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Councilmember was the liaison but did not attend meetings and they were to be called if the <br />board needed anything She said that the board would come once a year to Council to report <br />She also agrees with not having a County Commissioner liaison She said that having a <br />County Commissioner on a boardcommission changed the dynamics of what the board <br />discussed and how they discussed it <br />Chair Foushee said that when County Commissioners attend board or commission <br />meetings her thought has always been that if she is not a voting member then her role is a <br />resource role only <br />Commissioner Gordon said that if a Board of County Commissioners member is there <br />then the implication from this discussion is that it was a bad influence She suggested just <br />getting rid of County Commissioner liaisons for the advisory boards that are totally advisory in <br />nature <br />Chair Foushee said that she learned a lot about county government from being a <br />liaison to the boards and commissions She does not know that she wants to give up being <br />the Commissioner that gets an opportunity to sit in meetings and hear what is going on and <br />provide insight and learn She is not ready to say that they should not have liaisons for boards <br />and commissions <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that all Commissioners have made good points His <br />concern is similar to Chair Fousheesbecause of the learning aspect and developing <br />relationships with people that are interested in particular issues He said that he has seen and <br />heard that Board members will dominate a meeting and in that respect there are problems <br />with how things are set up He said that he also knows of boards that go out and do surveys <br />without the County Commissioners knowing about it He wants to be considerate in how the <br />County Commissioners communicate whatever change is made <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that since there are different types of boards it is hard <br />to come to a consensus There are different guidelines for each board and commission She <br />thinks that there could be different sets of goals or guidelines for each grouping <br />Frank Clifton suggested not having anyone appointed as liaisons so that anyone could <br />attend these meetings The County Commissioners could rotate attending the board meetings <br />each month and could pick which ones to attend <br />Commissioner Yuhasz agreed with this if the rotation could give an educational <br />component <br />Commissioner Pelissier said that it is a huge workload to attend so many board <br />meetings If the total amount of boards that each person has to go to is decreased then the <br />community would be served a lot better She said that she liked the idea of not having a <br />liaison and rotating but that may cause some board members to only go to the ones they like <br />Chair Foushee said that it seems that there is consensus to have a reporting <br />mechanism template for each board and commission and this standard format can be <br />determined at a later time This is for the internal boards and commissions and not the <br />statutory or external boards <br />Chair Foushee asked that the Board talk about the issue of having a County <br />Commissioner liaison for these internal boards <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that there would have to be a schedule where there <br />would not be a quorum of the Board of County Commissioners <br />Commissioner Gordon suggested letting the Clerk know who was going to attend the <br />meetings and if four people show up then the last one that showed up would leave <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon seconded by Commissioner <br />Yuhasz that the Board of County Commissioners not assign a particular liaison to the