Remarks by Nida Allam
60 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Thank you, Director Sheila. I did not know, you can sit wherever you're comfortable, how long your tenure has been with the county. So thank you so much for your years of dedication and service, not just to Durham County, but to one of our most vulnerable populations here in Durham. And also serving some of our most vulnerable population from other counties that are sent to Durham County. Knowing now how many years you've been with the county, I'm just really excited to have you in this new role. Thank you for sticking with us. Thank you to the entire team that worked to build up leadership…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“We have the National Recovery Month before that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda barring those items. Second. Second.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“Wonderful. No, that's wonderful and great to hear. And also maybe like in those conversations related to the guidance counselors within DPS and like building relationships there around like healing and restorative work with our youth of helping them cope with, you know, stress, anxiety, learning in different ways through art as well. Agreed. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“i just was reminded of another comment from commissioner burton uh mentioning dps foundation i have to highlight i'm sure this is already going to be part of y'all's programming but like integrating with the dps a night to shine which is usually in the beginning of the year every year that highlights uh durham public school students they put on an amazing show of singing um the last time i went i definitely i cried i It is beautiful to watch these elementary and middle school students perform. And if you even come to my office, they weren't selling them, but I nagged and nagged them until…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“all right very good yeah yes actually i do see it here you had a resource page yeah okay very good uh any other comments no i see the resource page i see the presentation in the reports is the but sorry we keep asking you to stand up is the budget in one of those presentations is can you upload like a standalone budget document”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“I make a motion for the board to approve the cultural roadmap plan for Durham County and City.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you all so much for all the work and effort you put in. Really got to see the different ways that you've been engaging with folks outside of just the traditional come into the public health department and service, which is really great because a lot of times people don't even know we have a public health building or social services building. So really glad to see you out in the farmer's market and everything. Wondering also- And what is the time periods that you all conducted this survey?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“And is it usually like your surveys are usually in that same time period, or do you vary on like what time of the year you're conducting?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“and to complete the survey i'm just exposing myself that i did not complete a survey myself um do you have to like does a county staff member you all have to be present for a person to conduct the survey or is it like available if somebody goes on the public health website and they can fill it out themselves yeah um so because we wanted to keep it to people that were only at the events we went to we handed out qr codes little flyers with qr codes and we didn't see as much of a response rate with those but people did complete it online Okay, now I was just wondering more curiously if it had to…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“maybe like there's a lot of other community clinics also out there but in the future if we have like an option that's just simply like community clinic um that could kind of capture linking community health public health department and the other free community resource because i think that is separate from a primary care practitioner because of the challenges that you'll face at Lincoln Community Health is you're probably gonna have longer wait times or issues just because it is a publicly funded resource that we're trying to put as many resources into than an individual who has access to a…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think we all want to stay here. Second.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 14, 2026
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“Joining us for our Durham County Board of Commissioners work session this Tuesday, September 8th. I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend and took some time to share your appreciation with the union for allowing us to have weekends and a Labor Day weekend. i will ask commissioner burton would you like to read the actually i have to read the public charge but will you read the land acknowledgement afterwards okay the board of commissioners asks its members and residents to conduct themselves in a respectful courteous manner both with the board and fellow residents At any time, should any…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Burton. We will now move to our resident comments, starting with our virtual comment from Crystal Norford. And while our clerk gets Crystal up on the screen, I'll call the first four names to come line up over on this left side of the podium. And before you start speaking, make sure you press the speaker button. When the mic turns green, it is on. So Kevin McIver, Kara Russo, Tim Walter, and Chris Vitiello will be the first four after Crystal. Crystal, can you hear us? I can. Can you hear me? Can you speak up a little bit louder? It's better. Yes. Oh, yes. And you have…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Crystal. We'll now start over here with Kevin McIver.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“I was just going to share what we discussed at agenda prep regarding this.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, I was just going to share that we actually, Chair Lee and I, as well as we've had a conversation also with Attorney Williamson to that point of to provide more clarity at the end of board discussions. When we have lots of commentary going back and forth, the chair will finish the discussion with a summary at the end of saying, Okay, this is what's been discussed. This is the board's direction to staff, so that way we can have more clarity moving forward of what we're asking of staff to bring forward to us at the next meeting.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair Lee. I had a quick question. I know, thank you, DCM Jones, and thank you, Perry, I saw you earlier, for getting those answers to some of my questions regarding this, regarding the 911 call center backup but also of potential facility merging and those resources. I was wondering, I saw the list of entities that the working group has been coming together of Durham Police Department, Durham County Sheriffs, EMS. I was wondering if also, if the HEART team has been part of those conversations and working stuff. Okay, because I didn't see them listed. the other thing i'm doing do…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. And so the first $3 million is related to the general operating, annual operating $3 million?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Jacobs. And sorry, Perry, before you go, Chair Lee had to step out. He'll be back in a little bit. But also adding, in the meantime, until we meet again when we have this next discussion in December, November, because I know the email shared that the conversation had to be extended because of legal concerns and issues that may have arisen during these conversations. Could those issue areas that came up be shared with the commissioners? to give us an update so we have a greater understanding of what rope bumps are already being identified. Thank you, Attorney Williams.…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“That would be helpful, yeah. Especially if they're more so on the technical side or legislative side, because I know we've had conversations legislatively, the counties in North Carolina only have to have one 911 call center. In Durham County, we have two with the city and the county. So if it's not a legislative issue, that would be helpful. Thank you. We will now move on, pass it back to- All right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“is this specifically for like sewer systems that are outside of city limits and only county and do they function and like run into the same systems or do they have two completely different systems that is a great question and we'll have ms stephanie brincey the deputy director explain that in greater detail and it's a yes and and she will explain”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“Absolutely, and I ask also, I mean, thank you all for all the work that you do in making sure that when you're doing the stormwater treatment, you're also keeping our drinking water safe, our roadways safe, all of that. And I ask more so related to our previous discussions of just, I think I have very publicly said that I support, finding as many ways that we can consolidate and reduce not have redundancies between the city and county so just wanting to know like what are ways that maybe these systems could be integrated stronger together that like servicing the same community almost we can…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026
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“I was wondering about this one and the previous one. I don't have any issues with them. Just wondering, because I know we've had this conversation, the sheriff's office and his vehicles and the work that they're doing around trying to get more hybrid and electric vehicles. Wondering if we know for these vehicles if there's the same availability for looking into more fuel efficient”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 8, 2026