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4~s MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Monday, June 2$, 1970 The Orange County aoard of Commissioners met in special session on Monday, June 2$, 1976, at 1:00 p.m., in the Com- missioner's Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, and Richard Whitted. Member absent was Norman Walker. Others present were 5. M. Gattis, County Administrator; Neal Evans, Finance Officer; and Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk. William Laws, Tax Supervisor was also present and he re- quested the Hoard of Commissioners to reduce the taxes for the Pinegate property from 100% to 56%. Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commis- sioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted to reduce the taxes for the Pinegate property on the Tax Supervisor's recommendation. The Tax 5upervisrs informed the Board that the North Carolina Property Tax Commission had denied Mr. D. St. Pierre Dusose's application for an Agriculture Use Value. Chairman Garrett referred to the first item on the Agenda, Title XX. She stated that contracts must be in Raleigh by June 30, 1976, in order for the contracts to be extened far thirty days. She said that the Board did not know what total monies would be allocated to each County. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that the Soard.was unsure of what way to go without getting into difficulty. He sug- gested that the Soard could continue all existing contracts for 90 days and during that time try to work out a solution. Richard Taylor of Legal Aid spoke of his plans to increase the services of Legal Aid to help the Chapel Hill area, not knowing of the reallocation problem that has occured. He stated to continue Legal Aid at the present level would~de- crease what is planned for the future. Mr. Taylor requested the County Commissioners to extend the Legal Aid Contracts. Chairman Garrett stated that as loan as the Board finds out about the reallocation they would make reallocations. Chairman Garrett moved that the Board approve the contin- uance of five contracts, which are: Frank Porter Graham School, Council an the Aging, Chore Service, Life Enrichment Center, Legal Aid and Triangel J Housing Development, at the present existing level of service far 90 days. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Whitted. Discussion ensued concerning whether service would continue at the dollar level or the activity level. The Board agreed that these programs should be continued at the present spending level. Commissioner Pinney stated that '. he felt the Board was taking the easy way out. Commissioner Gustaveson called for the question. The Chairman called for the vote on the question and all members voted aye. The Chairman called for the vote on the motion. Commissioners Garrett, Whitted, and Gustaveson voted aye. Commissioner Pinney voted nay. The Chairman declared the motion passed.