HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-005 Resolution Adopting Amended Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBOARD) Policies and Procedures RES-2016-006
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AMENDED ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION
BOARD (OUTBOARD) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2012 the Orange County Board of County Commissioners
approved a specific Policies and Procedures document for the OUTBoard, with the
intent to give guidance in the performance of its duties, establishing its membership,
charge and goals; and
WHEREAS, the OUTBoard Policies and Procedures were amended on March 3, 2015
to add Public Health as one of seven (7) areas of expertise or specific interest for the six
(6) at-large positions; and
WHEREAS, the current proposed amendments to the OUTBoard Policies and
Procedures document would add a seventh (7t") at-large position, bringing the total
number of voting members to fourteen (14), and that at-large members have expertise
or specific interests in as many of the following areas as possible:
• Bicycle transportation • Economic development
• Pedestrian access and safety • Planning
• Public transit • Public health
• Environmental issues
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....";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners, pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 153A-22, adopts the
amendment to Section III.B. of the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard)
Policies and Procedures; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, in determining whether there is a conflict between or
among a governing ordinance and the terms of the amended Orange Unified
Transportation Board (OUTBoard) Policies and Procedures document, 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.
Attachment 2
Adopted this 21st day of January, 2016. Attest:
Earl McKee, Chair
Orange County Board of County Commissioners Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners
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