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~~ MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGUT,AI2 MEETING MAY ~, 1987 The orange County Board of Commissioners met .in regular session on May 4, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the old Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County Managers Albert Kittrell and William T. Laws, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Officer Ken Chavious, Community Development Director Tara Fikes, and Planners Greg Szymik and Julie Davis. A. BOARD COMMENTS Chair Shirley Marshall pointed out the two portraits located on the front wall of the courtraom of Mr. Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin and Governor William Alexander Graham and read a letter from Mr. Richard H. Jenrette officially presenting the portraits to the County. :- -Chair Marshall added to the agenda under reports (1) Animal Control Report and (2) Planning Board Report. Under appointments, Chair Marshall added an appointment to be made to the oWASA Watershed Committee. Ken Thompson announced that the Preliminary Plan for the Wolfe property had been withdrawn. B. AUDIENCE COMMENTS 1. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA None 2. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA Mr. Jerry Taylor, representing the orange Chatham Comprehensive Health Service in the Prospect Hill Community, referred to a letter dated April 23 which requested consideration of an appropriation of $5,000 to help build a new center in Prospect Hill. He explained that an attempt is being made to raise $50,000 matching funds to help build the Prospect Hi11 Center. He presented a copy of the plans to the Board. The Center will cost approximately one million dollars. The federal government has already programmed $250,000 and the state will give $250,000 if the community can raise $50,000. He requested that the County help with an allocation of $5,000. It was pointed out by Moses Carey that this is a community project which will serve orange County residents. It was the consensus of the Board to refer this request to the Manager asking that it be placed in the budget as a high priority. The problem of revaluation dated January 1 and the new. tax law dated Janury 2 was exp 1 a i ned . After further discussion, it was decided that additional information is needed an the inequities which have been created by the new tax law and that a decision needs to be made on the year of the next revaluation. C. MINUTES Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell to approve the minutes for February 23, 1987 as corrected.