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4 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Commissioner Burroughs asked when the Legislature anticipates seeing the Governor's budget. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Representative Insko said the Governor's office usually waits until tax returns to see what revenues they <br /> 5 will have before finalizing any budget decisions. She said last year they were below projected revenues. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Chair McKee said that the Board of Commissioners' added some additional issues to their standard <br /> 9 Statewide Issues Resolution and a few are below: <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Raise Age for Juvenile Jurisdiction in Criminal Court <br /> 12 Senator Foushee said this issue would probably pass the Senate. <br /> 13 Representative Meyer said this bill has a good chance to be passed for misdemeanors. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Commissioner Burroughs said what can they as a Board of Commissioners do to support their Legislative <br /> 16 Delegation. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Senator Foushee said Orange County needs to continue to lobby at the state level and to move out of their <br /> 19 "comfort zones". <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Senator Foushee said they don't need to just send emails but to actually come out and talk to legislators — <br /> 22 both their own and others. And if you are not in someone's district, then they are unlikely to read your <br /> 23 emails. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Senator Foushee said referencing them as their Orange County Legislators when talking to outside district <br /> 26 legislators is appropriate. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Representative Insko said they need to build coalitions within the legislature and to take the advocacy <br /> 29 approach. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Senator Foushee said there is a going to be established a County Commissioner Caucus. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Commissioner Price said NCACC has talked about coalitions coming together across the state for shared <br /> 34 interests. <br /> 35 Chair McKee asked the Delegation to please let the Commissioners know if there is anything that would <br /> 36 adversely affect Orange County. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Senator Foushee said currently there is a bill in the Senate about raising the living wage but she said she <br /> 39 doubted it would pass <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Representative Insko said the suggested school calendar flexibility issue is getting a lot of attention. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Chair McKee said another issue is eminent domain. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Commissioner Jacobs said he was concerned and was opposed to adding language to a constitutional <br /> 46 amendment on eminent domain that extends any further preemption of county authority to regulate the <br /> 47 placement of telecommunication towers. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Classification of Flavored Alcoholic Beverages (Alcopops) <br /> 50 Chair McKee said this states their support of legislation to properly classify flavored alcoholic beverages <br /> 51 (alcopops) as distilled spirits rather than malt beverages <br /> 52 <br />