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APPROVED 6/24/2008 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br /> SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES CENTER <br /> February 8, 2008 <br /> 9:00 a.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for its annual Board retreat on Friday, <br /> February 8, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North <br /> Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners <br /> Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill and Brian Ferrell <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (all other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> FACILITATOR: Phillip Boyle <br /> STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones, <br /> Personnel Director Michael McGinnis, Budget Director Donna Coffey, Planning Director Craig <br /> Benedict, Environment and Resource Conservation Director David Stancil, Assistant to the <br /> Manager Greg Wilder, Chief Information Officer Todd Jones, Recreation and Parks Director Lori <br /> Taft, Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes, Revenue Collector Jo <br /> Roberson, Tax Assessor John Smith, Animal Services Director Bob Marotto, Cooperative <br /> Extension Director Fletcher Barber, Jr., Public Works Director Wilbert McAdoo, Department on <br /> Aging Director Jerry Passmore, Child Support Director Janet Sparks, and Library Director <br /> Brenda Stephens. <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> BREAKFAST GATHERING AT 8:30 A.M. <br /> Retreat Planning <br /> 1. Board members met in September and December to discuss their vision of the good life <br /> in Orange County; issues, forces, and challenges driving and restraining that vision; the <br /> purpose of county government and what county government does; what county <br /> government believes in and stands for; the values that should guide the actions of <br /> county government; and a joint board-staff planning retreat. <br /> 2. Management team members met January 4th to discuss the board's mini-retreats and <br /> the proposed process for the joint planning retreat. <br /> 3. Board and management team members identified key issues, needs, challenges, and <br /> actions that should be addressed by the county. A consolidated set of issues, actions, <br /> and challenges was prepared and distributed to retreat participants for their review prior <br /> to the retreat. This list of"Issues and Actions, and Challenges Identified by Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners and Management Staff- January 2008" is attached and <br /> thereby made a part of these minutes. <br />