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12 1 State and Federal government recommended that every county have. He said that they 2 do not control the fund amounts, 3 Commissioner Jacobs asked where we stood on putting Spanish language signs 4 up in County buildings, Commissioner Halkiotis said that there is limited signage in 5 Spanish in the Government Services Center and it might be good to get feedback from 6 the Register of Deeds and the Tax Office on how this is working out. 7 John Link said that they will come back with an assessment of this. 8 Chair Brown would like to add in that the staff would bring back the goals that this 9 group adopts and to give an update every year. 10 A motion was made by Chair Brown, seconded by Gommissianer Halkiotis tc 11 accept the Grant Award, authorize the Emergency Management Director to sign the 12 grant guidelines and grant related materials, and authorize the Emergency Management 13 Specialist to be the paint of contact for the program, with the revisions as stated by Chair 14 Brown. 15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 16 17 f. Acceptance of Grant to Establish a Community Emergency Response Team 18 Program within the County 19 The Board considered accepting a federal grant in the amount of $10,000 to 20 establish a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program within Orange 21 County; authorizing the Emergency Management Director to sign the Memorandum of 22 Understanding, and allowing the Emergency Management Specialist to be designated 23 as the point of contact for the program, 24 Commissioner Gordon asked about the budget far this and said that she would 25 like a copy of it, She was not sure why it cost $10,000, John Link said that they would 26 provide a detail line item, 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner 28 Halkiotis to accept the Grant Award, authorize the Emergency Management Director to 29 sign the Memorandum of Understanding, and allow the Emergency Management 30 Specialist to be designated as the point of contact for the program.. 31 Chair Brown asked to include the caveat concerning the $10,000 and to bring 32 back the results of the training outcomes, This was added to the motion. 3:3 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 34 35 h. Bid Award: Crawler Dozer for Orange County Landfill 36 The Board considered awarding a bid to Gregory Poole of Raleigh, NC for a 37 Crawler Dozer for the Orange County Landfill, bid number 246, at a delivered cost of 38 $308,451; authorizing the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork; and 39 authorizing the Finance Director tc solicit and execute all administrative action and 40 documents associated with completing an appropriate installment financing agreement 41 for this equipment with a local financial institution, 42 Commissioner Gordon asked about the total cost for the installment purchase 43 and the debt service payments, She asked if it would be paid off at the end of the five 44 years and how much more it would cost than $308,451, Assistant County Manager Rod 45 Visser said that the installment financing would be paid off in five years. He does not 46 have the exact amounts for the interest payments, but it is around $65-70,000. 47 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner 48 Halkiotis to award bid number 246 to Gregory Poole Equipment Company of Raleigh, 49 North Carolina at a delivered cost of $308,451; authorize the Purchasing Director to 50 execute the necessary paperwork; and authorize the Finance Director to solicit and 51 execute all the administrative actions and documents associated with completing an