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;r _ .~ Upon motion of Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Commissioner Gustavesan, it was moved and adopted to appoint Dx. Morris Shiffman as a member of the Orange County Health Board. C) For information only: Commissioner Pinney proposes Dr. Brad Fisher be appointed as an additional member on the Youth Services Task Force. This item will appear on the March 6th agenda. Commissioner Willhoit asked the County Board to endorse the County Attorney's investigation into the legality of an ordinance which will enable the County to require a disclosure that the Health Department must approve any sewage disposal system or ground absorption system. Mr. Gledhill was asked to investigate this further. Item 12: The Assistant County Manager recommends acceptance of formal bids of $7,364 for twenty-four trash containers. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner [Whitted, it was moved and adopted to approve the recommendation of the Assistant County Manager to accept the bids for trash containers. For copy of bids for trash containers, see page 515 of this book. Ttem 12: A proposed budget amendment is recommended to include additional 'items for the Recreation Department and a previously approved Health Grant. The agenda attachment stated the budget amendment includes the Maternal and Child Health Grant for $2,800 medical assistance fees approved in the meeting of February 6, 1978. The sum of $$44 is added to the Central Services-Auditing item to cover the increased price in the Audit Contract approved on Februaay fi, 1978, and $244 to cover the Community Development Audit. The $244 is available from the Community Development Grant. Request from the Recreation Department include the budgeting of $950 revenues and expenditures for the Grassroots Arts Program. This grant has been approved by the N. C. Arts Council. $120 is requested to be transferred from supplies to equipment to replace a calculator stolen from the Director's desk in a break-in on February 11, 1978. The amendment also includes the budgeting of $339 revenues from a N. C. Symphony Program for direct payment to the Symphony. The Recreation Director request $285 expenditure to add gymnastics equipment which was approved in last year's budget. Finally, $1,956 is requested for transfer from personnel to contracted services for a youth piano instruction pro- gram ($956) and a creative play school program ($1,000). These funds are . available because of personnel changes in the Cultural Arts Program. The Board agreed to table discussion of a request by the Recreation Director for $635 to cover the cast of a bus ($350) which was purchased by the Motor Pool to use for parts for the County's old bus, and which is a capital acquisition requiring an expense against a capital budget item. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted to approve the budget amendment. The Finance Director will prepare a new amendment deleting the item regarding the bus expenditure. For copy of budget amendment, see page 516 of this book. Chairman Whitted informed the Board of a March 30th meeting with the ARea Mental Health Board and the Boards of Commissioners from Person and Chatham Counties. This is proposed to be a dinner meeting. The Commissioner deferred discussion of the Transportation Grant until a later meeting in order that staff persons may become informed. Joe Bradshaw was requested to investigate this further. The meeting was adjourned. , -'° ~ ~' /f^ ~ ~ ~ 1'~ ;~ l ;~ Richard Whitted, C~airman Agatha Johnson, Clerk