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S ~ I/~ . 1 IAM; agenda. He noted the Board agreed to pay a blanket tap fee for 212 customers; the Town of Hillsborough indicated they would waive their tap fee above 212. Chair Willhoit clarified that the $15,aoa blanket tap fee would allow 2l2 to tie onto the sewer; the $2a ~ aoa blanket tap fee would allow 233 to tie ''~ ~ On. Attorney .Geoffrey Gledhill c~.arified that anyone signing after . ~~ ~ ~ February ~ will have to pay the County's tap fee of $6aq; those who sign up . ~, ~ after 212 will be subject to pay both the County and Town tap fees. ~~ Commissioner Lloyd requested a waiver of the County Tap ,fee. He felt . .~.~ ~...: some people had not been contacted about the sign-up period and the subsequent ~. , ~ consequences. Thompson pointed out that the initial sign-up period ends February ~ ~~~` '';' ~- unless the Board of Ccmm~%ssaoners extend that date. ~~ Chair Willhoit noted that the number of signed contracts had exceeded . 179 the number set by this Board as the minimum necessary to make a decision ~. ~~ about proceeding with the project. , Sharlene Pilkey reminded the Board that the Planning Board requested ~; ~ the~Baard not to accept the previous three ~3~ engineering reports. ~~ ~: ~ Chair, Willhoit.indicoted the three engineering reports will be discussed at a future meeting. ~. ~ Barbara Page asked about the project's connection with the survey of ~~ ~ ~~ . ~ the law income in the project area« Chair Willhoit indicated the income survey ~, was conducted to determine if the project would be eligible for FNMA grant ..~ ~ money and that the grant applies to the project and not to any individuals . ability to pay. Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner ~. ~ Carey to proceed with the Efland Sewer Project. NO~.'E: CQMMISSIQNER I,LQYD BFQUES':~`ED ABST~TIQN FROM v~TING WHICH WA5 AG~.EII3 UPaN BY THE BQARI~ Mme. .. ~ ~ ~ V(n:'E; AYES, 3; NQES, a; ABSTENTICN, 1 tCommissioner Lloyd. ~. ~ ~ ~~ ~ Commissioner Carey commended Albert Kittrell, Ann Hadley, and the ~~ other workers for their diligence and hard work in getting the contracts ~. signed. ~~ ~ Commissioner Lloyd expressed endorsement of the. project and requested .~ an extension of the February 4 deadline to allow up to 212 people to sign contracts. ~ . Chair Willhoit indicated the deadline was set to allow time for a decision to be made in order to meet the consent order from Environr~ntal Management. A sufficient number signed up to make it~a viable project; no financial incentive to the County exists to extend the time period. Commissioner Lloyd contended that the project wall be mare cost , ~ ~ effective with additional people to repay the loan. -~--~ Chair Wi~.lhait disagreed, indicating that collecting tap fees to ~: reduce the enterprise fund loan would be more cost effective than retiring the ,, operating expense. , .~, .. Chair Willhoit clarified that contracts which are. in process of being completed will be .included in the original sign-up period. Commissioner Carey stated that while he has no problem with allowing people to sign up to the 2~.2 figure, he felt it unfair to those who have made a ~. special effort to meet the deadline. .=~. Commissioner Marshall stressed the importance of meeting deadlines ,. that are set and opposed extending the February 4 date. F~ . FNC~~~TNC A[~RE~EFLAN~ SEWER ~i~~