Agenda - 12-13-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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30 1 The Board approved a contract with White Cross Volunteer Fire Department to replace 2 emergency radios for all approved fire departments and rescue squads in Orange County using 3 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the period of October 17, 2022 to December 31, 4 2024. 5 f. Approval of Sale of Orange County Property - PIN 9885833971, Hillsborough, NC 6 The Board approved the sale of a County-owned 0.27 acre property, GIS PIN #9885833971, 7 Hillsborough, NC. 8 g. Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2023 9 The Board approved changes to the Board of Commissioners' meeting calendar for 2023. 10 h. Boards and Commissions —Appointments 11 The Board approved the Boards and Commissions appointments as reviewed and discussed 12 during the October 25, 2022 Work Session. 13 i. Opioid Advisory Committee — Composition Amendment 14 The Board approved the addition of a County Manager Designee from the Department on Aging 15 to the Opioid Advisory Committee, as discussed at the October 25, 2022 Work Session. 16 17 9. County Manager's Report 18 Bonnie Hammersley said there will be a work session on November loth. She said the 19 agenda will include the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness 2022 Point-In-Time 20 Count Update, the Food Council Memorandum of Understanding Agreement Renewal and the 21 Food Assessment Report, discussion on the Advisory Board Policy, and review of upcoming 22 boards and commissions appointments. She said the Emergency Housing Assistance Program 23 item planned for November 10th will move to November 15th. She brought the information items 24 to their attention, and noted that the Request for Qualifications for a Consultant for School 25 Facilities Assessment and Optimization will be released tomorrow to the public for solicitation of 26 interested parties. 27 28 10. County Attorney's Report 29 John Roberts said the General Assembly continues to meet in this session, but has made 30 no decisions. He said he believes Republicans will continue to meet to keep the session alive in 31 hopes of reaching a supermajority in the midterm elections in order to override some of the 32 Governor's vetoes. 33 34 11. *Appointments 35 a. Opioid Advisory Committee —Appointments Discussion 36 The Board discussed and approved initial appointments to the non-designated positions on the 37 Opioid Advisory Committee. 38 39 BACKGROUND: The charge and composition of the Opioid Advisory Committee were 40 established at the Board's September 6, 2022 Business Meeting. The Committee is charged to 41 discuss opioid-related health concerns and issues impacting the residents of Orange County and 42 advise the Board of Commissioners on options to expend funds to remedy opioid impacts. The 43 Committee will also plan and host one annual meeting open to the public to receive input from 44 municipalities on proposed uses of the settlement funds and to encourage collaboration between 45 local governments. 46 47 The Board of County Commissioners appoints seven (7) members. 48 49 The following individuals were nominated by consensus for the referenced positions at the 50 October 25, 2022 Work Session: