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2 <br /> • Low attendance from BOCC members at some meetings or late arrivals <br /> • Reduction of BOCC meetings <br /> • Advisory board meetings could always be added to the meeting calendar on an "as <br /> needed" basis <br /> 2. For the Board to consider and discuss a petition by Chair Dorosin from the May 2, <br /> 2017 BOCC meeting that staff and the Board begin thinking about the Board's annual <br /> meeting calendar and potential opportunities to reduce the number of meetings. <br /> Attachment 4- Email from Chair Dorosin (8/10/17) <br /> Chair Dorosin said he would like to review the BOCC meeting calendar, noting there <br /> are over 50 meetings a year. <br /> The Clerk said the BOCC has nine public meetings between now and June 20th, and <br /> two closed sessions. <br /> Chair Dorosin encouraged the Board to be conscientious of the time it takes to hold a <br /> meeting, including the amount of prep work. <br /> After discussion/discussion by the Board, and any proposed changes made, this item will be <br /> on the consent agenda at an October/November BOCC meeting for approval. <br /> In an effort to have a thorough discussion about the number of meetings we have, the <br /> following ideas are offered for your consideration: <br /> 0 Move the 4 quarterly public hearings from separate meetings into regular <br /> meetings each quarter. According to John R., this is a perfectly legitimate <br /> alternative and can be done without any changes to the UDO. (If we wanted to <br /> go further and change the UDO however, we would have even more flexibility <br /> and planning items requiring a public hearing could be considered at a public <br /> hearing during any of the 20 or so regular board meetings annually. <br /> o Reduction: 4 meetings <br /> O Move the joint town meetings (Hillsborough/Mebane/Chapel Hill/Carrboro) to the <br /> first portion of a BoCC work session. Following the joint meeting portion, our <br /> colleagues could leave, with the rest of the work session dedicated to BoCC <br /> issues. We may also want to discuss whether we still need to have all of these <br /> joint sessions. <br /> o Reduction: 4 meetings <br /> O Move the 2 meetings for personnel evaluations (clerk/attorney, manager) to <br /> closed sessions at the end of regular meetings. We did this with the manager's <br /> evaluation this year and I think it worked fine. <br /> o Reduction: 2 meetings <br /> O Move the legislative breakfast to a regular meeting or work session. It might be <br /> ideal to do this at the regular meeting where we discuss/vote on our legislative <br /> goals and agenda. <br /> o Reduction: 1 meeting <br />