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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 8, 2013 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: Discussion on Potential Establishment of a Women's Commission DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Attachment A — Resolution to Establish the Women's Commission as an Advisory Board/ Commission to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners Attachment B — Excerpt from Approved January 25, 2011 Minutes Attachment C — February 1, 2011 Manager's Memo Excerpt with Attached Memo from Tara Fikes Attachment D — October 28, 2010 Memo from Tara Fikes INFORMATION CONTACT: Clerk's Office, 245 -2130 Cheryl Young, 245 -2307 Commissioner Renee Price 1 PURPOSE: To discuss the potential establishment of a Women's Commission as an Orange County advisory board. BACKGROUND: At the June 18, 2013 BOCC Meeting, Commissioner Renee Price petitioned the Board regarding the establishment of a Women's Commission as an Orange County advisory board to be staffed by and receive technical support from the Orange County Department of Economic Development. Commissioner Price provided a draft resolution (Attachment 1), and stated that there is a disparity that persists between women and men in hiring for jobs that pay higher wages and salaries, with preference given to men over women, and women historically have received and continue to receive less pay and lower incomes than their male counterparts while fulfilling the same duties and responsibilities. Commissioner Price noted that there currently was not an Orange County advisory board that addressed issues unique to women and to provide policy and program recommendations to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners since the former Commission for Women, established in 1978, was eliminated as an advisory board in 2010.