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being mishandled, she will not hesitate to bring it back to the table. Commissioner Adams appreciated the breakdown (advisory or operational) of the committees in the backup. She believed operational committee meetings should be held only when there are operational problems. She saw a need for more master planning by the advisory committees and directional issues should be fed back to the Commission. This proposal will make the Commissioners' jobs easier and she was willing to try jl it. Chairman Macht suggested, rather than making all or nothing changes, that they look at the duties of each committee. He believed certain committees should be ex eluded from the ordinance and the rest chaired by an interested citizen. Commissioner Adams understood that Chairman Macht favored advisory committee members electing their own chairman and that operational committees should continue to have a Commissioner chair. Commissioner Adams made that a motion. (There was no second at this time.) Chairman Macht advised that he had only one call advocating support of this ordinance. He reiterated that he thought it a mistake to go for a wholesale change. He could support incremental changes. In order for Commissioners to remain informed, he recommended that committee actions be reported at the next Commission meeting with information advising of the motions made and general result in order to avoid learning about it in the newspaper. Vice Chairman Ginn suggested that Board and Commission reports be as ded to their agenda. Commissioner Adams indicated her support of incremental implementation of the proposal. She pointed out the need to sunset committees after their task is completed. She gave as an example the Beach & Shore Advisory Committee which was formea'. in 1992 to develop the Beach Management Plan. The Plan has been completed and is now being March 11, 2003 14