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Attachment 1 <br />2 <br />3 DRAFT MINUTES <br />4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />5 REGULAR MEETING <br />6 October 7, 2014 <br />7 7:00 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br />10 October 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />11 <br />12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br />13 Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br />16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Assistant County <br />17 Managers Clarence Grier, Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff <br />18 members will be identified appropriately below) <br />19 <br />20 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />21 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />22 <br />23 Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. <br />24 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />25 NONE <br />26 <br />27 PUBLIC CHARGE <br />28 Chair Jacobs dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />29 <br />30 2. Public Comments <br />31 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />32 Don O'Leary questioned how society has gotten so deep that there is even discussion <br />33 about why we are putting industrial chemical waste into our water supply in the form of fluoride. <br />34 He said this is a result of government deception and evil influence. He read from the Bible. He <br />35 said it is the leaders' responsibility to take care of the people. He asked for this issue to be put <br />36 on a public hearing. <br />37 <br />38 Corey Stumer said he wanted to respond Colleen Bridger's response to their comments <br />39 about OWASA fluoridation in their water. He said Colleen Bridger's email to the Board of <br />40 County Commissioners and public recommending that OWASA continue drugging the <br />41 population through their water supply. He said he has informed her of where the propaganda of <br />42 safety and efficacy of fluoridation comes from, but she continues to repeat the mantra of safety <br />43 and effectiveness. He said the FDA has never approved the ingestion of fluoride as being safe <br />44 and effective in preventing tooth decay, and the truth about this policy is available to anyone on <br />45 the web. He said there is sufficient evidence to abandon this fluoridation policy, and Colleen <br />46 Bridger has made no effort to address with any specificity the questions and statements posed <br />47 last month. He said she has deferred this to the OWASA board, who has then deferred to other <br />48 state bureaucracies to avoid liability. He said this issue deserves a public referendum. <br />49 <br />