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Commissioner Dorosin said originally the consultant came to the Board with a contract. He said the Board of County Commissioners did not approve that, but is creating this work group instead, along with the consultant. He just wants to understand the vision for what this workgroup will be doing. Frank Clifton said the hope is that this will work out like the Emergency Services Workgroup. Commissioner McKee said what he would hope would happen is the same thing that happened with the Emergency Services work group. He hopes this will be a process of delving into the options that are the best fit for Orange County. Commissioner Dorosin asked if a consultant was already selected by the Board before the Emergency Services Workgroup got to work with them. Commissioner McKee said the Board of Commissioners did not select the consultant. Commissioner Price said she thought this group would be more like the Rogers Road Task Force where the group invited others to participate. She said that invitations can be sent out based on the charge. Commissioner Pelissier agreed with Commissioner McKee. She said the consultant can provide the information to a work group. She thinks the Board should go ahead with a consultant, and then set up a work group. She noted that it would be impossible for the Board to sort through all of the suggestions. Chair Jacobs envisioned similarly that the consultant would be staff to the work group. He said this consultant would then come back to the Board periodically. He said the workgroup would review and revise the charge and would then come back to the Board of County Commissioners; after this, the consultant would be brought in to work for the work group. He said this would also provide a facilitator and adjudicator who has no stake in the outcome. Commissioner McKee said he knows the Board is not choosing a board member tonight, but he would recommend Commissioner Pelissier to be one of the Commissioners to this committee. Chair Jacobs said he would be interested on being on this group as well. He asked if there were any other suggestions for changes to the list. He reviewed previous suggestions to add Outreach Court on page 5, and perhaps something in the charge regarding investigation of programs operating outside of Orange County. Commissioner Gordon asked if Chair Jacobs wants the work group to tweak the membership or charge. Chair Jacobs said he does not feel the group should tweak the membership, but the group should review the charge. He said the charge cannot be changed without Board approval. Commissioner Gordon said she liked the way Emergency Services work group functioned. She asked if the Emergency Services workgroup met before the contract was given to the consultant. . Michael Talbert said the workgroup met once or twice before coming to the Board to ask to spend that money. He said the Board reviewed the charge at that point. He said the charge was tweaked as things went along. Commissioner Gordon suggested the group meet once and look at the charge. She said this might allow them to have some input before the contract is approved. She said the steps would be to approve the group membership, then the charge. She said the next step is to appoint the members and have the group convene, and then review the proposed consultant's contract and revised charge, which will come back to the Board for approval. Commissioner Pelissier said she would suggest someone from probation be added to the list of representatives. Commissioner Pelissier said she would like to be on this workgroup. Commissioner Price suggested having two people that have been clients. Don O'Leary suggested the Board check with Aries Cox probation department as a resource. Chair Jacobs said the group may need to talk about who the post incarcerated member or client should be. Commissioner Price asked why three attorneys are needed in the group. Commissioner McKee said there have been some active service representatives and some not so active representatives on the Emergency Services work group. Chair Jacobs reviewed the slight adjustment to charge, and the addition of probation, municipal police chief, drug treatment representative and possibly one or two clients. He noted that this is 18 so far with possible stipulation that the work group will consider who to recommend for a client, as well as whether more than one is needed.