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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 27, 2009 Action Agend Item No. SUBJECT: County Commissioners: Process for Choosing Boards and Commissions Assignments DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover INFORMATION CONTACT: DRAFT Master Boards and Commissions Listing Clerk's Office, 245-2130 Attachment A- Current Policy Governing the Selection Process of BOCC Boards/Commissions Assignments with suggested modifications Attachment B- Suggested Process by Commissioner Nelson Volunteer Resolution PURPOSE: To consider the process by which the BOCC selects boards/commissions on which the BOCC wishes to serve. BACKGROUND: BOCC members serve on various County and County-related boards and commissions. Yearly, BOCC members indicate their desire to continue serving on specific boards or commissions or their desire to make changes. Attachment A -the process that the Board has used in the past is listed in Attachment A—with modifications added by staff with the election expansion of the Board to seven members. Attachment B- Commissioner Mike Nelson has suggested in the past that the Board use a process similar to the one used by the Town of Carrboro in selecting their boards and commission on which members would like to serve and this entails a listing of all of the standing boards/commissions distributed in advance of the meeting whereby Commissioners would indicate, by preference, which boards they may or may not be interested in; then they would submit that information back to the Clerk's office who would compile the information for the Commissioners for their discussion and selection meeting. (This would help indicate in advance which boards/commissions that a Commissioner may have an interest in). FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. RECOMMENDATION(S): Consider discussing a policy governing the selection for boards and commissions assignments.