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5 1 Commissioner Rich asked what happens if there is an information item, and the person 2 who can provide the information is not present. She asked if this becomes a petition, or it is still 3 an information item. 4 Bonnie Hammersley said staff is sometimes able to answer thequestion right awayif it 5 is just an information item.She said things are being done a little differently for petitions. She 6 said these are accepted, and thenrecommendations and next steps for completion are worked 7 out by the manager and Greg Wilder before being brought to the Chair and Vice Chair. 8 Commissioner Rich said she likesto hear that, as it means that every petition gets 9 movementand it sounds likeall of them would get resolved. 10 Bonnie Hammersley said if she or her staffmembersdo not understand the petition, 11 clarification will be requested. 12 Commissioner Jacobs said he does not think that it is necessary to get the answer 13 instantaneously at the meeting. He said his understanding wasthat the manager would try to 14 address and handle any concerns expressed by the Commissioners, and if clarification was 15 needed, she would contact the Commissioner or seek guidance from the Chair or Vice Chair. 16 He said there may be times when there is a political issue that requires the Chair or Vice Chair 17 to weigh in. 18 Chair McKee said the goal is to be timelierwhile still keeping an orderly process. 19 Commissioner Price asked about situations where immediate action is needed, such as 20 a situation where a high school team deserves recognition, and it is the end of the school year. 21 She asked if something like this would require a 2 to 3 week approval. 22 Chair McKee saidthesewill have to be examined on a case by case basis. 23 Commissioner Price said that is fine as long as it allows someflexibility. 24 Commissioner Rich asked the manager if she will recognize when something is an 25 informationitem versus a petition. 26 Chair McKee said he and the manager will be looking out for this. 27 Chair McKee said he just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page 28 regarding Board member petitions. 29 30 Chair McKee transitioned to a discussion of the process for members of the public to 31 place an item on a regular meeting agenda. He asked if anyone has problems with the current 32 process. He feels that all of these should go through agenda review. 33 Commissioner Rich said in the two yearsthat she has been here, there has only been 34 one public petition, and it was approved that samenight. She said this was just some sort of 35 recognition.She said she agrees that petitions from the public should go through a process; 36 otherwise the Board would be discussing every petition. 37 Commissioner Burroughs said she agrees that public petitions need to have a process. 38 She said the school board had a requirement that 8 school board members had to agree to put 39 public petitions on an agenda. 40 Commissioner Price discussed the example of public petitions regarding fluoride in the 41 water supply, which is not in the purview of the Board. She said this issue keeps coming before 42 them, and she wonders if there needs to be a discussion and perhaps a tabling of this in a work 43 session. She said she sometimes feels a responsibility to do something other than just let it lie. 44 Chair McKee saidhe feels this issue can only be addressed in Board comments. 45 Commissioner Pelissier saidmore than one person should decide whether or not to 46 address a petition. She questioned what would happen if the Chair and Vice Chair do not want 47 to address a petition and all of the other Commissioners do want to address it. She said there 48 should be a way to communicate this to the Chair and Vice Chair. 49 Commissioner Jacobs saidhe wants to make sure to keep thepublic petitionprocess 50 separate from the Commissioners’ petition process. He said he feels that his job as a