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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />Attachment 1 <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION <br />May 15, 2014 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Thursday, May <br />151 2014 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: <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant County <br />Managers Cheryl Young and Clarence Grier and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other <br />staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order. He said the following two items were to be <br />added to the agenda tonight: <br />Closed Session <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to add <br />a closed session at the end of the meeting for the purpose of: <br />To discuss matters relating to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in the <br />area served by the public body, including agreement on a tentative list of economic <br />development incentives that may be offered by the public body in negotiations. The action <br />approving the signing of an economic development contract or commitment, or the action <br />authorizing the payment of economic development expenditures, shall be taken in an open <br />session. § 143- 318.11(a)(4). <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Televising the additional budget public hearing <br />Clerk to the Board Donna Baker said this item is being brought forth because the Board <br />decided last week to televise the May 22nd Budget Public Hearing ( at DSS) in order to <br />introduce to the public the new County Manager. <br />She noted that at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on May 13th a <br />Commissioner requested that the May 29th Budget Public Hearing at Southern Human Services <br />Center also be televised to make this equitable. <br />Chair Jacobs said the cost would be a total of $2110, and the funding would come from <br />the Clerk's budget or the Board of County Commissioners contingency fund. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br />authorize the Clerk to move forward with televising the May 29th Budget Public Hearing at <br />f <br />Southern Human Services Center, as well as the May 22 nc public hearing. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />