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Orange County Climate Council <br />Meeting Summary <br />July 15, 2021 <br />7:00pm - 8:30pm <br />Online Meeting <br />Members and Alternates in Attendance: <br />Melissa McCullough (Chair), Brennan Bouma (staff), Kathy Kaufman, Donna Rubinoff, <br />Stephanie Trueblood, Marc Miller, Bill Ward, Amy Ryan, Jamezetta Bedford, John <br />Richardson, Jonas Monast, Ray DuBose, Robb English <br />Other Attendees: <br />•Chloe Allen (intern) <br />•Stella Kempf (intern) <br />•Georgia Morgan <br />Public comments received by advertised deadline: None <br />I.Call to Order, Land Acknowledgement, Changes to the Agenda - McCullough called <br />the meeting to order at 7:00pm. <br />McCullough gave a native lands acknowledgement for Orange County, recognizing that <br />Orange County sits on the historic lands of the Occoneechi, Saponi, and Tutelo people, and <br />historically the land where Orange County is now was also the land of the Tuscarora, <br />Sissipahaw, Eno, Shakori, Saura, and Catawba people. <br />No additions or changes to the agenda were suggested. <br />McCullough reminded the Council of the ongoing effort to draw up bylaws for the Council <br />and move the bylaws forward for approval by all 4 local governments who created the <br />Council in parallel. Everyone was encouraged once more to make comments and suggest <br />edits. <br />II.Approval of Meeting Minutes from June 16, 2021 <br />Rubinoff corrected the draft June minutes to reflect that she was actually not in attendance. <br />With no other discussion, Kaufman moved to approve the minutes as amended. Monast <br />seconded this motion and the minutes were approved unanimously. <br />III.Discussion of Restructuring - Roles and Process <br />The Council continued their discussion to clarify and focus the work of the Council. <br />Workgroups reported on their discussions and proposals for future products. <br />Miller shared a summary of the discussion of the Partners Committee that proposes how <br />the Council might prioritize, select, and address a proposed project based on the new <br />Working Groups and audiences. He then walked through an example. <br />Ryan pointed out that it would be difficult for the Council to take on project based work as <br />it does not have staff or a budget, or the mandate to act in this way. She acknowledged the