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1 <br /> ORD-2025-034 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 21, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-c <br /> SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding Between Orange County and Town of <br /> Hillsborough for the Solar Feasibility Study, and Approval of Budget Amendment <br /> #3-A <br /> DEPARTMENT: Sustainability, Asset <br /> Management Services, and <br /> County Attorney <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) MOU for Solar Feasibility Study with Angel Barnes, Capital Projects Manager, <br /> Attachment A - Pisgah Energy 919-245-2628 <br /> Proposal Amy Eckberg, Sustainability Program <br /> 2) Year-to-Date Budget Summary Manager, 919-245-2626 <br /> Joseph Herrin, County Attorney, 919- <br /> 245-2316 <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) Approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Orange County and the Town <br /> of Hillsborough for a Solar Feasibility Study of properties owned by the Town of <br /> Hillsborough; <br /> 2) Authorize the County Manager to execute the MOU, subject to final review by the County <br /> Attorney, and any subsequent amendments on behalf of the Board; <br /> 3) Approve and authorize the County Manager to execute a Professional Services Contract <br /> with Pisgah Energy and a written exemption from North Carolina General Statute 143- <br /> 64.31, subject to final review by the County Attorney, and any subsequent amendments on <br /> behalf of the Board; and <br /> 4) Approve Budget Amendment #3-A to provide for the receipt of revenue from the Town of <br /> Hillsborough and the total cost of the project. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Commissioners previously approved Capital <br /> Investment Plan funding to complete a Solar Feasibility Study. In January 2025, staff prepared <br /> and advertised the Request for Qualifications. In February 2025, staff received eleven (11) <br /> responses, and in May 2025, staff completed interviews with firms and negotiated a contract with <br /> Pisgah Energy. The Town of Hillsborough subsequently requested that Orange County enter into <br /> an MOU with the Town of Hillsborough so that Orange County could procure Pisgah Energy to <br /> perform the same study on four (4) Town facilities (the Town Hall Annex, the Highway 86 Fleet <br /> Facility, the Water Treatment Plant, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant) utilizing a written <br /> exemption from North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 143-64.31, since the total cost is less <br /> than $50,000. <br />