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� <br /> 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner <br /> 2 Pelissier to approve the remaining items of the document, as amended, with the exception of <br /> 3 the Grounds for Funding Commitments. <br /> 4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 5 <br /> 6 8. Reports-NONE <br /> 7 <br /> 8 9. County Manaqer's Report <br /> 9 Frank Clifton said that, in recognition of County employees, they just completed the <br /> 10 United Way Giving Campaign, and County employees raised more than 8% over last year's <br /> 11 giving. <br /> 12 He said that he just received word that the County received the North Carolina Energy <br /> 13 Efficiency Conservation Grant Award of $177,675 associated with the Link Center and its <br /> 14 geothermal heating and cooling system. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 10. County Attorney's Report <br /> 17 John Roberts said that there is a memo from him regarding ethics requirements for the <br /> 18 County Commissioners and a copy of Orange County's Ethics Code. He encouraged the <br /> 19 County Commissioners to familiarize themselves with this. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 11. Appointments <br /> 22 a. Oranqe County Planninq Board — New Appointments <br /> 23 The Board considered making new appointments to the Orange County Planning <br /> 24 Board. <br /> 25 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs to appoint Alice White to the Cedar <br /> 26 Grove Township position. There was no second. <br /> 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to <br /> 28 appoint Alan Campbell to the Cedar Grove Township position with an expiration date of March <br /> 29 31, 2013. <br /> 30 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 31 <br /> 32 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to <br /> 33 make Peter Hallenbeck the Cheeks Township representative ( keeping his term expiration date <br /> 34 of March 31, 2012), thereby making the new position an at large position, and to appoint <br /> 35 Andrea Rohrbacher to the At-Large position for an unexpired term ending March 31, 2012. <br /> 36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 37 <br /> 38 12. Board Comments <br /> 39 Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Metropolitan Planning Organization and <br /> 40 said that Karen Lincoln would be providing a short summary. She said that the comments on <br /> 41 the NC 54 Study are due December 10th. She said that there was stimulus money for Twin <br /> 42 Creeks but there was some delay in getting the bridge site approved, so an extension must be <br /> 43 requested for six months. She asked that the department be vigilant and try to get that back to <br /> 44 the County as soon as possible with the extension. <br /> 45 Commissioner Gordon said that there is a Partners group for Chapel Hill Transit and <br /> 46 they had a meeting today and discussed Leigh Village and the parking structure. <br /> 47 Commissioner Gordon said that there was a presentation awhile back about the <br /> 48 addressing system and an ordinance regarding the addressing system was discussed. She <br /> 49 asked about the status of this issue and would like an update. <br />