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000341 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> DECEMBER 17► 1985 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on <br /> December 17, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carrboro Fire Department Training room, <br /> Carrboro► North Carolina. <br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT• Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners Shirley <br /> Marshall, Moses Carey, Jr., Ben Lloyd and Norman Walker. <br /> A'rM EY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Director of Finance <br /> Gordon Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe► Director of Planning <br /> Marvin Collins and Lands Record Manager Roscoe Reeve. <br /> A. BOARD COMMENTS <br /> Commissioner Lloyd requested he be notified before Special Meetings are <br /> arranged. Chair Willhoit indicated that efforts to contact him had been made <br /> and will continue to be made for all future special meetings. <br /> Chair Willhoit noted that he and Ken Thompson attended a luncheon <br /> honoring thirteen Agricultural Extension agents in North Carolina. Bonnie <br /> Davis of the local office was honored and received a $3.000 cash award. She <br /> had previously received a national award for her service. Ken Thompson noted <br /> that the Orange county Agricultural Extension Agency had been rated the <br /> highest of the seventeen agencies in this region which certainly indicates a <br /> department effort. <br /> B. AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br /> 1. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> Chair Willhoit announced that those persons in the audience who <br /> would like to make comments on specific items on the agenda will be recognized <br /> at the appropriate time. <br /> 2. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br /> Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill asked to add to the agenda an executive <br /> session to discuss litigation. <br /> C. MINUTES <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Lloyd► seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br /> approve the minutes for December 2, 1985 as corrected. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> D. APPOINTMENTS <br /> None. <br /> E. RESOLUTIONS <br /> Commissioner Marshall on behalf of the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners and the citizens of Orange County presented to Chris Hogan and <br /> Robert Hogan, Jr. a resolution of appreciation for their courage and concern <br /> for others. The resolution is printed in full below: <br /> RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION <br /> FOR <br /> CHRIS HOGAN AND ROBERT HOGAN► JR. <br /> WHEREAS Chris Hogan and Robert Hogan Jr. were on October 1, 1985 busy <br /> about their normal workaday business of farming, and <br /> WHEREAS, their activities in the field were interrupted by the sound of <br /> an airplane in trouble and its subsequent crash, and <br />