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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date:February 5, 2013
Action Agenda
Item No.5-e
SUBJECT:
Notice of PublicHearing on Orange County’s 2013Legislative Agenda
DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No
County Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commissioner Earl McKee, 245-2130
Commissioner Mark Dorosin, 245-2130
PURPOSE:
To provide notice of the Board of County Commissioners’ plans to holda public
hearing on February 19, 2013on potential items for inclusion in Orange County’s legislative
agenda package for the 2013North Carolina General Assembly Session.
BACKGROUND:
Prior to adoption of its legislative agenda each year, theBoard of County
Commissioners conducts a public hearing to receive input from the public. This agenda item
provides the opportunity for the Board of Commissioners to schedule a public hearing during its
regular meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 2013at 7:00 p.m. attheSouthern Human Services
Center at 2501 Homestead Roadin Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The purpose of the public
hearing will be to receive public comments on potential items for inclusion in Orange County’s
legislative agenda package for the 2013North Carolina General Assembly Session.
The County’s Legislative Issues Work Group, consisting of Commissioner Earl McKee,
Commissioner Mark Dorosin,and County staff, isreviewing items for possible inclusion in a
recommended legislative package. Information on the proposed items will be provided to the
BOCC andthe publicprior to the February 19meeting.
It should also be noted that the Clerk to the Board has scheduled a joint legislative breakfast for
the BOCC and Orange County’s legislative delegation for March 11, 2013.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Any funds necessary to provide the public notice are included in the
Clerk to the Board’s budget for the current year.
RECOMMENDATION(S):
TheManager recommends the Board direct the Clerk to the Board
andthe County Manager to publish a notice of the Board’s intent to hold a public hearing during
its regular meeting on February 19, 2013at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center
at 2501 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to receive publiccomments on potential
items for inclusion in Orange County’s legislative agenda package for the 2013North Carolina
General Assembly Session.