Orange County NC Website
1 <br /> I DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br /> 4 Social Services Board <br /> 5 Joint Meeting <br /> 6 March 15, 2012 <br /> 7 5:30 PM <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Work Session with <br /> 10 the Department of Social Services on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the Link <br /> 11 Government Services Center, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and <br /> 14 Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, and <br /> 15 Steve Yuhasz <br /> 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Alice Gordon <br /> 17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: <br /> 18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Managers Gwen Harvey and Michael <br /> 19 Talbert, and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be <br /> 20 identified appropriately below) <br /> 21 COUNTY STAFF ABSENT: County Manager Frank Clifton <br /> 22 SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD PRESENT: Chair Pat Garavaglia, Albert Williams and <br /> 23 Claire Millar <br /> 24 SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Denise Shaffer, Lindsey <br /> 25 Shewmaker, Sharron Hinton and Joyce Lee <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Chair Pelissier called the meeting to order at 5:36 PM. She said that <br /> 29 Commissioner Jacobs would be arriving about 6:30 and that Commissioner Gordon <br /> 30 would be unable to attend. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 1. Introductions <br /> 33 Introductions were made. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 2. Poverty Statistics and Public Assistance Data <br /> 36 Lindsey Shewmaker made a PowerPoint presentation. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 39 BOCC — DSS Board <br /> 40 Joint Meeting <br /> 41 Orange County Department of Social Services <br /> 42 March 15, 2012 <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Agenda <br /> 45 Introductions <br /> 46 Poverty Statistics and Public Assistance Data <br /> 47 Emerging Issues <br /> 48 Success Stories <br /> 49 Hot Topics <br />