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<br /> RES-2012-096
<br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
<br /> RESOLUTION ADOPTING BOARD SPECIFIC POLICIES AND AMENDING TWO PROVISIONS OF THE ORANGE
<br /> COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ADVISORY BOARD POLICY
<br /> WHEREAS, on November 10, 2011 the Orange County Board of Commissioners tentatively approved a general advisory
<br /> 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 the procedures of the
<br /> 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 broad authority to
<br /> organize county government, including the authority to "create, change, abolish, and consolidate offices, positions,
<br /> departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the county government, may impose ex officio the duties of more than
<br /> one office on a single officer, may change the composition and manner of selection of boards, commissions, and agencies,
<br /> 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 policy document will benefit
<br /> Orange County by limiting confusion for the citizen and resident volunteers who serve on advisory boards and for county staff
<br /> members who 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 being governed by the general
<br /> policy document a specific policy document shall be developed for each advisory board, which specific policy document
<br /> together with the general policy document shall be the sole controlling documents of the advisory boards.
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to North Carolina
<br /> General Statute 153A-22, adopts the specific advisory board policies for the Orange Unified Transportation Board, Animal
<br /> Services Advisory Board, Commission for the Environment, Agricultural Preservation Board, Orange County Planning Board,
<br /> Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau, Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee, Nursing Home Community
<br /> Advisory Committee, Arts Commission, Parks and Recreation Council, Historic Preservation Commission, Human Relations
<br /> Commission, Affordable Housing Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board on Aging, and amending two provisions of the
<br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners Advisory Board Policy to remove the Personnel Hearing Board as an advisory board
<br /> and to add a requirement that all advisory boards post a schedule of their meetings on or before January 5, annually; and
<br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that to the extent they conflict with these specific policies all prior policies or resolutions
<br /> governing the above-referenced advisory boards are repealed save and except the Orange County Board of Commissioners
<br /> Advisory Board Policy, any language or terms in any prior board specific policy or resolution specifically creating a particular
<br /> advisory board, and any ordinance governing a particular advisory board; and
<br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, it is the intent of the Orange County Board of Commissioners that to the extent possible these
<br /> specific policy documents and the Orange County Board of Commissioners Advisory Board Policy should be the sole
<br /> governing documents of these advisory boards and in determining whether there is a conflict between or among the terms of
<br /> the general policy document or a governing ordinance and these specific policies staff may consult with the County attorney,
<br /> who shall take into consideration the intent of the Board of County Commissioners, in assisting staff to resolve the conflict.
<br /> Adopted this 8�h day of November, 2012. Attest:
<br /> Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
<br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
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