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1 <br /> APPROVED 12/5/2016 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> JOINT MEETING WITH THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION <br /> October 6, 2016 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners held a joint meeting on Thursday, October 6, <br /> 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Mark <br /> Dorosin, Mia Burroughs, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, Penny Rich and Renee Price <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEFS PRESENT: <br /> Brad Allison, Fire Chief, Caldwell FD; Matt Sullivan, Fire Chief, Town of Chapel Hill; Matt <br /> Lawrence, Chapel Hill Deputy Fire Chief; Chief Susanna Williams, Town of Carrboro; Kent <br /> Squires, Carrboro Deputy Fire Chief; Jeff Borland, Fire Chief, Cedar Grove FD; Phillip Nasseri, <br /> Fire Chief, White Cross FD; Jeff Cabe, Fire Chief, Orange Rural FD; John Stroud, Fire Chief, <br /> North Chatham FD; Kevin Brooks, Fire Chief, Efland FD; Pete Hallenbeck, Efland Deputy Fire <br /> Chief; Matthew Mauzy, Chief, South Orange Rescue Squad (SORS); Mike Tapp, Fire Chief, <br /> New Hope FD; Steve McCauley, Fire Chief, Orange Grove FD; Keith Hayes, Chief, Eno FD; <br /> Dinah Jeffries, Orange County Emergency Services Director <br /> VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPTS. — CHAIRS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br /> Barry Walker, Caldwell BOD President; Bill Waddell, Orange Grove BOD President; John <br /> Holland, Orange Rural BOD President; Fred Stipe, SORS BOD President; Howard Pratt, New <br /> Hope BOD President,;Tony Blake, White Cross BOD President <br /> Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. <br /> Welcome and Introductions <br /> Chair McKee recognized Dinah Jeffries as the new Orange County Emergency <br /> Services Director. <br /> 1. Fire Departments' Accomplishments During 2015 <br /> White Cross Fire Chief Phillip Nasseri <br /> Phillip Nasseri thanked the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) for this <br /> collaborative meeting. <br /> He went through a list of the Fire Departments' Accomplishments for 2015, and his <br /> comments are below: <br /> Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board. <br />