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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT <br /> 4 <br /> 5 MINUTES <br /> 6 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 7 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 8 October 1, 2019 <br /> 9 7:00 p.m. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, October 1, <br /> 12 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> 15 Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Sally Greene <br /> 17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 19 Travis Myren, and Deputy Clerk Sherri Ingersoll (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 20 appropriately below.) <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Commissioner McKee asked if item 8-e and item 8-f could be switched, so that item 8- <br /> 27 e will be the last item. He said he would like to recuse himself from this discussion, since <br /> 28 Summit Engineering employs him. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 31 Chair Rich acknowledged the public charge. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Arts Moment <br /> 34 Linda Williamson, Arts Commission member, introduced the artist: <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Lyn Fairchild Hawks writes young adult contemporary fiction about gifted, weird, and <br /> 37 wise teens. She is the author of How Wendy Redbird Dancing Survived the Dark Ages of <br /> 38 Nought; Minerda, a graphic novella collaboration with illustrator Robin Follet; and the short- <br /> 39 story collection, The Flat and Weightless Tang-Filled Future. She and her literary agent are <br /> 40 currently submitting her latest novel to publishers, a story about an intrepid teen journalist <br /> 41 exposing the truth about corruption on her school's sports teams. In her other life, Lyn is an <br /> 42 education geek who designs online learning courses for gifted youth at Duke TIP, and a <br /> 43 former AIG resource teacher for AL Stanback and CW Stanford Middle Schools. She lives in <br /> 44 Chapel Hill with her husband, Americana musician Greg Hawks. Her stepson, Henry, is a <br /> 45 graduate of Cedar Ridge High School and DePaul University. <br /> 46 Lyn Fairchild Hawks read a scene from her novel How Wendy Redbird Dancing <br /> 47 Survived the Dark Ages of Nought. She said this book is characteristic of what many <br /> 48 teenagers deal with in today's world. She thanked the Board of County Commissioners for its <br /> 49 support of the arts. <br /> 50 <br />