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

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12 1 Commissioner Burroughs said the Board of Health has a sub-committee that does its 2 vetting. 3 Commissioner Burroughs referred to Commissioner Dorosin's input and said she thinks 4 vetting is useful, and boards should be strongly encouraged to look at diversity, when vetting. 5 Commissioner Jacobs said there is a historical process of the Planning Board not 6 offering recommendations, and he would like to keep this as is. He said this has been done 7 because the BOCC is meant to be doing the vetting with these types of boards. 8 Chair McKee asked if this is a default policy. 9 Commissioner Jacobs said yes. 10 Chair McKee said that is fine with him and suggested that the Board of Adjustment also 11 not give recommendations. 12 Thom Freeman said recommendations are not received from the Planning Board, Board 13 of Adjustment and the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard). 14 Chair McKee asked if it is acceptable just to limit not receiving recommendations to the 15 Planning Board. 16 Commissioner Jacobs said yes. 17 18 b. Filling of Board Vacancies: Statutory and/or Board approved positions 19 Discussion Point: 20 • How would the Board want to proceed with vacant positions with statutory or Board 21 designated positions? 22 23 Chair McKee said he has concerns about this issue, and he does not like to fill 24 vacancies just for the purpose of filling them. 25 Commissioner Price said if there are applicants, then the positions should be filled, 26 unless there is a clear reason not to appoint someone. 27 Discussion ensued. 28 Commissioner Rich asked if there is a benefit to holding a seat open, or is it better to fill 29 the seat and have a full board. 30 Chair McKee said if you have one vacancy on a 7-member board, and it is an at-large 31 seat, he does not have a problem filling it. He said he does have a problem with filling a seat 32 that is a designated position with someone who is not qualified (such as does not live in a 33 particular district). 34 Commissioner Rich asked Chair McKee if he feels there is a limit to how long a seat 35 should be left open. 36 Chair McKee said he does not know, but if there is a designated seat then it should 37 remain open, if it does not adversely affect the board. He said six months did not feel like 38 enough time, and one year feels too long to wait. 39 Commissioner Rich said she does not like leaving open seats. 40 Chair McKee said the Board as a whole probably agrees with Commissioner Rich, but 41 he does not. His argument is if it is a designated seat, it should not be filled with someone who 42 does not fit the designation. 43 Chair McKee said he also objects to having one appointment recommendation on the 44 abstract, and then the Board filling other seats on the fly. 45 Commissioner Jacobs said he has no problem with filling seats, except when the 46 reasons why some people are not recommended is not known to the BOCC. 47 Commissioner Jacobs said the BOCC could give notice to advisory boards that if they 48 are making recommendations, but not filling all of the seats, the advisory board should get in 49 touch with Board of County Commissioners Chair as to why seats are not being filled, or the 50 BOCC will fill the seats the next time.