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City Schools projects, and approved the corresponding School Capital Project Ordinances and <br /> authorized the Chair to sign. <br /> m. Contract between the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and <br /> Orange County for 2009 Specialty Crops Block Grant Program — Enhancing <br /> Sustainable Specialty Crop Production in the Piedmont <br /> The Board approved a $20,000 contract with the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer <br /> Services —2009 Specialty Crops Block Grant Program to support activities of the PLANT @ <br /> Breeze Farm Enterprise Incubator Program and authorized the Chair to sign, subject to County <br /> Attorney review. <br /> n. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2010 <br /> This item was removed and placed at the end of the agenda for separate consideration. <br /> o. Proposed Changes in BOCC 2010 Meeting Calendar <br /> The Board amended its regular meeting calendar for 2010 by: <br /> - Adding a BOCC Mini Retreat on Friday, February 19, 2010 at Southern Human <br /> Services Center, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; and <br /> - Adding a location for the February 22, 2010 BOCC Legislative Breakfast meeting , <br /> which will be held at the N. C. Botanical Gardens Education Center, Seminar <br /> Room, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, beginning at 8:00 a.m. <br /> VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br /> ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: <br /> i. Bid Award: Ambulances for Emergency Services <br /> The Board considered awarding a bid for the purchase of three ambulances to <br /> Excellence Incorporated of Madison, Alabama and to purchase additional safety and patient <br /> care equipment, approving funds up to $750,000 and authorizing Emergency Services and <br /> Asset Management and Purchasing Services to proceed with the purchase. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked if there were any staffing ramifications to add more <br /> vehicles to the fleet. <br /> Frank Clifton said that no staff would be added at this time. This item is just to replace <br /> older vehicles. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Hemminger to approve the ongoing plan as proposed by Emergency Services and Asset <br /> Management and Purchasing Services to proceed with the immediate plan to purchase the <br /> three ambulances from Excellance, Inc.; and award the bid to Excellance, Inc. and authorize <br /> Emergency Services and Asset Management and Purchasing Services to proceed with the <br /> immediate plan to purchase the three ambulances from Excellance, Inc.; and approve funds <br /> up to $750,000 from the Emergency Services Reserve Capital Project, allocate this amount to <br /> the Emergency Services Department's capital budget section within the General Fund for the <br /> purchase, and approve the attached Capital Project Ordinance. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> n. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2010 <br /> The Board considered changing the location of Board of Commissioners' meetings <br /> from the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough to the DSS Building (Department of <br /> Social Services Building), Hillsborough Commons, Hillsborough, starting March 2, 2010. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that he has some concerns about making a 10-month <br /> commitment to move to a room that he has never seen and in which the Board of County <br />