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55� MINUTES 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS September 20, 1983 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, September 20, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. in the Courtroom of the Old Post Office Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Commissioners Present: Richard E. Whitten, Chair, and Commissioners Ben Lloyd, Shirley E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Don Willhoit. A. BOARD SQL Commissioner Willhoit added an executive session for consideration of the acquisition of property. B. There were no comments. 1. U=RS_ NOT-D&THE P UMD AQEMA There were no comments. 2. MATTERS ,N THE pEINTED AGENDA There were no comments. C-1 ter_RegiRtlation Ms. Margaret Parker, Chair of the Board of Elections, presented the new voter registration cards to members of the Board and staff, and distributed a Board of Elections pamphlet, which had been distributed already to County offices, departments, clinics, libraries, banks, etc. C-2 Child Cnrp Report The charge to the ad hoc Committee was to look at alternatives for establishing enhanced child care in the County. All members were present: Dr. Jan Schopler (Chair of the Board of Social Services) , Dr. Arthur Michael Sharpe, (Chair of the Child Care Subcommittee of the Orange County Human Services Advisory Commission; and County Manager Ken Thompson. Commissioner Marshall noted that direct staff proposed in Model 3 was too top heavy with administrators and suggested the Department Head could serve as Social Services Supervisor. Dr. Schopler noted that the Board of Social Services passed a recommendation for enhancement of day care services within the Department of Social Services, but with two serious modifications -- staff structure to include a full-time Daycare Unit Director, a half-time supervisor, a half-time information and referral professional, and with the creation of an Advisory Committee on Child Care Services. Commissioner Marshall noted the important need to recognize that the report also asked for a department or program that would meet other needs of parents and children besides day care. Commissioner whitted commended the Committee for providing an excellent report. C-3 Affi (see pages of this book) Commissioner Whitted noted that information requested by the Board has been supplied and incorporated into a set of seven recommendations. County Manager, Ken Thompson noted changes in the composition of the County work force from 1976 forward and from a period of 1981 to present there is a breakdown by salary, race and sex. Commisioner Willhoit noted a need to develop a format for reporting data in a more meaningful way. Virginia Weisz, a representative of the Affirmative Action Committee of the r^•^^;�� nn fin. T.:nmcn r annmmcrr7ear7 m4nnt i nn of 1-hp rPc nmmPn6a1-i nnA mAap by the