Agenda - 12-13-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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14 1 Commissioner Bedford said when they had the Human Rights Commission, it feels like a 2 clique can form if the same people are picking the same people. 3 Commissioner Hamilton agreed and said that she is saying the same thing. 4 Chair Price said that one reason they increased the discussion of appointees was to 5 increase the diversity of the boards. 6 Commissioner Bedford said on page 84 it says that the Orange County Board of 7 Commissioners may elect to interview applicants for certain advisory boards. She said that 8 OWASA is not an advisory board, but they do appoint two representatives to the Board. She 9 asked if they are allowed to be interviewed. 10 Tara May said that OWASA is not a board that the policy would apply to. She said she is 11 unsure if OWASA's policy would allow for that. 12 James Bryan said that for boards that aren't created by the county, they would be under 13 the jurisdiction of the rules for that entity. 14 Commissioner Bedford said that for the OWASA board she feels that they should have a 15 more in-depth background process with them. 16 Chair Price asked why. 17 Commissioner Bedford said they have very good people now. She said that one was on 18 the Commission for the Environment that did not work out even though she spoke to them to 19 figure out what they were qualified for. She said she must not have been asking the right 20 questions. She said that it's a really important board and that the application could be changed, 21 and the commissioners could consider interviewing them. 22 Commissioner Greene said prior to the current form, OWASA had a specific form. She 23 said that Chapel Hill sets up a subcommittee to interview their OWASA applicants. 24 Chair Price said that with the Planning Board, commissioners might call up the 25 applicants and speak with them. 26 Commissioner Bedford asked if Tara May could check with other communities on what 27 their application and process is for OWASA Board Members. 28 Chair Price said that OWASA is not included in this policy but that she could still request 29 information about the other jurisdictional processes. 30 Chair Price asked if some boards still have 2-3-year terms. 31 Tara May said that was existing but moved to under the "Term" section. She said the 32 Adult Care Home Advisory Committee is separate, and has different terms and is different from 33 advisory boards. 34 Commissioner Fowler asked about the partial term appointment language. 35 Tara May said that is existing language and had not been amended. 36 Commissioner Greene asked for clarification because she thought they had appointed 37 people to partial terms and indicated that they would still be available for two full term 38 appointments. 39 Tara May said that if she is referring to the Opioid Committee, the actual date of the term 40 of their appointment falls within the existing language and is less than 12 months for the initial 41 partial term appointment. 42 Chair Price asked when this would be voted upon. 43 Tara May said a meeting in December 44 Chair Price asked if it could come back on a consent agenda. 45 Commissioner Bedford said she supported the suggested changes and would support it 46 next week. 47 Commissioner Greene agreed with Commissioner Bedford. 48 49 4. Affordable Housing Advisory Board —Appointments Discussion 50 The Board discussed appointments to the Affordable Housing Advisory Board. 51