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- ~` <br />rv~ <br />1 DRAFT <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />4 REGULAR MEETING <br />5 October 7, 2008 <br />6 7:30 p.m. <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, October <br />10 7, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />11 <br />12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br />13 Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, and Alice M. Gordon <br />14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson <br />15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br />17 Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br />18 members will be identified appropriately below) <br />19 <br />20 Chair Jacobs said that there was a special meeting notice for a meeting before the <br />21 regularly scheduled meeting. He asked for a motion: <br />22 <br />23 To go into closed session pursuant to G. S. 143-318.11(a)(3) to consult with an attorney <br />24 retained by the Board in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and <br />25 the Board, concerning the cases of: (1) Galleria of North Carolina LLC v. County of Orange, <br />26 Orange County Superior Court File No. 08 CVS 000192 and (2) Orange County v. Huerta, <br />27 Orange County Superior Court File NO. 08 CVS 343. <br />28 <br />29 And to go into closed session pursuant to G. S. 143-318.11(a)(5) to discuss the County's <br />30 position and to instruct the County Manager and County Attorney on the negotiating position <br />31 regarding the terms of a contract or contracts to purchase real property, PIN 9854-70-2643, <br />32 owned by the Effie Draper-Savage-Nellie Draper Dick Memorial Foundation, to be used for <br />33 conservation purposes. <br />34 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to go <br />35 into closed session for the above purposes. <br />36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />37 <br />38 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />39 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />40 <br />41 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />42 Chair Jacobs went through the items at the County Commissioners' places. There were <br />43 several documents provided by citizens. <br />44 The lavender sheet was a revised Planning Board appointment sheet. There was a <br />45 draft agenda for the October 14`h work session. Chair Jacobs encouraged the County <br />46 Commissioners to make any comments to the Manager or the Clerk because there was a little <br />47 bit of a change to what was originally planned. <br />48 He read the press release that went out today regarding the transfer station public <br />49 comment process: <br />