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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 20, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 2 <br />SUBJECT: Board of County Commissioner Issues <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners/ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Information Systems <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />BOCC Communications Infrastructure <br />Recommendations Report <br />Volunteer Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, ext. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129 <br />Todd Jones, CIO, ext 2285 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 245-2130 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To review and discuss: 1) recommendations regarding options for enhancing <br />communications and technology support that is available to County Commissioners in their <br />conduct of the County's business, and 2) Commissioners' roles with regard to Orange County <br />advisory boards and commissions and the process by which the Chairs/Vice Chairs are chosen <br />for advisory boards and commissions. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />a. BOCC Communications Infrastructure Recommendations <br />The County Commissioners increasingly rely on computing and communications technologies <br />to conduct County business. The technologies they use have been allocated over time by the <br />County, or selected and funded by the Commissioners themselves. Additional and/or enhanced <br />technologies have recently become available that may improve the efficiency and effectiveness <br />with which Commissioners may communicate among themselves, with staff, and with their <br />constituents. Pursuant to discussions with the Chair and Vice Chair, the Manager, and the <br />Clerk, the County's Chief Information Officer has worked with the Purchasing Department to <br />develop a recommended set of technologies to allow Commissioners to communicate more <br />effectively. The accompanying report provides details on these technologies. <br />b. Commissioner Roles on Boards and Commissions and Process for <br />Selection of ChairsNice Chairs for Boards and Commissions <br />On April 20, 2004, the BOCC voted to amend the Orange County Volunteer Resolution <br />Appointment and Orientation Process, Sections 6 and 7. It currently reads as follows: <br />