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2 <br /> 1 Commissioner McKee joined the meeting at 7:03 p.m. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Arts Moment— No Arts Moment was available for this meeting. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 2. Public Comments <br /> 6 <br /> 7 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 8 NONE <br /> 9 <br /> 10 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> 11 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> 12 below.) <br /> 13 <br /> 14 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Commissioner Bedford said the Department of Social Services (DSS) Board met <br /> 17 yesterday, and the Holiday Toy Chest will be open again this year, in a drive by capacity. She <br /> 18 said DSS has been involved with 33 different food distribution events. <br /> 19 Commissioner Bedford said Medicaid Transformation will resume in January 2021. She <br /> 20 said a "live" date is planned for July 1, 2021. <br /> 21 Commissioner Greene said she voted yesterday in Chapel Hill, and encouraged <br /> 22 residents to vote early or submit absentee ballots. She said she is very pleased to see high <br /> 23 voter turnout. <br /> 24 Commissioner Price said the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office requested to <br /> 25 receive county reports on aggregate covid-19 expenditure transactions. She asked if staff <br /> 26 would also present this report to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in December. <br /> 27 Commissioner Price said the Board received a resolution from Davidson County for 911 <br /> 28 Tele-communicators to be considered as essential safety personnel, and she encouraged the <br /> 29 Board to support that resolution or draft its own resolution. <br /> 30 Commissioner Price said the pretrial reform work group has been working on amending <br /> 31 pretrial release policies in Orange and Chatham counties. She asked if staff would present this <br /> 32 information to the BOCC in the coming weeks. <br /> 33 Commissioner Price said October is National Disability Employment Awareness month, <br /> 34 and is the 301" anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act. <br /> 35 Commissioner Price said the North Carolina Housing Opportunities and Prevention of <br /> 36 Evictions (HOPE) Program is now accepting applications online at NC211.org/hope. <br /> 37 Commissioner Marcoplos said Thursday, October 22 is the one-year report from the <br /> 38 Orange County Climate Council. He encouraged the public to look at the agenda online. <br /> 39 Commissioner Dorosin said there was a resolution reached in an ongoing voting case <br /> 40 regarding mistakes in absentee ballots. He said the Board of Elections will contact those whose <br /> 41 ballots need to be cured. He encouraged members of the public to contact the Board of <br /> 42 Elections if there are questions about a ballot. <br /> 43 Commissioner Dorosin said there was agreement on the deadline for receiving absentee <br /> 44 ballots. He said if the ballot is postmarked with Election Day, they will be counted if received by <br /> 45 November 12. <br /> 46 Commissioner Dorosin petitioned the Board to receive a report from the Chapel Hill <br /> 47 Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board about the audit received regarding financial deficiencies <br /> 48 in the CHCCS budget. He said the BOCC would like to know how the schools plan to address <br /> 49 these issues. <br />