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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 4 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 6 May 17, 2016 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 <br /> 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Building, in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair McKee and Commissioners Barry Jacobs, <br /> 13 Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Mark Dorosin and Mia Burroughs <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 17 Travis Myren and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be <br /> 18 identified appropriately below) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. <br /> 21 Chair McKee said Commissioners Dorosin and Burroughs will be absent this evening <br /> 22 and Commissioner Rich will be arriving late. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 25 Chair McKee noted the following items at the Commissioners' places: <br /> 26 - packet for item 11a: Firearms Safety Committee <br /> 27 - proposed wording change for item 5e: Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Approved <br /> 28 Procurement Policy for Orange Public Transportation <br /> 29 <br /> 30 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Chair McKee dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 2. Public Comments <br /> 35 <br /> 36 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 37 NONE <br /> 38 <br /> 39 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> 40 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> 41 below.) <br /> 42 <br /> 43 3. Announcements and Petitions by Board Members <br /> 44 Commissioner Pelissier had no petitions. <br /> 45 Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board received an email about glue traps for <br /> 46 rodents and the inhumanity of such traps. He asked if staff would follow up on this. <br /> 47 Commissioner Rich arrived 7:07 p.m. <br /> 48 Commissioner Jacobs said when George Wallace ran for Governor of Alabama in the <br /> 49 early 1960s he lost but ran again as an arch-segregationist, and was elected to office twice, <br />