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00372 1. 2. 3. 4. MINUTES 5. JANUARY 25, 1982 6. 7. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session 8. on Monday, January 25, 1982, at 12:00 P.M. (Noon) in the Com- 9. missioners' Room, Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North 10. Carolina. 11. Commissioners present: Chairman Richard E. Whitted, and 12. Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Shirley E. Marshall, Norman 13. Walker and Don Willhoit. 14. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the Efland 15. Elementary School Property. 16. Chairman Whitted provided a brief summary of the events 17. relating to the bidding process on the Efland Elementary School 18. Property. Commissioner Whitted asked the County Attorney, Mr. 19. Gledhill, if there was another upset bid would the property 20. then be returned to auction; Mr. Gledhill replied yes. 21. Several Board members said the issues were the same today 22. as they were at the special meeting on January 22, 1982 with 23. the Orange County Board of Education, i.e. , public accessibility 24. to,the recreational facilities if the property is purchased 25. by a private club (the Ru:ritan Club is the only other bidder) 26. and if the property is not sold at or near the market value 27. some sort of guarantee that the property will be offered to 28. either the County or the Board of Education for the first 29. opportunity to purchase in the event that it is no longer used 30. for recreation programs. 31. Commissioner Willhoit moved to enter an upset bid for the 32. Efland Elementary School Property in the minimum allowed by 33. law that is, $47,405) ; Commissioner Marshall seconded the motion. 34. During ensuing discussion, Commissioner Walker said this purchase, 35. if not upset and is acceptable to the Board of Education, would 36. place the County in a financial bind. Vote: Ayes, 4 (Commis- 37. sioners Whitted, Gustaveson, Marshall and Willhoit) ; noes, 1 38. (Commissioner Walker) . 39. 40.