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17 <br /> 1 10. County Attorney's Report <br /> 2 John Roberts wished the Board happy holidays. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 11. *Appointments <br /> 6 a. Schools Safety Task Force—Appointments Discussion <br /> 7 The Board discussed and considered approving initial appointments to the non-designated <br /> 8 positions on the Schools Safety Task Force. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 BACKGROUND: The charge and composition of the Schools Safety Task Force were <br /> 11 established at the Board's November 15, 2022 Business Meeting. The Task Force is charged to: <br /> 12 1) Discuss ways in which the Orange County government, schools, law enforcement, and <br /> 13 community can enhance the safety of the school environment to protect from external <br /> 14 threats and promote the education of Orange County K-12 public school students; and <br /> 15 2) Recommend to the Board of County Commissioners new or amended policies, <br /> 16 ordinances, and/or practices that will address those external threats and provide a safer <br /> 17 school environment for our students. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 The Board of County Commissioners previously selected Commissioners Jean Hamilton and Earl <br /> 20 McKee to serve on the Task Force, and the Board appoints four (4) community members. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 The following positions are presented for Board consideration: <br /> 23 <br /> NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION <br /> DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE <br /> TERM <br /> BOCC Resident— CHCCS Partial Term 06/30/2023 <br /> Appointment District <br /> BOCC Resident— CHCCS Partial Term 06/30/2023 <br /> Appointment District <br /> BOCC Resident— OCS Partial Term 06/30/2023 <br /> Appointment District <br /> BOCC Resident— OCS Partial Term 06/30/2023 <br /> Appointment District <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Tara May introduced the item. She said there were 2 applicants from Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> 26 and 5 from Orange County. <br /> 27 Commissioner Price said that that the applicants are qualified, but she was dismayed by <br /> 28 the lack of diversity of the applicants and asked if they would consider reopening the application <br /> 29 period to see if more people apply. <br /> 30 Vice Chair McKee agreed with Commissioner Price's comments. <br /> 31 Commissioner Hamilton said she was concerned that reopening would push back the <br /> 32 work. <br /> 33 Commissioner Richards said that there was diversity in age and in sexual orientation. She <br /> 34 said she was concerned that reopening would delay the process. She said she supports looking <br /> 35 for ethnic diversity. <br /> 36 Commissioner Hamilton said that the schools would also bring people and they may <br /> 37 provide diversity. <br /> 38 Commissioner Price said she is aware that there are other ways of getting diversity, but <br /> 39 considering that Orange County has been trying to do its part in diversity, she wanted to make <br />