Appointments and personnel items in Orange County, between 3 Sep 2025 and 3 Sep 2026
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| Subject | Items |
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| Appointments and personnel | 102 |
| Elections and districts | 13 |
| Health and human services | 8 |
| Police and public safety | 6 |
| Parks and recreation | 5 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 4 |
| Broadband and technology | 3 |
| Budget and appropriations | 3 |
| Housing and affordability | 3 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 3 |
| Schools and education | 3 |
| Transit | 3 |
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The acting parks superintendent is introduced to the council.
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Filling the vacant Register of Deeds post. This is the second vacancy the board has filled in five weeks; it appointed Rani Dasi to the District 1 commissioner seat on 28 July.
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Ahead: a 10 September work session on the FY 2025-26 strategic plan progress report, a draft strategic communications and civic partnership plan, and upcoming board appointments; then a half-day retreat on 14 September on the Orange County Land Use Plan 2050.
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Updating which commissioner sits on which board or commission for 2026.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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6.i (updates) Membership updateStaff or committee report Appointments and personnel
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A district court judge administers the oath to the commissioner appointed on 28 July to the vacant District 1 seat. She serves until 7 December and is on the November ballot for the full term.
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Winding up the Broadband Task Force.
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Membership vacancies, with applications reviewed and a vote taken, plus a recap of the commission's August retreat. Volunteer applications make up most of the meeting packet.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Appointments to the board and votes coming up.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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A new candidate is introduced and the commission votes on applicants carried over from June. Existing members are asked to volunteer to orient the incoming ones.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Filling the District 1 seat left vacant by Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford's death on 21 June. Under NCGS 153A-27 the appointee had to be a Democrat living in District 1, and the board had 60 days. Six people applied through the county Democratic Party, whose executive committee recommended Rani Dasi on 20 July after a…Rani Dasi appointed; 6 votes cast, all for Dasi
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Applications for seats on the board, to go before the commissioners on 10 September, plus a review of the current roster.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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The board reviews applicants for its vacant seats and votes on whom to recommend to the county commissioners.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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How to fill the seat left by Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford, who died on 21 June. State law requires a nominee from the same party and district, consultation with the party, and an appointment within sixty days — a deadline of 20 August. Miss it and the Clerk of Superior Court fills the seat instead.Discussed. The board weighed running the evaluation itself against using the county Democratic party's process.
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Who supervises the county tax administrator. Staff laid out five models, from the board taking full day-to-day oversight to leaving it entirely with the county manager. One commissioner argued against board supervision, saying he had seen department heads forced out over clashes with commissioners and expected politic…Approved unanimously on a Pitt County model: the annual evaluation is the board's with the manager's input, the work plan is the manager's with the board's input, and day-to-day supervision stays wit…
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Appointment to the Board of Health. An optometrist seat, vacant since January 2026, stays open.Approved unanimously.
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Updating commissioners' assignments to boards and commissions for the rest of 2026, which the vacancy forced.Approved unanimously.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Membership and vacancies, and an all-day retreat set for 22 August.Staff or committee report Appointments and personnel
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Three seats to fill: a non-municipal position, an owner or manager of a retail pet service, and an animal welfare or advocacy position, with one applicant named for each.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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New applicants introduced and a recommendation to the county commissioners for a commission seat.Approved 10-0.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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A work session discussion of appointments to the Board of Social Services.
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A work session discussion of appointments to the Chapel Hill-Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Elections and an update on membership vacancies, plus confirmation of the August 22 retreat.
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The chair opened on the executive director's announced retirement, and proposed postponing the formation of strategic subcommittees until later in the summer, after Orange County's succession planning process provides more direction.Discussion item Appointments and personnel
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Upcoming retirements from the board and the applications to fill those seats.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Board appointments and upcoming votes, involving Ellen Pearsall and Dr. Brady.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Three seats: a Town of Chapel Hill vacancy, the seat for an owner or manager of a retail pet service, and a non-municipal seat coming open in June.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Minutes from three April meetings, the tax collector's partial FY 2025-26 settlement through March 31, an excise tax overpayment refund, renewal of the health services agreement for medical care at the county detention center, EMS Week and Heat Awareness Week proclamations, a household hazardous waste contract, budget…
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An attendance policy for the board, chair and vice chair positions, an update on the fare free program, and the county transit software system.
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A discussion with Developmental Associates, the firm recruiting a permanent tax administrator for the county.
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Administrative notes and oaths of office for members.Procedural Appointments and personnel
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Nominations and a vote for chair, vice chair and secretary.
