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. -u ass <br />,,,., . <br />u~, ~ ~; <br />~.~ .-r l r ".1 <br />Walker, to seta noon meeting on Ouly 1, 1982, for the purpose of setting the <br />pamascus Fire District Tax rate assuming the referendum passes. Vote: Ayes, <br />5; noes, 0. <br />x.12 Auction of Sur lus Count Pro pert <br />Mr. Mark Rees, Purchasing Officer for the County, reviewed the fixed asset - <br />system for the Board. <br />Commissioner.Wil1hoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Marshall, to declare <br />the items surplus as listed on the printout attached, to adopt the Resolution, <br />and to give .the. Purchasing Officer.the.authority to negotiate sales of this <br />inventory with other agencies prior to the auction, excluding vehicles. Vote: <br />Ayes, 5; noes, 0. <br />E.. 11. Meeting with,Town of Hillsborough Commissioners <br />Hillsborough Commissioners present: Mayor Lucius Cheshire, Jr., and Com- <br />missioners Lynwood Brown, fir., Allen. Lloyd, Paul Martin, and Rachel Stevens. <br />All Orange County Commissioners were present as noted at the beginning of <br />the meeting this date. <br />Chairman Whitted briefly reviewed the background an the Old Courthouse, saying <br />that the Town of Hillsborough had filed suit last October contesting the County`s - <br />ownership of the Old Courthouse. This meeting is to attempt resolution of those <br />differences. Chairman Whitted added that the Town and County Commissioners had <br />a common concern--the historical integrity of the Old Courthouse. <br />Mayor Cheshire listed the Town's concerns: <br />1) future Boards of County Coriimissioners may not share the present <br />Board's concerns regarding the Old Courthouse, therefore the <br />.restrictions are requested; <br />2) the interior of the building is worth preservation as well as the <br />exterior; <br />3) if conversion of the interior occurs, architectural detailing will <br />be destroyed for short-term utilization of the building; <br />4) possible structural damage may occur during any renovation. <br />Mayor Cheshire confirmed that the major point of concern is over the interior <br />of the building with the stipulation that any interior changes be of a restorative <br />nature rather than renovation. <br />• .Chairman Whitted said this Board of County Commissioners could not <br />limit the authority of future Boards; that this building is too expensive to <br />maintain without deriving some use from it. <br />Mayor Cheshire said the Town does not..:care who owns the 6uiTding as long <br />as it is preserved. <br />