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18 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />This item gives the Board the opportunity to discuss the presentation of a resolution during a 2 <br />Board meeting and potentially taking action on that resolution during the same meeting or 3 <br />directing the item for consideration at a future meeting. In light of the current Rules of 4 <br />Procedure provision, discussion on resolutions as well as other types of agenda items may be 5 <br />appropriate. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Chair Dorosin said he would like to see if the Board can come up a way to 8 <br />accommodate the atypical situations for some matters. He said one option is for the Board to 9 <br />vote to add items to the agenda, but in general the Board would like as much advance notice of 10 <br />resolutions as possible, but some are more time sensitive. 11 <br />Commissioner Burroughs said she is fine with adding an item to an agenda when it is 12 <br />time sensitive in nature. She said resolutions are often just about public relations, and rarely 13 <br />have financial or other impacts. 14 <br />Commissioner Rich said resolutions put information out to the public, and many are time 15 <br />sensitive. She said if more time is available, she would prefer going through the normal 16 <br />process, but if an item is time sensitive she would accept adding it to an agenda. 17 <br />Commissioner McKee said he raised this concern, not because he needs more time to 18 <br />review the resolution, but because the public may not know about it and the public deserves to 19 <br />know about what the Board is up to. 20 <br />Commissioner Price said the BOCC should use common sense, and issue or approve a 21 <br />resolution if it is important or time sensitive. She said waiting can make the BOCC look lazy or 22 <br />behind. 23 <br />Chair Dorosin said these resolutions are important, and the BOCC has been judicious in 24 <br />taking immediate action. He said he is happy to amend the agenda as needed if it is time 25 <br />sensitive, etc., and if a Commissioner has an electronic copy it can be sent out the full Board in 26 <br />advance, and it is always possible to post a statement on web. 27 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said this suggestion does not box the Board into a corner, and 28 <br />if a resolution is put forth and a Board member makes a case to wait, then the board can vote 29 <br />accordingly. He said some of these resolutions have an impact by encouraging other 30 <br />governments to express a similar sentiment, and have a domino effect. 31 <br />Commissioner Rich agreed with going through the process of amending the agenda at 32 <br />the meeting, to add a resolution if need be. She referred to Commissioner McKee’s point of 33 <br />having the public more involved, and said the Board can always hear public comment at the 34 <br />next meeting if need be. 35 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said there have been several instances in the last few months, 36 <br />where residents have asked the BOCC to pass a resolution on an issue important to them, only 37 <br />to learn that the BOCC has already done so, which he sees as a demonstration of the Board’s 38 <br />leadership, and attunement to the values of Orange County. 39 <br /> 40 <br />The meeting was adjourned at 9:17 p.m. 41 <br /> 42 <br /> Mark Dorosin, Chair 43 <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br />Donna Baker 46 <br />Clerk to the Board 47 <br /> 48 <br /> 49 <br /> 50