HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-31-2005-8ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 31, 2005
Action Agend~
Item No.
SUBJECT• Potential Amendment to Orange County Volunteer Resolution
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chair Carey's Proposal Clerk's Office, ext. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 245-2130
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To discuss a potential amendment to the Qrange County Volunteer Resolution.
BACKGRQUND: There has recently been questions concerning what constitutes a partial term
appointment versus an appointment to an unexpired term, The current volunteer resolution states:
8. For boards/commissions, which are not state mandated, the Board's policy is fo limit the length
of service to twa-three ,year terms (or any combination of full terms totaling six years) on the various
boards and commissions.. This time period does not include state mandated training programs or
partial terms, If the unexpired term is greater than two years it maybe considered a full term. 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. The Board will limit the length of service according to this policy for
boards and commissions that are State mandated, fo the extent permitted under state law.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None.
RECOMMENDATION(S): As the Board decides.
~ Donna Baker -Proposed Clarification of Board Policy on Appointments.doc _ ____ _ ____ _____ _ .
Proposed Clarification of Soard Policy on Appointments
The Issue: What constitutes a partial term appointment or appointment to
an unexpired term?
AnswerlPolic_y: Appointment to serve for any period less them the full
three years normally constituting a full term.
Effect: Any appointment regazdless of length (whether 1 }n. 2 months or 3
yrs 1Q months) that is less than three years will be an unexpired term, which
will permit the individual to be appointed to two subsequent consecutive
three yeaz terms at the boards discretion. No appointment is guazanteed
regardless of number of terms served.