Agenda - 03-07-2017 - 6-a - Minutes

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20 1 4. For the Board to discuss revising the Regular Meeting Order of Business to move 2 Board Comments to near the beginning of the meeting and/or combine with 3 Announcements by Board Members 4 5 Excerpt from the January 24, 2017 Approved BOCC Meeting Minutes: 6 • Announcements and Petitions by Board Members 7 8 Commissioner Rich petitioned to move Board comments up on the agenda, to be 9 combined with petitions. 10 11 Below is the current order for Agenda items: 12 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 13 Public Charge 14 2. Public Comments (Limited to One Hour) 15 3. Announcements and Petitions by Board Members (Three Minute Limit Per Commissioner) - 16 4. Proclamations/Resolutions/Special Presentations 17 5. Public Hearings 18 6. Consent Agenda — 19 • Removal of Items from Consent Agenda 20 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda 21 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 22 7. Regular Agenda 23 8. Reports — 24 9. County Manager's Report 25 10. County Attorney's Report 26 11. Appointments 27 12. Board Comments (Three Minute Limit Per Commissioner) 28 13. Information Items 29 14. Closed Session 30 15. Adjournment 31 32 Commissioner Rich asked Commissioner Jacobs if there is a layout or plan that he had 33 in mind. 34 Commissioner Jacobs said the only item that is a bit difficult to sort is the consent 35 agenda, as it is a hodge podge. 36 Chair Dorosin asked the Clerk if there must be a formal structure to the agenda. 37 Donna Baker said there is a policy and procedures book, and any time there is structural 38 change, this book is updated. She said standardization of agendas is good, as it helps the 39 public follow along, and to know what to expect. 40 Greg Wilder, Manager's Office, said in some cases it may be easy to determine external 41 versus internal items, but sometimes it may not. 42 Chair Dorosin asked if there could be a policy for the order of business that said high 43 priority, high interest items will be put at top of agenda, with internal reports pushed towards the 44 end of the agenda. 45 Commissioner Jacobs referred to the consent agenda for the February 21st meeting, 46 noting there is only one item that would interest the public. He said it is unclear to him why 47 these items would be before the regular agenda, in which the public may be interested. 48 He said the way it has been done, up to this point, was to be respectful of staff time at the price 49 of the public, and noted that staff is paid to be present. He said he thought it may be worth 50 trying for flexibility.