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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 4, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. s-k SUBJECT: Change in Rules of Procedure - Rule i t - Order of Business DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Copy of P. 14, Rules of Procedure INFORMATION CONTACT: Clerk's Office, ext. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 245-2130 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPASE: To consider a change in the Board of County Commissioners Rules of Procedure, Rule 11„ "Order of Business" (a) Regular Meetings- by moving agenda category number eight, entitled, "Items for Decision -Consent Agenda" from the eighth place in the order of business to the fifth place. Subsequently, agenda categories numbers five, six, and seven will therefore be renumbered to six, seven and eight, respectively. BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners adopted the "Rules of Procedure for the Board of County Commissioners' in May, 2002. In Rule 11. Order of Business, Item (a) Regular Meetings -the "Items for Decision -Consent Agenda" was placed in eighth place in the order. However, staff has suggested that this item be moved to fifth place, and to subsequently, agenda categories numbers five, six, and seven will therefore be renumbered to six, seven and eight, respectively in order to facilitate the actions on these items. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. RECOMMENDATION(S): The manager recommends that the Board adapt a change in its Rules of Procedure: Rule 11, "Order of Business, (a) Regular Meetings' whereas, "Items far Decision -Consent Agenda" shall be the fifth order of business instead of the eighth order of business; and, furthermore, that the order of Regular Meeting Agenda Items 5, 6, and 7 subsequently become 6, 7 and 8, respectively.