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Rcs- ~ola -a~ ~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 16 <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ADVISORY BOARD POLICY AND REPEALING THE CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OF <br />ALL PRIOR ADVISORY BOARD POLICIES AND RESOLUTIONS <br />WHEREAS, on November 10, 2011 the Orange County Board of Commissioners tentatively approved <br />a general advisory board policy document to govern the procedures of its advisory boards; and <br />WHEREAS, the general policy document was needed because of a wide disparity between and among <br />the procedures of the multiple advisory boards reporting to the Board of Commissioners; and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute 153A-76 grants to boards of county commissioners the <br />broad authority to organize county government, including the authority to "create, change, abolish, and <br />consolidate offices, positions, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the county <br />government, may impose ex officio the duties of more than one office on a single officer, may change <br />the composition and manner of selection of boards, commissions, and agencies, and may generally <br />organize and reorganize the county government...."; and <br />WHEREA5, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that a single general policy <br />document will benefit Orange County by limiting confusion for County staff inembers who assist <br />advisory boards in the performance of advisory board functions; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that, in addition to being <br />governed by the general policy document, a specific policy document shall be developed for each <br />advisory boazd, which specific policy document together with the general policy document shall be the <br />sole controlling documents of the advisory boards to the extent those documents do not conflict with <br />statutes or ordinances governing the advisory boards. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, <br />pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 153A-22, adopts the general policy document, Orange <br />County Board of County Commissioners Advisory Board Policy, and repeals any policy or resolution <br />governing Orange County Advisory Boards to the extent those policies or resolutions conflict with the <br />Orange County Board of County Commissioners Advisory Board Policy; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that in <br />determining whether there is a conflict between or among the terms of the general policy document and <br />any prior policy or resolution, staff may consult with the County Attorney who shall take into <br />consideration the intent of the Board of Commissioners in assisting staff in resolving the conflict; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, upon the adoption of each subsequent board specific policy <br />document, which shall accompany the Orange County Board of County Commissioners Advisory Board <br />Policy, all prior policies or resolutions governing the Orange County Advisory Board for which the <br />specific policy is adopted shall be repealed in totality, save and except the Orange County Board of <br />County Commissioners Advisory Board Policy. <br />This the 21 St day of February, 2012. <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Attest: <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />