Orange County Board of Commissioners 
Virtual Business Meeting 3-24-2020

Due to current public health concerns, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is conducting an abbreviated, virtual business meeting on March 24, 2020 utilizing GoToMeeting.  Members of the Board of Commissioners will be participating in the meeting remotely.  Members of the public will be able to view and listen to the meeting, but will not have the opportunity to speak at any point during this meeting.  The public may submit written comments by sending an email to ocbocc@orangecountync.gov.
 
As in prior meetings, the meeting will be streamed in real-time on the County’s website for public viewing/listening at http://www.orangecountync.gov/967/Meeting-Videos . There will also be real-time broadcast on Spectrum Cable and video-recording for future television broadcast and reference on the County’s website.
 
The full agenda for the Orange County Board of Commissioners’ virtual business meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 has been posted to the link below. 
 
http://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03242020-988
 
For a link to each agenda item as a separate file, please use the link below.    
 
http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/weblink/0/fol/62034/Row1.aspx
 
 
Virtual Business Meeting
March 24, 2020
7:00 p.m.
Viewable on the link below  

http://www.orangecountync.gov/967/Meeting-Videos  

 
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
 
6.  Regular Agenda
 
a. Approval of Emergency Small Business Funding Program
The Board will consider voting to create the Emergency Small Business Funding Program to provide Emergency Small Business funding to Orange County small businesses experiencing revenue loss due to the corona virus pandemic in the form of both grants and loans. This program will be funded using Article 46 Sales Tax revenue that was originally budgeted in the Small Business Loan Program. The current balance in the Article 46 Small Business Loan Program is approximately $300,000.
 
8.  Consent Agenda
 
a. Minutes - NONE
b. Recommendations for Employee Health Insurance and Other Benefits
c. Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget Amendment #7
d. Approval of Amendment to the Orange County Procurement and Disbursement Policy, Housing Rehabilitation Programs, Including Local and North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) Urgent Repair Activities
e. Orange County Transit Plan (OCTP) Update Award of Contract
f. Appointment of Commissioner Sally Greene to the NCACC Opioid Litigation Settlement Work Group
g. Delegation of Emergency Contracting Authority to the County Manager