Agenda - 04-15-2025; 8-a - Minutes

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2 1 average pre-trial population is down significantly over the 10 years of the initiative, and they are 2 seeing a significantly higher number of referrals for behavioral health services. She said during 3 the NACo legislative conference, common problems for counties across the country were 4 discussed, including potential Medicaid cuts and work requirements, potential cuts to 5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP), potential cuts to Temporary Assistance for 6 Needy Families (TANF) and child protective services, potential cuts and/or reform to FEMA, 7 removal of federal tax exemptions on interest received on municipal bonds. She said the removal 8 of federal tax exemptions would have a significant impact on the county's purchase ability for 9 bonds and all county bonds across the country. She said NACo and NCACC are bringing these 10 issues forward to legislators at the national level. She said Vice-Chair Hamilton can add some 11 additional perspective during her comments. 12 Commissioner Fowler said she attended the Family Success Alliance Care Coalition 13 meeting and discussed mini grants, access to care, social determinants of health, and behavioral 14 health. She said there will be three CHIP meetings in March at Solid Waste in Chapel Hill. Said 15 she attended the Board of Health meeting last week and received a presentation from Town of 16 Chapel Hill staff presentation about projects to improve safety and slowing traffic and received a 17 presentation of the Board of Health's draft budget for next year. 18 Chair Bedford said the Drakeford Library Complex grand opening was postponed due to 19 snow and will now be held on March 21 st 11:00 am. She said in addition to the library, Carrboro 20 has office space and public services there and the Skills Development Center is also located 21 there. Chair Bedford brought attention to the proclamations on the consent agenda tonight 22 including Creek Week and World Water Day. 23 Vice-Chair Hamilton said she attended the Central Pines Regional Council Executive 24 Board meeting along with Commissioner Greene. She said that Central Pines has been working 25 for a couple of years to lay the groundwork for a regional visioning process called Connected 26 Region 2050. She said they are looking at a funding plan including funding from member local 27 governments with populations over 20,000. She said the Board may be interested in receiving a 28 presentation before committing any funds. She shared that Commissioner Carter was videotaped 29 sharing information on the Stepping Up Initiative and encouraged everyone to watch it when that 30 video is shared. She thanked Commissioner Carter for her comments about the NACo conference 31 and said she would like to share something she learned. She explained that there are two budget 32 processes happening at the federal level; one is a continuing resolution expiring March 14th that 33 maintains funding for the federal government until the end of this fiscal year, September 30th. She 34 said because this was not a normal budget passage, it required continuing resolutions to keep 35 the government operating. She said the federal government may shutdown on March 14th if 36 Congress doesn't pass a continuing resolution. Additionally, she said there is another process 37 called budget reconciliation, a special legislative process that can quickly advance high-priority 38 fiscal legislation. She said in the Senate, those bills are not subject to filibuster, so a simple 39 majority can pass it. She said it is her understanding that cuts to some of the issues Commissioner 40 Carter highlighted are in the budget reconciliation because there is a desire to extend tax cuts 41 that would expire December of 2025 and spending cuts are needed in order to offset the $4.5 42 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years. She explained this provides context for why potential cuts to 43 Medicaid, etc. are on the table. 44 Commissioner Greene said the search for a new GoTriangle CEO is narrowing down. In 45 the spirit of what was just shared, she said one of the candidates was a late entry to the pool 46 because she was just laid off from the Federal Transit Administration in February. 47 48 49