Agenda - 02-18-2014 - 6a - Laserfiche WebLink

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 gut His request is that the Commissioners need to plan for emergency shelter capacity and site it with fair share principles and appropriate public input. 9. County Manager's Report NONE 10. County Attorney's Report NONE 11. Appointments a. Agricultural Preservation Board —Appointment The Board considered making an appointment to the Agricultural Preservation Board. A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to appoint Noah Rannells to the Agricultural Preservation Board where he will be serving a first full term expiring 06/30/2016 as an at -large representative. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Animal Services Advisory Board —Appointment The Board considered making appointments to the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB). A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to refer this item back to the ASAB for recommendations. Commissioner Price said she was going to nominate people and she noted that there are letters from the board. Commissioner Dorosin said he is not satisfied with the letters from the ASAB. He said the letters illustrate his concern that the qualifications are arbitrary. He said it seems to be very subjective. He said there need to be some objective standards to these criteria. Commissioner Dorosin suggested a friendly amendment that all of these criteria be developed with objective standards. Commissioner McKee said, in a lot of cases, the Board has recommendations for the boards receiving appointments. He said there have been recommendations from this board in the past and he feels the ASAB staff has the ability to make recommendations of people who will fit the positions. He said there is no list, and he feels the Board should wait for this. Chair Jacobs asked if Commissioner McKee would accept the friendly amendment. Commissioner McKee declined the amendment and said this could be discussed at another time. Commissioner Price noted that one of the openings was an at -large position with no qualifications other than that the appointee is an Orange County citizen. She said she respects the recommendation of a committee, but it is the responsibility of the Board to have citizens involved in the government process. She said there is no valid reason not to appoint an at- large position. Chair Jacobs said the ASAB director had objections to the appointments made at the last meeting. Chair Jacobs said he expressed that these appointments are the responsibility of