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:83 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FEBRUARY 15, 1977 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, February 15, 1977, at 7:30 p.m., in the Superior Courtroom of the Courhouse in Hillsborough. _ Present were Chairman Richard Whiffed, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Donald Willhoit. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, Finance Officer, A. B. Coleman, Jr., Steve Bernholz, and Jeffrey Gledhill, County Attorneys, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk to the Board. Chairman Whitted deferred to Item 1 on the Agenda: Persons not on this agenda having business to transact with the Board of Commissioners should make their presence known. Mr. Edgar Long of SR #1508,, stated that he was present to discuss the paving of SR #1508. He stated that ten homes were located on the road, as well as having two school buses which traveled the road. The Chairman informed Mr. Long that the Highway Department in Raleigh rated roads in the County, and the roads were then put into priority according to their rating. Mr. Long was requested to circulate a petition among property owners and after obtaining signatures, return the petition to the Clerk and it will be forwarded to the Highway Department. The Clerk was instructed to provide Mr. Long with all available information concerning SR #1508. Chairman Whitted stated that he would like to add to the agenda Item 13: Special Use Permit from the Town of Chapel Hill for the Northside School Property. Item 14: Chatham-Orange Joint Emergency Medical Service has requested the Board's approval for the hiring of an information officer. Item 15: Appointment to the Dogwood Acres Sanitary Board. Item 16: Review of the Budget forms previously submitted. Item 17: A resolution submitted by Wes Hare, Chairman of the Youth Service Needs Task Force. Chairman Whitted referred to Item 2: Minutes of Board Meeting held on Februaay 7, 1977. The Board reviewed the minutes of February 7, 1977, and pointed out certain corrections. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adopted to approve the minutes of February 7, 1977. Mr. Whitted referred to Item 3: A report from the Tax Collector of the uncollected taxes on real property as of December 31, 1976. The Chairman recognized Johnny Horner from the Tax Collection Department. Mr. Horner stated that the total amount of unpaid taxes for the current fiscal year that are liens on real property amounted to $629,937.29. The total for 1975 was $690.301.67. Item 4 on the Agenda suggest that the Board of Commissioners fix a date for the sale of 1976 tax liens on real property. The Tax Collector recommends June 6, 1977, as this date. Dates for advertising these sales are Mays, 12, 19, and 26, 1977. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adopted to schedule June 6, 1977, as the date for the sale of 1976 tax liens on real property. Advertising of these sales will be May 5, 12, 19, and 26, 1977.