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1980-05-22 Special Meeting 6~ MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 22, 1980, ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in Special Session on Thursday, May 22, 1980, at 10:30 o'clock a. m. in the Assembly Room, New Hanover County Administration Building, Wilmington, North Carolina. Members present were Commissioners Howard L. Armistead, Jr.'; Karen E. Gottovi; Claud O'Shields, Jr.; Chairman Ellen C. Williams; County Manager George F. Cooper; and Clerk to the Board, Alyce B. Rusmise11. No members were absent. Chm. Williams called the meeting to order and stated the Special Meeting had been called to review the Consultants' report and public hearing input concerning a landfill site and to discuss personnel matters. o Chm. Williams also explained for the record that when Mr. Eugene Merritt, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, appeared at the Commission meeting on May 19 and gave his personal opinions on incineration, he had done so at her request. DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED LANDFILL SITES AND CONSULTANTS' REPORT The Commissioners expressed their feelings on the four sites that had been recommended by the consultants. Comm. Armistead moved to authorize the consultants to pur~ethe General Electric site as the County's #1 choice for further testing. After further discussion by the County Manager and Commissioners, Comm. Armistead restated his motion, seconded by Comm. O'Shields, to authorize the County Manager to negotiate with Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan to pursue getting final information on the G. E. site as quickly as possible and that he also work with them in getting cranked up to do Phase III, which would be an investigation of alternate sites of solid waste disposal; that the EPA ) Technical Assistance people be brought in to be used in these projects and coordinated through the County Manager; and that the City/County Planning Department be involved in the phases outlined for them. Chm. Williams stated that she would go with the examination of the G.E. site, but she wanted the record to show that if it would take liners as described before she would not be able to go with it. o Upon vote, Chm. Armistead's motion carried unanimously. Comm. Gottovi stated for the record that her vote did not mean that she would vote to use that site as a landfill. The following persons commented: Mr. Whitted Mrs. Myrtle Barnhill Mr. Pete Rhodes - BREAK Chm. Williams recessed the meeting for a break from 11:30 o'clock a. m. until 11:52 a. m. DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS "FINDING 'REGIONAL, SOLUTION': TOSOLIDi,;WASTE Chm. Williams stated that she would like to ask the Cape Fear Council of Governments to make it one of their top priorities to find a regional solution to the solid waste problem. It was agreed by concensus to ask the COG to set meetings with the Com- missioners of the four counties in Region "0" and to call the Regional 0 Solid Waste Committee together to dlscu~~ 'S9lid~waste ,problems and the COG Staff should have access to the consultants and landfill operator and anyone else they needed for information. EXECUTIVE SESSION Comm. Gottovi moved, seconded by Comm. Armistead, to recess the meeting to Executive Session to discuss personnel matters. Upon vote, the motion carried unanimously. I MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 22, 1980 (CONTINUED) 607 ' EXECUTIVE SESSION (CONTINUED i Chm. Williams recessed the meeting to Executive Session at 11:50 o'clock a.m. , i Chm."Williams reconvened the meeting to Public Session at 12:10 o!clock p. m. ADJOURNMENT Comm. Armistead moved, seconded by Comm. Gottovi, that the meeting be ad- journed. Upon vote, the motion carried unanimously. CIim. Williams adjourned the meeting at 12:10 o'clock p. m. o Respectfully submitted, ~ .8:I?~ Alyce B. Rusmisel1 Clerk to the Board MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JUNE 2, 1980 ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Monday, June 2, 1980, at 7:00 o'clock p. m. in the Assembly Room, New Hanover County Administration Building, Wilmington, North Carolina. '" Members present were Commissioners Howard L. Armistead, Jr.; Karen E. Gottovi; Claud O'Shields, Jr.; Chairman Ellen C. Williams; County Manager George F. Cooper; County Attorney James C. Fox; and Clerk to the Board, A+yce B. Rusmisell. No members were absent. " Chm. Williams called the meeting to order. Rev. James L. Finley of Pine Valley Baptist Church offered the invocation. o APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 19, 1980 Upon motion by Comm. O'Shields, seconded by Comm. Armistead, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 19, 1980; were unanimously approved as presented. j The Chairman reported that the Minutes of the Landfill Public Hearing on May 19, 1980, and the Special Meeting on May 22, 1980, were ?ot ready for approval. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Upon motion by Comm. Gottovi, seconded by Comm. Armistead, the following Consent Agenda items were unanimously approved. CERTIFICATION OF ROSTER FOR AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT The roster of members of the Airport Fire Department was certified as presented. ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AND CONTRACT AMENDMENT - CAMA " The grant was accepted and the amendment to the Contract approved ,with the N. C. Department of Natural Resources and, Community Development for " supplemental funding in the amount of $2,000 for the Land Use Plan Update being developed under the Coastal Area Management Act. ~ , I ADDITION OF HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD TO STATE SECONDARY SYSTEM The SR-2 Resolution requesting the addition of Hidden Valley Road to the State Secondary Road system was adopted. o BUDGET ADMENDMENT - LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. The following amendment in the Law Enforcement Center Capital Project due to an increase in the cost of plants used in'the landscaping: Debit - Acct. #77 575 80, Contingencies (Pr9ject) Credit- Acct. #77 575 79, Law Enforcement Center - Landscaping $ 1,600. $ 1,600. .