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2 <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 <br /> members from those advisory boards. In acting on this authority the Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners hereby establishes certain general conditions to which <br /> applicants and members of advisory boards should conform. <br /> a. All members of standing, statutory boards must meet the qualifications for <br /> the specific statutory requirements for an appointed position. <br /> b. All boards members must be eighteen (18) years of age or older unless <br /> applying for a youth-designated position. <br /> c. All board members shall be residents of Orange County and shall maintain <br /> their domicile in Orange County unless they are under eighteen (18)years of <br /> age and applying for a youth-designated position. The Clerk shall confirm <br /> applicants are residents of Orange County and maintain their domicile in <br /> Orange County. <br /> i. Domicile is defined as one's permanent established home as <br /> distinguished from one's temporary although actual place of <br /> residence. <br /> d. All board members shall have good reputations for integrity and an interest <br /> in community service. <br /> e. No nominee to a board shall be currently employed by Orange County <br /> government and serve on a board that directly affects their work. <br /> f. No nominee may currently be a party to or be the actual legal representative <br /> in litigation against Orange County. The Clerk shall confirm nominees are not <br /> involved in such litigation. <br /> g. Each nominee must be prepared and committed to participate in advisory <br /> board work in a manner that enhances relationships between the county and <br /> the community. <br /> h. AdviseFy beard ffleffibe.-s -;hall utsta-Rdingtaae-s At the tiFne 0f <br /> appE)intFne4+t-. <br /> h. All board members are representatives of the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners and shall conduct themselves, both in their official actions <br /> and personal actions so as to be above reproach in their conduct and shall <br /> not bring disrepute to either the County or the Commissioners. <br /> ti_The Orange County Board of Commissioners may waive any of the conditions <br /> within this section, with the exception of statutorily imposed conditions. <br />