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1 <br /> APPROVED 04/02/2019 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> March 19, 2019 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, March 19, <br /> 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <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 Rich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Chair Rich said Item 4-a will be deferred, due to staff illness. <br /> The Board agreed by consensus to move Items 11-a and 11- b up to Items 4-b and 4- <br /> c, since Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director, was in attendance to address any questions. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Rich acknowledged the public charge. <br /> Arts Moment <br /> Orange County Arts Commission Member Ashley Nissler introduced Joan Barasovska: <br /> Arts Moment— Joan Barasovska grew up in Philadelphia and lives in Chapel Hill, North <br /> Carolina. She is an academic therapist in private practice. Joan co-hosts the Flyleaf Books <br /> Second Thursday Poetry Series at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. She serves on the Board of <br /> the North Carolina Poetry Society. "Birthing Age", from Finishing Line Press, is her first book of <br /> poetry. <br /> Joan Barasovska read three poems: <br /> First reading: Early March <br /> Second reading: The Tower of my Adult Aloneness <br /> Third reading: Orange County <br /> Chair Rich referred to the tragedy in New Zealand, and read some comments about <br /> the need to stand up against hatred and acts of violence in any form. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Myra Dodson said she is here to continue her conversation about sewage and <br /> sludge/toxic waste that is dumped on farmland in Orange County. She said she is president <br /> and founder of two non-profit environmental groups: Sewage Sludge Action Network and <br />