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APPROVED 5/5/2009 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION April 14, 2009 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, NC. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, Vice-Chair Mike Nelson and Commissioners Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, and Steve Yuhasz COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geof Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. Chair Foushee asked to add to the agenda the process of hiring an interim County Manager. The Board agreed to add this item. 1. Discussion on Board Operations and Regular Meetings Laura Blackmon said that during the retreat process, the Board discussed Board operations and the Order of Business for regular meetings, with the goal being to increase efficiency. The Board agreed to begin discussion with Attachment B Attachment B Recommendations for Streamlining Board Meetings and Use of the Consent Agenda (From November 2008 retreat) Timing of meetings 1. Change start time for meetings from 7:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This has already been implemented 2. Eliminate the mandatory adjournment time Commissioner Hemminger said that currently it is the policy that if one member wants to adjourn a meeting, then the meeting ends. She asked for clarification. Chair Foushee said that, in the past when the meeting started at 7:30 p.m., at 10:30 p.m. a Board member had the option to adjourn the meeting. What has happened now, since the meetings have been moved to 7:00 p.m., is that the adjournment time appears to be 10:00 p.m.