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APPROVED 11/15/2005 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Public Hearing on the Structure of the Board of County Commissioners <br />August 24, 2005 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Public Hearing on the Structure <br />of the Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at <br />the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, and <br />Commissioners Valerie P. Faushee, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen Halkiatis and Barry <br />Jacobs <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS 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 <br />other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: <br />MEETING <br />Call to Order <br />Chair Carey called the meeting to order and said this is the first of two public <br />hearings on the subject of district representation of County Commissioners in Orange <br />County. The next meeting will be held on August 31, 2005 in Hillsborough. Tonight we <br />ask you to sign up on list in the back of the room if you would to speak. This is our <br />opportunity to listen to you about the issue we are considering. There is some <br />information in the back of the room you might want to see including a list of options Chair <br />Carey developed for consideration by the Board and other members of the public. We <br />look forward to hearing what you say about the subject and invite you to share your <br />views with the Board. <br />2. Opening Comments by Board Members <br />Commissioner Gordon thanked everyone for coming and asked that when they <br />speak they identify which township they are from and if they have changes they would like <br />to see to please explain what they hope to accomplish by the changes. <br />3. Staff Update Presentation <br />Geof Gledhill said this is the first of two public hearings to hear from the public <br />about the idea of changing the structure of the Board of County Commissioners. He said <br />that everything in the agenda packet is on the Orange County website and may also be <br />obtained through the Clerk's office or the Manager's Office. Most of the attachments with <br />the agenda relate to questions and comments that came up during the May 5t" work <br />session and they also include the options that Chair Carey has put before the public to <br />comment on. He said that at May 5t" work session there was a report on the different <br />