Agenda - 11-20-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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2 and try to figure out why the Town wanted to cancel, and try to find a another date for the 1 meeting. 2 Commissioner Jacobs asked if a substitute date was proposed. 3 Chair Dorosin said no. 4 Commissioner Jacobs said he was ready to meet. He agreed with Commissioner 5 Burroughs that the Chair should speak with the Mayor, but to be respectful of the Town’s 6 request. 7 Commissioner Price asked if other Mayors have provided input. 8 Chair Dorosin said he talked with Mayor Lavelle, who said she would be fine 9 either way; but would not be comfortable having a meeting where there may be a 10 boycott. 11 Commissioner Price said since Chapel Hill is a partner, it would not make sense 12 to have the meeting without them, and to respect the Town’s request. She said she sees 13 no point in a stilted meeting, but she wants to re-schedule. She said she is confused as 14 to why Chapel Hill would not attend and be part of the conversation. She said the 15 purpose of the meeting is dialogue. 16 Bonnie Hammersley said after she forwarded the email to the Chair/Vice Chair, 17 she sent it to the Mayors and Managers of the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough. She 18 did not hear back from Carrboro yet, but the Town of Hillsborough said the Mayor was 19 fine with having the meeting or canceling it. 20 Commissioner Rich said she does not think that the full Town Council was even 21 aware of the postponement request from the Mayor. She said the Food Council’s item 22 was time sensitive, and it needs some additional funding. 23 Chair Dorosin referred to the Food Council, and said there is a discussion of it 24 going from an outside agency to a set up like the Partnership to End Homelessness. 25 Bonnie Hammersley said if the AOG does not happen, a budget amendment 26 could be done if necessary. 27 Commissioner Jacobs said if this is a timing issue, then Orange County can 28 address the need, and then address the issue with its partners. 29 Commissioner Jacobs asked Chair Dorosin to challenge the Mayor to come up 30 with a date in the near future, rather than wait until April 2018. He said to add the School 31 Board chairs to the AOG meetings. 32 Commissioner Marcoplos said this meeting has been on the calendar for a long 33 time and effort has been put into planning for the meeting, but it is not the BOCC’s place 34 to order another entity to do anything. He said he can accept the postponement. 35 Commissioner McKee said if the BOCC wanted a postponement, he would expect 36 an accommodation; thus he would like to respect the Town’s request, and try to get 37 another date scheduled. 38 Chair Dorosin said he will follow up with the Mayor of Chapel Hill to see if there is 39 any further information. He said he wants to respect the Town of Chapel Hill, but feels 40 that the postponement request, in and of itself, is disrespectful; especially due to the 41 previous meeting where all, but one, agenda items were discussed and agreed upon. 42 He said if the Town insists on a postponement, he will postpone the meeting. 43 Commissioner Rich asked if the Food Council item could be added to the 44 November 20th regular BOCC meeting. 45 The Board agreed by consensus. 46 Commissioner Jacobs reiterated his request for a specific rescheduled date 47 sooner rather than later, with the inclusion of the School Board Chairs, and anyone else 48 who may want to attend. 49 50 1. Board of Commissioners - Annual Advisory Board Selection Process 51 Discussion 52