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29 Thereupon the order entitled: "ORDER AUTHORIZING $49,000,000.00 SCHOOL BONDS" was passed on first reading. On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board of Commissioners fixed 6:30 p.m., March 7, 1996, in the Commissioners' Meeting Room in the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina, as the hour, day and place for the public hearing upon the foregoing order and directed the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners to publish said order, together with the appended statement giving notice of said hearing as required by The Local Government Bond Act, as amended, once in The Charlotte Observer (Cabarrus Neighbors Edition), The Concord Tribune and The Daily Independent not later than the sixth day before said date. LIFE Center Building Program - Request for Soil Testing of Senior Center Property UPON MOTION of Chairman Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Niblock and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the soil testing of the Senior Center property by S&ME at a cost of $2,432.00 as requested by Ms. Pat Wood, Chair of the LIFE Center Board of Directors, for the LIFE Center Building Program. Request for Approval of Contract for the County Van System Operation Mr. Mike Byrd, Transportation Planner, reported that the following bids were received for transportation services. Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc. - $1.10/mile - curb-to-curb service - $1.20/mile - door-to-door service Transportation Management Services, Inc. o $1.43 per mile He advised that Laidlaw had agreed to a per mile cost of $1.15 with fifty percent (50%) of the passengers to be provided door-to-door service. Mr. Byrd recommended that the Board approve Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc. as the transportation provider for the County for the period April 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Niblock, seconded by Commissioner Fennel and unanimously carried, the Board awarded the contract for transportation services for the period April 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998 to Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc. at a .cost of $1.15 per mile with fifty percent (50%) of the passengers to be provided door-to-door service. Request to Add Reservoir Maintenance Technician Class to the County's Job Classification Schedule Mr. Don Moorhead, Personnel Officer, and Mr. Gerald Newton, Planning and Development Area Manager, requested the establishment of the job classification of Reservoir Maintenance Technician retroactive to July 1, 1995. They explained that the employee has been performing these duties since that date. UPON MOTION of Chairman Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Casper and unanimously carried, the Board added the Reservoir Maintenance Technician class to the County's Job Classification Schedule in Salary Grade 63, retroactive to July 1, 1995. Black Run Dam Spillway Repair - Request to Co-Fund Repair Work and Engineering With the Town of Mt, Pleasant/Budget Amendment Chairman Barnhart reviewed the request from the Town of Mt. Pleasant for the County to help fund the Black Run Creek Dam Spillway repair cost. He pointed out that the County is not obligated to help pay for this work and that any future requests will be addressed on an individual basis. UPON MOTION of Chairman Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Casper and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to co-fund the repair work and engineering for the Black Run Dam Spillway with the To~ of Mt. Pleasant on a 50/50 matching basis not to exceed $14,000.00 and adopted the following budget amendment appropriating these funds.