THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DURHAM, NORTH
CAROLINA
Monday, September 27, 2004
7:00 P.M. Regular Session
ACTION
MINUTES?DRAFT
Place: Commissioners? Room, second
floor, Durham County Government Administrative Complex, 200 E. Main Street, Durham,
NC
Present: Chairman Ellen W. Reckhow,
Vice-Chairman Joe W. Bowser, and Commissioners Philip R. Cousin Jr., Becky M.
Heron, and Mary D. Jacobs
Absent: None
Presider: Chairman Reckhow
Opening of Regular Session?Pledge of Allegiance
Agenda Adjustments
Vice-Chairman Bowser added two items to the agenda:
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Lease Agreement for YMCA
Childcare Center
to Operation Breakthrough Head Start; and
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Closed Session.
Minutes
Commissioner Cousin moved, seconded
by Commissioner Jacobs, to approve the August 2, 2004 Worksession Minutes as
submitted and the September 13, 2004 Regular Session Minutes as corrected.
The motion carried unanimously.
August Anchor Award Winner?Arlicia Page
Ms. Arlicia Page, Board of Elections? Public Information Specialist and Front Desk Receptionist, was
selected to receive the August Anchor Award.
Ms. Page was recognized for outstanding customer service.
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Arlicia
provides clarity and comfort to the citizens of Durham.
She projects a calm professionalism that is infectious to both staff and
the public.
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In
preparation for the recent partisan primary and school board election, she
handled over 1,000 phone calls and 100 individual requests for written
information and statistics.
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Arlicia
takes great pride in her work and the democratic process. She never complains, is knowledgeable,
technically proficient, detail oriented, caring, and professional.
Ms. Page
gave an acceptance speech and received the August Anchor Award and check from
Chairman Reckhow.
Resolution for ?Sales and Service Training Center"
Durham opened a
new Sales & Service
Training Center
on September 10, 2004. The center
provides employees with a pool of trained workers and offers workers education,
training, and employment opportunities. The
center provides citizens with state-of-the-art customer service training and
offers the new National Professional Certification in Customer Service
assessment.
Chairman Reckhow read the
following resolution into the record:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, retail skills centers provide a valuable service to
the communities in which they are located; and
WHEREAS, these centers help citizens gain the skills
necessary to find adequate employment; and
WHEREAS, the Sales and Service Training Center at Northgate
(SSTC), recruits, trains, provides placement, employee retention services,
career path counseling for participants, and provides customized training for
area businesses; and
WHEREAS, retail skills centers are created through a unique
partnership of employers, government, shopping center developers, schools and
colleges, and community associations; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Durham retail center is to empower
participants with career opportunities and to match the skilled job-oriented
individual to area employers:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the
Durham County Board of Commissioners, do hereby welcome
The Durham Sales and Service Training
Center
a retail center that will benefit our community and area
employers with skills training and economic development potential.
This the 27th day
of September, 2004.
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Ms. Barbara Wilson, Interim Executive Director, The
Durham Sales and Service
Training Center,
thanked the Board for the recognition.
Chairman Reckhow presented the resolution to Ms.
Wilson.
Resolution to Recognize Minority Enterprise Development Week
On January 22, 2001, the Board of County Commissioners
approved an ordinance to continue the County?s Minority Enterprise Development
Program. As a part of program promotion
and continued efforts to enhance participation in governmental contract awards
to small and disadvantaged businesses, it is hereby requested that September 27
thorough October 1, 2004, is recognized as Minority Enterprise Development Week
in the County of Durham, North Carolina.
Local and national Minority Enterprise Development programs
assist socially or economically disadvantaged groups who own or wish to start
or expand their own businesses.
WHEREAS, the County of Durham commissioned a study which
established that there is continuing discrimination against certain minorities
including women, in certain areas of purchasing and contracting, in which the
County of Durham is involved; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the County of Durham that
purchasing by the County and contracts with the County be open to all people
and be free of discrimination on the basis of race and gender; and
WHEREAS, G.S. 143-128 provides for Good Faith Efforts to be
made in an effort to ensure fair participation of minority and women business
owners in all County projects; and
WHEREAS, the Durham County Minority Enterprise Development
program provides:
1.Business Development training;
2.Assistance identifying companies who
provide insurance and bonding for small businesses;
3.A Plan and Specification review room
for minority and women-owned businesses;
4.A Plan and Specification lending
library to minority and women-owned businesses; and
5.Various networking opportunities for
minority and women-owned businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Durham County
Board of Commissioners that September 27 ? October 1, 2004 is recognized as
Minority
Enterprise Development week.
This the 27th day
of September, 2004.
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Overweight and Obesity among children
and adults has been on an alarming increase throughout the nation, North
Carolina, and Durham County.
