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APPROVED 10/7/2014 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> September 4, 2014 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, <br /> September 4, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in Hillsborough, 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: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, 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 /> Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 1. Additions or Chanqes to the Aqenda <br /> Chair Jacobs noted the following items at the Commissioner's places: <br /> - Guide to Orange County Government <br /> - White Sheet—Tips for a Successful Meeting <br /> - Green Sheet—Arts Grant Recipients <br /> - Pink Sheet— Update to Item 5-e <br /> -Yellow Sheet— Proposed addition to the agenda <br /> - White Packet— Report on Planning items <br /> - Handout regarding recycling containers <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to add <br /> the proposed resolution: A Resolution Commemoratinq Saint Paul African Methodist <br /> Episcopal Church on the 150t" Anniversary of its Foundinq to the consent the agenda as <br /> item 6-m. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> ***SPECIAL PRESENTATION <br /> Chair Jacobs introduced Jeff Thompson to provide a short presentation on the new <br /> Whitted Meeting facility. <br /> Jeff Thompson presented a collage of pictures of the Whitted facility's past use, and he <br /> outlined its history. He said this building is an excellent example of the Board-adopted space <br /> use criteria of co-location, centralization, and sustainable building and operational practices. <br /> He thanked the Board of County Commissioners for their leadership in preserving and using <br /> this historic landmark. He thanked several individuals, staff inembers, government partners <br /> and the project team for their dedicated and diligent work on this project. <br />