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V 1.~ 1 APPROVED 10/19/93 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 14, 1993 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in Special Session on Tuesday, September 14, 1993 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of holding a Public Hearing on the proposed Civil Rights Ordinance. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners Stephen H. Halkiotis, Alice M. Gordon, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Ken Brown, and council members Julie Andresen, Joe Herzenberg, Mark Chilton, and Joyce Brown. CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN PRESENT: Jacquelyn Gist. HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Horace Johnson. COUNTY 8TAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager Albert Kittrell, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Director of the Commission for Women Lucy Lewis, Administrative Assistant Judy Messenheimer, Deputy Sheriff Archie Daniels and Public Works Director Wilbert McAdoo. The meeting was convened by Commissioner Carey at 7:30. He acknowledged the members of the Human Relations Commission for their many long hours of work on this proposed Ordinance and introduced the elected officials from the municipalities. PUBLIC CHARGE: Chair Carey read the public charge. He also listed the groundrules under which the meeting would be conducted. The Board of Commissioners office received six letters in support of this proposed Ordinance and one in opposition. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: I. Proposed Civil Rights Ordinance Director of the Commission For Women Lucy Lewis gave a brief summary of the history of the Human Relations Commission and the Civil Rights Ordinance. She presented information on the key provisions of the proposed Ordinance, outlined the process for dealing with complaints, and discussed the key benefits to Orange County. She also mentioned concerns the Human Relations Commission members have heard prior to this Public Hearing. A copy of the charts for this presentation are in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. County Attorney Geof Gledhill gave a lengthy presentation on the area of the proposed Ordinance which addresses "other prohibited discriminatory acts." He indicated that over 95~ of the issues addressed by the Ordinance would be in the area of housing and employment. Incidents that could be called "other prohibited discriminatory acts" will be the exception rather than the rule. GS14-401.14 states that "...if a person shall because of race, color, religion, nationality or country of origin,