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<br />APPROVED 11/14/2006 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />October 17, 2006 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, October <br />17, 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: Interim County Manager Rod Visser, Assistant County <br />Manager Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be <br />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 pulled all consent appointment items - 5-b (1-4). There was another <br />suggestion to add an item after public comment for the appointment of the new County <br />Manager. The Board agreed. <br />Chair Jacobs reviewed the items at the County Commissioners' places. There was a <br />new abstract for item 5-d-3. <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 />No comments. <br />b. Matters an the Printed Agenda <br />(These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda <br />below.) <br />Chair Jacobs referred to the additional agenda abstract for the appointment of a new <br />County Manager. He said that John Link announced his retirement in February and stepped <br />down on August 31~. Rod Visser has been serving as Interim Manager. There is now a <br />nominee to be appointed as the new Orange County Manager -Laura Blackmon. Ms. <br />Blackmon comes from Osceola County, Florida. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis. seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br />appoint Laura Blackmon to the position of Orange County Manager effective November 30, <br />2006 at a starting salary of $135,000, with other elements of compensation to be confirmed by <br />the Board at the Board's November 2, 2006 regular meeting. <br />