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APPROVED 2!3/2004 MINUTES (VERBATIM) ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Public Hearing on the Potential Impacts of a Possible School Merger December 4, 2003 7:30 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Public Hearing on the Potential Impacts of a Passible School Merger on Thursday, December 4, ZOQ3 at 7:30 p.m. in the District Courtroom, New Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs, and Commissioners Margaret W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker {All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. 1. Opening Comments Chair Jacobs welcomed the public to the public hearing and read the public charge: PUBLIC CHARGE: The Board of Commissioners pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. Chair Jacobs said to date they have had two public hearings, one on October 16`" and one on October 23rd, and they are in the process of gathering information and the Board of County Commissioners had its first discussion of these matters on November 11t" He asked the speakers to limit their comments to three minutes. 2. PowerPoint Presentation -John LinklRod Visser Jahn Link and Assistant Manager Rod Visser gave the PowerPoint presentation entitled, Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools -Funding Equity/Potential Impacts Resulting from a Possible Merger.