Agenda - 03-10-20; 8-a - Minutes

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2 1 Murray Awards, which will be held on February 23rd from 3:00-5:00 p.m. She said the guest 2 speaker will be Ed Pavlic, Ph.D., a Distinguished Research Professor of English and African 3 American Studies at the University of Georgia, and the evening will also include poetry, dance, 4 and music. 5 Frances Castillo said the winners of the Pauli Murray Awards were: 6 Mae McLendon Adult Awardee 7 Thea Barrett Youth Awardee 8 Annette Moore said the HRC created a task force to work on increasing diversity on 9 boards and commissions. She said the task force has already created a survey, and will be 10 sending it out to all volunteers who are currently serving on the boards and commissions to 11 gather demographic information. 12 Commissioner McKee said he would regretfully be unable to attend the Pauli Murray 13 awards ceremony, as he will be out of state. 14 15 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 16 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 17 below.) 18 19 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 20 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) could get 21 a one-page information sheet that explains the County's budget process, especially regarding 22 school funding and the monitoring of funds that occurs once the County has approved the 23 budget. He said this would be very helpful to hand out to the public. 24 Commissioner Price said this is Black History Month and Black History is a part of 25 American history. She encouraged everyone to check out the many programs taking place 26 throughout the County. 27 Commissioner Price said the Census Bureau still has part-time jobs available. 28 Commissioner Price recognized David Caldwell for all he has done in Orange County, 29 noting that he just retired. 30 Commissioner McKee said a resident has petitioned the Board to consider reciting the 31 pledge of allegiance at meetings. He said this item should have been a Board discussion and 32 not an information item. He petitioned to bring this back as an agenda item. 33 Commissioner Price said the information sheet on this item states that Chair/Vice Chair 34 agreed that this would be an information item, but she did not agree to such a decision. She 35 said the page in the Commissioners' packets is incorrect. 36 Commissioner Bedford said there will be another job fair in the County in March. 37 Chair Rich asked if staff would provide more information on the job fair. 38 Commissioner Marcoplos said he appreciated and supported Commissioner Dorosin's 39 request on the budget process. 40 Commissioner McKee said he and Commissioner Price attended the GoTriangle Special 41 Tax meeting, and were given information, which he will share with the Board electronically. He 42 said there was a great video on electric buses, which he will also share. 43 Chair Rich thanked Commissioner Dorosin for his request, and said the questions asked 44 at last night's candidate forum were not correct. She said either the schools or the general 45 public do not understand the County's budget process, and it is important to have accurate 46 information. 47 Chair Rich agreed with recognizing David Caldwell. 48 Chair Rich said she met some high school students at last night's meeting from the 49 "Sunrise Movement", who are very concerned about climate change. She invited them to come 50 to a BOCC meeting, and address the Board.