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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 10, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Discussion of Board of Commissioners Draft Meeting Schedule for Calendar <br /> Year 2020 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Draft List of Meetings - Text Board of County Commissioners <br /> Draft 2020 Meeting Calendar Donna Baker, (919) 245-2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss the draft meeting schedule for the Board of County Commissioners for <br /> calendar year 2020. <br /> BACKGROUND: In accordance with 143.318.12 of the North Carolina General Statutes, a <br /> schedule of regular meetings shall be filed with the Clerk to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners. The schedule must show the date, time and place of each meeting. All <br /> meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. <br /> During the budget process this past spring, Board members requested that the budget <br /> amendment process be addressed, specifically to allow for public comments on any <br /> amendments proposed after the Manager presented the Recommended Budget. Staff has <br /> addressed this opportunity in the proposed meeting calendar for 2020 by scheduling the two <br /> public hearings differently than in the past. <br /> The first budget public hearing is proposed to occur on May 12, 2020 at the Whitted Center in <br /> Hillsborough - after the Manager's Recommended Budget presentation on May 5th. The second <br /> budget public hearing is proposed to occur at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel <br /> Hill three weeks later on June 4, 2020. As proposed, convening the second public hearing on <br /> June 4th would occur after the Board has conducted three budget work sessions and Board <br /> members have had the opportunity to propose potential amendments to the Recommended <br /> Budget. The June 4th second public hearing would provide the opportunity for public comment <br /> on any proposed amendments and any other parts of the budget in preparation for the Board's <br /> fourth and final budget work session on June 9, 2019 when the Board would make decisions on <br /> proposed amendments and the budget as a whole and also adopt its Resolution of Intent to <br /> Adopt the Budget. <br /> Discussion of the 2020 proposed calendar will provide the opportunity for the Board to review <br /> the meeting schedule for the entire year as well as the proposed budget public hearing schedule <br /> and any other related issues. <br />