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APPROVED 8/23/2011 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> June 7, 2011 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 <br /> at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS Offices, Hillsborough Commons in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br /> Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager Gwen <br /> Harvey, Interim Assistant Manager Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All <br /> other staff inembers will be identified appropriately) <br /> 1. Additions or Chanqes to the Aqenda <br /> Chair Pelissier went through the items at the County Commissioners' places. <br /> - Cream-colored sheet— revised cover sheet for this meeting <br /> - Light blue sheet— edits to minutes for item 5-a, Minutes <br /> - Pink sheet— letter from Durham County Chair of the Board of County <br /> Commissioners regarding item 8-c; Further Review and Decision Regarding Half- <br /> Cent Sales Tax for Transit <br /> - Aqua blue — letter from UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Healthcare regarding item 8-c <br /> - Three sets of handouts for item 8-c— PowerPoint presentation, Bus and Rail <br /> Investment Plan, and Annual Operating Costs for Transit <br /> - Lavender sheet— revised face sheet for item 12-c; Agricultural Preservation Board <br /> —Appointments <br /> - Yellow sheet— revised membership roster list for item 12-f; Orange Water and <br /> Sewer Authority Board of Directors-Appointment <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 Aqenda <br /> John Robinson lives in Mebane and said that he had a fight with Orange County about <br /> 6-7 years ago about his road being torn up and plowed. He ended up going to the District <br /> Attorney, who took care of this situation. He said that he was out of town on Memorial <br /> Weekend and when he returned his garage doors were open, his tool box was open, and his <br /> storage bin doors were open and broken into. He called the Sheriff's Department and a <br /> 1 <br />