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DRAFT FOR COMMISSION REVIEW ONLY Orange County is governed by afive-member board of commissioners that will become seven effective December 1, 200$, elected at-large and by district in_partisan_countywide elections__________________ Deleted: Commissioners serve four-year terms and elections are held in November ofeven-numbered years. New board members take office at the first meeting in December following the November election. At this meeting, commissioners take the oath of office and elect a chair and vice chair for the coming year. The primary duties of the board include adopting an annual budget, establishing the annual property tax rate, appointing various officials, planning for county needs and enacting local ordinances. The board also has the authority to call bond referenda, enter into contracts and establish new programs and departments. _ Check the BOCC calendar for an up-to-date schedule. Attached is a "typical" yearly calendar. All _ -------" _.-- Deleted: Tne soars ofcommias;oners ~------------- - ------------- ---------------------- meetingS are Open t0 the pub11C. meets regularly at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. The Contact information for the Commissioners is listed below or you may call the County Clerk at fast Tuesday meeting is held in the F. 919-245-2130. The Clerk's office is located at 200 S. Cameron St. in Hillsborou h, NC and g Gordon Battle Courtroom, 106 E. Margaret Lane, in Hillsborough. The opened weekdays between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. seenna Tnesaay meeting is hela;n the board room of the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Rd., Chapel Hill. Meeting days maybe adjusted due to holidays or additional meetings/work sessions may be added. ,ORDINANCES ----- Deletes: coDE or Access Oranae Counfy Code of Ordinances This link will provide prospective Candidates access to the Code of Ordinances of Orange County as maintained by Municode, a private online service under contract with Orange County. However, the ordinances available through_this link are not,Dfficialt_ The information contained at this site is_ updated on a quarterly basis and may not include recent amendments All official County__ ____ Ordinances are maintained in the Office of the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners. Current information is available from records in the County Clerk's office and ih the official minutes of the Orange County Board of Commissioners. COUNTY CLERK STAFF Donna Baker -County Clerk David Hunt -Deputy Clerk\Information Specialist Evelyn Cecil - Assistant to the Clerk Angela Thompson-Rockett -Assistant to the Clerk Jeanette Jones -Temp -- Deleted: T _ Deleted: intended to serve as the Deleted: County Code For Orange county Deleted: to the County Code ~------- Formatted: Centered Orange County, North Carolina The Mercer Group, Inc., 2008 page 10