the One Hundred" Memo, See 22inute Docket Book Nine, Page ). Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved that the Finance Officer forward the $75.00 to the appropriate person. Ttem XIII - Further consideration of the County Personnel Ordinance was discussed briefly by the Commissioners. - P4r. Jeff Gledhill informed the Board that there was no major or legal difference between an Ordinance or Policy. However, an Ordinance was usually considered as law and sometime is remembered better, when a policy sometime was "lost in the minutes." Mrs. Garrett reminded the Berard the the Personnell Ordinance needed to be reviewed and adopted and that she hoped this would be done in the near future. Commissioner Gustaveson moved that the meet~ing_ -b_e }adjourned. Flora R. Garrett, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk