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i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 3, 1999 <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to Policy Governing Appointments to Boards and Commissions <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Appointment and Orientation Process for Alice Gordon <br /> Boards and Commissions TELEPHONE NUMBERS: -- ext. <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider amending the policy governing appointments to boards and commissions. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board adopted a policy for appointments to boards/commissions in 1992, <br /> and amended it in 1994. The question has been raised as to whether task forces are included in this <br /> stipulation. A proposed amendment to section five of the policy, which addresses this question, is <br /> attached and underlined. The amendment would allow citizens serving in two appointed positions to <br /> also serve on one short-term task force. A current example is the Master Aging Plan Task Force. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br /> RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the amendment to <br /> the policy governing appointments to boards and commissions. <br />