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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 2 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 BUDGET WORK SESSION <br /> 6 April 9, 2019 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 9, <br /> 10 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, 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 7:00 p.m. <br /> 22 Chair Rich said during agenda review yesterday they looked at the April 25t" work <br /> 23 session, which had only two items on it. She said one item was moved to the April 16t" meeting, <br /> 24 and the other item had to do with economic development, which the Board of County <br /> 25 Commissioners (BOCC) will discuss tonight. She said the April 25t" work session will be <br /> 26 cancelled. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 1. Discussion on a Potential Framework for Intergovernmental Collaboration with <br /> 30 Municipal Partners <br /> 31 <br /> 32 BACKGROUND: <br /> 33 During the Board's annual retreat, one of the themes that emerged was a desire to improve <br /> 34 collaboration and cooperation with the municipalities within the County. This type of <br /> 35 intergovernmental collaboration has historically been facilitated through a joint meeting process. <br /> 36 However, some feedback to staff suggested that some elected officials believed the joint <br /> 37 meeting framework lacked a clear purpose and few deliverables. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 As part of a brainstorming exercise about how to have a more deliberate collaboration process, <br /> 40 the School Collaboration framework seemed to represent a good example of how the County <br /> 41 and the school districts are able to identify joint issues, set goals, and reduce collaboration <br /> 42 barriers. The School Collaboration framework consists of representatives from the County and <br /> 43 each of the school districts, administrative leadership from each body, and other staff as <br /> 44 required for support on specific topics. The Collaboration work group is facilitated by a <br /> 45 professional facilitator who solicits agenda items in advance of the meeting, facilitates the work <br /> 46 group meetings, and creates a set of minutes from those meetings that is distributed to each of <br /> 47 the governing bodies. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 A similar framework could be used with municipalities where a small group of representatives <br /> 50 from each of the governing boards meets to explore collaboration opportunities and report out <br />