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are efficiency and being systematic. She feels that if three County Commissioners want to serve an a subcommittee there should be a work session, and if no commissioners want to serve then there should not be a subcommittee. She said that she tried to structure the proposed committees so that they would address the Commissioners' goals and objectives. She said that she proposes a Public Safety, Public Works, and Solid Waste Committee as opposed to Commissioner Jacobs' proposal of Solid Waste, Public Safety, and Environment. She also proposed a Land Use, Open Space, and Resource Protection Committee. She feels that there should be a definite procedure far assigning groups. Commissioner Halkiotis said that each County Commissioner represents a different perspective. He said that if there was not trust between the people at the table in entrusting their peers to ga out and da something, this would not work. He said that there are the same issues with the Northern Human Services Center today that there was in 1986. He feels that the Commissioners need to empower one another to do things. Chair Carey agrees that if there is not some element of trust with one another to move things along, the Board will not be efficient and get things done. He feels that if there has to be a consensus to refer things, there will not be as many things referred to a subcommittee. He feels that the blue sheet from Commissioner Jacobs reflects everything he would like to incorporate into this process. Commissioner Brown does not support the committee structure but does support the task farces and quick response teams. Commissioner Halkiotis is concerned with how to guarantee that things came to fruition by using the subcommittees. Commissioner Gordon agrees with Commissioner Brown in continuing with the task forces. Jahn Link said that remarkable progress has been made by using the task farce approach to move issues along. He suggested having a running sheet showing the task forces that the County Commissioners have made a commitment to serve on. Chair Carey feels a timeline should be placed on any new task farce or committee. Commissioner Halkiotis feels that the real significance of getting Senator Edwards' support in the CP&L issue is the fact that not only three Orange County Commissioners attended, but also two state legislators and Commissioners from other Counties attended. He feels the Board needs to capitalize on this process. He said that the Board needs to track their goals and objectives on a continuous basis. Commissioner Brown suggested looking at these proposals again at the Board of County Commissioners' goal setting retreat in December and move ahead using what has already been set up for this year and evaluate it before the December retreat. Chair Carey would like to bring the process piece back at the next meeting. He will bring back a recommendation to the Board. 4. Outstanding Issues from January 20. 2444 Retreat _ Review of Selected 1999-2444 Goal Updates Master Aging Plan Task Force Dr. Florence Soltys, Chair of the Aging Board, gave a report of the work done to date by the Master Aging Plan Task Force. She said that there are 1 Q8 people participating on the various committees for the Master Aging Plan. There are three key themes that apply to the three categories of the aging (the well, people who have health issues, and the frail): 1) Information and Communication; 2) Mental Health and Emotional Well Being; and 3) Accessibility, Affordability, Acceptability, and Availability. The Task Force will come back to the Board in May and June with some more specificity and financial issues. She summarized the major issues for each category of the aging. She asked the Board if there were concerns with what the Task Force has done so far. There was a consensus by the Board to move ahead with the next phase of the Master Aging Plan.