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761 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARO OF COMMISSIONERS NOVEMBER 6, 1978 The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, November 5, 1978, at 10:00 a.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Members present: Commissioners Richard Whitted, Norman Gustaveson, Donald Willhoit, Jan Pinney and Norman Walker. Chairman Whitted opened the meeting by asking if any member of the Board wished to add additional items to the agenda. The following items were added to the agenda: Agenda Item 15: Chapel Hi11 Housing Authority Agenda Item 6C: Appointments to Carrboro Planning Board Agenda Item 16: Human Services Planning Committee Request _ to Authorize County Attorney to Draw up a Resolution Defining Purpose and Functions of Human Services Advisory Council Agenda Item 2: Minutes of October 17, 1978 The Clerk was asked to correct the minutes and resubmit them for approval at the next meeting. Agenda Item 3: Orange County Guide to Family Resources Ms. April Hart, from the Orange County Women's Commission, presented the Commissioners with the "Orange County Guide to Family Resources". She said the Guide was sponsored by the Orange County Mental Health Association and the Orange County Women's Commission. The purpose is to facilitate accessibility of resources to family, individuals and human service workers and to help and encourage citizens find and use resources. She gave special thanks to the Mental Health Association and Women's Commission far their help in completing the project. She said the Village Advocate printed and would distribute the Guide to the homes it reached. Other Guides will be sent to northern Orange County via mail. The Guide will also be available at 125 county agencies. Agenda Item 4: Orange County Day Care Co_alition_Requests Commissioners to Endorse their Efforts to U hold Da Care Standards in North Carolina A representative of the pay Care Action Group asked the Board to endorse the following proposals which would compromise the state's proposed standards: 1) Child care ratios for certified centers should be lowered as follows: Dne adult per five children between the ages of 6 weeks to 2 years; one adult per seven children age 3; one adult per nine children age 4; one adult per 10 children age 5 and one adult to 12 children age 6. 2) All staff-child ratios should be based on enrollment rather than average attendance. 3) Spate requirement for certified centers should be 30 square feet per Child indoors and 75 square feet per child outdoors. 4) Support only two standards of day care rather than three. 5) State should reimburse at same rate for county supported agencies as other agencies. 6) State should appropriate more funds for quality day care.