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1 <br /> APPROVED 6/6/2016 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> May 9, 2017 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 <br /> at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Dorosin and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, <br /> Mark Dorosin, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> Chair Dorosin called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. <br /> The Board, by consensus, decided to consider the Resolution Opposing A Proposal <br /> Before the UNC Board of Governors to Prohibit Centers and Institutes From Participating in <br /> Litigation. <br /> Commissioner Rich read the resolution: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION OPPOSING A PROPOSAL BEFORE THE <br /> UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS TO PROHIBIT CENTERS AND <br /> INSTITUTES FROM PARTICIPATING IN LITIGATION <br /> WHEREAS, at its March 2, 2017 meeting, the Board of Governors of the University of North <br /> Carolina received a proposed policy that "seeks to protect the academic focus of Centers and <br /> Institutes by restricting Centers and Institutes from participating in litigation"; and <br /> WHEREAS, the proposed policy states that "no Center or Institute may...file a complaint, <br /> motion, lawsuit or other legal claim in its own name or on behalf of any individual or entity <br /> against any individual, entity, or government or otherwise act as legal counsel to any third <br /> party; or employ or engage, directly or indirectly, any individual to serve as legal counsel or <br /> representative to any party in any complaint, motion, lawsuit, or other legal claim against any <br /> individual, entity, or government or to act as legal counsel to any third party"; and <br /> WHEREAS, practically speaking, the proposal would affect only the state's two public law <br /> schools at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the ability of these centers and institutes to engage in litigation specifically against <br /> state, city, and county governments serves as a proper check and balance in our country's <br />