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~~ 43~ Chairman Garrett reminded the Board that the Commissioner had voted some time ago that they would go for a bond issue in November unless other alternatives had been presented. The County Manager was requested to schedule a meeting with the School Boards to discuss capital outlay. Chairman Garrett referred the Board to an Ttem from the May 18th Agenda: 5ectian 8 Housing - A, Approval of Annual Contributions Con- tract with HUD. (FOR COPY OF RE5OI~UTION EEE MINUTE DOCKET BOOK NINE, PAGE ), Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Whitted, it was moved an unanimously adopted to approve tha annual contributions contract with HUD. The meeting was tN1en aEljou~n~ec],.1- Fl~ora R,((G~xarrett, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mondays May 24, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners me t. in special session on Monday, May 24, 1970, at 7:30 p,m., in the Commissioners Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough.. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, and Richard Whitted. Members absent was Norman Walkex'. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator, Neal Evans, Fiscal Officer, and Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk. Chairman Garrett opened the meeting with the following remarks: "I feel this is an appropriate time and place to say that T love Orange County and I have identified with its people, its historical past and its future. During these three and half years, I have really felt that when the people were in need with a dusty road, or a septic tank problem, the Commissioners really cared and we identified with these people and wanted to do something about it. I believe in:,local government, in County government and that this is the government that is close to the people, and the strength of our system of government lies in the ability of local elected officials. Ta hear and respond to the people here at home, dedicated men and women must be in these positions of trust and responsibility. I want to say that T love my job, that it has been personally rewarding and fulfilling, and 2 don't feel that being a County Commissioner is either a liberal or conservative issue because County issues are good gevernment issues and involves human problems. I love my home and my family and I have been told that as a County Commissioner T should do less but .in the next few years the County Commissioners are going to do more. It's going to require enormous time and vision for the challenges that lay ahead and I can't give that time now. My husband and four children need someone who is not at a meeting or on the telephone, someane'wha can go to soccer practice with them or take them to piano lessons, go bird watching or just on _ an outing. So, 1 am not going to run for re-election as County Commiss- ioner, but T am proud of what the County has accomplished and the direction we are taking and I see so much more that we need to do. We have a solid financial footing and we have some tremendous programs that we have accomplished, such as, Green Boxes, EM5 Program, Recreation Department, our Comprehensive Land Use Program is underway and many mare that show a concern for the County's people. The citizens of the County have been a part of all this and I am grateful for the dedication of so many. I want to make it clear that I am not declining to serve again because I am a woman, but because I am a mother. X think there are many dedicated women who can and should serve in gositzons of trust and respon- sibility. I hone, or I would like to think that if my husband were sitting here today, that he would take the same choice because he is a parent of four children who at this stage of their lives need parents. Being a