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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2011 <br />Action Agen~ <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: County Commissioners: Policy/Process Governing the Selection Process of <br />BOCC Boards/Commissions Assignments <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Policy Governing the Selection Process of Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br />BOCC Boards/Commissions Assignments <br />PURPOSE: To discuss the policy/process governing the selection process of BOCC <br />Boards/Commissions assignments and revise as needed. <br />BACKGROUND: BOCC members serve on various County and County-related boards and <br />commissions. Annually, BOCC members indicate their desire to serve on specific <br />boards/commissions. The Board approved the 2011 list of boards and commissions on which <br />members of the Board of County Commissioners serve on February 1, 2011 (after <br />discussion/informal selection on January 25, 2011). <br />An excerpt from the approved January 25, 2011 Work Session minutes (under discussion of 3. <br />County Commissioners:- Boards and Commissions Assignments) is below: <br />"Commissioner Jacobs asked if they were going to be able to discuss this process in the next <br />year and Chair Pelissier said that she hoped to revisit this process. <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would like to reduce the number of assignments. <br />The Board agreed to put this issue on a work session later this year, during the daytime." <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board discuss and consider potential <br />revisions to the current policy governing the selection for boards and commissions assignments <br />based on the discussion. <br />