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11 1 There was also a concern that members of the Medical Advisory Committee did not 2 include a citizen. The second amendment is as follows for the citizen member of the Medical 3 Advisory Committee: "A resident of Orange County who is credentialed as an Emergency 4 Medical Service instructor and has demonstrated to the Medical Director they have knowledge 5 of Orange County's Emergency Services practice, procedures, and protocols, as well as the 6 Health Department Director." 7 Another concern was regarding due process. Staff brought back some language that 8 the public would know that there would be a public hearing. This is Section 16.6 and would be 9 amended to read: "The hearing shall be scheduled within two days of receiving notice of 10 appeal and shall be commenced within 10 days. The Franchisee may present evidence and 11 give oral testimony at the hearing." 12 13 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to `c', and said that it should say"as defined by 14 this ordinance" rather than "as provided," 15 Commissioner Jacobs asked if anyone on a rescue squad would be able to serve on this 16 Medical Advisory Committee. Annette Moore said that they would, but there is a potential for 17 conflict because if a case is being heard about a specific rescue squad, then the citizen/rescue 18 squad member would have to remove themselves. 19 Commissioner Jacobs said that the pool of people that would be qualified is very small. 20 A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger 21 to approve the amendments, with the change by Commissioner Yuhasz, to the EMS Franchise 22 Ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance Regulating Ambulance and Emergency Medical, First 23 Responder and Rescue Services and Granting of Franchise and Contracts to the Operators in 24 the County of Orange and authorize the Chair to sign. 25 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 26 27 b. Reorganization of Human Rights and Relations Functions Into the Housing 28 and Community Development Department 29 The Board considered approving the County Manager's recommendation to integrate 30 the Office of Human Rights and Relation functions into the Housing and Community 31 Development Department. 32 Frank Clifton said that the County is facing challenges on the organizational structure of 33 County government, and they need to insure that all of the important functions have a 34 sustainable future. The Human Rights and Relations Department has been a separate entity 35 and last year it was placed under the direction of the County Manager. There are two functions 36 — human rights and relations and women's rights. He said that he has tried to find similarities 37 throughout the County in order to merge some departments and he found similarities in these 38 two departments. He said that this department has had little or no oversight. This 39 reorganization would put four Human Rights and Relations employees under Tara Fikes and 40 one position focused on women's rights issues under the County Manager. He said that his 41 preferred process is to make sure to take advantage of all of the talents, expand opportunities 42 to provide partners, and make use of the resources to the best of the County's ability. 43 Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes said that there would be no 44 proposal to change any of the functions of the two departments. 45 Frank Clifton reviewed the recommendations. He said that there are a couple of 46 amendments to the by-laws of the advisory boards as it relates to personnel. 47 48 PUBLIC COMMENT: 49 Carolina Asurla is the current Vice-Chair for the Commission for Women (CfW) and she 50 said that the Commission for Women did not have much information coming forth tonight. She