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6 <br /> Rule 4. Organizational Meeting. The board shall hold an organizational meeting at its <br /> regular meeting place at 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday in December of each year. The <br /> former chair shall call the meeting to order and shall preside until a chair is elected. The <br /> agenda shall be as follows: (1) special recognition of any outgoing commissioners, (2) taking <br /> and subscribing the oath of office by the newly elected members of the board, (3) election of <br /> a chair and vice-chair, (4) designation of voting delegate for all NCACC and NACo <br /> meetings, (5) seating arrangement and (6) appointment of the manager, clerk, county <br /> attorney and appointments to the various boards and commissions on which county <br /> commissioners serve. The bonds of the Register of Deeds and the Sheriff shall be approved <br /> as part of the consent agenda. <br /> Comment: This rule incorporates the requirements of G.S. 153A-26 concerning the times for <br /> organizational meetings and the qualifications of new members and the requirements of G.S. <br /> 153A-39 concerning the election of the chair and the vice-chair, G.S. 161-4(for the Register of <br /> Deeds), G.S. 162-9(for the Sheriff),require the board to approve the bonds of these officials. <br /> G.S. 153A-26 provides that the oath of office is that prescribed by Article VI, Section 7, of the <br /> North Carolina Constitution (see also G.S. 11-6 and G.S. 11-7) and may be administered by <br /> any person authorized by law to administer oaths. The written statement of the oath shall be <br /> signed by each new member and filed with the clerk to the board. The statute also provides <br /> that a new member who cannot be present at the organizational meeting may take and <br /> subscribe the oath later. <br /> Rule 5. Election of the Chair. The chair of the board shall be elected annually for a term <br /> of one year and shall not be removed from the office of chair unless he or she becomes <br /> disqualified to serve as a member of the board. <br /> Comment: G.S. 153A-39 provides for the election of a chair and states that he or she is chosen <br /> "for the ensuing year." <br /> IV. Regular and Special Meetings <br /> Rule 6.Regular and Special Meetings. <br /> (a)Regular Meetings.The board usually holds a regular meeting on the first and third Tuesday of each <br /> month m accordance with the "Board Calendar of Meetings" approved by the board. All meetings shall <br /> begin at 7:00 p.m unless otherwise noted on the"Calendar of Meetings."The board may change the place <br /> or time of any meeting listed on the approved"Calendar of Meetings"by a majority vote,and have it posted <br /> and noticed no less than seven days before the change takes effect.A notice shall be filed with the clerk to <br /> the board and posted, on the principal bulletin board of the county, and at or near the regular meeting <br /> place,and copies shall be sent to all persons who have requested notice of special meetings of the board. <br /> Comment: See G.S. 143-318.12(b)(1) and G.S. 153A-40(a).Any permanent chair in the schedule of regular <br /> meetings must be adopted notlater than ten days before the first meeting to which the new schedule applies. Also, <br /> G.S.153A 40 requires the board ofcounty commissioners to meet at least once a month.The notice requirements of <br /> the proposed rule are somewhat broader than those required by law. <br /> (b)Special Meetings.The chair or a majority of the members of the board may at any time call a special <br /> meeting of the board by signing a notice stating the time and place of the meeting and the subjects to be <br />