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2 1 2 Vote for Chair of the Board of Commissioners: 3 7 votes cast for Jamezetta Bedford (Amy Fowler, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, Earl 4 McKee, Renee Price, Anna Richards) 5 6 Jamezetta Bedford became the new Chair of the Board of Commissioners. 7 8 Vote for Vice Chair of the Board of Commissioners: 9 4 votes cast for Earl McKee (Amy Fowler, Earl McKee, Renee Price, Anna Richards) 10 3 votes cast for Sally Greene (Jamezetta Bedford, Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton) 11 12 Earl McKee became the new Vice Chair of the Board of Commissioners. 13 14 Chair Bedford chose to have the Commissioners share announcements or comments at 15 this point in the agenda. 16 Commissioner Richards said she attended the Justice Advisory Council where they 17 received a presentation on the mental health system and the process for voluntary and involuntary 18 commitment. She said it underscored how much the county needs a diversion facility. 19 Commissioner Price expressed thanks to the Board for the opportunity to serve as the 20 Chair for two years. She expressed special thanks to Chair Bedford for serving as Vice Chair 21 with her. She said she attended the Hillsborough holiday parade on the previous day and there 22 were many people in attendance. 23 Vice Chair McKee said in the previous week he had the opportunity to speak at the 24 Voluntary Agricultural Breakfast. He said the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program has 25 been in place for 30 years and has enrolled about 17,000-plus acres. He thanked the Board for 26 electing him as Vice Chair. He thanked Commissioner Greene for choosing to run for Vice Chair 27 of the Board, and said that a split-vote is an indication of the strength and depth of leadership on 28 the Board. 29 Commissioner Hamilton echoed Vice Chair McKee's comments that a split-vote is a sign 30 of the Board's strength and that the Board works well together. She said she looks forward to the 31 leadership of Chair Bedford and Vice Chair McKee to improve the functioning of the Board and to 32 serve the residents of Orange County to the best of their ability. 33 Commissioner Greene expressed congratulations to Chair Bedford and Vice Chair 34 McKee. She said she attended the NCACC legislative meeting and introduced the five priorities 35 that the Board had previously discussed. She said the NCACC chose three priorities: digital 36 infrastructure, school capital funding, and Medicaid expansion. She said there was a lot of 37 discussion on one of the Board's priorities, racial equity and criminal justice, which ultimately was 38 not on the final list of priorities. She said that each member county of NCACC gets one vote, and 39 this was a reminder of the rural bias of the organization. 40 Commissioner Fowler said she attended the Justice United meeting on November 17th 41 where the need for increase mental health services for the Latinx community was highlighted. 42 She said at the December 1 sl Alliance meeting, it was determined that the go-live date for tailored 43 plans was on April 1, 2023. She said that because of the date change, she can continue to serve 44 on the Alliance board until February. She said that later in the agenda the Board was to discuss 45 replacing her on the Alliance board due to a potential conflict of interest, but the date change 46 meant that the Board would not need to make the decision until a future business meeting. She 47 said that Alliance held town hall meetings in each county to discuss the tailored plans, and that 48 Orange County had the highest turnout. She said at the December 2nd JCPC meeting, they 49 reviewed the survey completed by youth being served by the court system in order to prioritize 50 programming needs. She said an RFP will go out on January 911. She wished Commissioner 51 Price well in her future position in the NC House of Representatives, and she hoped that