HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0034 (2)meeting without being excused by a majority vote of the remaining
members present, he shall be counted as present for the purpose of
determining whether a quorum is present. The board may compel the
attendance of an absent member by ordering the sheriff to take the
member into custody.
(23) Public Hearings
Public hearings required by law or deemed advisable by the
board shall be organized by a special order, adopted by a majority
vote, setting forth the subject, date, place and time of the
hearing as well as any rules regarding the length of time of each
speaker, etc. At the appointed time, the chairman or his designee
shall call the hearing to order and then preside over it. When the
allotted time expires or no one who has not yet spoken wishes to do
so, the chairman or his designee shall declare the hearing ended.
(24) Quorum at Public Hearings
A quorum of the board shall be required at all public hearings
required by state law.
(25) Minutes
Minutes shall be kept of all meetings of the board.
(26) Appointments
The board will use the following procedure to make
appointments to various subordinant boards and offices:
A. The chairman of the board will announce the vacancies
occurring on boards and commissions and submitted by
the clerk to the board.
B. The next regularly scheduled meeting following the
announcement of the vacancies, the chairman shall open
the floor to nominations. All members shall put
forward names of possible appointees. If there is
only one nomination made for each vacancy, then the
motion will be made to close the nominations and
appoint those persons by acclamation.
C. If there is more than one nomination for a vacancy, the
names shall be published in the minutes by the clerk to
the board, and then at the next regular meeting of the
board, the nominees will be debated. When the debate
ends, the clerk to the board shall call to roll of
the county commissioners and each county commissioner
called shall cast his vote. The votes shall not be
tallied until each member has voted. The nominee (s)
who receive (s) the highest number of votes shall be
appointed.
If more than one appointee is selected, then each
member shall have as many votes as there are
positions to be filled. A member may cast all his
votes or less than all of them, but cannot vote
for a nominee more than one time.
To break tie votes on nominations:
The board will vote again at the next regular
meeting scheduled if all members are present, or if
all members are not present, the vote will be taken
at the first Tuesday of the monthly meeting regardless
of absences.
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