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~~~ <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CONTINUED MEETING OF JULY 7, 1986 <br />JULY 8, 1986 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in continued session <br />on July 8, 1986, 7:3o p.m. at Lincoln Center, Chapel Hill, North <br />Carolina. <br />BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT• Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners <br />Shirley Marshall, Moses Carey and Norman Walker. <br />BOARD MEMBER ABSENT• Commissioner Ben Lloyd. <br />ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant <br />County Managers Albert Kittrell and William Laws, Finance Directar <br />Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Purchasing Director <br />Pam Jones, Health Director Jerry Robinson, Budget Analyst Donna Wagner <br />and Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead. <br />A. ITEMS FOR DECISION <br />.CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE TRANSFER (FIRST READING) <br />(A copy of the resolution is contained in the minutes for July 23, <br />1986 upon approval of the second reading) <br />Albert Kittrell presented for consideration of approval a <br />resolution approving the transfer of Village Cable's Cable Television .- <br />franchise to Prime Venture I, Inc. He explained that Village Cable has <br />signed an agreement with Prime Venture I for the purchase and sale of,> <br />the assets used in operating the cable system in the County. Prime`'=` <br />Venture I has agreed to adhere to the County Cable Television Ordinance, <br />maintain a local office and retain many current employees of Village <br />Cable. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Walker, seconded by <br />Commissioner Marshall to approve the resolution as presented. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />SECOND REGULAR MEETING IN JULY <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner <br />Marshall to set the second regular meeting in July for July 23 at 7:30 <br />p.m. in the Courtroom of the old Post office, Chapel Hill. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />2. WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE (FIRST READING) <br />(A copy of the corrected Ordinance is in the permanent agenda <br />file in the Clerk's office) (A copy of the approved Ordinance will be in <br />the official ordinance book in the office of the Clerk to the Board) <br />Ken Thompson presented for approval the first reading of the <br />ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Providing for the Conservation of Water <br />During a Water Shortage, Restricting. the use of Water and Water <br />Withdrawals, and Allocating Augmented Stream flow from Reservoirs". <br />He reviewed the changes made by the Board and noted that Table <br />I includes a new column for usable storage. <br />Don Cox made reference to the 90$ Alert condition and noted <br />that this condition may happen very frequently and restrictions would be <br />unnecessary in many cases from May to October. He stated he had a <br />