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Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda

Orange County · Advisory Board on Aging
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Advisory board meeting Health and human servicesPublic facilitiesAppointments and personnelBroadband and technologyBudget and appropriationsComprehensive planHousing and affordabilityIntergovernmental agreementsState legislative agendaTax rate and revaluation

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What was decided

  1. Approved 3Approval of Minutes — December 9, 2025 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

The area agency on aging visits Orange County February 3 and 4 for its annual monitoring visit. The review covers health promotion programs, senior center operations, information and assistance, options counseling, and two grants.

The board also plans to take up the FY 2026-27 budget, which kicked off January 8. It also owes its annual report to the county commissioners by January 16, to be presented in February or March.

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Meeting recap

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

The most concrete thing that came up was advocacy. The Senior Tar Heel Legislature alternate delegate told the board that at monthly tabling in the county's senior centers they will hand out a paper form so people can write a letter to their state legislators by hand, then send them in bulk on the writers' behalf.

The nursing home and adult care home community advisory committee, which visits facilities and reports on what it finds, is stuck at ten members against a maximum of fourteen. Applications come in, but people stop responding once they learn the role requires 32 hours of training.

A member raised concern about changing public health recommendations, immunizations among them, and what that means for older residents' health, suggesting it as a priority for one of the master aging plan workgroups. The department's employment specialist reported working with fifteen or sixteen seniors looking for work, with employer response picking up after the holidays and four or five placements hoped for by the February meeting.

Survey design for the 2027-32 master aging plan is under way with input from the plan's workgroups, aiming for completion in early May. VITA free tax help appointments opened January 12 for service running February 1 through April 15.

Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (10)

Staff or committee report · 7Minutes approval · 1Budget action · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 3 Approval of Minutes — December 9, 2025
    Minutes approval
    Approved
  2. 4 Staff Updates
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesPublic facilities
    The Seymour Center's evening facility manager was promoted to facility manager, and a request to fill the evening position awaits the county manager's approval to post.
  3. 5 Preparing for CPAAA Annual Monitoring visit
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesIntergovernmental agreements
    The area agency on aging monitors the county February 3 and 4, covering health promotion programs, senior center operations, information and assistance, options counseling, and the PEAS and Choosing Home grants.
  4. 6 All Ages All Stages Multi-Sector Plan on Aging Retreat
    Staff or committee report Broadband and technologyHealth and human servicesHousing and affordability
    A January 15 retreat. The county's aging director co-leads the Strengthening Community for a Lifetime group, covering housing, connectivity and digital equity, social determinants of health, age-friendly work and adult protective services.
  5. 10 VITA Tax Assistance
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesTax rate and revaluation
    Free tax preparation appointments opened January 12, with the service running February 1 through April 15.
  6. 12 FY26-27 Budget
    Budget action Budget and appropriations
    The budget process kicked off January 8, and staff shared the county's budget guidelines with the board.
  7. 13 BOCC Aging Board Annual Report
    Staff or committee report
    The board's annual report to the county commissioners, to be filed by January 16 and presented in February or March.
  8. 15 Survey Design for 2027-32 Master Aging Plan
    Discussion item Comprehensive planHealth and human services
    Survey design for the next five-year master aging plan is being developed with input from the plan's workgroups, aiming to finish in early May.
  9. 16 Senior Tar Heel Legislature
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesState legislative agenda
    The alternate delegate said advocacy matters more going forward. At monthly tabling in the county's senior centers, participants will be offered a paper form to write to their state legislators by hand, with the letters sent in bulk on their behalf.
  10. 17 Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Joint Community Advisory Committee
    Staff or committee report Appointments and personnelHealth and human servicesPublic facilities
    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.

Agenda changes

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