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Commissioner Brown said that the budget should come from the County and not from APS or other people. She said that she likes the idea of the advisory board and this has not been at the present shelter. She would like to see it fleshed out a little more. Chair Jacobs said that the task force could forward comments to the Clerk or to the Manager if another meeting is not possible. Commissioner Brown asked the task farce member if they felt that the group addressed all issues in the HSUS report. Linda Schmoldt said that there was only a small section on governance and the part that applied to the task force was minimal. Chair Jacobs asked the task farce to talk about what the programming might be like and how it would affect the kind of building that would be recommended. Commissioner Brawn made reference to valunteers and said that they could get the list from APS and contact the volunteers and invite them to come to a training session. Linda Schmoldt said that they would not want to start with APS's list, but do an open invitation for volunteers. John Link said that it would be helpful to have a small group to confirm for the Board of County Commissioners and the Manager those functions where volunteers should be involved and the functions where volunteers should not be involved. For example, volunteers would probably not be involved in euthanasia or the final adoption process. He would like to know who is doing what. He said that there would be a lot of people interested in volunteering for this and everyone needs to be clear as to where the volunteers will be working. Commissioner Brown said that answering phones should be left to employees, unless the volunteers are very trained. 2. Boards and Commissions Clerk to the Board Donna Baker was asked to sit with the Board of County Commissioners regarding this issue. She walked the Board through the list of items in the packet. She said that basically tonight they are to choose which boards and commissions they would like to be on, which is attachment A. Chair Jacobs said that the colors on attachment A reflect the votes they took about all the boards and commissions {i.e., what should be sunset, what should have a liaison, what should be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, and what is statutorily required}. Chair Jacobs said that he does not think they came tonight prepared to make choices, so he proposed they go through the policies and make other decisions. He said that, for the sake of making it easier, he and Commissioner Carey have proposals, which are similar, and Commissioner Cordon's is not very different. He said that it is reasonable to accept Commissioner Cordon's proposal and then draw lots. He referred to attachment E. Commissioner Brown said that she has questions about the boards that are listed under her name. She said that it looks rather inaccurate because she does not attend some of the board meetings. She would rather give up some of the boards or have them in a package like all of the housing-related boards ar human services.