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meetings. She would like for the Chair to give the County Commissioners a report on <br /> meetings attended by the Chair. For things such as the DOT quarterly meetings, etc., it would <br /> be good to provide reports to the Board. <br /> Chair Pelissier said that the meetings that she and the Vice-Chair attend are DOT, <br /> School Collaboration, etc. These meetings generally have minutes and staff does these. <br /> Since staff writes the minutes, she does not want to take the time to do it. If there is something <br /> crucial, it will be shared at a County Commissioners' meeting. She said that she verbally <br /> shares TJCOG information as needed. She said that it would be a burden to write reports up <br /> for her meetings. <br /> Commissioner Yuhasz said that he recently had a meeting with elected officials about <br /> solid waste and, once reviewed, he will circulate these minutes. <br /> Chair Pelissier suggested giving some flexibility on the Board comments' time limit if <br /> needed if a Board of County Commissioners' member wanted to share important information <br /> with the rest of the Board. <br /> Frank Clifton said that at regular Board meetings, other members may be interested in <br /> an issue, but the public may not. He suggested adding an item to work session agendas for <br /> the Board of County Commissioners to share information with other Board members. <br /> Commissioner Gordon suggested leaving Board comments as is and also having an <br /> option during work sessions to have reports, if needed. <br /> Commissioner Hemminger said that she enjoyed the quick reports from advisory <br /> boards. <br /> The Board agreed by consensus to leave the current process for Board comments as is <br /> (3 min. limit) but if a Commissioner wanted to share time sensitive information and <br /> would like longer than 3 min, then they can ask. Written reports are also welcomed and <br /> if needed, they can add an additional item at some of their work sessions for Board <br /> members to report on items of interest to other Board members. <br /> 3. Conduct of Meetings <br /> a. Addressing the public <br /> b. Proper comportment <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked that the public be referred to as "the public" and not the <br /> audience. He said that describing the public as an audience implies a separation and that <br /> there's a performance going on. He also thinks that people should take off their hats when <br /> addressing the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> Commissioner Hemminger said that it is nice to thank people when they address the <br /> Board. <br /> 4. Work Sessions and Regular Meetings <br /> a. Coordination of topics <br /> b. Flexibility in practices <br /> c. Solicitation of topics from Board <br /> Commissioner Hemminger said that she was looking at the calendar and trying to <br /> figure out the philosophy behind why there are certain meetings at certain times. She said that <br /> it would be better to be flexible instead of having requirements to have a budget meeting every <br /> month. <br />