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Work Session Guidelines <br /> Board members request staff: <br /> • Provide background information, analysis, suggestions, options, pros and <br /> cons of issue to inform decisions <br /> • Discuss the issue <br /> • Set some preliminary direction in order to help narrow the board's focus <br /> and set a clear work plan for staff. Comment[w2] lamnot sure about <br /> this one <br /> Board Meeting Guidelines <br /> During regular meetings (vote), the board would like: <br /> • Recommendations from staff based on their expertise and research <br /> • Clearly delineated action items that require a decision <br /> • Board members to bring printed materials with them so staff can avoid <br /> making wasteful, duplicate copies. <br /> • Board members to acknowledge the receipt of a response from staff to <br /> their (the board member's) request. <br /> • Board members to check emails from the county at least every two days. <br /> Consent agendas. <br /> The board would like to: <br /> • Continue placing reappointments to boards and commissions on the <br /> consent agenda. <br /> • Be more selective about what is pulled off the consent agenda for <br /> discussion. <br /> • Set criteria for deciding whether or not to pull an item off the consent <br /> agenda. Current criteria include: <br /> • Board member believes an item needs more research or discussion <br /> • Board members wants to postpone vote <br /> To move pulled consent items at the end of the "Discussion, Items for Decision" lComment[w3]:I don't know what <br /> section this means <br /> • If board members require information or have general questions, they will <br /> contact (probably by email) Laura, Melissa, or Donna by Monday at <br /> 12:00noon or before the regular Tuesday meetings. <br /> • Staff responses to questions posed by a board member will be shared with <br /> all board members. <br /> Working Together as a Board: Operating Principles <br /> Board members offered the following ideas about how they want to act as a <br /> board. They want people to describe their behavior as: <br /> 1. Respectful of citizens and their input into the decision making process. <br /> Also respectful of each other and time at board meetings. Suggest board <br /> 7 <br />