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APPROVED 8/23/2011 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> WORK SESSION <br /> June 16, 2011 <br /> 1:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners for a Work Session on Thursday, June 16, 2011 <br /> at 1:30 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and <br /> Commissioners Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee and Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Valerie Foushee and Pam Hemminger <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton and Clerk to the Board <br /> Donna S. Baker (All other staff inembers will be identified appropriately below) <br /> Chair Pelissier said that Commissioners Foushee and Hemminger were unable to <br /> attend today's meeting. <br /> Chair Pelissier said that Commissioner Jacobs had submitted items to add to the <br /> agenda under#3 (yellow sheet). These items are as follows: <br /> - Email <br /> o Appropriate uses under Open Meetings Law <br /> o Transparency and public access <br /> o Copying Clerk on scheduled meetings <br /> - Consent Agenda <br /> o Items to include or exclude by custom <br /> - Internal Reports <br /> o Written reports on small-group meetings <br /> o Verbal reports by Commissioners <br /> - Conduct of Meetings <br /> o Addressing the public <br /> o Proper comportment <br /> o Time sensitivity <br /> - Work Sessions and Regular Meetings <br /> o Coordination of topics <br /> o Flexibility in practices <br /> o Solicitation of topics from Board <br /> Chair Pelissier said that they normally do not add items to a work session and she <br /> asked if the Board would like to add these items. The Board agreed. <br /> Commissioner McKee said that he would have to leave at 4:30 p.m. today. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that it may be hard to come to conclusions on some of <br /> these items and on those there could be options to bring back for a formal vote. <br />