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<br />3 <br />Commissioner Gordon feels that the present process for appointing Commissioners to <br />committees is working. <br />The County Commissioners asked that a report be presented showing the <br />Boards/Commissions/Task Forces they have served on over the years. <br />4. Possible Changes to Meetinct Structure and Process <br />a, change the order or add items on the agenda? <br />Chair Carey said that the order of the items on the agenda has not been changed for <br />some time. The purpose was to put those items that could be addressed quickly up front and <br />take the decision items and reports during the latter part of the agenda. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis feels the Board needs to get back to the 10:30 p.m. adjournment <br />time. He said that there is usually a last flurry of faxes during the day of the meeting scheduled <br />for that evening. He would like to move away from so many additional items being added on <br />the day of the meeting. <br />Chair Carey feels the Board could stick with the 10:30 p.m. adjournment if fewer items <br />were on the agenda. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that sometimes decision items are not addressed until 8:30 <br />for a variety of reasons. She feels the Board should try to get to the decision items by 8:00 <br />p.m. She said that there were a number of possibilities for saving time such as keeping County <br />Commissioner's comments as announcements, putting proclamations on the consent agenda, <br />specifying time limits for citizen comments concerning items not on the printed agenda, and <br />scheduling any reports earlier so that there is time for them before the meeting ends at 10:30 <br />p.m. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis would be opposed to limiting County Commissioners' comments. <br />He feels that the resolutions/proclamations should not be on the consent agenda. He <br />suggested having a procedure for resolutions/proclamations where the clerk could read it and it <br />is voted on. <br />Commissioner Jacobs would like for the Board to be more sensitive to moving items up <br />when there are a number of citizens for that item. <br />Several suggestions were made by the Commissioners about the placement of closed <br />sessions. One suggestion was to have quarterly closed sessions with a dinner. <br />Chair Carey agreed that the process used for resolutions/proclamations could be more <br />efficient. He does not want the resolutions/proclamations on the consent agenda. <br />John Link said that most closed sessions could be addressed once a quarter at a dinner <br />meeting. <br />Chair Carey and Commissioner Halkiotis will work with Beverly Blythe and John Link to <br />streamline the agenda. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />With no further items to consider at this special meeting the meeting was adjourned at <br />approximately 7:15 p.m. The next meeting will be held this same date at 7:30 p.m. in the F. <br />Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk <br />