Agenda - 10-06-20; 8-a - Minutes

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40 1 approval by the Board, and approve the attached revision to Article IV— Employee Benefits 2 Section 28-33— Holidays and Holiday Pay of the Orange County Code of Ordinances. 3 4 Chair Rich requested that the Board send this item to all County Clerks in North 5 Carolina. 6 Commissioner Marcoplos requested that a copy be sent to the City of Mebane. 7 Chair Rich asked Commissioners to accept a roll call form of voting and called names 8 accordingly. 9 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 11 12 Travis Myren requested that the Board specifically authorize the approval of the code of 13 ordinances for employees. 14 15 A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner Price to 16 approve the attached revision to Article IV— Employee Benefits Section 28-33 — Holidays and 17 Holiday Pay of the Orange County Code of Ordinances. 18 19 Chair Rich asked Commissioners to accept a roll call form of voting and called names 20 accordingly. 21 22 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 23 24 c. Veterans Memorial Construction Approval 25 The Board considered reviewing and approving the certified budget and project design 26 for Phase 11 of the Veterans Memorial project at the Southern Campus; authorize construction of 27 the project; authorize the County Manager to sign the construction contract and any 28 amendments/change orders up to the $137,542 budgeted amount; and review and authorize the 29 County Manager to sign the Ownership, Operations and Maintenance Agreement. 30 Steve Arndt, Asset Management Director, reviewed the following information: 31 32 BACKGROUND: Over the past several years, interested Orange County residents and 33 supporters have organized in an effort to raise funds for the construction of a Veterans Memorial 34 to honor the contributions and service of Orange County military veterans. 35 36 At the May 5, 2015 Board of County Commissioners Business meeting, the board voted to: 37 1) Approve the site for a Veterans Memorial on the former Hoyle home site at the Southern 38 campus. 39 2) Authorize the Manager and staff to participate in the ongoing project planning process. 40 3) Reserve the right of final construction approval contingent upon Board approval of: 41 a) Ownership of the Memorial 42 b) Design 43 c) Budget and certification of adequate development and construction funds raised; and 44 d) Ongoing operations and maintenance agreement for the Memorial. 45 46 Phase I of the project was completed in 2016 at a cost of$13,000. It was comprised of an 47 information kiosk, gravel path and a temporary, telescoping flag pole. 48 49 Over the past five years, fundraising efforts have progressed and funds accumulated now total 50 $137,542. Attachment 1 provides a certification of adequate development and construction 51 funds.