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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: APRIL 19, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # ZX D <br /> SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR SUBSIDY--NEW HOPE SCHOOL PARENTS ' COMMITTEE <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> DON WILLHOIT, COUNTY COMMISSIONER <br /> LETTER EXT. 2130 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider subsidizing the Parents ' School Grounds <br /> Maintenance Committee of New Hope Elementary School in <br /> their procurement of mulch from the LOG Landfill. <br /> BACKGROUND: As the attached letter indicates, Dr. R. C. Kennedy <br /> requested the Landfill Owners Group to waive the fee <br /> on mulch for this Parents' Volunteer Committee. The <br /> mulch is to be used this spring for beautification and <br /> erosion control around New Hope School. The LOG <br /> considered the request on March 17 and also discussed <br /> the standing policy of not discounting or waiving <br /> fees. At the April 7 meeting of the LOG, a motion <br /> failed to approve this request. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: To consider a $250. 00 subsidy to the Parents' School <br /> Grounds Maintenance Committee for mulch that will <br /> allow them to complete their project in a timely <br /> manner. Funds to come from BOCC Contingency Fund. <br />