Contracts and procurement items in Orange County
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| Subject | Items |
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| Contracts and procurement | 85 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 23 |
| Public facilities | 21 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 17 |
| Budget and appropriations | 16 |
| Transit | 11 |
| Schools and education | 9 |
| Bonds and debt | 8 |
| Health and human services | 8 |
| Housing and affordability | 8 |
| Police and public safety | 8 |
| Grants and outside funding | 7 |
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Buys three Ford Expeditions at $56,102 each, $168,306 in all, under state contract to replace worn-out Emergency Services vehicles.
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Adopts the procurement and disbursement policy the state requires for the 2027-2029 repair program.
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Hires Engineered Tower Solutions for $186,200 to design the first phase of the VIPER radio expansion, including a new Eno tower and moving the Chapel Hill site.
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Buys 35 Motorola APX NEXT portable radios and accessories for $352,560 under a state contract.
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Discussion Items Continued: Rural Activity Nodes; Interlocal Agreements/Collaboration (Attachment D)Staff recommend merging the rural commercial, neighborhood and industrial nodes into one category decided by conditional zoning, and ask whether to open talks with the towns on the water and sewer boundary agreement and the Rural Buffer.
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An agreement with Media Two Interactive, LLC.Contract or award Contracts and procurement
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A fiscal year 2026-27 contract with Elsewhere Idea & Design Shop, Inc.
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A professional services contract with Timmons Group for special inspections during construction of the Crisis Diversion Facility, the building being named for Commissioner Bedford earlier in the same meeting.
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A revised process for how the county disposes of land and buildings it owns. The only item on the regular agenda.
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Buying four bus shelters.
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Sale of a 1.24-acre county parcel in Hillsborough.
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Animal control service contracts with Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough for the 2026-27 year.
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Updating commissioners' assignments to boards and commissions for the rest of 2026, which the vacancy forced.Approved unanimously.
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Fifteen consent items, including the first fiscal 2026-27 budget amendment, a state grant for a mobile integrated health program, financial policies for the transit tax working group, the Rigsbee subdivision preliminary plat, a reinstated interlocal agreement with Chapel Hill, and a Duke Energy grant for a flood detec…Approved unanimously.
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A consent agenda of settled appeals, with the four Prime Storage parcels pulled out of it.Prime Storage removed from consent so Analytical Consultants could appear and explain the county's valuation process.
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Final design and guaranteed maximum price for the Crisis Diversion Facility, an amendment to the Gilbane construction manager-at-risk contract, and the budget amendment raising capital authority to match.Approved unanimously. The financing resolution for it, up to $27 million, followed on 9 July.
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An amendment to the county's 2022 public-private broadband contract, extending service to another 105 unserved households. The original roughly $10 million deal aimed at about 6,370 passings, was cut back to 5,852 homes in autumn 2025, and has paid Lumos $9.2 million with about $800,000 in ARPA money left. 5,859 locat…Approved unanimously.
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Fourth-quarter transit work program amendments covering county administrative funding, a Chapel Hill Transit shift from operating to capital, and GoTriangle's Route 800 and TAP.Approved.
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The 1979 agreement under which the county tax collector bills and collects for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. Updated in 2006 at 0.5 percent of what it collects, with a term not to exceed 99 years and no change possible without all three towns agreeing.The board voted unanimously to terminate the agreement before 30 June 2026 and renegotiate with each town separately. One commissioner said there should be no more 99-year agreements.
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Draft global capital and operating agreements for 2027, proposed by the regional operator to stay consistent with this year's.
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A discussion with GAR Associates, an appraisal and assessment consulting firm.
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Consultants engaged to evaluate the county's reappraisal and assessment process and recommend improvements, following community feedback and board concerns about deficiencies after the 2025 revaluation. The tax assessment work group that recommended the firm includes three commissioners and county officers alongside r…
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A contract with GAR Associates to evaluate how Orange County conducts reappraisal and tax assessment. The firm met with the county's tax assessment work group on May 18, alongside the recruiter searching for a permanent tax administrator.
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Thirty minutes from the provider's director on where the build stands.
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The work group's contract with GAR Associates for a full review of the assessment process remains under legal review, with approval expected April 21 or May 5.
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The board approved most of a 17-item consent agenda in one vote, including tax releases, proclamations, a server-licensing contract, solar-project funding and a shelter-contract renewal. It pulled a $1.7 million loan for an Orange Grove Fire District fire station after a resident raised transparency concerns, and vote…
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Starting the process of an interlocal agreement with the Town of Hillsborough to designate Montrose a landmark, needed because the property lies within the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The process was still running in June and August.
