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October 4, 2010 (Work Session) Page 158 Patricia Cramer, Food Policy Council (FPC) Chair, responded to questions from the Board regarding the following issues: how the FPC meetings are progressing; are adequate resources available; meeting attendance and discussions; etc. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Carruth and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place Food Policy Council Update, Local Food Purchasing Policy and 10 Percent Campaign on the October 18, 2010 Agenda as a New Business item. Library - Piggyback Bid Awarded by Township of Springfield, NJ for TLC Integrated Library System ' Dana Eure, Library Director, requested approval for a piggyback bid awarded by the Township of Springfield, NJ for TLC Integrated Library System. She stated the Library received a grant for $100,000.00 from the State Library for this project with remaining funds being matched by the County. In response to a question from the Board, Ms. Eure explained the purchase is for Integrated Library System software that will be more efficient and user friendly for staff as well as library patrons. She also responded to a variety of questions regarding upcoming renovations to the Concord Library branch. Further, she also advised volunteers have been very instrumental in assisting at various library branches. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place the Piggyback Bid Awarded by the Township of Springfield, NJ for TLC Integrated Library System on the October 18, 2010 Agenda as a Consent item. Library - Create New Positions for Smart Start Family Literacy Grant Program Dana Eure, Library Director, presented a request to create new positions for the Smart Start Family Literacy Grant Program. She stated a grant of $65,000.00 was awarded to the Cabarrus County Public Library from the Cabarrus Partnership for Children to create a Smart Start Family Literacy Program. She advised this grant will fund one full -time Family Literacy Coordinator and one part -time Family Literacy Assistant to teach the American Library Association's "Every Child Ready to Read Program" to parents and caregivers of children age birth to five. She stated these positions are funded by the Cabarrus Partnership for Children grant through June 30, 2011 with the possibility of the grant being renewed. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carruth, seconded by Commissioner Mynatt and unanimously carried, the Board voted to place Create New Positions for Smart Start Family Literacy Grant Program on the October 18, 2010 Agenda as a Consent item. BOC - Code of Ethics - Place Holder Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board, presented the following information regarding the Code of Ethics: Session Law 2009 -403 enacts a new statute, G.S. 160A -83, which requires all North Carolina cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city- counties to adopt a resolution or policy containing a code of ethics to guide actions by the governing board members in the performance of their official duties as members of that governing board. It must be adopted on or before January 1, 2011. The resolution or policy is required to address at least five key responsibilities of board members, responsibilities that reflect concern for ethical principles as well as for the effects of the board members' decisions on others. The five areas to be addressed are as follows: The need to obey all applicable laws regarding official actions taken as a board member; The need to uphold the integrity and independence of the board member's office; The need to avoid impropriety in the exercise of the board member's official duties; The need to faithfully perform the duties of the office; and, The need to conduct the affairs of the governing board in an open and public manner, including complying with all applicable laws governing open meetings and public records. The statute leaves local boards a good deal of leeway in deciding what their codes will contain, as long as the code addresses the five topics. It may be very detailed, or it may be very general. It