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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT <br /> 4 MINUTES <br /> 5 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 6 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 7 September 3, 2019 <br /> 8 7:00 p.m. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, September 3, <br /> 11 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> 14 Bedford, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Dorosin <br /> 16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 18 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 19 appropriately below.) <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:13 p.m. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chair Rich noted the following items at the Commissioners' places: <br /> 26 - 5-a: Additional Information <br /> 27 - PowerPoint for Item 6-b <br /> 28 - 11-a: Email from Commissioner Greene <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 32 Chair Rich acknowledged the public charge. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Arts Moment <br /> 35 Katie Murray, Arts Commission Director, introduced David Menconi: <br /> 36 <br /> 37 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi is a music critic and arts reporter, formerly at the <br /> 38 Raleigh News & Observer, where he was a staff writer for 28 years. He has also written for <br /> 39 Rolling Stone, Billboard, Spin, New York Times and salon.com. He has published three books <br /> 40 with a fourth, a music history of North Carolina, to be published by University of North Carolina <br /> 41 Press in 2020. He is also co-editor of the American Music Series for University of Texas Press <br /> 42 and hosts a weekly radio show about the music of North Carolina, "That Old North State Radio <br /> 43 Hour" on WCLY/95.7FM. He holds a Master's degree in journalism, and lives in Raleigh. <br /> 44 David Menconi described the Piedmont Poet Laureate process, and his activities in this <br /> 45 role. He highlighted the efforts of Orange County towards promoting the arts. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 2. Public Comments <br /> 48 <br /> 49 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 50 Tod Puckett is from Rougemont, and said he has three considerations on the gun <br /> 51 ordinance: on this issue, is it a noise problem or a safety problem? He said if it is a noise <br />