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® !7 ~ Commissioner Whitted called for the public hearing to convene so the Commissioners could receive and consider comments on establishing staggered terms for the Orange County Board of Health and receive and consider comments an enlarging the ABC Board from three to five members and receive and consider comments on the Orange County Board of Commissioners making the five appointments to the ABC Board. Agenda Item 3A: Public Hearing to. Receive Comments on Sta erin Terms for Members of the Count Board of Hea t Commissioner Whitted said the County Board of Health is currently a nine member board. The statute does not make a provision for staggered terms, so all terms, except the County Commissioner's term, expire at the same time. After the public hearing, the Commissioners wi11 set a, time to decide whether to ask our legislative delegates to introduce a bill providing for staggered terms. Dr. William S. Mayes, Jr., Chairman of the Orange County Board of Health, read the following resolution: "RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Health favors staggering the terms of office of Board members beginning July 1, 1980; that the term of office on the Board of - Health of the Commissioner member remain concurrent with elected office term; that na more than one of the three memberships required to be filled by a professional expire in any one year." No other person in the audience spoke for or against staggering the terms for the members of the County Board of Health. Agenda Item 3B: Public Hearin to Receive Comments on En ar in BC Board and on Chan n t e Metho of Appointing ABC board Members Commissioner Whitted said the ABC Board is currently a three member board with members of the Boards of County Commissioners, Health and Education making these appointments. Dr. William S. Mayes, Jr., Chairman of the Orange County Board of Health, read the following resolution: "BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Health _.. favors expansion of the ABC Board size to represent the geographic and demographic characteristics of Orange County; and, that the County Commissioners act as the sole appointing authority to the ABC Board." Commissioner Walker said he favored more people, not less people, involved in the selection process of ABC Board members. He said he was not in favor of excluding the School Board from the selection process.