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APPROVED 8/18/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> June 2, 2009 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 2, <br /> 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and <br /> Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (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 /> 7:09:06 PM <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Items included at the Commissioners' places: <br /> • Letters from employees <br /> • Revisions to item 10-a (Appointments — Carrboro Northern Transition Area Advisory <br /> Committee) and 10-b ( Commission for Women) <br /> • information about voluntary agricultural districts <br /> • correction sheet from Commissioner Gordon for Item 4-a — Minutes <br /> • materials for the June 41h budget work session <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Jim Dooley was representing the Chamber of Commerce and spoke about Hillsborough <br /> Hog Day on June 19-20. He distributed some gifts to the County Commissioners. <br /> Margaret Cannel) thanked the Board of County Commissioners for all of their support of <br /> Hillsborough Hog Day. She thanked the Solid Waste Department for helping them make this a <br /> "green" event. <br /> Susan Rice works for Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitor's Bureau and asked all Orange <br /> County employees in the audience to stand. She is a single mother. She said that working for <br /> the County has been a good thing, but this year balancing the budget will be hard. According <br />