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i zoning jurisdiction on its Planning Board and the Board of Adjustment. When a vacancy exists, 2 the municipality will be requested to provide to the Board of County Commissioners a 3 resolution with a recommendation for that vacancy. The Board of County Commissioners may 4 solicit other applications for said. vacancy if they so desire. If the Board of County 5 Commissioners does not make the appointment within 90 days after receiving a 6 recommendation from the City Council requesting such action, the City Council may appoint ~ outside members in accordance with G.S. 160A-362. 9 4. Appointments will be made at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners. io The regular expiration of terms for positions on boards and commissions will be March, June, li September and December. When the appointments are presented to the County Commissioners 12 for their consideration, a list of all those who have applied and are eligible for appointment will 13 be included in the agenda. If someone is recommended for appointment, the abstract will i4 indicate that a recommendation has been received, giving the. source. The recommendation will i5 be kept on file in the Clerk's office. The attendance records, including late arrivals, for all i6 members seeking reappointment will be included with the recommendation. i~ 1s 5. No citizen of Orange County shall serve in more than two appointed positions of 19 Orange County Government unless exempted by the nature of the position he or she may hold 2 o in governmental service . This policy shall not apply to individuals who serve on boards or 21 commissions because of their official position.. It also does not apply. to volunteers serving 22 because of a requirement that a particular type of professional individual be represented if 23 recruitment efforts have failed to locate other qualified persons. This policy shall .not apply to 24 citizen service on one short-term task force (making a total of three appointments) if the. 25 duration of service is less than one year.. A "Task Force" is defined as a group with. a specific 26 charge and a short duration for its work. This policy shall not apply to any Orange County 27 Commissioner who serves on any board as an appointee or a liaison to a board because 2s he/she is a County Commissioner. 29 30 6. For boards/commissions which are not state mandated, the Board's policy is to 31 limit the length of service to two-three year terms (or any combination of full terms totaling six 32 years)on the various boards and commissions. This time period does .not include state 33 mandated training programs or partial. terms. This will allow for more individuals to serve and 34 for diversity of opinions. It will also provide for conformity in the length and number of terms 35 for those boards and commissions that are not state mandated with set terms. The Board will 36 limit the length of service according to this policy for boards and commissions thaf are State 37 mandated, to the extent permitted under state law. This policy may be waived if the Board of 3s Commissioners determines that the removal of an individual made ineligible by this policy 39 would be detrimental t0 the functioning of that board or commission. 40 ~ i 7. If an appointee, in any calendar year, has absences .which constitute more than 25 42 percent of the regularly scheduled Board meetings which he or she is required to attend, he or 43 she is obligated to resign. The Board of Commissioners may consider extenuating \\OCEMAIL\APPS\USERS\USERS\KBAKER\APPTMNT\Resolution -Approved Nov 3 99 New Edits Nov 18 99. doc '~