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15. Closed Session 16. Adjournment Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to item 6, Items Removed from Consent Agenda and said that he thought this was done before the Consent Agenda. Donna Baker said that this has been discussed, because the Board does remove them before approving the Consent Agenda, but then it discusses the removed items after the vote on the Consent Agenda. Commissioner Yuhasz suggested having item 5 as Removal of Items from Consent Agenda, 6-a as Approval of the Remaining Consent Agenda, and 6-b as Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda. The Board agreed by consensus to this order. Page 23: "To Call the Previous Question. The motion is not in order until there has been at least 20 minutes a debate and every member has had one opportunity to speak. Comment: This motion differs from the motion in Robert's Rules of Order. The Robert's Rules of Order motion is always in order, is not debatable or amendable, and requires a two-thirds vote for adoption. Thus, it may be used to compel an immediate vote on a proposal without any debate on the issue. Such a device may be necessary to preserve efficiency in a large assembly, but with a small board, a minimum period of debate on every proposal that comes before the board strikes a better balance between efficiency and effective representation by all board members. Since every member will have an opportunity to speak, the debate may be ended by a majority vote. Page 28: Rule 29. Public Hearings. Public hearings required by law or deemed advisable by the board shall be "advertised per legal requirements and staff shall organized by a speGia' order, adepted by a majority vete set forth the subject, date, place, and time of the hearing as well as any rules regarding the length of time allotted to each speaker and designating representatives to speak for large groups. At the appointed time, the chair shall call the hearing to order and preside over it. When the allotted time expires, or earlier, if no one wishes to speak who has not done so, the presiding officer shall entertain or make a motion to end the hearing, adjourn the public hearing to another board meeting, or "vote on the item" In the case of planning items, it is the general policy of the Board not to vote on a planning item at the initial public hearing, but this can occur by exception with an unanimous vote of the Board. After the board has taken action on the public hearing, the board shall thereafter resume the regular order of business. From April 14, 2009 Work Session Approved Minutes, The Board agreed that there would not be a separate Board meeting for ceremonial business. From April 14, 2009 Work Session Approved Minutes: The Board agreed that the Chair and Vice-Chair would be notified before a joint meeting is cancelled. Page 14— Intergovernmental Agreements Donna Baker made reference to page 14 and Intergovernmental Agreements and asked the Board to decide about this. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the issue now is that all intergovernmental agreements have to come back to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. At the