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Page 2 <br /> vacancy. The Board of County Commissioners may solicit <br /> other applications for said vacancy if they so desire. <br /> If the Board of County Commissioners does not make the <br /> appointment within 90 days after receiving a resolution <br /> from the City Council requesting such action, the city <br /> Council may appoint outside members in accordance with <br /> the General Statutes. <br /> 4. Appointments will be made quarterly. The expiration of <br /> terms for members presently serving on boards and <br /> commissions will be adjusted to the nearest quarter <br /> ending date. <br /> 5. No citizen of Orange County shall serve in more than two <br /> appointed positions of Orange County Government unless <br /> exempted by the nature of the position he or she may hold <br /> in Governmental Service. This policy shall not apply to <br /> individuals who serve on boards or commissions or as <br /> appointees to any organization because of their official <br /> position or because of a statutory or regulatory <br /> requirement that a particular type professional <br /> individual serve as an appointee if no other qualified <br /> person can be found. This policy shall not apply to any <br /> Orange County Commissioner who serves on any board or as <br /> an appointee to a board because he/she is a County <br /> Commissioner. <br /> 6. For boards/commissions which are not state mandated, the <br /> Board's policy is to limit the length of service to two- <br /> three year terms on the various boards and commissions on <br /> which citizens are appointed. This time period does not <br /> include required training programs. This will allow for <br /> more individuals to serve and for diversity of opinions. <br /> It will also provide for conformity in the length and <br /> number of terms for those boards and commissions that are <br /> not state mandated with set terms. This policy may be <br /> waived if the Board of Commissioners determines that the <br /> removal of an individual made ineligible by this policy <br /> would be detrimental to the functioning of that board or <br /> commission. <br /> 7. If an appointee, in any calendar year, has unexcused <br /> absences which constitute more than 25 percent of the <br /> Board meetings which he or she is required to attend <br /> pursuant to his or her appointment, he or she is <br /> obligated to resign. Excused absences are defined as <br /> absences caused by events beyond one's control. If the <br /> individual refuses to resign, he or she may be dismissed <br /> by action of the Board of County Commissioners subject to <br /> state or local law. A calendar year is to be defined as <br /> a 12-month period beginning on the date of appointment. <br />