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~ , <br />i. <br />129 E. TRYON STREET <br />P. O. DRAWER 1529 <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />919.732"2196 March 1 3, 2 0 0 6 <br />FAX 919-732.7997 <br />www.cgandh.com <br />LAW OFFICES <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL, HARGRAVE & PEEK <br />A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Valerie P. Foushee <br />Alice M. Gordon <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />E <br />i <br />j <br />:;E <br />~~ <br />PROM THE DESK OF <br />GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />E-MAIL: geoffieygkdhilt@cgacdh.com <br />RE: Financial Disclosure/Conflicts of Interest: Board of <br />Commissioner Members and Senior County Staff <br />• <br />~J <br />Dear Board Members: <br />I have been asked to help you in your discussion of <br />property and business disclosure requirements and the related <br />notion of conflicts of interest. This letter and its attachments <br />provide information to that end. <br />Presently each member of the Orange County Board of, <br />Commissioners is required to comply with the property and <br />business ownership disclosure requirements of Title VII of <br />Chapter 460 of the 1987 Session Laws. A copy of that disclosure <br />law is Attachment A. As you can see, it is self executing. That <br />is, it does not require the Board of Commissioners to implement <br />it by ordinance, policy or otherwise. <br />Orange County does .not presently require property holding <br />or business ownership interest disclosure by senior County staff <br />members. Approximately a year ago, Elaine Holmes, then the <br />County's Personnel Director, surveyed other area local <br />governments to determine employee financial disclosure <br />requirements of the governments surveyed. That survey revealed <br />that the Town of Chapel Hill and Durham County have a disclosure <br />requirement. That survey also revealed that-the other <br />governments surveyed, Alamance County, the Town of Carrboro, <br />Chatham County, the City of Durham and Wake County, do not <br />