Agenda 10-19-2021; 8-i - Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2021

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 19, 2021 Action Agenda Item No. 8-i SUBJECT: Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2021 DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Jensen, 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. Due to current public health concerns, it is proposed that the Board of Commissioners conduct virtual business meetings during the months of November and December 2021. Members of the Board of Commissioners would participate in the business 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. It is also proposed that the virtual Business meeting scheduled for November 2, 2021 be rescheduled to November 4, 2021 . Additionally, it is proposed that the November 11, 2021 work session scheduled to take place at the Southern Human Services Center be relocated to the Whitted Building at 300 W. Tryon St. in Hillsborough. The work session would be conducted in-person and attendees would be required to wear masks and to remain socially distanced from others. November 2021 Meetings November 4 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm November 11 BOCC Work Session at the Whitted Building — 7:00 pm November 16 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm