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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 13, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q-a <br />SUBJECT: Consideration of a Resolution on District Elections for the Board of County <br />Commissioners for a November 2006 Referendum <br />DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, Planning, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Commissioners, <br />Elections, & County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Citizen Petition Cover Sheet <br />Draft Principles <br />Draft Process/Timetable <br />Copy of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-60 <br />May 1, 2006 Letter from County Attorney <br />Draft Resolutions: <br />"Proposal D" (residency and nomination by <br />district) <br />"Proposal D" (residency only) <br />Maps, Statistical Data, and Transition <br />Process for Seven Member Maps/Plans: <br />"Proposal B" (map and statistical data <br />only), "Proposal D" and "Carey Proposal" <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Geof Gledhill, County Attorney, 732-2196 <br />Greg Wilder, 245-2300 <br />David Hunt, 245-2130 <br />John Link, 245-2300 <br />Brian Carson, 245-2595 <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To provide an opportunity far the Board 1) to consider approval of a Resolution on <br />district elections for the Board of County Commissioners for a November 2006 referendum <br />based on Board consideration of district elections since January 2005; and 2) provide any <br />comments, questions and any further direction to staff. <br />BACKGROUND: At the Board's January 24, 2005 regular meeting, representatives of a group <br />of Orange County residents addressed the Board and submitted a 1200-signature petition to <br />the Board regarding the method by which the members of the Board of Commissioners are <br />elected in Orange County. The representatives requested that the Board review the current <br />method of election for the members of the Board, which entails all five members of the Board <br />being nominated and elected to staggered four-year terms on an at-large basis. The petition <br />requesting an alternative method and manner by which Orange County Commissioners are <br />elected is attached. <br />The County Manager and County staff reviewed the issue and the petition submitted and <br />provided a report to the Board at the Board's May 5, 2005 work session. The report included <br />information on the following: <br />1) the legal framework for structure of boards of county commissioners; <br />