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1 <br /> 1 APPROVED 12/17/96 <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1996 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, December 2, <br /> 8 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Old County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners William L. <br /> 11 Crowther, Alice M. Grodon, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Don Willhoit. <br /> 12 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers <br /> 13 Albert Kittrell and Rod Visser, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (all other staff will be identified <br /> 14 appropriately below) <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> 16 <br /> 17 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE <br /> 18 CLERK'S OFFICE. RECORDING TAPES ARE KEPT FOR FIVE (5) YEARS. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 <br /> 21 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve <br /> 23 the minutes as presented for August 20, October 1, October 15, November 4 and November 19, 1996 <br /> 24 and to approve the minutes for November 13 as corrected. <br /> 25 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 26 <br /> 27 2. RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION <br /> 28 A resolution of appreciation was presented to Commissioner Willhoit for his twenty years of <br /> 29 service to Orange County as County Commissioner. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, <br /> 30 seconded by Commissioner Crowther to approve the resolution as stated below: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 33 HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 34 <br /> 35 -Tesolution of Commendation <br /> 36 for <br /> 37 ;00n Wi llho it <br /> 38 <br /> 39 WHEREAS, Don Willhoit was nominated by the voters of Orange County to The Board of County <br /> 40 Commissioners in the Democratic Primary of May, 1976, and <br /> 41 <br /> 42 WHEREAS, he was elected by the voters of Orange County to the Board of County Commissioners in the <br /> 43 General Elections of November, 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992, and <br /> 44 <br /> 45 WHEREAS, during his 20 years of continuous service, he was elected by his fellow Commissioners as Chair of <br /> 46 the Board in December of 1983, 1984 and 1985, and through his knowledge and leadership skills <br /> 47 and understanding of those addressing the Board, he always provided reassurance to those who <br />