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7 <br /> 1 required information from the ArtsCenter as stipulated when these funds <br /> 2 were approved in the 1990-91 budget. These include (1) an audit report, <br /> 3 (2) an annual budget, and (3) a business plan. The County <br /> 4 administration does not recommend that these funds be used for a <br /> 5 specific purpose. <br /> 6 Various questions asked by the Board about the financial <br /> 7 obligations of the ArtsCenter were answered by General Manager of the <br /> 8 ArtsCenter Eileen M. Helton. <br /> 9 Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by <br /> 10 Commissioner Insko to release the funds, presently held in escrow, over <br /> 11 a five month period beginning in February, 1991 with monthly payments <br /> 12 of $1, 000 to be made to the Center based on its continued demonstration <br /> 13 of improving their financial condition and debt situation as evidenced <br /> 14 by monthly updates provided to the County Finance Director and County <br /> 15 Commissioners. The Board agreed that this money should be used for <br /> 16 current expenses and programming instead of deficit reduction. VOTE: <br /> 17 UNANIMOUS <br /> 18 <br /> 19 B. HISTORIC INVENTORY GRANT APPLICATION <br /> 20 Marvin Collins explained that the grant funds would be used <br /> 21 to conduct an inventory of historic sites and structures in the <br /> 22 unincorporated portions of Chapel Hill Township. <br /> 23 Motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Chairman <br /> 24 Carey to authorize the County Manager to apply for up to $5, 000 from the <br /> 25 Survey and Planning Grant Program. The amount would be matched by <br /> 26 $5, 000 from Orange County and would be used to conduct an inventory of <br /> 27 historic sites and structures in the unincorporated portions of Chapel <br /> 28 Hill Township. <br /> 29 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 30 <br /> 31 C. COMMISSIONERS' SALARY AND FUTURE POLICY <br /> 32 Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. asked that the Board consider a <br /> 33 policy on salary adjustment for the County Commissioners. <br /> 34 Motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by <br /> 35 Commissioner Insko to approve the following recommendation: <br /> 36 1. That the staff be instructed to compute the salary levels <br /> 37 which would have resulted had the County Commissioners <br /> 38 received the same annual cost of living adjustments <br /> 39 received by other county staff since the Commissioners ' <br /> 40 salary was last adjusted in 1984 for Board Members and <br /> 41 in 1983 for the Chairman. <br /> 42 2 . That the resulting salary levels be adopted for the <br /> 43 current Board Members and Chair effective July 1, 1991. <br /> 44 3 . that the Board adopt a 5% higher differential for the <br /> 45 Vice-Chairman, and <br /> 46 4 . That the Board of County Commissioners adopt a policy of <br /> 47 applying the same future cost of living adjustments to <br /> 48 Commissioner salaries as applied to all other County <br /> 49 personnel salaries annually unless instructed otherwise <br /> 50 by the Commissioners. <br /> 51 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 52 <br />