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1, CAO EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 106 HILLCREST DRIVE SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA 27330 MARCH 13, 2020 The emergency meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, convened at 11:00 A.M. in the Gordon Wicker Room, Lee County Government Center, 106 Hillcrest Drive, Sanford, North Carolina, on said date. Commissioners present when the meeting was called to order were Amy M. Dalrymple, Arianna M. Del Palazzo, Dr. Andre Knecht, Cameron W. Sharpe and Kirk D. Smith. Commissioners Kevin Dodson and Robert Reives were absent. Staff in attendance included County Manager John Crumpton, Community and Governmental Relations Manager Jamie Brown and Deputy County Attorney/Clerk to the Board Jennifer Gamble. I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Dalrymple called the meeting to order. II. COUNTY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 County Manager John Crumpton stated that due to the events being reported related to the Coronavirus, he wanted to discuss County preparedness plans prior to Monday to have some plans in place in an attempt to limit public exposure and spread of the virus. Health Department Director Heath Cain along with nurses from the Health Department provided that there is currently a pandemic flu plan in place that the County put in place in 2014 that fits situations like this and will be updated periodically to fit the County's needs. The Health Department is fielding calls and putting up education information along with a website link to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control. The Health Department is screening multiple calls a day using State criteria that is set by the State to field testing. Labcorp and Quest, which are privately owned testing companies, have been approved to do testing. They notify the Health Department with paperwork that they are testing and have to quarantine patients to home until test results are received. The County Manager made the decision to end out of county travel, especially overnight travel, and day travel will be considered on a case by case basis. Tony Williams with Environmental Health stated that they are reaching out to childcare facilities, nursing homes, and schools to share information from the State on what they should be doing and to advise regarding proactive measures they should be taking. When someone tests positive, they do a contact tracing and ask those that they come into contact with to monitor their symptoms for 14 days and if they become symptomatic to self isolate. The County Manager discussed County facility operations. Due to the mandatory functions operated by the Department of Social Services and the Health Departments, these departments will operate as usual while trying to limit sick exposure. He stated that the Sheriff's Office is working with pretrial release and the District Attorney to try to limit the number of people in the jail. People entering the jail are being screened. The recommendation is to cease library personnel from P - 1 13