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Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda

Orange County · Advisory Board on Aging
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Advisory board meeting Health and human servicesBudget and appropriationsAppointments and personnelCivil rights and nondiscriminationParks and recreationPublic facilitiesTax rate and revaluation

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What was decided

  1. Approved 4Approval of Minutes - March 11, 2025 Approved
  2. Approved 14Board Appointments Approved

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Orange County's Advisory Board on Aging heard from the county tax administrator about the 2025 revaluation on 8 April 2025, and worked through its budget requests for the coming year. About 42 percent of the department's budget is federal, and the board was told the Administration for Community Living is being dismantled with the consequences unknown.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Staff set out what the department is asking the county for: language access support, particularly American Sign Language, assistive technology and community-based services training, and the take-away meal programme. If take-away meal funding changes, the department will work with Meals on Wheels to reach homebound older adults.

Construction on the Fit Lot has begun and then stopped. About $20,000 of equipment was stolen, including the canopy and fasteners, and an insurance claim is being made. The county has since received an additional $62,000 for the Fit Lot from the regional area agency on aging.

Two staff posts are vacant and the department will decide when to refill the aging transitions and volunteer specialist role once the federal and state budgets are known. The board voted to seek a one-year extension for its Senior Tar Heel Legislature delegate. Staff reported that street outreach support has improved the situation with unsheltered people at the Seymour Center, and that the department's radio show won the Southern Gerontology Society's media award across a 14-state field.

How the votes went

The March minutes were approved, and the board approved seeking a one-year term extension for a member.

From the published minutes.

Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (7)

Staff or committee report · 3Presentation · 1Minutes approval · 1Budget action · 1Appointment · 1
  1. 3 Presentation by the Orange County Tax Administrator - Property Tax Revaluation
    Presentation Budget and appropriationsTax rate and revaluation
    The tax administrator briefed the board on the revaluation. The manager's budget comes on 6 May and the tax rate is set on 17 June.
  2. 4 Approval of Minutes - March 11, 2025
    Minutes approval
    Approved
  3. 6 Fit Lot Construction
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesParks and recreation
    Construction began and is paused after about $20,000 of equipment was stolen, including the canopy and fasteners. An insurance claim is in progress; the area agency on aging has added $62,000.
  4. 8 Dismantling of the Administration for Community Living
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsHealth and human services
    About 42 percent of the department's budget is federal and the effect is not yet known.
  5. 12 FY 25-26 Budget
    Budget action Budget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationHealth and human services
    Requests for language access support including ASL, assistive technology and community-based services training, and the take-away meal programme. The department would work with Meals on Wheels if take-away meal funding changes.
  6. 14 Board Appointments
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    A one-year term extension sought for the board's Senior Tar Heel Legislature delegate.
    Approved
  7. 18 Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Joint Community Advisory Committee
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesPublic facilities
    All facility evaluations are complete and some facilities have made improvements, including installing lifts.

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