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Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda

Orange County · Advisory Board on Aging
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Advisory board meeting Health and human servicesAppointments and personnelBudget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationHousing and affordabilityPublic facilitiesRoads and transportation

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What was decided

  1. Approved 3Approval of Minutes - April 8, 2025 Approved

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Advisory Board on Aging reviewed the county manager's recommended 2025-26 budget on 13 May 2025 and the third-quarter reports on year three of the Master Aging Plan. The manager is recommending that the takeaway lunch programme end, with funding for July and August so participants can be told.

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Meeting recap

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

The budget news was mixed. The department's requests for required trainings and language access are in the recommended budget. Its request for $58,000 for respite services came back at $40,000. State Health Insurance Information Program funding is at risk at both state and federal level, and staff had no official notice yet on Older Americans Act money beyond a press release from the federal secretary saying it should be in place. The takeaway lunch programme is recommended for discontinuation with two months of transition funding.

On the Master Aging Plan, the housing reports were the substantive part. The 2025 senior housing guide is with a designer for release this summer. Staff are in contact with DHIC about livable design in Maddry Meadows, the affordable senior housing planned across from the Seymour Center. A student analysing county-wide data on gentrification and land banking finished a quarter of work in Q3, and the town holds a funding agreement with the Northside Neighborhood Initiative for its land bank. The board also heard that Graceful Living assisted living in Carrboro has stopped accepting Medicaid.

The board recommended two reappointments and asked the commissioners to make a special accommodation for a third full term for its Senior Tar Heel Legislature delegate. The Fit Lot is waiting on a final town permit before its opening.

How the votes went

The April minutes were approved. The board's appointment recommendations go to the commissioners.

From the published minutes.

Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (7)

Staff or committee report · 3Minutes approval · 1Budget action · 1Proclamation or recognition · 1Appointment · 1
  1. 3 Approval of Minutes - April 8, 2025
    Minutes approval
    Approved
  2. 4 Director's Report
    Staff or committee report Health and human services
    The Fit Lot awaits a final town permit before opening. Staff will present the All Ages All Stages multi-sector aging plan at a Medicaid long-term services conference on 4 June. Summer fan distribution starts in June.
  3. 11 FY 25-26 Budget Updates
    Budget action Budget and appropriationsCivil rights and nondiscriminationHealth and human services
    The county manager recommends ending the takeaway lunch programme with funding through August for transition. Training and language access requests are in the budget; a $58,000 respite services request came back at $40,000. SHIIP funding is at risk at state and federal level, and Older Americans Act funding is unconfirmed.
  4. 12 Older Americans Month
    Proclamation or recognition Health and human services
    The commissioners approved the proclamation on 6 May. This year's theme is Flip the Script on Aging.
  5. 13 Board Appointments
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    The board recommended two reappointments and asked for a special accommodation to reappoint its Senior Tar Heel Legislature delegate to another full term.
  6. 14 Master Aging Plan - Third Quarter Year 3 Reports
    Staff or committee report Health and human servicesHousing and affordabilityPublic facilitiesRoads and transportation
    Reports on mental health training, volunteer recruitment, information hubs at the Efland Cheeks and Cedar Grove community centers, and UNC students translating equipment guides and programme materials into Mandarin and Spanish. On housing: the 2025 senior housing guide is in design, staff are working with DHIC on livable design at Maddry Meadows across from the Seymour Center, and a student completed analysis of county-wide gentrification and land banking data.
  7. 17 Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Joint Community Advisory Committee
    Staff or committee report Health and human services
    Graceful Living assisted living in Carrboro is no longer accepting Medicaid.

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