Agenda - 10-03-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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5 1 Commissioner Jacobs said he had mixed feelings on the Town meetings because 2 elected officials need to maintain relationships. 3 Commissioner Jacobs said he regretted that the Town of Mebane was allowed to cancel 4 the September 14th meeting. He said Steve Brantley told him that Mebane is shifting all its 5 residential development to Orange County and all its commercial development to Alamance 6 County. He said he does not like this, and he wants to be able to tell the Town as much. 7 Commissioner Price said the more development there is, the more the Board needs to 8 meet with the Towns. She also agreed with Commissioner McKee about the Fire Departments. 9 Commissioner Price said the comment about meeting with the legislative delegation 10 without cameras present seems irrelevant, as the breakfast is an open meeting, and the public 11 is welcome to attend. 12 Commissioner Marcoplos said the fewer meetings that occur, the greater the chance for 13 longer meetings. 14 Commissioner McKee said the entire Board knew the expectations when running for 15 public office, and should acknowledge that responsibility. He said the Board all spent a lot of 16 time begging for votes, and it is not acceptable to complain about spending time now. He said 17 he appreciates Chair Dorosin's intent, but sometimes the meetings just have to be frequent and 18 long. 19 Chair Dorosin said there seems to be consensus on amending the UDO to include 20 QPHs into regular meetings. He directed staff to make these changes and return to the Board. 21 Chair Dorosin said the decision about the Legislative Breakfast is still open. He said it 22 would allow for greater transparency to have this meeting at a time when more of the public can 23 attend. He said he would be happy to seek input from the legislators. 24 Chair Dorosin said the idea of automatic adjournment sounds appealing, but sometimes 25 extending the meeting in order to complete an item is appropriate. He said he does not think 26 the Board needs to meet 49 times to efficiently run the County, and more items can be moved 27 to the consent agenda. 28 Chair Dorosin agreed with having staff evaluations before a work session or meeting. 29 Chair Dorosin said the best element of the meetings with the Towns is the back and 30 forth dialogue, not just getting a report or update. He said he would like to facilitate such 31 dialogue. 32 Chair Dorosin said if the Board feels he is rushing at meetings, to please let him know. 33 Chair Dorosin said meetings are a tremendous strain on staff, and he agreed with the 34 suggestion of moving the Manager's evaluation prior to the Clerk and Attorney's evaluations. 35 Commissioner Jacobs said in reference to the Consent Agenda, the public does not 36 always know what is going on with items that are placed on that agenda. He said this is an 37 invisible part of government, and that needs to be fixed, despite the fact that most items on the 38 consent agenda are very routine things. 39 Commissioner Jacobs said if the BOCC does not plan to follow the 10:30 p.m. rule of 40 stopping a meeting at that time to ask the full Board if they want to continue or adjourn the 41 meeting, then this rule should be removed from the rules of procedure. 42 Commissioner Jacobs said he would like time to think about all of the comments made 43 tonight, before making any decisions. 44 Commissioner Marcoplos said he supports keeping meetings with the Towns and work 45 sessions as separate meetings in order to have the highest quality meetings. 46 Commissioner McKee referred to the meeting with Towns, and said he gets more 47 information from watching the body language of all attendees. 48 Chair Dorosin said there should be more agenda details when meeting with the Towns.