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evening everyone the board has met in closed session um no action was taken Direction was given to staff uh we are now beginning our regular session portion of the meeting with the public charge the board of County Commissioners asks its members and citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful courteous manner both with the board and fellow citizens at any time should any member of the board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge the chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until the individual regains personal control should decorum fail to be restored the chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to the public charge is observed as a courtesy to others please turn off cell phones during the meeting and now I will ask commissioner Jacobs to lead us in the Pledge of
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560 7658 and schedule your flu shots by calling 919 5607 608 more information can be found at Deco publical dog that concludes the announcements publish in tonight's agenda thank you clerk Wallace I'll now turn it to the board to see if there's any additional announcements Vice chair Burns not necessarily announcement but a huge thank you uh I want to send out a a big big thank you to the manager everybody in Emergency Management everybody in public safety that I'm not thinking of last week could have been really rough with the power being out and the turn Tammy Claudia Maurice everybody all this in um to um Deborah Craig Ray like it didn't matter what I asked for I said oh my gosh we don't have this in Spanish can we get it in Spanish y'all turn it right back around um we opened up a high school there were beds there were cops there was food the warming stations shout out to Joan and everybody else who opened up DSS when
their own homes were cold so I just want to publicly say thank you y'all are the best people in the whole wide world and y'all did not take a curtain call and that is a classy thing to do um I saw other elected officials taking curtain calls for y'all work it didn't sit with me well um so thank y'all for being classy thank y'all for taking care of our folks and U making sure nobody had to be cold or hungry last week I appreciate it also are we sharing on our website um I know that Duke Energy does have a form set up uh for folks who lost food food that might have spoiled in the deep freezer and refrigerator so I just want to continue to make sure that we share that so we can at least try to help people recruit what they can that they by a loss last week and that's all the only announcement thank you Vice chair Burns commissioner Jacobs I just wanted to piggyback on what commissioner Burns just said uh we had um DSS staff who were were working at um the shelter we had public health staff we had our
library staff who were helping with the warming stations it was a fullon county Durham County team effort so thank you to everyone thank you and also thank you to the small businesses that stepped up and I know helped provide some of those meals uh hot meals uh for families especially the kids uh who were in the schools that had been closed down to the power issue uh to make sure they still receive breakfast and lunch and meals during that time announcements on the side okay um I will now ask if there's any adjustments to the agenda sorry I skipped over that before okay seeing no adjustments we will move on to the minutes of seeking approval for our work session January 2nd 2024 minutes and our regular session on January 8 2024 uh minutes to approve those so move second okay moved by
commissioner Jacob seconded by Vice chair Burns all in favor say I I I any opposed okay minutes are approved 5 to zero we'll now reach our consent agenda the consent agenda is filled with items that our staff and management have all worked tirelessly on and presented to us at work sessions and worked with us to educate us and give us an opportunity to ask ask questions in the community to learn about I will ask and see if there are any questions or items that Commissioners would like to pull from the consent agenda commissioner Jacob yeah I I just want to note these are actually things that we didn't make it on to the work session but I I did want to just draw attention to the two items about the Lincoln Community Health Center parking lot expansion I see Brenda and Perry sitting out here these are items that have been really we've been working really hard to
move forward for a long time and I know that Lincoln Community Health Center staff are going to really really appreciate the parking lot expansion so I'm very excited about that I do have a question about 24-32 the DSs um building um expansion of the or kind of updating the RFP with the development Finance Institute I am thrilled thank you Madame manager for moving this forward um I do have a question about the scope of work for this and because I'm so glad that they're going back and we're getting this moving in since it's been three years and not only have some of the economic conditions changed but also even thinking about the needs of our community I didn't see anything in there that was related to kind of getting Community input and engagement again or
