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7 1 Commissioner McKee said the work group used previous goals as guidelines, and these 2 were goals that the group thought would align with the NCACC's priorities. 3 Chair Jacobs asked about the Orange Alamance line. 4 Greg Wilder said the Orange Alamance line is a local issue, not a statewide issue, and 5 this will be a part of their local legislative package. 6 Chair Jacobs said the Board received an email from a member of the Chapel Hill 7 Carrboro City School Board requesting inclusion of language that more specifically supports the 8 state's role in providing sufficient funds to support quality education. He asked where this could 9 be incorporated. 10 Greg Wilder said this could be incorporated into Item 3, and language could be 11 incorporated to support the state re- instating adequate funds for quality education. He said an 12 additional item could also be added if that is the Board's desire. 13 Commissioner Gordon suggested an item titled "Increased State Support for Public 14 Education." She read the following suggested wording: "Support legislation to increase and 15 insure secure and stable funding for operating and capital expenses for quality K -12 education 16 in public schools." 17 Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Price said they are fine with the addition of 18 that language being added as item #6. 19 Chair Jacobs said he prefers the use of the word "re- instate" in place of "increase." He 20 said Commissioner Gordon's wording is fine though. 21 Commissioner Gordon re -read her wording, and said she suggested this become Item 22 #6. 23 Commissioner Dorosin said this is more of a discussion item for the Board collectively. 24 He said this process is gone through each year and the same language is used. He thinks the 25 Board should consider staking out a more progressive political position with these goals. He 26 said these are public documents that state the County's public legislative priorities, and they 27 should include issues such as restoring early voting, same day registration, and issues related 28 to the social justice act. He would like to see some of the policy issues the Board has spoken 29 of consistently, like living wage and the County's authority that has been taken away in so many 30 areas. He said to him this should be a statement of the Board's policy priorities. 31 Commissioner McKee said this is a collective document from all 100 counties, and the 32 work group tried to work within the framework that was presented. He agreed with 33 Commissioner Dorosin about the idea of stating their goals more vividly, but he said it might be 34 better to work on that in the coming year, given the September 19th deadline. 35 Chair Jacobs said the issues brought up by Commissioner Dorosin's may be better 36 served if directed at their local legislative delegation in the spring. Chair Jacobs said these are 37 things that the Board wants to resonate with other counties. 38 Chair Jacobs said he would like to come back to the issue of voting rights, as this would 39 be a good conversation for NCACC. 40 Commissioner Price said many of these issues are already being worked on by NCACC 41 staff. She said this is more about being realistic than expressing "our wish list," which would be 42 more appropriate for our local delegation. 43 Commissioner Rich said the Board needs to go back and review their goals and make 44 sub - headings for each goal to include those issues that Commissioner Dorosin mentioned. She 45 said this will allow some of these to go into the legislative goals the next time around. 46 Commissioner Pelissier said she previously sat on the legislative goals committee. She 47 said you have to find something that all counties agree upon, and many things do get dropped. 48 She said resolutions are a good way to make values and goals known. 49 Commissioner Dorosin said he understood this format and forum, but nothing is ever 50 going to change unless these progressive priorities are put into these legislative goals. He said