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1 <br /> APPROVED 12/3/90 MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> NOVEMBER 20, 1990 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular <br /> session on Tuesday, November 20, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of <br /> the old Post Office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. , Vice-Chair <br /> Stephen Halkiotis, Commissioners John Hartwell, Shirley E. Marshall and <br /> Don Willhoit. <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant <br /> County Manager Albert Kittrell, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker, <br /> Agricultural Extension Director Fletcher Barber, Recreation and Parks <br /> Director Mary Anne Black, Clerk to the Board Beverly Blythe, Personnel <br /> Analyst I Lana Chandra, Finance Director Ken Chavious, Administrative <br /> Secretary Loretta Coble, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Personnel <br /> Director Elaine Holmes, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Social Services <br /> Director Marti Pryor-Cook, County Engineer Paul Thames, Budget <br /> Administrator Rod Visser, Budget/Management Analyst Donna Wagner, and <br /> EMS Director Nick Waters <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERENCED IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> I. BOARD COMMENTS <br /> Commissioner Hartwell made comments about the recent activities <br /> of Triangle J. He referred to the resolution adopted by Durham County <br /> with regards to a hazardous waste disposal facility. Triangle J is <br /> considering adopting a similar statement. At the next delegates <br /> meeting, the governor has been invited and the main item will be the <br /> consideration of the siting of this facility. The site near Butner is <br /> in the Falls Lake watershed. The resolution that the delegates would <br /> adopt would probably not only oppose the siting facility there but also <br /> oppose the landfill on the experimental agricultural station in Johnston <br /> County. With regards to the disposal of sludge, Commissioner Hartwell <br /> stated that although the County cannot adopt an ordinance the Board of <br /> Health could make rules for such disposal. He feels the County should <br /> enter into an agreement with DEM and police such activity. He is <br /> working on a document outlining the necessary process which he plans to <br /> distribute in the next few days. <br /> Commissioner Hartwell asked that his replacement on the Triangle <br /> J Board be a highly assertive person. At the time that Lee County <br /> withdrew from Triangle J, he had a promise from the delegate from Wake <br /> County that there would be an intergovernmental agreement to insure that <br /> the aging program in Orange County would continue. At the executive <br />