Agenda - 09-06-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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I 1 DRAFT MINUTES 2 ORANGE COUNTY 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 BUSINESS MEETING 5 June 7, 2022 6 7:00 p.m. 7 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Business Meeting on Tuesday, June 9 7, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, NC. 10 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Renee Price, Vice Chair Jamezetta Bedford, 12 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee, and Anna 13 Richards (arrived at 7:02 PM) 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager 17 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified 18 appropriately below) 19 20 Chair Price called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present, 21 except Commissioner Richards. 22 23 24 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 25 Chair Price proposed adding a discussion on the Regulation of Large Gatherings on 26 School Property and Public Playgrounds as item 6-c on the agenda. 27 28 Commissioner Richards arrived at 7:02 p.m. 29 30 A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to 31 add the discussion as item 6-c on the agenda. 32 33 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 34 35 Chair Price dispensed with reading the public charge. 36 37 38 2. Public Comments (Limited to One Hour) 39 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 40 Karen Kary thanked the Board for their work. She said she is representing her 41 neighborhood on Redgate Rd. She said her neighborhood was not included in the initial 42 contract the County signed with Northstate for fiber access. She said it is currently impossible 43 for them to work, complete schoolwork, or even attend telehealth appointments from their 44 homes. She said members of her community reached out to Spectrum and found out the reason 45 they were not included in the contract was because Spectrum incorrectly reported to the FCC 46 that they offer service to the neighborhood. She said she and her neighbors recently had 47 surveys done with Spectrum and none of them were approved for service by Spectrum. She 48 said they have now reported this to the FCC. She said this report to the FCC seems to be the 49 reason that her neighborhood was left off of the county's map. She asked if county staff would 50 follow up with her and her neighbors to give an update on the investigation.