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ORANGE CCONTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. ft II <br /> Meeting Date: NOVEMBER 4, 1985 <br /> SUBJECT: LIVESTOCK MARKET <br /> DEPARTMENT: cdukst- MANA-dER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X_NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGEleg <br /> OFFICE, X501 <br /> METER FROM JIM GRAHAM, TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> • Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> • Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider what further actions, if any, the Board feels would <br /> be appropriate to take regarding title th Fa Livestock Market. <br /> NEED: As has been discussed, the Hillsborough Livestock Market, which <br /> has historically performed an important function for the farming <br /> ccomunity in Orange and surrounding counties, is in jeopardy due <br /> to the declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy by FCX. <br /> It is unclear what the status of the proceeding is since no <br /> reply has been received from the September 24, 1985 letter <br /> expressing County concerns. Agriculture Commissioner, Jim <br /> Graham has advised that a task force be formalized in order to <br /> collectively examine all the options for saving the market or <br /> alternatives to replace it with a similar market. He offered <br /> the services of his Department's Marketing Division to aid in <br /> this. Charles Elks, Director of the Division, has since <br /> indicated a willingness to do a feasibility study on the market <br /> utilizing State Agriculture experts. <br /> The courses which appear open include: <br /> • 1. Formalizing a livestock market task force to consist of the <br /> three organizations already meeting on the subject (Agri- <br /> business Council headed by Bill Dorsett, Agriculture Exten- <br /> sion, Farm Bureau) together with a representative of the <br /> Orange County Cattlemen's Association, State Grange and the <br /> North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Division of <br /> Marketing. <br /> 2. Charge the task force with undertaking a feasibility study <br /> with the assistance of Agriculture's Division of Marketing <br /> to outline the (a) present and projected volume of business <br /> (b) economic condition of the market separate from the PC; <br /> store operation, (c) market area, (d) present and alterna- <br /> tive site location options for continued operation under PCX <br /> or other firms, (e) recommendations. <br />