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