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APPROVED 2/18/2013 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> December 10, 2013 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br /> December 10, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant County <br /> Managers Clarence Grier, Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna 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. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. He asked Donna Baker, Clerk to <br /> the Board, to introduce Thom Freeman, the new Assistant to the Clerk. <br /> Donna Baker introduced Thom Freeman as the newest member of the Clerk's office. <br /> She said he comes from the Department of Social Services. He will be in the re-instated, full- <br /> time position of Assistant to the Clerk, with a focus on boards and commissions. She noted <br /> that this position was eliminated due to staff budget reductions in 2010 and was recently re- <br /> instated by the Board of Commissioners during the past budget cycle. She said there were <br /> many facets of the position that were unable to be addressed during the absence of a full time <br /> position, such as chair meetings, staff orientations, and volunteer recruitment and recognition. <br /> She said the re-instatement of this position will help bring things back up to "full throttle" in the <br /> coming months. <br /> Thom Freeman said he is looking forward to the challenge. <br /> Chair Jacobs reviewed the following agenda changes and items at the Commissioners' <br /> places: <br /> - PowerPoint - Item 4-b — Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FYE 6/30/2013 <br /> - Agenda change to Item 6-f- Resolution of Approval — Hughes-Morgan Conservation <br /> Easement Donation- - This must be removed from the consent agenda to discuss <br /> whether the BOCC wishes to accept the conservation easement without the liability <br /> insurance provisions found in section 5(c) of the draft conservation easement. The <br /> grantor objects to the liability insurance requirements. <br /> - Item 6-g —Adoption of the Final Financing Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of <br /> $10,500,000 of Installment Financing to Finance Various County and School Capital <br /> Investment Plan Projects and County Equipment. This must be removed from the <br /> consent agenda for discussion. If approved, this item will be moved to 5-a. <br /> - Yellow Sheet— Item 5-a <br />