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M r <br /> MINUTES <br /> FEBRUARY 7, 1983 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, <br /> February 7, 1983, at 10:00 A.M. in the Commissioners' Room, Orange County Court- <br /> , house, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> Commissioners present: Richard E, Whitted, Chair, and Commissioners Ben Lloyd, <br /> Shirley E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit. <br /> A. BOARD COMMENTS <br /> Commissioner Whitted announced that agenda item 5 (Lease on Drivers' License <br /> Space) was not ready for Board consideration; he added that due to a misunderstanding <br /> regarding dates, the Board needed to change the date of the joint meeting with the <br /> Boards of Education from February 14th to February 21st. Commissioner Walker moved, <br /> seconded by Commissioner Willhoit, to reschedule the joint meeting with the Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro and Orange County Boards of Education to February 21st at 6:00 P.M. <br /> for the purpose of discussing capital projects. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, O. <br /> B. AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br /> • Judge Stanley Peele thanked the Board for the new carpet in the Clerk of Court's <br /> Offices and thanked the Board and the Manager for including the judiciary in discussion <br /> ▪ of the Court Facilities needs, <br /> C. MINUTES <br /> . <br /> The Board asked that the minutes of January 18, 1983, be returned at the sub- <br /> sequent meeting. <br /> D. COURT FACILITIES REPORT <br /> • Mr, Robert E. Giles, Research and Planning Division of the Administrative Office <br /> of the Courts, summarized his written report, "Court Facilities in Orange County," (a <br /> copy of that report is on file with the agenda file for this meeting). The Board thanked <br /> .Mr. Giles and asked that he be provided a copy of the County's study of court needs <br /> done by Mr, Joseph Nassif in 1976. Judge Patricia Hunt, Mr. Andy Little, past President <br /> of the Orange County Bar Association, and Mr. John Stewart, current President of the <br /> ,Orange County Bar Association, concurred in the opinion that the present District <br /> Courtroom is inadequate. Judge Hunt and Mr. Stewart added that all court facilities <br /> including the Register of Deeds and Clerk of Courts' offices should be centralized. <br /> Judge Peele ';;h those concerns and "4: juu, 'dry '..':uid Lontinue 4o worX <br /> with the County *- .. "2 Ghe spaL.c issue satisfactorily. <br /> Y <br />