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16 1 a commitment that applicants will attend the meetings. She questioned whether the BOCC 2 should be the only one to interview and bring forward the candidates. 3 Chair Jacobs said that there has been discussion on broadening the memberships of 4 the advisory boards. He said there are not enough young people or students. He said he feels 5 that the idea of lowering barriers is an important one. He said there are cases, such as the 6 Nursing Home Advisory Board, where there is specific expertise required to do a focused job. 7 He said that for some of these boards, vetting is important. He said he has always been of the 8 opinion that if there are openings and there are applicants, the position should be filled; 9 however this has backfired on several occasions. 10 Donna Baker said that if the process is lengthy, it will often happen that the candidate is 11 no longer interested or available by the time the Board gets back to them. She said that efforts 12 are made to contact the candidates prior to a decision to check availability. She said that all of 13 the information on the forms comes straight from a database. 14 Chair Jacobs gave an example of a conflict of interest case with an advisory board 15 candidate. He said he sees the value in bringing in candidates to interview. He said that his 16 only concern with vetting is that personal agendas will be pushed. He said that if all of the 17 questions can be agreed on, then he is ok with it. 18 Chair Jacobs does think the issue of cliques is a problem, but his is unsure how to 19 address them. 20 Commissioner Price said she agreed with Commissioner Dorosin. She feels that if a 21 candidate is willing to serve and is willing to attend the meetings there should not be an 22 interview process requirement. 23 Commissioner Dorosin re-iterated his opposition to interviews. 24 Commissioner Pelissier said she is not sold on having to do interviews. 25 Commissioner Price suggested a phone interview. 26 Commissioner Gordon recommended a specific supplemental set of questions for each 27 board. 28 Commissioner Rich said she feels it is important for some of these boards to get to 29 know the candidates better. 30 Commissioner Dorosin said he is opposed to the idea of phone calls, unless phone calls 31 are made to every single person with the same set of questions. 32 33 Decision Point: 34• Does the Board want to move forward with a revised application for these particular 35 boards mentioned above, and if so, can the board provide feedback/questions to the County 36 Attorney in order to move the process forward? 37 Does the Board want to stay with the current process? 38 39 After discussion, the Board proposed adding supplemental questions to the existing volunteer 40 application, for these 5 Boards:ABC Board, OWASA, E&R Board, Planning and Board of 41 Adjustment. 42 The Clerk will work with Commissioner Pelissier and Commissioner Gordon over the summer 43 break to compile this supplemental information and to distribute to all BOCC members for 44 review. 45 46 The Board gave direction to the Clerk to put up relevant board appointments for any of these 5 47 boards that were being held in abeyance until this meeting. 48 49 2. Process for Commissioners to "vet" Board Appointments-for certain boards with 50 fiduciary or statutory responsibilities, such as the ABC Board, OWASA, E&R Board,