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<br />APPROVED 1121312007 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />December 4, 2006 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, <br />December 4, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners <br />Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, 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. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE <br />KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />Resolution of Commendation for Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordan, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br />approve a resolution of commendation for Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis. <br />Chair Jacobs read the resolution (stated below): <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION <br />FOR <br />COMMISSIONER STEPHEN H. HALKIOTIS <br />WHEREAS, Stephen Halkiotis was inspired to run for public office after he encountered <br />injustice and the arbitrary exercise of power, serendipitously at a time when the <br />Board of County Commissioners needed more progressive voices; and <br />WHEREAS, the citizens of Orange County elected Stephen Halkiotis to the Board of County <br />Commissioners in 1986 and re-elected him in 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002; and, <br />WHEREAS, his Board colleagues expressed recognition of, and appreciation for, Stephen <br />Halkiotis' service and leadership by electing him as Chair of the Board of <br />Commissioners in 2001 and as Vice-Chair for 14 years, most recently in 2005- <br />06; and <br />