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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 14, 2026 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4 <br /> SUBJECT: Potential Removal of Boards and Commissions Members Due to 2025 <br /> Attendance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment A: Orange County BOCC Clerk's Office, 919-245-2130 <br /> Advisory Board Policy (as in effect <br /> Calendar Year 2025) <br /> Attachment B: Memo from the Advisory <br /> Board on Aging Chair <br /> Attachment C: Memo from the Arts <br /> Commission Chair <br /> Attachment D: Memo from the Economic <br /> Development Advisory Board Chair <br /> Attachment E: Memos from the Orange <br /> Unified Transportation Board Chair and <br /> Vice-Chair <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss the removal of appointees from several boards and commissions due to <br /> 2025 attendance. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of County Commissioners' Advisory Board Policy <br /> (as in effect during calendar year 2025) required members to attend at least 75% of scheduled <br /> meetings within a twelve-month period in order to maintain membership. The Advisory Board <br /> Policy (Attachment A) also states that members who miss three (3) consecutive meetings are <br /> subject to removal. <br /> After collecting and compiling the 2025 attendance records for all boards and commissions, <br /> members who violated the attendance requirements were identified by the Clerk's Office. Boards <br /> and commissions staff liaisons were informed which members were subject to removal, and the <br /> liaisons worked with the Chairs to either invite resignations or prepare memos to share with the <br /> Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to advocate for continued membership despite <br /> absences. Some members did not respond to communication attempts and are therefore <br /> presented for removal rather than continued participation. <br /> The following members from the following boards and commissions are subject to removal <br /> pending BOCC action: <br />