HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2012-019 Resolution Adopting BOCC Advisory Board Policy and Repealing the Conflicting Provisions of All Prior Advisory Board Policies and ResolutionsRes. 2012-019
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ADVISORY
BOARD POLICY AND REPEALING THE CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OF ALL PRIOR ADVISORY
BOARD POLICIES AND RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, on November 10, 2011 the Orange County Board of Commissioners tentatively approved a general
advisory board policy document to govern the procedures of its advisory boards; and
WHEREAS, the general policy document was needed because of a wide disparity between and among the
procedures of the multiple advisory boards reporting to the Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A-76 grants to boards of county commissioners the broad
authority to organize county government, including the authority to "create, change, abolish, and consolidate
offices, positions, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the county government, may impose ex
officio the duties of more than one ofFce on a single officer, may change the composition and manner of selection
of boards, commissions, and agencies, and may generally organize and reorganize the county government....";
and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that a single general policy document
will benefit Orange County by limiting confusion for County staff inembers who assist advisory boards in the
performance of advisory board functions; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that, in addition to being governed by
the general policy document, a specific policy document shall be developed for each advisory board, which
specific policy document together with the general policy document shall be the sole controlling documents of the
advisory boards to the extent those documents do not conflict with statutes or ordinances governing the advisory
boards.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, pursuant
to North Carolina General Statute 153A-22, adopts the general policy document, Orange County Board of County
Commissioners Advisory Board Policy, and repeals any policy or resolution governing Orange County Advisory
Boards to the extent those policies or resolutions conflict with the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners Advisory Board Policy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that in
determining whether there is a conflict between or among the terms of the general policy document and any prior
policy or resolution, staff may consult with the County Attorney who shall take into consideration the intent of the
Board of Commissioners in assisting staff in resolving the conflict; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, upon the adoption of each subsequent board specific policy document, which
shall accompany the Orange County Board of County Commissioners Advisory Board Policy, all prior policies or
resolutions governing the Orange County Advisory Board for which the specific policy is adopted shall be
repealed in totality, save and except the Orange County Board of County Commissioners Advisory Board Policy.
This the 215t day of February, 2012.
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Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest:
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Clerk to the Board of Commissioners