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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 14, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Advisory Board on Aging — Appointment Discussion <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> Membership Roster INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Recommendation or BOCC Selection Clerk's Office, 919-245-2130 <br /> Applications for Persons Recommended <br /> Applicant Interest List <br /> Applications of Persons on the Interest <br /> List <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss an appointment to the Advisory Board on Aging. <br /> BACKGROUND: The following appointment information is for Board consideration: <br /> NOTE: As outlined in the Advisory Board on Aging Policies and Procedures, of the twelve (12) <br /> voting members, seven (7) must be over the age of Sixty (60) years. This would mean that no <br /> more than five (5) members can be under the age of Sixty (60) years. Please see the specifics <br /> below that are outlined in the Advisory Board on Aging Policies and Procedures: <br /> SECTION III: MEMBERSHIP <br /> A. Authority <br /> 1. North Carolina General Statute 153A-76 grants boards of county commissioners the <br /> authority to establish advisory boards and to appoint members to and remove members <br /> from those advisory boards. In acting on this authority the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners hereby establishes certain general conditions to which applicants and <br /> members of advisory boards should conform. <br /> B. Composition <br /> 1. The Advisory Board on Aging is composed of twelve (12)voting members. <br /> 2. Members shall consist of seven members over the age of 60 years, one person who is a <br /> resident of the Town of Chapel Hill, one person who is a resident of the Town of Carrboro, <br /> one person who is a resident of the Town of Hillsborough, and two persons who are <br /> residents of unincorporated areas. <br /> During the September 17, 2019 BOCC Regular meeting, the commissioners appointed three (3) <br /> individuals to fill vacant positions. Two (2) of those appointees were not over the age of Sixty <br />