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Members praised GAR Associates for a clearer technical approach, stronger command of North Carolina tax law and a more polished presentation than Landin and Associates. Landin's pitch included a public dashboard and an equity focus, but members called it less detailed and less aligned with the county's needs.
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The group recommended GAR Associates to the Board of Commissioners, citing staff scores of 88.14 to 82.25 for Landin and work group scores of 87.8 to 70.5. The Board of Commissioners approved a contract with GAR Associates on May 5.
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Soliciting offers on county-owned property at 6823 Millhouse Road.Discussion item Contracts and procurement
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The consent agenda approved a $97,075 geotechnical contract for the Lake Orange intake tower and a reallocation of proceeds from the county's 2019 bonds. It also released tax value on four vehicle bills and nine property tax bills for eight owners.
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Clinton Swaringen, tax administrator for Stanly County, described why his county moved all revaluation work in house in 2005 after contracted revaluations from 1993 to 2001 were judged unsuccessful. He said face-to-face appeals with familiar staff build trust and reduce conflict, and that early outreach to commercial…
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The group set its next meeting, March 9, to review a request for proposals.
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Commissioners approved the interlocal agreement governing school construction with both school districts. They adopted three changes the districts had requested: appropriation language, milestone-based design payments, and a recommendation instead of a required construction manager at risk. The board also created a Sc…
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Commissioners authorized talks toward separate tax-collection agreements with Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, replacing the towns' shared 1979 agreement. Staff say the county's 0.5% collection fee no longer covers its costs. The board also authorized similar talks with Durham and Mebane, whose agreements expir…
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Montrose, the Governor Graham house with its grounds and outbuildings, is being proposed as a local historic landmark. The property sits inside Hillsborough's extraterritorial jurisdiction, so designation would need an interlocal agreement with the town. The commission agreed to schedule a site visit, tentatively in A…
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Chapel Hill's bus rapid transit federal risk review is nearing completion with a grant submission expected in February. Carrboro reported the Morgan Creek Greenway progressing. Triangle West is releasing a staffing study request for qualifications, contingent on funding. Hillsborough, GoTriangle, the tax district and…Staff or committee report Contracts and procurementGrants and outside fundingParks and recreationRoads and transportationTransit
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Thirteen items approved together: five sets of minutes; motor vehicle and property tax releases for eighteen taxpayers; sixteen late exemption applications; a March 25 tax lien advertisement date; the 2026 listing period extended to February 13; budget amendment #6; ordinance execution for the impervious surface, wate…Approved unanimously
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Changes to the small business grant guidelines. The board decided software is an eligible use of funds under inventory and supplies but training, licensure and certificates are not. It discussed requiring applicants to strive to pay a living wage and allowing one larger award per fiscal year. All applicants must now h…
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The request for proposals went out in early January and a pre-submittal conference drew four vendors. Proposals were due January 23, with review possibly requiring an extra meeting in March.
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An amendment to the authority's HUD five-year plan stating that project-based voucher projects will be selected non-competitively.Approved unanimously
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A subcommittee to standardize reimbursement documentation and processes across the participating organizations, after unclear requirements caused delays. Members debated whether a committee was needed or an appendix listing required documents would do. Orange County will chair it.Charter approved 11-0, amended 11-0 to let financial staff attend
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Chapel Hill Transit has a high-capacity transit corridor study under way with a pilot project being identified. Carrboro has advertised Morgan Creek Greenway Phase 1 for bid. Triangle West will issue a staffing study request for qualifications, concluding procurement by January, and has asked NCDOT about increasing no…Staff or committee report Broadband and technologyContracts and procurementParks and recreationRoads and transportationTransit
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A performance-based incentive of up to $100,433 for CITEL America, a French manufacturer of electrical surge protection devices founded in Paris in 1937 and operating in the United States since 1985. The company is relocating its US office and manufacturing from Florida, citing more frequent extreme weather and the re…Approved unanimously
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The draft RFP for a consultant to review the reappraisal, covering purpose, schedule, criteria and scope. Members asked why known problems are not named in the document and pressed for a brief that fixes issues rather than only verifying earlier findings; the manager said the consultant will build on the previous cons…
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Eight items: motor vehicle and property tax releases for thirty-nine taxpayers across forty-seven bills; twelve untimely exemption applications; denial of one refund request; a five-year renewal of the Fairview Park interlocal agreement with Hillsborough; a resolution letting Alamance County take ownership of a parcel…Approved unanimously
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The request for proposals has been announced, a project-based voucher webpage is live and applications are being accepted.
