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. _ <br /> COLEMAN,BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, <br /> BERNHOLZ,GLEDHILL&HARGRAVE <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> 110 CHURTON STREET <br /> HILLSBOROUGH.N C 27278 <br /> 919.732 2196 April 26, 1982 <br /> 919942. 0O0 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br /> SUITE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E.FaArau.tri MEET <br /> CHAPEL HILL NC 27614 Mr. Richard E. Whitted, Chairman <br /> 919.929-71S1 Mr. Norman Gustaveson <br /> Awrizo B.CoLENAN,JR. Ms. Shirley Marshall <br /> STEVEN A BERNHOLZ Mr. Norman Walker <br /> DONALD R.DICKERSON <br /> ROGER B.BERNHOLZ Mr. Don Wilihoit <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> MArrnN J.BERN/IOU Orange County Courthouse <br /> WILLIAM H BREE2E JR. 106 Margaret Lane <br /> 01Counlel Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER <br /> 11702 19721 <br /> Re: Legal Services - Child Support Enforcement <br /> Dear Commissioners: <br /> Enclosed is a proposed contract between Orange County and <br /> Coleman, Bernholz, Dickerson, Bernholz, Gledhill and Hargrave covering <br /> legal services for the County's Child Support Enforcement Program. <br /> This contract proposes an hourly rate of $45.00, an increase of $5.00 <br /> from prior years. <br /> Historically, we have represented the child support program <br /> since its inception. The first written contract between the County <br /> and our firm is dated April 29, 1976 and called for hourly <br /> compensation of $40.00 for work done out of court and $75.00 for <br /> work done in court. This contract was open-ended in terms of <br /> duration. In September 1976, the State office advised Flora <br /> Garrett, then Chair of the Board, that the State would not reimburse <br /> Orange County fully for legal services paid under this contract because <br /> the hourly rate exceeded State authorized guidelines. Thereafter, in <br /> the Fall of 1976, we agreed to a new contract calling for a single <br /> hourly rate of $40.00 for all services. This rate was approved by the <br /> State for reimbursement.(Seventy-five percent of all child support <br /> enforcement program operation expenses are reimbursed by the State <br /> from Federal and State funds. Likewise a substantial portion of the <br /> support money collected is directed to the State as reimbursement for <br /> these expenditures.) This contract was executed by the Board and our <br /> firm on October 19, 1976 and, by its terms, expired on June 30, 1977, <br /> Since October 1976 we have provided legal services to the <br /> child support program for an hourly rate of $4D.00. Each fiscal year <br /> since that time a contract has been executed reflecting this <br /> understanding. <br /> The State IV-D office will now reimburse counties for <br />