Agenda - 06-16-20; 8-a - Minutes

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4 revenues. He said ABC has spent $40,000 in Covid-19 related expenses, including supplies 1 and a $2/hour raise to all employees. He said the estimate for the ABC store repairs in 2 Hillsborough is $100,000, but the driver’s insurance company will pay this. He said the ABC’s 3 recommended budget includes the adoption of a payroll structure that supports a living wage, 4 which is encouraging. 5 Commissioner Dorosin said his petition is about the role he plays on the ABC Board, as a 6 non-voting position. He said he would like to have a discussion whether the BOCC wants to 7 keep it this way, or if the BOCC would prefer to have a voting member of the board. He said 8 the BOCC talked with John Roberts about this, and the BOCC could have a voting seat. He 9 said is not sure if there are other boards like this. He said the Orange County Board of 10 Commissioners role is more of an advisory, and is not allowed to be a part of the ABC board’s 11 closed sessions. He would like a review of any boards like that, and to have a discussion going 12 forward. 13 Commissioner Dorosin said he received a letter from one of the rural fire departments 14 about the Solid Waste Convenience Centers, but will bring it up later in the meeting. 15 Chair Rich said Orange County is conducting more Covid-19 testing, which increases 16 positive numbers. She said the numbers are a little higher than desired, and these numbers will 17 come to the BOCC tomorrow. She said Orange County’s executive order runs through June 18 30th and if the governor changes things, the County can go back to change its order, or not. 19 Chair Rich said when questions arise about items on a BOCC agenda, the process is for 20 questions to be directed to Greg Wilder in the Manager’s Office, who then disperses them to 21 the appropriate Department Directors. She said Directors reply to all County Commissioners. 22 She said this procedure has been in place for many years, but has recently become a bit 23 muddled. She said Greg Wilder would write a memo about this procedure, to serve as a 24 reminder. 25 Chair Rich had two petitions. She said the first refers to the $11.5 million of unfunded 26 fund balance from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS), and she was stunned to 27 hear that amount mentioned last week, since schools are complaining about bad air, etc. She 28 petitioned for the Manager to meet with the superintendent to discuss the potential reallocation 29 of the undesignated fund balance to meet articulated needs expressed by the current CHCCS 30 CIP budget. She said the $11.5 million does not belong to the schools, but to the taxpayers, 31 and if there are serious needs the schools should address them with these funds. 32 Chair Rich said her second petition is about the Chapel Hill library funding. She said the 33 memorandum of understanding (MOU) ran out in 2015, but the County continues to fund the 34 library at $563,000/year. She said the BOCC should review this. She said she would like the 35 minutes from the last working group with Chapel Hill; the minutes from the last Library Board 36 meeting; what it costs; how many households are using the library; and to better understand 37 about the interoperability, and where they have gone with that. She said she did talk with 38 Lucinda Munger, Library Services Director, and would like this to be addressed promptly. 39 40 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 41 NONE 42 43 5. Public Hearings 44 NONE 45 46 6. Regular Agenda 47 48 a. Eviction Diversion Program and Approval of Budget Amendment #9-A 49