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ci b <br />M I N U T E S 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COPSMISSIONERS <br />SPECIAL f,EETING <br />PdOVEh1BER 26, 19$4 <br />' The orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on <br />Pdovember 26, 198 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Commissioner's P.oom, <br />_ Hillsborough, North Carolina for the purpose of clarifying the Board's <br />position on funding options for long-range capital improvements for the <br />••..._. Chapel Hill-Carrbaro and Orange County School Systems. <br />Commissioners Present: Chair Don willhoit, and Commissioners Shirley <br />I~Sarshall, Ben Lloyd, Norman walker and Richard whitted. <br />y <br />Ghair t0i11hoit announced the purpose of the meeting and <br />indicated that discussions on the distribution of the one half cent sales tax <br />proceeds had been held but no specific action had been taken on the <br />recommendation of the Capital deeds Task Farce regarding the sale of bonds as <br />a means of financing the more immediate capital needs. <br />' Commissioner whitted noted that the Capital Needs Task Force hoc: <br />recommended that the proceeds from the one half cent sales tax be used to <br />retire the bond indebtedness. This recommendation was not adopted by the <br />Board in total and some of the one half cent sales tax money has been <br />allocated for roof repairs. He emphasized that the proceeds from the one half <br />cent sales tax will not be sufficient to meet the needs of the schools for <br />big ticket items or major renovation work. <br />Dr. Dan Lunsford emphasized there was never any intent for the <br />Orange County School System to receive all of the one half cent sales tax <br />money but their intent was to reassess the possibilities for the A.L. <br />Stanback facility and other renovation projects. <br />Norman Haithcock, School Board Chair, noted that the Board of <br />Education must first demonstrate to the people in the County that they know <br />how to manage money before a band issue would have any chance of passing. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Tahitted, seconded by <br />Commissioner Marshall that all the options that were presented in the Capital <br />Needs Task Farce. report are still open and none have been closed off by the <br />Board. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />~DJQj_$Li7~1 Farr <br />The Special Meeting was adjourned. <br />Don t~iillhoit, Chair <br />Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk <br />