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Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not see anything about pursuing alternative <br /> energy sources or seeking grants to acquire alternative energy sources. He said that Orange <br /> County has lighting standards and these should be applicable to the County buildings, such as <br /> using energy efficient light bulbs, etc. <br /> Wayne Fenton made reference to light bulbs and said that each year staff plans to <br /> bring forward to the Board different things to continue to meet this goal. He thinks that the <br /> County has done a great job with lighting efficiency. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that it would be good for the document to state that it is the <br /> policy to continue to look at this issue. He made reference to page 14 and fuel for County <br /> vehicles that is acquired through a card system. He suggested putting "allocation system" so <br /> that the wording does not have to be changed every time the system changes. <br /> Chair Pelissier asked about the scorecard results and Wayne Fenton said that the <br /> scorecard is outside of the budget process. <br /> Chair Pelissier said that she would like to see the scorecard as part of the budget <br /> process. <br /> Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Gordon supported the scorecard being a part <br /> of the budget process and getting it out to the public. <br /> 3. Review the Concept of Establishinq Three (3) New Fire Service Districts to <br /> Improve Property Insurance Ratinqs and Lower Homeowners' Insurance Costs <br /> Michael Talbert said that this is a recommendation coming to the Board from the <br /> Emergency Services Work Group for three new fire service districts. He made reference to the <br /> yellow document with the email exchanged with Commissioner Gordon and the memo from <br /> September 1 St that talks about Fire Protection Districts and Fire Service Districts. The County <br /> has 12 Fire Protection Districts. The County contracts with the individual fire departments to <br /> provide fire services within those districts. The districts were established by election in the <br /> 1960's and 1970's. Changing those districts becomes difficult. Not long ago, the General <br /> Assembly gave counties the option of establishing service districts. A service district is defined <br /> by the Board of County Commissioners and is a fairly simple process. Attachment N outlines <br /> this process. The third term is a Fire Insurance District. This is a term for the State. This is in <br /> Attachment F. He said that there were agreements between Eno and Caldwell recently and <br /> insurance districts were created, but the fire protection districts did not change. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that it seems that fire protection district and fire tax district <br /> are similar. Michael Talbert explained the difference. <br /> Michael Talbert said that right now the County has three Fire Insurance Districts that <br /> encompass four different Fire Protection Districts — Damascus, Southern Triangle, Chapel Hill, <br /> and South Orange. The proposal is to reconfigure the lines for all of those and come up with <br /> three new services. There would be three separate districts with three different providers and <br /> three different insurance districts. The insurance district and the service district would be one <br /> and the same. <br /> Michael Talbert further clarified and made reference to Attachment B. The map is the <br /> northern part of the Southern Triangle district (yellow and green). The two gray areas were <br /> what was left after annexation of adjacent areas by the Town of Chapel Hill. The area in <br /> yellow represents 112 property owners that have an insurance rating of 10. Either they pay <br />