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7 <br />1 required information from the ArtsCenter as stipulated when these funds <br />2 were approved in the 1990 -91 budget. These include (1) an audit report, <br />3 (2) an annual budget, and (3) a business plan. The County <br />4 administration does not recommend that these funds be used for a <br />5 specific purpose. <br />6 Various questions asked by the Board about the financial <br />7 obligations of the ArtsCenter were answered by General Manager of the <br />8 ArtsCenter Eileen M. Helton. <br />9 Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by <br />10 Commissioner Insko to release the funds, presently held in escrow, over <br />11 a five month period beginning in February, 1991 with monthly payments <br />12 of $1,000 to be made to the Center based on its continued demonstration <br />13 of improving their financial condition and debt situation as evidenced <br />14 by monthly updates provided to the County Finance Director and County <br />15 Commissioners. The Board agreed that this money should be used for <br />16 current expenses and programming instead of deficit reduction. VOTE: <br />17 UNANIMOUS <br />18 <br />19 B. HISTORIC INVENTORY GRANT APPLICATION <br />20 Marvin Collins explained that the grant funds would be used <br />21 to conduct an inventory of historic sites and structures in the <br />22 unincorporated portions of Chapel Hill Township. <br />23 Motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Chairman <br />24 Carey to authorize the County Manager to apply for up to $5,000 from the <br />25 Survey and Planning Grant Program. The amount would be matched by <br />26 $5,000 from Orange County and would be used to conduct an inventory of <br />27 historic sites and structures in the unincorporated portions of Chapel <br />28 Hill Township. <br />29 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />30 <br />31 C. COMMISSIONERS' SALARY AND FUTURE POLICY <br />32. Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. asked that the Board consider a <br />33 policy on salary adjustment for the County Commissioners. <br />34 Motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by <br />35 Commissioner Insko to approve the following recommendation: <br />36 1. That the staff be instructed to compute the salary levels <br />37 which would have resulted had the County Commissioners <br />38 received the same annual <br />39 cost of living adjustments <br />received by other county staff since the Commissioners, <br />40 salary was last adjusted in 1984 for Board Members and <br />41 in 1983 for the Chairman. <br />42 2. That the resulting salary levels be adopted for the <br />43 current Board Members and Chair effective July 1, 1991. <br />44 3. that the Board adopt a 5% higher differential <br />45 Vice - Chairman, and for the <br />46 4. That the Board of County Commissioners adopt a policy of <br />47 applying the same future cost of living adjustments to <br />48 Commissioner salaries as applied to all other County <br />49 <br />50 personnel salaries annually unless instructed otherwise <br />by the Commissioners. <br />51 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />52 <br />