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I Attachment 1 2 3 DRAFT MINUTES 4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 5 CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION 6 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 7 JOINT MEETING 8 September 30, 2014 9 10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint session with the Chapel 11 Hill — Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education on Tuesday, 12 September 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. 13 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Alice M. 15 Gordon, Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier, Earl McKee, Renee Price and Penny Rich 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: 17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: 18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Assistant County 19 Managers Clarence Grier and Cheryl Young, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other 20 staff members will be identified appropriately below) 21 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Steve Halkiotis, 22 and Board Members Tom Carr, Lawrence Sanders. Interim Superintendent Del Burns was also 23 present. 24 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ABSENT: Tony McKnight, Brenda 25 Stephens, Donna Coffey, Rosa Williams 26 CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS 27 PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice Chair Mia Burroughs and Board Members James 28 Barrett, Mike Kelly, Andrew Davidson, Michelle Brownstein and Annetta Streater. 29 Superintendent Tom Forcella was also present. 30 CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ABSENT: 31 32 Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. 33 34 1. Welcome and Opening Remarks - Chair Bedford, Chair Halkiotis and Chair Jacobs 35 Chair Jacobs welcomed everyone and noted that this is the first joint school board 36 meeting that will be televised. He said this is a great step in making meetings accessible to the 37 public. 38 Chair Halkiotis thanked the Board of County Commissioners for what they do for 39 children in Orange County to fund their schools. 40 Chair Halkiotis said the schools will be facing challenges in the years to come. He 41 discussed upcoming cuts to the drivers' education program. He said the schools will continue 42 to need the support of the Commissioners in the future. 43 Chair Jacobs said the Commissioners are proud of both school systems. He said 44 support of the schools is the most essential thing the Board does. 45 Chair Halkiotis said he has had more communication with Chair Bedford than ever 46 before, and they discussed honoring the Board of County Commissioners for their efforts to 47 support the school systems. He said the two school systems have joined together to pull 48 together information and nominate the Orange County Board of County Commissioners for the 49 annual achievement award given by the School Board Association in November.