HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-23-1987 APPROVED JANUARY 4, 1988
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 23, 1987
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special
session on Wednesday, December 23, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Board of Commissioners' Room, Orange County Courthouse,
Hillsborough, North Carolina.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and
Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John
Hartwell and Don Willhoit.
ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill.
STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Manager William T.
Laws, Interim Assistant County Manager Beverly M. Whitehead,
and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe.
Chair Marshall called the Special Meeting to order. She
stated the purpose of the meeting is to consider the appoint-
ment of a County Manager.
Motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by
Commissioner Willhoit to appoint John M. Link, Jr. as Orange
County's County Manager effective February 15, 1988.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to consider the meeting was
adjourned.
Shirley E. Marshall, Chair
Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk
STATEMENTS MADE BY JOHN LINK
John Link stated "The Orange County Managers job will be a
professional challenge. I am extremely grateful in the
confidence the Commissioners have shown in me and I hope to
live up to it. It's delightful to be able to come back to
Orange County so I can be closer to my family and to be able
to offer my immediate family the quality of life that only
this area can provide. " He indicated he is looking forward
to working with the Commissioners, the administrative staff
and all those who work for Orange County.