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M-1 <br />Commissioner Foushee said that she thinks that all of the County <br />Commissioners recognize their role as listeners and advocates, but there are limited <br />resources to provide for every petition that comes forward. She asked that staff <br />recommend a process of determining how the items go through the process. This might <br />save some time. She said that there would have to be a set of standards that would <br />determine how this item moves forward or not. <br />Chair Pelissier agreed and said that the County Commissioners need to balance <br />out the requests against how much staff time it would take and the resources available. <br />She said that rather than voting on items that come forward, they could just refer it to the <br />Chair, Vice - Chair, and Manager because if there is a vote, then some people tend to <br />think that something will be an agenda item for sure. <br />Commissioner Foushee said that it would be easier to put this in writing and then <br />review it as a Board. <br />The Board agreed to have something in writing about this process and then the <br />Board would review and approve the process. <br />Frank Clifton said that he could do a quick survey about how other_ local <br />governments deal with this. <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that all petitions should be presented at a public <br />meeting and not just mailed in, etc. It needs to be part of the public process. <br />Chair Pelissier agreed with this. <br />