What procedure must be followed if the county commissioners want to serve as the governing board for a consolidated human services agency?

If the BOCC plans to serve as the governing board for the county’s CHSA, it must hold a public hearing.  The law requires “30 days’ notice of said public hearing given in a newspaper having general circulation in said county” (G.S. 153A-77).   The hearing requirement is triggered by the BOCC assuming the powers and duties of any other board, which could be a local board of health, a county board of social services, or a CHS board.