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Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Chair Marshall to approve the Real Estate Transfer Tax legislation with an amendment to exempt the first $50, 000 of all transactions. Commissioner Willhoit disagreed with setting a floor in the bill. Legislation would need to be changed if the figure is too high or too low. The allocation of the money needs to be determined. The floor is something that could be determined after receiving enabling legislation. Commissioner Hartwell amended his motion so it does not state a definite figure in the bill for the floor but requested that the bill allow the County to make that determination at a later time. Commissioner Carey stated there are questions that need to be answered before this bill is approved by the Board. There are implications that need to be thought through before enabling legislation is requested. After further discussion, Commissioner Hartwell withdrew his motion and Chair Marshall withdrew her second. Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Carey to table this item until April 15 for receipt of additional information. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. 0. 7 ADDED ITEM - REPORT ON THE TELEPHONE FAILURE (originally G-15) Richard Helwig, Chair of the Telephone Technical Task Force, reported that on April 3, 1987 the Hillsborough telephone system was inoperative for a period of 3 .75 hours. The telephone company does not have a plan to deal with emergencies. He presented a resolution which makes a request to the Utilities Commission to investigate the failure. Bobby Baker, EMS Director, indicated he was unable to get any information on the estimated length of the outage in a reasonable period of time in order for him to make a decision to activate an emergency plan. He does support the task force and the resolution pertaining to the failure that occurred on April 3, 1987. Helwig indicated he would send with the resolution to the Utilities Commission a letter of support from Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass. Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to forward the resolution as printed below along with supporting documentation to the Utilities Commission. R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the Hillsborough central office failed for all lines, including 911 service on Friday, April 3, 1987, for a period of just over three hours, and WHEREAS, it took over two and one-half hours before the proper personnel who could repair the problem arrived on site, with restoration taking less than fifteen minutes and with operation resuming within thirty minutes, and WHEREAS, information about the nature and expected duration of the outage was withheld from our Emergency Communications Director which seriously compromised our County's emergency communications plans, and WHEREAS, our citizens who are served by the 732 exchange rightly expect a functioning and adequate plan to deal with failures in and of the system in a timely manner to support their trust in and security from the telephone system, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board expresses to Centel and