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Fifteen items including the October 21 minutes, board and commission appointments, the Abolition Day proclamation, budget amendment #4, a Governor's Highway Safety Program grant for the sheriff's office, White Cross fire truck financing, booth replacement and equipment for solid waste and recycling, vehicles for sever…Approved unanimously
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Draft agreement establishing a joint county-schools "Core Team" to oversee major school construction and renovation projects, including a proposed $250,000 project threshold and quarterly public reporting.No vote; board gave feedback and sent staff back to revise the draft, including possibly removing the dollar threshold
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A two-year contract with Granicus to run the county Visitors Bureau's website.Approved as part of the consent agendaContract or award Contracts and procurement
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A construction contract with Brady Services to replace chiller equipment at the Whitted Building.Approved as part of the consent agenda
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A construction contract with Williams Paving to resurface and seal county parking lots.Approved as part of the consent agenda
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County staff and both districts discussed a draft interlocal agreement governing bond-funded school construction. Orange County Schools outlined a new elementary school on the Gravelly Hill Middle School site (targeting fall 2029), and Chapel Hill-Carrboro described an on-site replacement of Carrboro Elementary School…
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Knowehead Group LLC sought a reduction to $1,000,000 for three roughly 100-year-old duplexes on Smith Avenue, citing their age and upkeep costs. The county's consultant said the owner had provided no income data and that recent comparable sales supported the current $1,232,500 value, and the board made no change.No change, value held at $1,232,500, unanimous
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Knowehead Group LLC sought a reduction toward the $375,000 it paid for two Dawes Street duplexes in 2022. The county compared the property to similar units on Smith Avenue and found the current $758,200 value already conservative, and the board made no change.No change, value held at $758,200, unanimous
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Li Xu Yu sought $350,000 for a Carriage Circle rental property bought in foreclosure in 2014, arguing it has had almost no repair since. The county said the property already carries the lowest per-square-foot value among eight similar nearby homes, and after a remeasurement the board adopted its revised value of $408,…Value changed to $408,500, unanimous
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Seventeen items, including the HOME 2025-29 consolidated plan and 2025 annual action plan, an audit contract with Mauldin & Jenkins, ElectionWare election management software, an amendment to the purchase agreement for the crisis diversion facility site, contract renewals for courier services, parking deck security an…Approved unanimously
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Twenty-one items approved in one vote, one having been pulled at the start. Among them: a conservation easement purchase at RambleRill Farms; an interlocal agreement letting Durham County bill Orange County's solid waste fee for Chapel Hill properties inside Durham; recycling and municipal solid waste processing contr…Approved unanimously
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The north-south bus rapid transit has its final corridor design packet and is preparing for a federal risk workshop, a precondition of final grading, while negotiating property access for stations. The transit director went to Washington to meet both senators' offices. A cost-sharing agreement near the I-40 interchang…Staff or committee report Contracts and procurementHousing and affordabilityPublic facilitiesRoads and transportationTransit
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A simulated election run by staff and bipartisan precinct officials under the state's standards, followed by a resolution asking the State Board of Elections to approve the software. County funding would be sought after state approval.Resolution adopted
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Twelve items, including opioid settlement fund spending authorization for FY2026, a license agreement with TABLE Ministries, the health department refresh construction contract, fourth-quarter transit work program amendments, changes to Orange Unified Transportation Board policies, a resolution authorizing sale of pro…Approved unanimously; item 8-f pulled and then approved separately
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Thirteen items, including proclamations for Older Americans Month and Provider Appreciation Day, the Board of Health resolution on social media use, screen time and mental health, a lease renewal at 1000 Corporate Drive, the sale of a 0.26 acre property, and acceptance of a Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams grant.Approved unanimously
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An in-person demonstration of ES&S Electionware 5.2.4.0 and the required video demonstration of Hart Verity.Electionware 5.2.4.0 preliminarily recommended to the county commissioners
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3.c Contract with Gilbane for Construction Manager-At-Risk Services for the Crisis Diversion FacilityConstruction manager at risk services selected from eight responses to a January request for qualifications, with a budget amendment releasing $179,000 so work can start immediately.Approved 5-1
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Eleven items, including a professional services agreement for Historic Courthouse Square, a stormwater operations and maintenance agreement for the Efland EMS station, proclamations for Black Maternal Health Week, Native Plant Month and Fair Housing Month, an enterprise licence for the county's geographic information…Approved unanimously
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The Greene Tract master plan, adopted or endorsed by all owners in October 2024, allows up to 660 housing units alongside the Headwaters Preserve and a school site. The preserve came into sole county ownership in 2022. The UNC School of Government's Development Finance Initiative is working out what subsidy the afford…
