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APPROVED 12/13/2011 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> DAY WORK SESSION <br /> November 10, 2011 <br /> 1:30 pm <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Thursday, November <br /> 10, 2011 at 1;30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br /> Valerie Foushee, Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton and Clerk to the Board Donna S. <br /> Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> Agenda Item 1: County Commissioners: Discussion on Various Board Procedures <br /> Items discussed at the June 16, 2011 BOCC Work Session <br /> Chair Pelissier said that many of these items were discussed at the June 16, 2011 <br /> meeting but Commissioner Hemminger and Commissioner Foushee were unable to attend. <br /> She quickly went through the items that the Board had consensus on at that meeting and <br /> asked Commissioner Hemminger and Commissioner Foushee to comment as needed. <br /> 1. Process for a Member of the Board of Commissioners to Place an Item on a <br /> Meetin_a Agenda: <br /> The Board approved the process for a member of the Board of Commissioners to place <br /> an item on a Board meeting agenda indicating a petition could be either stated orally or in <br /> written form and there is not a vote but it goes through the process of review by the Chair/Vice <br /> Chair/Manager. Each Board member will then be given three minutes total for petitions. The <br /> Board then directed staff to incorporate the necessary changes into the Board's Rules of <br /> Procedure and the agenda face sheets for regular Board meetings. <br /> Decision Point: <br /> - Does the Board want to continue with the adopted process for Petitions to the <br /> Board by Board Members as stated above or review this process? <br /> The Board agreed by consensus to keep this procedure in place. <br /> 2. Joint Meetings with other Parties: <br /> Currently, the Board meets with elected governing boards as well as some internal <br /> boards and commissions on an annual basis. It recently has been suggested to meet with <br />