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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> x' <br />a <br /> ~ <br />JUNE 17, 1981 <br /> The Orange County Board of Caaunissianexs met in special session <br /> W~nesday, Jane 17, 1981, at 7:30 P.M. in the meeting roam, Carrboro <br /> 7.bwn Ha]1, Carrboro, North Carolina.. <br /> Commissioners present:Commissioner Arnie Barnes. Chair, axxd Qam- <br /> missaor~rs Noxc[~an Gustavesan, Norn~an Walker (moo arrived at $:20 P.M.) <br /> Richard Whiffed, and Dan Wi].]hoit. <br /> Ccx[¢ttissianer Barnes presides over the meting which was a work <br /> session an the budget. C:a~mi.ssioner aclmowledged the presence of Ms. <br />- Gloria wiLliams of JOCCA who introduced Mr. Jim Odirn arm Mr. Neal Ray <br /> from Atlanta who were visiting JOCCA's offices. <br /> The Eoard tt~xi began reviewing the budget docent by departments <br /> Tre Board expressed an interest in having all persa7re1 fimcti.ons central- <br />. _ ~ <br /> ized (parti.cularly the Health and Social Services. Department); the Board <br />I' --- discussed this with Ms. Whitehead, who indicated that she would need addition- <br />-. al persannel.to handle the ine~'eased work load. The Board, Ms. Whitehead <br /> and the County Attorney discussed the implicahaons of centralizing per- <br /> sonnel functions. They also discussed the exceptia~r±s to this policy, <br />- i.e., the Deputy Register of Deeds and Deputy Sheriffs serve at the pleasure <br />y of. the Register of Deeds and Sheriff, respectively. Ms. Whitehead listed <br />~' <br />v advantages to this oentralizatian. <br /> The Board asked Ms. ~;nitehead to check into tk~ possibility of pro- <br /> <br />I vidinq a secretarial pool far County ??ents_ <br />~ The Board discussed the Cer_tral 6ervices and Rirchasing Depa*~trr._nts <br />k budgets with Mr. Mark Rees. They reviewed the Finance, Tax Office and <br /> Data Processing departrnents' budgets. <br /> Tne Finance Dixector told the Board that .O1 produced $173,145.00 <br /> in revenue and that the budget as of June 11, 1981, lndicated a tax <br /> rate of 55.9x. <br /> Comm_iss~~rr Whined referred to the Capital 7mprav~nent Program <br /> for the County and said he'd like to list those items included. The <br /> items listed were: Old Courthouse renovations-$64,600; Northside Center-- <br />.. $75,000; Orange Industries-$6,500; k~ergy-$10,000; Parking lot at the <br />