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418 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the contract for the Water Transmission Facilities project on Highway 29 to the low bidder, C. F. W. Construction Company, Inc., in the amount of $358,975.00. Mr. Paul Watson, Project Manager with Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., estimated the total project cost to be $448,175.00 or approximately $135,000.00 below the budgeted amount. He recommended that the area of the mobile home park on Pitts School Road and a portion of the Quail Hollow subdivision be studied as to the need and desire for service and that construction of facilities to one of these areas be added to the contract with C. F. W. Construction Company through the normal change order process. Motion was made by Commissioner Barnhardt and seconded by Commissioner Milloway that the $135,000.00 in unobligated funds be put into an escrow account and be applied to the $1,500,000.00 shortage on the $11,060,000.00 water supply project through the Farmers Home Administration. UPON SUBSTITUTE MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Lentz with Commissioners Payne, Lentz, and Milloway, and Chairman Nash voting for and Commissioner Barnhardt voting against, the Board tabled the decision on the $135,000.00 in unobligated funds until the first meeting in December at which time engineers with Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., and the Planning Department staff will provide information on exactly what this money will produce in regards to construction costs and the number of persons affected by the extension of these lines. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhardt, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board directed the County Manager to instruct the Planning Department~ staff to proceed with the necessary steps to define the boundaries of the service district including the seven (7) water service areas as expressed in the Water and Sewer Study Update and instructed Mr. John R. Boger, Jr., County Attorney, to do the necessary legal work for setting up the service district. The Board discussed the need to develop policies and regulations for utilities in the county. Mr. Thomas B. Robinson, Planning Director, is to begin work with the engineers from Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc., regarding this matter. ~ Chairman Nash reported that Mr. Ray Flowers, who was acting as spokesman for property owners granting a right-of-way for the sewer line from the Town of Harrisburg to the Rocky River Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, had requested that these property owners receive a written statement from the County that they will have the right to tap on to this line. By consensus of the Board, Chairman Nash instructed the County Manager to write a letter to those property owners stating that in return for the granting of the right-of-way for the sewer line they will be able to tap on to the line in conformance with the standards of the County. It was noted that this statement regarding the right to tap on to the line will not relieve the property owners of the tap on fee. Bids received on October 12, 1983, for the office supplies contract for 1983-84 were as follows. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT DATE: August 30, 1983 VENDOR BID DEPOSIT BID AMOUNT Forms & Supply, Inc. Metrolina Office Suppliers, Inc. Check Certified Check $12,321.08 $11,814.58 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Barnhardt and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the 1983-84 contract for office supplies to the low bidder, Metrolina Office Suppliers, Inc., in the amount of $11,814.58. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following budget amendment to accept a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant in the amount of $92,500.00.