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Orange County Commission for the Environment
Meeting Summary
December 13, 2021; 7:30 pm
ortual Go To Meeting
Present: Kim Piracci, Kim Livingston, Bradley Saul, Frank Binkowski, Bill Ward, Eric
Scheier, Jaya Nair, Kristie Mather, Carrie Fletcher, James Eichel, Elizabeth
McWhorter, Ulrich Hartmond
Absent: Alan Parry(excused), Jeremy Marzuola(excused), Veronica Penn Beattie
(excused)
I. Call to Order
Kim Piracci called the meeting to order at 7:32 pm.
II. Additions or Changes to Agenda
Kalani Allen, DEAPR Administrative Support, requested to go ahead and notify the CFE
of the upcoming annual Nature of Orange Photography Contest presented by DEAPR.
Historically, the CFE has sponsored the contest and Kalani asked if they would like to
continue and the CFE agreed to. Motion by Kim Livingston; seconded by James Eichel;
none opposed; motion passed.
III. Approval of Draft Minutes—November 8t", 2021
Motion by Bradley Saul; seconded by Carrie Fletcher; none opposed; motion passed.
IV. CFE Annual Report and Work Plan -Discussion
Chris Hirni led a discussion on finalizing the CFE Annual Report and Work Plan that is
due to the Clerk's Office by Friday January 14, 2022. With direction by the CFE, Chris
completed edits to the document and the CFE agreed that the document was ready to
submit. Motion by Frank Binkowski; seconded by Kristie Mather; none opposed; motion
passed.
V. Committee Breakouts
The CFE broke out into committee assignments to discuss goals/projects for the year.
VI. Updates and Information Items
- Chris Hirni discussed staff findings on meeting frequency policy. Current meeting
frequency of once per month is what has been agreed upon by the CFE and posted to
the public but special/emergency meetings can be held if needed. If subcommittees
would like to meet more often, then that is permissible,but if a quorum will be
present then the subcommittee will need to post the upcoming meeting to the public,
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Orange County Commission for the Environment
Meeting Summary
December 13, 2021; 7:30 pm
ortual Go To Meeting
put together an agenda, take minutes and submit them to the Clerk to the Board for
retention and distribution to the BOCC.
- Wesley Poole discussed new member orientation that would be held on January 10,
2022. The regular CFE meeting will start at 7:30pm that night via Zoom,but new
members coming on in January along with any other recent new members that would
like to attend would be invited to join in at 7:00pm to discuss CFE policy and what to
expect.
- Kim Piracci notified the CFE of the upcoming 2020 Officer Election(Chair&Vice
Chair positions)that would be held at the next CFE meeting in January. Kim stated
that she would like to pass on the Chair position to another member of the CFE so be
thinking about it.
- Wesley Poole informed the CFE that Steven Arndt, Orange County Asset
Management Services Director and Brennan Bouma's former supervisor, had
received a Community Climate Action Grant proposal from the Chapel Hill/
Carrboro School System. Wesley stated that Steven had e-mailed CFE members a
copy of the application and would like the CFE to review and be ready to discuss/
vote at the next CFE meeting in January. CFE members had a couple questions
regarding the application, so staff will be forwarding those to Steven for answers
prior to the meeting.
VIL Adjournment
Frank Binkowski motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 pm; seconded by Carrie
Fletcher; none opposed; motion passed.
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