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MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
<br /> 402 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
<br /> November 3, 1971
<br /> The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in adjourned session
<br /> in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina at
<br /> 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 3, 1971.
<br /> Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners William C.
<br /> Ray, Henry S. Walker, Ira A. Ward and C. Norman Walker.
<br /> Members Absent: None
<br /> Hal B. White and Pearce Walker, representatives of the Valley Forge
<br /> Corporation, and John Pridgen, Engineer, were also present.
<br /> This meeting was held for the purpose of discussing with the representatives
<br /> of the Valley Forge Corporation the possibility of how water and sewerage
<br /> facilities might be provided to their plant site which is located Southeast of
<br /> Hillsborough.
<br /> Chairman Bennett recognized John Pridgen, Mr. Pridgen stated that the cost
<br /> of providing a twelve inch (12") water line to the Valley Forge site would be
<br /> approximately $26,400 plus engineering fees and that sewerage service with a
<br /> twelve inch (12") gravity line would cost approximately $36,000. Discussion
<br /> ensued relative to the cost of construction of the two lines.
<br /> Chairman Bennett suggested that the County provide $26,000 to the project
<br /> and that the Valley Forge Corporation provide the remainder of the monies
<br /> needed to complete said project.
<br /> Mr. White•stated'that the County's proposal must be presented to his
<br /> company for final approval, however, he felt the suggested arrangements would
<br /> be satisfactory
<br /> Chairman Bennett recognized Mrs. Ross Scroggs, Chairman of the Chapel Hill
<br /> School Board, Dr. Holton,cSchool Board Member and Dwayne Moore, Acting Superintendemt
<br /> of the Chapel Hill School System.
<br /> Mrs. Scroggs stated that low bids on the Ephesus Church Road School totaled
<br /> $708 643 and that the school board had been able to reduce this bid to the sum
<br /> of $�i6 ,287 by eliminating some items, however, this still left the school
<br /> v board $227,537 short in funds needed for then construction of said school. Mrs.
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<br /> Scroggs stated that the school board had been unable to sign a contract for the
<br /> ti construction because there was not sufficient appropriation for said project.
<br /> >, Mrs. Scroggs inquired if there were any unappropriated funds that could now be
<br /> k appropriated and applied towards the construction of the proposed school. She
<br /> rostated that it was understood, by the school board, that any funds appropriated
<br /> 1 would be charged against the school boards appropriation during the next budget
<br /> U year.
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<br /> The County Administrator stated that the General Fund did contain a
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<br /> sufficient unappropriated surplus, but this money was used as working capital
<br /> during.the months of Jul7, August and September as this was the period in which
<br /> tax collections were very low and other County expenses were very high and that
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<br /> 0 any significant use of this working capital would place the County in a serious
<br /> position during this period of time.
<br /> e Upon motion of Commissioner Henry S. Walker, seconded by Commissioner Ira
<br /> A. Ward, it was moved and unanimously adopted, that $!�l�,000 of interest earned
<br /> W on certificates of deposit held by the Chapel Hill School Unit be appropriated
<br /> ro to the New Building and Grounds Account of their Capital Outlay Budget, that
<br /> „ $2,000 be transferred from the Purchase of New Sights Account to their New
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<br /> ON Building and Grounds Account, that $25,000 be transferred from the Old Buildings
<br /> 3;H and Grounds Account to their New Buildings and Grounds Account, that $227,500
<br /> o m of Unappropriated Surplus in the General Fund be transferred to Unappropriated
<br /> a w Surplus of the School Capital Outlay Account. This transfer is to be repaid by
<br /> W ro the School Capital Outlay Fund in the 1972-1973 budget year and that $227,500
<br /> e [ of Unappropriated Surplus in the School Capital Outlay Fund be appropriated to
<br /> h the Chapel Hill School Unit New Building and Grnudd Account.
<br /> .40 There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was
<br /> adjourned to meet again on Thursday, November 4, 1971, at 8 P.M. in the
<br /> Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
<br /> Harvey D. Bennett, Chairman
<br /> S. M. Gattis, Acting Clerk
<br /> # "These actions leave the school unit needing $227,500 in'order to sign their
<br /> contract. Consequently, $227,500 of unappropriated General Fund surplus is
<br /> transferred.:temporarilg School Outlay Fund in order that this school unit might
<br /> sJ;gn,the contract in question. These funds will automatically be transferred back
<br /> to the General Fund on June 30, 1972."
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