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The Board approved and authorized the Chair to sign the contract between the Orange County Sheriff's Department and UNC-Chapel Hill for security and law enforcement at major university events. K. In-home Breastfeedinci Support Program Grant Application The Board approved submitting a grant application to the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to fund an in- home breastfeeding program in partnership with the Health Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Piedmont Health Services Inc., and UNC Hospitals. ADDED ITEM L. APPOINTMENTS This item was moved to the end of the Consent Agenda for separate consideration. VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA A. RFP Award--Printing of the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Guide Chair Brown noted that the guide did not talk about Orange County and was assured by the Visitors Center that Orange County will be included in the guide. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to award a contract to R.L. Bryan Company of Columbia, S.C., in the amount of $33,393, to print 50,000 copies of the Orange County Visitors Guide. VOTE: UNANIMOUS B. 1998-99 Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) Commissioner Gordon noted that she has some questions about this contract and asked that someone from the SBTDC give her a call at a later date. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve and authorize the Chair to sign a contract in the amount of $10,000 with the Small Business and Technology Development Center, payable in two installments, in accordance with the Economic Development Department's Strategic Plan. VOTES UNANIMOUS ADDED ITEM L. APPOINTMENTS The County Commissioners delayed this appointment to the Economic Development Commission pending further information on residency of candidate. 9. The Board considered awarding a contract to Central Carolina Bank (CCB) to provide banking services. In summary John Link said that in May 1998, staff informed the Board of Commissioners of plans to pursue a request for proposal process for the provision of banking and depository services. The Finance Director circulated an RFP to all banks located within the boundaries of Orange County. Responses were received from five banks and a team was formed to review the proposals. He said that although cost was not the most important factor, estimated service charges for CCB were slightly lower than those calculated based on rates proposed by BB&T and substantially lower than those calculated based on rates proposed by NationsBank. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to award the contract for banking services to CCB for a monthly cost of $2,148.24, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney, and authorize the Chair to sign the master and associated service agreements on behalf of the Board. VOTE: UNANIMOUS NOTE: The bid received from BB&T was $2,181.52 monthly and from NationsBank was $2,153.19. B. Retiree Health Insurance for ABC Board Employees The Board heard a report from the Personnel Department on retiree health insurance provided by the Orange County ABC Board and considered whether to recommend that the Board change its policy. In summary, prior to January 1, 1998, the ABC Board provided retiree health insurance coverage to retiring employees with 15 years ABC service. For such employees the ABC Board paid the full cost of the individual retiree's health insurance coverage. Effective January 1, 1998, the ABC Board changed its policy to provide retiree health insurance coverage to retiring employees with 25 years ABC service and to require the retiree pay the full cost of the coverage. With this change, the ABC Board adopted a grandfather provision. Under this ABC employees who already