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RES-2020-054 DRAFT Attachment 2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />Resolution Detailing Orange County’s Recommendations <br />Regarding Goals for Inclusion in the <br />North Carolina Association of County Commissioners’ (NCACC) <br />2021-2022 Legislative Goals Package <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) <br />organizes a process every two years to adopt a legislative goals package <br />representing the collective interests of North Carolina counties; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the process is to develop broad support for matters <br />affecting counties that may be addressed by the North Carolina General <br />Assembly during the upcoming legislative biennium; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the goals and issues included in the NCACC package guide and <br />strengthen NCACC representatives and staff as they converse with individual <br />legislators and committees on legislative matters; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, NCACC has begun the process to develop its 2021-2022 Legislative <br />Goals Package and requested Orange County and all other North Carolina <br />counties to submit proposed legislative goals by September 30, 2020 for <br />consideration for inclusion in the 2021-2022 Legislative Goals Package; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange County believes there are many issues of importance to all <br />North Carolina counties that should be included as goals in NCACC’s 2021-2022 <br />Legislative Goals Package; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby <br />recommend that NCACC include the following goals in the NCACC 2021-2022 <br />Legislative Goals Package: <br /> <br />1) Broadband/Digital Infrastructure – Support legislation, funding, <br />and other efforts that provide counties with flexibility and <br />opportunities to support options for increasing access to high- <br />speed internet connectivity and expanding digital <br />infrastructure/broadband capability to the un-served and under- <br />served areas of the state. Access to high speed internet <br />connections will reduce disparities, enhance quality of life for all <br />the State’s residents, and broaden opportunities in areas such as <br />education, jobs creation, small business development, health care, <br />civic participation, and growth in farm enterprises; <br /> <br />2) Minimum Wage Increase – Support legislation to raise the <br />minimum wage for all, not just employees of the State of North <br />Carolina, to enhance people’s economic security, improve access <br />to safe and secure housing, boost the economy with increased <br />4