Agenda - 12-15-2020; 8-k - Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2021

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 15, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 8-k SUBJECT: Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2021 DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Wilder, Interim Clerk to the Board, 919-245-2130 PURPOSE: To consider changes to the Board of Commissioners' meeting calendar for 2021 . BACKGROUND: Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 153A-40, the Board of County Commissioners must fix the time and place of its meetings or provide a notice of any change in the Meeting Schedule. There are two proposed Meeting Calendar changes for 2021 . The first change relates to the Board of Commissioners' 2021 Retreat. The Retreat is currently scheduled for January 22, 2021 from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. The Retreat Planning Committee has recommended that the Retreat be re-scheduled to occur over two days. As proposed, the Retreat would convene on Friday, January 22, 2021 starting at 2.00 pm and recess late that afternoon. The Retreat would then re-convene at 9:00 am on Saturday, January 23, 2021. The second change relates to Board of Commissioners' meetings currently being scheduled to occur in-person in 2021. Due to current public health concerns, it is proposed that the Board of Commissioners conduct Virtual Board meetings during the months of January, February and March 2021. Members of the Board of Commissioners would be participating in the meetings remotely. As in prior meetings, members of the public would be able to view and listen to the meeting via online streaming video or on Spectrum Cable TV. The meetings would be streamed in real- time on the County's website for public viewing/listening, real-time broadcast on Spectrum Cable, and video-recorded for future television broadcast and reference on the County's website.