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2 <br />1 Chair Jacobs said petitions are referred to agenda review. He noted that the Board of <br />2 County Commissioners has no control of anyone's water supply, and he suggested that the <br />3 comments and requests for public hearing might be better directed to the Board of Health. <br />4 <br />5 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />6 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br />7 below.) <br />8 <br />9 3. Petitions by Board Members <br />10 Commissioner Price said one of Orange County's residents will be receiving an award <br />11 from the N.C. Literary Hall of Fame, Jaki Shelton Green, and she would like the Board to <br />12 recognize the recipient with a personally signed letter or resolution. <br />13 Commissioner Price said the there was a request that the Board of County <br />14 Commissioners recognize the County's volunteer firefighters, and she suggested something <br />15 similar to what Chapel Hill has done. <br />16 Commissioner Rich petitioned Chair Jacobs to write a letter to United Healthcare <br />17 demanding that it cease supporting the decisive polices of the American Legislative Exchange <br />18 Council (ALEC). She said several companies have recently divorced themselves from ALEC <br />19 due to their negative, regressive policies. <br />20 Commissioner Rich said she would like to see other options for healthcare providers. <br />21 Commissioner Rich said there were 90 people at the first Food Policy Council meeting. <br />22 She said the first thing that can be done is for the County to have ten percent of its catering <br />23 needs come from local growers. <br />24 Chair Jacobs said there is already a policy in place to insure that ten percent of catering <br />25 comes from local growers. <br />26 Donna Baker said this was referred to Dave Stancil, and a list was being compiled of <br />27 local caterers. <br />28 Chair Jacobs petitioned that the Attorney re- examine how contract vendors can be <br />29 requested to pay a living wage. <br />30 Chair Jacobs said there was a recent news story about how Chapel Hill has approved <br />31 funding for families who have lost section 8 vouchers. He would like to know why Orange <br />32 County is not working with these families. He said people have not gotten the message that the <br />33 County has a social justice fund that can be used to help these people. He would like to find a <br />34 way to plug into these conversations. <br />35 <br />36 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br />37 a. Arts & Humanities Month — 2014 Piedmont Laureate Carrie I Knowles <br />38 The Board heard a brief selection from Raleigh resident and author of short Fiction, <br />39 Carrie J. Knowles, the 2014 Piedmont Laureate, for National Arts & Humanities Month. <br />40 Martha Shannon said October is National Arts and Humanities month, and she <br />41 introduced Carrie J. Knowles. <br />42 Carrie Knowles read an excerpt from her blog. <br />43 <br />44 5. Public Hearings <br />45 NONE <br />46 <br />47 6. Consent Agenda <br />48 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee seconded by Commissioner Price to <br />49 approve the items on the consent agenda. <br />