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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2015 <br />SUBJECT: Oranae Countv's Proposed 2015 <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Public Hearing Notice <br />UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br />2) Proposed Orange County 2015 <br />Legislative Matters Resolution on <br />Statewide Issues with Exhibits <br />3) NCACC 2015 -16 Adopted Legislative <br />Goals <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -d <br />islative Agenda <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier, 245- <br />2130 <br />Commissioner Renee Price, 245 -2130 <br />Greg Wilder, County Manager's Office, <br />919- 245 -2300 <br />PURPOSE: To: <br />1) Conduct a public hearing on Orange County's potential legislative items for <br />the 2015 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br />2) Close the public hearing and review and discuss the Legislative Issues Work <br />Group's (LIWG) proposed 2015 legislative package and any other potential <br />items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the <br />2015 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br />3) Consider approval of one proposed legislative matters resolution on <br />Statewide Issues; and <br />4) Consider identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to <br />highlight for priority discussion at the March 23, 2015 meeting with Orange <br />County's legislative delegation. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina General Assembly convened on Wednesday, January 14, <br />2015. In past years the Board of Commissioners has appointed two Commissioners to serve <br />on a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to work with staff to develop a proposed legislative <br />package for the County. Based on the work of the LIWG, the BOCC has then reviewed and <br />approved packages of legislative items to pursue for the respective North Carolina General <br />Assembly sessions. Commissioners Bernadette Pelissier and Renee Price are serving on the <br />2015 LIWG and have worked with staff on the proposed 2015 legislative package which is <br />attached. <br />