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Approved 8/11/2014 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 4/22/2014 Page 3 of 69 <br /> 1 <br />Larry Wright: I would like to move to the additions of the agenda to elect new officers. I wanted to call Karen to ask 2 <br />if she would serve as an elected officer of this board. I did not do that. I went through the guidelines of the Board of 3 <br />Adjustment and did not see where alternates could not serve as officers so I would like to open the nominations for 4 <br />officers. Is there a problem with that? 5 <br /> 6 <br />Michael Harvey: As an alternate is not a sitting member, if the five permanent members are seated at the table then 7 <br />the alternate does not technically have a vote or will not be making a decision as the five permanent members are at 8 <br />the meeting. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Larry Wright: Can I counter that? Neither does the Mayor of Hillsborough so a presiding officer does not have to 11 <br />vote. 12 <br /> 13 <br />James Bryan: Looking through the rules of procedure, I don’t see anything. I would think …. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Larry Wright: We have many capable members here and two are rolling off and I would like to have them be 16 <br />considered for office. When I was on the planning board, we elected Jay Bryan as Chair when we knew he would 17 <br />be rolling off in March or May. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Maybe, but I think it was a different issue. 20 <br /> 21 <br />James Bryan: I don’t see anything forbidding it but as a common sense thing for an attorney, I would have to advise 22 <br />just the sitting members. 23 <br /> 24 <br />David Blankfard: Can we make her a full member? 25 <br /> 26 <br />Debra Graham: We will have to send it to the Board of Commissioners. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Larry Wright: There hasn’t been one appointed from the Planning Board. I wanted a good pool of candidates. 29 <br /> 30 <br />David Blankfard: Alternates cannot serve as an alternate. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Jeff Schmitt: That was my understanding. With only three of us being full members, I understand what you are 33 <br />trying to do but it might be best to defer the elections until all the full members are present. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Larry Wright: I would be very comfortable with that. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Debra Graham: Maybe by that time, we can have the alternates, or at least one of them, appointed as full member 38 <br />by the Board of County Commissioners. 39 <br /> 40 <br />MOTION made by Samantha Cabe to defer the elections until at least four of the sitting permanent members are 41 <br />present. Seconded by Jeff Schmitt. 42 <br />VOTE: Unanimous 43 <br />44