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attorneys. If they do, they will have to bring forward suggested amendments to the UDO and once that happens, the codification will proceed as a publication by Municode which will take three to four months. 11. Appointments a. Human Relations Commission (HRC—Appointment A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger, to appoint Preston Scott Phillips to the Human Relations Commission. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Jacobs said there are two vacant at large positions and rather than make appointments like they've done in the past and then find out the person is no longer interested or doesn't live in Orange County, he suggested they appoint people to those positions if the HRC doesn't do so by the next meeting. Chair Pelissier said this Commission has 24 members because they merged it with the Commission for Women. They were to come back with a plan to reduce the membership and look at the functioning of that Commission. It's been some time and they have not done that. She is not enthusiastic about having to fill all the positions in the even there will be the reduction in membership A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz, for Staff of HRC to come back with a plan by the end of the calendar year to reduce the size of the HRC Board. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Oranqe County Planninq Board —Appointment A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Gordon, to appoint Jae Furman to the Orange County Planning Board. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 12. Board Comments (Three Minute Limit Per Commissioner) Commissioner McKee did not have any comments. Commissioner Foushee said she attended NCACC conference and is honored the NCACC past President, Kenneth Edge, chose her to head up his 2011/2012 Initiative for Healthy Living Task Force. It's a wonderful opportunity for her and they think the counties will benefit from the results of their work. They have produced the Well County Guide to Employee Wellness Initiatives for all North Carolina counties. It is a tool kit to assist all 100 counties in designing wellness programs to fit their budgets and their needs. Each county was presented this guide at the conference and the guide is accessible online. Commissioner Foushee passed the guide to the Chair to determine how the County will use it. She also thanked the Board for their support and offered special thanks to Donna Baker, Clerk, who facilitated two of those meetings in Orange County. They had County Commissioners come in from all over the state and they were pleased with what they found here. She also acknowledged Nidhi Sachdeva who works with the health department and who was on the task force. She worked very hard on Orange County's portion of the guide and it made them proud. Commissioner Foushee said at the NCACC Board of Directors meeting, they decided to endorse the incoming President's initiative to start a county management fellowship program. The program will deal with the fact that the number of young professionals entering careers into the public sector is declining. The purpose of the program is to foster and promote careers in county management and to provide professional manager mentors to qualify masters' level graduates. She hopes with those incentives to bring in an intern for a year that Orange County would also participate. Commissioner Foushee had a copy of the Handbook on the Legislative Goals process for this year which she passed to the Chair.