Agenda - 10-15-2024; 8-a - Minutes

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Attachment 3 1 1 DRAFT MINUTES 2 ORANGE COUNTY 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 BUSINESS MEETING 5 September 17, 2024 6 7:00 p.m. 7 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Business Meeting on Tuesday, September 9 17, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. 10 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT. Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Sally Greene and 12 Commissioners Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Phyllis Portie-Ascott, and Anna Richards 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Earl McKee 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT. John Roberts 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Travis Myren, Interim Deputy County Manager 16 Caitlin Fenhagen, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified 17 appropriately below) 18 19 Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present, 20 except Commissioner McKee. Chair Bedford explained that Commissioner McKee was 21 representing the Board on a trip with the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro and is just 22 getting back into town. 23 24 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 25 None. 26 27 2. Public Comments (Limited to One Hour) 28 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 29 There was no one signed up to speak. 30 31 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 32 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.) 33 34 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 35 Commissioner Richards said the ABC Board met today and received the results from their 36 audit. She said they received a clean audit report. 37 Commissioner Fowler said she attended the Board of Health Behavioral Health 38 Subcommittee meeting on September 111", and received a presentation from Carl Johnson, PhD., 39 with the UNC Gillings School of Public Health on the relationship between social media and teen 40 mental health. She said the subcommittee with be working on recommendations for actions to 41 take locally to combat anxiety and depression in teens as it relates to social media. She said the 42 Board was alerted by an email from Melody Kramer that the UNC Coal Plant may switch to 43 incinerating pellets that may potentially PFAS. She petitioned staff to further investigate this recent 44 proposal by UNC and how the Board can best voice their concerns. She said she would like to 45 know if there is research already available that can characterize the safety or danger associated 46 with the incineration of PFAS. She said from her understanding, it looks like it requires extremely 47 high temperatures to destroy PFAS and that incineration may disperse them instead. She said 48 this is being studied by multiple agencies and there doesn't seem to be clear evidence yet to 49 ensure the safety of this proposed new process. She said after hearing from staff, she would like 50 the Board to consider sending a letter to UNC during their public comment period, and possibly 51 hold a public hearing at a Board meeting as well.