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John Link agreed with Commissioner Jacobs and said that the vote should include these expectations as part of approving the easement. As the County says yes to an easement, it should be contingent upon certain things. Geof Gledhill said that in the second "Be it Further Resolved", he would add the idea of haw the easement would be maintained (chemicals}; haw ERCD will be involved with Duke Power, DOT, and Orange County on the design of the easement; and that the Board needs to know the cost of construction of overhead lines and the cost to make this an underground system at a later date. Commissioner Gordon asked Geof Gledhill to write out this language. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the revision of the concept plan site plan approval for the proposed Orange County Soccer Center (OCSC} in order to allow Duke Power Company to install sub-feeder distribution paver lines aboveground in the Buckhorn Area EDD; and 2) grant Duke Power Company easements on the OCSC property, the above ground one of which to be generally parallel to the western properly line, to allow far installation of aboveground sub feeder distribution lines; authorize the County Manager and County Attorney to finalize the precise location of the easements and to authorize the recordation of the easement document and to include the 4 revisions in the resolution: add language about chemicals/maintenance of easement; haw ERCD will be involved with Duke Power, DOT and Orange County and the siting of easements; and that the Board needs to know the cost of construction of overhead lines and how much it would cost to make this an underground system at a later date. VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. Proposed Energy Conservation Manager Appointment The Board considered authorizing the appointment of a County employee to serve as the Energy Conservation Manager to provide leadership, analytical, monitoring, coordination and communication support to the County's energy and water conservation initiative. John Link said that over the last 4-6 weeks Commissioner Halkiotis has worked with staff to look at methods of saving energy, etc. Tonight the staff is asking the Board to consider approving the Energy Conservation Manager. This is not a new position but would be an addition to an existing employee's work. The job description was examined by the group at the last meeting. They will bring back the energy milestones recommended far adoption at the first meeting in November. Commissioner Halkiotis commended Personnel Director Elaine Holmes for putting this job description together. He said that he spoke with someone this week in Texas who has 1800 school systems nationwide signed up to do energy conservation. This man has an appointment with Catawba County to talk about a pilot program, and if they are not interested, then he wants to come and work with Orange County. He made reference to the $15,000 and said that he is convinced that the first year's savings would be more than this. He said that once you change the culture, you would be able to see significant savings. Commissioner Foushee said that she supports this, but she is concerned that this position may require more than 10-15 hours a week. She wants to make sure the person is not overwhelmed. She suggested doing it for just one year. Commissioner Jacobs suggested revisiting this during the budget cycle with regard to the time this position is taking. John Link said that he had same reaction as Commissioner Foushee and they need to agree collectively what areas this person would work on. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to authorize the appointment of a County employee to serve as the Energy Conservation Manager to provide leadership, analytical, monitoring, coordination, and communication support to the County's energy and water conservation initiative.