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