Agenda 10-03-19 Item 2 - Discussion of County Commissioners’ Terms on Advisory Boards and Commissions

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6 TJCOG Meet 1x per 1 Commissioner Commissioner Member- month- Last 1 Alternate McKee— Member Commissioner Wednesday 6pm Commissioner Rich- Greene Alternate Alternate—Chair Rich Upper Neuse River Basin Bi- monthly at One Director Position Commissioner Member- Association 9:30am-12:00pm Two Alternate Positions McKee-Member Commissioner (meets in Butner) Alternate- Greene Commissioner Price Alternate—Chair as of 3/8/18 Rich Workforce Development Meets monthly in Does not require a Nancy Coston Nany Coston Board — Regional various counties- Commissioner-usually Partnership has been 1 Non-Voting Liaison Visitor's Bureau 8:00 am third 1 Commissioner Commissioner Rich Chair Rich Wed., monthly, no Required meeting in July/December EX-OFFICIO Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce- does not Chair Serves require a Commissioner NC DOT Quarterly Meetings Chair/Vice Chair School Collaboration Meetings Chair/Vice Chair A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price to approve these appointments. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Marcoplos referred to Chair Rich's comments at the beginning of this item, and said this process can still be improved. He said last year the goal was to ensure that no Commissioner had a lifetime appointment to any committee, which was achieved by the changes made. He said the Board also acknowledged the need to serve for longer on some boards due to the learning curve; however, there was no formal process put in place to ensure this. He said he would like to discuss this at a future work session, and wants to know how the Board makes the most of its power by putting the right people in these very important positions, part of which is allowing the person to stay in the position for more than a year. Chair Rich said one can be on a board for two years and when it comes time to choose, it may be that no other Commissioners want the position. She said this begs the question of whether the original Commissioner should be able to remain on the board. She agreed there are details that need to be ironed out. The Clerk said this process was approved previously, but there is merit in having further discussion. Commissioner Dorosin said the Board honored the process it established last year, and he would argue against any one Commissioner becoming "an expert" on a particular board/commission, or the notion that one Commissioner may be better suited to serving a particular board than another.