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RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING THE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS: The Rules of Procedure were updated and presented
to the board. The board members had reviewed them and made some
minor changes at this time. MOTION from Commissioner Boone to
adopt the Rules and Procedures with the changes recommended at
this meeting.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
RULES OF PROCEDURE
IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
(Revised 3/16/93)
(1) Regular Meetings
The Board shall have a regular meeting on the First and Third
Tuesdays of each month, except that if a regular meeting day is a
legal holiday, the meeting shall be held the next business day.
The Tuesday meetings shall be held at the County Commissioners'
Meeting Room, Iredell County Government Center, 200 South Center
Street, Statesville, NC, and shall begin at 6:00 p.m. The public
hearings will be held at 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each
month.
(2) Special
The chairman or a majority of the members of the board may at
any time call a special meeting of the board of commissioners by
signing a written notice stating the time and place of the meeting
and the subjects to be considered. The person or persons who call
(s) the meetings shall cause the notice to be delivered to the
chairman and all other board members or left at the usual dwelling
place of each member at least forty-eight (48) hours before the
meeting and shall cause a copy of the notice to be posted on the
Iredell County Government Center bulletin board and on the door of
the regular meeting room at least forty-eight (48) hours before the
meeting. Only those items of business specified in the notice may
be transacted at a special meeting, unless all members are present
or those who are not present have signed a written waiver.
If a special meeting is called to deal with an emergency, the
notice requirements of this rule do not apply. However, the person
or persons who call (s) an emergency special meeting shall take
reasonable action to inform the other members and the public of the
meeting. Only business connected with the emergency may be
discussed at this meeting.
(3) Organizational Meeting
On the first Monday in December following a general election
in which county commissioners are elected, the incumbent board
shall meet at 9:00 a.m., at the regular place of meeting, for its
final meeting. The newly elected county commissioners shall be
sworn in at 10:30 a.m., and shall hold its organizational meeting
at 11:00 a.m. The newly formed board of commissioners shall elect
its chairman and vice chairman as its first order of business. The
county manager shall preside until the chairman is elected. The
second order of business shall be the appointment of the clerk to
the board and the county attorney.
(4) Agenda
The clerk to the board shall prepare the agenda for the
meeting. A request to have an item of business placed on the
agenda must be received by 12:00 Noon on the Thursday preceding the
meeting. Any board member may, by a timely request, have an item
placed on the agenda.