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15 1 Commissioner Dorosin said he was at the Healthy Carolinians meeting this week. He 2 said he learned about two interesting issues. He said he learned that accidental poisoning is 3 the second leading cause of death in North Carolina and in Orange County. He said there is a 4 lot of work being done by the Health Department related to this. He said he also learned that 5 there are some pretty grim statistics about the children in Orange County who are without 6 health insurance. He said he will be bringing this information to the Board. 7 Commissioner McKee— none 8 Commissioner Pelissier said she and Dr. Bridger are going to visit the early head start 9 health care sites in the area tomorrow morning. She said the jail alternatives workgroup met 10 this morning and reviewed a partial draft of the report. She said headway is being made, but 11 there is more to do. 12 Commissioner Gordon said at the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning 13 Organization Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting, work was done to finish the 14 memorandum of understanding (MOU). She said the chair and vice chair reported on a 15 meeting with Chatham County. She said Chatham County had concerns, but had agreed to 16 sign the agreement. 17 Commissioner Rich said she is also going to work with Meals-on-Wheels this week. 18 She said tomorrow morning is the Visitors Bureau meeting. She said tourism is picking up in 19 Orange County, and she will provide numbers soon. She said much of this is due to both high 20 school and college sports. 21 Commissioner Price said she attended the NCACC meeting and it was mentioned that 22 they may be entering into some hard times with N.0 Fast and Medicaid. She said the state is 23 blaming the counties for the problems. 24 Chair Jacobs said he and Commissioner Pelissier attended the Project EngAGE event 25 yesterday and gave them an overview of the Board of County Commissioners. He said 26 information was shared at the jail alternatives meeting showing that the number of mentally ill 27 people imprisoned in 2014 is at almost the same level as in the 1800s. 28 29 13. Information Items 30 e March 6, 2014 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List 31 e Description of Meetings with Waste Zero and Green Stream 32 e Waste Reduction Rate for FY 12-13 33 e Follow up to BOCC Questions on Emergency Services Strategic Plan 34 35 14. Closed Session NONE 36 37 15. Adjournment 38 39 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 40 adjourn the meeting at 8:09 p.m. 41 42 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 43 44 Barry Jacobs, Chair 45 46 Donna Baker 47 Clerk to the Board 48 49 50