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Orange County Extends Emergency Declaration, Mandates Face Coverings

Orange County has extended its COVID-19-related state of emergency through Aug. 31 and has mandated the use of face coverings in many situations. The face covering requirement, which goes into effect at 5 p.m. Friday, June 12, applies to:

All customers, employees and other users of restaurants and grocery and retail stores while they are indoors.
All occupants of public transportation vehicles.
Anyone in an indoor or outdoor situation where they cannot maintain a 6-foot physical distance from others.

Face coverings are not required:

For people whose religious beliefs prevent them from wearing a face covering.
For those who cannot wear a face covering due to a medical or behavioral condition.
For children under 12 years old.
For restaurant customers while they are dining.
In private offices.
When complying with directions of law enforcement officers.
In settings where it is not practical or feasible to wear a face covering when obtaining or rendering goods or services.
While with family or household members.

Local leaders speak

Orange County leaders are emphasizing the importance of the face covering requirement.

Orange County Health Director Quintana Stewart: “Today’s declaration is part of our broader strategy to protect public health and slow the spread of the coronavirus in our community. By covering your face when you are out in public, you are helping reduce the risk of infecting those around you. Until there is a vaccine for COVID-19, face coverings are a part of our new normal. We know it will take some time to get used to, but it will help save lives.
Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners Penny Rich: “With the recent uptick of positive cases in our state and county it is vitally important for us to remain vigilant in order to flatten the curve and mitigate the spread of this virus. Wearing a face covering, physical distancing and hygiene are critical steps. This is why we are amending the order to require face coverings in any indoor or outdoor situation in which people cannot maintain a safe physical distance.”

Orange County Tax Office Announces Deadline for Appealing 2020 Property Value

Each year taxpayers have the right to appeal the value of their properties.
Unless you have recently received a 2020 Notice of Value Change or 2020 Informal Appeal Notice of Decision, you may appeal your 2020 value to the Orange County Board of Equalization and Review until June 25, 2020 when the Board of Equalization and Review adjourns. After that date, your 2020 value cannot be changed, and you must wait until next year to appeal the value of your property.

To appeal your value, or to obtain an appeals form:

Email reval@orangecountync.gov
Call 919-245-2100, option 2
Go to our website for a Formal Notice of Appeal form: https://www.orangecountync.gov/806/Appealing-Your-Value
Mail your request to appeal: Orange County Tax Office, PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278-8181 or
Put your request to appeal in the drop box located at the door to our office at 228 South Churton Street in Hillsborough

Orange County to host webinar series to help mature workers

The Orange County Department on Aging invites mature workers to Being Better than Before: A Free Webinar Series for the Mature Worker.

Please join us for a four-part webinar series designed to help the Mature Worker. We’ll provide advice on how to find a job you love. We’ll share principles and practices for growing your creative capacity and developing your best entrepreneurial behaviors. And we’ll show you productive ways to think about this new world we’ll be living in from now on—the changes we will find as we step back into it will be profound, and we need to be prepared for wave after wave of changes that will continue to wash over us for years to come.

Each webinar is 90 minutes long and will be led by four folks who have been serving the 50+ community for years.

Mike Komives helps mature workers improve their job finding skills
Heidi Hackney helps you apply your values and tap into your talents to serve your job search
Mark Tully helps you understand the neuroscience behind your preferred business behaviors
Carl Nordgren helps you develop the creative and entrepreneurial qualities of those preferred business behaviors

Between them they have helped thousands of mature workers identify the job they’ll enjoy doing most, find that job, and then perform consistently at peak levels. They’ve been revising and extending their content to suit this new world and look forward to sharing their insights with you.

Time: 10-11:30 am

Dates:

Wednesday, June 17
Friday, June 19
Wednesday, June 24
Friday, June 26

Please register by calling the Seymour Center at 919-968-2070.

www.orangecountync.gov