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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 WORK SESSION <br /> 6 April 4, 2019 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 4, <br /> 10 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners <br /> 13 Jamezetta Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos and Renee <br /> 14 Price <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <br /> 16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County <br /> 18 Manager Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will <br /> 19 be identified appropriately below) <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. <br /> 22 Chair Rich asked that item #3 be moved before Item #2, and the Board agreed by <br /> 23 consensus. <br /> 24 Chair Rich asked Deputy Jones to come forward, and she recognized him for an award <br /> 25 he received this weekend: Excellence in Evidence Collection and Storage from the NC Sheriffs' <br /> 26 Police Alliance. She said the State had many untested sexual assaults kits, and Deputy Jones <br /> 27 spent about 120 hours working on 87 sexual assault evidence kits, and identified 12 kits to be of <br /> 28 higher priority for testing <br /> 29 Deputy Jones said they had to do a lot of research and the oldest kit was from 1986. He <br /> 30 said none were computerized, and involved reading paper copies and putting their hands on <br /> 31 these kits. He said there were 12 kits that needed to be prioritized and tested. He said the <br /> 32 State had these rape cases tested, and three came back with DNA hits, which gave the victims <br /> 33 some closure. <br /> 34 Chair Rich said this was an old fashioned process. <br /> 35 Deputy Jones said most of the reports were hand-written in cursive. <br /> 36 Chair Rich said the funeral service for Fred Battle will be Monday, April 8th and the Board <br /> 37 of County Commissioners' (BOCC) proclamation will not be ready yet, but will be completed and <br /> 38 sent to his wife. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 1. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions —Annual Work Plans/Reports <br /> 41 The Board provided feedback and/or direction on the second group of boards and <br /> 42 commissions' annual work plans/reports with their Chairs (or representatives) in attendance. (A <br /> 43 first group of boards and commissions' annual work plans/reports was discussed at the Board's <br /> 44 March 12, 2019 work session.) <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Animal Services Advisory Board Maureane Hoffman, Chair and Bob Marotto <br /> 47 Maureane Hoffman said their board serves as a sounding board for policy issues raised <br /> 48 by residents or identified by the BOCC. She said residents are referred to the ASAB as a <br /> 49 critical step in any consideration of stakeholder concerns, before bringing an item to the Board <br /> 50 of County Commissioners. She said integral to this general responsibility is a concern with <br />