Climate Council Meeting Summary - 6-16-21

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Orange County Climate Council Meeting Summary June 16, 2021 7:00pm - 8:30pm Online Meeting Members and Alternates in Attendance: Melissa McCullough (Chair), Sammy Slade (Vice-Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Mark Marcoplos, Kathy Kaufman, Mary Tiger, Stephanie Trueblood, Cathy Cole, Jonas Monast, Wendy Kuhn, Marc Miller, Sarah Smylie, Tina Moon, Bill Ward, Tyrone Fisher, Amy Ryan, Patricia Clayton, Jamezetta Bedford Other Attendees: •Chloe Allen (intern) •Hannah Rubenstien (intern) •Randee Haven-O’Donnell •Amy Fowler •Pam Hemminger •Anna Richardson Public comments received by advertised deadline: None I.Call to Order, Land Acknowledgement, Changes to the Agenda - McCullough called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. McCullough gave a native lands acknowledgement for Orange County, recognizing that Orange County sits on the historic lands of the Occoneechi, Saponi, and Tutelo people, and historically the land where Orange County is now was also the land of the Tuscarora, Sissipahaw, Eno, Shakori, Saura, and Catawba people. No additions or changes to the agenda were suggested. II.Approval of Meeting Minutes from May 20, 2021 With no discussion on the May minutes, Kaufman moved to approve. Smylie seconded this motion and the minutes were approved unanimously. III.Report and Discussion of Key Roles and Functions Bouma gave a presentation to summarize previous discussions on the key roles and functions of the Council to provide context to new members. He then reported on a proposal from the Chair and Committee Leads to restructure and clarify and focus the work of the Council. The Climate Council has done good work so far and yet there are a couple of key issues that are regularly causing friction. The proposal to address these issues that the Council was asked to discuss is to restructure our 3 committees and create more flexible working groups that are focused on our 3 audiences: Community, Local governments (internal practices and