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21 Chair Dorosin said yes, one board reviews/monitors adult care homes and the other 1 focuses on nursing homes. He said these two types of homes are defined differently in the 2 statute, thus the two boards. 3 Commissioner Price asked if there are certain requirements for these boards. 4 John Roberts said there are training requirements for both of these boards, and the only 5 other statutory requirements are the minimum numbers. 6 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if these boards visit the actual care facilities. 7 The Board answered yes. 8 Commissioner Marcoplos said this is a capacity question, and if the same work can be 9 done with less people then a smaller board would be fine. 10 Chair Dorosin said the requirement is for a smaller number, and the year-long trainings 11 make it even more difficult to fill these boards. He said he agrees with reducing the number of 12 members. He agreed with Donna Baker and said to have Ombudsman to come and speak on 13 the pros and cons of reducing size or merging. 14 Thom Freeman said the training process changed a few months ago via a House Bill. 15 He said the applicant, once vetted, attends training for a few weeks. He said successful 16 trainees who want to proceed will be put forth to the BOCC for a one year initial term 17 appointment. He said when that first term is successfully completed, the candidate can go on to 18 a full term. 19 Commissioner Price said these boards have requested to come before the BOCC and 20 present their findings on a more regular basis. 21 Commissioner Rich said this opportunity is available at the annual review. 22 Commissioner Price said there is a desire to come before the Board outside of the 23 annual presentations. 24 Donna Baker said the Chair of these boards attends the annual review, but not the 25 Ombudsman, and scheduling this would likely be helpful. She said she will schedule a time. 26 27 28 2. Discussion/Decision Point: 29 --To consider the vetting of applicants for certain boards as appointments 30 come up (i.e., OWASA, BOA, Planning, ABC Board, etc.) by a committee made 31 up of BOCC members (two members) that would then make a recommendation 32 to the BOCC. 33 34 Chair Dorosin said the idea here is that there would be a sub-committee of the Board 35 that would make recommendations. 36 Commissioner McKee asked for clarification on “vetting”. 37 Chair Dorosin said usually the Board gets a recommendation from an advisory board 38 and the Board of County Commissioners make the appointments. He said this would mean 39 another level of review by the Board of County Commissioners, while still having 40 recommendations from the board. He said it is a more thorough level of review prior to the 41 Board making an appointment. 42 Commissioner McKee questioned the need for another added level in the process. 43 Commissioner Rich said an example of this was when the OWASA appointment had to 44 resign, and she called everyone on the applicant listing to learn more about them, and who may 45 be the best person to represent them on the board. She said this is similar to when additional 46 questions were added to the application, and she feels that even those additional questions do 47 not always provide sufficient information. She said BOCC members are not connected to the 48 applicants. 49 Chair Dorosin asked if she could simply keep calling applicants when she wants to know 50 more. 51