Resolution - Appt. to Boards/Commissions - #2011-8

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eligible to serve the number of full - length terms other members are eligible to • serve unless prior to the time for reappointment that individual has already served six consecutive years. If the Board of Commissioners is unable to attract applicants for upcoming vacant positions or determines that an individual's continued contributions is needed to maintain the effectiveness of a board, commission, committee or authority, the Board may waive this policy. E. Commissions, committees or organizations appointed for special ad hoc tasks shall be exempt from this Policy. F. County Commissioners who are currently serving elected terms are exempt from this policy. Once their elected term expires, the exemption expires as well, unless stated by Statute. G. Before a citizen is appointed to the Board or Commission, the County Clerk will check with the Tax Administrator to make sure all ad valorem taxes have been paid to the County. If the citizen has not paid all their taxes, the Clerk will notify the citizen of the outstanding balance and allow the citizen to bring the tax liability current. Once all taxes are current, the citizen can then be considered for a board or commission appointment. Citizens currently serving on boards or commissions must have their taxes paid in a timely manner each year in order to continue serving on a board /commission /authority. Section 2 : Attendance Requirement: • Any member who fails to attend at least 75% of the regular meetings, except for excused illness, or other extraordinary circumstances, of the commission, committee, board or authority during any one calendar year period shall be removed from said commission, committee, board or authority. Each commission, committee, board or authority is hereby empowered to define the term "extraordinary circumstances" on a case -by -case basis and to excuse absences because of illness and extraordinary circumstances. The Chairman of each commission, committee, board or authority shall notify the Commissioners of any member whose absences exceed 25% of the regular meetings. Members not meeting this 75% attendance requirement may be removed by action of the Board of County Commissioners and replaced by another interested individual. Resolution first adopted on May 19, 2008. Amended Resolution adopted April 5, 2010. Second Amended Resolution adopted March 21, 2011. a A. Shook, Chairman County Board of Commissioners ATTEST: • Aay M. Lee�Clerk