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33 <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Kenneth Snyder <br /> 109 South Lloyd's Dairy Rd <br /> Efland, NC 27243 <br /> Scott Tutor <br /> Orange Grove Community <br /> Bingham Township <br /> Earl I heard this weekend that the county has had the county Attorney start working on a new <br /> law that will not let anyone in the county that owns land fire there guns on there own property <br /> more than once a month and only between the hours of like 10: 00 am and 3:00 pm is there <br /> any truth to this. Please Reply Thanks Jerry <br /> Jerry Baity <br /> To: Earl McKee, Chairman, Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> From: F. Paul Valone, president, Grass Roots North Carolina <br /> Re: Amendment to Orange County Code Of Ordinances Regulating Discharge Of Firearms <br /> Dear Commissioner McKee: <br /> We have been advised by several members that Orange County intends to change its <br /> ordinance regarding discharge of firearms. They have also advised us that the board of <br /> commissioners intends to do so in a meeting closed to the public. <br /> In fact, one member forwarded the attached image of the Action Agenda Item Abstract which <br /> appears to show it as item 7—a, for action on February 16, 2016. I also note that the public <br /> hearing block contains an "N", presumably indicating no public hearing on the issue. <br /> As you are no doubt aware, NCGS § 143-318.9 (our "open meetings" law) stipulates: <br /> "Whereas the public bodies that administer the legislative, policy-making, quasi-judicial, <br /> administrative, and advisory functions of North Carolina and its political subdivisions <br /> exist solely to conduct the people's business, it is the public policy of North Carolina <br /> that the hearings, deliberations, and actions of these bodies be conducted openly." <br /> In fact, public bodies may go into closed session only for the purposes enumerated in § 143- <br /> 318.11, which also says: <br /> "A public body may hold a closed session only upon a motion duly made and adopted <br /> at an open meeting. Every motion to close a meeting shall cite one or more of the <br /> permissible purposes listed in subsection (a) of this section." <br /> I would also urge you to become familiar with another modification of North Carolina statutes <br /> which became effective on December 1, 2015 when N.C.G.S. § 14-415.23 was modified <br />