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APPROVED 6/27/2006 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />April 18, 2006 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 18, <br />2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen Halkiotis <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <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 />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Chair Jacobs pointed out item 7-b, Triangle Regional Transportation Development Plan <br />(white sheet}. The lavender sheet was a substitute for item 8-b. There was also item 9-b (white <br />sheet}, Approval of Equipment and Vehicle Purchases. The green sheet was item 10-b, which <br />was regarding the Greene Tract. There was also a news release regarding wildfire danger in <br />Orange County, an update on water supply reservoir levels, and an update on energy <br />conservation goals. <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge, <br />2. Public Comments <br />a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />James Ward spoke on behalf of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and presented a <br />proclamation honoring the confederate history of Orange County. He read the proclamation, as <br />follows: <br />Whereas, on May 20, 1861, the State of North Carolina seceded from the Union and <br />became part of the Confederate States of America. <br />Whereas, at least 2,000 men from Orange County fought for the Confederacy, and a <br />quarter of these men died in defense of their homes. <br />Whereas, the women and children and elderly of Orange County suffered hardship and <br />privation during this period. <br />Whereas, since every generation should honor the generations in their past, it is only <br />right and proper that we should officially recognize the sacrifice and fortitude of the people of <br />Orange County who lived and died during the War Between the States. <br />Therefore, we the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim the <br />week of May 7-13 hereafter as Confederate History Week, and proclaim that the period state <br />flag of North Carolina be flown from the Orange County Courthouse flagstaff during this week. <br />