Agenda - 02-16-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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9 1 WHEREAS, National Mentoring Month is the time of year to celebrate and promote mentors, 2 mentees and the mentoring movement; 3 4 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of County 5 Commissioners does hereby proclaim January 2021 as National Mentoring Month in Orange 6 County and encourages members of the community to elevate and encourage mentoring 7 throughout our county, the state and the nation for the sake of our younger generations and the 8 future. 9 10 This the 19th day of January, 2021. 11 12 Renee Price, Chair 13 Orange County Board of Commissioners 14 15 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton to 16 approve the Proclamation designating January 2021 as National Mentoring Month in Orange 17 County and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. 18 19 Roll call ensued 20 21 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 22 23 Commissioner Bedford introduced Sonia Frischemeier, Vice President-External Affairs, 24 Mentor NC. 25 Sonia Frischemeier said Dr. Corbett is an example of what young people can achieve 26 from North Carolina school systems. She said she would like for students falling through the 27 cracks to have the same type of opportunities. She said various mentors helped Dr. Corbett, 28 and she also had support from her family. She said pre-COVID, 1 in 3 students did not have 29 this type of guiding hand, and she can only imagine what it is like now. She said there is so 30 much work to do to make sure our young people do not fall through the cracks. 31 32 d. Presentation of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FYE 6/30/2020 33 The Board received the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal 34 year which ended June 30, 2020. 35 Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, introduced the item and recognized speakers 36 Tim Lyons, auditor with the firm Maudlin and Jenkins. He said the County received the GFOA 37 award for excellence in reporting. 38 39