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12e MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING APRIL 14, 1986 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on April 14, 1986 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commissioners' room in the Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners Shirley Marshall, Moses Carey, Ben Lloyd and Norman Walker. ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Director of Economic Development Sylvia Price, and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe. Chair Willhoit announced the purpose of the meeting is to hear a report from Dick Helwig, Chairman of the Telephone Technical Task Farce. Commissioner Lloyd gave his apology for having to leave the meeting early because of a previous commitment. NOTE: Commissioner Lloyd left the meeting at 7:15. Dick Helwig gave a special report on long distance failure of April 3 through April 11. (A complete copy of the narrative is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office). After further discussion on the problem, the apparent cause, the impacts and the solution, motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the resolution as presented by the task farce. The resolution is printed below: R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, all citizens rightly expect and find necessary reliable telephone communications, whether local or long distance, and WHEREAS, the citizens of Orange County have recently suffered intolerable interruptions to long distance service provided through Centel and General Telephone, which has occurred over a 10 day period, and WHEREAS, these service failures have caused distress to our citizens, failed communications, lost orders and inaccessible supplies to our local businesses, and present a threat to health and safety, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board expresses its deep concern and disquiet regarding this intolerable situation, and THAT the North Carolina Utilities Commission be asked by letter to use fully its procedures to look into this matter, covering at least the following three areas: 1. To assist in securing immediate relief (we understand a temporary correction has been made.) 2. To investigate the nature of the problem and to make full public disclosure of the events, their causes and the remedies taken to date.