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2 <br /> The 18 persons recommended for appointment are being sent to the <br /> elected boards of Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro for confirmation. <br /> Each board is asked to confirm the list of 18 names, and then add two additional <br /> members each of its own choosing. The Town of Hillsborough is not participating <br /> financially and has no representation on the Steering Committee or <br /> confirmation authority. However, the Town Board has been allotted two <br /> appointments to the Task Force. Upon completion of the above steps, the SOCF <br /> Task Force of 26 persons will be complete. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners is the final body to consider these <br /> appointments. The Town of Hillsborough has appointed Warren Jones and <br /> Barbara Page to serve as the Town's representatives on the Task Force. On May <br /> 28, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen confirmed the list of 18 names, and will <br /> consider two additional appointments on June 4. The Chapel Hill Town Council <br /> has also confirmed the list of 18 names, appointing Ellen Ironside and Eddie <br /> Williams as additional members at their May 29 meeting. <br /> A memorandum from SOCF Steering Committee Chair Joyce Brown is attached <br /> along with the list of recommended appointments. To assist in making the two <br /> additional appointments, a spreadsheet which lists basic information about the <br /> applicants is also provided. In making their recommendations on appointments, <br /> the Steering Committee agreed that elected officials, candidates for elected office, <br /> and department heads at the local government level should not be appointed to the <br /> Task Force-but would be welcome to participate in other ways. <br /> The Board of Commissioners is not obligated to select its two additional <br /> appointments from the list of remaining applicants, although the other elected <br /> boards have done so. Once appointments are complete,the Task Force will <br /> convene for its initial meeting, probably in August. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the 18 names for appointment forwarded <br /> from the Steering Committee be confirmed, and that the Board appoint two <br /> additional members of its choosing from the remaining list of applicants. <br />