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12 <br />17 <br />open session during another duly called meeting. The motion call <br />ing for a special meeting shall specify its time, place, and pur <br />At least 48 hours before the meeting, the notice shall be posted <br />the principal bulletin board of the county and at the regular meet- <br />ing place, and delivered to all board members not present at the <br />meeting at which the special meeting was called. Only items of <br />business specified in the motion calling for the special meeting <br />may be transacted at a special meeting called in this matter unl <br />all members are present and the board determines in good faith a <br />the meeting that it is essential to discuss or act on the additi <br />item immediately. <br />Comment: See G.S. 153A-40(a) and G.S. 143-318.12(b)(2). <br />The chair or a majority of board <br />(c) Emergency Meetings. <br />members may at any time call an emergency meeting of the <br />board by signing a written notice stating the time and place of <br />the meeting and the subjects to be considered. Written or oral <br />notice of the meeting shall be given to each board member and <br />to each news organization that has filed a written emergency <br />meeting notice request with the clerk to the board, and whose <br />request includes that organizationÔs telephone number. Only <br />business connected with the emergency may be considered at <br />an emergency meeting. <br />(d) Work Sessions, Committee Meetings or other Informal <br /> The chair or a majority of the board members may <br />Meetings. <br />schedule work sessions, committee meetings or other informal <br />meetings of the board or of a majority of its members at such <br />times and concerning such subjects as may be established by the <br />board. The times and subject matter may be established by reso- <br />lution or order of the board. A schedule of any such meetings <br />that are held on a regular basis shall be filed in the same plac <br />and manner as the schedule of regular meetings. Work sessions <br />and other informal official meetings not held regularly are sub- <br />ject to the same notice requirements as special board meetings. <br /> Any individual person and any newspaper, <br />(e) Sunshine List. <br />wire service, radio station, and television station may file wit <br />the clerk to the board of commissioners a written request for <br />notice of all special meetings of the board. These are meetings <br /> <br />