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20 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee to table 2 this item for staff/ASAB to have time to review proposed suggestions from the Board and 3 provide responses to Board concerns. 4 Commissioner Gordon asked John Roberts if this motion is acceptable. 5 John Roberts said yes. 6 Commissioner McKee suggested that Professor Wall from the School of Government 7 might be made available to provide more direction. 8 Commissioner Gordon asked how the Commissioners can provide additional written 9 comments. 10 Michael Talbert said any written comments should be sent to the Manager's office. 11 12 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 13 14 b. Orange County Volunteer Application-Proposed Revisions 15 The Board considered proposed revisions to the Orange County Volunteer Application 16 for boards and commissions. A committee including Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner 17 Pelissier and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker had been charged by the Board to bring back 18 recommendations for Board consideration. 19 Commissioner Pelissier said she petitioned the Board in the spring to bring this forth to 20 add additional questions for particular boards. She said, for each of these five boards there 21 were some suggested additions. She talked with some board members and Donna Baker did a 22 survey of other boards and commissions. 23 She noted that there was an additional question suggested, outside of the charge. She 24 said this is included in the packet. 25 Commissioner Gordon said Donna Baker provided examples from other governmental 26 entities in the region and out of state. 27 She said the main discussion should be regarding the additional questions for the 28 selected boards. 29 Commissioner Price had concerns about the questions. She asked for an explanation 30 of the goal or purpose of these additional questions. She liked the four basic questions, but 31 she said she does not understand the need for some of the others. 32 She said the question regarding gender and ethnicity should be optional. 33 She said the term "domicile" is a bit ambiguous. 34 She asked if someone would be disqualified over the question of tax issues. 35 Donna Baker noted that these were questions that were suggested by a past Board of 36 County Commissioners. 37 Chair Jacobs said the Board should try to keep the discussion limited to pages 2, 3, and 38 4. 39 Commissioner Dorosin said he thinks the general question, regarding reasons for 40 serving on the board, is a good one. He is not in favor of making it more difficult for people to 41 get on these boards, and he feels that what the County currently uses is legitimate. He said he 42 is not in favor of any additional questions. 43 Commissioner McKee said he wants to see what people hope to accomplish on a board 44 and what their view is of Orange County's direction. He said this discussion is not about all 45 boards, but is only about the statutory and quasi-judicial boards. He wants to know something 46 about the people appointed to these boards. 47 Commissioner Rich said she likes some of the additional questions, such as the one for 48 OWASA, since she is more familiar with this board. She said she wants to know that an 49 applicant actually knows what OWASA does. She wants people appointed to the board to be