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A vacancy on the core business and grant committee, a review of the board's attendance policy, and discussion of the meeting schedule and time.Discussion item Appointments and personnel
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A new applicant was introduced and the commission discussed recruitment and member retention. No vote on new members this month.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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III.b New Member IntroductionsNew members appointed by the county commissioners were introduced; two could not attend.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Members took the oath of office for the 2026 appeal year and were sworn in and notarized.Procedural Appointments and personnel
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The secretary position and membership vacancies, and setting the date for the August retreat, which landed on August 22.Staff or committee report Appointments and personnel
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6.f (updates) Membership updateAn update on commission membership.Staff or committee report Appointments and personnel
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A report on the board's vacancies as of April 2026.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Whether to remove members of county boards and commissions who fell short on attendance in 2025.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Appointment discussions for the Advisory Board on Aging, the Animal Services Advisory Board, the Board of Health, the Human Relations Commission, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority board of directors, and the Parks and Recreation Council.
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Recruitment and member retention, with no vote on new members this month.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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The council elected its chair and vice chair.
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6.a MembershipThe single membership application on file, and strategies for recruiting more.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Appointing the tax administrator to hold the acting tax collector and acting tax assessor roles as well.
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A new board member, Daniel Rawlins, and an updated attendance policy.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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The second group of county boards and commissions presented their annual work plans to the commissioners. Each board reports what it did over the past year and what it plans, consistent with the commissioners' strategic goals. Presenters included representatives of the Orange Unified Transportation Board and the Board…Presentation Appointments and personnel
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Appointment discussions for the adult care home and nursing home community advisory committee, the animal services hearing panel pool, the arts commission, the board of equalization and review, the historic preservation commission, the board of adjustment, the parks and recreation council, and the juvenile crime preve…
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Board appointments and the attendance policy.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Two new applicants introduced, plus discussion of how to improve orientation for new members and a new attendance procedure.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Renewal of employee health and dental insurance and continued participation in the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool.
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A certificate of appreciation for a member whose second term expired in March, after more than five years on the council.Proclamation or recognition Appointments and personnel
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Three seats considered: the Chapel Hill city limits seat coming open at the end of March, the Chapel Hill township seat with several applicants, and an at-large seat for which all applicants were considered.Three recommendations made, each unanimousAppointment Appointments and personnel
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Two newly appointed board members were welcomed, Commissioner Earl McKee and Dr. Natalicio Serrano, along with a new public health nurse.
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The secretary position and membership vacancies, and a recap of the commission's community conversations.Staff or committee report Appointments and personnel
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The first group of county boards and commissions presented their annual work plans to the commissioners, reporting on the past year and their plans against the board's strategic goals. The second group presented on March 10.Presentation Appointments and personnel
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Appointment discussions for the board of health, the Chapel Hill-Orange County Visitors Bureau advisory board, the economic development advisory board and the county planning board.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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The board's report to the county commissioners, set for March 10, and board appointments.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Lamar Proctor elected chair and Chris Johnston vice chair for 2026, both unanimously.Both elected unanimously
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Vacancies on the council and possible appointment recommendations, taken up again on March 4 when three seats were filled.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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IV.c Term ExpirationsTerms coming to an end on the council.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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Two new board members were introduced, from the Chapel Hill and Carrboro town councils.Procedural Appointments and personnel
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A member flagged a January 28 public forum at the Whitted Human Services Center on rising health care costs following the One Big Beautiful Bill. The chair reported meeting the county environment commission's water resources committee, which is inventorying wells and testing water quality. The board also faces two sea…
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One of the county's two seats on the Durham Tech board of trustees, filled for a partial term expiring June 30, 2028.Approved unanimously
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Consensus to change the advisory board attendance policy from 'may remove' to 'will remove', drop the qualifier about non-participation becoming problematic, base the 25 percent threshold on 12 meetings held rather than 12 months so cancelled meetings do not count, and write in staff engagement and a grace period befo…Discussion item Appointments and personnel
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A review of the five housing bodies: the affordable housing advisory board, the Local Government Affordable Housing Collaborative, the housing authority board, and the Partnership to End Homelessness leadership and executive teams. Only the first is genuinely advisory. None currently examines housing gaps over time. T…
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The slate of early voting officials, drawn from party recommendations and a survey of officials who worked the November 2024 and November 2025 elections, selected on party affiliation, prior service and training, availability and preferred shift and location.Approved unanimously
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The annual report and work plan were due January 16, with board feedback requested by the day before. The board endorsed a member for a second term, to be recommended to the county commissioners. Several life sciences projects are looking for space in the Chapel Hill and Hillsborough area. Future meetings will make ti…Staff or committee report Appointments and personnel
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The committee has ten members against a maximum of fourteen. Applications arrive but candidates stop responding once they learn 32 hours of training is required. Its quarterly meeting was that evening, reviewing the past quarter's facility visits.
