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APPROVED 1/22/2015 <br /> 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 /> Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price, Penny Rich, and Mia Burroughs <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 /> 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 <br /> the public and private sectors; and <br /> WHEREAS, during her tenure as an Orange County Commissioner, Alice M. Gordon has <br /> shared her talent for leadership and public service through her work on numerous committees, <br /> boards, and task forces focusing on public education, environmental protection, and regional <br /> transportation; and <br />