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6.3$ Agenda Item 8: Report of Bids for Boiler The purchasing agent reported the County received only one response to its call for bids for one coal fired boiler, that of Comfort Engineers, for $26,654. Agenda Item 9: Award of Bid for a Coal Fired Boiler. _ Commissioner Walker moved the County accept the bid of Comfort Engineers as reported in Agenda Item 8. Commissioner Gustaveson seconded the motion. Vote: bayes, 5; noes, 0. Agenda Item 11 : Status Report, County Energy Conservation Program. Ms. Carol Fitzgerald, the County's Energy Conservation Coordinator, reported on the status of the three year old Energy Program. She noted that an active Energy Commission has developed the recently adopted Orange County Energy Program, has effected Land Use Planning policies in the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County, and is reviewing work by all locali- ties in Land Use Planning, several .reports on a Public Outreach Energy Program, a report on the potential for renewable energy sources in Orange County, and a report on the energy conservation potential in Orange County until the year 2,000. The Commission also maintains representation on the Energy Emergency Committee which has been operating since the Iranian Revolution in May of 1979.. Ms. Fitzgerald noted that the Orange County Energy Program is recognized nationally as outstanding, and is extremely comprehensive. She expressed her appreciation for the Board's foresight in establishing the program: and suggested the program's budget be revised to reflect the extensive responsibilities and activities of the Energy Office. Agenda Item 12: Transfer of Land Title' The County attorney advised the Board Donald Donnell White had requested the County sell to him property he formerly owned and which the County had acquired through tax foreclosure. The attorney stated special statutes allowed conveyance of property from a taxing unit back to a former owner, and that the Board could if it desired convey this property to Mr. White at any reasonable cost, Mr, White has offered $1,300 for tnls property, a sum 0 wuuid 4OACJ costs incurred by the County in acquiring this property. Commissioner Gustaveson moved the Board accept the offer of Mr. White. Commissioner Barnes seconded the.motion. Vote: ayes, 5; noes, 0.