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APPROVED 6 -1 -92 <br />AGENDA DETAIL <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MAY 4, 1992 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on <br />Monday, May 4, 1992 at 7:30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom, new County <br />Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and <br />Commissioners Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Don Willhoit. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Verla C. Insko <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Manager Rod Visser, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathy Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />Beverly A. Blythe, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Housing and Community <br />Development Director Tara Fikes, Budget Analyst Donna Hamlet, Planner Emily <br />Cameron, Purchasing Director Pam Jones, Budget Director Sally Kost, <br />Recreation and Parks Director MaryAnne Moore, Health Director Dan Reimer, EMS <br />Assistant Director Jeanette Smith, and County Engineer Paul Thames <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA <br />FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />I. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA - NONE <br />11. AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br />A. MATTERS ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br />Chair Carey announced that those citizens in the audience who want <br />to speak to an item on the Printed Agenda will be recognized at the <br />appropriate time. <br />B. MATTERS NOT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA <br />Susan Sexton asked that the APS be held accountable for their <br />actions in handling animals. She feels she has not received any answers from <br />the members of the Board of Commissioners or County Administration. <br />Mark Marcoplos spoke about waste being accepted from outside the <br />county. He asked that the Commissioners not accept waste from outside Orange <br />County. He does not support incineration. <br />Commissioner Willhoit asked that a resolution addressing this <br />issue be placed on the next agenda for the Board's consideration. He wants <br />the resolution to also support recycling. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked for an update on the landfill site <br />selection at the next meeting. <br />Horace Johnson asked that the County develop a comprehensive <br />approach to recycling before looking at specific sites for a landfill. He <br />asked that the Commissioners work out a sensible solution to include <br />recycling and educating the young. He wants a decision that is fair to <br />everyone. <br />Leigh Peek read a prepared statement. She feels that the process <br />has gone awry and asked that the Board assist in the landfill search. She <br />stated that a 6 -5 vote approved drilling all four potential landfill sites. <br />She asked that the Commissioners look at the process and as a Board request <br />