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Excerpt from August 20, 1996 Commissioner's Meeting Minutes and Agenda Materials APPROVED 12/2/96 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 20, 1996 APPENDIX M 104 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on August 20, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. in the OWASA Community Meeting Room at 400 Jones Ferry Road in Camboro, North Carolina,. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners William L., Crowther, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Don Willhoit. COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr, Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Albert Kittrell and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ALL ITEMS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES IS IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. THE RECORDING TAPES ARE KEPT FOR FIVE YEARS, 1,_ ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA The Board added to the consent agenda appointments to the Youth Services Advisory Commission.. An appointment to the Hillsborough Planning Board was added to the regular appointment item XI. Item VIII -B " Retirement of Drug Dog" was removed from the Consent Agenda and item "K" Budget Appropriation to Home Health Agency of Chapel Hill was removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered at the end of that agenda. II. AUDIENCE COMMENTS A. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA Chair Carey said that citizens who want to speak to an item on the printed agenda will be recognized at the time that item is considered. B. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA Barry Jacobs, Chair of the OWASA Board of Directors, introduced the new Executive Director Mr. Ed. Kerwin. Mr. Kerwin asked that the County Commissioners contact him if he can be of assistance. PUBLIC CHARGE The Chair dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge, III. BOARD COMMENTS 4= Commissioner Gordon referred to the report on County Commissioner membership which is included as item X -F on the meeting agenda. The report summarizes the township residence of commissioners for over forty years, beginning at the time when the Board was increased from three to five members. The report shows that membership on the Board has usually included individuals from both Chapel Hill Township and the remainder of the County. The only exception was the two and one -half year period beginning in 1990, the first year that two women had ever served on the Board at the same time. Over the years the most frequently occurring Board composition has been three members from Chapel Hill