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26 <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee said the agenda is so front-loaded now, and it is often 8pm before 1 <br />the BOCC gets into the meat of the agenda. He said moving this up on the agenda will move 2 <br />other priority items further down. He said the focus should be on addressing items that the 3 <br />public comes for, and appointments are housekeeping items. 4 <br />Chair Dorosin reviewed the agenda, and said appointments are usually item 11. He 5 <br />suggests moving appointments up to the regular agenda or reports. 6 <br />Commissioner McKee said that would be fine, and is of less concern to him. 7 <br />Commissioner Rich said when she served on the Chapel Hill Town Council, they voted 8 <br />by ballots. She said the clerk would tally the vote at the meeting, and unless it was a tie, there 9 <br />would be no discussion. She says it quicker, but not as transparent. 10 <br />Chair Dorosin asked if there was any discussion. 11 <br />Commissioner Rich said discussion happened beforehand, and it was not as 12 <br />transparent. 13 <br /> Chair Dorosin said it is not transparent at all. 14 <br />Commissioner McKee said he would have an issue with that process. 15 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said he liked hearing why people nominate, etc. 16 <br />John Roberts said he questions if that is legal, because the minutes need to reflect the 17 <br />vote. 18 <br />Commissioner Rich said at the end of a meeting, the Board is keen to get out of the 19 <br />meeting, and may not be having necessary discussions. 20 <br />Chair Dorosin said there is agreement to move appointments up a bit in the agenda, and 21 <br />to do them bi-monthly or quarterly as a regular item that allows for more discussion. 22 <br />Commissioner Rich said if appointments are placed before consent, then staff will wait 23 <br />longer to see if a consent item is going to be pulled. She said if the Commissioners can agree 24 <br />to inform everyone ahead of time if they plan to pull a consent item, it would ensure that staff 25 <br />does not have to linger. 26 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said there is a deadline to reveal concerns about agenda items, 27 <br />and if the Chair sticks to that deadline a Commissioner would be unable to pull an item at the 28 <br />last minute. 29 <br />Chair Dorosin agreed. 30 <br />Staff will review agenda format and then propose/move the appointments to a different 31 <br />location on the agenda (rather before the Manager/Attorney Comments or under regular agenda 32 <br />or reports.) 33 <br /> 34 <br /> 8. Discussion/Decision Point: 35 <br />-Applicant Interest Listing: Thom Freeman currently contacts applicants before 36 <br />putting up on abstracts to see if they are still interested in a position on a 37 <br />board and if there is no response email/call within a specified timeframe- and it 38 <br />is still less than two years for the application on file, does staff keep applicant 39 <br />on interest list or remove. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Chair Dorosin said this is like purging voters. 42 <br />Commissioner Rich said to give applicants a time frame in which to respond to Thom 43 <br />Freeman’s contact, and tell them if they do not respond in a timely manner, they will be purged 44 <br />from the list. 45 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said one can apply again. 46 <br />Thom Freeman said the applicant is removed from the list, but he keeps their contact 47 <br />information. 48 <br /> 49 <br />9. Discussion/Decision Point: 50 <br /> 51