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17 1 2 Commissioner Dorosin said he had the following suggestions to add: 3 • Add an item requesting a raise in the age for juvenile jurisdiction from 16 to 18 years of 4 age. 5 • Add an item requesting a raise in the state minimum wage to 10 dollars an hour. 6 • Request restoration of the state earned income tax credit. 7 • Request state expansion of the Medicaid program. 8 • Add a goal to restore same day voter registration, early voting periods, Sunday voting, 9 and pre-registration of 16 and 17 year olds. 10 • Add a goal that the state should abolish the death penalty. 11 • Support Orange County Schools' request for the addition of three items. 12 • Add the planning request regarding transportation funds. 13 14 Commissioner Dorosin said these legislative goals are a statement of the County's 15 values, and it is important to add these things. 16 Chair McKee requested that a separate vote be taken for item #1 so that he can vote 17 against this. He noted that a transfer tax was defeated in Orange County, and it has been 18 passed in several other counties. He would like the option to vote against this one item. 19 There was clarifying discussion noting that the total number of items is now 27, with the 20 three recommendations by OCS being counted as one item. 21 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to 23 approve Item #1 Revenue Options for Local Government. 24 25 VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nay, 1 (Chair McKee) 26 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Price to 28 approve the proposed legislative matters resolution on Statewide Issues and additional items. 29 30 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 31 32 The Board considered identifying three to five (or more) specific items from the entire 33 package to highlight for priority discussion at the March 23, 2015 meeting with Orange County's 34 legislative delegation. 35 36 Chair McKee reviewed the items added by Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner 37 Dorosin. 38 Commissioner Pelissier suggested prioritization of item #4 regarding Smart Start and 39 NC Pre-K should be one of the priority items. 40 Commissioner Price suggested prioritization of item #3 regarding Broadband, and said 41 this is important for this community. 42 Commissioner Dorosin suggested prioritization of item #21 to raise the age of juvenile 43 jurisdiction. 44 Commissioner Burroughs suggested prioritization of item #27, which includes the three 45 issues identified by OCS items. She also suggested prioritization of item #10 regarding 46 childcare. 47 Commissioner Rich suggested prioritization of item # 24 regarding the expansion of 48 Medicaid. She said this does not have to be a long discussion, but it is worth mentioning. 49 Commissioner Jacobs supports the prioritization of item #11 regarding land, water and 50 agricultural preservation funding.