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Adopted 2-21 12; Amended 8-21-12; Amended 11-8-12 <br /> <br /> <br />c. All board members shall be residents of Orange County and shall maintain <br />their domicile in Orange County unless they are under eighteen (18) years of <br />age and applying for a youth-designated position. The Clerk shall confirm <br />applicants are residents of Orange County and maintain their domicile in <br />Orange County. <br />i. Domicile is defined as one’s permanent established home as <br />distinguished from one’s temporary although actual place of <br />residence. <br />d. All board members shall have good reputations for integrity and an interest <br />in community service. <br />e. No nominee to a board shall be currently employed by Orange County <br />government and serve on a board that directly affects their work. <br />f. No nominee may currently be a party to or be the actual legal <br />representative in litigation against Orange County. The Clerk shall confirm <br />nominees are not involved in such litigation. <br />g. Each nominee must be prepared and committed to participate in advisory <br />board work in a manner that enhances relationships between the county <br />and the community. <br />h. Advisory board members shall owe no outstanding taxes at the time of <br />appointment. <br />i. All board members are representatives of the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners and shall conduct themselves, both in their official actions <br />and personal actions so as to be above reproach in their conduct and shall <br />not bring disrepute to either the County or the Commissioners. <br />j. The Orange County Board of Commissioners may waive any of the <br />conditions within this section, with the exception of statutorily imposed <br />conditions. <br /> <br />B. Composition <br />1. The Orange County Board of Commissioners shall appoint all voting and nonvoting <br />ex officio members to advisory boards. The Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />shall endeavor to appoint members who represent the ethnic, cultural, <br />demographic, and geographic diversity of the community. <br /> <br />C. Selection Criteria <br />1. Appointed members, except for ex officio members, shall be qualified by the Clerk <br />to the Board of County Commissioners. <br />2. Members shall be appointed from applicants whose properly filed and submitted <br />applications were submitted to the Clerk to the Board of Orange County. <br /> <br />D. Appointment <br />1. All members of advisory boards serve at the pleasure of the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners. <br />2. Appointments to advisory boards will be initiated with a public application process <br />from individuals, advisory boards, or community and professional organizations. <br />3. All appointments to advisory boards will be made by the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners.