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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 2, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE BY-LAWS FOR THE COMMISSION FOR <br /> WOMEN <br /> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> Commission for Women <br /> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> . Proposed By-laws Change Lucy Lewis, ext 2251 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed change in the Commission for <br /> Women by-laws. <br /> BACKGROUND: The proposed change in the Commission for Women by- <br /> laws concerns Article III , Membership, Section 3, Distribution. <br /> The current by-laws state, "Distribution of Commission membership <br /> should be as follows: Five members should reside in Chapel Hill <br /> Township; one in Bingham Township; one in either Chapel Hill or <br /> Bingham Township; three in Hillsborough Township; one each in <br /> Eno, Little River, Cheeks, and Cedar Grove Townships: and one in <br /> any of the last five" . The Commission believes that the current <br /> by-laws are too restrictive regarding township representation. <br /> This has prevented some well-qualified applicants from being <br /> considered for membership while allowing some Board positions to <br /> remain vacant for a significant length of time. The proposed <br /> change will ensure significant representation from both ends of <br /> the county, as well as both urban and rural townships, while <br /> providing some necessary flexibility regarding township <br /> representation. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board approve <br /> the proposed change in the Commission for Women by-laws. <br />