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• <br /> MINUTES <br /> FEBRUARY 21, 1983 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special joint session with the <br /> • Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County Boards of Educatfon,at 6:00 P.M. on Monday <br /> February 21, 1983, in the Cafeteria of the Estes Hills Elementary School in Chapel Hill, <br /> North Carolina. <br /> Commissioners present: Richard E. Whitted, Chair, and Commissioners Shirley E. <br /> CMarshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit. <br /> I <br /> Commissioners absent: Ben Lloyd. <br /> Chapel Hill Carrboro Board of Education Members present: <br /> Edwin Caldwell, Chair, <br /> band Edith Elliott, Verla Insko, Barbara Thornton and Ann Wileman. <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education Members absent: Ted Parrish and Phyllis <br /> Sockwell• <br /> Orange County Board of Education Members present: Max Kennedy, Chair, and <br /> Lindsay Efland, Walter Faribault, Jr. (who arrived at 6:56 P.M.) Norman Haithcock, <br /> Frank Miller and John Thomas Walker. <br /> Orange County Board of Education Members absent: Robert Bateman, <br /> The Boards had a buffet dinner at 6:00 P.M. followed by a,work session on capital <br /> 7needs for all three entities which began at 6:53 P.M. <br /> I <br /> Commissioner Whitted announced that this was a follow-up meeting to the one <br /> the Boards W held in October, 1982; Staff has completed the capital needs documents <br /> *for the three Boards. Commissioner Whitted said the total for 1983-84 was $2.6 million, <br /> i <br /> 'Which was twice as much as the Board of Commissioners had budgeted this year,for the <br /> othree Boards' current capital needs. <br /> Both school Boards expressed frustration at delaying their capital needs in order <br /> -for the County to complete some projects. Mr. Caldwell said the State had not provided <br /> .6 capital funds recently as it had in the past and this increased the ,pressure at the <br /> Glocal level. Orange County Superintendent Mike Simmons said it was frustrating <br /> - additionally from an administrative viewpoint to plan for long range capital projects <br /> *when it was "unrealistic to assume" they would be able to "make a dent." Mr. Simmons <br /> -suggested placing all capital for one year in one system and rotating through the three <br /> *bodies; he felt that this way he could "phase in" projects and better plan if he knew <br /> •how much money would be available in a given year. Mr. Kennedy added that the schools <br /> • <br />