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POLICY OF TIlE CABARRUS COLrNTY BOARD OF CO~¢IISSIONERS Procednres for A~oi~tments to Boards, Committees, and Commissions A. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINT}lENTS 1. The general policy of the Board of Commissioners shall be to limit membership of an individual to one official governmental board. The CommisJioners, however, reserve the right to appoint an individual to more than one board under special circumstances. A person serving on one board and receives an appointment to a second board shall automatically be removed from the first board, unless the County Commissioners find evidence of special circumstances to justify service on two boards. 2. Except in extraordinary circumstances or where otherwise restricted by legislaEive authority creating or authorizing the creation of County boards, committees, commissions, or councils, it shall be the policy of the Board of Commissioner of Cabarrus County that terms of member- sh~p on County boards, committees, commissions and councils shall, be staggered and that members shall not serve more than six consecutive years. The preferred length of terms is three years, with terms staggered such that appointments are made each year. With three year terms, an individual would normally serve a maximum of two terms. An individual whose initial appointment was to fill an unexpired term shall be 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. 3. Any member who fails to attend at least 75% of the regular meetSngs, except for excused illness, or other extraordinary circumstances, of the commission, committeei board, or council during any one-year period shall be automatically removed from said commission, comaS tree, hoard, or council. Vacancies resulting from a member's failnre to attend the required number of meetings shall be filled as provided herein. The Chairman of the commission, committee, board, or council will notify the proper appolntiag authority if a member is absent 25% of the meetings, and an appointment will be mede by the appointing authority to fill that a. E]JgibJlity requirements as outlined above wi]]. not be applicable to B. TREND TOWARD QUARTERLY .a3POINll. IENTS Efforts shou3d be made when creating new hoards and commissions and with present boards and commJssions to consolidate expiration of terms for members to expire at one tithe during each quarter of each yesr. If this can be done, ft would result in leas workload ]~npact on both staff and County Commission. C. COUNTY EbIPLOYEES SERVING ON BOAPJ)S, ETC. 1. ]t 5s understood that County employees w~il not' be appointed to boards,