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community colleges to solicit applicants; requesting that applicants for the recently-filled Market Manager position at the Carrboro Farmer's Market consider making an application; and posting notice of the position on local agricultural message boards and websites. It is anticipated that a Market Manager will be hired no later than February 22, 2008. The Manager recommends that the Board establish rules for the vendors who will sell at the Market in order to create an efficient and safe place for both vendors and customers. The specific Market Rules are proposed on Attachment 2 for the Board's consideration. The Manager further recommends that the Board establish a daily vendor fee in the amount of Ten Dollars ($10.00) that vendors must pay in advance to the Market Manager before vending at the Market. This fee is slightly less than the Fourteen Dollar ($14.00) fee charged to sellers at the Saturday Chapel Hill-Carrboro Farmer's Market and is slightly more than the Eight Dollar ($8.00) daily selling fee charged by the Durham Farmer's Market during the spring/summer growing season. The Manager recommends that the Board establish a Public Market.House Interim Oversight Committee made up of five individuals to review the operations of the Market and to serve as the reviewing body of any complaint lodged by a vendor or a member of the public as to the operation of the Public Market. The specific charge, responsibilities, and composition of the interim committee are proposed on Attachment 3 for the Board's consideration. Members of the interim oversight committee will not be permitted to vend at the Market. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Orange County will incur costs for: 1) the purchase of liability insurance for the Market; 2) purchase of signs and other advertising to publicize the new Market; 3) hourly salary costs associated with the hiring of a temporary employee in the Cooperative Extension Department to serve as the initial Market Manager. The hourly wage paid to this temporary employee will be paid from the temporary employee line item contained in Cooperative Extension's current budget. Staff will pursue other revenue sources such as grants from the Hillsborough Tourism Board which, along with the daily vendor fees, will be used to offset these costs to the greatest extent possible. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board take the following actions: 1. Approve the Market Manager Responsibilities as proposed on Attachment 1; 2. Approve the Public Market House Rules as proposed on Attachment 2; 3. Approve the daily market vendor selling fee of $10.00 for the 2008 season;. 4. Create the Public Market House Interim Oversight Committee and approve the Committee charge as proposed on Attachment 3.