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--fir APPROVED OCTOBER 20,1987 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING JUNE 16, 1987 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on June 16, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the old Post Office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, and Assistant County Managers Albert Kittrell and William T. Laws, EMS Director Bobby Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly Blythe, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes, Purchasing Director Pamela Jones, Director of Department on Aging Jerry Passmore, and Planner Greg Szymik. A. BOARD AND MANAGERS COMMENTS Chair Marshall added the statement "and authorize the Chair to sign" to items F3 and Fll. Item F11 was moved to G14 and F14 to G15. Attorney Gledhill changed the designated party on item F4 - Section VIII to Orange County instead of Housing Authority. Commissioner Hartwell gave an update report on the Reservoir Site Committee and the Long Range Water Management Strategy Committee and stated that a report will be forthcoming from the Reservoir Site Committee at the next meeting. B. AUDIENCE COMMENTS 1. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA Chair Marshall indicated that those who have indicated a desire to speak will be recognized at the time their item appears on the agenda. Because of the length of the agenda, time will not allow additional comments on the Animal Ordinance. She asked that one person make the statement with regards to the school budget. 2. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA Sarah Stewart, representative of the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Federation of Teachers, questioned statements made by the Board with regard to not being able to line item specific items and parity. She asked that the Board look at the pay level of those who are involved with the Career Ladder in the Orange County School System when considering parity in the supplemental pay. She emphasized that at the June 8 public hearing on the budget there was an overwhelming concern about education. She asked for full support from the Commissioners for the sake of education. John Schaenman, representative of the Orange County Federation of Teachers, indicated that the Orange County Schools do not equate equity with merger but equate equity with the two schools being funded at the same level. He feels that those who live in the Orange County School District would vote for an additional tax for education. He referred to the comments made at the June 8 public hearing and to the fact that no one asked that taxes be cut but only that if the money is going to the schools that the taxes be increased. He asked that the schools be funded first at a level of 65% before considering the other proposals.