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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 16, 2021
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-d
SUBJECT: Change in BOCC Meeting Schedule for 2021
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board, 919-
245-2130
PURPOSE: To consider changes to the Board of Commissioners' meeting calendar for 2021 .
BACKGROUND: Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 153A-40, the Board of County
Commissioners must fix the time and place of its meetings or provide a notice of any change
in the Meeting Schedule.
There are two proposed Meeting Calendar changes for 2021 .
The first change is to add a closed session for Monday, June 7, 2021 starting at 7:00 pm. The
purpose of the closed session is "to consider the qualifications, competence, performance,
character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual
public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee;" NCGS § 143-318.11(a)(6).
Per North Carolina State Statutes, the meeting will start in open session. The public may attend
the opening of the meeting until the closed session begins. With the addition of a closed session
on June 7, the closed sessions currently scheduled for May 11 , May 13, and May 20, 2021 at
5:30 pm will be canceled.
The second change relates to Board of Commissioners' meetings currently scheduled to occur
in-person in 2021. Due to current public health concerns, it is proposed that the Board of
Commissioners conduct Virtual Board meetings during the months of April, May, and June
2021 .
Members of the Board of Commissioners would be participating in the meetings remotely. As
in prior meetings, members of the public would be able to view and listen to the meeting via
online streaming video or on Spectrum Cable TV. The meetings would be streamed in real-
time on the County's website for public viewing/listening, real-time broadcast on Spectrum
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Cable, and video-recorded for future television broadcast and reference on the County's
website.
April 2021 Virtual Meetings
April 6 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
April 13 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:00 pm
April 19 BOCC Virtual Legislative Breakfast — 8:30 am
April 20 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
April 22 BOCC Virtual Work Session — 7:00 pm
April 27 BOCC Joint Virtual Meeting with Schools — 7:00 pm
May 2021 Virtual Meetings
May 4 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:OOpm
May 11 BOCC Virtual Budget Public Hearing — 7:00 pm
May 13 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:OOpm
May 18 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
May 20 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:00 pm
May 27 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:00 pm
June 2021 Virtual Meetings
June 1 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
June 3 BOCC Virtual Budget Public Hearing — 7:00 pm
June 7 BOCC Virtual Closed Session — 7:00 pm
June 8 BOCC Virtual Work Session — 7:00 pm
June 15 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board amend its meeting calendar
for 2021 as follows:
1) Add a closed session for Monday, June 7, 2021 starting at 7:00 pm. The purpose of the closed
session is "to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions
of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or
prospective public officer or employee;" NCGS § 143-318.11(a)(6). The closed sessions
scheduled for 5:30 pm on May 11, 13, and 20, 2021 will be canceled.
2) Conduct all meetings scheduled for April, May, and June 2021 virtually.
April 2021 Virtual Meetings
April 6 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
April 13 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:00 pm
April 19 BOCC Virtual Legislative Breakfast — 8.30 am
April 20 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
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April 22 BOCC Virtual Work Session — 7:00 pm
April 27 BOCC Joint Virtual Meeting with Schools — 7:00 pm
May 2021 Virtual Meetings
May 4 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:OOpm
May 11 BOCC Virtual Budget Public Hearing — 7:00 pm
May 13 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:OOpm
May 18 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
May 20 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:00 pm
May 27 BOCC Virtual Budget Work Session — 7:00 pm
June 2021 Virtual Meetings
June 1 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm
June 3 BOCC Virtual Budget Public Hearing — 7:00 pm
June 7 BOCC Virtual Closed Session — 7:00 pm
June 8 BOCC Virtual Work Session — 7:00 pm
June 15 BOCC Virtual Business Meeting — 7:00 pm