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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 8, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 1 <br /> SUBJECT: Follow-up Discussion on Potential Establishment of a Women's Commission <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment A — October 8, 2013 Agenda Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br /> Abstract and Attachments Cheryl Young, 245-2307 <br /> Attachment B — Excerpt from Approved Commissioner Renee Price, 245-2130 <br /> October 8, 2013 Work <br /> Session Minutes <br /> Attachment C — List of Interested Groups <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss the potential establishment of a Women's Commission as an Orange <br /> County advisory board in follow-up to the Board's October 8, 2013 work session discussion. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the June 18, 2013 BOCC Meeting, Commissioner Renee Price petitioned <br /> the Board regarding the establishment of a Women's Commission as an Orange County <br /> advisory board to be staffed by and receive technical support from the Orange County <br /> Department of Economic Development. Commissioner Price provided a draft resolution <br /> (included in Attachment 1), and stated that there is a disparity that persists between women and <br /> men in hiring for jobs that pay higher wages and salaries, with preference given to men over <br /> women; and women historically have received and continue to receive less pay and lower <br /> incomes than their male counterparts while fulfilling the same duties and responsibilities. <br /> Commissioner Price noted that there currently was not an Orange County advisory board that <br /> addressed issues unique to women and to provide policy and program recommendations to the <br /> Orange County Board of County Commissioners since the former Commission for Women, <br /> established in 1978, was eliminated as an advisory board in 2010. <br /> Commissioner Price suggested that the overarching charge of a Women's Commission should <br /> be to examine and expose the inequalities and inequities experienced by women in the <br /> business sector, the workplace, entrepreneurship, education and professional advancement <br /> and leadership in Orange County, and to advocate for women so as to give redress to such <br />