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OUTBOARD ORIENTATION <br /> June 5, 2025 <br /> g) Disclosing contacts and information about issues that they receive outside of public <br /> meetings, and refraining from seeking or receiving information about quasi-judicial <br /> matters outside of the quasi-judicial proceedings themselves. <br /> h) Treating other advisory boards and advisory board members and the public with <br /> respect, and honoring the opinions of others even when they disagree. <br /> i) Being careful not to reach conclusions on issues until all sides have been heard. <br /> j) Showing respect for their appointed office and not behaving in ways that reflect badly <br /> on the office, the advisory board, Orange County, or the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners. <br /> k) Recognizing that they are part of a larger group and acting accordingly. <br /> 1) Recognizing that individual board members are not generally allowed to act on behalf <br /> of the board, but may only do so if the board specifically so authorizes, and that the <br /> board must take official action as a body. <br /> m) Being faithful in the performance of the duties of their offices. <br /> n) Acting as especially responsible residents whom others can trust and respect. <br /> o) Faithfully attending and preparing for meetings. <br /> p) Carefully analyzing all credible information that is properly submitted to them, and <br /> when applicable, being mindful of the need not to engage in communications outside <br /> the meeting in quasi-judicial matters. <br /> q) Being willing to bear their fair share of the board's workload. <br /> r) To the extent appropriate, they should be willing to put the board's interests ahead of <br /> their own and shall avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest and shall, under no <br /> circumstances, use their position on any board for personal gain or profit. <br /> 2) Members of the Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, Economic Development <br /> Commission, and Board of Equalization and Review shall upon initial appointment, and <br /> prior to December 31 annually thereafter, disclose: <br /> a) Any interest he or she or his or her spouse or domestic partner has in real property <br /> situated in whole or in part in Orange County and the general description of that <br /> property. <br /> 19 <br />