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APPROVED 10/19199 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />APRIL 13, 1999 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 13, 1999 at <br />7:30 p.m. in the Government Services Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Alice M. Gordon, Commissioners Margaret W. <br />Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen H. Halkiotis, and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod <br />Visser and Albert Kittrell, and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL <br />RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />1. Chatham County Request to Access Jordan Lake Water Allocation Through OWASA's <br />Jordan Lake Property and Approved Intake Location <br />The County Commissioners reviewed a proposed letter to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br />Board of Directors regarding local water supply and water quality protection issues. At several recent <br />meetings, the Board of Commissioners has discussed its response to questions and issues raised at an <br />October 1, 1998 meeting involving a number of local government entities concerning Jordan Lake water <br />supply and water quality. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve <br />the letter as presented. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />2. Presentation of the 1999-2009 Capital Investment Plan CIP <br />County Manager John Link explained the pie chart representing projects for ten years totaling <br />148.5 million dollars. The largest source of revenue is the one half cent sales tax. The second largest is 93.2 <br />million dollars in property tax. The next source of revenue is the bond proceeds from the 1997 bond issue, <br />which have not yet been sold. They have definite plans for spending bond monies by September. The last <br />source of revenue is the money received from the statewide public school building fund, for a total of 283.5 <br />million dollars. The debt service of 135 million dollars brings the amount available for "pay as you go" <br />projects to 148.5 million dollars. <br />John Link then explained that, as of June 30, 1999, between 2.3 and 2.4 million dollars will be <br />available for funding from the School Parks Capital Reserve Fund created in 1995,. He said that this year no <br />bond debt is being issued because the schools and their schedule for capital projects requiring bond revenue <br />indicated they did not need bonds to be sold this year. As a result, the county can borrow 2.8 million dollars <br />to address the renovations at the Whitted Center and the Northern Human Services Center. This would be at <br />the same interest rate as bonds, which is the lowest interest rate. He said there is not a sense of the <br />priorities from the school systems on how they are using funds from projects that are under bid. He said that <br />he has been informed verbally, but not in any kind of written form because there is not a formal process in <br />place. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis suggested pursuing a formalized process for asking the schools to <br />present their projects in a priority order. <br />John Link said he, along with the Board, celebrated the opening of the Skills Development <br />Center. This center was a major county project that was finished during the last year, on time and within <br />budget.