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14 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development annually 1 <br />declares the month of April as National Fair Housing Month, designating 2 <br />Call HUD: Because Sexual Harassment In Housing is Illegal as the 3 <br />national theme and Orange County has designated Closing the Door on 4 <br />Housing Discrimination as its theme in 2020; and 5 <br /> 6 <br />WHEREAS, despite the protections afforded by the Orange County Civil Rights 7 <br />Ordinance and the Fair Housing Act, illegal housing discrimination still 8 <br />occurs in our nation and within our County; and 9 <br /> 10 <br />WHEREAS, by supporting and promoting fair housing and equal opportunity, we are 11 <br />contributing to the strength of our County, State and Nation; 12 <br /> 13 <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County North 14 <br />Carolina, do proclaim April 2020 as FAIR HOUSING MONTH and commend this 15 <br />observance to all Orange County residents. 16 <br /> 17 <br />This the 21st day of April 2020. 18 <br /> 19 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Greene to 20 <br />approve the proclamation. 21 <br /> 22 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 23 <br /> 24 <br />8-f Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget Amendment #8 25 <br /> 26 <br />The Board considered voting to approve budget and grant project ordinance 27 <br />amendments for fiscal year 2019-20 28 <br /> 29 <br />Commissioner Price commended Animal Services for getting the $20,000 grant. 30 <br />Commissioner Price said she also wanted to commend the Friends of the Orange 31 <br />County Library for providing additional funding for its summer reading program. 32 <br /> 33 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin to 34 <br />approve budget and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2019-20 35 <br /> 36 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 37 <br /> 38 <br />h. Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2020 39 <br />The Board considered voting to change the Board of Commissioners’ meeting calendar 40 <br />for 2020 to make all scheduled meetings in May virtual meetings 41 <br /> 42 <br />Commissioner Price said she was not aware of the stay at home orders being extended 43 <br />into May, and asked if there is a reason that the BOCC will meet virtually until the end of May. 44 <br />Donna Baker said the stay at home order has not been extended, but staff thought it 45 <br />more efficient to change the BOCC Meeting calendar for the month of May to virtual meetings, 46 <br />so as not to have to constantly to publicize meetings back and forth. She said most other 47 <br />governmental entities are doing the same. 48 <br /> 49