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Report. The reports could then be clustered. He thinks that with the recommended structure, the Board will run out of time and not get to comments. He thinks that Board Comments are a good way to communicate with one another and with the public. His suggested order is as follows: Board Comments after the Regular Agenda, County Manager's Report, and then other reports. He has no problem having closed sessions before the meetings instead of after. He said that he had suggested the 7:00 p.m. starting time to begin with and then an automatic adjournment of 10:30 p.m. He suggested just leaving the flexibility with the option of starting the meeting at 7:00 p.m. sometimes if there is a really heavy agenda. He withdrew his suggestion of starting every meeting at 7:00 p.m. Chair Carey said that he agrees with moving the public comments earlier on the agenda. He said that he would suggest moving the public hearings before the consent agenda and then moving public comments up after proclamations. He agreed with moving the reports down further on the list. He also agreed with considering closed sessions at 7:00 p.m., but he does not think that the regular meetings should be moved to 7:00 p.m. Laura Blackmon said that she would do a couple of renditions based on the comments, with options for the Board to look at before there is a vote on this. Commissioner Jacobs said to wait far Commissioner Foushee to make a comment on this also, since she was the one who brought up the change. Geof Gledhill said that if meetings are started at 7:00 p.m. for closed sessions, this might start a regular meeting notice problem. These would have to be noticed as special meetings. Commissioner Gordon said that it is fine to put reports below the comments because they are not action items. She said that when there are presentations, proclamations, and recognitions, there should be a time limit on these items. She suggested considering putting a limit on how many presentations there are on one agenda so as to balance the agenda out. She said that the Board rarely ever gets to appointments, and there needs to be a better way to address this. Laura Blackmon said that the special presentations, etc. could be scheduled so that there are not so many atone time. She said that she did not include issues that may be informational items on the agenda. She said that she may add this to the agenda packet as informational items only and would be part of the public record. She is still working on this aspect. Commissioner Gordon said that, as far as reports, they usually meet a sad fate too. She suggested having written reports. She does not want the staff member to have to sit and wait. Laura Blackmon said that a report should only be 5-10 minutes, and if they are any longer they should be work session items. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board has tried to spread out presentations over meetings before, and they can try to da appointments and reports in a similar manner. If the appointments or reports have been on an agenda twice and were not addressed, then they could became part of the decision agenda on the third meeting. Laura Blackmon said that new appointments could be moved to the bottom of the decision items. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the closed sessions, and said that having them at 7:30 p.m. accomplishes nothing, unless the meeting is going to be short. Geof Gledhill said that there is a bill in the legislature about creating additional notice requirements for special meetings. Laura Blackmon said that the additional packet she handed out to the County Commissioners is basically staff updates and solutions. There are ten areas, with many attachments. She said that she would give the Board time to read through this later. She said that the staff is continuing to work on this. There is not any additional information on Loose Ends because staff has been working on the very broad list, trying to determine which things need to be accomplished.