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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 3 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 BUSINESS MEETING <br /> 6 February 4, 2020 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in a Business Meeting on Tuesday, <br /> 10 February 4, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> 13 Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Greene <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 17 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 18 appropriately below.) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Chair Rich noted the following item at the Commissioners' places: <br /> 25 - PowerPoint for Item 5-a <br /> 26 <br /> 27 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 28 The Chair acknowledged the public charge. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Arts Moment <br /> 31 Dan Mayer, Orange County Arts Commission Member, introduced Nancy Peacock: <br /> 32 Nancy Peacock, served as Piedmont Laureate in 2018, and is the author of the novels <br /> 33 Life Without Water (chosen as a New York Times Notable Book), Home Across the Road, and <br /> 34 The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, winner of Shelf Unbound Best Self Published Novel, <br /> 35 and Writer's Digest Best Self-Published Book in Mainstream Fiction, later traditionally published <br /> 36 by Atria Press. She is also the author of the memoir and "writing-in-the-real-world" guide A <br /> 37 Broom of One's Own: Words on Writing, Housecleaning and Life, which chronicles the many <br /> 38 years she spent dusting her own books as she earned a living cleaning houses, and what she <br /> 39 learned about writing from that humbling experience. Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, says of A <br /> 40 Broom of One's Own, "Each essay is an engaging, well-written, funny and poignant journey into <br /> 41 Nancy Peacock's generous spirit, humble heart and incisive mind." Nancy runs writing groups <br /> 42 for women and for 16 years has facilitated a popular, free Prompt Writing Workshop, now held <br /> 43 at Flyleaf Books the second Saturday of every month. <br /> 44 Nancy Peacock read a piece called, "Cookies". <br /> 45 <br /> 46 2. Public Comments <br /> 47 <br /> 48 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 49 Annette Moore introduced Frances Castillo, the new Chair of the Human Relations <br /> 50 Commission (HRC), and said they are here to talk about the 301" anniversary of the Pauli <br />