Debt Program Board Meeting – October 20, 2025
Debt Program Board Meeting – October 20, 2025
The Debt Program Board met on October 20, 2025, at 11:03 AM with a quorum present (Chair Mitch, members Mark, Tiffany, Danielle, Ty, April, Amber; Crystal joined later; Donna absent at start but later voted). Sarah presented case summaries. The board reviewed six applications for fee and assessment assistance from the Carboro, Orange County, and Chapel Hill funding pots. All decisions were unanimous.
Consent Calendar
- Agenda approved unanimously.
- Minutes from the previous month approved with abstentions from members absent at that meeting (Crystal, Ty, and the Chair).
Discussion Items
- Rodney Oldman (Carboro funds): Request for $2,535 in fees/fines. The board approved $516 for alcohol assessments and a civil revocation fee, noting his pending case and eligibility timeline.
- Kayla Keating (Carboro funds): Request for over $21,000 in fees/fines. The board approved $1,218.50 for traffic court costs and license restoration, conditional on her paying $75 in fines; the remainder was denied.
- William Gorley (Orange County funds): Request for $11,274 in fees/fines. The board approved $516 for two civil revocation fees and three alcohol assessments, with plans to seek remission of other fees through the courts.
- Joseph Ferrar (Chapel Hill funds): Request for $781 (court costs, restoration, assessments). The board approved the full amount, noting his long compliance history and current stability.
- Amanda Bynum (Carboro funds): Request for $1,738. The board approved $216 for two alcohol assessments and continued the application to the next month, contingent on her resolving an active order for arrest.
- Monica Alston (Carboro funds): Previous carryover. The board denied the application, as board member Mitch will pursue court motions to address her fees directly.
Key Outcomes
- All motions passed unanimously.
- Funding allocations: $516 (Oldham), $1,218.50 (Keating), $516 (Gorley), $781 (Ferrar), $216 (Bynum).
- The board noted the Carboro fund balance is approximately $7,000 after these approvals.
- Monica Alston’s case was denied; she may reapply if needed.
Meeting Transcript
All right. So it's about 11.03. We'll go ahead and jump in and don't know it's joins. We can throw them in as they arrive. Sorry for my departure last month, but thank you to Danielle for lending a hand and helping with that. I hear things went pretty smoothly. So I appreciate the help with this. Oh, now we got Tiffany joining too. Great. So I'll go ahead and jump in. We'll do our obviously a roll call. I don't believe I see Donna present. Her note takers here, but it could be an automated thing. So we'll mark her as absent currently. Mark. He's here. Tiffany. I'm here. I'm present. Danielle. Ty. Here. Olivia, if you don't already know, has um departed El Centro, so we're gonna work on getting that replacement. Um in the meantime, though, that um position is vacant. April. And Amber. Here. All right. Thanks, everyone, for being present today. Uh we do have quorum, so we'll get over to some to some business. Um I'll go ahead and share my screen for the approval of the agenda as shown on the screen there. So I'll go ahead and motion to have that approved. I make a motion to have it approved. And so second by April vote with Mark. Yes. Tiffany. Yes. Danielle. Yes. Ty. Yes. And Amber. Yes. All right. Oh, Gordon, Donna. Come on. Um, next order of business is a meeting minutes. I obviously was not present last month. Um, these are circulated around. So if someone else will go ahead and make a motion and second that I'll go through the roll call.
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