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15 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5. Public Hearings <br />NONE <br /> <br />6. Regular Agenda <br /> <br />a. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions Assignments <br />The Board considered selecting the Boards and Commissions on which Board members <br />would like to serve during 2020. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: BOCC members serve on various County and County-related boards and <br />commissions. On an annual basis, BOCC members indicate their desire to continue serving on <br />specific boards or commissions or their desire to make changes. <br /> <br />Chair Rich said she would like to answer a few questions that have been submitted <br />regarding this process, first of which is why pick National Association of Counties (NACo) and <br />North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) at an organizational meeting <br />versus this meeting. She said these are associations and not committees, but these 2 can be <br />added to the chart. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said the Board needs to re-visit a few aspects of this process <br />at another time. <br />Chair Rich said the next question asks what happens if one joins a board part way <br />through the year, or a board is newly formed, does one stay on that board. She said Donna <br />Baker said, traditionally, Commissioners get to stay on a board, but this is open for discussion. <br />Commissioner Price said Commissioners can ask to stay on it. <br />Chair Rich reviewed the various situations where this is currently an issue. <br />Commissioner Bedford said she is in a similar situation with the Behavioral Task Force, <br />and said she assumed staying on this would have to be her one save. <br />Commissioner Price asked if this implies an automatic continuance on a board. <br />Chair Rich said the Commissioners would just ask. <br />Commissioner Price asked if this would be a save or a pick. <br />Commissioner Rich said no. <br />Commissioner Price said this brings the board back to where it was earlier, with <br />Commissioners being able to stay on boards. <br />Commissioner Dorosin said he is surprised at how much time the Board takes talking <br />about these processes, but he appreciates Commissioner Price’s attentiveness. <br />Chair Rich said OWASA is not a board or a committee, but rather she and <br />Commissioner Marcoplos chose to meet with OWASA. <br />Commissioner Bedford said she was the BOCC appointee to the Cardinal Innovations <br />(CI) Central Regional last year, and CI is reorganizing and will now have an Orange County <br />Community Advisory Community. She said CI will vet members through the process, and the <br />BOCC will appoint to this new group also. She said this group will meet during the weekday, <br />and the chair of this group will move to the newly created, regional 5 County Health Committee. <br />Commissioner Dorosin clarified that CI will pick who goes on this board. <br />Commissioner Bedford said CI will pick who goes on the regional health board, and <br />there was an application process for the local Orange County community board, and names will <br />be forwarded to the BOCC for appointment. She said there is not a set amount of members, but <br />there are various categories of members. <br />Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that the regional health board is advisory, not <br />governing.