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APPROVED 1219/2003 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />September 2, 2003 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for regular session on Tuesday, September 2, <br />2003 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret Brown and Commissioners <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis, and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill and Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Jahn M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br />members will be identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE <br />1. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br />Chair Brown asked to move item 6-b in front of presentations and make it before 6-a so <br />that the elementary children from New Hope Elementary who are visiting with us tonight for item <br />6-b would not have to stay up late. <br />2. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda -NONE <br />b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />(These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the <br />agenda below.) <br />3. BOARD COMMENTS <br />Commissioner Halkiotis had no comments. <br />Commissioner Carey asked the Board of County Commissioners to consider an item of <br />the school boards -truancy policies and how they relate to the OCJP board. <br />John Link will add this to the joint meeting with the school boards. <br />Commissioner Gordon reported that TTA had a board of trustee meeting recently and is <br />updating service standards. The TTA is moving forward with Phase I and discussing ways to <br />plan for Phase II. <br />Commissioner Gordon reported on the Triangle J COG Executive Committee meeting <br />and noted they have moved to their new offices. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that Chair of the Durham County Commissioners, Ellen <br />Reckhow, and Triangle J Council of Governments are trying to get the three county <br />commissioner Chairs from Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties together. They are going to <br />have a meeting of the three Commissioners and staff on September 9t". Chair Brown has <br />requested that she go to this meeting, and she will report back on this. The topic is going to be <br />air quality. <br />