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0016,1' CSAN-.7E CCUNTT <br /> BOARD CF CCCAISSIC-NERS ActiCn .1:genda <br /> Item nO. E-11 <br /> ACTIO N AGE:TCA .1=-1 AESTPACT <br /> Z,I.LNG CATE December 7, 1981 • <br /> aibject: Extended Area Coverage <br /> , <br /> 7,e7ar.4.7.17entpurchasinq and Central Services . Ptiolic Hearing: <br /> x n • <br /> AttaChiterit(5) : copy of resolution passed infOnmatiOn COntact: <br /> ]lark H. Rees <br /> in October 1980 • - _ _ . <br /> Phone iNtrerr: (919) 732-9361 ext# 498 <br /> To authorize the County Manager to sign ballots in favor of extended area <br /> telephone service; which, if passed, would allow for calls made between Hillsborough, <br /> Durham and Chapel Hill to be made on a local call basis. <br /> •• <br /> Need: On October 6, 1980, the Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution in favor <br /> of extended area telephone service. The authorization to sign these ballots would <br /> be one further step toward making EAS a possibility in Orange County. <br /> 1171222=t: The extended area telephone service would: <br /> (1) save the County a minimum of $11,500 a year in telephone costs while still <br /> maintaining the same number of outside lines; <br /> (2) allow Hillsborough located County offices to be more accessible to citizens <br /> living in the Southern and Eastern partsgof the County; <br /> (3) allow Orange County citizens to have greater use of their telephone to <br /> conduct business rather than having to call long distance or use their <br /> vehicles. <br /> ec=endatiOn(s) : Authorize County Manager to sign ballots. <br />