HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.28.23 OUTBoard Minutes DRAFT
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2 ORANGE COUNTY OUTBOARD
3 JUNE 28,2023
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Attendance
Member Position Present
1 Michael Hughes Alternate Yes
2 Amy Cole Alternate No
3 Randy Marshall Bingham Township Yes
4 Roy Schonberg Chapel Hill Township Yes
5 Jamie Crandell Eno Township No
6 Joshua Mayo Alternate No
7 Art Menius Little River Township Yes
8 Todd Jones Alternate No
9 Natalie Ziemba Cedar Grove Township Yes
10 Gregory Woloszczuk Chapel Hill Township Yes
11 Erik Legg Cheeks Township No
A Nishith Trivedi Transportation Director Yes
B Darlene Weaver Transportation Planning Manager Yes
C Emmalea Ange Office Assistant No
D Jamael Wiley Transit Planning Manager No
E Vacant Business Officer No
F Katrina Wall Transit Operations Supervisor No
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6 AGENDA ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER
7 The meeting was called to order at 5:40pm
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9 AGENDA ITEM 2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
10 Changed agenda with Nish providing updates on Transportation plan.
11 Motioned: Roy—start meeting with Transportation 1 on 1
12 Seconded: Art, approved unanimously
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14 AGENDA ITEM 3: PUBLIC COMMENTS
15 Sherry Apple has a background very diverse background in Transportation and would like to join the
16 Outboard.
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18 AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF APRIL AND MAY MINUTES
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20 Minutes for April should change to May and April changed to May. May requires more information on 54
21 Corridor Study. Will approve at July meeting.
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23 Art provided a very detailed emailed with suggestions on about attendance:
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24 We identified several issues that we now have to resolve
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26 1) at large vs alternate
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28 At Large members are fully empowered board members who do not represent a specific township
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30 Alternate members are those who vote when the regular member for a township cannot attend.
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32 Which do we want?
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34 2a) can virtual voting be accepted and would not someone have to be able to vote in order to be
35 counted toward quorum
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37 2b) or should we require in person attendance to vote and to be counted toward quorum
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39 3) attendance rule - suggested that three unexcused absences shall be considered a resignation from the
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42 Composition Scenarios:
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44 A. Before August 2022 - 14 voting members: 7 from townships and 7 for interests/skills, which is the
45 same as "at large." Quorum was 8 and meetings long since a lot of members needed to speak.
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47 B. Since August 2022 - 7 voting members from townships, 7 alternates selected at large. Quorum 4
48 voting members; alternates don't count. No process for when alternates could vote nor which ones.
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50 C. Possible alternative - 7 voting members from townships, 7 alternates selected from townships.
51 Quorum would be voting member or alternate from 4 different townships. Alternates vote and count
52 toward quorum when voting member from that township cannot attend.
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54 D. Possible alternative - 7 voting members from townships, no alternates. Quorum of 4 members.
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56 E. Possible alternative - 7 voting members from townships, 3 voting at large members, 4 alternates who
57 vote and count toward quorum only when a voting member is absent; Quorum of 6 members.
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59 Draft proposal 1: The OUTboard shall consist of seven voting members, one from each township.
60 Quorum will be four members present at an in person meeting. Virtual participants may not vote nor
61 count toward quorum. Any member who accumulates three unexcused absences will be considered to
62 have resigned from the OUTboard.
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64 Draft proposal 2: The OUTboard shall consist of seven voting members, one from each township, and
65 seven alternate members, one from each township. An alternate member will vote and count toward
66 quorum when the voting member for that township is absent. Quorum will be a voting or alternate
67 member from at least 4 different townships present at an in person meeting. Virtual participants may
68 not vote nor count toward quorum. Any member who accumulates three unexcused absences will be
69 considered to have resigned from the OUTboard.
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70 Draft proposal 3: The OUTboard shall consist of fourteen voting members, one from each township and
71 seven at-large members. Quorum will be 8 members present at an in person meeting. Virtual
72 participants may not vote nor count toward quorum. Any member who accumulates three unexcused
73 absences will be considered to have resigned from the OUTboard.
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75 Motioned: Art—Approve February meetings and receive updates for April and May at June meeting.
76 Seconded: Roy, approved unanimously
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78 AGENDA ITEM 5: Transportation 1 on 1
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80 Nish will provided narrative to incorporate for new policies and procedures and discuss that the next
81 meeting. If the TSA and has something different and does not agree with outboard, all information
82 would be provided and discussed at the outboard. No motion was provided.
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84 AGENDA ITEM 6: Policy/ Procedures/ Meetings
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86 Nish provided overview policies and procedures. One major change the OUTboard can now advise other
87 boards on Transportation as required and OUTboard can now attend public meetings, the consolidation
88 occurred back in August 2022. OUTboard can also provide input using collective comments or as private
89 citizens.
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91 Changed the meeting location and time.
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93 Art: Would like to meet at easiest time at 6:00 pm and likes Monday.
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95 Randy: Would like snacks or food.
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97 Natalie would like to meet at 6:30
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99 Meeting is now 3rd Mondays at 6:30 at the planning area near the library. If it's a holiday we can meet
100 the 2nd Monday of the month.
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103 AGENDA ITEM 6: STAFF REPORT/UPDATES
104 Nish provided the updates for NCDOT projects.
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106 AGENDA ITEM 7:ADJOURNMENT
107 OUTBoard meeting was adjourned
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