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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No.
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 3, 1999
SUBJECT: Amendment to Policy Governing Appointments to Boards and Commissions
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1)
BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1)
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Appointment and Orientation Process for Alice Gordon
Boards and Commissions TELEPHONE NUMBERS: -- ext.
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider amending the policy governing appointments to boards and commissions.
BACKGROUND: The Board adopted a policy for appointments to boards/commissions in 1992,
and amended it in 1994. The question has been raised as to whether task forces are included in this
stipulation. A proposed amendment to section five of the policy, which addresses this question, is
attached and underlined. The amendment would allow citizens serving in two appointed positions to
also serve on one short-term task force. A current example is the Master Aging Plan Task Force.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the amendment to
the policy governing appointments to boards and commissions.
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Excerpt from "Appointment and Orientation Process for Boards and Commissions" - Section 5
3. Appointments for extraterritorial members and alternate members to city boards
shall be done in accordance with G.S. 160A-362 which requires a city to give representation to
the residents of its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction on its Planning Board and the Board of
Adjustment. When a vacancy exists, the municipality will be requested to provide to the Board
of County Commissioners a resolution with a recommendation for that vacancy. The Board of
County Commissioners may solicit other applications for said vacancy if they so desire. If the
Board of County Commissioners does not make the appointment within 90 days after receiving
a resolution from the City Council requesting such action, the city Council may appoint outside
members in accordance with the General Statutes.
4. Appointments will be made quarterly. The expiration of terms for members
presently serving on boards and commissions will be adjusted to the nearest quarter ending
date.
AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 1994
When the appointments are presented to the County Commissioners for their
consideration, a list of all those who have applied and are eligible for appointment will be
included in the agenda. If someone is recommended for appointment, the abstract will give the
source of the recommendation.
5. No citizen of Orange County shall serve in more than two appointed positions of
Orange County Government unless exempted by the nature of the position he or she may hold
in Governmental Service . This policy shall not apply to individuals who serve on boards or
commissions or as appointees to any organization because of their official position or because
of a statutory or regulatory requirement that a particular type professional individual serve as
an appointee if no other qualified person can be found. This policy shall not apply to citizen.
service on one short-term task force (making a total of three appointments) if the duration of
service is less than one year. A "Task Force" is defined as a group with a specific charge and a
short duration for its work. This policy shall not apply to any Orange County Commissioner
who serves on any board or as an appointee to a board because he/she is a County
Commissioner.
6. For boards/commissions which are not state mandated, the Board's policy is to
limit the length of service to two-three year terms on the various boards and commissions on
which citizens are appointed. This time period does not include required training programs.
This will allow for more individuals to serve and for diversity of opinions. It will also provide for
conformity in the length and number of terms for those boards and commissions that are not
state mandated with set terms. This policy may be waived if the Board of Commissioners
determines that the removal of an individual made ineligible by this policy would be detrimental
to the functioning of that board or commission.
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