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4 1 Commissioner on a board/commission changed the dynamics of what the board discussed and 2 how they discussed it. 3 Chair Foushee said that when County Commissioners attend board or commission 4 meetings, her thought has always been that if she is not a voting member, then her role is a 5 resource role only. 6 Commissioner Gordon said that if a Board of County Commissioners' member is there, 7 then the implication from this discussion is that it was a bad influence. She suggested just 8 getting rid of County Commissioner liaisons for the advisory boards that are totally advisory in 9 nature. 10 Chair Foushee said that she learned a lot about county government from being a liaison 11 to the boards and commissions. She does not know that she wants to give up being the 12 Commissioner that gets an opportunity to sit in meetings and hear what is going on and provide 13 insight and learn. She is not ready to say that they should not have liaisons for boards and 14 commissions. 15 Commissioner Jacobs said that all Commissioners have made good points. His concern 16 is similar to Chair Foushee's because of the learning aspect and developing relationships with 17 people that are interested in particular issues. He said that he has seen and heard that Board 18 members will dominate a meeting and in that respect, there are problems with how things are 19 set up. He said that he also knows of boards that go out and do surveys without the County 20 Commissioners knowing about it. He wants to be considerate in how the County 21 Commissioners communicate, whatever change is made. 22 Commissioner Hemminger said that since there are different types of boards, it is hard 23 to come to a consensus. There are different guidelines for each board and commission. She 24 thinks that there could be different sets of goals or guidelines for each grouping. 25 Frank Clifton suggested not having anyone appointed as liaisons so that anyone could . 26 attend these meetings. The County Commissioners could rotate attending the board meetings 27 each month and could pick which ones to attend. 28 Commissioner Yuhasz agreed with this, if the rotation could give an educational 29 component. 30 Commissioner Pelissier said that it is a huge workload to attend so many board 31 meetings. if the total amount of boards that each person has to go to is decreased, then the 32 community would be served a lot.better. She said that she liked the idea of not having a liaison 33 and rotating, but that may cause some board members to only go to the ones they like. 34 Chair Foushee said that it seems that there is consensus to have a reporting 35 mechanism template for each board and commission and this standard format can be 36 determined at a later time. This is for the internal boards and commissions and not the 37 statutory or external boards. 38 Chair Foushee asked that the Board talk about the issue of having a County 39 Commissioner liaison for these internal boards. 40 Commissioner Hemminger said that there would have to be a schedule where there 41 would not be a quorum of the Board of County Commissioners. 42 Commissioner Gordon suggested letting the Clerk know who was going to attend the 43 meetings and if four people show up, then the last one that showed up would leave. 44 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner 45 Yuhasz that the Board of county Commissioners not assign a particular liaison to the 45 internal boards and commissions and that the County Commissioners will attend as they 47 wish and make sure that there are not four County Commissioners at any one meeting. 48 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 49