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1 <br /> APPROVED 2/5/2019 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> January 22, 2019 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, January 22, <br /> 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <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 Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> NONE <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Rich acknowledged the public charge. <br /> Arts Moment <br /> Ashley Nissler, Orange County Arts Commission board member, introduced the artist: <br /> Alan Shapiro has published many poetry collections (including Reel to Reel, finalist for <br /> the Pulitzer Prize, and Night of the Republic, finalist for both the National Book Award and the <br /> International Griffin Prize), 4 books of prose, including The Last Happy Occasion, finalist for the <br /> National Book Critics Circle Award. Winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award, LA Times Book Prize, <br /> an award in literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and The William Carlos <br /> Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, he is also a member of the American <br /> Academy of Arts and Sciences. His new book, Against Translation, will appear in March 2019. <br /> Alan Shapiro read a poem called "Letter to the Cemetery Owner", which was inspired by <br /> a limited Buy One Get One free (BOLO) burial plot offer at a local cemetery. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> John Morris said he had concerns about open government, and he attended a <br /> meeting on January 10`" between GoTriangle and representatives from Orange and <br /> Durham County's Boards of County Commissioners. He said he was not allowed into the <br /> meeting, and was told that none of the boards represented were a quorum, and thus <br /> public notice was not required. He said these closed meetings are blocking public <br /> scrutiny of key decisions. He said the members of the meetings receive current <br /> information, and evaluate policy choices, which are hidden from the public. He said no <br />