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APPROVED 1/22/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> December 11, 2008 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in a regular session on Thursday, <br /> December 11, 2008 at 7:30 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 /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Commissioner Nelson made reference to the request to add item 6-g, Letter to NC <br /> Division of Air Quality Re: Air Toxins. He said that he does not feel comfortable adding items <br /> at the last minute. He said that he told the person that wanted to add this that it would be <br /> added to the very end of the agenda and the likelihood of the Board getting to the end of the <br /> agenda was very slim. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that David Stancil sent an email this afternoon on this item. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that the deadline for comments to the State is December <br /> 31St <br /> Commissioner Jacobs read the underlined statement in the memo from David Stancil, <br /> "Although it would mean letting the December 31 comment deadline pass, they suggest (and I <br /> would concur) that we study this issue further before sending a letter to NC DAQ about the <br /> exemptions." He suggested not adding this to the agenda. The Board agreed. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Vice-Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Carolyn Cole spoke on the proposed item 6-g, which was not added. She said that <br /> there is a current Statewide exemption for toxic air emissions for over 1,400 N. C. industries <br /> with combustion sources. This is a loophole that poisons the air for all citizens. In a spirit of <br />