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1 <br /> APPROVED 317124 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING <br /> January 23, 2024 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the elected boards for the towns of <br /> Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at Southern <br /> Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Sally Greene, <br /> and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee, and Phyllis Portie-Ascott <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Anna Richards <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 /> CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Barbara Foushee, Mayor Pro Tern <br /> Danny Nowell, and Council Members Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Eliazar Posada, and Catherine <br /> Fray <br /> CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Council Member Jason Merrill <br /> CARRBORO STAFF PRESENT: Interim Town Manager Marie Parker (All other staff members <br /> will be identified appropriately below) <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Jessica Anderson, Mayor Pro <br /> Tern Amy Ryan, and Council Members Camille Berry, Melissa McCullough, Paris Miller-Foushee, <br /> Theodore Nollert, Adam Searing, Elizabeth Sharp, and Karen Stegman <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None. <br /> CHAPEL HILL STAFF PRESENT: Town Manager Chris Blue (All other staff members will be <br /> identified appropriately below) <br /> HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Mark Bell, Mayor Pro Tern Robb <br /> English, and Commissioners Meaghun Darab, Kathleen Ferguson, and Matt Hughes <br /> HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Evelyn P. LLoyd <br /> HILLSBOROUGH STAFF PRESENT: Town Manager Eric Peterson (All other staff members will <br /> be identified appropriately below) <br /> Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. <br /> Mayor Mark Bell welcomed the members of the Carrboro and Chapel Hill Town Councils <br /> and the Hillsborough and Orange County Boards of Commissioners. Commissioners, Council <br /> Members, and staff introduced themselves. <br /> 1. One Orange Racial Equity Update <br /> The One Orange Racial Equity Jurisdictional Team (Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and <br /> Orange County) continues to collaborate to advance racial equity throughout Orange County. In <br /> addition to highlighting some of the work that has previously been done, the team will present <br /> updates on the racial equity framework, data dashboard and racialized history project. <br />