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APPROVED 11/18/2014 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> October 7, 2014 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br /> October 7, 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 7:01 p.m. <br /> 1. Additions or Chanqes to the Aqenda <br /> NONE <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Jacobs dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Aqenda <br /> Don O'Leary questioned how society has gotten so deep that there is even discussion <br /> about why we are putting industrial chemical waste into our water supply in the form of fluoride. <br /> He said this is a result of government deception and evil influence. He read from the Bible. <br /> He said it is the leaders' responsibility to take care of the people. He asked for this issue to be <br /> put on a public hearing. <br /> Corey Stumer said he wanted to respond Colleen Bridger's response to their comments <br /> about OWASA fluoridation in their water. He said Colleen Bridger's email to the Board of <br /> County Commissioners and public recommending that OWASA continue drugging the <br /> population through their water supply. He said he has informed her of where the propaganda <br /> of safety and efficacy of fluoridation comes from, but she continues to repeat the mantra of <br /> safety and effectiveness. He said the FDA has never approved the ingestion of fluoride as <br /> being safe and effective in preventing tooth decay, and the truth about this policy is available <br /> to anyone on the web. He said there is sufficient evidence to abandon this fluoridation policy, <br /> and Colleen Bridger has made no effort to address with any specificity the questions and <br /> statements posed last month. He said she has deferred this to the OWASA board, who has <br /> then deferred to other state bureaucracies to avoid liability. He said this issue deserves a <br /> public referendum. <br />