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t <br /> 1 <br /> APPROVED SEPTEMBER 8 1987 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> MAY 4, 1987 <br /> The at Cp.m. Board e CouCommissioners he old session on May Hillsborough, <br /> 4, 1987 at 7 :30 p.m. in the <br /> North Carolina. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halk iotis, <br /> ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. <br /> STAFF PRESENT:. County aaWilliamKTnnLawsR.Clerk ton,thesBoardtBeverly <br /> Managers Albert Kittrell and P <br /> Develo ment <br /> A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Officer Ken Chavious, Community <br /> Director Tara Fikes, and Planners Greg Szymik and Julie Davis. <br /> A. BOARD COMMENTS <br /> ed on the <br /> Chair Shirley Marshall pointed of Mr. ChiefwoJusticeitThomastRuffin and <br /> front wall of the courtr oom <br /> Governor William Alexander Graham and read a letter from Mr. Richard H. <br /> Jenrette officially presenting the portraits to the County. <br /> Control <br /> Chair Marshall added totRe thendUndereappointmentsl) ChairalMarshall <br /> Report and (2) Planning Boar d P o <br /> added an appointment to be made to the OWASA Watershed Committee. <br /> Ken Thompson announced that the Preliminary Plan for the Wolf Property <br /> had been withdrawn. <br /> B. AUDIENCE COMMENTS. <br /> 1. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> None <br /> 2 . MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> Mr. Jerry Taylor, representing the Orange Chatham Cmphensive <br /> Health Service in the Prospect Hill Community, erCe to a letter$5, 0da ed <br /> April 23 which requested consideration of an appropriation <br /> help build a new center Hill. He <br /> to that an <br /> attempt is <br /> being made to raise $50, <br /> Center. He presented a copy of the plans to the Board. The <br /> Center will cost approximately one million dollars. The federal <br /> government has already programmed $250,000 and the state will give <br /> $250, 000 if the community can raise $50, 000. He requested that the County <br /> help with an allocation of $5,000. <br /> It was pointed out by Moses Carey that this is a community project <br /> 7 <br /> which will serve Orange County residents. <br /> It was the consensus of the Board to refer this request to the <br /> Manager asking that it be placed in the budget as a high priority for <br /> funds. <br /> Commissioner Hartwell explained a potential problem with the <br /> revaluation dated January 1 and the new tax law which uses a date of <br /> January 2 . After further discussion, it was decided that additional <br /> information is needed on the inequities which have been created by <br /> tax law and that a decision needs to be made on the year of the next <br />