Eating a variety of colorful fruit and
vegetables will help to give Durham County citizens the vitamins, minerals,
fiber, and phytochemicals needed for health.
The 5 A Day for Better Health
program was developed in 1991 as a national nutrition education program. It was created by the Produce for Better
Health Foundation and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The mission of the 5-A-Day program is to
encourage people to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day
to improve their health.
During National 5-A-Day Month,
challenge yourself to eat five or more servings of fruits or vegetables every
day. If you start the habit of eating
five fruits and vegetables a day now, it will increase the chances of you
hanging on to this good habit when you are an adult. And it is when you are an adult that these
healthy eating habits will really pay off.
WHEREAS,
overweight and obesity among children and adults has been on an alarming
increase throughout the nation, North Carolina, and Durham County; and
WHEREAS, poor
dietary choices contribute to overweight, obesity, cancer, diabetes, and heart
disease; and
WHEREAS,
research indicates that eating five or more servings per day of fruit and/or
vegetables can help reduce the risk of overweight, obesity, and chronic
disease; and
WHEREAS,
eighty percent of Americans are not eating five or more servings of fruit
and/or vegetables per day; and
WHEREAS,
promoting fruit and vegetable intake can help fight chronic disease risk; and
WHEREAS,
eating a variety of colorful fruit and vegetables will help to give Durham
County citizens the vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals needed for
health:
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Ellen W. Reckhow, Chairman of the Durham
County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim the month of September, 2004
as
?NATIONAL
5-A-DAY MONTH"
in Durham
County. I further ask all citizens to
eat at least five servings of colorful fruit and/or vegetables each day to ?Get
Healthy Durham".
This the 27th day of September, 2004.
Consent Agenda
Commissioner Heron moved, seconded
by Commissioner Cousin, to approve the following consent agenda items:
a. Property
Tax Releases and Refunds?Fiscal Year 2004-05 (accept the property report for
August 2004 and authorize the Tax Assessor to adjust the tax records as
outlined);
c. Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 05BCC000010?FY
2004-05 Encumbrances (amend the General Fund and Sewer Utilities Enterprise
Fund to pay outstanding purchase orders and service contracts at the end of FY
2004);
e. Contract
for Forest Ranger?NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources (approve
for the County to continue receiving forestry protection services);
f. Little River Regional Park?Access Easement
(approve the Deed of Easement and Extinguishment of Easement);
g. Consulting Contract?Froehling & Robertson
(to prepare a Corrective Action Plan to deal with a gasoline spill at the
Sheriff?s North Substation); and
The motion carried unanimously.
Consent Agenda
Items Removed for Discussion
d. Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 05BCC000011?Deferred
Revenue for the Departments of Fire Marshall, Tax, Elections, Social Services,
Sheriff, Public Health, and Cooperative Extension (recognize reserved fund
balance for $2,024,442).
j. Cancellation
of the October 4, 2004 Worksession (cancel the meeting).
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Commissioner Heron moved, seconded
by Commissioner Jacobs, to approve consent agenda item nos. b, d, and j.
The motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearing on
Coordinated Transportation: FY 2004-2005 Rural Operating Assistance Program
(ROAP) Grant?Application Approval
The application proposes that $87,973 in governmental
revenue be allocated to support transportation for Durham County Elderly and
Disabled residents through the EDTAP and $13,521 for Work First
Transitional/Employment. These funds require no Local match. The $26,965 for
Rural General Public transportation requires a 10% local match. The majority of the local match is recouped
through fares. These programs help
support the transportation needs of citizens through County and Non-profit,
human service agencies.
NCDOT annually allocates funds for EDTAP, RGP, and Work
First. Durham County will receive $128,459
for FY 2004-2005.
Funds shall
be used to provide services for the noted agencies:
Council of Senior Citizens
Dept. of
Social Services (Adult)
Durham
Exchange Club Industries
Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program
Services
for the Blind
Public Hearing?Rezoning?CCB
Bank-US 70 (P04-37)
Mr. Steve Medlin, Assistant Planning Director, City/County
Planning Department, proposed on behalf of CCB Bank that the Board of County
Commissioners approve the rezoning request of a 0.39-acre portion of a
1.29-acre parcel located at the northwest corner of U.S. 70 and Mineral Springs
Road. PIN 0840-04-80-0930 (partial). Request: R-20; F/J-B (Residential 20
District) to GC; F/J-B (General Commercial District)
The proposal was consistent with the Southeast Durham Small Area Plan.
A development plan was not submitted as part of the request. Staff recommended approval based upon
consistency with the small area plan and compatibility with the surrounding
area. The Durham Planning Commission
conducted a public hearing on August 10, 2004 and recommended approval with a
vote of 10-2.
The public hearing for this request was advertised on
September 10 and 17, 2004 in the Durham Herald-Sun.
Commissioner-Board Relationships
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