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MINUTES
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL MEETING
JUNE 24, 1986
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on June
24, 1936, 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Don Willhoit and Commissioners Shirley
Marshall, Moses Carey, Ben Lloyd and Norman Walker.
ATTORNEY PRESENT• Geoffrey Gledhill.
STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Kenneth R. Thompson, Assistant County
Managers Albert Kittrell and William T. Laws, Director of Finance Gordan
Baker, Recreation and Parks Director Mary Anne Black, Clerk to the Board
Beverly A. Blythe, Director of Finance Pam Jones, Budget Analyst Donna
Wagner and Director of Personnel Beverly Whitehead.
A. ITEMS FOR DECISION
1. POLICY REGARDING ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION
2. GAY AND LESBIAN PROCLAMATION
Chair Don Willhot presented for consideration a olio
whereby the authority to issue proclamations can be clarifiedP Thisupolicy
question was prompted because of an Anti-discrimination proclamation that:,
was signed by the Chair. He emphasized the proclamation was not issued on
behalf of the Board but issued as an individual. He further stated that:; i.
although he neither condones or condemns the gay lifestyle, he is committed°`
to opposing discrimination of people on the basis of sexuality.
Commissioner Walker spoke in opposition -of the proclamation and
the signing of the proclamation by the Chairman.
Commissioners Marshall and Carey indicated they were informed by
the Chair of the proclamation and although they were not asked to sign they
endorsed the concept of anti-discrimination on any basis.
Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill stated that a proclamation is more
ceremonial which does not have the effect of law or describe the duties of
the Board of County Commissioners. A proclamation such as this is not law
and does not have the affect of law and imposes no legal obligations on
County government. This act does not represent a legal function of the
Board.
Commissioner Lloyd questioned the authority of the Chair to issue
the proclamation on behalf of the Board.
Chair willhoit clarified he did not issue the proclamation on
behalf of the Board of County Commissioners.
Commissioner Walker stated his opposition against the lifestyle of
homosexual and lesbian practices and cited statistics associated with AIDS.
A motian was made by Commissioner Walker, seconded by
Commissioner Lloyd to disapprove the Anti-
VOTE: AYES, 2; NOESlsc31m(ChairnWillhoitaandn~Commissioners Marsha
Carey) 11 and
A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall to table the issue of adopting a policy on the issuance of
proclamations until the new board is seated in December.
VOTE: AYES, 3; NOES, 2 (Commissioners Lloyd and Walker).
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After a short discussion on the purpose of this item being placed
on the agenda, citizens who desired to speak were heard.
Those who spoke in opposition of the issuance of the proclamation
iere David Smith, Cheryl Atwater, Currie Parker, Doug Emerson, Philip Moore,
Jim Moore, Gary Webb; Frank Thacker, Benny Cecil, Gordon Barbour, and Calvin
Ashley.
Those who spoke in support of the issuance of the proclamation
were Robert Seymour and Paul Lindsay.
Other speakers were John Hartwell and Robert O'Keef.
3. ISOTECHNOLOGIES INC. REVENUE BONDS
(A copy of the resolution is i n the permanent agenda f ill l ocated i n the
Clerk's Office.)
Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall to adopt the resolution entitled "Resolution approving the issuance
by the Orange ..County Industrial Facilities and Pollution .Control Financing
Authority of its Industrial Revenue Bond (Isotechnologies, Inc. Project) in
a principal amount not to exceed $1,500,000 to Finance an Industrial Project
for Isotechnologies, Inc.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS. (Commissioners Lloyd and Walker were not present)
4. BUDGET AMENDMENTS
Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner
Carey to amend the 1985-86 Budget ordinance as follows:
- GENERAL FUND
Appropriation - Social Services $ 254,901
__ Source - Social Services Day Care $ 254,901
Appropriation - Social Services $ 54,150
Source - Social Services - Long Care Care $ 54,150
VOTE: UNANIMOUS. (Commissioners Lloyd and Walker were not present)
5. 19$6-87 BUDGET ADOPTION
(A copy of the Interim Ope ,,~tin Budget for 1986-87 is in the.~.~~-~
permanent agenda file located in-the Clerk's Oi~tice.~
Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner
Marshall to adopt an interim operating budget for the County of Orange for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 198E and ending June 30, 1987, the same
being adopted by fund and activity.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS. (Commissioners Lloyd and Walker were not present in the
room at the time this vote was taken).
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to come before the Board, Chair Willhoit
adjourned the meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on July 7,
1986, 7:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Room of the Orange County Courthouse,
Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Don Willhoit, Chair
Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk