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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 19, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-s <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Computer Surplus Declaration and Donation to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services, <br />Information Technologies, <br />Solid Waste Management <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution Approving the Donation of <br />Surplus, Obsolete, or Unused County <br />Equipment to the Chapel Hill Carrboro <br />City Schools Board of Education <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Brennan Bouma, 919-245-2626 <br />Jim Northrup, 919-245-2276 <br />Robert Williams, 919-918-4904 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To approve and authorize the Chair to sign a resolution upon County Attorney <br />review declaring items listed below as surplus and authorizing the donation of those items to the <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: In late 2015, Orange County donated 306 surplus computers and their <br />peripheral equipment (computer keyboards, mice, monitors, etc.) to the Chapel Hill Carrboro <br />City Schools (CHCCS) to help the school system launch a computer reuse and training <br />program. CHCCS worked with a local company, Triangle Ecycling, to help manage this program <br />and train high school students in computer repair. The donation was made with the <br />understanding that any computer equipment that could not be refurbished or re-used for this <br />program would be returned to Orange County Solid Waste to be responsibly recycled. All of the <br />equipment in that initial donation was reusable. With the County’s donation and that of other <br />public and private entities, the program has been successful and is now considering an <br />expansion. <br /> <br />Staff previously notified Orange County Schools of this opportunity to receive surplus computer <br />equipment, and received word that Orange County Schools contacted Triangle Ecycling directly <br />to inquire about their program. <br /> <br />Orange County Information Technologies now has another round of surplus computer <br />equipment that is ready for donation to CHCCS to support this program, and staff is seeking <br />Board approval. <br /> <br />Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 160A-280, the County Board of Commissioners may <br />donate County property to another governmental unit including the CHCCS Board. <br /> <br />1