HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

County Administration Building

102 East Front Street

Lillington, North Carolina

Regular Meeting

May 6, 2013 9:00 am

  1. Call to order – Chairman Jim Burgin
  1. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation – Vice Chairman Gary House
  1. Consider additions and deletions to the published agenda
  1. Consent Agenda

A.  Minutes

B.  Budget Amendments

C.  Tax refunds, rebates and releases

D.  IT Department, E-911 Division, requests permission to purchase Dispatch Console Workstations from Russ Bassett for $61,829.55 using sole source. This purchase will replace 4 consoles that were purchased in 1998 and is needed because some of the consoles are broken and not functioning properly. Currently there are 2 Russ Bassett consoles in our center, this purchase will make all consoles the same. This is a 911 eligible expense and will be paid out of the Emergency Telephone System Budget.

E.  IT Department, E-911 Division, requests permission to purchase an Alpha-Numeric Paging System from Amerizon Wireless for $71,822.86 using sole source. Amerizon Wireless is the vendor handling our current Paging System Upgrade Project. Purchasing the Alpha-Numeric Paging System will give us a paging backup plus it will give us additional credit during Fire Departments ISO Ratings. This is a 911 eligible expense and will be paid out of the Emergency Telephone System Budget.

F.  IT Department, E-911 Division, requests permission to purchase a Trimble GPS unit from Duncan-Parnell for $12,386.00. This unit will replace our current GPS unit that is outdated and not working properly. The GPS unit is primarily used in 911 Addressing to map road centerlines and address points. The GPS is a 911 eligible expense and will be paid out of the Emergency Telephone System Budget.

G.  Director of the Harnett County Libraries requests permission to change the hours of the Anderson Creek Library during the summer.

H.  Approval of quote and recommendations for equipment to video and upload the Board of Commissioners meetings to the internet.

I.  Sheriff’s Office requests permission to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Justice for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant. This grant will provide funds for the Sheriff’s Office to receive reimbursement for fifty percent of the cost of bulletproof vests purchased for the next three years.

J.  Sheriff’s Office requests permission to submit an application to the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program. This program provides funds to partially reimburse localities for the costs of incarcerating certain criminal aliens during a one year period.

K.  Sheriff’s Office requests approval of resolution authorizing disposition of personal property so they can transfer six (6) county owned vehicles to Central Carolina Community College for training purposes.

L.  Cooperative Extension requests adoption of the Resolution in Support of the Sale of the assets of Townsend/Omtron to a Bidder Interested in Operating the Facility.

M.  Cooperative Extension requests permission to accept grant funding from the Harnett Juvenile Crime Prevention Council in the amount of $33,662. This funding will provide salary and benefit for a 4-H Program Assistant to coordinate the 4-H Teen Court and At-Risk Youth Development Program. The grant requires a 10% match and will be met with in-kind contributions.

N.  JobLink requests permission to receive an additional $9,000 for Youth programs from Triangle South Workforce Development ($4,000 for the Harnett County Youth program and $5,000 for Sampson County Youth program)

O.  Public Utilities requests approval of the West Central Transmission Project Ordinance in the amount of $4,983,435 and Resolution. This project is needed to improve our hydraulic ability to move water to this area of the County and will be financed through a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund administered by NC DENR. It will also be partially funded through HD DPU reserves.

P.  Public Utilities requests approval of an engineering services agreement for Marziano & McGougan PA in the amount of $350,000. This agreement is for the West Central Transmission Project.

Q.  Approval of Resolution Adopting an Agreement with Harnett County for the Sanford Housing Authority to Manage and Control of all Operations of the County Section 8 Housing Program in Harnett County

R.  County Engineer requests approval of the Central Carolina Holdings, LLC contract.

  1. Period of up to 30 minutes for informal comments allowing 3 minutes for each presentation
  1. Appointments
  1. North Harnett Property Rights Association’s request that the County absorb the costs of providing the hearing transcripts “as requested by the Writ of Certiorari filed with Harnett County Superior Court”, Jennifer Slusser. Senior Staff Attorney
  1. Introduction of the new Director of the Harnett County Board of Elections, Chairman Walter A. Massey, Sr.
  1. Recognition of Mrs. Kimberly A. Honeycutt’s Achievement of Becoming a Certified Local Government Finance Officer
  1. N.C. Forest Service Annual Report, Buren Fulmer, Harnett County Ranger
  1. Sandhills Center Budget Request and Program Update, Victoria Whitt, Chief Executive Officer
  1. Resolution Approving the Proposed NC DOT 2012-2013 Secondary Roads Improvement Program for Harnett County presented by Mr. Lee R. “Richie” Hines, Jr., PE, Resident Engineer of NC Department of Transportation
  1. County Manager’s report – Tommy Burns, County Manager

-  Public Health Activities Summary March 2013

-  Veterans Affairs Activities Report April 2013

  1. New Business
  1. Closed Session
  1. Recess to reconvene in special session to discuss the 2013/2014 proposed budget

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