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25 <br /> 1 Commissioner Price noted there are several openings on this Board. She asked if there <br /> 2 has been consideration of decreasing the size of this Board. <br /> 3 Donna Baker said this has been discussed and is being considered. <br /> 4 Chair Jacobs suggested this decrease be requested again to gain a response. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 7 <br /> 8 e. Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee-Appointment <br /> 9 The Board made an appointment to the Nursing Home Advisory Committee. <br /> 10 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin to <br /> 11 gain more information regarding flexibility in appointing the open positions and to appoint to the <br /> 12 Historic Preservation Commission: <br /> 13 • Teri Driscoll to an At-Large position with an expiration date of 9/30/2014 <br /> 14 Commissioner Price noted the additional vacancies on the board and she began making <br /> 15 appointments to these positions. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Donna Baker noted that this board requires due diligence for appointments. <br /> 18 Commissioner Dorosin noted the special conditions for each of these openings. He <br /> 19 wanted clarification on whether people can be nominated who do not have the listed <br /> 20 qualifications. He noted that several of these spots have been open for several years and he <br /> 21 questioned if these qualifications should be lifted. <br /> 22 John Roberts noted that these requirements may be governed by state statutes and not <br /> 23 the advisory board policy. <br /> 24 Donna Baker said that she would contact the support staff for this board to indicate what <br /> 25 the BOCC wanted to do and to ask for direction. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 28 <br /> 29 f. Orange County Planning Board —Appointment <br /> 30 The Board was to make an appointment to the Orange County Planning Board. <br /> 31 DEFFERED <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Commissioner Gordon asked that this item be deferred since the sub-committee of <br /> 34 Commissioner Pelissier, Clerk to the Board Donna Baker and herself were revising the <br /> 35 volunteer application, per the Board of Commissioners, to add additional questions for 5 <br /> 36 boards/commissions, including the Planning Board. She said this revised application will come <br /> 37 before the BOCC sometime in the next month, and then she would like for applicants for this <br /> 38 position to re-apply using the revised application, if possible. <br /> 39 The Board agreed and Chair Jacobs said it was important to make sure the review of <br /> 40 the revised application is not on the same night as the appointments are to be made. He also <br /> 41 asked that township applications be organized so that the applicants living in the township are <br /> 42 seen first. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 g_ Orange Unified Transportation Board —Appointment <br /> 45 The Board made an appointment to the Orange Unified Transportation Board. <br /> 46 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> 47 appoint: <br /> 48 Amy Cole to the Orange Unified Transportation Board in the Public Transit <br /> 49 Advocate position (#13) with an expiration date of 9/30/2016. <br /> 50 <br />