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1 I Attachment 1 2 3 DRAFT MINUTES 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 5 REGULAR MEETING 6 October 1, 2013 7 7:00 p.m. 8 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, 10 October 1, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS offices, in Hillsborough, N.C. 11 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, 13 Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant County 17 Managers Clarence Grier, Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff 18 members will be identified appropriately below) 19 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT 20 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 21 22 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 23 Chair Jacobs noted that Commissioner Pelissier would be arriving late. 24 Chair Jacobs reviewed the following items at the Commissioner's places: 25 • Two hand outs from individuals speaking on Veterans' affairs 26 • White-PowerPoint for item 7a, Unified Animal Control Ordinance 27 28 PUBLIC CHARGE 29 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. 30 31 2. Public Comments 32 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 33 34 Jesse Torres is an Orange County resident and a member of the military order of the 35 Purple Heart, Chapter 637. He reviewed the history of the Purple Heart. He indicated the hand 36 out at the Commissioner's places, which is a proposed proclamation to have Orange County 37 designated as a Purple Heart county. He noted that the back side of the sheet lists all the 38 counties that have already gone through this process. 39 Marshall Morris is here on behalf of Jesse Torres. He noted the handout at the 40 Commissioner's places from the Veteran's Administration, indicating that there are 7000 41 veterans in Orange County who receive compensation. He said this equals $26 million per year 42 in compensation and pensions given to wounded veterans. He said this information is to 43 support Jesse Torres' request. 44 Don O'Leary said he agreed with most of the Board's decisions, with the exception of 45 the topic of ICLEI. He said the government has shut down the wrong departments, and all 46 three branches of the government should have been shut down. 47 48 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 49 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 50 below.)