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A Resolution Making an Appointment to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) Board of Directors
PURPOSE: The Mayor and Board of Aldermen are requested to consider making an appointment to one of the Town’s seats on the OWASA Board of Directors.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cathy Dorando, 918-7309
INFORMATION: A nine-member Board of Directors governs OWASA. The Chapel Hill Town Council appoints five, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen appoints two and the Orange County Board of Commissioners appoints two Board Members. The OWASA Board adopts the annual budget; sets rates, fees and charges based on cost-of-service principles; approves bond issues to fund capital projects; makes policy decisions; and appoints the Executive Director, General Counsel and independent auditor.
The Town of Carrboro has two seats on the Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors. Currently, Quinton Harper and Robert Morgan are serving as Carrboro’s representatives. Quinton Harper’s term expires on June 30, 2016 and he has announced that he will not seek reappointment. Appointments to full terms are for three years. A total of six applications were received by the Town Clerk and are attached for the Board’s review and consideration. The Board originally reviewed this item on June 14, 2016. At that time, there were only two applicants. The Board requested that the Town Clerk readvertise the position to recruit additional applicants.
The current membership of the OWASA Board is as follows:
|
Board Member |
Appointed By |
Age |
Gender |
Ethnicity |
|
Terri Buckner |
Orange County |
N/A |
F |
Caucasian |
|
Barbara M. Foushee |
Orange County |
N/A |
F |
African American |
|
Quinton A. Harper |
Carrboro |
30 |
M |
Black |
|
Robert Morgan |
Carrboro |
67 |
M |
Caucasian |
|
David Moreau |
Chapel Hill |
78 |
M |
Caucasian |
|
Jeff Danner |
Chapel Hill |
35-54 |
M |
Caucasian/Non-Hispanic |
|
Heather Payne |
Chapel Hill |
39 |
F |
Caucasian |
|
Ruchir Vora |
Chapel Hill |
38 |
M |
Asian |
|
John A. Young |
Chapel Hill |
55 |
M |
Caucasian |
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*N/A = not available |
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Here is also a link to Board Member bios <http://owasa.org/board-member-bios>
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:r Staff recommends that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen consider the applications and adopt the attached resolution making an appointment to the OWASA Board of Directors.