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<br />Page 2 <br />vacancy. The Board of County Commissioners may solicit <br />other applications for said vacancy if they so desire. <br />If the Board of County Commissioners does not make the <br />appointment within 90 days after receiving a resolution <br />from the City Council requesting such action, the city <br />Council may appoint outside members in accordance with <br />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. <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 Governmental Service. This policy shall not apply to <br />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 is a County <br />Commissioner. <br />6. For boards/commissions which are not state mandated, the <br />Boards policy is to limit the length of service to two- <br />three year terms on the various boards and commissions on <br />which citizens are appointed. This time period does not <br />include required training programs. This will allow for <br />more individuals to serve and for diversity of opinions. <br />It will also provide for conformity in the length and <br />number of terms for those boards and commissions that are <br />not state mandated with set terms. This policy may be <br />waived if the Board of Commissioners determines that the <br />removal of an individual made ineligible by this policy <br />would be 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 />Board meetings which he or she is required to attend <br />pursuant to his or her appointment, he or she is <br />obligated to resign. Excused absences are defined as <br />absences catused by events beyond ones control. If the <br />individual refuses to resign, he or she may be dismissed <br />• by action of the Board of County Commissioners subject to <br />state or local law. A calendar year is to be defined as <br />a 12-month period beginning on the date of appointment. <br />