Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
1 <br /> APPROVED 10/17/23 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> WORK SESSION <br /> September 12, 2023 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Tuesday, September <br /> 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Human Services Center in Hillsborough, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Earl McKee, <br /> and Commissioners Sally Greene, Jean Hamilton, Phyllis Portie-Ascott, and Anna Richards <br /> (arrived at 7:04 p.m.) <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Amy Fowler <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present, <br /> except for Commissioners Fowler and Richards. Chair Bedford noted that Fowler would not be <br /> able to attend the meeting, but that Commissioner Richards was on the way. <br /> 1. Presentation of Strategic Plan Survey Results <br /> The Board discussed the results of the statistically valid Strategic Plan survey prepared by the <br /> ETC Institute. <br /> BACKGROUND: During the Board of Commissioners 2022 Retreat, the Board authorized staff <br /> to solicit proposals from vendors to assist in the creation of a comprehensive, Countywide <br /> Strategic Plan. A Request for Proposals was released in late September 2022, and the team of <br /> Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC was selected to perform this work. The scope of work included <br /> a data driven strategic planning process that is grounded in the principles of equity, responsive to <br /> the concerns and priorities of the community, positions the County to address the challenges of <br /> the future, and is fiscally sustainable. <br /> An important part of the community engagement process for the Strategic Plan included the <br /> administration of a statistically valid community survey. A staff member from the ETC Institute <br /> will present the results of the survey, and the Board will have an opportunity to ask questions <br /> about those results and request any additional analysis that will help inform the Strategic Planning <br /> process. <br /> A total of 604 surveys were completed by randomly selected households throughout the County. <br /> Given the County's total population, this random sample produces statistically valid results with a <br /> margin of error of +/- 4.0% at the 95% level of confidence. The same survey was distributed to <br /> residents who were not randomly selected, resulting in an additional 695 responses. Those <br /> responses are being analyzed by County staff and will be included in the Environmental Scan that <br /> is being prepared by BerryDunn. The Environmental Scan will summarize all the information that <br /> has been provided by the public as well as an analysis of future trends in the community. <br /> The Environmental Scan will be presented to the Board during its all-day work session scheduled <br /> for September 21, 2023. During that work session, the Board used the results of the <br />