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