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Chairman Garrett stated that it was the policy of the Board that we have an unanimous consent to a motion for extension. tion. Discussion ensued. Commissioner Walker agreed to withdraw his objec-- Chris Edwards began his report by stating that junk cars came under two types of classification. You have wrecked cars and junked cars. The problems does not seems to be as much as that except you have cars that are left derelick around the county, and evidently our Ordinance does not have the authority to deal with this, but, "I Have found two or three areas that did have cars left. In talking with the County Attorney, it has been found that wrecked cars are not defined in our Ordinance and this becomes a matter of interpretation as to whether these are wrecked cars or not." He stated, "we are not allowed to interpret the Ordinance, therefore, we have been unable to get any action on it. There are three places I have found in Chapel Hill Township and there is one out .on Hwy 54 behind the Church of God." Jeff Gledhill stated that the Ordinance was vague in the manner in which it was written, and he thought it was talking about operations. That means a commercial junk yard, and not somebody piling up a life time of cars. The County Attorney continued by saying that the Ordinance does not speak to wrecked vehicles or storage operations and that you would think only in terms of a junk operation. Discussion ensued concerning defination of a garage and other types of operation. Commissioner Gustaveson recommended that the Board postpone considera- tion of this matter until another time. The Chairman referred to Item 13: The Manager recommends the Board of Commissioner execute a contract with the Farmers Home Administration relating to a lean for the Orange Grove Rural Fire Department. The County Attorney will report on this review of the document. Mr. Gledhill stated there is one thing that needs to be specifically brought to the Board's attention. "In one section of this you are agreeing to levy a special tax about 15 cents per one hundred dollars valuation for all real and personal property in this district. Begin- ping with this fiscal year, the tax that will be levied annually will be based on the needs projected in the budget estimates submitted by the Fire Departments of the County and approved by the County Commissioners. By signing this contract, you are committing yourselves to buying a fire tx'uck and at budget time, when they come up with a request for what it takes to pay far this truck, then you will be hard pressed to deny it. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted that the Chairman be authorized to sign the Con- . tract between Orange County and the Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company. Item 14: Will the Board of Commissioners provide funds (about $2,000) for salary and travel to retain a temporary replacement for the Sediment Control Officer now on leave of absence? Commissioner Gustaveson moved for the approval of the request of $2,000 for salary and travel to retain a temporary replacement for the Sediment Control Officer. (To come from the Contingency Fund). For copy of Budget Amendment, see page of this book. Commissioner Whitted asked "since we granted a leave without pay why can't we use the line item that was already - use those funds to hire a beplacement?" The County Manager replied, "the CETA funds are acutely held by CETA and not by us. The only persons that could spend these funds for them would be a person qualified under to CETA guidelines for the sedimenta- tion program. I suspect that there are not more than one or two people around that could qualify and we are not going to be able to find anyone."