HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2012-096 Resolution Adopting and Amending Two Provisions of the Orange County Board of Commissioners Advisory Board Policy APPROVED 11/8/2012 RES-2012-096
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION ADOPTING BOARD SPECIFIC POLICIES AND AMENDING TWO PROVISIONS OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ADVISORY BOARD POLICY
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 office 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 the citizen and resident volunteers who serve on advisory boards and for county staff
members 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to North Carolina
General Statute 153A-22, adopts the specific advisory board policies for the Orange Unified Transportation Board, Animal
Services Advisory Board, Commission for the Environment, Agricultural Preservation Board, Orange County Planning Board,
Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau, Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee, Nursing Home Community
Advisory Committee, Arts Commission, Parks and Recreation Council, Historic Preservation Commission, Human Relations
Commission, Affordable Housing Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board on Aging, and amending two provisions of the
Orange County Board of Commissioners Advisory Board Policy to remove the Personnel Hearing Board as an advisory board
and to add a requirement that all advisory boards post a schedule of their meetings on or before January 5, annually;and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that to the extent they conflict with these specific policies all prior policies or resolutions
governing the above-referenced advisory boards are repealed save and except the Orange County Board of Commissioners
Advisory Board Policy, any language or terms in any prior board specific policy or resolution specifically creating a particular
advisory board, and any ordinance governing a particular advisory board;and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that to the extent possible these
specific policy documents and the Orange County Board of Commissioners Advisory Board Policy should be the sole
governing documents of these advisory boards and in determining whether there is a conflict between or among the terms of
the general policy document or a governing ordinance and these specific policies staff may consult with the County attorney,
who shall take into consideration the intent of the Board of County Commissioners,in assisting staff to resolve the conflict.
Adopted this 8th day of November, 2012. Attest:
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners Clerk to the Board of Commissioners