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1 <br /> APPROVED 11/15/2016 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION <br /> JOINT MEETING <br /> September 29, 2016 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a joint session with the Chapel <br /> Hill—Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education on Thursday, <br /> September 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Mia <br /> Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Rich <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Deputy Clerk Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna S. <br /> Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Steve Halkiotis <br /> and Board Members Brenda Stephens, Millicent Rainey, Tom Carr, Tony McKnight, Michael <br /> Hood and Superintendent Todd Wirt and Deputy Superintendent Pam Jones were also <br /> present. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ABSENT: <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS PRESENT: <br /> Chair James Barrett and Board Members Annetta Streater, Joal Broun, Rani Dasi, Pat <br /> Heinrich, Andrew Davidson, Margaret Samuels and Assistant Superintendent Todd LoFrese <br /> and Rydell Harrison, Interim Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Services were also <br /> present. <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ABSENT: <br /> Opening Comments <br /> Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. <br /> Chair McKee said Commissioner Rich, Commissioner Price, and County Manager <br /> Bonnie Hammersley would not be attending tonight. <br /> 1. Welcome and Opening Remarks <br /> James Barrett said the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' (CHCCS) Interim <br /> Superintendent, Dr. Jim Causby, could not be here tonight, and that Dr. Rydell Harrison, <br /> Interim Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Services, would be here instead. <br /> Steve Halkiotis said he wanted to praise Bonnie Hammersley tonight, and he respected <br /> the budget timeline and process. He said the Orange County Schools' (OCS) Board approved <br /> a budget audit standing committee to coordinate efforts between OCS and the Board of <br /> County Commissioners (BOCC). He suggested that their on-going collaboration committee <br /> has not been very successful, and instead proposed the creation of a new committee, to <br /> improve the budget process, made up of the three elected bodies: BOCC, Board of CHCCS <br /> and Board of OCS. Steve Halkiotis said the Family Success Alliance (FSA) group has been <br /> working at the New Hope Elementary, and there have been dramatic changes due to this <br /> alliance. He wanted to thank Bonnie Hammersley for information on the funds collected from <br />