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APPROVED 9-17-91 <br /> 1 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> SEPTEMBER 3, 1991 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session <br /> on Tuesday, September 3, 1991 at 7: 30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Old <br /> County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Stephen Halkiotis, <br /> Commissioners Alice M. Gordon, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. <br /> BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant <br /> County Manager Rod Visser, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Finance <br /> Director Ken Chavious, Housing and Community Development Director Tara <br /> Fikes, Accountant Howard Fitts, Human Resources Director Elaine Holmes, <br /> Accounting Technician Deborah Jefferies, Purchasing and Central Services <br /> Director Pam Jones, Public Works Director Wilbur McAdoo, Social Services <br /> Director Marti Pryor-Cook, Senior Accounting Technician Debbie Smith, <br /> Soil Scientist Jerry Stimpson, County Engineer Paul Thames, EMS Director <br /> Nick Waters, Planners Emily Cameron, Eddie Kirk, Mary Scearbo and David <br /> Stancil. <br /> NOTE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS IS IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> I. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br /> Vice-Chair Halkiotis added to the agenda an Executive Session for <br /> the discussion of a personnel matter. Commissioner Willhoit added to <br /> the agenda an appointment to the Southern Human Services Planning <br /> Committee. <br /> II. AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br /> A. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA - NONE <br /> B. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> Gordon Brown, Attorney representing a group of citizens in <br /> the Efland community, presented to the Board a petition. In summary the <br /> petition made reference to the Efland sewer line and the contracts <br /> signed for the construction and provision of sewer service to 191 <br /> parcels in the Efland area. He stated that for approximately half of <br /> the 191 potential users who originally signed contracts with the County, <br /> sewer service is not yet available. The conditions which created the <br /> emergency in 1984 still exist today. He stated that many have <br /> inadequate or failing septic systems. Many have made significant out- <br /> of-pocket expenditures to repair or replace their systems with little <br /> prospect that they will function properly or adequately in the long <br /> term. In several areas, raw sewage flows to the surface or runs in the <br /> ditches. The 161 citizens who signed the petition asked that the Board <br /> of County Commissioners: <br />