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7 <br /> APPROVED 5/6/2010 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> April 6, 2010 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 6, <br /> 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Department Of Social Services in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and <br /> Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Managers <br /> Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> There were items related to items 7-a, Sales Tax Distribution Method for Fiscal Year <br /> 2010-2011, and 10-a, A Report on the Costs and Benefits Associated with Bringing Social <br /> Services and Child Support Enforcement Legal Services In-House. There was also a public <br /> comment sheet. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Blair Pollock spoke on behalf of the Solid Waste Management Department. <br /> A Statement to the Board of Orange County Commissioners from members of the Solid <br /> Waste Management Department submitted: April 6, 2010 <br /> "We are aware that the County is facing another difficult budget year and that requires <br /> hard decisions about what programs and services need to be reduced or eliminated if a major <br /> goal is to avoid raising taxes in 2010-11. We are here tonight to ask you to support full <br /> continuation of the current set of solid waste management services at current staffing levels <br /> with no further reductions. Here is why we make that request: <br /> The services provided by this Department are integral to maintaining public health in <br /> Orange County by providing safe and efficient collection and disposal of waste and providing <br /> means to reduce the amount and toxicity of that waste. We have competently and diligently <br /> provided those services for almost 38 years. Those services are mostly funded from an <br /> enterprise fund and, with the exception of the Sanitation Division, do not directly affect tax <br />