Agenda - 12-13-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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11 1 Commissioner Rich said sometimes she calls some applicants, and she encouraged 2 others to do this. She met with the E&R Board chair who wanted more vetting of applicants, 3 and perhaps John Roberts could create questions for this board's application. 4 John Roberts said he does not mind being involved with the quasi-judicial boards. He 5 said these boards have guidelines to follow, and he is working with Michael Harvey to set up a 6 training session with the Board of Adjustment. He said he did the same with the E&R Board, 7 and can do this on a regular basis. 8 Commissioner Price said in addition to the training, there should be more qualifications 9 for the quasi-judicial boards. 10 Chair McKee said there are three levels of boards being discussed: quasi-judicial, a 11 subset of non-quasi-judicial that are more involved (ABC Board, OWASA, E&R, Planning, etc.), 12 and then the rest of the boards. 13 Commissioner Price said she is talking about quasi-judicial boards that do not report 14 back to the BOCC. 15 Commissioner Jacobs said the Board of Health and Department of Social Services are 16 statutory boards that do not have to report back to the BOCC, but do make policy decisions. 17 Commissioner Rich asked if the Board feels that repetitively putting the same people on 18 boards is acceptable, as well as people serving on more than one board at a time. She said 19 there are people in the applicant pools, but the same people continue to get appointed. She 20 said Commissioner Dorosin expressed not liking the process of repeatedly appointing someone 21 to a board. 22 Commissioner Price said the policy is that one can serve on two boards, and one task 23 force at one time. 24 Commissioner Rich said sometimes it feels that the BOCC are appointing the same 25 people. She said there must be more people that are interested in serving. 26 Commissioner Jacobs said this happens when there is an unspoken political benefit to 27 making that person happy. 28 Commissioner Pelissier said the same people tend to be reappointed because they are 29 known and are good "board" people. She said there is a level of comfort with known people. 30 She said there needs to be a vetting process for important boards versus just the advisory 31 boards. 32 Commissioner Pelissier proposed a two-step process: 1. Have some serious vetting 33 process, like a sub-committee, to review applicants and to make recommendations for the 34 quasi-judicial boards, and those that make significant decisions. 2. The other advisory boards 35 could have some other process. She said this may require more active involvement from the 36 BOCC. 37 Chair McKee asked if she is suggesting an interview process or a more thorough review 38 of all applicants. 39 Commissioner Pelissier said interviewing every applicant would be an ominous job, but 40 there could be a group that whittles down the applicants, and then conducts a phone interview, 41 or something similar. 42 Chair McKee asked if the sub group would be two commissioners. 43 Commissioner Pelissier yes, or perhaps John Roberts could interview applicants for the 44 quasi-judicial boards. 45 Commissioner Price said it seems like this is being done at times, but it should be a 46 formalized process. 47 Chair McKee said he sometimes supports a known person, simply because he knows 48 them and their commitment level. 49 Commissioner Pelissier said she likes having recommendations from advisory boards, 50 and would like to receive them from all advisory boards.