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01966 <br /> U(..) <br /> U <br /> Walker, to set a noon meeting on July 1, 1982, for the purpose of setting the <br /> Damascus Fire District Tax rate assuming the referendum passes. Vote: Ayes, <br /> 5; noes, U. <br /> E.12 Auction of Surplus County Property <br /> Mr. Mark Rees, Purchasing Officer for the County, reviewed the fixed asset <br /> system for the Board. <br /> Commissioner Willhoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Marshall , to declare <br /> the items surplus as listed on the printout attached, to adopt the Resolution, <br /> and to give the Purchasing Officer the authority to negotiate sales of this <br /> inventory with other agencies prior to the auction, excluding vehicles. Vote: <br /> Ayes, 5; noes, O. <br /> E.11. Meeting with Town of Hillsborough Commissinners. <br /> Hillsborough Commissioners present: Mayor Lucius Cheshire, Jr', and Com- <br /> missioners Lynwood Brown, Jr,, Allen Lloyd, Paul Martin, and Rachel Stevens. <br /> All Orange County Commissioners were present as noted at the beginning of <br /> the meeting this date. <br /> Chairman Whitted briefly reviewed the background on the Old Courthouse, saying <br /> that the Town of Hillsborough had filed suit last October contesting the County's <br /> ownership of the Old Courthouse. This meeting is to attempt resolution of those <br /> differences. Chairman Whitted added that the Town and County Commissioners had <br /> a common concern--the historical integrity of the Old Courthouse. <br /> Mayor Cheshire listed the Town's concerns: <br /> 1) future Boards of County Commissioners may not share the present <br /> Board's concerns regarding the Old Courthouse, therefore the <br /> restrictions are requested; <br /> 2) the interior of the building is worth preservation as well as the <br /> exterior; <br /> 3) if conversion of the interior occurs, architectural detailing will <br /> be destroyed for short-term utilization of the building; <br /> 4) possible structural damage may occur during any renovation' <br /> Mayor Cheshire confirmed that the major point o'f concern is over the interior <br /> of the building with the stipulation that any interior changes be of a restorative <br /> nature rather than renovation. <br /> Chairman Whitted said this Board of County Commissioners could not <br /> limit the authority of future Boards; that this building is too expensive to <br /> maintain without deriving some use from it, <br /> Mayor Cheshire said the Town does not care who owns the building as long <br /> as it is preserved. <br />