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.~ ) MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BORRD OF COMMISSIONERS MAY 1, 1978 The Orange County Beard of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, May 1, 1978, at 10:00 a, m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman T,nTalker and Donald Willhcit. Staff personnel present were S. M. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, Finance Director, Geoffrey Gledhill, County Attorney, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk to the Board. Chairman [~Thitted asked if any member of the Board wished to add any item to the printed agenda. Items added were Health Board Legislation which provides for staggered terms tc that Board, and announcements to be made by the Chairman. Chairman Whitted asked if there were persons present who wished to address the Board regarding matters not printed on the agenda. No one came forth. Item 2: Consideration of minutes of Board meeting of April 18, 1978. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adopted to approve the April 18, 1978 minutes. Item 3: The Department of Transportation recommends addition--. of Gregg Street in Efland Estates Subdivision to the State highway system. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adopted to•accept the recommendation as submitted by the Department of Transportation to add Gregg Street to the State System. Item 4: The Manager recommends the Board approve issuance of a per- mit for a fireworks display, that will be held on July 4, 1978. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney; seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted to grant the approval for a fireworks display to the Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club. Said display should be under the direc- tion of the local fire department. The Chairman requested that the letter to the Kiwanis Club make mention of the commendable manner in which the display was conducted in 1977. Item S: Mr. James Srebo, Director of the SHAC Clinics, will review a proposal for renovation in the clinics area of the Multi-purpose Center. The Chairman recognized Mr. Srebo, who represents a committee made up of students in the Medical and Dental Schools of UNC. This committee attempts to provide health services to the indigent population of the community through the SHAC Clinics. The Clinics are in their tenth year of operation, and are the oldest free clinics in the United States. For the past five years, funding has been provided by the N. C. Memorial xospital, the UNC School of Medicine, and the students who work at the clinics. Another source of funding is by ananymous donations and gifts from the Dental, Medical and Nursing Classes' social fees. Mr. Srebo stated that the building in which the Clinics operate, the Multi-purpose Center, is old with structual, wiring and plumbing problems of such magnitude that it is difficult to maintain the patients which the clinics serve. Repairs needed in the Dental Clinic specifically are to upgrade the electrical system, upgrade the plumbing system, general renovation of the physical building and to repair the floor in certain places. The primary need in the Medical Clinic is to provide adequate soundproofing to insure patient confidentiality. Commissioner Walker asked how the SHAC Clinics fit into the Orange Chatham Comprehensive Health Service Frogram.