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34 <br />taking of items that will require changes to the draft Land Use Plan 2050 prior to its release for 1  <br />public review and comment during Community Engagement Window (CEW) #3. (4 work sessions 2  <br />and 2 retreats) -$4,020 3  <br /> 4  <br />Chair Bedford made a motion to approve a budget of $4,020 for a representative from 5  <br />Clarion to participate in further land use plan presentations and discussions. Commissioner 6  <br />McKee seconded the motion. 7  <br /> 8  <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 9  <br /> 10  <br />Meeting Facilitator – True North Performance Group (TNPG) – It may be helpful for a professional 11  <br />meeting facilitator, with practical experience with governing boards and planning, to work with the 12  <br />BOCC at two key stages of draft Plan development. First, to help the Board identify any changes 13  <br />to the draft Plan prior to scheduling CEW #3 and second, after CEW#3 to inform the public hearing 14  <br />version of the draft Plan. The deliverables would include customized agendas and facilitations 15  <br />plans, facilitation of two retreats, and summary reports. -$17,500 16  <br /> 17  <br />Cy Stober described the contract with True North Performance Group and the background 18  <br />and expertise of the facilitator. He said that Rebecca Jackson is adjunct faculty at the School of 19  <br />Government and operates both in the private sector and academic. 20  <br />Commissioner Greene asked how the facilitator came to the budget of $17,500. 21  <br />Cy Stober said it includes two reports and facilitation services for the entirety of the project, 22  <br />including one retreat and possible public hearings for the draft plan. 23  <br />Commissioner McKee said he thought the proposal was excessive. 24  <br />Commissioner Fowler asked how this facilitator would affect Clarion’s service contract. 25  <br />Cy Stober said Clarion’s job is to receive input from the Board, public, Planning Board, 26  <br />and staff. He said they are not to solve disagreements or reach consensus among the Board. 27  <br />He said the facilitator would work directly with the Board to reach consensus. 28  <br />Vice-Chair Hamilton said she thought the Board could reach consensus without a 29  <br />facilitator. 30  <br />Chair Bedford asked how much the county has paid in the past for facilitators, like for the 31  <br />school safety task force. 32  <br />Vice-Chair Hamilton said that task force included community members. 33  <br />Travis Myren said they could not remember how much was spent on that task force. He 34  <br />said that the cost of a facilitator of each school collaboration meeting is $2,000-$3,000. 35  <br />Chair Bedford said this proposal doesn’t seem out of scope for the services being offered. 36  <br />She said they have spent years on some items that they weren’t able to agree on. She said she 37  <br />thinks the Board is very split on issues, and that they need a facilitator, otherwise the Chair must 38  <br />facilitate. 39  <br />John Roberts said the county spent $20,000 on the elections committee facilitator. 40  <br /> 41  <br />Commissioner McKee made a motion to eliminate the facilitator contract. Vice-Chair 42  <br />Hamilton seconded the motion. 43  <br /> 44  <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4 (Commissioner McKee, Commissioner Portie-Ascott, Vice-Chair 45  <br />Hamilton, Commissioner Fowler); Nays, 3 (Commissioner Carter, Commissioner Greene, 46  <br />Chair Bedford). 47  <br /> 48  <br />MOTION PASSES 49  <br /> 50  <br />Commissioner McKee said he didn’t feel they needed a facilitator. 51