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Staff read the county's advisory board attendance policy to the board.Procedural Appointments and personnel
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Two appointments to the juvenile crime prevention council, added to the agenda at the start of the meeting. The board had decided on December 1 not to appoint a commissioner and to use a staff designee instead, then learned the bylaws do not allow that for the seat in question. It appointed the deputy county manager a…Both appointments approved unanimously
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The chair reminded members that the county commissioners are examining advisory board attendance, and that missing three meetings in a row or four in a year makes a member subject to removal. Staff keep an attendance record members can request.Discussion item Appointments and personnel
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A closed session on personnel. On returning to open session the chair announced she is moving out of Orange County and resigning as chair effective January 1, 2026.Closed session Appointments and personnel
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Organization a Election of Board of Commissioners' Chair and Vice-ChairA new chair and vice-chair were elected, each receiving all seven votes.Both elected unanimously
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Organization b Designation of Voting Delegates and AlternatesVoting delegates and alternates for the national and state county commissioner associations for the year, agreed by consensus.
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A review of which outside boards need a commissioner. The board stopped appointing commissioners to Healthy Carolinians, the Orange Care Coalition and the north-south bus rapid transit board, which is inactive, and decided the county manager could designate a staff member to the juvenile crime prevention council. It k…Slate approved unanimously; one motion failed 3-4
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VIII.A Chair/Vice-Chair SlateElection of the board's chair and vice-chair for 2026.Carried without dissent
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The nominating committee reviewed about fifteen applications, each member listing a top three, then interviewed the two candidates who appeared on all four lists. The board recommended one of them to the county commissioners.Carried without dissentAppointment Appointments and personnel
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Fifteen items including the October 21 minutes, board and commission appointments, the Abolition Day proclamation, budget amendment #4, a Governor's Highway Safety Program grant for the sheriff's office, White Cross fire truck financing, booth replacement and equipment for solid waste and recycling, vehicles for sever…Approved unanimously
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The 2026 meeting calendar and locations, member disclosure statements due December 31, and the annual report and work plan due January 16.Procedural Appointments and personnel
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A vacancy in the board's agriculture seat.
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A new member was introduced, and the commission re-elected its chair and vice chair for the coming year.Both re-electedAppointment Appointments and personnel
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Appointments to the county broadband task force.Approved unanimously
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A proposed 2026 leadership slate naming Tony Whitaker as chair and Brian Crandell as vice chair; the board will hold a formal vote at its November meeting.Slate approved for a November vote, without dissentAppointment Appointments and personnel
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An update on the board's vacant at-large seat: about 14 applicants have been received, and a committee is narrowing the field to 3-4 candidates for interviews.Appointment Appointments and personnel
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The board discussed the health director's job description and annual performance review in closed session.Closed session Appointments and personnel
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Updates the county's retirement ordinance for sworn law enforcement officers to match a 2025 state law change to the Special Separation Allowance.Approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimous
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Appointments to the Affordable Housing Advisory Board and Opioid Advisory Committee.Approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimous
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Reappointment of two at-large members, leaving no vacancies on the board.Board agreed by consensus to reappoint Mariela Hernandez and Thomas Grasty
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Filling several committee seats; commissioners raised a possible conflict of interest involving one appointee's employer receiving opioid grant funds before proceeding.Board agreed by consensus to move Elizabeth Johnson to the substance use treatment provider seat and appoint Richard Cooper, Breana Montgomery and Victoria Menz
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Reappointment of two council members, leaving one Carrboro seat vacant.Board agreed by consensus to reappoint Alissa Martucci and Chloe Reid and to continue recruiting for the remaining Carrboro vacancy
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The board reestablished the Broadband Task Force with an expanded charge to track state and federal broadband funding, appointing two commissioners and reappointing two at-large members while authorizing recruitment for three vacant resident seats.Approved unanimously
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The board appointed Election Day precinct assistants as recommended by staff.Approved unanimously
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The board discussed and approved appointments to the Tax Assessment Work Group's community representative positions and formally set the group's composition and charge.ApprovedAppointment Appointments and personnel
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The board discussed a delay in reviewing applications for a vacant at-large seat and plans to begin interviews soon.Discussion item Appointments and personnel
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The board discussed the health director's job description and annual performance review in closed session.Entered and exited closed session without dissent.Closed session Appointments and personnel
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The board elected Mary Beth Miller vice chair.Approved
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The board nominated and appointed a new vice chair.Creston Woods appointed vice chair, without objectionAppointment Appointments and personnel
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The board nominated and appointed a new treasurer.Matt Hughes appointed treasurer, without objectionAppointment Appointments and personnel
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Established a work group on tax assessment issues and appointed three commissioners to serve on it.Approved as part of the consent agenda
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Approved board and commission appointments previously reviewed at the September 9 work session.Approved as part of the consent agendaAppointment Appointments and personnel
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The chair asked whether to vote on nominations now or later; members chose to wait.Discussion item Appointments and personnel
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