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10 2 0 Mrs. Sandi Green to a partial term (Position #6) Cheeks Township expiring 03/31/2015. 3 0 Ms. Teri Driscoll to a first full term (Position #10) Hillsborough Town Limits expiring 4 09/30/2016. 5 6 7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8 9 12. Board Comments 10 Commissioner Rich thanked the team that put together the free mammogram program 11 for County employees. 12 Commissioner Pelissier said she and Commissioner Price attended the Justice and 13 Public Safety NCACC Committee meeting. She said a number of the goals from Orange 14 County were included and will be forwarded. She said two of these were referred for study. 15 She said, for future reference, she would like the clerk to remind the Commissioners to talk to 16 staff in order to be fully informed about the details. She said these items may not have been 17 referred if she and Commissioner Price had been briefed and been able to answer questions. 18 Commissioner Pelissier said there was tie vote on the issue of the right to regulate guns 19 in parks, and this failed. She said she tried to argue that this was not something all counties 20 would be asked to do, but this was to allow counties to right to decide for themselves, but it did 21 not move forward. 22 Commissioner Dorosin said last week the 4th circuit of appeals issued an injunction to 23 prevent two parts of the new voting law from going into effect. He said same day registration 24 during the early voting period has been restored, and out of precinct ballot counting has been 25 restored. He said this is a great victory for the people. He suggested checking with the Board 26 of Election to see what is being done in light of this change, in terms of getting information out 27 to the voters. 28 Chair Jacobs said the district court judge asked for the State Board of Elections to come 29 back to him with a plan for how these changes will be implemented. 30 Commissioner McKee recognized the Little Free Library at Cedar Grove, which was just 31 dedicated. He deferred to Commissioner Price for further comment. 32 Commissioner Gordon said the Strategic Communications Plan work group is continuing 33 to meet and the group will try to tie things together for the Commissioner's meeting in 34 November. 35 Commissioner Gordon said the Intergovernmental Parks Work Group will meet 36 tomorrow, and she is happy to say that all of the jurisdictions that needed to approve the 37 coordinated use of school facilities for recreation have done so. 38 Commissioner Price said one of the County goals regarding reimbursement for 39 misdemeanants will be looked at by staff and re- submitted to the NCACC staff. She said there 40 was some confusion regarding terminology. 41 Commissioner Price said two of the advisory board applications are out of date, and it 42 might be helpful to ask people for updated information when they are reapplying. 43 Commissioner Price said the Little Free Library was donated to Cedar Grove Park, and 44 the dedication was a nice event. She thanked staff for their efforts in making this happen. 45 Chair Jacobs said the State of the Environment event is being held on Saturday October 46 11 th. He said the dedication of Riverwalk is happening that same day. POSITION NO. NAME SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE EXPIRATION DATE 6 Mrs. Sandi Green Cheeks Township 03/31/2015 10 Ms. Teri Driscoll Hillsborough Town Limits 09/30/2016 6 7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8 9 12. Board Comments 10 Commissioner Rich thanked the team that put together the free mammogram program 11 for County employees. 12 Commissioner Pelissier said she and Commissioner Price attended the Justice and 13 Public Safety NCACC Committee meeting. She said a number of the goals from Orange 14 County were included and will be forwarded. She said two of these were referred for study. 15 She said, for future reference, she would like the clerk to remind the Commissioners to talk to 16 staff in order to be fully informed about the details. She said these items may not have been 17 referred if she and Commissioner Price had been briefed and been able to answer questions. 18 Commissioner Pelissier said there was tie vote on the issue of the right to regulate guns 19 in parks, and this failed. She said she tried to argue that this was not something all counties 20 would be asked to do, but this was to allow counties to right to decide for themselves, but it did 21 not move forward. 22 Commissioner Dorosin said last week the 4th circuit of appeals issued an injunction to 23 prevent two parts of the new voting law from going into effect. He said same day registration 24 during the early voting period has been restored, and out of precinct ballot counting has been 25 restored. He said this is a great victory for the people. He suggested checking with the Board 26 of Election to see what is being done in light of this change, in terms of getting information out 27 to the voters. 28 Chair Jacobs said the district court judge asked for the State Board of Elections to come 29 back to him with a plan for how these changes will be implemented. 30 Commissioner McKee recognized the Little Free Library at Cedar Grove, which was just 31 dedicated. He deferred to Commissioner Price for further comment. 32 Commissioner Gordon said the Strategic Communications Plan work group is continuing 33 to meet and the group will try to tie things together for the Commissioner's meeting in 34 November. 35 Commissioner Gordon said the Intergovernmental Parks Work Group will meet 36 tomorrow, and she is happy to say that all of the jurisdictions that needed to approve the 37 coordinated use of school facilities for recreation have done so. 38 Commissioner Price said one of the County goals regarding reimbursement for 39 misdemeanants will be looked at by staff and re- submitted to the NCACC staff. She said there 40 was some confusion regarding terminology. 41 Commissioner Price said two of the advisory board applications are out of date, and it 42 might be helpful to ask people for updated information when they are reapplying. 43 Commissioner Price said the Little Free Library was donated to Cedar Grove Park, and 44 the dedication was a nice event. She thanked staff for their efforts in making this happen. 45 Chair Jacobs said the State of the Environment event is being held on Saturday October 46 11 th. He said the dedication of Riverwalk is happening that same day.