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postpone to a certain time or day may be used if the Board wants to adjourn before <br /> completing action on a matter. <br /> Decision Points: <br /> - Does the Board want to proceed with a mandatory adjournment time, with the <br /> Chair calling the 10:30pm time and asking the Board to vote on continuance of the <br /> meeting? <br /> - Or would the Board prefer to continue as it has with the meeting continuing <br /> until all agenda items are discussed? <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that they should have a 10:30 p.m. mandatory adjournment <br /> time, which can be extended with a unanimous vote. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that they have gone past this time quite frequently and <br /> there is no point is having a mandatory adjournment time if it is ignored. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that he has never been a fan of the mandatory time <br /> adjournment time and if someone wants to leave at that time, then so be it. He does not want <br /> one person to have a veto over the Board's business. <br /> Commissioner McKee agreed. He does not have any problem with someone needing <br /> to leave, but he does not want to put business on hold so that it continues to get backlogged. <br /> Chair Pelissier said that she likes finishing the Board's business and does not like the <br /> mandatory adjournment time. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she has been on a Board with no mandatory <br /> adjournment time and it does not work because the meetings go too late. She said that it is a <br /> good discipline to have a mandatory adjournment time. Her suggestion is a mandatory time <br /> with a majority vote to extend. <br /> Frank Clifton said that the buildings have a time limit of midnight for the alarm systems. <br /> Chair Pelissier said that she would not mind changing it to 11:30 p.m. <br /> Donna Baker said that she needs to make sure that she has time to break everything <br /> down and vacate the building by midnight. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that Commissioner Foushee said that it is important to her <br /> to have a mandatory adjournment time of 10:30 p.m. <br /> OPTIONS TO CONSIDER: <br /> - 10:30 p.m. with a majority vote to extend <br /> - 11:00 p.m. with a majority vote to extend <br /> - 11:30 p.m. with a majority vote to extend <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that the Board needs some type of control when the <br /> meeting will end and noted that the decision items are later on the agenda. <br /> Chair Pelissier said that the Board can always vote to defer an item if it is too late. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon to start the Board of County <br /> Commissioners' meetings at 7:15 p.m. There was no second. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that he could consider moving it to 7:15 p.m. but then he <br /> would not want to have a mandatory agenda time. <br />