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~ ~ ~~7 Commissioner Whitted announced the Ghapel Hi 11-Carrboro Schaal Board would hold a dinner meeting with the Legislative Delegates on Thursday evening and f they have requested one Board member attend. Commissioner Whitted said he would attend and report back to the Commissioners. i Agenda Item 21: Announcements of U~cominq Events € Commissioner Barnes announced the Council on Aging will hold two public• E ~ -.. hearings in January regarding the South Orange Senior Citizens Center. One is ~ to be held in the Chapel Hill Municipal Building on Friday, January 19, from 2 - 4 p.m. and the other 4v_i-11 -be held.ort Monday,-January •22-from 2 - 4 p.m., ~ . l_~.._._~. r -- in'the Board.Room-of.-the-Carrboro Town Half::- =~-She-said-the-:0~ange`County-Tfenta' ~ Health Association has invited the Board to a Legislative breakfast at the Wesle an Building on Saturday, January 13, from 9•to 10:30 a.m. Our four Legislators will L F attend. - ~ The meeting was then recessed for lunch break. g Commissioner Whitted called the meeting to order after the lunch break. ~ Agenda Item 9: Potential Industry in,_Orange County Commissioner Whitted said Orange County has been requested to install a pump station and line for a new industry considering locating in Orange County. Oranae County has been asked to provide materials and the Town of Tii11sborouc~h has been asked to install the line. The. building site is located close to - the Hillsborough Waste Water Treatment•5tation. The Tine wi11.serve two sites - one for this industry and one for another potential industry. The industry has requested the Commissioners give some indication of their willingness to provide the pump station and line. The name of the industry is not public by their request. The building to be constructed would be approximately 75,000 square feet and the industry would employ approximately 125 individuals. Commissioner l+Ihitted said the Mayor of Hillsborough would accept negotiations an constructing a line pending action of the Board of Commissioners. The County Manager said the industry is a manufacturer of metalic labels such as those on appliances or motor parts-so-there will be no industrial bv- product or waste product: The company's fiscal year-begins September 1st ~ and they want to have the plant in operation by the first day of their fiscal vear. The tom?any proposes to invest about $2 million, employ approximately 125 skilled or semi-skillei individuals at local wage rate or better. They plan to train su?ervisory personnel here. !~lith a 52 million investment, the industry would bring $12,OOa to $1,000 county tax•base its first taxable year. - 7-