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18 <br /> the point that the process could be kept open. She said that in other situations where the county <br /> was not inclusive, they had to back pedal. She said they should be proactive. <br /> Chair Bedford said there are two African American females as superintendents. <br /> Chair Bedford asked what the Board's pleasure was. <br /> Commissioner Fowler made a motion to approve the applicants for the Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro City Schools resident positions. <br /> Chair Bedford read their names, Ad Schein and Cassie Rice. <br /> Vice Chair McKee seconded the motion. <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair Bedford, Vice Chair McKee, Commissioner Fowler, Commissioner <br /> Hamilton, Commissioner Richards); Nays, 1 (Commissioner Price) <br /> MOTION PASSES <br /> Commissioner Fowler made a motion to appoint Kate O'Boyle to one of the Orange County <br /> Schools resident positions. <br /> Commissioner Richards seconded the motion. <br /> Commissioner Richards said Kate O'Boyle seemed like a good applicant due to her <br /> experience with young people. <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair Bedford, Vice Chair McKee, Commissioner Fowler, Commissioner <br /> Hamilton, Commissioner Richards); Nays, 1 (Commissioner Price) <br /> MOTION PASSES <br /> Chair Bedford made a motion to appoint Richard Bradford to the second Orange County <br /> Schools resident position. She discussed his qualifications. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton seconded the motion. <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair Bedford, Vice Chair McKee, Commissioner Fowler, Commissioner <br /> Hamilton, Commissioner Richards); Nays, 1 (Commissioner Price) <br /> MOTION PASSES <br /> Commissioner Price said she thinks all of the appointees are fine. <br /> Vice Chair McKee said sometimes we have to deal with the hand we are dealt. He said <br /> he would have liked to have seen more applicants. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked how the task force was advertised. <br /> Tara May said they advertised on listservs, county social media channels, and the <br /> newspaper. She said she'd be happy to hear other ideas. <br /> Commissioner Richards said she included it in a news sharing group she is part of. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton said she knows there are a lot of organizations that she is part of <br /> and she forgets to advertise something she has initiated. She asked that staff prompt the Board <br /> to remind the community about these opportunities. <br /> Tara May said she would work on that. <br /> Vice Chair McKee asked if there was a list of churches in the county. He said by contacting <br /> churches, information may be shared among their congregations. He said some churches may <br /> not want to advertise, but some are more politically active. He said that he reached out to churches <br /> for assistance with the COVID vaccine and there was a church that engaged immediately and <br /> was happy to be involved in the initiative as a partner. He said this would be good for affordable <br /> housing and other social services. <br />