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20 1 2 Questions and suggestions? 3 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the process of the goal setting in these teams, and 4 asked if there are specific things upon which the goals are being based. He asked if there are 5 internal goals. He said it looks to him as if these groups are working independently, as opposed 6 to the Board of County Commissioners setting goals for these departments. 7 Bonnie Hammersley said most of Orange County has the same goals. She said the 8 teams would discuss what countywide goals are, followed by team-specific ones. She said 9 when everyone comes together countywide goals will be discussed. 10 Commissioner Dorosin said the Board of County Commissioners already has the 2009 11 goals and asked if the Manager is talking about more specific goals. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said the larger goals have many issues and strategies to address 13 the goals, but one or two specific goals will be identified to address in the coming year. 14 Chair McKee asked if the group meetings would be open to the Commissioners 15 attending, or would it be better for Commissioners to remain apart. 16 Bonnie Hammersley said she would never exclude a Commissioner from a meeting. 17 18 4. Board of Commissioners DRAFT Meeting Calendar for Year 2016 19 20 Chair McKee said this item seeks to gather input from the Board of County 21 Commissioners on the draft 2016 Board of County Commissioners calendar. 22 Commissioner Jacobs suggested moving the Manager's evaluation from June 28th to 23 another date and mentioned that March 15th could possibly be a Presidential primary date so it 24 may be necessary to move that meeting. 25 Commissioner Dorosin said the Board has too many meetings and he would like to avoid 26 having two meetings per week. He suggested the idea of dropping or shifting meetings. He 27 suggested adding more items to the consent agenda on the regular meeting agenda. 28 Commissioner Dorosin suggested trying to combine specialized meetings together in 29 some way. 30 Commissioner Dorosin said it seemed like the Board was more interested in talking 31 about goals and priorities during those budget meetings and asked if there is value in that. He 32 said he believes that those discussions are more effective if they are question driven. 33 Commissioner Dorosin said these multitudes of meetings are also a burden on the staff. 34 Chair McKee said more items have been shifted to the consent agenda in the past few 35 months. 36 Chair McKee said the fire departments' meeting could occur in the first half of a meeting 37 and add a work session in the second half of the same meeting. 38 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the bond discussion tonight and said an hour was 39 spent on the presentation. He said that is the kind of item could be done in a regular meeting, 40 with work sessions serving as a time for the Board to talk together. 41 Commissioner Burroughs said one of the things that surprised her when she came on 42 the Board last year was how much time is given at the beginning of the regular meetings with 43 special presentations, etc., as well as the petition and comment sections of the meetings are 44 time consuming. 45 Commissioner Jacobs said past Commissioner Nelson fought against having any special 46 presentations, and wanted them on the consent agenda. 47 Commissioner Jacobs said one of the things that can create change is if the Manager is 48 trusted, then one will be more comfortable putting items on the consent agenda. 49 Commissioner Jacobs said a monthly work session has been added during his tenure. 50 Commissioner Jacobs said he looked forward to having weeks with no meetings.