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The County Attorney stated that he would investigate the matter of contributing monies to educate the public regarding the School Bond Referendum. The meeting was then adjourned. \~ Flora R. Garrett, Chairman Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OCTOBER 5, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, October 5, 1976, at 7:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Commissioners present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Richard Whitted, and Norman Walkex'. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, Finance Director, Jeffrey Gledhill, County Attorney, and Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk. Chairman Garrett opened the meeting by stating that the meeting had been called to discuss water resources in Orange County and the County's role and involvement in developing water resources. She stated that the Board had, prior to this meeting, asked the County Attorney to give the Board a legal opinion regarding funding of educational data regarding the upcoming School Bond Election and the Board would hear from him at this time. Mr. Gledhill stated that from research he had discovered that there is no State or Case Law in North Carolina governing this ques- tion of whether or not the County could contribute funds to a group appointed by the County to publicize or educate the public concerning the bond issue. Mx. Gledhill sited a case in New Jersey in which the Court stated that it is a valid expenditure of funds to educate the voters so that they might cast an intelligent ballot. Based on this New Jersey case, it is his opinion that the County could donate funds for this purpose. He stated that there were no restrictions on the means used to publi- cize this information as long as this information is not promoting a viewpoint. He recommended that line by line or item by item of the data published be reviewed to make sure no promoting is involved. Discussion ensued concerning describing the :need. The County Attorney stated that you could point out the need within the system and how that need could be ratified. Commissioner Pinney stated that as soon as a copy of the forms were put together, they could be reviewed by the County Attorney to be sure they were educational and not promotional. The Board agreed to discuss a proposed Animal Ordinance for Orange County. Commissioner Pinney stated that he would like the Board to talk about a dog ordinance which would allow the Dog Warden to pick up stray dogs. He stated the Ordinance should be researched with the County Attorney, the Dog Warden and the Gounty Manager. Discussion ensued regarding the proper method of formulating an Ordinance.