Agenda - 12-05-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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22 BOCC Employment Provider Partial Term 10/31/2024 Appointment BOCC At-Large/ Flex Partial Term 10/31/2023 Appointment BOCC At-Large/ Flex First Full Term 10/31/2025 Appointment 1 2 If the individuals listed above are appointed, no vacancies remain. 3 4 Tara May, Deputy Clerk to the Board, introduced the item. She said that in addition to 5 considering nominations for the positions, the Board could consider adding a County Manager 6 designated position for Department on Aging. 7 The Board reviewed each open position and discussed nominees for the positions. 8 The Board first discussed the two Orange County Resident With Lived Experience 9 positions. 10 Tara May said she had attempted to categorize all of the applicants into the positions they 11 might be qualified for. She said that she thought applicants Jefradrian Stafford, Jesse Miller, and 12 Beth Evans would fit for the position of Orange County Resident With Lived Experience. She said 13 Beth Evans experience was having a family member who struggled with opioid addiction. 14 Chair Price said she thought Ed Sredzienski also fit in the category. Other members of 15 the Board echoed her thoughts. 16 Chair Price felt that the person nominated for the Orange County Resident With Lived 17 Experience should have personal experience with opioids. 18 Commissioner Greene nominated Jefradrian Stafford and Jesse Miller. 19 Commissioner Bedford said Jesse Miller also served as Freedom House treasurer. She 20 said that would give perspective as a provider in addition to perspective as a person in recovery. 21 Chair Price said she would like to keep Ed Sredzienski as a possible nominee for a flexible 22 position. She said he is from the Cheeks Township. 23 Commissioner Fowler said she was ok with any of the three mentioned (Jefradrian 24 Stafford, Jesse Miller, and Ed Sredzienski), but if for another position a representative from 25 Freedom House was nominated, she would want to choose Jefradrian Stafford and Ed 26 Sredzienski to avoid duplication. 27 Chair Price asked that they see how the nominations for the remaining positions goes 28 before making any decisions. 29 The Board then discussed the position for a Substance Use Treatment Provider. 30 Tara May said that she thought Evan Ashkin, Elisabeth Johnson, and Joyce Harper would 31 fit for this category. 32 Chair Price noted that Joyce Harper did not live but worked in Orange County. 33 Commissioner Fowler said Evan Ashkin's experience sounded important for the position. 34 Chair Price said Evan Ashkin has been part of the response to the opioid crisis for a while. 35 Commissioner Bedford supported Evan Ashkin for the Substance Use Treatment Provider 36 position. She said then Jesse Miller might be a good fit for a Orange County Resident With Lived 37 Experience position. 38 Commissioner Hamilton was concerned about having someone representing a dual role. 39 She said she would rather have someone clearly advocating for one position. She said there are 40 disadvantages to having two roles. She said, for example, as a treasurer, they might be thinking 41 of the money instead of sharing their own lived experience. 42 Commissioner Greene said that in the community there are a lot of people who have dual 43 roles. She said she felt Jesse Miller would know that they were representing the lived experience 44 role.