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.. <br />own discretion the municipality may provide a <br />recommendation for that vacancy. The Board of County <br />Commissioners may solicit other applications for said <br />vacancy if they so desire. If the Board of County <br />Commissioners does not make the. appointment within 90 <br />days after receiving a resolution from the .City Council <br />requesting such. action, the municipality may appoint <br />outside members in accordance with the General Statutes. <br />4. Appointments will be made quarterly. The expiration of <br />terms for members presently serving on boards and <br />commissions will be adjusted to the nearest quarter <br />ending date. This policy may be waived if necessary for <br />appointments. to city boards in order to comply with the <br />time requirements outlined in paragraph three. <br />5. No citizen of Orange County shall serve in more than two <br />appointed positions of Orange County Government unless <br />exempted by the nature of the position he or she may hold <br />in Orange County Government. This policy shall .not apply <br />to individuals who serve on boards or commissions or as <br />appointees to any organization because of their official <br />position or because of a statutory or regulatory <br />requirement that a particular type professional <br />individual serve as an appointee if no other qualified <br />person can be found. This policy shall not apply to any <br />. Orange County Commissioner who serves on any board or as <br />an appointee to a board because he/she ds a County <br />Commissioner. <br />6. For boards/commissions which are not state mandated, the <br />Board's policy is to limit the length of service to two <br />consecutive three-year terms on the various boards and <br />commissions on which citizens are appointed. This time <br />period does not include required training programs nor <br />serving the unexpired term of others. No member .may <br />serve more than two consecutive three-year terms without <br />a one year break in service. This will allow for more <br />individuals to serve and for diversity of opinions. It <br />will also provide for conformity in the length and number <br />of terms for those boards and commissions that are not <br />,state mandated with set terms. This policy may be waived <br />if the Board of Commissioners determines that the removal <br />of an individual made ineligible by this policy would be <br />detrimental to the functioning of that board or <br />commission. <br />7. If an appointee,. in any calendar year, has unexcused <br />absences which constitute more than 25 percent. of the <br />regular Board meetings which he or she is required to <br />attend pursuant to his or her appointment, he or she is <br />• obligated to resign. Excused absences are defined as <br />absences caused by events beyond one's control. If the <br />