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43 <br /> <br />APPROVED 5/5/2009 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />March 3, 2009 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, March <br />3, 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, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <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 />1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Aqua sheet -current water levels <br />Lavender sheet -information on the revaluation process <br />Beige sheet -explanation of taxation of public service companies <br />Pink sheet -revised attachment to item 6-a, Assessment of the Fire/Rescue Services in <br />Orange County <br />Melon sheet - PowerPoint presentation for Item 6-c, Orange County Percent for Art <br />Programs <br />Yellow sheet -memo from the County Manager on the Federal Stimulus Projects <br />Commissioner Foushee said that Commissioner Jacobs could not be here this evening <br />due to work obligations. <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />County Manager Laura Blackmon and Budget Director Donna Coffey <br />made the following presentation (lavender sheet): <br />Revaluation at a Glance <br />March 3, 2009 <br />Mandated by the North Carolina General Statutes governing property tax assessments <br />