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6 <br />The Rules of Procedure shall require the Board to meet at least once a <br />month and provide for the calling of special meetings as the need of the <br />Board requires. <br />2.2.7 Meetings <br />All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public and the Board shall <br />cause notices to be given as required by Article 33-C, Chapter 143 of the <br />North Carolina Statutes G.S. 143-318.11 ET. SEQ., as amended. <br />2.2.8 Meeting Minutes <br />The Board shall cause minutes of its meetings to be maintained as a <br />permanent public record. Such minutes shall record the attendance of its <br />members, its findings, recommendations, and a summary of information, <br />data and testimony presented to it. <br />2.2.9 Annual Report <br />The Board shall, by January 31, of each year, submit to the Board of <br />County Commissioners an Annual Report of its activities, during the <br />previous year, any recommendations affecting persons, duties, and fiscal <br />matters as it deems appropriate. <br />2.2.10 General Powers and Duties <br />As provided for in 153A-321 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as <br />amended, the Planning Board shall have the following Powers and Duties: <br />a) Make studies of Orange County and surrounding areas; <br />b) Determine objectives to be sought in the development of Orange <br />County; <br />c) Propose and recommend plans for achieving these objectives; <br />d) Develop and recommend to the Board of Commissioners policies, . <br />ordinances, administrative procedures and other-means for carrying <br />out plans in a coordinated-and efficient manner; <br />b <br />e) Advise the Board of Commissioners concerning the use and <br />amendment of means for carrying out plans; <br />f) Exercise such functions, in the. administration and enforcement of <br />various means for carrying out plans as maybe assigned by this or <br />other ordinances of the County; <br />g) PerForm other related duties as may be assigned by this or other <br />ordinances. <br />6 <br />