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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 6, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: A ointment of Michael Burton as an Additional Coun Review Officer <br />DEPARTMENT: Land Records/GIS PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolution Roscoe Reeve, ext 2501 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: For the Board of Commissioners to appoint an additional County Review Officer for <br />the approval of all surveys and plats to be recorded in Orange County, and to remove from <br />appointment one Officer that is no longer employed by the County. <br />BACKGROUND: The General Assembly passed an act in June, 1997 to "improve the <br />procedures for recording maps and plats" It requires that all counties appoint one or more <br />Review Officers to "review each map and plat required to be submitted for review before the <br />map is presented to the register of deeds for recording (NCGS 47-30.2). The Review Officer <br />shall "certify the map or plat if it complies with all statutory requirements for recording. Each <br />person designated a Review Officer shall, if reasonably feasible, be certified as a property <br />mapper pursuant to G.S. 147-54.4." The General Assembly made the Act effective on October <br />1, 1997. <br />Michael Burton has attained the status of certified property mapper in the State of North <br />Carolina. The Land Records Manager/GIS Director recommends that he be appointed to cant' <br />out the duties and responsibilities of Review Officer as the need arises in day to day work. Amy <br />Gilbert has ceased her employment with Orange County and can be removed from the list of <br />personnel authorized to cant' out the Review Officer responsibilities for Orange County <br />government. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the resolution <br />appointing Michael A Burton, a certified property mapper from the Land Records/GIS office to <br />be a Review Officer for Orange County; and to rescind the appointment of Amy B Gilbert. <br />