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� <br /> 5 <br /> 1 • Duties ' <br /> 2 • Membership Criteria <br /> 3 • Roles and Responsibilities <br /> 4 • Organization <br /> 5 • Meetings <br /> 6 • Committees <br /> 7 • Quorum <br /> g • Voting <br /> g • Authorized Spokespersons <br /> 10 • Conflict of Interest <br /> 11 • Compensation and Travel Reimbursement <br /> 12 • Limitation of Powers <br /> 13 <br /> 14 <br /> 15 3. Review/establish criteria for ABC policy against a model policy <br /> 16 4. Agree on incremental next steps for upcoming appointments <br /> 17 5. Consider County Manager's recommendations of reduction/merge/elimination of ABCs <br /> 18 6. Identify which ABCs are eligible to be sunset <br /> 19 7. Determine appointment process/ orientation process <br /> 20 8. Standardize language for ABCs <br /> 21 a. Establish time/authority <br /> z2 9. Clerk will regroup commissions to sort into (statutory, external, internal, membership, <br /> 23 BOCC appointments, etc) <br /> 24 10. Liaison role—A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger seconded by <br /> 25 Commissioner Jacobs to approve for only 1 commissioner to serve on a <br /> 26 board/commission unless legally required to participate on ABCs , (Commissioner Yuhasz <br /> 27 not present for vote). <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Frank Clifton said they need to look at how these boards were originally created, and the Board <br /> 31 of County Commissioners needs to prepare itself for some backlash from the public if they do <br /> 32 decide to eliminate/reduce/merge boards and commissions, as he as proposed in his <br /> 33 recommendations. Frank Clifton said one of the overall problems is when the Board appoints <br /> 34 an applicant to a committee; many times they do not know this person at all. <br /> 35 He suggested that they may want to consider creating an interview committee made up of 2-3 <br /> 36 Commissioners to review applications periodically. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 The Board agreed to move forward on sun setting 3 boards/commissions that are no <br /> 39 longer functioning: <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Hollow Rock Planning Committee <br /> 42 New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm Master Planning Taskforce <br /> 43 Twin Creeks Work Group <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 The Board agreed to sunset/merge soon the following boards/commissions: <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Efland-Mebane SAP Implementation Focus Group <br /> 49 Interlocal Agreement Committee for the Hillsborough Area-Orange County Strategic Growth <br /> 50 Plan Phase II <br />