Agenda - 10-05-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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Attachment 1 1 1 MINUTES 2 ORANGE COUNTY 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 VIRTUAL BUSINESS MEETING 5 September 2, 2021 6 7:00 p.m. 7 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Virtual Business Meeting on 9 Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. 10 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Renee Price, Vice Chair Jamezetta Bedford, 12 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Sally Greene, and Earl McKee 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None. 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager 16 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified 17 appropriately below) 18 19 Chair Price called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 20 21 A roll call was called; all members were present. 22 23 Chair Price welcomed everyone back from the summer break. She commented that the Delta 24 variant of COVID-19 is making life difficult and confusing for many with new protocols, and that 25 the Pfizer vaccine has been approved by the Federal Drug Administration. She said that the 26 budget has not yet been passed by the General Assembly, and bills are being passed that may 27 either help or have an adverse impact on counties. She continued with updates regarding 28 Hurricane Ida and noted the loss of 13 service members who were helping people leave 29 Afghanistan. She said there may be Afghan nationals coming to the United States over time, 30 and encouraged the public to welcome them. 31 32 Due to current public health concerns, the Board of Commissioners is conducting a Virtual 33 Business Meeting on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Members of the Board of Commissioners 34 participated in the meeting remotely. As in prior meetings, members of the public were able to 35 view and listen to the meeting via live streaming video at 36 http://www.orangecountync.gov/967/Meeting-Videos and on Orange County Gov-TV on 37 channels 1301 or 97.6 (Spectrum Cable). 38 39 In this new virtual process, there are two methods for public comment. 40 • Written submittals by email 41 • Speaking during the virtual meeting 42 43 Detailed public comment instructions for each method are provided at the bottom of this 44 agenda. (Pre-registration is required.) 45 46 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 47 48 Commissioner Price made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to postpone 49 item 7-a, the Update on the 2021 Appeals Process, until the September 14 meeting due to 50 availability of the Tax Administrator.