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Customer Relations Volunteer Manager, the Accounting Technician, and the Administration Manager. Eight employees have indicated that they want to transfer to the County. These include the Shelter Director, the Health Care Technician, the Office Assistant, the Animal Control Officer, and four Animal Care Technicians. This does do not include the Animal Services Director, which will be coming through the budget process. After establishing the positions, the Board will be asked to amend the classification and pay plan to add the job classifications for the shelter. The final action is to authorize several personnel policy actions to facilitate the transfer from APS to the County of those employees who would be coming to the County. Chair Jacobs asked if Elaine Holmes was satisfied that these are the necessary positions to run an operation that the County has never run before and if she was going to review the positions before they become permanent. Elaine Holmes said that she is satisfied that these are the needed positions effective July 1St in operating the shelter. In the first year, they will be evaluating the number and type of animal technician staff that will be needed. Chair Jacobs would like to have sufficient flexibility to adjust to a new function. He is supportive of the proposal. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Chair Jacobs to approve position, classification, pay and personnel policy actions necessary to implement the County operation of the Animal Shelter effective July 1, 2004; amend the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan as shown in Attachment 2 effective June 1, 2004; and authorize the Personnel Director to take the Personnel policy actions in Item 4. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Authorization to Contract with Corley Redfoot Zack {CRZ] for Desicin Services for West Ten Soccer Park The Board considered authorizing a contract with Corley Redfoot Zack (CRZ} for design services of the 34-acre West Ten Road Soccer Park; authorizing the preparation of an appropriate agreement with CRZ, contingent upon staff and Attorney review; and authorizing the Chair to sign. The pink sheet was additional information. Rod Visser said that Orange County acquired a 34-acre parcel several months ago along with the Orange County Board of Education's acquisition of an adjacent parcel for the third middle school. He said that this is a great opportunity far collaboration far the schools and the County. There are also opportunities for cost savings such as earthwork, parking, access roads, lighting, irrigation, etc. Other areas are listed on the pink sheet. Commissioner Halkiotis said that Corley Redfoot Zack is being very conservative on his estimate. He reminded the Board that the University and CHCCS could not get their schedules together for Smith Middle School and CHCCS had to spend another $100,000 for soil work. He thinks item two is underestimated regarding the potential savings in balancing earthwork. He hopes that Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson will look at this site because there is a significant amount of leftover trees. He would like these to be recycled by chipping and used on both sites. Pam Jones said that the statute that is stated in the abstract could exempt the Board from the state-mandated process of selecting architects and engineers based on the qualifications. Chair Jacobs asked about page three and the third bullet. Rod Visser said that this is to make sure that there is public input on this process. Commissioner Gordon said that there are a number of issues with building this soccer complex in this area and she is concerned about this particular location. She is in favor of soccer fields, but she thinks the soccer complex is in the wrong location because it is closer to Mebane than any other town in Orange County. There is no access to public transportation.