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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 Hi...
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