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APPROVED 1/22/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RECONVENED DECEMBER 1, 2008 MEETING <br /> December 11, 2008 <br /> 6:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in a reconvened session on Thursday, <br /> December 11, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North <br /> Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Mike Nelson and Commissioners <br /> Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Valerie P. Foushee <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other <br /> staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> Commissioner Nelson called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Vice-Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> (These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda <br /> below.) <br /> 3. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> a. UNC/Orange County Landfill Gas Recovery Agreement <br /> The Board received, reviewed, and commented on a presentation on the proposed <br /> agreement for the joint UNC/Orange County Landfill Gas Recovery Project. <br /> Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that in January 2008, the County <br /> Commissioners authorized a Memorandum of Understanding for the staff to embark upon a <br /> process to come to a preliminary agreement for a final contract proposal with UNC. On April <br /> 15th, the staff made a presentation and the County Commissioners endorsed having the staff <br /> to proceed to this stage. In the middle of October, there was a public meeting. This <br />