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MINUT?;S OF THE Oc'2ANGE COTJ?dTY i ~ ~~~ BOA.3D OP COMMTSSTONERS January 4., 1972 The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County mat in regular session in the Conference Room of the Social Services Building on Tuesday, January 1F, 1972. T4embers Present: Chairman Harvey D. Sennett and Commissioners William C. Ray, Henry S. Walker, Ira A.-Ward and C. Tdorman Walker. Members Absent: None Minutes oP the previous meetings were read and approved after corrections were made. Commissioner William C. Ray advised the Board that the rural fire departments of the county had achedulad a joint meeting on Wednesday, January s, 1972, at 7:30 p.m, in the Conference Room of the Rillsborough Savings & Loan and that they wished to have the Commissioners attend this meeting. Commissioner Ira A. Ward inquired as to the legal requirements far financing a countywide fire protection area. The County Administrator advised that there were two alternatives to financing fire prot®ction. They are: through the County General Fund with no special tax being levied or to define one or more areas and offer the elective that in that area the opportunity to vote on the question of a special tax levy not to exceed ten cents (10¢) on the one hundred dollar property valuation for the specific purpvae of fire protection. Further discussion ensued. Chairman Bennett stated that the County should also oonsid®r the need of the garbage disposal problem and that before the Board ventured too deeply into the area of fire protection areas that the Board should review, very carefully, the Pinancial responsibility which would ba imposed on the County if both programs were instituted. Tha County Administrator suggested that Chairman Bennett appoint a ~ committee to investigate the possibilities open to the County in the area of garbage disposal. Upon motion oP Commiasionar Henry a. Walker, seconded by Commissioner William C. Ray, it was moved and adopted that the Chairman be authori2ed to appoint a committee for the purpose of studying how the monies could be made available Por a oountywide garbage disposal program and that any expenses inourred by the members of this committee wov].d be reimbursable. Chairman Bennett stt.ted that he had met with N(r. Coleman of Daniels Construction Company who were representatives far Webco Inc. and that Webco, Ina. had agreed to pay the four hundred dollar (.00.00) per acre for the installation of the water and sewerage lines, but that this company, since the initial meeting and agreement, had requested the County ~ to extend these lines from its property line to the froist of their proposed ~ building. I The County Admini.atratbr stated that it was approximately three hundred feet (300 0 from the companys property line to the front of the proposed ' building. Discussion ensued. Upon motion of Commissioner'Ira A, Ward, seconded by Conanisaioner William C, Ray, it was moved and adopted that the County would adhere to the terms of the initial agreement between Webco, Inc. and the County. Disoussion ensued relative to the needed improvements to highway 86 South from Interstate 85 to Orange Church. Upon motion of Commissioner William C. Ray, seconded by Cpmmiaeioner Ira A. Ward, it was moved and adopted, that the Clerk write Mr. Benson, Highway Commissioner, and request an appointment for the specific reason i. of discussing the needed improvements on highway 86 South. --~-•'' Chairman Sennett recognized Mayor Cates, Clarence Rosemond, Water ~~ (Supervisor, and John Pridgen, Town Engineer. Mayor Cates advised the Board that the Town of Hillsborough had received a grant of ~5p0,000.00 for the purpose of developing an additional water plant and other water facilities, but that the Town Headed an additional $4.3,000.00 in order to construct a water tank. A question and answer period ensued relative to the propos®d project.