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5 <br /> televised from the ArtSchool and that the same equipment would facilitate <br /> televising Board meetings from the same location. <br /> Chair Marshall asked about the interruptions that frequently occur in <br /> Hillsborough and Keel indicated that the problems are being identified and <br /> corrected. <br /> Commissioner Hartwell stressed the importance of cooperation when <br /> there is something that is of prime interest to all the citizens of Orange <br /> County. Keel explained there is already some sharing of programming and <br /> that he would be willing to work with Carolina Cable on joint projects. <br /> Commissioner Hartwell suggested that a clause be included in the <br /> franchise that would require cooperation between the two cable companies. <br /> Keel objected to this requirement because of the required lead time for <br /> implementation and indicated it could be worked out between the two <br /> companies. After ensued discussion, Alert Cable and Carolina Cable <br /> indicated their willingness to discuss this cooperation aspect further. <br /> Ken Thompson asked about the logging of complaints and Keel stated <br /> they do keep a log of outages and complaints at Alert. <br /> It was the consensus of the Board to add an amendment to the franchise <br /> that would require cooperation between the two companies. <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Chair Marshall <br /> to direct the Manager and the County Attorney to prepare Franchise <br /> Amendments to the franchises of Alert and Carolina Cable consistent with <br /> the recommendation from the Cable T.V. Citizen Advisory Committee. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> 3 . HOUSE NUMBERING ORDINANCE AND RENUMBERING SYSTEM <br /> Ken Thompson gave background information on establishing a system <br /> for naming roads and streets in the County. He stated that an agreement <br /> had been reached with the Chapel Hill Postmaster to begin the conversion <br /> of the rural box numbers to a system of permanently assigned house <br /> numbers. Two rural routes have been renumbered using the new system <br /> developed by the County. These include Route 8 (area north of Chapel Hill <br /> consisting of Stoneridge, Sedgefield, SR 1109, Millhouse Road and <br /> Whitfield Road) and Route 5 (area west of Carrboro off Jones Ferry Road) . <br /> All other renumbering will be done in phases. The General Statutes <br /> requires a public hearing before an ordinance can be adopted and <br /> implemented. <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Halkiotis to set a public hearing for March 24, 1987 for the receipt of <br /> citizen comments. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> 4 . PERSONNEL ORDINANCE REVISIONS (All changes are included in the <br /> Personnel Ordinance located in the Clerk's Office) <br /> Personnel Director Beverly Whitehead reviewed those sections of <br /> the Personnel Ordinance that were previously revised and approved by the <br /> Board. <br /> She reviewed those sections that had not previously been approved: <br /> All section were approved as recommended except the following 3 sections: <br /> ARTICLE III, SECTION 6.4 was added to provide an exemption to the <br /> political activity section of the Ordinance. it was approved as written <br /> below: <br /> "The following shall not be subject to Section 6. 0 (c) , 6.2 <br /> and 6. 3 of this Article: <br /> (1) an employee that files for the offices of Register of <br /> Deeds or Sheriff as they are recognized as duly elected heads <br />