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AI Hartkopf said that he is being told that one month will cripple their critical path and <br />they will not get the school opened on time. <br />Scott Gardner said that he will inform Duke Power about Commissioner Jacob's <br />suggestion about coming across and coming down with the lines and if that is not possible, what <br />is the option we proceed with. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that other options would be a topic for the meeting group to <br />discuss. <br />AI Hartkopf is not sure that they have the time to get approval to go aboveground. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked if OCS could pay for it themselves. <br />Superintendent Carraway said that they do not have the money in their budget and she <br />said they had been told by Duke Power that they need to pay up front in order to get power. <br />Chair Carey said that they might try to find where the money could come from in the <br />school budgets. <br />John Link said that whatever OCS's priorities are for next year's CIP, to see where <br />$250,000 could come from and then the County and Duke Power will have to come to some <br />agreement. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that the county is not an entity that would default. <br />AI Hartkopf said that then they would have $250,000 capital that they were supposed to <br />put directly to providing education. <br />John Link said that he is not disagreeing with the Board of Education's decision and he <br />said he was at the meeting in May and there was discussion of the power being overhead and <br />there was not a discussion of it having to be underground. The Board of Education made a <br />decision that you wanted the power underground. <br />Superintendent Carraway said this was based on the SUP. <br />Chair Carey said they would be discussing this at the proposed meeting. <br />The meeting adjourned 10:38 p.m. <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Chair <br />Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board, CMC <br />