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4 Boards and Commissions Next Steps <br />Chair Foushee said that the Board directed Commissioner Pelissier and her to meet <br />with the Clerk about these next steps and it was difficult but there are still some outstanding <br />questions She said that they came up with some questions for the Board of County <br />Commissioners and to move through the issue of boards and commissions will involve a <br />process The process is one that would require the County Commissioners to make some <br />decisions <br />Commissioner Pelissier said that in December the Board decided not to make any more <br />appointments to boards but many of the boards are handicapped from doing business and so <br />they would like to make appointments for statutory boards now and leave the others open <br />One of the questions is whether or not the County Commissioners want to have a liaison to the <br />advisory boards Other places do this through a reporting mechanism such as a work plan by <br />the boards and commissions She asked what kind of reporting mechanism the Board wanted <br />and what kind of appointment process there would be for the County Commissioner liaisons <br />Chair Foushee said that the Board needs to decide whether or not to allow the Clerk to <br />put the appointments up for the statutory boards <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger seconded by Commissioner Nelson <br />to make appointments to the statutory boards <br />Commissioner Yuhasz asked how many statutory boards there were It was answered <br />that it was a small amount and not all of them have vacant positions He said that he has <br />concerns about the application process because the applicants are not always clear He said <br />that he is not interested in appointing for all of the statutory boards because each application <br />should have specific questions related to the boards <br />Commissioner Gordon said that the Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee <br />and the Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee are both listed as statutory boards <br />She asked about the statutory boards and which ones are in fact statutory <br />VOTE UNANIMOUS Commissioner Nelson was not in the room 60 <br />Chair Foushee said that she and Commissioner Pelissier decided in principle to have <br />one person to represent the Board of County Commissioners on any board or commission <br />Regarding the reporting mechanism Chair Foushee said that there has to be a way of <br />recording what is actually happening at the meetings This mechanism needs to be <br />determined <br />Frank Clifton said that as the County reduces staff the numerous boards and <br />commissions will have reduced staff support He said that it may be best to have a board <br />member to record the board actions other than support staff The other suggestion would be <br />to have these boards move to quarterly meetings rather than monthly meetings In the end <br />these are advisory boards and they have to keep records of their meetings <br />Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would prefer to see fewer County Commissioner <br />liaisons on the boards and better reporting This would allow the boards to make decisions <br />without the undue influence of a County Commissioner in the room <br />Commissioner Pelissier agreed with Commissioner Yuhasz She would like to have a <br />joint meeting with several advisory boards throughout the year She agrees with not having as <br />many County Commissioner liaisons and having a better reporting mechanism <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that the quick reports are good as opposed to minutes <br />She said that for one board that she served on before becoming a County Commissioner a