The Currituck County Board of Commissioners at their Monday, January 5 meeting completed the second step in adjusting county advisory boards. In several agenda items, the Board reviewed commissioner’s appointments of citizen members to several of the county advisory boards: Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, and Economic Development Board.
County manager Dan Scanlon explained, that at their previous meeting, the Bord adopted new procedures for commissioner’s appointments to several county advisory boards. As part of that procedure, county staf members had taken current appointees and assigned them to a commissioner. The current board appointments were laid out in each commissioner’s agenda package.
The Currituck County Board of Commissioner approved changes to the ordinance which stipulates the method by which county advisory board members are selected and how long they may serve.
According to a presentation by County Attorney, Ike McRee, the ordinance considered at the Monday, December 15 meeting is the first of a two step process whichwill provide each member of the Currituck County Board of Commissioners with appointments to the boards, commissioners and authorities that are created and appointed by the Currituck County Board of Commissioners.