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X96 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY Action <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS it No/PA <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> MEETING DATE January 5, 1987 <br /> Subject: Public Charge <br /> Department: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Public Hearing: Yes I no <br /> Attachments: None Information Contact: Shirley E. Marshall <br /> Phone Numbers: 732-8181, 968-4501, <br /> 227-0231 <br /> PURPOSE: To establish a public charge that would set the tone for civil decorum at <br /> all meetings of the Board of Commissioners. <br /> REED: Not all citizens respect the right of all other citizens to an orderly conduct <br /> of the public business and of each person ' s right to be heard fully and in turn. <br /> IMPACT: A understood process would be established to maintain or restore public. <br /> decorum. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: To adopt a Public Charge to be read following "Audience Comments" at <br /> each meeting. The following wording is recommended: <br /> The Board of Commissioners pledges to the citizens of Orange County its <br /> respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful , <br /> courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time <br /> should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public <br /> charge, the Chair will ask the offending member. to leave the meeting until <br /> that citizen regains personal control . Should decorum fail to be restored, <br /> the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment <br /> to this public charge is observed. <br />