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III.B Request to Appear - Pamela Glover Pamela Glover, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Chair residing at 314 South Currie Drive. who also works as a business consultant for the NC Department of Commerce, spoke to the Board regarding youth concerns. This came about on August 1st regarding concerns with the youth. Over the past 10 years the chief juvenile court counselors stated that the youth in Lee County tend to have more behavioral and social needs and commit some of the more serious crimes, compared to the youth in other counties in the district. On September 12th the News and Observer had an article about kids selling guns online. There has been a 19% increase in the youth ages younger than 15 that are selling and purchasing guns. Conversations were held with the youth in Lee County and they have said they wished they had somewhere to go. JCPC receives state funds and funds from the Department of Public Safety and because Lee has a small population there is not a lot of funding available. Lee County does not do a monetary match; however, it does an in-kind match by allowing operators to operate in the office. Glover said there is a need for day reporting centers that are youth focused. No action was taken. IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS The following people spoke during the public comments section of the meeting: - Melissa Nance, 4293 S. Plank Road, Sanford, NC (Experience 180 - Total Package Program) - Crystal Bennet, crystal.bennett@ncdps.gov (Area Consultant with Juvenile Justice) - Alexandria Rye, 908 South Franklin Drive, avrye17@gmail.com (Support for Experience 180) - Paul Tate, 705 Chatham Street, Sanford, NC, Director of Client Services for OMI (Experience 180 - Total Package) - Sonia Dickens, 1100 East Pointe, Sanford, NC - DPS, Sanford Correctional Case Manager (Experience 180) - Elouise Headen, 35 Quiet Country Lane - Harnett County (Experience 180 - Total Package) - Barry McCormick, 35 Quiet Country Lane - Harnett County (Experience 180 - Total Package) - Patricia Haws, 2902 Green Briar Drive, Sanford, NC (Experience 180 - Total Package) - Brian Faust, 271 Pittsboro Street, Supervisor at Sanford DMV (Experience 180 - Total Package) - Sandra Lemus, 520 Midland Avenue (Experience 180) V. OLD BUSINESS V.A Resolution Recognizing the Lee County Finance Department Vice Chair Arianna Lavallee presented a Resolution in Recognition of the Lee County Finance Department for Receiving the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, a copy of which is attached and incorporated into these minutes. Resolution- Finance Award.docx 4