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Chair Carey said that the Board does not have the time to get into the details of the <br />operating process but the Board does need to know what the changes are and Laura <br />Blackmon needs to bring the process she will follow to make the changes He wants the <br />process to remain transparent Laura Blackmon said that some of that including the Boards <br />expectations should be included in the ordinance <br />Commissioner Gordon said that it is admirable to update this ordinance Her concern is <br />about the timetable on page 39 because the Board of County Commissioners will be doing a <br />site search on the transfer station Laura Blackmon said that the timetable could be tweaked <br />because she wants the Board to be able to discuss this issue in detail <br />Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Gordon and said that this was done <br />with the Library Services Task Force and two months turned into eight months The Board <br />has a tendency to be overambitious and then people are disappointed He would like to have <br />a more realistic schedule <br />Laura Blackmon said that she would revise the timeframe <br />Commissioner Foushee said that she did not see a reference to use of County <br />vehicles and this needs to be addressed Annette Moore said that this is a separate policy <br />Chair Carey said that the first discussion of this should include what a policy is and <br />what should be in the ordinance <br />3 Discussion of Recommended 200818 County Capital Investment Plan <br />Laura Blackmon said that this is just a plan and staff has put a lot of work into this <br />She said that this would be discussed in January but tonight she would like to focus on some <br />of the assumptions the list of projects etc <br />Chair Carey asked how the Board would like to approach reviewing this information <br />Commissioner Gordon said that the Board was being asked to approve this on <br />December 3d and she does not want to do this without knowing how some projects are going <br />to be funded Laura Blackmon said that the Board would be approving this as a plan only <br />The Board would not be committed to the projects until the funding is approved <br />Commissioner Gordon is concerned that this timeframe for approval is too fast because <br />the Board and the public have not enough time to review it thoroughly <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the tab County Facilities and Technology <br />and asked if this would be a given and Laura Blackmon said yes that these for the most part <br />are what have been approved <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked what page 12 was referring to and Donna Coffey said <br />that this is the debt service payments for the next ten years and does not include unfunded <br />projects Donna Coffey said that page 15 is the summary of all of the County projects <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that one thing that has disappeared from the CIP was the <br />10000 a year for ten years for replacement of water fixtures in County buildings He said <br />that this is beyond embarrassing because this has been discussed for years and there is a <br />terrible drought Donna Coffey said that there is 125000 in a capital project right now for <br />utilities reduction which would include water reduction projects Staff is working with Public <br />Works to settle on a work plan to expend the 125000 Anything in the future would be <br />incorporated into the annual general fund budget <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that his experience is that this money disappeared and <br />nobody told him where it went He would like to know how it got there and how it will be <br />expended <br />Laura Blackmon said that what Commissioner Jacobs is talking about is not a capital <br />project but an operational project She said that one of her concerns was that there was