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Adopted 2-21 12; Amended 8-21-12; Amended 11-8-12 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A. Compensation <br />1. As a general rule advisory board service is voluntary and appointed members shall <br />receive no form of compensation for their services. <br />2. However, should the Orange County Board of Commissioners determine, in its sole <br />discretion, that an advisory board’s members should be compensated, such <br />compensation shall be addressed in that advisory board’s specific policy and rules of <br />procedure as adopted by the Commissioners. <br /> <br />B. Travel Expense Reimbursement <br />1. The Chair shall, to the extent practicable, schedule all hearings and advisory board <br />meetings to minimize travel and per diem costs. <br />2. Payment of expenses to advisory board members shall occur only when travel has <br />been approved by the County Manager prior to the time the expenses are incurred. <br />3. Orange County shall reimburse reasonable and necessary travel and incidental <br />business expenses from pre-approved travel to advisory board members <br />4. Advisory board members shall be reimbursed in accordance with current local <br />and/or state rules and regulations. Expense claims shall be submitted as required <br />pursuant to the Orange County travel policy. <br />5. Transportation expense claims shall include charges essential for transportation to <br />and from the meeting place. Reimbursement shall be made only for the local <br />government’s standard mileage allowance. Travel should be via the shortest, most <br />commonly traveled route. <br />6. Travel expense does not include hotel/motel expenses. <br /> <br />SECTION XI. LIMITATION OF POWER AND AUTHORITY <br /> <br />A. Nothing contained in this Advisory Board Policy shall be construed to conflict with any North <br />Carolina law or Orange County ordinance. Should there be an appearance of conflict, the <br />appropriate North Carolina law or Orange County ordinance shall prevail. <br /> <br />B. The activities of the advisory board shall, at all times, be conducted in accord with applicable <br />Federal law, North Carolina law, and Orange County ordinances. <br /> <br />C. Advisory Boards and any members thereof shall not (and shall not have the express or <br />implied authority to): <br />1. Incur expense or obligate Orange County in any manner. <br />a. Any expense incurred must have been pre-approved either through the <br />department director overseeing the advisory board’s budget, the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners, or the County Manager. <br />b. It is specifically acknowledged that no member of an advisory board has the <br />authority, express or implied, to, contractually or otherwise, bind Orange <br />County. <br />2. Identify or release any draft document that has not been approved for release by <br />the Orange County Board of Commissioners or County Manager. <br />3. Take positions, in their capacity as an advisory board member, on any political issue <br />or support or oppose any candidate for public office.