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1 <br /> 1 DRAFT Attachment 4 <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 May7, 2013 <br /> 6 7:00 p.m. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on May 7, 2013 at <br /> 9 7:00 p.m. at the DSS offices, in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br /> 12 Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Managers <br /> 16 Michael Talbert, Clarence Grier and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members <br /> 17 will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 18 <br /> 19 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> 20 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 23 The Chair went through the items at the County Commissioners' places: <br /> 24 <br /> 25 - Pink sheet— revision to 4g - Resolution in Support of Smart Start and NC Pre K <br /> 26 - White sheet - General Assembly Legislation - 2 amendments —4-g Resolution in <br /> 27 Support of Smart Start and NC Pre K <br /> 28 - Lime green sheet -from Orange County Peace Coalition ( matters not on the printed <br /> 29 agenda) <br /> 30 - White sheet - Letter for Item 7a - Whitted 2nd Floor "A" Building Permanent Board <br /> 31 Meeting Facilities <br /> 32 - White sheet - Orange County Cultural Center—Business Plan - 7a -Whitted 2nd Floor <br /> 33 "A" Building Permanent Board Meeting Facilities <br /> 34 - Item 6a- is deferred - Proposed 2012-2013 Secondary Road (SR) Construction <br /> 35 Program for Orange County <br /> 36 <br /> 37 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 38 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 2. Public Comments <br /> 41 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 42 Hank Elkins, referring to the green handout sheet, spoke on behalf of the Orange <br /> 43 County Peace Coalition. He said $480 million of taxpayer money has gone to Afghanistan and <br /> 44 Iraq, which is $3500 for every person in the county. He said jobs have been created over there <br /> 45 but questioned how many jobs have been created in Orange County. He compared the dollars <br /> 46 invested in education versus the amount spent on military funding and said twice as many <br /> 47 education jobs could have been created. He said the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 48 knows what Orange County needs — money for education; affordable housing; health; and <br /> 49 entities that are investments in real security. <br />