ORD-2010-002 Emergency Services Reserve Capital Project Ordinance

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v'/Q.~ ~D~ll~ -lYZ ~'~~ ~~ ~~ Breeze Farm Enterprise Incubator Program and authorized the Chair to sign, subject to County Attorney review. n. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2010 This item was removed and placed at the end of the agenda for separate consideration. o. Proposed Changes in BOCC 2010 Meeting Calendar The Board amended its regular meeting calendar for 2010 by: - Adding a BOCC Mini Retreat on Friday, February 19, 2010 at Southern Human Services Center, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; and - Adding a location for the February 22, 2010 BOCC Legislative Breakfast meeting , which will be held at the N. C. Botanical Gardens Education Center, Seminar Room, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, beginning at 8:00 a.m. VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: i. Bid Award: Ambulances for Emergency Services The Board considered awarding a bid for the purchase of three ambulances to Excellence Incorporated of Madison, Alabama and to purchase additional safety and patient care equipment, approving funds up to $750,000 and authorizing Emergency Services and Asset Management and Purchasing Services to proceed with the purchase. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there were any staffing ramifications to add more vehicles to the fleet. Frank Clifton said that no staff would be added at this time. This item is just to replace older vehicles. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to approve the ongoing plan as proposed by Emergency Services and Asset Management and Purchasing Services to proceed with the immediate plan to purchase the three ambulances from Excellance, Inc.; and award the bid to Excellance, Inc. and authorize Emergency Services and Asset Management and Purchasing Services to proceed with the immediate plan to purchase the three ambulances from Excellance, Inc.; and approve funds up to $750,000 from the Emergency Services Reserve Capital Project, allocate this amount to the Emergency Services Department's capital budget section within the General Fund for the purchase, and approve the attached Capital Project Ordinance. VOTE: UNANIMOUS n. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2010 The Board considered changing the location of Board of Commissioners' meetings from the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough to the DSS Building (Department of Social Services Building), Hillsborough Commons, Hillsborough, starting March 2, 2010. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has some concerns about making a 10-month commitment to move to a room that he has never seen and in which the Board of County Commissioners has never had a meeting. He suggested that, before along-term commitment is made, that there be a meeting in the room to see how it works. Commissioner Yuhasz agreed and suggested having two or three meetings in the room and see how it goes. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to hold the Board of County Commissioners' meetings at the Hillsborough Commons for the first meetings in March and April before making a decision. VOTE: UNANIMOUS