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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 />