Minutes 11-11-2021 Virtual Busines Meeting

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14 The Board of County Commissioners appoints one member to this board. The following applicant is recommended by the Chapel Hill Town Council for Board consideration: NAME POSITION TYPE OF EXPIRATION DESCRIPTION APPOINTMENT DATE TERM Alison Smith BOCC Appointee First Full Term 06/30/2024 If the individual listed above is appointed, no vacancies remain. Tara May highlighted changes made to the appointment materials in the agenda packet. She said there is additional information on the advisory boards. She said the board does not have to appoint those who have been recommended. She said representation and diversity that each applicant can bring to the board has been highlighted in the packet. She said she also included the traditional board roster, but no attendance records. She said she would like to get feedback on the additional process. Commissioner Bedford said she liked the new excel file. The board expressed appreciation to Tara May for her work. Tara May introduced item 2. Commissioner Bedford said she asked Tara May for information about the resolution to accept recommendations from the Chapel Hill Town Council. She asked the Chapel Hill Mayor who is doing the vetting, but she did not know. Commissioner Greene said the Town Council does vote on the recommended person, but the county does not have to take the recommendation. Commissioner Bedford asked if the Town Council does interviews or reviews the applications. Commissioner Greene said they reviewed applicants just as the county does. Chair Price said there are a few other boards that do the same thing. Commissioner Bedford said she thought it was odd to have Chapel Hill to vote on the recommended appointee by Orange County. She said it is the Orange County representative to the Chapel Hill library board. She said she would have made a different choice than the Town Council, and she has no basis for why the town recommended Alison Smith. She said there were other seemingly more qualified applicants. Commissioner Hamilton said Alison Smith is listed as living in the Hillsborough Township, but has a Chapel Hill address. She said this is puzzling. Tara May said she would have to research that. Commissioner Hamilton said the county's representative should perhaps live in the county to represent voices outside of the Town limits. Chair Price said since this is the Chapel Hill library, she would expect the appointee to live in Chapel Hill, but the board can appoint someone else. Tara May said it was an error on the application, and the applicant lives in Chapel Hill. Commissioner Greene said she was not sure what she wanted to do. Commissioner Hamilton asked if the board needed more information. Commissioner Bedford said the board is free to nominate whomever it wished, and the applicant only has to live in Orange County. Chair Price said she would like to get more information on who is supposed to be on the advisory board.