revisiting kind of what are going to be the priorities if we do an AR do an RFP for this just wondering about that piece of that because they helped us with that as well in the past so this um extension is really to help update the information I think it's been about two or three years since you all saw this and and so they're going to go back and revine refine and revisit some of the information in there that'll help inform what will go in the RFP and we're looking to make the RFP broad enough to get ideas for what we can do with the building and then once we make a selection then have those Community conversations about how we outfit it sounds great thank you so much other questions I seeing no more questions do we hear an approval for this consent agenda second moveed by commissioner
Auten seconded by Vice chair Burns all in favor I I any opposed motion to approve the consent agenda passes 5 to zero that moves us forward to yes and I want to offer commissioner burn Vice chair Burns a point of personal privilege somebody must have done something something really bad today cuz my mama just walked in I don't know which one of y'all it was she has never walked into these Chambers but my mama just walked in I'm just putting everybody on notice because I am not the dangerous one so I'm joking she's hey Mom how you doing okay we can move on yeah Tasha comes in here all the time but my mom ain't never walked in here so than highlight our favorite sister Burns's here welcome to DAR Mommy okay that moves us to our public hearing items uh we have a public hearing on not
to exceed on not to exceed 87 million limited obligation bonds series 202 for 2022 2024a and 2024b uh the board is requested to hold a public hearing on the negotiation of an amendment to an installment financing contract in connection with the execution and delivery of not to exceed 87 million limited obligation bonds and the related projects to be financed and referenced thereby following the public hearing the board is requested to adopt the attached resolution which authorizes the negotiation to adopt the attached resolution which authorizes the negotiation of an amendment to an installment financing contract in connection with the execution and delivery of not to exceed 87 million limited obligation bonds copies of all the reference documents are on file with the chief officer available so I will pass it to our
clerk I'd like to report to the board that a public hearing notice relating to financing one renovations to a shopping center a portion of which will house the County's Board of Elections office two the construction of a pump station known known as the Snow Hill Road Pump Station three Renovations and Public Safety improvements to various County school facilities and four the construction of a parking facility located at the 500 block of East Main Street in the county pursuant to an amendment to an installment financing contract in a principal amount not to exceed 87 million was EST was published on January 11th 2024 stating that the board would hold a public hearing there on on on January 22nd 2024 thank you clerk Wallace the board will now hear anyone who wishes to be heard on the questions of the proposed amendment to the contract and the projects to be financed thereby so I
will now open up our public hearing did we have anyone sign up to speak we did not have anyone sign up to speak and there are there's no one online I will then entertain motion or do there any questions from the board seeing none I will entertain a motion to close the public hearing or yeah Madam oh Madam chair I move that we um I move that the public hearing be closed okay I will now take a vote uh all in favor I any opposed hearing none this public hearing is closed now a resolution entitled resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the D County of Durham North Carolina approving an amendment to the installment financing agreement and delivery thereof and related matters is before the board for consideration
authorizing staff to move forward as County Representatives with the proposed financing the projects the clerk just described and authorizing the execution and delivery of certain documents in connection with the financing is there a motion to adopt the resolution I make that motion second move by commissioner Lee seconded by commissioner Jacobs all in favor oh is there any discussion on the motion all in favor I I any opposed okay seeing none motion passes 5 to zero and that brings us back to our boards and commission appointments I will pass it to our attorney Curtis Massie thank you madam chair um I have tallied the votes and can advise that your selection for the Board of Health pharmacist position is Jean Ria your selection for the Durham County
women's commission at large position is Kon be and your selection for the Durham Planning Commission at large position is Matt copac thank you attorney Massie thank you to every individual who had applied and signed up to serve Durham County and thank you and I look forward to working with the individuals who have been selected to serve and look forward to the individuals who weren't selected to continue to look at the boards and commissions that are open and available uh for opportunities to serve in other ways that brings us to the end of our agenda I will like entertain a motion to adjourn Madam chair I'd like to make a motion that we adj move by Vice chair Burn seconded by commissioner Auten all in favor I any opposed okay we are adjourned thank
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