Agenda - 02-05-2019 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 Commissioner Price said she participated in a conference call with the Rural Action 2 Caucus of the National Association of Counties (NACo) today, which discussed a concern that 3 the 2020 census will have a major undercount, as most of the census filing will be done online 4 or electronically, and many rural residents may not have access to the internet, etc. She said 5 census data is important in determining federal program funding levels, as well as Federal 6 Communications Commission (FCC) broadband mapping. She asked if staff would consider 7 how Orange County can address the possible lack of access of its rural residents. 8 Commissioner Price said the Board received a letter from Orange County School (OCS) 9 regarding a resolution passed by OCS supporting local control of school calendars. She said 10 the Board never responded to this resolution, and she asked if it could do so in some way. 11 Commissioner Greene said she heard the same concerns regarding food at the 12 Partnership to End Homelessness meeting. 13 Commissioner Greene said she also enjoyed attending the SOG conference. 14 Commissioner Greene said she attended the MLK celebration at Mount Bright Church in 15 Hillsborough, which was inspirational. 16 Commissioner Greene said she is holding office hours on January 26t" at Cup-A-Joe in 17 Hillsborough, and welcomed all to stop by. 18 Commissioner Dorosin said since the Board last met he attended a Fire Chiefs 19 Association meeting, and he said the Chiefs will be meeting with the Board of County 20 Commissioners on February 12t" He said the Chiefs got a grant for a training facility and will 21 bring the Board of County Commissioners some possible locations for this facility. He said the 22 Chiefs are also in discussion with Durham Tech about possibly locating this facility on site. 23 Commissioner Dorosin attended the North Carolina Association of County 24 Commissioners (NCACC) Legislative Goals Conference, which was interesting and 25 enlightening. He said he moved to amend the NCACC's goal on the expansion of Medicaid, 26 which led to a spirited debate, and the resolution ultimately lost by two votes. He said they 27 were successful in defeating a separate amendment, which would have made the language 28 even weaker. 29 Commissioner Dorosin said it was suggested that all counties that support the change 30 should write another resolution about the Medicaid expansion, even though Orange County has 31 already done one. 32 Commissioner Dorosin said he served on a public education census committee in 2000, 33 and it may be worthwhile researching what this committee did last time in gearing up for the 34 2020 census. 35 Chair Rich said this will be discussed at the Assembly of Government (AOG) meeting 36 next week. 37 Chair Rich said in response to the schools' petition, there was a desire to talk to the 38 Visitors Bureau. She said the Board has received a response from the Visitors Bureau, and this 39 topic can now be brought forward. 40 Chair Rich thanked Commissioner Dorosin for fighting for the County at the NCACC. 41 She asked if the Board should write another resolution in support of the expansion of Medicaid. 42 Commissioner Dorosin said the Board can do so, and is unsure how recently the Board 43 wrote the last one. He said perhaps it could be revived and sent onto other counties for similar 44 use. He said if it has been more than a year since the original resolution was written, he would 45 recommend writing a new one in light of the NCACC's action. 46 Chair Rich said the Clerk will look into this. 47 Chair Rich said there were many MLK events this past weekend, and she and 48 Commissioner Dorosin attended a MLK park groundbreaking in Carrboro. She said this park is 49 expected to be finished in early summer.