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3 <br />D. CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE NEW COURTHOUSE <br />The Board accepted a cost proposal from Grier-Fripp to provide <br />design services for an amount equal to 12$ of the construction budget of <br />approximately $250,000. They approved and authorized the Chair to sign a <br />contract for design services contingent upon final negotiation and attorney <br />and staff review. The scope of work will include the development of a <br />courtroom and associated support offices for the District Court Judges, as <br />well as the construction of an alternate means of emergency egress. <br />E. OFFER TO PURCHASE COUNTY PROPERTY <br />The Board accepted an offer from Mr. Clayton to purchase a one-half <br />acre lot located on 10th street in Mebane for $14,080 and authorized the <br />Manager and the Attorney to complete the sale of the property as outlined by <br />State law and approved that the proceeds of the sale be set aside in a reserve <br />account for affordable housing uses. <br />F. BID AWARD FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS EOUIPMENT FOR THE MASTER <br />CLIENT INDE% <br />The Board rejected all the bids received on October 8, 1993 and <br />awarded the bid to Atlanta DataComm, Inc. at a delivered cost of $23,103.00. <br />Funds were allotted in the 1993-94 budget for the purchase of this Network <br />Communications Equipment that will be used to connect Local Area Networks in <br />Social Services and Child Support Enforcement to the Master Client Index on <br />the IBM Risc-6000 in Data Processing and to the State Computer System. Other <br />bids received were from Datanet at $32,834 and from IBM at $43,586.15. <br />VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br />IV. RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS <br />A. RESOLUTION FOR OIITDOOR PRIVIES IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by <br />Commissioner Insko to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the "Resolution <br />for Outdoor Privies in Orange County" as stated below: <br />R E S O L U T I O N <br />OUTDOOR PRIVIES IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners received a staff report on October <br />4, 1993 regarding the incidence of outdoor privies in Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board recognizes the existence of outdoor privies in Orange <br />County and the associated health and safety concerns related to this form of <br />sewage disposal; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board is committed to minimizing displacement of families who <br />rely on outdoor privies; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board is committed to improving the water/sewer conditions of all <br />County residents by utilizing available federal, state and local resources; <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, <br />that the Housing/Community Development and Environmental Health staff begin <br />