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APPROVED 3/3/2015 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br /> WHITTED BUILDING <br /> January 30. 2015 <br /> 9:00 a.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for their annual Board retreat on Friday, January <br /> 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair McKee and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, Mark <br /> Dorosin, Barry Jacobs, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Assistant County Manager <br /> Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker. <br /> FACILITATOR: Cynthia Brown, The Sojourner Group <br /> Department Heads: Jim Groves, Gayle Wilson, Dwane Brinson, Carla Banks, Nancy Coston, <br /> Janet Sparks, Lucinda Munger, Janice Tyler, Tracy Reams, Bob Marotto, Dave Stancil, Steve <br /> Brantley, Craig Benedict, Jim Northrup, Jeff Thompson, Greg Wilder, Mark Chilton, David Stancil, <br /> Jim Northup, Colleen Bridger, Paul Laughton , Audrey Spencer-Horsley <br /> OBJ ECTIVES <br /> • To review progress on Orange County's goals and priorities. <br /> • Relationship Building between Commissioners and Staff <br /> • Discuss how Orange County should fund school and county capital projects. <br /> • Initiate a discussion about BOCC Actions related to petitions, boards and commissions. <br /> AGENDA <br /> 8:30—9:00 Welcome/Continental Breakfast <br /> 9:00 - 9:15 Facilitator— Introductions/Ground Rules/Agenda Review <br /> 9:15— 11:00 2015 Update to 2009 Goals and Priorities <br /> 11:00— 11:15 BREAK <br /> 11:15— 12:00 Team Building Exercises (DSI Comedy Club) <br /> 12:00— 1:00 LUNCH <br /> 1:00—2:15 How Should Orange County Fund School and County Capital Projects? Bond <br /> Referendum vs. Fund with Existing Tax Rate <br /> 2:15—2:30 BREAK <br /> 2:30—3:00 Funding Orange County School and County Capital Projects Discussion, continued <br /> 3:00—3:45 Process for BOCC Actions <br /> 3:45—4:00 Open Discussion/Wrap Up <br /> MEETING SUMMARY <br /> Facilitator— Introductions/Ground Rules/Aqenda Review <br />