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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 />I <br />Attachment 5 <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />December 1, 2014 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, <br />December 1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br />Alice M. Gordon (retiring Commissioner), Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price, <br />Penny Rich, and Mia Burroughs (incoming Commissioner). <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. He welcomed everyone and <br />recognized the new Sheriff, Charles Blackwood, who was in attendance. <br />Resolution of Commendation for Commissioner Alice M. Gordon <br />Chair Jacobs read the following resolution: <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION FOR <br />COMMISSIONER ALICE M. GORDON <br />WHEREAS, the voters of Orange County elected Alice M. Gordon to the Board of County <br />Commissioners in 1990 and re- elected her in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010; and <br />WHEREAS, Commissioner Alice Gordon was elected Chair of the Board of Commissioners in <br />1999; and <br />WHEREAS, Commissioner Gordon has proven to be a dedicated and effective public servant <br />who, as she said on the campaign trail, "does her homework" including combing through every <br />agenda item with keen focus on detail, gaining the respect of all who have known her in both the <br />public and private sectors; and <br />