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Appointment of Carrboro Representatives to the Orange County Group Created to Create a More Efficient Process for Intergovernmental Collaboration
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board to appoint the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem as Carrboro's representatives for the pilot meetings that will take the place of the joint meeting sessions. The intent is to make the intergovernmental collaboration process more efficient.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cathy Dorando
INFORMATION: During the Board of Orange County Commissioners' annual retreat, one of the themes that emerged was a desire to improve collaboration and cooperation with the municipalities within the County. This type of intergovernmental collaboration has historically been facilitated through a joint meeting process. On April 9, 2019, the Board of Commissioners approved a new framework for intergovernmental collaboration that relies on smaller work group meetings rather than full joint meeting sessions to create a more efficient process (please see the attached abstract that was approved). This framework would be initiated on a twelve month trial basis and evaluated at the end to discern its effectiveness.
Orange County has asked that you to appoint the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem as representatives from your elected board to join the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of County Commissioners in engaging in the smaller group collaboration framework. These representatives will be invited to assist in developing the agenda, participating in discussions about the agenda topics, tracking current collaboration efforts, and identifying new collaboration opportunities. The County will supply a professional facilitator who will help create the agendas, facilitate the meetings, prepare meeting notes, and conduct an evaluation of the new framework at the end of the twelve month pilot.
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