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7 <br />3. How should Commissioners participate, if at all, in the nominating and <br />selection process of prospective applicants to their advisory boards? <br />Background: Currently, most boards with the exception of the Planning Board, <br />Board of Adjustment, OWASA, E &R Board and ABC Board usually make <br />recommendations for new members since many boards go through a process of <br />engaging prospective members before making recommendations: inviting <br />applicants to meetings, sessions to let individuals ask questions, and letting staff <br />orient potential new members to time commitments of a particular board, by- <br />laws, goals, etc. <br />Decision Point: <br />Does the Board want to proceed with a process for allowing <br />Commissioners to participate in the nominating process and selection <br />process of prospective applicants to its advisory boards? <br />If so, what criteria are to be applied? <br />Does the board want to retain its current process for appointing members <br />to its advisory boards? <br />3. Does the Board want to establish a procedure whereby Orange County <br />appointees /representatives to outside boards (such as the Chapel Hill <br />Planning Board, etc.) communicate back to the Board on a regular basis? <br />Background: Currently there is not a process in place for Orange County <br />representatives to such bodies as town advisory boards to report back to the <br />Board. <br />Decision Points: <br />• Does the Board want to formalize a process for this type of communication <br />to occur? <br />• Are there any criteria to be applied? (Report in writing annually, attend <br />BOCC retreat to report verbally, etc.) <br />4. Letters from the Chair of the BOCC representing the position of the <br />entire board. <br />Decision Points: <br />The Chair recommends that, unless extraordinary circumstances arise, <br />any such letter be circulated a day prior to transmittal to allow for comment <br />from interested Commissioners. Concerns and comments may be shared <br />with the Chair for possible incorporation into the letter. <br />