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Ten items, including World Water Day and Creek Week proclamations, late applications for property tax exemption, a contract amendment for land records appraisal software, an HVAC replacement for the Sportsplex indoor pool, a correction to the USDA lease at the Bonnie B. Davis center, and a grounds maintenance agreemen…Approved unanimously
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The state board has identified the county's current election management software as needing replacement and secured grant funding for the transition. A demonstration including Electionware 5.2.4.0, the only version compatible with the county's voting equipment, was set for 15 April.Staff or committee report Contracts and procurementElections and districtsGrants and outside fundingSurveillance and cameras
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A program management director who has handled about $2.7 billion of school capital work in four districts distinguished program management across multiple projects from project management on each job. The county and both districts have not settled which model to use for the bond programme.Direction given to staff; no decision
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Items including advertisement of tax liens, extension of the 2025 listing period, a resolution authorising sale of property for the sheriff's office, and a payroll audit contract amendment. Two items were pulled: on the property sale, commissioners asked the manager to consider notifying adjoining neighbours, posting…Approved unanimously, with two items taken separately and also approved
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Deferred for time. Staff instead raised an early 19th century house on a large lot in the Hillsborough extraterritorial jurisdiction whose owner is interested in landmark status but has reservations. Designating it would require an interlocal agreement letting the county act inside a town's ETJ.
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The planning team interviewed the top two of five firms that answered the county's request for qualifications and finished its evaluations. A selection is due in early 2025.
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The board extended the deadline in its 2022 agreement with Lumos Fiber from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025 to reach all 6,370 unserved locations. The county funded the partnership with $10 million in American Rescue Plan money paid against benchmarks: $1 million at signing, $3 million when 3,000 homes were pas…Approved unanimously
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A certificate of appreciation for six years of board service. On marketing: a survey on updating the logo to balance the towns split evenly, so a decision waits until the bureau chooses a new advertising agency for FY25/26 through a competitive bid. Paid search advertising is running in the tourism and meetings market…
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The outside agencies application process has been revised so board members no longer review applications. The director met the Chapel Hill-Carrboro superintendent on November 13 about the district's new aligned phone policies, phones locked away all day in middle schools and out of sight during high school classes, an…Staff or committee report Contracts and procurementHealth and human servicesLitigation and settlementsSchools and education
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Approved unanimously. It adopted the October 15 minutes, proclaimed November Native American Heritage Month, renewed the Hollow Rock Nature Park interlocal agreement with Durham County and Chapel Hill, approved FY 2024-25 budget amendment #3, contracted with Motorola Solutions for the second phase of bi-directional an…Approved unanimously
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The county received 11 proposals for its Economic Development Strategic Plan. A review committee led by Joy Mercer will interview the top three firms the week of November 19 and expects to choose one by December 4, with work starting in January.Staff or committee report Contracts and procurement
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The board approved a contract with Siemens Industry to replace the fire alarm system at the Justice Facility and authorized the county manager to sign it.Approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimous.
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The board awarded a construction contract to H.M. Kern Corporation of Greensboro for the Fairview Park court expansion and approved buying lighting fixtures from Musco Lighting.Approved as part of consent agenda (unanimous)Contract or award Contracts and procurement
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The board awarded a construction contract to Landmark Management Partners, LLC for the community center renovation.Approved as part of consent agenda (unanimous)
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The board approved a contract with Sound Advice of Eastern NC to upgrade the audio/visual system at the Bonnie B. Davis Environmental and Agricultural Center.Approved as part of consent agenda (unanimous)
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The board approved a new five-year agreement for Piedmont Food Processing Center to keep managing the county's shared commercial kitchen, following a year of talks over accountability that added resident discount options and clearer equipment and insurance terms.Approved unanimouslyContract or award Contracts and procurement
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The board awarded a construction contract to Hamlett Associates to install automatic transfer switches and generators at the Motor Pool, Public Transportation building and Maintenance Shop.Approved unanimously as part of the consent agenda
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The board approved a revised $288,000 engineering services contract with Schnabel Engineering South for a Lake Orange survey project.Approved unanimously as part of the consent agenda
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The board renewed, for five years, the naming rights agreement with Sports Endeavors, Inc. for the county's Soccer.com Center soccer facility on West Ten Road.Approved unanimously as part of the consent agenda
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