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ATTACHMENT A 3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> COPY ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: ©ctober 82{x'13' <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 1 <br /> SUBJECT: Discussion on Potential Establishment of a Women's Commission <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/NJ No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment A— Resolution to Establish the Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br /> Women's Commission as Cheryl Young, 245-2307 <br /> an Advisory Board/ Commissioner Renee Price <br /> Commission to the Orange <br /> County Board of County <br /> Commissioners <br /> Attachment B — Excerpt from Approved <br /> January 25, 2011 Minutes <br /> Attachment C — February 1, 2011 <br /> Manager's Memo Excerpt <br /> with Attached Memo from <br /> Tara Fikes <br /> Attachment D — October 28, 2010 Memo <br /> from Tara Fikes <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss the potential establishment of a Women's Commission as an Orange <br /> County advisory board. <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 /> (Attachment 1), and stated that there is a disparity that persists between women and men in <br /> hiring for jobs that pay higher wages and salaries, with preference given to men over women; <br /> and women historically have received and continue to receive less pay and lower incomes than <br /> 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 />