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11 <br /> 1 d. Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion <br /> 2 The Board approved six (6) untimely applications for exemption/exclusion from ad valorem <br /> 3 taxation for six (6) bills for the 2013 tax year. <br /> 4 e. Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget Amendment#4 <br /> 5 The Board approved budget ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2013-14 for: Department on <br /> 6 Aging; Department of Social Services; Visitors Bureau Fund; Library; New Hope Volunteer Fire <br /> 7 Department; Orange Rural Fire Department; Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust <br /> 8 Fund; and Animal Services Department. <br /> 9 f. FY 2013-14 Budget Amendment#4-A—Approval of a 0.50 FTE Increase and a <br /> 10 General Fund Intrafund Transfer to Establish a 1.0 FTE Agricultural Economic <br /> 11 Development Coordinator <br /> 12 The Board approved increasing the full-time equivalent (FTE) for a reclassified Agricultural <br /> 13 Economic Development Coordinator from 0.50 FTE to 1.0 FTE and transferring budgeted, <br /> 14 contract personnel funds from Cooperative Extension to Economic Development to cover the <br /> 15 FTE increase. <br /> 16 g. Request to Ratify the Renewal of the Emergency Solutions Grant Program <br /> 17 Effective January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014 <br /> 18 The Board ratified the renewal of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) contract with the State <br /> 19 of North Carolina for $116,011 through September 2014 and authorized the County Manager to <br /> 20 execute the sub-recipient contract with the Inter-Faith Council for Social Services upon review <br /> 21 and approval by the County Attorney's Office. <br /> 22 k. Bid Award — Hook Truck for Solid Waste <br /> 23 The Board awarded a bid to Freightliner of Austin, 1701 Smith Road, Austin, TX for a Hook Lift <br /> 24 Truck, at a delivered cost of$190,548, for the Sanitation Division of the Solid Waste <br /> 25 Management Department. <br /> 26 I. Changes in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2014 <br /> 27 The Board approved two changes in the County Commissioners' regular meeting calendar for <br /> 28 2014, to: <br /> 29 - Change the official meeting start time of the BOCC retreat, scheduled for Friday, January 31, <br /> 30 2014 from 9:00 am to 8:30 am, same location at the Solid Waste Administrative Offices. <br /> 31 - Change the date of the Joint Meeting between the BOCC/Board of Health from April 8, 2014 <br /> 32 at 5:30 pm to May 13, 2014 at 5:30 pm and change the location of this meeting from Link <br /> 33 GSC to Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill. <br /> 34 m. Update on Adjustments to Town of Hillsborough Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) <br /> 35 The Board received an update on the status of adjustments to the Town of Hillsborough <br /> 36 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). <br /> 37 <br /> 38 7. Regular Agenda <br /> 39 <br /> 40 a. Southern Branch Library Siting Criteria Update, Professional Services <br /> 41 Agreement Award with Freelon Group Architects for Primary Phase Public Input <br /> 42 Facilitation and Branch Programming <br /> 43 The Board received an update on the Southern Library siting criteria process; <br /> 44 considered awarding a professional services agreement to Freelon Group Architects of <br /> 45 Durham, NC in an amount not-to-exceed $29,500 for the facilitation of the 120 Brewer Lane <br /> 46 Site Primary Phase Public Input facilitation and southern branch programming; and considered <br /> 47 authorizing the Manager to execute the necessary paperwork upon final approval of the County <br /> 48 Attorney. <br /> 49 Lucinda Munger said, at the November 5th meeting, the Board authorized staff to <br /> 50 continue the preliminary due diligence phase and begin the primary public input phase for the <br />