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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 3 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT <br /> 4 MINUTES <br /> 5 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 6 WORK SESSION <br /> 7 September 10, 2019 <br /> 8 8:00 p.m. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, September 10, <br /> 12 2019 at 8:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> 15 Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <br /> 17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 19 Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 20 appropriately below) <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:39 p.m. <br /> 23 Chair Rich suggested moving up Item 2 before Item 1, and the Board agreed by <br /> 24 consensus. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 1. Discussion of Board of Commissioners Draft Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year <br /> 27 2020 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 PURPOSE: To discuss the draft meeting schedule for the Board of County Commissioners for <br /> 30 calendar year 2020. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 BACKGROUND: In accordance with 143.318.12 of the North Carolina General Statutes, a <br /> 33 schedule of regular meetings shall be filed with the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 34 The schedule must show the date, time and place of each meeting. All meetings will begin at <br /> 35 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 During the budget process this past spring, Board members requested that the budget <br /> 38 amendment process be addressed, specifically to allow for public comments on any <br /> 39 amendments proposed after the Manager presented the Recommended Budget. Staff has <br /> 40 addressed this opportunity in the proposed meeting calendar for 2020 by scheduling the two <br /> 41 public hearings differently than in the past. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 The first budget public hearing is proposed to occur on May 12, 2020 at the Whitted Center in <br /> 44 Hillsborough - after the Manager's Recommended Budget presentation on May 5th. The second <br /> 45 budget public hearing is proposed to occur at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel <br /> 46 Hill three weeks later on June 4, 2020. As proposed, convening the second public hearing on <br /> 47 June 4th would occur after the Board has conducted three budget work sessions and Board <br /> 48 members have had the opportunity to propose potential amendments to the Recommended <br /> 49 Budget. The June 41h second public hearing would provide the opportunity for public comment on <br /> 50 any proposed amendments and any other parts of the budget in preparation for the Board's <br />