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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 MINUTES <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 VIRTUAL WORK SESSION <br /> 6 April 23, 2020 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Virtual Work Session on Thursday, April, <br /> 10 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Rich and Commissioners Jamezetta <br /> 14 Bedford, Mark Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> 16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 18 Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker(All other staff members will be identified <br /> 19 appropriately below) <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Due to current public health concerns, the Board of Commissioners is conducting a Virtual Work <br /> 24 Session on April 23, 2020. Members of the Board of Commissioners will be participating in the <br /> 25 meeting remotely. As in prior meetings, members of the public will be able to view and listen to <br /> 26 the meeting via live streaming video orangecountync.gov/967/Meeting-Videos and on Orange <br /> 27 County Gov-TV on channels 1301 or 97.6 (Spectrum Cable). <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 1. COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Impact on the FY2020-21 Orange County <br /> 31 Manager's Recommended Budtet <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Bonnie Hammersley presented the following item: <br /> 34 <br /> 35 BACKGROUND: <br /> 36 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented human and health crisis. The measures <br /> 37 necessary to contain the virus have caused an economic recession. At the present, there is great <br /> 38 uncertainty about its severity and duration due to the lack of a vaccine and the public health <br /> 39 measures which include social distancing, limited business activity and uncertainty if a second <br /> 40 wave occurs following after achieving an apex in the number of reported cases. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 On March 23, 2020, the County Manager directed the Orange County Department Directors to <br /> 43 comply with the FY2019-20 Economic Contingency Plan(Attachment A). The implementation <br /> 44 of the contingency plan began to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to <br /> 45 Orange County government/residents. The strict monitoring of expenditures in the 4th quarter <br />