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APPROVED 02!15!2005 MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br />SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER <br />JANUARY 22, 2005 <br />9:00 a.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for its annual Board retreat an <br />Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, <br />North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners <br />Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill and S. Sean Borhanian <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John 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 />FACILITATORS: Betsy Polk and Karen Archia <br />STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Pam Janes, Ken Chaviaus, Elaine Holmes, Greg Wilder, <br />Donna Dean, Craig Benedict, Lori Taft, Nancy Colton, Rosemary Summers, Jerry Passmore, <br />Todd Jones, Dianne Reid, David Stancil, Tara Fikes, AI Terry, Jack Ball, Todd Jones, Milan <br />Pham, Gayle Wilson <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE <br />KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />NOTE: The Board afCommissioners will be discussing the topics listed below in an effort to <br />establish a frametivork and set in motion a process for problem-solving, planning and decision- <br />makrng. The Board will not be voting or attempting to reach a conclu,sian an any .specific matter <br />at this meeting. <br />BREAKFAST GATHERING AT 8:30 A.M <br />OPENING COMMENTS: Chair Carey introduced Betsy Polk and Karen Archia from the Dispute <br />Settlement Center as the facilitators, and thanked them for coming. <br />The meeting began at 9:15. <br />INTRODUCTIONSIROLE OF FACILITATOR: <br />Betsy Polk said that their role is to keep the Board moving and on topic. <br />Karen Archia went over the ground rules: <br />• Begin and end on time <br />• One speaker at a time <br />• Stick to task and topic <br />• Listen attentively <br />• Share the floor <br />• It's okay to disagree -just do so respectfully <br />